One Great Hour of Sharing. Today we are asking for your donations to One Great Hour of Sharing and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Your offering today helps millions of people recover from earthquakes and floods; with community-based health care; with loan programs for women; and with sustainable development, to name a few. People around the world depend on UMCOR, and UMCOR depends on your One Great Hour of Sharing offering. Please give generously. Your gift makes a world of difference!

Church Giving. When making contributions to the church, please make sure that you identify to which fund it is going. Our major funds are the General Operating Fund, the Capital Fund and the Endowment Fund. Periodically during the year contributions are asked for special funds as well, such as today’s One Great Hour of Sharing. By clearly indicating a designated fund, you will greatly simplify the job of the counters and assure that your contribution gets credited properly. Thank you.

Last Supper Drama. In your bulletin today you’ll see a postcard inviting friends, neighbors and relatives to our tableau presentation of the Last Supper. Please personalize your card and give or send it to someone who might enjoy the drama and our Easter worship service. Postage is 26ยข. If you would like the office to mail postcards for you, please call, e-mail or mark your presence slip with the name and address of the invitee.

Handbell Choir. We are putting together a special handbell choir for Easter. With only three weeks to go, we will meet on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Debbie Leyva has agreed to direct, and our goal is to play at both services on Easter. Please come if you can. It will be fun!

Coffee Hour Hosts. The following people have graciously offered to bring coffee hour treats (cookies, fruit or sandwiches. This is one way we can “serve” church. Please see Connie Gagnon if you would like to host a Sunday.

  • March 2: Fellowship Committee
  • March 9: Barb Wilson, Marny Livingston, Joan Thorson
  • March 16: Ruthann Litchford, Lisa Stillwell, Amy Spain
  • March 23: Fellowship Committee
  • March 30: Linda Bellamy, Ellen McKee, Joan Pierce

Safeway eScrip. Everyday Purchases-Extraordinary Results! Want to help Kairos Prison Ministry transform lives? Your ordinary purchases at Safeway can help fund this important ministry. Through eScrip enrollment, a portion of every Safeway purchase is donated to Kairos Prison Ministry, and you don’t have to do anything other than shop as usual! To enroll your Safeway club card, please contact Terri Stewart at 425.788. 3164 or terri.stewart@ comcast.net. She will need your name, address and club card number.

Hopelink Opportunities. Northshore Hopelink (behind the Bothell library) has an urgent need for volunteers to pick up food from stores. The organization relies on local store donors for perishables-fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy and frozen items are all vital parts of healthy diets. It is Hopelink’s goal to bring healthy produce to its clients. In order to keep this important service going for all the Northshore families in need of assistance, they need your help at 9:00 a.m. on the following days and locations:

  • Thursdays-Totem Lake Fred Meyer
  • Thursdays-Bothell QFC
  • Fridays-Bothell Safeway
  • Fridays-Kenmore Safeway

All opportunities are once-a-week commitments that take between 45 minutes and an hour and a half. For more information, please contact Russ at 425.485.6521 Ext 101.

Coat Rack Needs Emptying. Please check the coat rack in the narthex for any items that belong to you. On March 15 any unclaimed items will be donated to a local charity. Thank you!

Music Devotionals. This year, our Palm Sunday worship service is scheduled to be similar to “Lessons and Carols” at Christmas. We are looking for several participants to provide “Music Devotionals” for this and other Easter services. If you are interested in participating with a musical solo, duet or ensemble, please contact Kay Forrester at 425.882.2709 or kay@forrestersong.com. As always, we’re happy to help with accompaniment if needed.

Community Blood Drive. Our next interfaith community blood drive will be held on Tuesday, March 11, from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. (dinner break: 3:00 to 3:45) at Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church, 19020 Woodinville- Duvall Road. You are encouraged to be a done. Blood doesn’t keep, so it’salways needed-900 units a day in Western Washington. Making an appointment (call the church office) is not necessary but gives you some priority when there’s a crowd.

Kairos Prison Ministry. There are three easy ways to support Kairos Prison Ministry and the programs that it runs: (1) Your ordinary purchases at Safeway can help fund Kairos! Through eScrip enrollment, a portion of every Safeway purchase is donated to Kairos Prison Ministry-see previous announcement; (2) Attend the Dinner/Auction/Concert (Dewey Forrester’s Sojourners are playing!) on March 1. Tickets are $25; (3) Sponsor a child to attend the first Kairos Torch Outside-$75. Checks should be made payable to Kairos Prison Ministry (memo line: Torch) and you can give them to Terri Stewart or mail them to: Kairos Torch, PO Box 7104, Bellevue, WA 98008-1104. For details or more information, please contact Terri at 425.788.3164 or terri.stewart@comcast.net.

Used Book Sale. Congregation Kol Ami is holding its annual used-book sale on Sunday, April 27, at Whole Foods Market in Redmond. If you have books you would like to donate, please place them in the bin labeled “Used Book Donations” in the narthex. No text books or media (DVDs, CDs), please.