Order of Worship, March 19, 2023

4^th Sunday of Lent

Service Notes and Announcements

Hymns

299		Holy, Holy, Holy
		God Is So Good
358		There Is A Redeemer
774		Freely, Freely

Scriptures

Psalm     

OT          

NT          

Gospel     John 3:1-21

 

Sermon: “Good News – A Fresh Start”

Announcements

·         WA Annual Meeting: The WA Annual meeting will be held today immediately following church.  Anyone with items to add to the agenda or who would like to join the executive please contact Cathy Brown.

·         Georgetown Bread Basket - if you are thinking of making a donation to the Georgetown Bread Basket this month, the items in most need are juice boxes for students, individual pudding cups (preferably Chocolate), Instant Hot Breakfast Cereal, Ketchup and Sugar. Items can be dropped at the food bank, in grocery stores or at Knox and they will be delivered for you.

·         Maundy Thursday - On Thursday, April 6th, Limehouse will be hosting a Maundy Thursday pot-luck supper with worship to follow.  This time will recall Jesus' Last Supper with His disciples, when He concluded the meal by sharing bread and wine with them as the institution of the communion meal.  Supper will begin at 6pm and will be pure pot-luck - bring something to share!  The worship portion of the evening will begin between 6:45 and 7:00

·         Easter Basket Brigade- In conjunction with the Georgetown Bread Basket, Community Unity has identified approximately 175 Families in need of Groceries in the Halton Hills area and will be convening Saturday March 25 th  9:30 AM at Georgetown Christian Reformed Church  $50 gift cards or the cash to buy them from Freshco need to be in to Rev. Steve by March 19th so that the baskets can be prepared on March 25th.  (If you give the money for Rev. Steve to purchase the cards, it will be credited to your charitable receipt for 2023!

·         Coronation Service:  Knox will be conducting a two-part service on May 6^th to celebration the Coronation of our new King.  In the first part we will be streaming the Coronation from London in the Church.  In the second part we will conduct our own service.  This will be open to the public.  More details will be forthcoming once we known when the Coronation and coverage will begin.

·         GFORCe3 is pleased to announce that both Afghan families that they are sponsoring have been accepted to come to Canada this year; one through the United Church of Canada and the other through the Presbyterian Church of Canada.  Thank you to all who have supported us and will continue to do so.  Thank you for your prayers and blessings.

·         Out of the Cold Update: as we near spring we have started to make plans for closing down for the year. Our last night of normal coverage will be April 9th (Easter Sunday). We will then transition to emergency only coverage until the night of April 16th when we will be completely shut down for the year. If spring weather arrives early, we may transition to emergency coverage sooner.

·         Thanks, as always, to everyone for your continued support of the work and ministry of our congregations!