March 2021 newsletter

House-to-House

Family of Hope House Church                         March 2021

Then Lent Came

we gave up foolish things for Lent

 a bag of sugar, 

  a pound of butter

we gave up the easy 

  and found it hard

 our soft underbellies glistening

  like pride

then Lent came   like an earthquake

  and gave up foolishness for us

 took hammer and nails, took

    excuses, took away normal,

  took away soft living

good Lent, brave Lent

 slapping us with sacrifice

  rejecting our burnt offerings

demanding the fasting of doing justice

 loving mercy

  walking humbly with 

a God we dare to say we worship

 Lent broke us apart

      let us bleed

and dared us, double-dared us,

 to ask God why he had forsaken us

Lois A. Saylor

copyright 2020

Notes, Prayers and Praises

WE CONTINUE TO MEET ONLINE from 4-5:30. For a phone connection dial 646-876-9923. For video:  https://zoom.us/j/2849269967.

THE CHURCH HAS AGREED TO use $2000 of our surplus fund from 2020 to apply for an Everence Good Samaritan Matching Grant to help Lois Rivers-Wenger’s niece at Heritage Haven replace her ailing vehicle. Lewis Overholt is working at finding a eplacement.

March Lenten Lectionary Texts

7  Third Sunday in Lent Luke 15:1-32   Psalm 119:167-176

14 Fourth Sunday in Lent Luke 16:19-31  Psalm 41:1-3

21 Fifth Sunday in Lent Luke 18:31—19:10  Psalm 84:1-4, 10-12

28 Palm Sunday Luke 19:29-44   Luke 23:1-25  Psalm 118:19-23

Maundy Thursday (April 1)  Luke 22:1-27   Psalm 34:8-10

Good Friday (April 2)  Luke 23:32-47   Psalm 31:5-13

March Services, 4-5:30 pm 

7  Location: on line 

Worship and sharing: Lois Rivera-Wenger

Bible Study: Harvey Yoder

14 Location: on line 

Worship and Sharing: Kent Palmer 

Bible Study: Dick Dumas

21 Location: on line 

Worship and Sharing: Lewis Overholt

Bible Study: Elly Nelson

28 Location: on line 

Worship and Sharing: James Stauffer

Bible Study: Harvey Yoder