This Sunday: March 21, 2010

"Twisting Jesus’ Words" is the sermon by Pastor Bruce Gillette based on John 12:1-8 for this Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 21st, at the 8:45 a.m. Worship Services at Limestone Presbyterian Church.

The Living Water Ensemble and Limestone Praise Chimes will provide special music for the 8:45 a.m. service.

This Sunday is Youth Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
"I Believe It: The Apostles’ Creed" is the theme for this Sunday’s Youth Sunday worship service at 11:00 a.m. led by Limestone’s Members of our Middle and High School Church School classes, Youth Groups, Youth Choirs and others.

Special music for this service will be provided by the Genesis Handbell Choir, Youth Choir, piano soloist Emily Koriakin and Living Water Ensemble.

Large Print & Children's Worship Bulletins:
Enlarged worship bulletins with the hymns are available from the ushers.

Infants and Younger Children in Worship
Children of all ages bring special gifts and are always welcome in worship and free nursery care is available throughout the morning. We also have children’s activity bags and special bulletins for children in worship.

This Sunday: 10:00 a.m. -- Church School for All Ages
Join us this Sunday, with your children or grandchildren, for Church School at 10:00 a.m. More information is available on our Church School web page.

This Sunday: Church-wide Lenten Study on Forgiveness at Limestone
You are invited to attend this church-wide Lenten study that will be offered twice weekly:

Sunday mornings, 10:00 a.m. to 10:55 a.m., or
 
Wednesday evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (following an optional 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. supper of delicious homemade soups and breads). Please contact our Limestone Presbyterian Church office (phone:302-994-5646) or email limestonepc@comcast.net if you would like to make a reservation for the Wednesday dinner.
 
Learning Forgiveness: A Lenten Study    Repentance is at the heart of our Lenten journey.
 
Read more about this study and its sessions online.

This Sunday’s Youth Events
8:45 a.m. and 11:00 am Worship Services
10:00 a.m. Church School with Middle School and High School classes
4:00 p.m. Middle School Youth Group
6:00 p.m. Youth Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room
7:00 p.m. Senior Youth Group

This Week at Limestone

• Monday, March 22
  
  • 11:00 a.m. Pastor’s Bible Study, Library
  • 6:00 p.m. Christian Education Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 p.m. Building & Grounds Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 p.m. Finance Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 p.m. Mission Committee Meeting
  
  
• Tuesday, March 23
  • 9:00 a.m. Chronicle Collated, Choir Room
  • 7:00 p.m. Bible Study, Library
  • 7:15 p.m. Genesis Handbell Choir, Trinity Room
  
  
• Wednesday, March 24
  • 12:00 p.m. Ecumenical Service, St. Philip’s Lutheran Church
  • 1:00 p.m. Comfort Shawl Ministry, Library
  • 6:30 p.m. Lenten Soup Dinner, Klair Hall
  • 7:00 p.m. Lenten Study, Klair Hall
  
  
• Thursday, March 25
  • 5:45 p.m. Joyful Noise, Choir Room
  • 6:00 p.m. Living Water, Sanctuary
  • 6:30 p.m. Limestone Praise Chimes, Trinity Room
  • 6:30 p.m. Human Resource Committee, Library
  • 7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 660, Klair Hall
  • 7:00 p.m. Alanon, Ken Read Room
  • 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir, Choir Room
  
  
• Friday, March 26
  • 7:00 p.m. Ghanaian Presbyterian Fellowship’s Prayer Meeting, Library
  • 8:00 p.m. AA, Upper Room
  
  
• Saturday, March 27
  • 9:30 a.m. AA, Choir Room
  • 9:30 a.m. Alanon, Library
  • 1:00 p.m. Youth Scavenger Hunt
  • 7:00 p.m. Pot-luck dinner and Movie (The Blind Side) Night, Klair Hall
  
  

Check Out Our Pastors’ Bible Study on Mondays
You are invited to a Bible study on Monday mornings, 11:00 a.m. to Noon, in our church library. We are looking at the lectionary text; the assigned readings from the Bible for each Sunday. The discussion is led by the Pastor (Bruce or Carolyn) who will be preaching the next Sunday. You can come weekly or whenever it works for your schedule; no prior Bible study experience is needed. Join us for this time of prayer, study and fellowship together!

This Wednesday: Join the Comfort Shawl Knitters
It's no Blarney.   The Comfort Shawl knitters will meet on March 24th, the 4th Wednesday of the month, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. in the church library. There'll be no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but we'd love to have you drop in to knit, crochet or just to see what we're doing. Contact Ann Thomas for details.

This Wednesday: Ecumenical Lenten Worship Services and Community Lunches
Wednesdays, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Hosted by St. Philip’s Lutheran Church 4501 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington, DE 19808

Living Traditions and Continuing Faith:
A sermon series on the Apostles Creed preached by local pastors from different Christian traditions:
   March 24th - Redemption & Eternal Life
 
Join us from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. for our ecumenical worship services with special music and sermons inspired by this ancient creed and how it still speaks to us today. The offering at these services will go to support the work of Family Promise, an ecumenical ministry for homeless families: www.familypromisede.org. You are invited to join us for a simple lunch of homemade soups starting at 12:30 p.m. following the worship services.
Participating churches:
   Limestone Presbyterian Church,
   Marshallton United Methodist Church,
   St. James Episcopal Church,
   St. John the Beloved Roman Catholic Church,
   St. Mark’s Methodist Church and
   St. Philip’s Lutheran Church.
Join us!

Saturday, March 27th: Community-wide Covered dish Dinner/Movie: The Blind Side
Outreach & Fellowship Committee would like to invite you to a community-wide covered dish dinner and movie night at Limestone on Saturday, March 27th at 6:00 p.m. We will enjoy a delicious covered dish dinner together and then at 7:00 p.m. watch the newly released movie, The Blind Side, (for which Sandra Bullock won an Academy Award for Best Actress) based a true story inspired by author Michael Lewis. "This is not the film you might expect judging solely from the previews and marketing. Bearing the burden of being potentially schmaltzy, the film instead threads an almost impossible needle, pulling off a surprisingly moving and inspirational story of compassion, self-discovery and hope" (read the whole Christianity Today movie review).
 
This movie night will be the first one when we will use the new sound system in Klair Hall.

Next Sunday – March 28 – Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday
Read these biblical lessons this week to enrich your worship on March 28:
Luke 19:28-40;
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29;
Isaiah 50:4-9a;
Psalm 31:9-16;
Phil. 2:5-11;
Luke 22:14—23:56
 
8:45 a.m. Worship Service with Living Water
10:00 a.m. Church School for all ages including adult discussion group
11:00 a.m. Worship Service with the Chancel Choir
4:00 p.m. Middle School Youth Group
6:00 p.m. Youth Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room