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March 3, 2023: E-News Updates

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Hi EPC Friends and Members, 

Here's my "3-2-1" for this week...

 3 EPC Happenings

1. Make a difference for girls in Sierra Leone this Lent -- This lent we’re diverting our coffee (or other) funds to Days for Girls. Days for Girls mission is to prepare and distribute sustainable menstrual health solutions to girls who would otherwise miss school during their monthly periods. Want to participate? Pick up your coffee cup at church and fill it with funds throughout Lent. We will bring our cups back and tally our totals the week after Easter. Cups of Grace!

2. Good Friday Storytelling Event -- Mark your calendars for Friday, April 7th. We will be having a special storytelling event around the theme of Lost and Found led by Mark Yaconnelli. To learn more about him, click HERE. You won't want to miss this special experience around the power of story.

3. The Journey Sermon Series -- This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Lent and we are kicking off our sermon series The Journey. We will be exploring what the Lenten journey looks like based on the stories of Jesus and the call of the disciples. Join us!  

2 Interesting Links

1. Want to learn more about the organization Days for Girls? Click HERE to watch a short video! 

2. I am SO excited about our special "Lost and Found" storytelling event featuring author Mark Yaconelli. Check out his book, Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us HERE.

1 Thought 

Addressing harm is possible only when we bravely face the gap between the story we tell about ourselves — the one in which we’re the hero, fighting the good fight, doing our best, behaving responsibly and appropriately in every context — and the reality of our actions. We need to summon the courage to cross the bridge over that cognitively dissonant gulf and face who we are, who we have been — even if it threatens our story of ourselves. It’s the only way we can even begin to undertake any possible repair of the harm we’ve done and become the kind of person who might do better next time. (And that, in my opinion, is what’s truly heroic). 
-- Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

There you have it! Our 3-2-1 for the week. See you Sunday! 

It's not the same without you there, 


Join us this Sunday in worship for the Second Sunday of Lent as we continue our Lenten Sermon Series, The Journey. The season of Lent is often described as a journey. A journey with Jesus towards Easter, a journey through as the days get longer, and a journey growing closer to God through our own spiritual disciplines. You are invited to join us on the journey as we begin with Pastor Traci's sermon The Journey Begins Here.


 

Join us for this special event at EPC on Good Friday, April 7th at 7PM! This storytelling event, Lost and Found will feature prominent author Mark Yaconelli. To learn more about him, click HERE. You won't want to miss this special experience around the power of story. Save the date!


 

This lent we’re diverting our coffee (or other) funds to Days for Girls. Days for Girls mission is to prepare and distribute sustainable menstrual health solutions to girls who would otherwise miss school during their monthly periods. Want to participate? Pick up your coffee cup at church and fill it with funds throughout Lent. We will bring our cups back and tally our totals the week after Easter. Cups of Grace! 


 

Help make our sanctuary beautiful by ordering Easter Flowers! Order forms are now available. Forms will be available beginning this Sunday in a basket by the bulletin podium. Instructions can be found inside the envelopes. Any questions? Contact Paula Reckley. 


 

We are looking for ushers and liturgists for the months of March and April. If you are interested, please sign up by clicking HERE


 

Attention parents of teenagers! Join us for a supportive time of conversation community and reflection as we gather around the joyful and challenging stage of parenting teens! We will meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at Brewpoint Craft at 9:30 - 10:30 am. All are welcome. Advance registration encouraged -- please click HERE


 

Youth Ministry is looking for volunteers to assist on Sunday mornings with classroom management and general assistance. Tasks would include supporting students and assisting with games and art projects! No planning or curriculum building necessary, Emerson will provide you with everything you need to know. Please click HERE to sign up.


 

Planning for Elmhurst Pride Fest is underway and we are looking for volunteers. Are you interesting in supporting this wonderful community event? Sign up HERE.


 

10:30 Sunday Worship Livestream - Click Here!

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