We pray for the following churches in our Region:

Glen Echo Christian Church, DesMoines, Iowa; Moorhead Christian Church,Moorhead, Iowa; Plano Christian Church,Plano, Iowa.

We also pray for

Christian Church in Pennsyl-vania.

If you have a prayer request or would like to join our online prayer team, please contacteither Pastor Bob Brite at:pastor@fccminneapolis.org or Associate Pastor Dennis Sanders at:associatepastor@fccminneapolis.org.Youcan also leave a message by phone by callingthe church office at 612-870-1868.Prayers for the

the Art of the Covenant Classat First Christian; Associate Regional Minis-ter Don Hiscox

recovering from recent sur-gery

; PhyllisTakekawa, John Billman andRichard Schwersinske

recuperating from re-cent health challenges

;

for

Steve and RebeccaHaney

as they begin the task of starting a newchurch in Rochester, MN; for

Skip and AnnWolverton,

after the death of his mother; for James Barrnett after the death of his grandfa-ther; for

Elaine Tucker

in her last weeks of pregnancy; traveling mercies for

GarryHesser

and Bobbie Hall

;

Mark Carlson

andothers dealing with unemployment.We continue to remember the people of

Haiti

and their relatives here in the States

You canfind out about the many ministries and mis-sionaries to lift up in prayer by going towww.globalministries.org.

Prayer Concerns

Ministry Team

All Members of the CongregationRobert Brite,

Interim Minister

Dennis Sanders

, Minister of Diversity andMission

Chris Wogaman,

Office Manager

Bill Stump,

Director of Music

Rick Bowman

, Building Manager

James Barnett,

Pianist

Serena Carlson

, Nursery Attendant

Martha Harris,

Courier Editor Telephone: 612.870.1868www.fccminneapolis.org Twitter: www.twitter.com/fccminneapolisFacebook: www.facebook.com/fccminneapolisE-mail:office@fccminneapolis.org Fax: 612.870.1860

A Thoughtful Church in the Heart of theCities.

The Bulletin

“First Forum” Today

Please join us after worship on todayto meet Tim Marburger, Volunteer Co-ordinator for the Aliveness Project, alocal charity that helps persons withHIV/AIDS. He will talk about what theAliveness Project does and how we asa community can be more involved inbeing Christ to those with HIV/AIDS.

“The Sacred on theStreet:” A Visual Medita-

tion for Lent

Throughout Lent, First Christian will beshowcasing the photography of our own

Deb Murphy. Her works, “The Sacredon the Street” were part of an installa-

tion at United Seminary last fall. Stop byafter worship in the West Hall (acrossfrom the Hearthstone Room) to look andstay tuned to how it will become a part

of First’s Lenten Prayer Practice. You can

also follow along on the church website(fccminneapolis.org) or pick up aweekly devotion in the Lounge.

Minnesota Food-share:2010

In 2009, there were about 3 millionfood shelf visits statewide and 61 mil-lion pounds of food distributed to Min-nesota families by food shelves. This is just one fact from many hunger relatedfact sheets and resources available atwww.mnfoodshare.gmcc.org/march.php. Become a superhero for hunger byeducating yourself as First Christianprepares for the states largest food drive,The MN FoodShare March Campaign.

Our goal thisyear isto raise $500and 500 poundsfor GrovelandFoodshelf during March.

MN Food-Share is a program of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches,co-sponsored by the MinnesotaCouncil of Churches. You can dropoff your non-perishable food items inthe Big Barrel in the Narthex.

Evening Prayer

Feel free to come on Wednesdayevenings at 7PM for Evening Prayer.During Lent we will use the medita-

tions and images from Deb Murphy’s

exhibit as our guide for prayer.

Feed My Starving Chil-dren

Our next trip to Feed My StarvingChildren will be on Saturday, March27 from 11:30am-1:30pm at theCoon Rapids facility. We will besharing this mission event with our sisters and brothers at GethsemaneEpiscopal in downtown Minneapolis.A signup sheet will be available be-ginning March 7.

Help Our Neighbors inHaiti

You can donate to Week of Compas-sion, the disaster and relief agency of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)as they work with other agencies tobring hope to the victims of the re-cent earthquake. You can place acheck in the offering plate made out

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