You won’t want to miss the festivities coming your way on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2010 as we celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

10:20am – Children Age 3 – Youth (up to Grade 12) are invited to gather in the Narthex of the Sanctuary to prepare for processing with Palm Branches to the altar rail, reliving Jesus’ triumphal entry;

11:30am – Join us for the Berean Sunday School Class Spaghetti Lunch in Fellowship Hall.  Get your tickets Sunday:

• $7 / Adult (Grade 7 and Up)
• $4 / Child (Grade 6 and Under)
• $25 MAX / Family
• Bring a friend, and your friend eats free
  (thanks to the Evangelism Committee)
  

During Lunch – Children & Youth (Grade 4 and up) are invited to help hide Easter Eggs!

Following Lunch – Children (Toddlers – Grade 3) are invited to take part in the Easter Egg Hunt (please, bring your Easter Basket).  Each child will receive an Easter Gift for participating, and we anticipate a special guest!

Five years ago, at the encouragement of Dr. Robert Allen, the Needlepoint Project was begun.  Using icons from our stained glass windows and architectural details, each of the six designs for a kneeler is original, and perfectly suited to our sanctuary. In the beginning this project involved the talent and assistance of many people, and now, after many months of intricate stitching by talented and dedicated members of our church, the twelve individual kneelers are ready to be displayed and purchased as an honorarium or a memorial.

Here is the procedure for purchasing a kneeler.  The kneelers will be on display at FUMC before and after church on the 21st and 28th of March.  They will be in the Kay Classroom, by the main office, beginning at 9am.   After you have seen the kneelers, if you are interested in further information about purchase, please contact Ann Clarkson at 322-0753 for a price list.

Our 2010 Perkins Lecturer will be Amy-Jill Levine the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Graduate Department of Religion, and Program in Jewish Studies.

Holding a B.A. from Smith College, M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Richmond, the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, and the University of South Carolina- Upstate, Professor Levine has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies.  She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association (she is presently the New Testament book review editor for the Catholic Biblical Quarterly), and the Association for Jewish Studies.

Her most recent books include:

• The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (HarperOne);
• The edited collection, The Historical Jesus in Context (Princeton Readings in Religions) (Princeton);
• The fourteen-volume series, Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings (Continuum);
• The Cambridge Companion to the Bible (Companions to Religion) (Cambridge).

In addition, she has recorded “Introduction to the Old Testament,” “Great Figures of the Old Testament,” and “Great Figures of the New Testament” for the Teaching Company.

A self-described “Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” Professor Levine combines history and literary insight with a frequent dash of humor to bring aspects of the Scriptures down-to-earth.  In all of this, she maintains a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies.

This year, the lectures will be:

• Sunday, March 7, 2010 – 10:30am
  The Good Samaritan
• Sunday, March 7, 2010 – 7:00pm
  Hearing the Parables Anew
• Monday, March 8, 2010 – 12:00noon
  The Prodigal Son
• Monday, March 8, 2010 – 7:00pm
  The Laborers in the Vineyard

Did you know that we are currently in the midst of early voting for the March 2 Primary Election.  Here is where you can do early voting until February 26, 2010:

Wichita Falls

• County Courthouse, 900 7th St – 2nd Floor
• Sikes Senter Mall in Penney’s Court
• Home Depot, 3705 Kell Blvd

Burkburnett

• Little Red School House, 114 N. Ave. D

Electra

• Commissioner Bldg, Pct 4, 2023 St. Hwy 25-North

Iowa Park

• Wichita County Tax Office, 400 North Wall St

For more information about this primary election, click one of these links:

• League of Women Voters Page to find Voters Guides
• Wichita County 2010 Voting Information

If you answered YES to any of the above, we need YOU on Sunday, February 21, 2010 to make the Missions Team Chili / Stew / Dessert Cook-Off  Fundraiser a success!

Proceeds will be divided:

40% for PowerPak 4 Kids
20% to Habitat for Humanity of Wichita Falls
20% to the Texas Ramp Project
20% for World Mission Initiatives

Join Rev. Lydia Pellikan in Perkins Chapel to begin the season of Lent with a sacred worship service:

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

• 12:00noon
• 6:30pm

As you prepare for this holy season of the Christian year, we hope you’ll consider meditating upon these texts from Scripture:

Isaiah 58:1-12
Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

6:30pm