Special Announcements:

REMEMBER TO PRAY: For our prayer list and our missionaries.

A SPECIAL LENTEN STUDY is being held each Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the Hairston Lounge throughout Lent. The studies are replacing the regular Wednesday Prayer Meetings. The Rev. Michael Zumpf is teaching each session. Topic: "What does the Bible (God) say about...?" Come and support this special Lenten activity.

THE TENEBRAE THIS YEAR is titled Song of Shadows, composed by Joseph Martin and others. It will be performed by St. Luke's Choir on Maundy Thursday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m following the service of Holy Eucharist. Tenebrae is a service for the last three days of Holy Week. It is a service of mourning observed in the evening in the darkness of the church, commemorating the suffering and death of Christ and symbolizing the darkness over the earth at the time of the Crucifixion. During those last three days, the Teacher was showing us by example the greatest lessons of His ministry: service, obedience, humility and forgiveness.

LENTEN MITE BOXES. Please turn in your Mite Box on Easter Sunday, April 4th. The offering collected will be sent to The Persecuted Church, "The Voice of the Martyrs". Your generosity is appreciated.

Help Needed for transportation and refreshments for M.R. school Saturdays in March, 10 a.m.-12:00 noon. Please see Carol Rorrer.

Jocelyn Gordon needs your help on the four Saturdays in March with refreshments or help with instruction for the Bible study group which meets at Leaksville United Methodist Church on Monroe Street each Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

Mark Your Calendar! New Wineskins Mission Conference, April 8-11 at Ridgecrest, NC. New Wineskins for Global Mission 2010 is a conference which inspires and equips churches to fulfill our Lord Jesus' "Great Commission" to make disciples of all nations. It is designed for a wide variety of people: clergy, lay leaders, youth ministers, mission mobilizers and potential missionaries. This particular conference will offer several workshops such as Build the Arbor: Developing Mission-Minded Parishes, Rebuild the Walls: Holistic Missions and Partnering with the Church Overseas. Registration forms are available in the Parish House downstairs hall. For more information regarding the conference, contact Jocelyn at church or home.

A drawing was held for Sheila's quilt at the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. A total of more than $900 in ticket sales was collected. The winner: A resident of Marion, NC. Many thanks to all who participated.

St. Patrick's Day is recognized each year (March 17th) by our Time Out for Jesus children's group. While not a Biblical Saint per se, Patrick was known and loved by thousands who deemed him the "Patron Saint of Ireland." Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland in a.d. 432 onward. He founded the See of Armagh in the year (c. 444) and wrote the "Letter to Coroticus" and "Confessions," which is a moving account of his work and travels. Patrick prayed often to God and built churches all over Ireland. He loved people and spent his lifetime helping them. So, "top 'o the mornin' to you, me laddie" on this special day, March 17th. Wear your green!

Time Out for Jesus children's group for ages 5-12 years is meeting on Thursday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in the Young Adult classroom.  This is a time of fellowship and learning and includes Bible stories, games, puzzles, studies of sections of the Bible, great fellowship and delicious refreshments. Please encourage your young children to join in the fun and learning.

Episcopal Church Women:

DON'T FORGET...the ECW's commitment to provide two meals for the homeless. Our dates are Monday, March 15, supper and Tuesday, March 16, breakfast. Please bring food for both meals when you deliver it on March 15. Your help is needed and much appreciated.

ECW WILL MEET on Monday, March 29 at 6:15 p.m. Please bring a sandwich with you; drink and dessert will be provided. After the meal, members and guests will gather in the Hairston Lounge for our Lenten Meditation. Hostesses: Carol Zumpf, Dixie Carroll and Sheila Stewart.

THE CHOIR needs more men to balance out our choir. If you can sing, please join us on Sundays. We need your voice, men and women, to make a difference. Hope to see you there.

MANY THANKS to those who helped with the Altar Guild in 2009. Once again your help is needed for 2010. If you would give flowers for a Sunday or take the duty for a week or month, please sign up on the chart outside the Nightingale Class in the Parish Hall. Many Thanks!!

DON’T FORGET . . .

•  Our “Miles of Pennies” to purchase school books for children in Costa Rica, our Companion Diocese. There is a jar at the back of the church.

•  Your Campbell's Soup labels. Put them in the envelope outside the Florence Nightingale classroom. They are mailed to the Thompson Child & Family Focus to purchase needed items for a child.

• Thompson Child & Family Focus is asking for help with back to school supplies for their children. If you can help, please make checks payable to Thompson Child & Family Focus.

• Have you had a Birthday, Anniversary or special Thanksgiving? If so, please remember to put your offering in the bank at the back of the church. The offering is sent to Celest Handy for her work among Native Americans in New Mexico.

• Let us not forget the hungry.  Donations of food and/or money and clothing are greatly appreciated by The Lord's Pantry.

Church Office: 336/627-4668
E-Mail Address: stlukeseden@embarqmail.com
Web Page: www.stlukeseden.com
Please turn in announcements for the bulletin in writing by the preceding Wednesday.

Vestry: Freida Christley, Lee Craddock, Wayne Craddock, Wayne Roberson, Wayne Kirkman, Jimmy Chester, Sheila Stewart, Dixie Carroll, William Rorrer,

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