Candy Donations

We are getting ready for our Easter Egg Hunt Outreach event and we need candy to fill all those little plastic eggs for the kids.  If you are able to donate bags of small candies, there will be some baskets in the lobby for you to contribute.  Thank you so much and please be in prayer for this big outreach event.

Also – We will be having an “EGG CANDY-STUFFING PARTY” on April 6 in the lobby immediately after worship.  Help stuff 1,000 eggs with candy.  With lots of help, it usually does not take long, but we need your help.  (maybe you can even sneak a couple pieces while you are stuffing the eggs – just not too many 🙂

Easter Egg-Venture

We’re having our big “Easter Egg-Venture” Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 13 from 9:30 to 10:30am.  Bring all your friends and neighbors and especially the children to this event.  We will have Bible stories that tell the gospel, crafts, games and, of course, Easter Eggs with candy.  The whole neighborhood is invited and everyone you can think of should join us on this big day.  So much fun and it is all Free!

Palm Sunday – April 13

Sunday, April 13 will be a special day.  We start the day off with our Easter “Egg-Venture” Egg Hunt.  But immediately after that we have our Palm Sunday worship gathering.  We use REAL Palm branches and celebrate Jesus the in the way that they did many years ago in Jerusalem.  Come and Worship on this important day starting at 10:30am.

Maundy Thursday – communion

On Thursday, April 17 at 6:30 until 7:15pm we will have a special communion service to remember the very first Lord’s Supper that Jesus had with His disciples.  We hope you will join us for this quiet, reflective service.

MOVIE NIGHT:
The Passion of the Christ

We have a special showing of the Passion of the Christ April 17, at 7:15pm in the lower level Fellowship Hall immediately following our Maundy Thursday worship gathering.  This will be a good way to understand and experience what Jesus went through during the week leading up to Easter.

Easter – April 20 – 10:30am

CELEBRATE WITH US!  Easter worship is on April 20 at 10:30am.  What a great day to gather with other believers and worship Jesus who has risen from the dead and given us eternal life.

Outreach Emphasis Sunday

Sunday, April 27, the week after Easter is our Outreach Emphasis Sunday.  We do this because once we understand what Jesus did for us and for the world at Easter, we want to share that Good News with as many people as possible all around the world.  So we highlight our efforts in our local, national and international missions during this worship gathering.

We have special news.  We are planning to have Pastor Nelson Osorto give our sermon by video.  Pastor Nelson is the pastor of TEE Church, which is our sister church in Honduras.  We hope to be able to invite him to come in person soon, but this year we get to meet him by video.

Then stay after worship for a time of enjoying food from around the world in our Fellowship Hall.  This is a way to get to know others better while we learn about our missionaries nearby and around the globe.

Thank you Southern Heights Family…

There are so many gestures of support that flooded our families through Jack’s health journey. Sharing our grief and being a blessing with planning a funeral, flowers, food, music,tech support, set-up…We are very touched by the SH family in action. We can testify to that support in prayer & meeting many needs as they came up. Truly,  you are the best and we felt that. It made a difficult, challenging time much easier to handle.

From Jack Scheffers family: Leah and Matt Smith, Jill and Bob Mulder, Tom and Terri Scheffers.

ELDER & DEACON NOMINATIONS

It is time to nominate those from our congregation who you would like to be considered as an Elder or Deacon.  Over the next couple months, the Elders and Deacons will prayerfully consider who will be the next leaders of our church.  Please submit your nominations to the office (shcrc1@gmail.com) or to any current Elder or Pastor.

There are two key passages dealing with the qualifications of elders in the New Testament, 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:6-9 [13].

EDUCATION HOUR

After much discussion and planning from the various leaders, it has been decided that the morning Educatioin Hour from 9-10 is complete for the season.  Morning Education Hour for Middle School, High School and Adults will resume in the fall.  Thank you all so much for a wonderful season.

Student Ministries

Here are the remaining evening group meetings for Middle School and High School for the season.

High School – Last gathering April 6

Middle School – Last gathering April 13

Will plan final fun night in May for each group.  TBD

Thanks for a wonderful Season everyone!

Wednesday Ministries

Here are the dates for the last Wednesday Ministries of the season…

– April 16 – (with Pizza at 5:15)

– April 30 – (with Pizza at 5:15)

– May 14 – Last Meeting
(no pizza due to last meeting special activities)

Each of the days will include…
10:00am – Women’s ministry meets in the conference room.
5:15pm – light supper of pizza and chips and cookies.
6pm-  Women’s Ministry (Same lesson as 10am) and Men’s Ministry.