March 2019 newsletter

House-to-House

 Family of Hope House Church                         March 2019

The Decade of the Refugee               

“The towns and people of Moab

    are at a loss,

New-hatched birds knocked from the nest,

    fluttering helplessly

At the banks of the Arnon River,

    unable to cross:

‘Tell us what to do,

    help us out!

Protect us,

    hide us!

Give the refugees from Moab

    sanctuary with you.

Be a safe place for those on the run

    from the killing fields.”                        

- from Isaiah 15 ((the Message)

Someday we will almost certainly look back at this time in history as the Decade of the Refugee.

A staggering one in 110 people today have have been driven from their homes by war, famine, dire poverty, gang violence and/or persecution. This results in hundreds of millions of individuals facing homelessness and untold hardship, often with little hope of being able to return to their places of origin.

Let’s all pray for an end to war everywhere, and for relief for suffering men, women and children refugees in already overcrowded places like Gaza, Syria, Myanmar, Yemen, and Central America. Let’s also pray for those countries and agencies seeking to respond to their needs, and for those who deny refuge to them.      

     

                                                                                         - Harvey Yoder      

Notes, Prayers and Praises

• DICK DUMAS reports a good result from his CT scan!
• GUY AND MARGIE VLASITS will be doing Mennonite Disaster    work and visiting relatives in Florida during much of March. 
• EMILY VANDEVANDER’s husband Robert passed away last month, and a memorial service will be held for him March 23. Emily, Lois Rivera Wenger’s niece, attended our church for a time some years ago.                                                                     
• ASH WEDNESDAY, March 6, marks the beginning of Lent, a special time of preparation for Holy Week.

March Lectionary Texts

3   Exodus 34:29-35  Psalm 99   2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2  Luke 9:28-43a

10 Deuteronomy 26:1-11  Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16  Romans 10:8b-13  Luke 4:1-13

17 Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18  Psalm 27  Philippians 3:17-4:1  Luke 13:31-35

24 Isaiah 55:1-9  Psalm 63:1-8   1 Corinthians 10:1-13  Luke 13:1-9

31 Joshua 5:9-12  Psalm 32   2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

March services, worship at 4, meal at 6 pm

3 Location: Park Place meeting room, 2nd floor                        432-0531

Worship and sharing: Harvey Yoder  

Bible Study: Paul Swarr                                                   No evening meal    
10 Location: Lewis & Mary Ellen Overholt Heritage Haven     432-7277                  

Worship and Sharing: Kent Palmer

Bible Study: Elly Nelson                                                   Brown bag meal                    

17 Location: Joyce Ulrich 1029 Shenandoah St. Apt. 1,            246-1013             

Worship and Sharing: James Stauffer

Bible Study: Dick Dumas                                                      Carry-in meal

24 Location: Family Life Resource Center 273 Newman Ave   432-0531

Worship and Sharing: Lois Rivera-Wenger

Bible Study: Harvey Yoder

Communion Meal: bread, grape juice, cheese and raw vegetable and fruit

31 Location: Susan Campbell 1361 Lincolnshire Dr, 22802     564-1524

Worship and Sharing: Susan Campbell                                           

Bible Study: Lewis Overholt                                                Carry-in meal