Meeting House Worshipers: Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

Scripture

Hymns

Other Special Music

Prelude:       If with All Your Hearts You Truly Seek Him – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

                     Ken Dulabhan, Tenor

Introit:          When God Delivered Israel (Psalm 126)

Anthem:       Kyrie – Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)

Offertory:     When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Gilbert Martin (b. 1941)

Postlude:      Fantasia in G-Minor – Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Coffee Hour (Fellowship Hall): Coffee hour, hosted by the Outreach Committee, will follow the 11:00 am service.

Christian Education. (9:40 am)

Education Building: This Sunday Kindergarteners and their parents are invited to the Communion Preparation Workshop. Check the sign in front of the Education Building for where your class meets.

Adult Education: Course descriptions are posted on the web site, www.opmh.org.

Heritage Hall: This Sunday we discuss Global Missions in the Presbyterian Church: Focus on Partnership.

Westminster Hall: The Bible Study on Philippians: Joy Under Stress continues through April 15.

Thursday Morning Bible Study: Blessed are you: The Beatitudes of Jesus in Scripture and in Life. Meets in Flounder House through March 29. Priscilla Andre-Colton leads this discussion of what it means to be blessed and how it affects our daily walk with Christ. For more information contact Priscilla.

First Sundays with the Stephen Ministers: An informal time of fellowship following the 11:00 am service (the first Sunday of each month) in the Elliot House Parlor. We welcome all who are experiencing loss or struggling to find joy in their lives to meet, one-on-one, with a Stephen Minister. Call Susan Grandy (703.836.6701) if you have questions.

Celebration! Sign up now for Celebration’s married couples retreat, April 27-29 at Roslyn Center in Richmond. For details and to reserve a room, call Kay and Tom Downey at 703.836.6229.

Larger Church Committee: We are exploring ways to support an organized approach to influencing public policy in a manner that reflects God’s will on earth. The committee seeks to do this thoughtfully, collaboratively, and prayerfully. An initial meeting to discuss an advocacy effort about protecting the environment will take place on Tues., March 27 in Westminster Hall from 7:30 – 9:30 pm. All are welcome to attend.

Katrina Update: Cancelled. This was not a good date for those who expressed an interest in going.

Lenten Challenge: Do you want to do something that doubles in value? Make a Lenten gift to the United Orphanage and Academy in Moi’s Bridge, Kenya. The orphanage is home to 43 children. A Westminster member has offered to match gifts to the orphanage up to $10,000 as a Lenten challenge. Please consider taking the challenge and helping provide $15,000 to support the purchase of a van to transport the children to school and medical facilities, $4,000 to replace the mud hut that is currently being used as a kitchen and $2,000 to build a fence aroune the property to increase security. Make checks to OPMH with “Orphanage challenge” in the memo field. Over $1,190 was already collected in the last two weeks. Contact Judith Dahmann or Rhonda O’Bannon for more information.

Set Another Place for Easter dinner! Open your home to an international and college or university student – or two or three – this Easter. Contact Ellen McCleskey (703.403.8626 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Deadline for registering is March 25.

One Great Hour of sharing: Fish banks will be collected on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday..