IN THIS ISSUE:
· Order of Worship for Sunday, February 28, 2021
· Church Activities This Week
· We got clearer about God’s call
· Book Club
· Family Promise
· Unprogrammed Gatherings for Worship on Wednesdays
· Prayer and Study
· Prayer requests and concerns
· Anniversaries and Birthdays
Sunday ~ February 28, 2021
10:00 a.m. ~ Meeting for worship
Order of Worship
Prelude: Rosemary Nettrouer
Music: “O The Deep Deep Love of Jesus” Hymn #81, 3 verses
Extended Open Worship
Postlude: Rosemary Nettrouer
“O The Deep Deep Love of Jesus”
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free,
rolling as a mighty ocean
in its fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me,
is the current of thy love;
leading onward, leading homeward,
to thy glorious rest above.
2 O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Spread his praise from shore to shore;
how he loveth, ever loveth,
changeth never, nevermore;
how he watches o’er his loved ones,
died to call them all his own;
how for them he intercedeth,
watcheth o’er them from the throne.
3 O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Love of ev’ry love the best:
’tis an ocean vast of blessing,
’tis a haven sweet of rest.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
‘Tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me;
and it lifts me up to glory,
for it lifts me up to thee.
Technology by Michael Barrett & Joe Dawley, music coordination by Dawn Blue, and pastoral leadership by Catherine Griffith.
11:00 am ~ Listening Group led by Dawn Blue and Sarah Wine via Zoom.
Please note, this is open to anyone, so if there is someone that has expressed an interest in participating, please encourage them to attend! This will be a great opportunity to touch base with all the new developments and to share experiences from the retreat. If you were able to attend the retreat, we’d love to have you contribute your insight, and if you were unable to attend, this is a great opportunity to still benefit and grow! Below is the zoom link. We hope to see you all there!
3:00 pm ~ 205 Sunday Class via Zoom
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Church activities this week
Monday, March 1, 12:00 pm, Prayer with Sue
Tuesday, March 2, 6:30 pm, Ministry and Counsel
Wednesday, March 3, 6:30 pm, Bell choir rehearsal
Thursday, March 4, 8:30 am, Prayer with Kim
Thursday, March 4, 4:00 pm, Assets Committee
Catherine will be on vacation until March 2nd.
Church office hours are 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Tuesday through Friday.
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We Got Clearer about God’s Call for University Friends
“Discerning, Designing, and Developing Our Live in Christ Together,” was the theme of this past weekend’s all-church retreat. Led by Colin Saxton, North American Ministries Director for Friends United Meeting, attenders found the time together (on Zoom) to be rich and fruitful.
Who is God calling University Friends to be? What is God calling University Friends to do?
God is calling us to be a loving, unified, serving community, listening for and proclaiming the leading of the Holy Spirit, being a light to the world. We know that God is not asking us to be everything to everybody.
As we begin to put feet to that call, Doug Chambers plans to gather the Pastoral Search Committee and work on a church profile. That will help to spell out answers to the question, who are we? And those answers will be useful as we begin the search for a new settled pastor.
Also, the Listening Groups will be reactivated to help publicize and get feedback on what’s happening as we follow up on the retreat. Listening Groups will address these questions:
· As an individual, who is God calling you to be, and what is God calling you to do?
· What is the one thing you would wish for our church?
· What role do you see for yourself in making that wish become reality?
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The Book Club meets at 6:30 p.m., the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. If you would like to join via Zoom, please email Catherine at orcagriffith@yahoo.com, and she will send you an invitation. Everyone is welcome! On Tuesday, March 9, the Book Club will be discussing pp. 77-106, on study, the “self-hatred narrative,” and solitude in Nathan Foster’s The Making of an Ordinary Saint.
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Family Promise
Host week starts March 7 through the 14th. We are doing contactless meal drop off. Need volunteers badly. It’s time to sign up! Please refer to the separate email for more information that was sent out on Feb. 25th.
The family will be sheltering in place at the Day House during our week, so we will be in charge of bringing dinner every evening. At the moment, we do need folks to start signing up for meals on our Meal Train here: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/84gqq2
Thanks!
Erin DeGroot
University Friends Family Promise Coordinator
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Unprogrammed Gatherings for Worship on Wednesdays
Facilitators: Carol and Randy Mullikin
When: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 6:30 pm, beginning January 27 – May 26, 2021. Includes the following dates:
January 27, February 10, 24, March 10, 24, April 7, 21 and May 12 and 26.
6:30 pm Sign on to our Zoom Unprogrammed Gathering in Quiet.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82885737211?pwd=UE8zVEJjbzVuSHJTYi96VW10eVdEdz09
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Prayer and Study
Please contact us with any questions or let us know if you have an interest in participating. The books may be purchased through Amazon or at your favorite book outlet.
Facilitators: Carol and Randy Mullikin
When: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 6:30 pm, beginning February 17 through May 19, 2021
Includes the following dates: February 17, March 3 and 17, April 7 and 21, May 5 and 19
Where: via ZOOM (the recurring Zoom invitation should work for all gatherings; see below)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85783778187?pwd=SGpCR2FTcnRvZU8rT2FzRVRVWEJjdz09
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PRAYER REQUESTS AND CONCERNS.
- Don and Linda Mallonee have moved. Their new address is Oxford Grand Assisted Living Facility, 3051 N Parkdale Cir., Room 102, Wichita, KS 67205.
- Our community as it deals with the pandemic
· Our church at this time of new beginnings – May we find clarity and energy for the tasks at hand and the decisions we will need to make as we find our way forward. May we continue to find ways to use our assets wisely and well. May we be a beacon of love in our world. May we have the courage to walk through the doors God is opening.
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Happy Anniversaries!
(40 + years)
Dave & Carol Kingrey, March 14, 57 years
Martin & Becky Casado, March 27, 45 years
Special Birthday Salutes!
Don Mallonee, will be 92 on March 6.
Nellie Peters, will be 95 on March 22.
Happy March Birthdays!!
Mar. 1: Carol Kingrey, Carol Clark, Walter Pickett; Mar. 2: Nancy Dickinson, Mar. 5: Karen Walker, Joyce Sweetman; Mar. 6: Don Mallonee, Carol Mullikin, Pearl Miller; Mar. 8: Lorena Tomey; Mar. 9: Katherine Donaghue, Mar. 10: Sophia Mills; Mar. 11: Natalie McDonald; Mar. 14: Shawna Hopkins; Mar. 16: Michelle (Wine) Sedlacek, Craig Kadel, Erik Mallonee; Mar. 17: Peggy Stowers; Mar. 19: Joseph McIntosh; Mar. 20: Dan Schuster; Mar. 21: John Wine II; Mar. 22: Nellie Peters, Harold Dyck; Mar. 24: B.J. Mills; Mar. 28: Rhonda Newby; Mar. 31: Ruth Howard, Dana Shannon, Jennifer Exline
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Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
— Proverbs 24:14 (NIV)
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