May promises to be a month of celebration for Highlands UMC. I hope you will join us as we finish the Easter season and move to Pentecost, the birthday of the Christian church.
This Saturday, May 5, all members of the congregation are invited to come for our (more or less) semi-annual workday. Indoor and outdoor tasks are available; all ages are welcome to come and help starting at 9 a.m.
Sunday, May 6, we celebrate Holy Communion. All are welcome at Christ's table. We will enjoy special music from violinist Judy Hagerman and Jackie Shaffer on organ.
Sunday, May 13, Mother's Day: Honoring the Wisdom of God, Holy Sophia, considered by many to be the feminine nature of God.
Sunday, May 20, we welcome new members to our congregation, and all of us renew our commitment to support the church with our prayers, our presence, our gifts, and our service.
Tuesday, May 22, we will have an informational evening about the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, and what we can do to help stop the violence. We will hear from Rev. Heidi McGinness, an ordained Presbyterian minister who has spent time in Darfur with Christian Solidarity International. All are welcome to come and learn about this wartorn part of God's world and our human family.
Sunday, May 27 is Pentecost, when we hear the story of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the gathering of disciples fifty days after Christ's death and resurrection. We celebrate the movement of the Spirit in our own midst, and remember the call to live as disciples who see visions and dream dreams of the Reign of God.
I hope you will join us at Highlands UMC this month. Worship is at 10:00 a.m. each Sunday. Please visit the church office, call, or email for more information (see "About Highlands" at right). May God continue to bless you richly in this season of new life!
Thursday, May 03, 2007
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