Messenger 04/03/25
Communion Sunday
Scott Wylie will be serving as our Worship Leader this week, leading us through the Opening Prayer and the Call To Worship.
This week’s scripture reading will be John 12: 1-8
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)
Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”
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Garden Street Lenten Study 2025
Our study book, Where We Meet: A Lenten Study of Systems, Stories and Hope, will guide us to tell our own stories as we share in this journey toward Easter; the day that brings the greatest hope of all!
Where We Meet: A Lenten Study of Systems, Stories and Hope. By RacheL Gilmore, Rev. Dr. Candace M. Lewis, Rev. Tyler Sit, Matt Temple. (All of the authors are involved in the United Methodist Church as church planters, revitalizers and community organizers.)
Books are available at Cokesbury and Amazon (paperback and Kindle) or may be ordered from Village Books.
Coming up next week we have:
Tuesday (4/08)
Social Action Team - 4pm via google meets - Email office@gardenstreetumc.org to join
Wednesday (04/09)
Men’s Breakfast - 7:00 am at Avenue Bread on James Street
Wesley Club - 5:00pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Sunday (04/13)
Christian Book Club - 10:30 am via zoom - Email office@gardenstreetumc.org to join
Handbells - 11:15 am at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Choir - 1:00 pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Sunday Worship - 2:30 pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Upcoming Events
Board of Stewards Meeting - (4/15) 4pm in Pastor Kathy’s Office
Holy Thursday - (4/17) 12pm in the Chapel
Good Friday - (4/18) 12pm in the Chapel and Narthex
Prayers
Please Pray for:
John's continuing heart rhythm recovery,
blessings on our federal service personnel,
and a special thanksgiving to our National Park Service for alerting us to the continuing crisis.
Can’t make it in person? View the live on YouTube!
