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Welcome to our weekly e-gram! Read on to discover what’s happening in our church family this week and beyond.
Church News
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SUNDAY PREVIEW: CHALLENGING INSTRUCTIONS
Sermon Title: Loving Our Enemies
Scripture: Luke 6: 27-38
This week, we will build on last week’s sermon by exploring the second half of the Sermon on the Plain. In this passage, Jesus gives everyone listening some of the most challenging instructions we read anywhere in the gospels: to love our enemies, to turn the other cheek, to withhold judgement, and several other equally challenging instructions for living as people of God. As Teresa reminded us last week, it’s difficult and demanding to be a disciple of Jesus. Join us on Sunday to explore further how to live out these challenging instructions, with help from God’s grace. See you Sunday, in person or online.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: MORTGAGE BURNING AND CAPITAL CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF ON SUNDAY, MARCH 9On Sunday, March 9, we have a big celebration planned. We will celebrate paying off our building mortgage with a special mortgage burning during morning worship. We will look back at all we have accomplished as a congregation and look forward to our next steps in ministry now that our mortgage is paid in full. All of the former ministers of the church have been invited to attend or send thoughts to the church. We will also kick off our next Capital Campaign, to improve our outdoor space. After worship, we will continue our celebration with a covered-dish dinner. Please sign up in the gathering space to let us know what you plan to bring. Mark your calendar now for this special celebration! You will hear more about the Capital Campaign in the coming weeks.
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NEW GIVING PLATFORM FOR LFCC
We are launching a new giving platform on our website. Why, you ask? We are paying an average of $40 a month in fees deducted from the donations we receive. Our new giving platform, Zeffy, is for non-profits and does not include a mandatory fee or charge. Please note: When you make your donation using this platform, you will be asked if you want to donate to offset fees. You can just enter any amount, including $0.
The new platform will be linked to the Donate button on the home page of the website by this Sunday. Thank you for your donations online, in-person, and through the mail. We hope this platform will make things easier for donors and eliminate fees so we can do more work in the church with your entire contribution.
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FUN AT THE VALENTINE’S DAY BRUNCHA group of 13 gathered at the Diner at Webb Gin on Valentine’s Day for food and conversation. The group especially enjoyed the drop-by visit from Jeanie’s grandson and two great-grands! Congrats to prize winners Eva, Chris, Ada, Jeanie, Mary Jo, Marilyn, Tommy, and Lee and Connie Thompson.
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UPCOMING EVENTS IN FEBRUARY
Friday, February 21 – Sunday, February 23
Disciples Women retreat at Little Ocmulgee State Park and Lodge
Sunday, February 23
9 am: Choir practice
10 am: Sunday school
11 am: Worship
Check the calendar of events on our church website at https://lawrencevillechristianchurch.org/calendar/ to stay updated on what’s happening in our church community.
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THIS SUNDAY’S WORSHIP LEADERS
Greeter: Jeanie Morgan
Scripture: Mabel Simmons
Communion Meditation: Gerald Kersey
Elders: Beth Thompson and Rod Baker
Deacons: Lynn Lane and Andrew Jensen
Communion Preparation: Lynn Lane
If you are interested in serving as a worship leader or greeter, please contact Rev. Diane or Rev. Teresa.
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E-GRAM DEADLINE
Thanks for all your contributions to the e-gram. Please email any information for next week’s e-gram to Rev. Diane (diane@lawrencevillechristianchurch.org) no later than Tuesday at 5 pm. If at all possible, please send e-gram information by email rather than text; it may get lost in incoming text messages.
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LECTIONARY SCRIPTURES FOR FEB. 23 AND MAR. 2
The Revised Common Lectionary is a three-year cycle of weekly readings used by many mainline Protestant churches in Canada and the United States. The lectionary readings will shape much of our preaching, and may be helpful in your own Bible study and devotional life.
