SCFC Weekly Connection
LAST WEEK'S MESSAGE
This past Sunday began Holy Week with Palm Sunday which is the annual commemoration of Jesus riding into Jerusalem as the Triumphant Servant-King.
Our Palm Sunday message juxtaposes Jesus' entrance with the day when Moses (with his brother Aaron) returned to Egypt, also riding on a donkey, with similar calls and duties to release Israelite prisoners from captivity. We explore how both entries point us to true freedom and hope in Jesus!
GOOD FRIDAY
Palm Sunday launched the start of Holy Week by celebrating Jesus riding on a donkey into Jerusalem as the triumphant Servant-King.
Holy Week is also called Passion Week because it marks the final moments before Jesus’ crucifixion. This week let's meditate on these moments where Jesus was not only fully aware of what would transpire, but he willingly and intentionally gave his life.
Let's journey through Holy Week in slow motion and experience how Jesus wrestled with the judgement and suffering he experienced by the humanity which crucified him and also the separation he experienced from Father God. This was all done for us, because he, God, loves us.
Consider joining us at Sherwood Community Friends Church, as well as a community of followers of Jesus all around the globe, by attending our Good Friday service and Easter Sunday service.
Sherwood Friends Church services for Passion Week are:
Good Friday (April 15th) at 6pm
Easter Sunday (April 17th) at 10:30am
We encourage you to take the journey of Passion Week through scripture by reading Luke 19:28 - 24:35 in your Bible or click this link to read it in your web browser.
INVITE A FRIEND TO GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER SERVICES.
Why do most people visit a church? The answer is simpler than you might think. People visit churches because someone has invited them.
EASTER SUNDAY
Join us at 10:30am THIS SUNDAY for a party to celebrate our risen King Jesus together!! ✝️🤩
EASTER BRUNCH
Starting at 9:30am we'll be serving a light fare before Easter service. Consider coming a little early on Sunday to enjoy fellowship, food, and take your family pictures using our photo booth.
EASTER PHOTOS
📸 This Easter come in your Sunday best and take a pic of your church crew at our photo booth. Take pics with your family, your church family, your friends, or even solo. Make goofy faces (like Pastor Bob) or keep it serious. Your choice!
DAILY BIBLE READING
A recent study showed that when we are in the Bible a minimum of 4 times a week feelings like depression, anxiety, loneness, spiritually stagnation, lack of purpose all drops around 62%.
Ability to share our faith jumps 200% when we are in scripture at least 4 times a week. 1-3 times a week is super negligible and doesn’t touch the areas mentioned.
If you need a Bible, please let us know and we will provide one for you. Alternatively, you can use the Youversion Bible app for free.
Engage in Scripture like never before. Download the free YouVersion Bible app and enjoy regular time with the Bible, right when and where you need it. With the free Bible app, you can access your bookmarks, community contributions, and daily reading plans no matter where you are.
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Study Source: https://www.backtothebible.org/research
WILLOWBROOK SERVE DAY SATURDAY
Our church loves serving our neighbors and meeting the needs of our local community.
Join us for our monthly "Serve Day" at Willowbrook Food Pantry in Sherwood THIS Saturday, April 16th from 12pm-1:30pm. If you need to sit while you work, or be outside, we have opportunities for everyone.
PLEASE PRAY
- Please pray for the search committee to be led by God’s Spirit as they process through finding a new lead pastor for SCFC.
- Please pray for Rob Whitaker's cousins, Justin and Katie. Their little baby boy, born two weeks ago, has some major health complications, including a heart defect and an infection. He has many procedures taking place this week. Pray for baby Job.
- Please continue to pray for Cristian and the Hampton family.
- Please continue to pray for Verne and Ellen Martin.
- Please continue praying for Ukraine 🇺🇦
- Please continue praying for our two Alpha groups, the youth group (in-person on Wednesdays) and adult (on Zoom on Thursdays) that they encounter the Holy Spirit in a fresh new way that is transformational and life changing.
