CHURCH NEWS March 7, 2020

Annunciation Church

The Church is Open from sun up to sun down Monday –Friday for anyone wanting to come and pray. Eucharistic Adoration is every Tuesday 9am-8pm

St Vincent de Paul food pantry is open every Tuesday Noon-2pm in the basement of the Annunciation school building. 19 N Alabama St. Would you like to be a registered family of

Annunciation? Please call the office or email Natalie at Annunciationsecretary@gmail.com. Start your Amazon shopping at Smile.Amazon.com. Select Annunciation Catholic Church Brazil Inc.

Annual SVdP Hog Raffle has begun. Tickets are $5 each and all proceeds fund Changing Lives Forever Program. Tickets can be purchased after Mass or in the parish office during office hours. YOU are Invited to experience NO GREATER LOVE - A Biblical walk through Christ’s Passion hosted by Edward Sri and others, following Sunday Mass during Lent, 10:15-11 am in the Parish Center

We will have Stations of the Cross every Friday of Lent at 6pm.

Regular Mass Times: Sunday at Annunciation 9am, Tuesday at Annunciation 9am, with Tuesday Latin Mass at Annunciation (1st Tuesday of the month) 6pm, and Wednesday at Annunciation 5pm.

Brazil First United Methodist Church

Our Opportunities March 08, 2020 – March 15, 2020

Sunday – March 08 - 9 am Traditional Worship Service

9:45a Somethings Brewing

10am Sunday School

11am Contemporary Worship Service

Monday – March 09 - 10am Bereavement

7pm Ad Council Meeting in the Pine Room

6:30pm Book Study “Seamless”

Tuesday – March 10 - 2:45pm Club 345

Wednesday – March 11 - 10amn - Sight Loss Group

4:30p Somethings Cooking

5:30p Pantry Blessings

7pm Chancel Choir

Thursday – March 12 - 5pm Band Practice

7:30pm Praise Team

Saturday – March 14 - 9am – 1pm Open Hands Preschool Vendor Fair

Sunday – March 15 - 9am Traditional Worship Service

9:45am Somethings Brewing

10am Sunday School

11am Contemporary Worship Service

OPEN HANDS PRESCHOOL VENDOR FAIR

Open Hands Preschool is hosting their annual Spring Vendor Sale on March 14th from 9 am.-1 pm. We will have food vendors, hometown vendors with handmade crafts, local small businesses and even vendors traveling to us from hours away to be here for this event! We want to encourage everyone to come out and support our small business owners by enjoying a fun day of shopping at Open Hands Preschool!

If you like to have a booth at this event please call Chris Pestoff or Charla Moore at 812-443-2230.

Love to Sing? Join us!

The Brazil Community Choir has begun rehearsals for the 2020 Easter Cantata.

If you love to sing, we’d love to have you! The choir, under the direction of Shaun Short, is open to everyone. Prior choir experience is helpful but not required. The Choir welcomes singers The choir enjoys members from across the Wabash Valley and is comprised of teens to retirees and in between.

Rehearsals are held every Wednesday from 7-7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church located at 201 N. Meridian, Brazil and Thursday evening from 7- 8 p.m. at Peniel United Methodist Church located at 9525 N. Kennedys Crossing Rd., Brazil. Choir members are welcome to practice on either day or both if they so desire.

For more information contact Kate Hoag at 812-251-4532 or Shaun Short at 812-236-5931.

Benwood Mt. Lebanon Church

Benwood Mt. Lebanon Church, 945 E. Co. Rd. 1200 N, Brazil. Sunday School starts at 9:30 a.m. and church Services start at 10:30 a.m. The sermon last week was from 2 Kings 6:1-7 about Elisha the Prophet, who helped a young man retrieve a borrowed ax head (iron) from the Jordan River after it sank to the bottom. I will not ruin the story for you, read it yourself to see how this miracle could have happened. The basic principle of the verses conveys that all we have is borrowed from God, take inventory of the tools He has provided us to serve Him and use them with care.

Benwood has set the dates for Church Camp; it will be June 11-14.  Children must have completed 3rd grade through age 18. Financial Scholarships are available, so sign up your kids as soon as possible.  Call the Church at 812-446-0531 to reserve your spot.  We look forward to seeing them there.

Women’s Bible Study meets every Thursday at 9:45 a.m. at the Benwood Community Building behind the Church.  Ladies, please come join us.  Talk to you next week, Cathy.

