May 13th – 6th Sunday of Easter

CALENDAR AND EVENTS:

13th    Sun                         Mothers Day – 2nd Grader Bibles
                     10:30 am      Coffee Fellowship
                     11:00 am      Worship Service, S.S.

16th   Wed     6:30 pm      Bible Study at Pastor’s Home

20th    Sun    10:30 am     Coffee Fellowship
                       11:00 am     Worship Service, S.S, Communion
                         7:00 pm     Baccalaureate

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

MOTHERS DAY:  In the United States, Mother's Day started nearly 150 years ago, when Anna Jarvis organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She called it "Mother's Work Day."

Fifteen years later, Julia Ward Howe, a Boston poet, pacifist, suffragist, and author of the lyrics to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," organized a day encouraging mothers to rally for peace, since she believed they bore the loss of human life more harshly than anyone else.

In 1914 Anna's hard work paid off when Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother's Day as a national holiday.

Today’s Bible Readings:
     Act 10:34-48 Psa 98; 1 Joh 5:1-8; Joh 15:9-17

Next Sunday’s Bible Readings:     
     Act 1:1-11; Psa 47; Eph 1:15-23; Luk 24:44- 53