Worship Notes: February 21, 2010 at Oakfield & Tabor

This Sunday we will gather together in worship at both churches for the First Sunday of Lent. The sermon on Sunday will focus on the first of four questions. The four questions that will be examined throughout Lent are four questions that are central to the Bible. This week's question is a question that God asks of humans. It is Genesis 3:9, "But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, 'Where are you?'"

I think of who will be reading this E-mail. There are folks who are in high school. There are folks in colleges and universities. There are young families, there are those who are retired, and everyone in between. We are all in different parts of our lives, and we all have a part to play in God's kingdom. God wants to know where we are and how we are doing in our faith life...he wants to have a strong relationship with each us. The scripture lessons for this Sunday are:

• Deuteronomy 26:1-11
• Romans 10:8b-13
• Luke 4:1-13
  

We will look together at this question that God asks in relationship to this week's readings.

At both churches, we will also be taking an offering for Golden Cross Sunday. Your donations will go toward support of health and welfare ministries throughout Wisconsin including Evergreen Retirement community in Oshkosh, Bellin Memorial Hospital in Green Bay and UM Children's Services in Milwaukee. This Sunday will also be a Methodist Moment Sunday, in which we will take a brief look at what makes the United Methodist Church unique.