“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:5)
Passionate Spirituality is built upon a love for the Lord. Have you ever been in love? Some scientists tell us that a chemical imbalance is responsible for our falling in love and our passionate behavior. Maybe that’s why some exhibit irrational behavior when they’re in love. The brain compensates for the overacting hormones by producing endorphins to calm the passions associated with love (it decreases stress and anxiety as well). We come to our senses. An overabundance of these endorphins can cause us to “fall out of love.”
The scriptures exhort us to Love the Lord our God with everything we have. God wants us to be passionately in love with him. We need to get our spiritual hormones working. Sometimes we can have an overabundance of spiritual endorphins working to calm our spiritual passion? This will cause us to fall out of love with the Lord. Jesus calls us to be balanced people: we are to love the Lord with all our heart (emotions), all our soul (spirit), all our mind (intellect), and all our strength (physical ability) (Mark 12:30).
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY is extended to Char Barnes on the death of her grandfather, Aaron E. Beiler, on February 2. A Memorial Service was held at Mine Road Amish Mennonite Church on Friday, Feb 6. You can view the obituary and leave a message of encouragement at http://obits.lancasteronline.com/index.php?p=2267478.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
The Birdsong Family will be in concert on Sunday, March 1st at 10:30 am.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
‘Money Talks” is a 5-week Sunday School elective that will begin on March 1, in the sanctuary during the Sunday School hour. You can view the first video of the class at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKvVupblyzY.
Caring adults are needed to volunteer in the nursery during Sunday School. Please see Jen Eby if you are interested.
FAMILY LIFE OPPORTUNITIES
A SWEETHEART SOCIAL is scheduled for Wednesday, February 11 at Shady Maple Smorgasbord. The Cost is $20 per person. Mark & Abby King from Lord’s House of Prayer (Lancaster) are the featured speakers. Call the church office to make your reservations.
The LADIES’ RETREAT will be held at the Eden Resort Inn and Suites in Lancaster, PA on February 20-22, 2009. The theme is “Come to the Water.” Mary Wilson, Care Coordinator at Living Truth Fellowship Church, will be the speaker. The cost is $110 per person.
The MEN’S RETREAT is March 27-29 at the Ponderosa Lodge. Larry Constable will be the speaker.
A FAMILY LIFE CONFERENCE will be held on Sunday, May 3. Gerald and Marlene Kauffman will be our speakers. They are the authors of “Monday Marriage.”
YOUTH MININSTRY OPPORTUNITIES
BIBLE QUIZZING continues. This week (Feb 8) the competition for our team is at Strasburg Mennonite at 6:30 pm. Come cheer on our teams! Jeff & Rhonda Stoltzfus and Erin Metzler are coaches. Get all the information at www.accquizzing.org.
MYF (Mennonite Youth Fellowship) meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm. This is a time of fun and spiritual growth for youth in grades 9 to 12. Dwayne Walton, of the Parkesburg Point will speak this week.
A SPORTS THEME DINNER will be held on Friday, February 27. Mark your calendar and plan to attend this great evening with lots of food and entertainment.
FINANCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
“Money Talks” is a 5 week Sunday School elective, every Sunday in March, sponsored by the Finance Commission.
EVANGELISM AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
We are collecting blankets for MCC to distribute in Afghanistan, Iraq and North Korea. New single or double winter weight blankets are preferred. There is a box and display in the foyer for your contributions.
CPR classes will be held on the morning of Saturday, February 14 & Sunday, February 15 following worship. The cost is $25 per person; sign-up on the bulletin board in the foyer or see Cathy Case.
Clean out your quilt closets for the MCC PA RELIEF SALE, April 3-4. You can recycle quilt supplies, unfinished quilt projects and craft items. See the announcement posted in the foyer for more information.
Please view the mission bulletin board in the foyer. Cambodia and the ministry of Ryan and Bethany Umble are highlighted.
PENNY POWER is here. Bud Eby’s class is taking charge of Penny Power this year. There are two bottles in the foyer for your pennies. These will be taken to the MCC Relief Sale in April for projects of peace, relief and development. Go to www.pennypower.org for more information.
WOMEN’S MINISTRIES OPPORTUNITIES
The Ladies Bible Study meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. They are meeting at the home of Joy Sherman.
