Thursday March 18th, 2010

Sunday March 21st
Sunday School Small Groups
Divided classes 9:35 and 11:00
11:00 Confirmation in the Trailer
Worship 8:15, 9:35, and 11:00
3:00 Confirmation in the Trailer
4:30 Middle School POINT (Play Day)
5:30 Yummy Dinner (Always the BEST meal in town on Sunda Night!!!!!!!!!!)
6:00 Big Time in the CLC (specail Worship Tonight!)
6:30 Senior High POINT(Play Day)


Confirmation Class: If you haven’t attended class yet, there is still room for you! Please come to the white trailer on Sundays for the 11 a.m. or 3 p.m. class. For more information, contact Pastor Lee.

Mission Opportunity for Year-Round Middle Schoolers: Having trouble fitting mission work into your year-round schedule? Join a new tradition of trips to Aulander. The first trip will be Apr. 22-25 - we will landscape and paint the Place of Possibilities (www.placeofpossibilities.org). A leader and materials will be provided. This is a great chance to get to know others and instill a passion for service in your family. Contact Toby White (362-7807 ext. 224, toby.white@apexumc.org) for more information and paperwork. $25 per participant and the parental consent forms are due by Apr. 4.

Easter Baskets: The 6th-8th grade 9:35 Sunday School class is making 35 Easter baskets for Aulander children. We need donations of stuffed bunnies or like-new baskets. Place items in the bin by the CLC kitchen through Mar. 19. Contact Sidney Froom (sidney.froom@apexumc.org; 267-5065).

If you have not attended a Confirmation Class yet there is still space for you! Please come out Sundays in the White Trailer at 11 or 3 for class and more information!

The Middle School Get Out Weekend schedules for March 12th and 13th has been rescheduled to the Fall of 2010. We cannot wait until the fall for this awesome retreat!

Bodies of Christ (BOC) is a dance ministry for children (5 years and up) that explores the art of liturgical movement. We meet Sundays, 2:15-3:15 p.m., in the children’s music room. All interested young children—and willing teen/adult helpers—who would enjoy experiencing God through liturgical dance are welcome. Jennifer Haynes: 267-6052 (h), 924-2659 (c), clevelandreams@aol.com.
For information about Apex Outreach Service Project (AOSP) and Appalachian Service Project (ASP) Please look in the Missions section of the bulletin or contact Toby White at 362-7807
Adult Leaders needed for ASP and AOSP Summer mission projects! In order for our Appalachian Service Project (ASP) June 20-26 and the Apex Outreach Service Project (AOSP) July 25-31 to continue this summer we are in need of adult volunteers. We are 3 leaders short for ASP and 12 short for AOSP. If we do not get more Adult volunteers then we will unfortunately have to drop some youth from attending. Please consider volunteering to be an adult leader for one of these very worthwhile projects. I assure you your life will be transformed. Please contact John Tigner for ASP tignerjd@gmail.com and Susan Hiles hilesfamily@mindspring or Toby White.

Consider donating funds to help our adult leaders to participate in ASP and AOSP. Each summer adults in our congregation volunteer their time as well as their vacation time to lead our youth in summer mission projects. We feel it is unfair for them to take time off from work and ask them to pay the participant fee as well. Therefore, we are offering you an opportunity to help make this more affordable for our adult leaders. Please consider sponsoring an adult leader either for ASP or AOSP. The fee for ASP is $275 and the fee for AOSP is $225. You may wish to donate the full amount or you can donate whatever works for you. Make checks payable to Apex UMC and mark either ASP or AOSP. These may be placed in the offering plate. Thank you for your support of our summer mission programs.


And Now a Little Devotion for the Week from the POINT:
"Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did." (1 John 2:6)
Here's something that would be weird: A 28-year-old guy who never, ever walked in his whole life even though he was perfectly healthy. He just never felt like it. He never got around to it. Maybe someday when he's older.
Guess what? That never happens. Human babies who can walk always do eventually. If they don't, they're not healthy. Something is wrong that needs fixing.
But I know some Christians who think it's perfectly normal not to walk in the way of Jesus. They seem to think you can be a healthy Christian without ever moving your spiritual legs, without ever getting up and following after Jesus. Guess what? Healthy Christians always walk -- unless there's something seriously wrong. (We might fall down a lot, but that's because we're walking in the first place.)
We're going to talk for the next week or two about what we should expect to see our spiritual legs doing as we grow up in Christ. Where should these wobbly new legs be taking us? What should be different about us than if we were not Christians, at all? Come back tomorrow.
Think: What does the idea of walking as Jesus did mean to you? Do you expect to see yourself walking more and more like Him as you grow as a Christian?
Pray: Ask God to help you to understand what it means to walk as Jesus did -- and then ask Him to help you to continue to do that.
Do: If you want to read ahead, check out Romans 12:9-21 to see what kind of hiking we'll be talking about for the next two weeks.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.