United Church of Warsaw

Our annual March Fish Fry will take place on Friday, March 16^th from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Chairperson of this event is Shirley Cummins, and she will appreciate any and all help. Sign-up sheets may be found in the East Room following worship, or you may call Shirley to volunteer at 786-9981. More than 30 pies will be needed, along with kitchen help, set-up, dining room helpers, and clean-up.

Of immediate need are volunteers to do tickets and publicity. Please help us make this a successful event!

Presale tickets will cost $8.00; at the door, tickets will be $8.50. A child’s meal will cost $6.00. Proceeds from this project will benefit our youth ministry program.

• The weather may not make us think of warmer, sunnier days, but the Board of Benevolence is thinking of our warm and generous congregation. On Palm Sunday, April 1^st, following worship, join us in the Fellowship Hall for hot dogs, salads (which we ask you to bring), chips, ice cream sundaes, and beverages. Paper products will be provided. Signups sheets for this event will be available the last 2 Sundays in March following worship, or call the church office to reserve your place at the picnic.

  Our program will be a report by Judy Toner on her recent mission trip to Honduras. She will give us a slide presentation of the work done in the 10 Honduran villages which we helped financially support this year.

  Come for food and fellowship and see how our dollars were put to immediate work to help our neighbors!

Sunday Easter, April 8^th, 2007

Disasters occur every day in the lives of millions of other people—disasters of extreme poverty and chronic hunger, of terminally unclean water and no sanitation, of terrorizing war and devastating loss. We see these images from time to time, and our hearts go out to those people. But that’s different, right? After all, we can’t be there for everyone.

Jesus might not agree. A young lawyer talked with Jesus about the command to “love your neighbor as yourself,” asking, “Who is my neighbor?” In response, Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan—a man who freely gave time, energy and money to help a stranger whom he didn’t know and might never see again. According to Jesus, we are all neighbors to one another.

Gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing support programs that help people build lives and communities that are healthy, safe and sustainable. By giving you will join others in:

· rebuilding communities ravaged by natural disasters

· creating sustainable sources of food and water for rural villages

· providing micro-credit so women can start poverty-escaping businesses

· teaching trades and job skills to people maimed by landmines

· offering children a chance to survive past the age of 5 and attend school.

Jesus’ response to the question, “Who is my neighbor?” set a standard that isn’t easy to meet. By participating in One Great Hour of Sharing on Easter Sunday, April 8^th, we join together to make a world of difference in the lives of our neighbors.