March 21, 2024
Mark 11:1-11
Scripture readings
for Sunday, March 24
Mark 11:1-11
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Psalm 31:9-16
Mark 14:1--15:47
1When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, [Jesus]sent two of his disciples 2and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. 3If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.’ ” 4They went away and found a colt tied near a door, outside in the street. As they were untying it, 5some of the bystanders said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” 6They told them what Jesus had said; and they allowed them to take it. 7Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it; and he sat on it. 8Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields. 9Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting,
“Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!.
10Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
11Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
• For our community of faith as we seek to do God’s work in the world.
• For those in our congregation and community who suffer silently with illness, financial burdens, and family obligation.
• For people affected by coronavirus, their families, essential workers, doctors, nurses, aides, those working in nursing homes, etc.
• For Ann Saar, Kay Marker Magneson, Roy Pihl, George Balcom, Thom Shagla, Eileen Beichner, Tom Dellapenta, Myron Klein, Pastor Karen Larson, , Pastor Gerry Zimmerman (Bethel, Portville and Shepherd of the Valley, Wellsville), James Dieter, Joe Gauvin, Emerson Allaby, John Gingrass, those serving in the military and law enforcement and their families, including Sean Pecuch, and Ben Wickerham, those caught up in violence and war who have no safe home in which to live.
• For the ELCZ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe and ELCZa Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Names will remain of the Prayer List for a month - at which
time it will be taken off unless, or course, there is still a continued need
for our prayers and we’re asked to keep the name on.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALENDAR
Mach 24 Worship - Palm Sunday
March 25 & 27 Heathy BonesTai Chi 9:30 am & 12:00 pm
March 25 Dog Classes 5:00 pm
March 28 Tai Chi 9:30 am and 12:00 pm
March 28 Choir 5 pm
Maundy Thursday Service 6:00 pm with communion
Office Hours to Change during Lent
During Lent, which ends with Easter on March 31, my office hours will be a little different. I’ll be in the office Thursday mornings and afternoons. And then, at 6, I hope to see many of you for pizza and worship in the fellowship hall (newly painted by our elves!).
God’s peace,
Pastor Ivy Gauvin .
Mondays @ St. Timothy’s starting 3/4/24, each class running ~1 hour:
4:30pm: Doggie Manners One / 6 weeks… Reliably House Trained Dogs Only. Another location available if you know interested students with potential for potty accidents.
6pm: CGC / 4 weeks
· 4th class: Week of March 25th. …
This will also be CGC Evaluations in 15 minute blocks, likely going later than 7 pm. That will be the last CGC Class. If there are enough Therapy Dog candidates the next week might offer that in that time bloce.
· 5th class: Week of April 1st
· 5th class: Week of April 1st.
· 6th & Grraduation Class: Week of April 8th…
◦ then potentially continuing Mondays depending on student interest and qualifications.
Contact Carly Davis at: carly@chqdogs.com | 716-268-1421
Book Now and Save
Our Fellowship Hall has now moved into the age of streaming, air play and computer mirroring! In other words – we’re up to date and ready to book your presentation, meeting, banquet, shower or movie night!
Are you a member of a group that has to book outside facilities for your meetings? Do you know of anyone looking for a place to have their banquet? Does your organization have special presentations and/or speakers you need a larger room for? Book our Fellowship Hall now and save.
2023 Building Use:
Meeting Room: $10 member/$30 non-member
Fellowship Hall - capacity 125
Fellowship Hall - $40 member/$50 non-member
Fellowship Hall with kitchen - $50 members/$75 non-members
2024 Building Use:
Currently under review by Council. Anyone booking dates before new rates in mid-April will be grandfathered in for 2024.
We are proud to share our facilities with your group or organization. Contact the office at (716 386-7280) or email at sttimothy2015@gmail.com.
Cardboard Dumpster
Available for Our Use
Next to the shed in the upper parking lot, we’ve acquired a paper and cardboard dumpster from Royal Oak Recycling. There is NO CHARGE for us to use the dumpster and NO CHARGE to us for them to empty and dispose of it’s contents.
The company encourages advertising and promoting this service to our members. So please feel free to recycle your cardboard and paper here.
Just a few do’s and don’ts:
DO RECYCLE: Newspaper, Magazines, Junk Mail, Folders, Paper (shredded paper needs to be bagged in paper bags), Cardboard and Books.
DO BREAK DOWN your boxes to lay flat.
DO NOT RECYCLE: Food wrap/Containers, Pizza Boxes, Tissue products, Plastic, Glass, Aluminum.
NO FOOD!!!
This is a win/win for us and the company.
