3.15.24 What's Happening - First Congregational Church

March 15, 2024

For Past Issues of "What's Happening" click HERE.

Weekly Bible Study
Discussion Groups

Sundays @ 9:00 am
Discussion Group

Thursdays @ 6:30 pm
Men’s Discussion Group

The Flower team is happy to again host our annual Easter Breakfast Potluck. Easter Sunday is March 31st. Breakfast will be served around 8:30. The food donation sign up list is on the communication table. Coffee provided. The Easter Egg hunt will follow the breakfast and then followed by our 10:00 worship.

Rae-Ellen Preuss

Easter Lilies can be ordered through the church flower committee. The cost is $10.00 for a 6 ½” potted plant. The deadline for ordering is March 17. Plants will be delivered on March 29^th. Plants can be picked up that day for gift giving, if needed.

Questions? Call Rae-Ellen Preuss at 262-594-2740.

Rae-Ellen Preuss

We will be participating in the Wednesday Ecumenical Lenten Services. Click HERE for the full schedule.

March 22, 2024

Thank you to all of you that have signed up to serve. I think we have enough people to serve but we could still use some gallons of milk and desserts. Please take a look at the sign-up sheet on the Information Table this Sunday and if you can, please add your name.

For those of you that will be serving, please arrive at 5:00 p.m. They will begin serving the meal at 5:30 p.m. The new location for the Hope Center is: 101 W. Broadway, Waukesha, WI.

Beth Petersen

hbpetersen@live.com

"What if we stopped avoiding the difficult people in our lives and committed to simply loving everybody?" Join Scripture Chicks on Monday nights this spring from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. If you've never read Bob Goff, prepare to be delighted and encouraged. We will not be placing a group order, so if you don't already own a copy, you're welcome to purchase whichever format suits you best.

Discussions will begin on April 22nd and run through June. Let Karen Mathew know to save a place for you.

Offering Report

Offering Expected to Date	30,941.92
Offering Received to Date	24,094.58
Difference	(6,847.34)

Servant Schedule

Ministry	3/17	3/24	3/31
Liturgist	Harlan P	Zach B	Colton Z
Music Leader	Joanne H	Karen J
Sound/Zoom
Sunday School	Carol/Cindy	Terry/Lily	No SS
Nursery	Sue/Tom	Cindy W	Karen M
Front Porch	Scouts	Buchmann	Easter
Greeter
Flowers	Rae-Ellen	Palms	Lilies

To volunteer for any of these ministries please see the signup sheet on the communication table.

Volunteers are also needed
for the following:

Sound / Zoom - Contact Prakash Mathew
(pkmathew1@gmail.com 262-436-4025)

Nursery - Contact Sue Roberts
(susanrobertsstmd@gmail.com 262-378-4695)

Please pray for the following who are experiencing health concerns~

Carolyn E
Jim S
Dave B
Carl G
Xander W
Paula E (from Jean B)
Sue R
Karen T
Cindy W
Dorothy S
Donna G
Waruni's Mom
Chris (from Jean)
Dave & Chris (from Glenn)
Kent (from Beth)

Please pray for~

Cindy (from Karen) passed away
Debbie J (from Sue) giving thanks
Search Committee
Weekly Prayer Intentions:
~ Kathy Clark
~ Sunday School
Our shut ins and those in ill health
Our Church leadership
Those in Need
Mission School of Hope & Clinic

Sunday Morning Prayer Requests

Hello FCC,

As we will be hosting a variety of pastors for a while, we are making adjustments to the worship process in order to keep some consistency like the pastor suggested this past Sunday. With this in mind, Beth Petersen has volunteered to read the recap from the pulpit of our weekly prayer requests that come through the prayer chain email, as well as any new Sunday morning prayer requests that are texted to her. Please text your NEW SUNDAY MORNING prayer requests to Beth at 414-588-3907.

Thank you,

Terry Buchmann
FCC Moderator

Happy Birthday!

Barbara Pfeil

March 15

Happy Anniversary!

None this week

Easter Egg Hunt

The Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on March 31^st following the Easter Breakfast Potluck and just prior to worship at 10:00 a.m.

Thank you for those of you who have already donated candy for the Easter Egg Hunt. We will be filling plastic eggs and putting together bags for the kids on Monday, March 25th at 11:00 a.m. If you are interested in helping, please join us in the large classroom. Any questions, contact Janine at jacoley@wi.rr.com or 414-588-3879. Thank you for your help!

Save the Date

Clark's Moving (Help Wanted)

The Clark’s will be moving out of the parsonage on Saturday, March 16. If you are able to help load trucks (and if you have a truck that you are willing to drive to Monroe!), we will start loading at 8:00 AM. Thank you in advance! rev.kevinclark@gmail.com

In Christ,

The Clark’s

Easter Offering