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Drop Off Your Items Today Through Saturday
The preschool bus will be stationed on the front lawn from April 11 through April 18 – we challenge you, your neighbors, family, friends, work buddies, school buddies to fill or overfill the bus with wish list items for local service agencies e.g. Harvest Hope, Angels House, Lutheran Hospice, God’s Storehouse, Transitions and the Veterans Hospital. At 1 pm on April 18, the items will be sorted and delivered to the respective agencies.
PAPER TOWELS, NAPKINS, TOILET PAPER. SOCKS, BLANKETS, NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS, TOILETRIES, CLEANING SUPPLIES
If the bus is locked, please drop off the items inside the Administration Building.
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Calling all people of
Living Springs!
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2015 @ 9 am
Operation Inasmuch is the annual event when Lutheran Christians from across SC join together to give part of their day in acts of loving service to those in need in our surrounding community. Each congregation in our SC Synod sponsors specific acts of outreach. There are opportunities for everyone of all ages, so just choose how you would like to participate. This year, at Living Springs, we are sponsoring:
· STUFF-A-BUS for our community service agencies
· RICE ESTATE visiting, bingo, singing, gardening work
· COOKIE-BAKING for our local firefighters.
Come join us to play bingo with the Rice Estate residents and a sing-along afterward. Or if playing bingo is not your thing and you want to be outdoors, planting spring flowers in their garden beds is another option. For those that want to stay & serve the community close to home, come bake cookies for the firemen. We will meet in the Sanctuary at 9 am for a short devotion. Contact Karen Kranz for information.
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7th - 12th Grade Youth
Tonight, we will meet at the church at 7pm for dinner and our devotion will be on stereotypes! National Youth gathering participants will practice our fundraising presentation afterwards. Hope to see everyone there!
Upcoming Events
This Saturday (April 18) - Operation Inasmuch - We will be meeting at the church at 9am and then heading to the Rice Estate to play bingo with the residents. We will return to the church around 12:30.
This Sunday (April 19) - Paintball - We will leave immediately after the second service and go to Moes and then go paint balling at Trigger Tyme. Cost is $25+money for Moes. We will return to the church around 4pm. Friends are welcome!! Just please let me know so I can give you a permission form.
Sunday, April 26 - We will meet at the church at 5:15 to go to the DoubleTree Hilton for a special Taize service. Taize come from a religious community of in France. The Taize Brothers are traveling through South Carolina and are hosting a special service that night for youth and young adults. This will be an awesome worship opportunity for us with other Columbia youth and international Christians! We will return by 8:30pm.
Sunday, May 3 - Senior Youth are leading the Faith Talks for the congregation!! This is an exciting opportunity! I would love for all Senior youth to be present for this during the Sunday School hour.
Please let me know if you have any questions! Laura Dunklin
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Spring Cottage Gatherings
4/15 - 6/15
Come gather with other disciples for these wonderful times of spring fellowship in our homes. We share excitement about the unfolding “Spirit-Tugs” in our lives and all the wonderful stories about how we have experienced or witnessed God at work over the past months. Also, we’ll receive some important updates about the Road-Widening, our 2015 Giving Goals, and all the amazing things that are happening among this community of disciples who bear the name of Living Springs. Sponsored by the Lifelong Discipleship Team and our In-Touch Groups. Active Discipleship, Ministries of Hope, Community Partnerships!
- Murray group – April 26 at 5:00
- Davidson and Smith groups – May 24 at 4:00
- Furcron and Zieche group – May 3, 1:00
- Kranz group – May 3 at 3:00
- Graves group – May 3 at 4:00 (cookout to follow)
- Tracy group – May 17, 3:00
- Berger and Turnmire groups – May 31, 3:00
- Buchanan group – May 31, 4:00
- Bloss group – TBA
- Stuart group – TBA
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WELCA Meeting
This Sunday, April 19
All women of the church are invited on Sunday, April 19th following the 10:45 service. Join in fellowship with our "Sisters in Christ". We will plan to support this ministry and organize plans for WELCA's mission. Lite lunch will be provided.
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Tuesday Night Devotion Dinner
Tuesday, April 21
On the 3rd Tuesday of the month, we offer dinner at 6:15. Everyone is welcome to to this dinner and devotions served by Laura Cunningham, our LS Food Resource person). Cost $9 – signup sheet is in the narthex or contact the office before 11 am on Monday.
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Backpack Food Ministry
Next week there is early dismissal for the Richland2 schools, so we will pack the backpack bags on Wednesday, April 22 at 5:00 pm. We currently need milk, cereal, fruit and meat items. Please consider the homeless children when you do your grocery shopping, even contributing one item helps support this ministry. Currently, we are supplementing our inventory using funds from the designated budget. If your schedule is such that donating monetarily is more convenient, you can donate by indicating “backpacks” in the memo section of your check. Wednesday, June 3 will be our last day to pack for this school year. Contact Karen Kranz for information.
