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Dear Church,
We’ve begun our journey through Lent, the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, when we draw near to God through remembering Jesus’ journey to the cross and resurrection. As part of our journey we have collected devotional reflections from various saints from Stillmeadow. Here is today’s Lenten Reflection from Lea Ann Shaffer.
Psalm 121 has long been one of my favorite psalms. Since I grew up surrounded by hills in my home state of West Virginia, the opening line always got my attention. On the first trip I took to Jamaica for a Work and Witness trip, the Lord gave me this Psalm for reassurance of His protection and care. I continue to find great meaning in its words.
As one of the songs of ascent, I can easily envision the children of Israel singing this song as they drew near to Jerusalem to prepare their hearts for one of the annual festivals. I can imagine them looking to the mountains surrounding the city. Each likely had very different thoughts going through his or her mind. The writer of this psalm perhaps even thought of the mountain of circumstances he was experiencing in his life but suddenly recalled that his help comes from the Lord.
As we prepare our hearts in this Lenten season, let us make sure that we recall that our help comes from the Lord. He is Lord Jehovah. He is our protector. He gave His only son, Jesus, to purchase our redemption. He does not slumber or sleep, and He will fulfill every purpose He has for our lives.
Are you looking at your circumstances today or are you focusing your mind on God’s power and protection over you and your family? Turn your eyes to the God who is in control and who can handle any concern you have today.
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Hear Sunday’s Services
Stillmeadow Lane Campus — Pastor Josh Kleinfeld
York City Campus — Chastity Frederick
Attention ladies! Cost is $15. Questions? Contact Pastor Tabitha at pastortabitha@stillnaz.com.
Emotionally Healthy Relationships - teaches 8 practical skills to empower people to love and relate to one another in a way that builds unity in your church. It’s very practical including things like sentence stems you can use to start a difficult conversation with someone. The result is a church where conflicts aren’t just IGNORED but are actually RESOLVED.
Check out this video introduction.
EHR begins Sunday, March 19th at 9AM in the Sprenkle House Ground Floor. To register email pastorbrad@stillnaz.com or sign up at the button below.
Grow with others this year
Check out our listing of other groups and let us know if you’re interested in one. If you’d like help, you can contact Karon Kagan (kkagan@stillnaz.com) or Pastor Tabitha Martin (pastortabitha@stillnaz.com).
Prayer Shawl Ministry-meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at 10AM at Sprenkle House 2nd fl to pray over requests from our community and make prayer blankets for those in need. The next meeting for this group is March 11th.
Serve with us this year
Each person serving at Stillmeadow is part of a tradition of serving that has existed for 85+ years at our church and 2000+ years in the church universal. You have been gifted and we’d be honored to serve with you. Here are two of the many ways you can join in:
Worship & Media Teams-We are looking for people that love technology and want to be part of our creative team serving in the area of sound, video, lights, livestream production and image magnification. If you have any interest in any of those areas, we would love to talk to you about serving. Questions? Email Pastor John at pastorjohn@stillnaz.com.
Bus Ministry-Join us in our Saturday morning mobile ministry to kids in the Parkway neighborhood. We'd love to have people of any age and ability join. If interested, please contact cfrederick@stillnaz.com or sign-up below.
Earthquake Relief
The death toll continues to rise in Syria and Turkey and you can join in helping through financial gifts to the work of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries or through the assembly of Crisis Care Kits.
Child Dedication at York City Campus
Interested in dedicating your young child(ren) to the Lord? Questions about what that means? Informational session/class will be held at York City Campus (IMPACT Youth Room) on Sunday, March 5th at 9:30 am.
Strengthsfinders 101
March 18th 8:30AM-3PM. Research and Biblical insight combine to help you identify and live from your natural talents. $20 includes lunch and material. Register at stillnaz.com/discipleship or email pastorkent@stillnaz.com.
Condolences to…
The Moses Family-Chuck’s father, Sylvantus "Red" Moses, passed away Wednesday, February 8.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21)
For His Kingdom,
Pastor Josh and the Stillmeadow Team