February 23, 2025
- Genesis 45:3-11, 15
- Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40
- 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50
- Luke 6:27-38
March 2, 2025
- Exodus 34:29-35
- Psalm 99
- 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2
- Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)
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ZOOM LINK FOR WORSHIP AND CHURCH MEETINGS
For Sunday worship and other online meetings, use this link:
https://zoom.us/j/6284633067?pwd=YzVMN0EwQUVrb0FRM1phVkZEUjZFQT09
For those who DIAL IN, Call (646) 558-8656
Zoom Meeting ID: 628 463 3067
Password: 1234
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THE LAWRENCEVILLE CO-OP NEEDS SOUP!As always, the Lawrenceville Co-op needs our donations of money, food items, and personal care items to help those in need in Dacula and Lawrenceville. In an effort to fill their empty shelves, they have asked supporting churches to collect a specific item. Thank you for your generous donations that help keep this vital ministry running. We collected 643 pounds of food for the co-op between the middle of January and the middle of February! We will continue collecting soup through the end of March.
Most Needed Food Items
- Applesauce
- Instant potatoes
- Canned tuna and chicken
- Canned fruit
- Canned soup/stew
- Cereal
*Village of Hope needs mac and cheese cups, ramen cups, boxed milk, and rice cups
Most Needed Personal Care Items
- Size 3 and up diapers
- Feminine pads
- Adult diapers size S-XL
- Laundry pods
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DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
REGIONAL AND GENERAL CHURCH NEWSKeep up with the latest news going on in our region and our general church. Click the links below to find the latest news within the Disciples!
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Each Monday at 6 pm, wherever you are and whatever way is comfortable for you, we pause and pray for our church. If you have conflicts with this time, whatever time is comfortable for you, pause and pray for your church. Below is the church’s prayer list you can use. You are welcome to make up your own prayer list as you pray.
Nahum 1:3: “The Lord’s way is in the whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.”
Celebrations
- Annie Ballew’s birthday is TODAY (Wednesday, Feb. 19)
- Buck Oakes also has a birthday TODAY (Wednesday, Feb. 19)
- Mark Jensen’s birthday is February 22
- We celebrate with Perry Westbrook, grandson of Marilyn Parks, and the Piedmont Lions swim team, who repeated as conference champions. Perry swam the 200-meter, 500-meter, and mile (65 laps) freestyles and the 800-meter freestyle relay. He won first place in two events and second place in two events. He also set a school record in the 200 freestyle. Congratulations, Perry!
Weekly Prayers
- For our co-ministers, Rev. Teresa Bensch and Rev. Diane Bales
- For the Disciples Women Retreat this weekend, and for the four women from our congregation who will be attending.
- For the Capital Campaign committee and committee chair Rod Baker, as they prepare for our next campaign to fund improvements to the church grounds
- For the upcoming mortgage-burning celebration
- For the Regional Minister Search Committee and their prayerful work
Immediate Needs (names in bold are newly added or updated)
- Kerry Bensch (recovering from surgery)
- Connie Worrel (health issues)
- Odessa Adams (Anna Harrison’s mother, at home with hospice care)
- Family of Steve Ehly (Sharon Carter’s brother)
Ongoing Needs
- Our country and our world
- Our members and friends at home, including Mary Jo Alvord, Odessa Adams, Gen Ashby, David Chamberlain, Bessie Kirby, Ada Mullinax, Bill Phyfer, Bob Powell, and Patricia Saturday
- Our family and friends with ongoing health challenges
- Eva Krahwinkel and Neva Maffett
- Ada Mullinax and her sister Linda (recovering at home)
- Dorrie Toth (recovering from eye surgery)
- Mary Ann Pusen (Connie Thompson’s mother, fractured wrist)
- Eric McDonald (husband of former interim minister Melinda McDonald; recovering from open heart surgery)
- Suzy Santoro (Anna Harrison’s daughter)
- Chris Klimshuk and her sister Veronica
- Grace Aguwa
- Carrie Toth (Dorrie Toth’s daughter)
- Connie Worrel’s sister Pat
- Rev. Peggy Edge (Anna Harrison’s sister)
- Sadie Severt (Harrison family friend)
If you have an update to the prayers and concerns, please let Rev. Diane know (diane@lawrencevillechristianchurch.org).
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That’s all we have for this week! Please be in prayer for the church and everyone in it, that we continue to do what the Lord has called us to do. God bless you all!
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