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WORSHIP ASSISTANT SIGN-UP
Now is your chance to fill in the dates you would like to serve – use www.signupgenius.com to sign yourself up for the weeks you know you are able to serve. The schedule will be finalized by the 20th of the month and whatever positions have not been filled will be manually assigned. If you are uncomfortable with using the website, there is a hard copy of the schedule in the administration building or contact Karen Kranz. We use the time and talent sheets as a guide to assigning responsibilities, so if you have not filled one out, now is your chance to participate in serving the Lord.
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Women's Worship Service
Sunday, May 17
Our Women’s Service is May 17 (sorry men!) at both services – if you are a female and would like to participate, please sign up using the www.signupgenius.com - there is also a hard copy of the schedule in the administration building or contact Karen Kranz. WELCA will provide refreshments and there will be a blessing of the quilts at the services that Crafty Ladies have quilted for Lutheran World Relief.
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Prayer Shawl Ministry
If you knit or crochet and would like to be a part of the Prayer Shawl Ministry please contact Becky Sides at beckysides@earthlink.net. You may use any pattern you prefer but we can provide a sample for you. This is a great way to use your time and talents to bring comfort to people when they are experiencing a difficult time in their lives.
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LUTHERAN MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT SEMINAR AND DATE NIGHT EVENT
Saturday, May 16
On Saturday, May 16, from 10:00 to 5:00 at Ebenezer Lutheran, married or engaged couples are invited to attend a Marriage Enrichment Event on the theme, "The Seven Principles of a Lifelong Marriage." Following the event, couples are encouraged to go out on a date night or a date weekend as part of the seminar.
The Rev. Dr. Bill Mitcham, Director of the MMC Pastoral Counseling Center and a state licensed marriage and family therapist and formerly adjunct professor of counseling at LTSS/LRU will be the seminar leader.
Date Night: The seminar leader is recommending a date night on the town for all couples who attend. Some may want to make it a date weekend. Contact Staybridge Suites in downtown Columbia at 1-866-599-6674 for special rates…tell them you are attending the “Lutheran Marriage Enrichment Seminar.”
Registration fee: the cost of the seminar will be $76 per couple, which includes a light lunch. For registration form, email Dr. Mitcham at bmitcham36@windstream.net or call or text him at 803-210-9197
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Prayers
Amber Dye & Kyle Fletcher - wedding 4/18
Dick & Peggy Collins
Patricia Brouwer
Margaret Blank
Stephanie Joyner
Charles Pollard
Dylan Horan
Melvin Steelman - father of Jan Schmidt
Joe Berger - father of Rocky Berger
Kristy Grohman - daughter-in-law of Brenda Grohman
Eugene Goldberg - brother-in-law of Marj Appleton
Tiffani Cunningham - sister of Rachel Peterson
Dale Dominick - uncle of Retha Murray
Ashley Ingram - niece of Anita Dye
Elizabeth Baxter - friend of Irene Tracy
Barbara Butler - grandmother of Arbin Santos (preschool)
Townes Chick - friend of Leslie Bloss
Jim Caldwell - co-worker of Judy Lawrence
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Lessons for Sunday, April 19
First Reading: Acts 3:12–19
After healing a crippled man, Peter preaches to the people how God's promises to Israel have been fulfilled in Jesus. Through the proclamation of Christ's death and resurrection, God is offering them forgiveness and restoration in Jesus' name.
Psalm (ELW): Psalm 4
The LORD does wonders for the faithful. (Ps. 4:3)
Second Reading: 1 John 3:1–7
God has loved us in order to make us children of God. Though we do not yet know the full details of our future existence, we trust that God will reveal it just as God revealed Jesus to take away our sins.
Gospel: Luke 24:36b–48
In this account of an appearance after his resurrection, Jesus opens the minds of the disciples to understand him as Messiah. Jesus convinces them that he has been raised and sends them on a mission to proclaim the message of repentance and forgiveness.
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SERVING THIS SUNDAY
8:15 Service
Council Person
Gwen Furcron
Assisting Minister
Saundra Dixon
Lector
Midge Gunvalson
Communion Assistants
Karen Kranz
Bill Franck
Ushers
Shirley Laingen
Paul Laingen
Greeter
Marj & Jerry Appleton
Acolyte
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10:45 Service
Council Person
Bob Turnmire
Assisting Minister
Alison Levitt
Lector
Anne Ducate
Communion Assistants
Steve Bloss
Brantley Smith
Ushers
Karlene Stuart
Laura Stuart
Randy Masad
Mike Davidson
Greeter
Nancy Baldwin
Acolyte
Jan Berger
Crucifer
Leslie Bloss
Torchbearers
Trish Davidson
Gail Buchanan
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Children’s Message
Adam Woodruff
Counters
Steve Bloss
Marshall Hurlbert
Steve Padgett
Flowers
Anita Dye
Mugger
Irene & Charles Tracy
Nursery
Angie Dyches
Julia Tenhover
Refreshments
Judy Lawrence
Altar Guild
Kathy Brennan
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