As you may know, we’ve been experiencing some technical difficulties with our livestream system over the past several weeks. We appreciate your patience! Our team is continuing to troubleshoot issues, update equipment, and make contingency plans. We will be livestreaming all of our Holy Week services (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday). Join us in person or online!
Garden Work Day
Help us get the garden beds, community areas, and fencing ready for the 2024 growing season! Join us in the garden on Saturday April 6 at 10 AM for a garden work day.
For more information on the Community Garden ministry, please contact Christine Bell.
2024 Directory Updates
Every fall we attempt to update our directory with the current contact information for our church family. Over the next few weeks you will be receive a call from one of our volunteers asking for your current information and how you prefer to have that listed in the directory. (Options include name, address, landline / home phone, cell phone, and email address. You also have the option not to be included in the directory at all.)
In order to make this process as efficient as possible, we encourage you to email Susan, our office administrator, with this information now. This will save our volunteers a phone call! Otherwise, if you receive one of our calls, please respond as soon as you are able — even if there are no changes to your information.
We hope to have the update directories printed by the first of the year, but we need your help to meet that deadline. Thank you!
Need a ride to church?
Do you struggle to find a way to get to worship on Sunday mornings? Members of Wesley’s Men’s Group are eager to provide rides to seniors who no longer drive, those who are unable to drive, or those who do not have their own transportation. If you would like to request a ride to church, please contact Rich Chambers, the Men’s Group carpool coordinator.
From the Church Library:
It’s time to check your shelves (and stacks) for overdue library books. We’d like to get them back as soon as possible. Then you can get some new items for summer reading!
Church Library
Library Update
Reminder, the books for Pastor Candy’s summer book discussion are now out on the book sale table in the atrium. First come, first served!
From our Library Team: Book Reviews for You!
Premeditated Myrtle (by Elizabeth C. Bunce) is the first in a fun mystery series designed for girls 10 and up which has won several awards. Twelve-year-old Myrtle lives with her father, who is a Prosecuting Solicitor, and her governess, Miss Judson, who seems to love solving mysteries and much as the inquisitive Myrtle does. They live in Victorian England, where Myrtle is expected to behave as a Young Lady of Quality, but when the neighbor’s cat and gardener don’t follow their normal morning routine, Myrtle calls the police because she suspects foul play. It’s up to Myrtle to get to the bottom of this mystery before a friend is blamed for murder. The Wesley Church library has acquired 4 books in this series, so you can enjoy even more Myrtle!
In Jesus’ Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount (by Richard Rohr) Franciscan priest Richard Rohr takes a look at the Sermon on the Mount and uses cultural information and understanding from Jesus’ time to help us to better discover what Jesus was telling us. His countercultural message about how to relate to each other is just as revolutionary today, and deserves a closer look from anyone who is a follower of Jesus. If you like this book, check out our library’s other Richard Rohr selections.
Also …
THE SECRET RIVER by Kate Grenville
Have you always been fascinated by Australia? Kate Greenville’s layered novel recounts the story of a man who hungers to possess his own land in 18th century Australia. The history and landscape of the country come alive as the backdrop for one man’s particular life journey.
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr
A different sort of WWII story. Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a German boy, learn to negotiate life in war-torn St. Malo. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize.