Journeying To the Cross Through The Shack

Join us in Lent (Sundays in March) as we let William P. Young's book The Shack guide us to the cross with Jesus. This will guide us in worship and each Sunday in March from 4:30-5:30PM at Fairfield UMC we will have a small group time for discussion and sharing. All are invited and welcome to come on this journey.

What's going on in our church during Lent?...

5:30 pm- Supper before each service $3

Lenten Revival - 7 pm every Tuesday in March
March 3 Rev. Beverly Parker-Reece
March 10 Rev. Scott Ireland
March 17 Rev. Jamie Hamrick
March 24 Rev. Jill Smith
March 31 Rev. Mike Bailey

Also, here are a few other Lent things:
Sundays in March, Youth Lenten Study, 4:30--6:00PM, Fairfield UMC

Sermon Series: Journey to the Cross through The Shack (using The Shack by William P. Young to guide our journey), Sundays 9:30AM

Ash Wednesday Worship, February 25, 7:00PM, Bethel UMC

Maundy Thursday, April 9, 7:00PM, Fairfield UMC

Good Friday, April 10, 7:00PM, Bethel UMC

Easter Sunday, 6:30AM, Sunrise Service at Rock Springs Camp Ground
Breakfast Following at Fairfield UMC

Easter Worship, 9:30AM, Fairfield UMC

Faith Discovery Stations for Kids...

Tuesday March 3 we will begin our journey to the cross with the children. All children are welcome to participate. The study will last 6 weeks ending on Tuesday April 7th, just before Easter! You children will not want to miss this...Every week in March we will have a supper prior to our meeting beginning at 5:30 pm, then the children will join us for singing at 6:30 pm and our faith discovery Stations will begin around 7 pm. There will be Lent Sermon for Adults during this time each Tuesday in March beginning at 7 pm. (More to come on that later...) There will be no supper provided at our last session on April 7th and the children are asked to arrive no later than 6 pm on this date only! Please contact Dawn Lynch 704-634-2747 or dmrlynch@bellsouth.net for more information or if you would like to volunteer to help one week!

UMW 3rd Tuesday Supper...

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February 2, 2009 UMW Meeting Summary...

- Our Tuesday Feb. 17th dinner this month will be Chicken Pie, peas, dessert and tea beginning at 5:30

-Rita mentioned helping the East Lincoln Pregnancy Counseling Ctr. by asking each Sunday School Class and each Church Group to donate money ($5 per person) to buy a ticket to their coffee/desserts banquet (Tues. March 5th 7pm - 9pm) The cost per ticket is $62.50, 8 to a table. So we would like to have at least 8 different groups purchase a ticket. Suggested maybe a drawing to see who went from each group!

-Meals for Revival’s in March. Cost: $3 per person or $10 a family

All Women in the Church are asked to help bring desserts & tea...
March 3rd- hotdogs w/ brownies for dessert

March 10th- Smoked Turkey, potato casserole, green beans/angel food cake with strawberries for dessert

March 17th- Soup & Cornbread/ banana pudding for dessert

March 24th- Pinto beans, hotdogs, slaw/ cobbler's for dessert

March 31st- Pizza & salad/ cookies

- We doubled our pledge to the UMW district!

- Ordering 1 pack of 10 Assorted Mission Cards to send out throughout the year.

- Made a mission offering from the UMW in honor of Mary Lee Howard.

-We finished our study of Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World and will begin next month with sharing things we personally struggle with in our faith...this will lead to open discussion…
What a perfect time for anyone who is not a member and would like to join us in 2009. We would so love to have you a part of our group and the Global United Methodist Women!

- Next Meeting in the home of Lina McIntosh on Monday March 2, 2009 @ 7 pm
(1st Mon. of each month)