HELP! A captain for the Relay for Life team is needed. Contact RuthAnn Bruner if you can help.
MAPLE GROVE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION YEAR 1909-2009
Reserve Sunday, August 16 for our Centennial Celebration. The 100th Anniversary Committee will meet on Sunday, February 8 at 12:00 noon. Lunch will be provided. Anyone interested is invited to come and participate.
The Committee is collecting historical items to use in preparation for the celebration and during the celebration. Please talk with Melba King if you have some interesting items. Historic photos are needed. Cathy Case is scanning and organizing these photos. Please bring photos to the sound booth at the rear of the sanctuary and they will be returned to you shortly.
MAPLE GROVE PRESCHOOL
Registration for the 2009-2010 school year will begin on February 5 for Maple Grove families. Registration for current students is February 9. Open registration begins on February 19. Check out www.maplegrovepreschool.org for more information.
MISCELLANEOUS
CD recordings of our Sunday morning worship services are available from the church office. MP3 downloads of the services are also available; give Chuck White your e-mail address and the date(s) of the services you want and he will send them to you.
THE WIDER BODY OF CHRIST
(See the bulletin board in the foyer for more information and additional announcements)
LANCASTER MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL winter concert is February 22 at 3:00 pm in the Fine Arts Center. See www.lancastermennonite.org for more information.
WEST FALLOWFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL will have an OPEN HOUSE on February 24 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Visit www.wfcs.org for more information.
Expand your world and your family through Serving And Learning Together (SALT). If you are 18-27 years old, consider serving oversees for 11 months through Mennonite Central Committee’s SALT program. Visit www.mcc.org/salt for more information.
MCC is collecting AIDS Care Kits. You can help by assembling a kit. See www.mcc.org/kits/aids for more information.
Bridge of Hope Lancaster & Chester Counties invites you to its 10th Chester County Garden Luncheon with award-winning author Jane Kirkland, Chester Springs, talking on “Backyard Sanctuaries for Birds and Butterflies.” This event, held at The Desmond Great Valley Hotel, Malvern, on Saturday, March 21, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., helps homeless families build better futures. To make reservations, requested by March 10, call 610-380-1360 or visit www.bridgeofhopelcc.org.
Passionate Spirituality is built upon a love for the Lord. Have you ever been in love? Some scientists tell us that a chemical imbalance is responsible for our falling in love and our passionate behavior. Maybe that’s why some exhibit irrational behavior when they’re in love. The brain compensates for the overacting hormones by producing endorphins to calm the passions associated with love (it decreases stress and anxiety as well). We come to our senses. An overabundance of these endorphins can cause us to “fall out of love.”
The scriptures exhort us to Love the Lord our God with everything we have. God wants us to be passionately in love with him. We need to get our spiritual hormones working. Sometimes we can have an overabundance of spiritual endorphins working to calm our spiritual passion? This will cause us to fall out of love with the Lord. Jesus calls us to be balanced people: we are to love the Lord with all our heart (emotions), all our soul (spirit), all our mind (intellect), and all our strength (physical ability) (Mark 12:30).
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY is extended to Char Barnes on the death of her grandfather, Aaron E. Beiler, on February 2. A Memorial Service was held at Mine Road Amish Mennonite Church on Friday, Feb 6. You can view the obituary and leave a message of encouragement at http://obits.lancasteronline.com/index.php?p=2267478.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
The Birdsong Family will be in concert on Sunday, March 1st at 10:30 am.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
‘Money Talks” is a 5-week Sunday School elective that will begin on March 1, in the sanctuary during the Sunday School hour. You can view the first video of the class at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKvVupblyzY.
Caring adults are needed to volunteer in the nursery during Sunday School. Please see Jen Eby if you are interested.
FAMILY LIFE OPPORTUNITIES
A SWEETHEART SOCIAL is scheduled for Wednesday, February 11 at Shady Maple Smorgasbord. The Cost is $20 per person. Mark & Abby King from Lord’s House of Prayer (Lancaster) are the featured speakers. Call the church office to make your reservations.
The LADIES’ RETREAT will be held at the Eden Resort Inn and Suites in Lancaster, PA on February 20-22, 2009. The theme is “Come to the Water.” Mary Wilson, Care Coordinator at Living Truth Fellowship Church, will be the speaker. The cost is $110 per person.
