“Jesus  replied, “If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”  Luke 18:40

The 3rd through 5th graders are starting a three week Lenten rotation.  Each week they will explore a Holy Week event, enjoy a craft and a game and hear a call.   This Sunday they will hear about the Triumphal Entry and learn that we are called to praise God.  When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the Pharisees demanded that He stop the crowd from shouting His praise.  Jesus told them that if they stopped, the stones would praise Him.  May we join in the praise!

Announcements:

4th & 5th Grade Game Night – 4th and 5th graders are invited to a Game Night on FRIDAY, March 19th from 6:30-8:00 in the Youth House.  Please bring a friend and a snack to share!  Please email S.Silvern@hrcrca.org, if you are able to come.

VBS Planning Meeting – If you’d like to help prepare for VBS, please join us this Wednesday at 10:00  in Room H.  This week we will be working on crafts. Read more »

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 “Where there is no vision, the people perish”  Proverbs 29:18 KJV

 Next Saturday our consistory and ministry area leaders will be on retreat in the youth house.  I write today to ask you to pray for us, speak with us and work with us, as we seek to develop our vision and plans for the next three to five years.  Read more »

4th & 5th graders are invited to a Wacky Game Night on March 19th from 6:30-8:00 in the Youth House. Please bring a friend and a snack to share! Parent chaperones are needed. Sign up on your Connection Card or CONTACT Sheryle Silvern at s.silvern@hrcrca.org. Thank you!

All are welcome to join us as we sing at the Avalon on Tuesday, March 16 at 10:00 AM. The residents love to have us there!

 Wishing you all a good week and hoping you’ll be able to join us on Wednesday evenings for a soup supper and worship time.

Joys and Concerns

This week we ask prayers for Sue Mitchell. Her stem cell procedure did not work and she is awaiting further discussion on treatment. Also, please pray for travel mercies for Les Jackson as he heads to Florida for a much needed vacation! Tina Smith is working in Haiti; please continue to pray for her and her team as they minister to the people they meet there. Also continue to pray for those in our Sunday bulletin’s prayer corner. Read more »

for Mid-Hudson Love INC’s 2nd Annual Cookie Walk on Saturday, March 27th. Bakers are needed to bake 4-5 dozen (or more!) home-made, specialty cookies. We would also like to have a couple of volunteers to coordinate delivery of the cookies to Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church on Friday, March 26th between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. People are also needed to help at the event: set up Friday from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. and during the day from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sign-up sheets are at the Welcome Kiosk in the Fellowship Hall. CONTACT Karen Gomba  for further information or visit www.mid-hudsonloveinc.org.

This is a great way to find out more about the organization and its wonderful ministries. It will be held on Sunday, March 14th from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Fishkill. It’s a casual drop-in Open House with tours of the Personal Care Pantry every 15 minutes, and light refreshments available. The Annual Meeting at 4:15 will include inspiring testimony and exciting challenges, and if you’ve been volunteering and have not been to a training session, or you’re open to becoming a Love INC volunteer, join us at 3:15 or 4:45 for one of our Volunteer Orientation sessions. CONTACT Karen Gomba for further information or visit www.mid-hudsonloveinc.org.

There are some additional ways that you can contribute to our CMP ministry, besides actually working on homes. Please consider volunteering to help with one of these positions:

 Expense Tracking Coordinator– work with our site leads to keep track of our onsite expenditures, fill out expense forms, make sure receipts are turned in, and report to the CMP team on expenses for each site.

Lunch Coordinator:  - make sure that the work teams have lunch provided

Donated Material Coordinator - keep track of what has been donated or offered to CMP in terms of materials, appliances, cars, etc. and where they are.

Site Evaluator- do technical evaluations of work to be done on new site applications

Visitor Coordinator - make sure we have a visitor for each new site. CMP visitors are people who go to new sites to spend time with and listen to the resident.

 Sign up on your Connection Card. If you have any questions, please CONTACT Karen Gomba or Kevin Warren.

Saturday, March 20th at 5:30 PM HRC will once again be hosting a Christian Passover Seder. We will learn about our Judeo-Christian roots through a feast and celebration of the exodus out of Egypt. Bring family, friends, and a healthy appetite. A free will offering will be taken. CONTACT Leslie MacConnell (226-4920).

Welcome Wesley

 “O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.”  (Psalm 98:1)

 Chalk it up to the latest evidence of God’s providence; we are hiring Wesley Joseph to be our organist and choir director.  God has done marvelous things!  Read more »