Berea Christian Church March 8, 2020

This week we are excited to welcome Andrzej Korytkowski. He visiting us as a representative of Ostróda Christian Camp in Ostróda, Poland. Ostróda Christian Camp was founded in 1971 and is much like a church camp here in the United states. The camp has a long tradition of organizing camps for children, teens, and families with the cooperation of volunteers from the US, Ukraine, Germany, Ireland, and other countries.

Organizationally, Ostróda Christian Camp is part of Fellowship of Christian in Poland, however they have a long tradition of working together with our brothers and sisters from other evangelical Churches. For more information please see their web site @ http://www.ostrodacamp.org/home-1/

All are welcome to come and hear about the work Ostróda is doing to help grow the Kingdom

of God in Europe! Next month, Berea is sending a team on a mission trip to the camp to help them prepare for the upcoming Summer camp season.

Next week (3/15) we will finish our series examining who are we and why do we do that within the Christian Church. In this final week we will take a look at the inerrancy of Scripture, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We pray that you will join us this Sunday to find out more.

Service times are 9:15 and 11am with full Children’s Programming available for both services.

Connect with us online at https://bccbrazil.org, Berea Christian Church on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/bccbrazil/. Download or stream messages anytime with our Escape Urself Podcast at http://www.podcastgarden.com/podcast/escapeurself. Watch online at Berea Christian Church on Youtube

The Church address is 1995 W. CR. 800 N Brazil, IN 47834. Contact the Church by calling 812-448-8698 or emailing office@bccbrazil.org.

The Little Historic Church at Carbon

Our March program at Carbon’s Little Historic Church will feature JJ Nees. Everyone is invited! The concert will be Friday, March 13th at 7 p.m. For more information contact Kate Hoag at 812-251-4532. The Little Historic Church is located at 14695 N. Linden Street in Carbon, IN 47837.

First Baptist Church

On Sunday March 8th, interim pastor the Reverend Dr. Mark Hetrick will speak on “Confession Is Good for the Soul” with the text from Matthew 6:12, I John 1:9, and Psalm 51:1-12.

A Family Fun Night will be held Friday, March 27th at 6 p.m. Bring your favorite game and a breakfast item to share in fellowship with the church family.

The Missions Committee will have a dinner immediately after Sunday Morning Worship on March 29th. They will serve a baked potato and salad bar. Donations will be accepted.

The Youth Group is collecting items for Operation Christmas Child throughout the year. For March they are accepting toys for boys age 2-10 that will fit in a shoebox (Legos, dinosaurs, blocks, matchbox cars, monster trucks, bugs, and snakes). A red tote has been set up at the back of the sanctuary to collect the items.

You are invited to join us at the following weekly services. Sunday School classes for all ages at the First Baptist Church begin at 9:30 a.m. Worship service follows at 10:30 a.m. with Nursery and KidMo offered for children through the 5th grade. On Wednesday, an Adult Bible Study is held at 12:30 p.m. at the YMCA and choir practice is held at the church at 6:30 p.m. On Thursday, the Kid’s Klothes Kloset is open from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and in the evening an Adult Bible Study and Youth Group (during the school year) for middle and high schoolers both begin at 7 p.m.

First Baptist Church is located at 413 South Walnut Street. The church phone number is (812) 448-8112. Our interim pastor is the Rev. Dr. Mark W. Hetrick. His cell is (317) 697-2485 and email is revdocmark@sbcglobal.net. Follow us on Facebook or the church website at www.brazilbaptistchurch.com.

Peniel United Methodist Church

We invite you to join us March 8th the Second Sunday of Lent. Our Sunday School classes begin at 10:00 a.m. There are classes for all age groups. Related seasonal crafts are offered on occasion for the children.

Our Worship Service begins at 11:00 a.m. and is accompanied by a traditional choir. This week the scripture reading is John 3:1-17. Pastor Kent’s sermon is entitled Tagging Along With John and Jesus. Children are always welcome at our Worship Services and Pastor Kent provides engaging Children’s Moments that both delight and challenge the kids.

Peniel UMC continues to collect non-perishable food, personal hygiene items and laundry supplies for our local Food Pantry. Your donation will be collected during

the Offering at the Worship Service or you may drop it off afterwards at the

Fellowship Hall between 12:15-1:00 p.m. We also collect plastic caps and container lids for local recycling program, as well as aluminum pull tabs from cans. Thank you for your ongoing support and may God bless you for your kindness and sharing!

Peniel United Methodist Church is located at 9525 N. Kennedys Crossing Road, just one mile north of Northview High School in Brazil. Phone: (812) 442-8062. You can find us on Facebook@PenielUnitedMethodistChurch. Come, join us at Peniel and ‘Catch the Spirit!’