Announcements for the week of March 7 - 13, 2010

PRAYER MINISTRIES

Please pray for the following church members and their families: Robert Niles; Judi Evans; Jackie Rogers; Jackie Dean; Betty Rota; Dot Osborne; Jason Rhodes; Linda Barber; Mike McCoy; Virginia Nelson; Aaron Cook; Jane Schuring; Wanda Jones; Barry Faulkner; Tom Miller; Gary Dunk; James McKee; Sara Ballentine; Javier Ulloa; Ruth Polan; Boice Burns; Marjorie Smith; David Muse; Sandy McBride; Agnes Bennett; Ephraim Cobb; Kay and Frank Morse; Sarah Bishop; Terrye Friend; Wanda Schoellkopf; Madilyn Taylor; Betty Kennedy; Clint Hipke; Wendy Irvin; Betty Neal; Fran Breton; Wendy Irwin; Joan Fleming; Chet Lee; Michael Bradley; Betty Rota; August Sanders; Dean Johnson, Janice Sarmiento's brother-in-law; Bernice Anderson, Jim Anderson's mother; Joe Robnett, Linda Kana's father; Bob Wiley, Heather Christian's father; Connie and Clayton Nevling, Dawn Shulls' parents; Don Abel, Greg Abel's father; Eleanor Stroud, Bob Weidenmeyer's sister; Hugo Watson, Karla Harper's dad; Chris Bolocanoff, Kim Simpson's father; Marjorie Stupka, Patsy Johnson's mother; Barbara Sarmiento, Steve Sarmiento's mother; John and Sara McAnulty, John McAnulty's parents; Mary Huffman, Mike Huffman's mother; Carol Davidson, Don Davidson's mother; Rojean Smeltz, Kim Zedaker's mother; Tom Danneberg, Martha Scroggs' son-in-law; Thomas Gilmore, Chris Brennan's nephew; Donna Schulz, Jean VanderDrift's daughter; Madge Stephens, Julia Sweny's mother; Millie Williamson, Mary Shives' mother; Gabriel Fay, Maureen Chavez's father; Sharie Dougherty's father; Robert Young, Trish Hughes' father; Brenda, Robyn Johnson's sister; Patsy Ray, Shirley Larkin's sister; Fae Smith, Kirk Smith's mother; Arthur Nelson, Calvin Nelson's brother; Dorothy Letson, Kim Eby's mother; Karen Stallings Hodges, Ronda Walker's cousin; Doris Kennedy, Sheryl Lind's mother; Marcine Kowpak, Kathy Huse's sister; Don Judd, Shirley Larkin's brother-in-law; Don McMillan, Amber Kiwan's father-in-law; Wayne Roush's sister and brother-in-law; Richard Lee, Annette Smith's brother; Gloria Stokes, Jackie Dummer's aunt, Dee Pardue's sister; Bill Matthews, Jan McLeod's stepfather; Leroy Smith, Yvonne Harvin's brother; Becky Cuculic, Cara Cuculic's mother; Katheryne Patterson, Connie Kear's mother; Alberta Germann, Thelma Webster's sister; Glenda Faucheaux's sister; Kathy Ricker, Lorie Hougland's sister-in-law; Sean Denton, Nancy and Bill Douglas' son-in-law; Vernell Murphy, Dee Pardue's mother; Russell Anders, Linda Kana's brother-in-law; Mary Hardin, Mary Francis' mother; Billie Tolley, Vicki Redd's mother; Johnny Childress, Truman Childress' brother; Edna Walker, Wayne Walker's mother; Jennifer Haltom, Ronda Walker's sister; Anthony Castelluzzo, Tina Plank's brother; Laura, Dot and Jim Osborne's granddaughter; Rick Burns, Al and Peggy White's son-in-law; Jack Lowe, Jan Ross' father; Patsy Graff, Kathy Billiot's sister-in-law; Paula Lutz, Steve Johnson's aunt; Pat Hall, Bob Weidenmeyer's brother-in-law; and Diane Williamson's mother-in-law, Katherine Williamson.

To request prayer through our church Prayer Chain, please contact Annette Smith.

To send an email mesage of support to someone in a local hospital, click here.

Prayer team members, wearing the "How May I Pray for You?" nametags, are available to join hearts with you in lifting up your prayer requests and concerns to God at any time before, during or after the Sunday morning worship services. We encourage you to place written prayer requests in the offering plates, the prayer box in the Narthex, or on the altar in the Prayer Room; additional blank prayer cards can be found in these areas.

A LOOK AT OUR LOYALTY

Our morning worship attendance on February 28 was 1,025, with 478 in Sunday School. Our offerings were $37,126, for a year-to-date total of $391,065 toward our annual budget of $2,535,000 for 2010.  Contributions to our "No Debt But Love" campaign were $5,266, for a total-to-date of $897,316.

IT'S ALL ABOUT YOUth

• Sunday: UMYF/District Kickball Tournament, 12:30-7:00 p.m.  Dress appropriately (no flip-flops) and bring $5 for lunch.  
• Wednesday: Jr. and Sr. high Bible studies, 7:00-8:30 p.m.  Jr. high meets in rooms FC219-220 and Sr. high meets in room FC211.  Confirmation class, 7:00-8:30 in Founders Court.

