This Week
March 10th, 2010- Sun. March 14th TIME CHANGE: SPRING FORWARD!
- — Worship Services 8:15 AM - Gloria Dei Choir with Stephen Wagner, violin: Amazing Grace setting by David Ashley White
- — 11:00 AM Worship: Voices of Praise: God So Loved the World by Eugene Englert; Bells of Praise - Beneath the Cross of Jesus setting by Margaret R. Tucker
- — 9:30 AM Sunday School for All Ages. Please click here to see the Sunday School teaching schedule.
- March 8th - HCLC Preschool and Mothers Day Out Registration is open to the public. Summer Under the Sea Program in June , as well as Preschool and MDO Fall 2010/11 School Year Registration will also be taking place. Extended hours for preschool classes will be added this year. Click here for more info.
- Wed. March 17th - Worship Services - Continue the fourth week of your Lenten journey by attending a worship service at 7:30 pm: Evening Prayer (Vespers) with a brief drama presentation each week on Prayers of the Passion. Click here for more info about Lent.
- Wed. March 17th - WOW - Worship, Word & Witness ON SPRING BREAK: NO WOW this week only! Our usual schedule:
- — Soup Supper @ 6pm, Confirmation/Learning/Music for children/Youth “It” and Adult Bible Study @ 6:30, Lenten Worship @ 7:30
- — If you’ve taught a WOW bible study class or are interested in doing so, please click here to see the calendar for open dates and send an e-mail sign up for a shift (or sign up in the Narthex). Thanks for supporting the children & youth of HCLC.
- — It’s time for WOW Spring meal/activity contributions. Please click here for more info or send an e-mail for details
- Thurs. March 11 @ 7pm - Holy Comforter Cottage Meetings begin - Click here for more info and other dates.
- Sun., March 14 @ 9:30 AM - Jennifer Cuthbertson presentation on ministry in Keyna and Japan
- Sun., March 14 - HCLC Blood Drive from 7:45 to 1:00pm. Sign up today to be a blood donor or if you are unable to donate, we always need refreshments for the donors and workers. Thanks in advance for giving the “Gift of Life.” For questions, contact our new Blood Drive coordinator, Joel LeFevre.
- Tues., March 23rd, at 7 pm - Compassion in Action (Being Effective in Emotionally Difficult Conversations) which shows the art of communication with people when difficult emotions arise. Click here for more info.
- Sun. March 28 - Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion. Worship at 8:15 and 11:00 AM, with the children singing near the beginning of each service.
- — Maundy Thursday, April 1, worship at 7:30 PM
- — Good Friday, April 2, worship at 7:30 PM
- — Easter Vigil Saturday, April 3, worship at 7:30 PM
- — Festival services of the Resurrection on Sunday, April 4, at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 AM, with leadership by choirs, brass, timpani, and handbells.
- Wed., March 31 @ 6:00 PM - First Communion Class. Dinner will be provided. Contact Chris Ray for more details.
- April Sandwich Sunday will be postponed to April 11th due to the holiday weekend. Sandwich Sunday is typically the first Sunday of the month. Please bring sandwiches, food items, toiletries, underclothes, small packages of condiments, water and shopping bags to make Sandwiches for the homeless. Also, consider volunteering to deliver the meals. HELP NEEDED - We are currently looking for a NEW volunteer coordinator and people to help distribute food for this ministry. Please contact Melissa or Christy for more info or details or sign up in the Narthex.
- April 11 - First Communion Celebration. Contact Chris Ray for more details.
- April 16-18 - Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod Assembly in New Orleans
- July 11-16 - Confirmation Camp at LutherHill
- Holy Comforter School would like to thank everyone who came out and supported our Night in Italy Fundraising Dinner. The school raised over $2,500 towards new playground equipment. Look for exciting, new playground structures coming this summer.
- Did you know that with another $155 we will fund a well for Water to Thrive. We look forward to next month to pay for a well. Thanks for your support!
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As you may remember, our budget for 2010 does not include funds for special musicians. It has become our custom to have a professional brass quartet help lead and enhance our worship on Easter Day. Funding for brass customarily has come from special gifts and budget. If you would like to contribute to this endeavor, your gift will be appreciated.
Reformation Sunday October 26th, 2008 will be remembered as a day in Holy Comforter Lutheran Church (HCLC) history. Not only did the church celebrate one of the holiest days of the Lutheran church year, the church also celebrated its 40th anniversary. The day began with two beautiful services, led by Pastor Barbara Bartling. Both services included all of the church’s choirs, the Gloria Dei Choir and Voices of Praise, the hand-bell groups, Bells of Praise and the Glory Ringers. The second service was standing-room only. 