The Ashville Hewes Center has a new project brewing - a Food/Clothing/Hygiene Closet! Whether it be a basic need for these items, an upcoming job interview, an upcoming school or personal event, a dress code concern, or a need for appropriate work attire for our vocational programs - we will have these resources on hand for all our students on the Hewes Campus to have their basic needs met. The students will create and vote on a name for the closet and make it their own! It will also be run by the students as they learn basic work skills. Alissa Rinaldo is our contact person here at St. Timothy, as well as the representative for the Hewes Center for 5 & 2 Ministry and Packing.
Below is a list of items they are requesting. For clothing, please keep in mind that these are middle/high school students ages 14-18 and what they would wear. Any donations can be brought to church and placed in our bin or hung on the Fellowship Hall coat rack. Alissa will pick them up when she comes to pack for the month. THANK YOU.
- Men’s & Women’s Clothing- casual, business & workwear
- t-shirts
- sweatshirts
- sweatpants
- leggings
- winter necessities- coats (casual & business), hats, gloves
- jeans - work jeans
- shoes & boots - casual & work footwear
- scrubs
- work outerwear - flannels, work coats, work gloves
- business apparel for job interviews or formal school & personal events
- women’s and men’s undergarments
- deodorant
- toothbrushes & toothpaste
- shampoo & conditioner
- body wash and soap
- hair brushes & combs & hair products
- lotion
- laundry detergent - preferably pods or smaller bottles to be sent home
- laundry stain remover
- feminine hygiene products
- reusable shopping bags
- backpacks
- travel bags (bags are for students to bring items home, discreetly)
- cosmetic bags
- clothing hangers
5 Loaves & 2 Fish Backpack Ministry
23/24 School Year
We contiuously collect food items for the 5 & 2 Ministry. Bring your donations and place in the black bin in church narthex. Lists detailing items needed are also available in the narthex. Monetary donations welcome! Contact Gale-Svenson-Campbell for details gales1949@gmail.com
If you can volunteer, please contace Gale Svenson-Campbell at the link below. Thank you!!
Bring your donations and place them in the black bin in the church narthex. Lists detailing items needed are also available in the narthex. Monetary donations welcome! Contact
Gale-Svenson-Campbell for details gales1949@gmail.com
ONLINE GIVING at St. Timothy for Debit/Credit cards
Three ways to give:
- Go directly to our website at www.sttimothybemus.com.
- Use our QR code with the QR reader on your smartphone.
- Download the app ‘GivePlus Church’. Create an account.
For further information, see Kathy Carlson on Sundays or call her at 485-1316.
¨ Mailing in your weekly or monthly offering would be greatly appreciated for November, if you haven’t already done so.
CHURCH MOUSE ARTICLES ARE DUE ON MARCH 26.
Anyone that has any pictures or stories that they would like to share? Send them to sttimothy2015@gmail.com
REFLECTIONS
Pr. Ivy Gauvin
On Passion/Palm Sunday, we have a tale of two parades. The gospel tells us about Jesus' visit to Jerusalem, which we all know well. What’s the second parade? Pastor David Ewart explains:
Now Jerusalem is not a large city. And what the authors of the Bible take for granted and fail to mention is that while Jesus is parading in on a colt through one of the back gates, on the other side of the city Pilate is parading in on a war horse accompanied by a squadron or two of battle-hardened Roman soldiers. (See Borg & Crossan, The Last Week, pages 1–30.) You can bet that he, too, is being acclaimed by a crowd. There'd be hell to pay if he wasn't.
The Bible doesn't tell us about that parade or what they shouted, but you can bet it wasn't: “Blessed is the coming of the Kingdom of our ancestor David. “That would be treason. And treason was punishable by? You guessed it: torture followed by execution on a cross.
Do you think anyone at Pilate's parade heard about Jesus' parade? Heard what the crowd had shouted? Let's see what unfolds in the week ahead. (David Ewart, holytextures.com)
Mark's telling shows that there are no palm branches, just leafy branches they had cut in the fields. “Matthew says they are branches from the trees. Luke has no branches at all, only people’s cloaks. So, where do we get the name, Palm Sunday? That’s from John’s gospel: “So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him.”
So, which is right? Is there a right/wrong? Does it matter? The basic elements are there in each accounting. John’s was the last gospel written. Maybe he was clarifying things for us and putting in information that he thought we needed.
O Christ, you entered the city as a poor man not in style but simply, yet still you caused uproar, and questions everywhere; you drew the expectations of a hungry crowd, and brought buried conflicts to the light.
May we, who are sometimes swayed by the crowd's approval, and who often avoid conflict for fear of its cost to us, hold fast to the gospel of peace and justice and follow faithfully in your way of compassion and solidarity with those who are poor and excluded, wherever it may lead us. Amen. (Kathy Galloway, “Monthly Prayers,” http://www.christianaid.org.uk/