If you are the parent of a 6th-12th grader and are not receiving our weekly youth email of announcements and information, please email Betty Christian and we will add to you to our list.

PLACES TO PLUG IN

The Staff-Parish Relations Committee is pleased to announce two new additions to our Children's Ministry staff, effective this month.  Joining Holly Trammell (who will remain as the Director of Children's Ministries) are Mingo Williamson, Assistant Director for Children's Discipleship, and Christi Luedke, Assistant Director of Children's Activities.  Both Mingo and Christi, who are members of LUMC, bring great backgrounds in children's work and education and we are delighted to have them join our team as additional part-time staff.  Be sure to welcome them and add them to your prayers!

A new floral chart for 2010 has been posted in the hallway outside of Founders Court for any wishing to reserve a particular Sunday to commemorate an anniversary, birthday or other special occasion. Two spots are available each Sunday, at a cost of $65 each, and you may take the flowers home following morning worship.  You may also sponsor the burning of the eternity candle on any Sunday for $5.00.

Construction has begun on our beautiful new All Saints Garden adjacent to the west side of the sanctuary.  The garden will include a columbarium; to find out more about this new ministry of the church, stop by the table in the Commons Sunday morning and pick up an information folder.

Want to make your gifts go farther?  Donate non-perishable food items to Northwest Assistance Ministries in March and April, and NAM will receive a matching grant from the Feinstein Foundation for all food/cash given in these two months.  Food collection baskets are located in the hallway leading to the Education wing (by the wooden ministries bins), and outside Asbury Hall by the NAM bulletin board, and cash donations may also be given online at www.namonline.org.

As always, our communion table on Sunday morning is open to all, regardless of age or membership status.  Offerings left at the altar rail will go towards the relief of those affected by recent earthquakes around the world.

A new 4-week session of "Lakewood 101," led by our pastors and introducing what it means to be a Methodist Christian and member here at Lakewood, begins Sunday at 10:10 a.m. in the library.

There will be a Safe Sanctuary training for any adult wishing to work with our children's, youth or missions ministries, Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour Saturday night, in observance of Daylight Savings Time.

The families of Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) will be here next week, and we need volunteers to help make them feel at home while they're here.  You may sign up on Sunday mornings in the Commons to help with a meal, unload beds, spend the night, wash linens, or a number of other tasks needed to support this ministry.  Please contact Karen Dominguez or Lisa Kellner for more information.

If you are up for the challenge of changing the world, come join us on our first TOP SECRET mission!  Mission Possible Kids will meet the second Sunday of every month from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in Asbury Hall, and March 14 is our kick off.  Children 3 years-5th grade are welcome. There is a $16 lifetime membership fee which includes an agent's t-shirt, and you can sign up in the Children's Commons on Sunday morning.

Opportunities are available for Sunday School classes or other small groups who would like to serve as "hosts" for Communion Sundays.  Host groups may choose a Sunday and a worship service where they provide communion assistants; please contact Dori McAnulty for more information.

Our annual Spring Fling is coming!  Mark your calendars and get out your running shoes for Saturday, March 27, as we celebrate with our 5K Rusty's Run (walkers and rollers are also welcome!) at 9:00 a.m., followed at 10:00 a.m. by games, a petting zoo, our Kid's 1K, the dunking booth, inflatables, fun foods and more!  All are welcome at this family event; contact Jayme Oyen for more information or to volunteer for the 5K, or Holly Trammell for more on the fair.

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS IN LENT - SOUP AND STUDY

Join us from 6:00-7:00 pm. in the Commons for simple meals prepared by our Sunday School classes and youth, and discussions led by our pastors around "Becoming a Good Samaritan" by Michael Seaton.

• March 10: Seeking Justice and Reconciliaton - "How Fairness Changes People, Communities and Nations"
• March 17: Honoring the Poor - "How Best to Serve Those in Need"
• March 24: Tending to God's Creation - "Why Environmental Stewardship Is Biblical and Beneficial"

No RSVP is required, and child acre will be provided for kindergarten and under.

WHAT'S AHEAD IN WORSHIP

March 7

Communion Sunday

• 8:55 a.m. - Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
  • Pastor Chappell Temple preaching
• 11:00 a.m. - Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
  • Pastor Chappell Temple preaching
• 11:15 a.m. - New Song Service in Asbury Hall
  • Pastor Chappell Temple preaching

March 14

• 8:55 a.m. - Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
  • Pastor Ben Trammell preaching
• 11:00 a.m. - Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
  • Pastor Chappell Temple preaching
• 11:15 a.m. - New Song Service in Asbury Hall
  • Pastor Ben Trammell preaching

March 21

• 8:55 a.m. - Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
  • Pastor Chappell Temple preaching
• 11:00 a.m. - Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
  • Pastor Ben Trammell preaching
• 11:15 a.m. - New Song Service in Asbury Hall
  • Pastor Chappell Temple preaching

March 28

Palm Sunday

• 8:55 a.m. - Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
  • Pastor Chappell Temple preaching
• 11:00 a.m. - Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
  • Pastor Chappell Temple preaching
• 11:15 a.m. - New Song Service in Asbury Hall
  • Pastor Ben Trammell preaching