10 PLOTS REMAINING IN OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN
A Growing Community
Grow seeds for people and plants at our Community Garden.
Secure your plot here:
https://sherwoodfriends.church/communitygarden
COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHT
We invite you to a fun, relaxed family movie night watching Disney's Encanto on Friday, May 6th. This is open to the public and we'd love to see lots of families from our Sherwood community come.
🎬 We'll serve 🌮 tacos, popcorn, candy, soda, and other movie snacks.🍿🍫 Can you smell the popcorn and hear the soda bubble?
Hope to see you, and bring your family, bring your friends, Friday, May 6th for our community movie night! (Doors open at 5:30pm)
SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION
GRADES 4TH - 12TH
Summer Camp is a fun adventure full of activities every day. Camps fill up FAST. Register for each camp individually on their website linked below.
===>NOTE: If you can’t afford it and need financial assistance please reach out directly to Priscilla. We never want $$$ to be something standing in the way of anyone going to camp. We have enough scholarship funds to help if it is needed.
REGISTER FOR CAMP USING THESE LINKS:
Twin Rocks Kids Camp (4th-6th graders) July 6-10
Twin Rocks Tween Camp (middle school) July 11-16
Twin Rocks Surfside (high school) August 1-6
EVANGELICAL FRIENDS MISSION
Evangelical Friends Mission’s 2022 Easter Offering is now available at https://friendsmission.com/easter/.
Jesus’ Passion for the world takes center stage during Holy Week. In the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, Jesus guaranteed the fulfillment of his famous words, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”. His passion was clear.
This year we invite you to join us in celebrating and advancing Jesus’ passion! We encourage you to use the resource “Jesus’ Passion, Our Passion!” This is a guide to help God’s people to take a deep dive into the beauty of Holy Week. We also ask you to prayerfully consider propelling the Luke 10 Initiative forward through an Easter offering. These gifts will help us fuel the movement that was the essence of Jesus’ passion – that all would experience the transforming power of the Resurrection.
UPCOMING EVENTS
You're invited to join us for our Holy Week services!
Palm Sunday 10:30am
Good Friday 6pm
Easter Sunday 10:30am
Pray for three people who want to come to church this Holy Week for Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter. As you pray, ask God how he thinks you could ask them to come to church with you. Listen to his prompting and be bold.
Why do most people visit a church? The answer is simpler than you might think.
People visit churches because someone has invited them.
Who will you invite who haven't yet, or haven't in a while, to come with you this coming Holy Week for Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter?
We invite you to invite your friends to a night of food, fun, and family at our Community Movie night for Disney's Encanto on Friday, May 6th at 5:30pm.
This is open to the public and we'd love to see lots of families from our Sherwood community come. That's our goal and we need you to help us spread the word so this happens.
We're having a Mexican themed 🌮 taco dinner, but of course we'll also have popcorn, candy, soda, and other movie snacks for everyone to enjoy.🍿🍫
Hope to see you, and bring your family, bring your friends, Friday, May 6th for our community movie night! (Doors open at 5:30pm)
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
April 14-April 21
Wendy McIndoo (18)
Luke Brandt (21)
Craig & Wendy McIndoo (14)
HELPFUL LINKS
Serve
As followers of Jesus, we want to do what Jesus did. This means we are to actively demonstrate self-sacrificial love by serving the people around us and setting aside our own personal desires or preferences. It takes a lot of volunteers to sustain our weekly routines at Sherwood Community Friends Church. As a family, we ask everyone to please all pitch in.
Give
We are partners with Jesus to serve our Sherwood community and want to be a church marked by radical generosity for God's Kingdom work. Ten percent of every dollar that comes in to SCFC goes directly to supporting Northwest Yearly Meeting to come alongside what they do both locally and globally. Help us help more people find and follow Jesus.
QUESTIONS?
Contact us at office@sherwoodfriends.church with questions.
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