April 4   Wednesday Worship: 6:30pm

April 5   Maundy Thursday: 7:00pm

April 6   Combined Good Friday Service: 7:00pm at Trinity UCC Church (1895 200th Street)

April 8   Easter Sonrise Service: 7:30am
          Easter Potluck Breakfast: 8:30am
          Easter Egg Hunt: 9:30am
          Easter Worship: 10:15am

Did you know that you can now give to the church electronically?  Click here to download the authorization form.  This form can then be mailed back to the church or dropped into the offering plate.  We have available cards at each entrance to the church that read “I give electronically” for you to place in the weekly offering plate as a symbol of your giving. 

Let Pastor Katie know if you have any questions.

Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 10:00 to 3:00,

Ankeny Family Life Center
710 NE 36th St, Ankeny, IA

$10.00 registration fee (paid when you register)
A light lunch will be provided as part of your registration fee.

            10:00- 10:30 Opening worship
            10:30- 12:00 Bishop Trimble teaching Prayer and Worship
            12:00- 12:45 Lunch
            12:45- 2:30   Bishop Trimble teaching Vital Congregations and
                            “Open Dialogue with the Bishop”
            2:30- 3:00   Closing Communion with Bishop Trimble presiding

Registrations need to be made online.  They can be accessed here or if you do not have computer access, Pastor Katie can help you if you stop in the office.

We hope to have folks carpool to the event and leave at 8:00am that morning.

One of the first ways that we feel called to “Reflect the Light of God” is to actually spend time in the light.  We sing “thy word is a lamp,” and believe through reading the scriptures, study, prayer, and fasting, we gain a fuller understanding of who we are and who God is.

This Lenten devotional is a chance to do just that… join our community of faith and spend time in the light each and every single day of this journey. 

Pastor Katie has compiled a daily devotional to lead us through these scriptures together.  Romans 12 is the basis of our new church vision and this is a great opportunity to spend time in the light of God! 

The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday – February 22 – and goes to Easter Sunday.  The forty days of Lent remind us of the forty days Moses spent on Mount Sinai, the forty days and nights God sent rain in the days of Noah, the forty years the Hebrews wandered in the wilderness, and especially the forty days that Jesus spent in the wilderness.  Along with these ancestors of our faith, we are invited to spend this time in prayer, in repentance, and in preparation for the work of God in our lives.

A booklet of the daily readings can be picked up at the church or you can follow along here on the website.  The links are to the right side of the page.