The MEN’S RETREAT is March 27-29 at the Ponderosa Lodge. Larry Constable will be the speaker.
A FAMILY LIFE CONFERENCE will be held on Sunday, May 3. Gerald and Marlene Kauffman will be our speakers. They are the authors of “Monday Marriage.”
YOUTH MININSTRY OPPORTUNITIES
BIBLE QUIZZING continues. This week (Feb 8) the competition for our team is at Strasburg Mennonite at 6:30 pm. Come cheer on our teams! Jeff & Rhonda Stoltzfus and Erin Metzler are coaches. Get all the information at www.accquizzing.org.
MYF (Mennonite Youth Fellowship) meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm. This is a time of fun and spiritual growth for youth in grades 9 to 12. Dwayne Walton, of the Parkesburg Point will speak this week.
A SPORTS THEME DINNER will be held on Friday, February 27. Mark your calendar and plan to attend this great evening with lots of food and entertainment.
FINANCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
“Money Talks” is a 5 week Sunday School elective, every Sunday in March, sponsored by the Finance Commission.
EVANGELISM AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
We are collecting blankets for MCC to distribute in Afghanistan, Iraq and North Korea. New single or double winter weight blankets are preferred. There is a box and display in the foyer for your contributions.
CPR classes will be held on the morning of Saturday, February 14 & Sunday, February 15 following worship. The cost is $25 per person; sign-up on the bulletin board in the foyer or see Cathy Case.
Clean out your quilt closets for the MCC PA RELIEF SALE, April 3-4. You can recycle quilt supplies, unfinished quilt projects and craft items. See the announcement posted in the foyer for more information.
Please view the mission bulletin board in the foyer. Cambodia and the ministry of Ryan and Bethany Umble are highlighted.
PENNY POWER is here. Bud Eby’s class is taking charge of Penny Power this year. There are two bottles in the foyer for your pennies. These will be taken to the MCC Relief Sale in April for projects of peace, relief and development. Go to www.pennypower.org for more information.
WOMEN’S MINISTRIES OPPORTUNITIES
The Ladies Bible Study meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. They are meeting at the home of Joy Sherman.
HELP! A captain for the Relay for Life team is needed. Contact RuthAnn Bruner if you can help.
MAPLE GROVE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION YEAR 1909-2009
Reserve Sunday, August 16 for our Centennial Celebration. The 100th Anniversary Committee will meet on Sunday, February 8 at 12:00 noon. Lunch will be provided. Anyone interested is invited to come and participate.
The Committee is collecting historical items to use in preparation for the celebration and during the celebration. Please talk with Melba King if you have some interesting items. Historic photos are needed. Cathy Case is scanning and organizing these photos. Please bring photos to the sound booth at the rear of the sanctuary and they will be returned to you shortly.
MAPLE GROVE PRESCHOOL
Registration for the 2009-2010 school year will begin on February 5 for Maple Grove families. Registration for current students is February 9. Open registration begins on February 19. Check out www.maplegrovepreschool.org for more information.
MISCELLANEOUS
CD recordings of our Sunday morning worship services are available from the church office. MP3 downloads of the services are also available; give Chuck White your e-mail address and the date(s) of the services you want and he will send them to you.
THE WIDER BODY OF CHRIST
(See the bulletin board in the foyer for more information and additional announcements)
LANCASTER MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL winter concert is February 22 at 3:00 pm in the Fine Arts Center. See www.lancastermennonite.org for more information.
WEST FALLOWFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL will have an OPEN HOUSE on February 24 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Visit www.wfcs.org for more information.
Expand your world and your family through Serving And Learning Together (SALT). If you are 18-27 years old, consider serving oversees for 11 months through Mennonite Central Committee’s SALT program. Visit www.mcc.org/salt for more information.
MCC is collecting AIDS Care Kits. You can help by assembling a kit. See www.mcc.org/kits/aids for more information.
Bridge of Hope Lancaster & Chester Counties invites you to its 10th Chester County Garden Luncheon with award-winning author Jane Kirkland, Chester Springs, talking on “Backyard Sanctuaries for Birds and Butterflies.” This event, held at The Desmond Great Valley Hotel, Malvern, on Saturday, March 21, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., helps homeless families build better futures. To make reservations, requested by March 10, call 610-380-1360 or visit www.bridgeofhopelcc.org.
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