If you have a prayer re-uest or would like to 5oinour online prayer team, please contact either PastorBob Brite atpastor=fccminneapolis.org or Associ ate Pastor Dennis Sanders atassociatepastor=fccminneapolis.org. You can also leave a message by phone by callingthe church office at E12H01HEH.

Prayers for

M"si% Ministr* at ,irst C.ristian/ 0o.n and 3.*llis Ta6e6a8a/ t.e 9a:il* o9 Bill Bliss/ Cl*de and 0enni9er Bo"ler

grie%ing the *eath of ./y*e’s

grandmother, for

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as they begin the task of starting a new church in Rochester, MN for the congregation of

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asthey move locations, that they may continue togrow

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and others dealing with unemployment.We remember the people of

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. You canfind out about the many ministries and missionariesto lift up in prayer by going towww.globalministries.org.We pray for the following churches in our Region:

3ar6 A=en"e C.ristian C."r%. Ees Moines Io8a / ,irst C.ristian C."r%. Good?ine Io8a / ,irst C.ristian C."r%. 3a%68ood Io8a H

We also pray for

C.ristian C."r%. in irginia and t.e C.ristian C."r%. in K.ioH

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Ministry Team

All Me:?ers o9 t.e Congregation >o?ert Brite

Interim Minister

Eennis <anders

, Minister of Diversity and Mission

C.ris Goga:an

Office Manager

Bill <t":p

Director of Music

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, Building Manager

0a:es Barnett

Pianist

<erena Carlson

, Nursery Attendant

Mart.a @arris

Courier ditor Telephone: E12.H0.1HEHwww.fccminneapolis.org Twitter: www.twitter.comUfccminneapolisFacebook: www.facebook.comUfccminneapolismail:office=fccminneapolis.org Fa: E12.H0.1HE0

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Have an announcement to shareY Please drop it off in the church office or email it to office=fccminneapolis.org by Wednes- day.

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During Fellowship our today afterchurch, take your coffee and treats into thechoir room to see a brief but stirring movieabout refugee families.FCC has sponsored four refugee familiesin the past, and plans are underway tosponsor another family in the near future. This movie will whet your interest and answer some -uestions about this ministry.

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The Wednesday vening Bible Study willnot meet on March Z1, but will resumeApril  at EPM. Come 5oin us as we con

tinue to 4atch 6ob Be//’s “Noo;a” %i*eos

on faith and life.

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Before worship each Sunday, the morn

ing’s

elders dea%ons and 8ors.ip leader

areasked to gather in the choir room at 10:2[for a prayer led by the Presiding lder. The Worship Committee made this ad5ustment for Sunday morning worship preparation beginning March, 2010.

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

Deb Murphy@ Aer 4orsC “The Sacre* onthe Street” 4ere part of an insta//ation at

nited Seminary last fall. Stop by afterworship in the West all ^across fromthe earthstone Room_ to view thesepictures and stay tuned to how it will

beco;e a part of First’s Lenten Prayer

Practice. You can also follow along onthe church website ^fccminneapolis.org_or pick up a weekly devotion in theLounge.

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Don’t forget! Donations to the March

Food share Drive can be made on PalmSunday, March 2H. You can drop off your nonperishable food item in theBig Barrel in the narthe, or put contributions in the offering plates ^mark

“foo*she/f” on the chec ;e;o /ineJ@

As of last Sunday we have collected `[ in cash donations. Wow! Keep

up the goo* 4or to he/p Minnesota’s

hungry.

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Thanks to all who went to Feed My Starving Children yesterday. For those

4ho *i*n’t ;ae it this ti;eC there 4i//

be another trip in June.

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Did you know that Pastor Bob Brite isblogging as his Lenten practice Youcan follow along by going to the First

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