Welcome to Upper Arlington Lutheran Church! We re glad you re here!

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2 Welcome to Upper Arlington Lutheran Church! We re glad you re here! Music About the Service Worship is an interactive, participatory experience. We invite you to join in as we praise God through singing by following the on-screen lyrics. Offering Sermon Prayer We give tithes and offerings as an act of worship, obedience, celebration, and thanksgiving to the Lord. You can give during the service or anytime via our website. You can also give using your smart phone. If you are a guest, you are not expected or obligated to give. We believe that the Word of God is the power of God and that Jesus comes to His people through His Word. Feel free to take notes using the space provided in this guide. During the gathering today, members of our prayer team will be available. They are willing to pray with you in response to what God is saying or because you re just having one of those kinds of days. Feel free to seek one of them out. They re wearing tags that say Prayer Ministry. Coming Communion up this month: We gladly invite all who believe in Jesus and seek His forgiveness to come forward and participate. We believe Communion is what Jesus said it is: His body and blood given in the bread and wine for the forgiveness of sins. Next Steps Let us know you re here by filling out your information in the Know Your Row pad. This helps us know you were here and helps us connect you with ministries you might be interested in. Visit us on the web. You can find staff contact information, learn more about UALC, listen to past sermons, find daily Scripture reading plans and much more! Get plugged into UALC by visiting the Connect Center! Take a next step on your journey with Christ or in connecting with UALC. We would love to talk with you.

3 Parent Guide Here are some ideas to help your kids worship this morning: Consider a seat in the front. We know it s a little scarier, but when kids can see all that is happening, they are better able to join in! Whisper a lot. It s OK. We promise. As the service goes on, explain what is happening, and preview what is next so that your kid can join in. Sing and pray! You are your child s greatest teacher. As you participate in the service, they ll be excited to participate as well. Stick around. If your child needs to step out of the service for a moment, that s OK. But we don t mind some giggling or rustling papers. Jesus said, Let the children come to me. We think he was on to something. Come back. We are intentionally setting aside Easter as experiences for all ages to worship together. But starting April 23, we ll resume our dynamic Kids Church experiences for children age three through 5th grade. There is always a place for your kids at Kids Church. During Kids Church they will learn the Bible and engage their faith in a way that is designed specifically for them! Sundays, LR 10:30 am and MR 9:00 & 10:30 am. Relax. Enjoy. Be Refreshed. Parenting is tough. We get it! Most of the leaders you see around here are parents too. Rather than Sunday being another place where you feel like you have to be perfect, or have the perfect kids, we want to invite you to be rejuvenated by your experience this morning. Let your kids be kids, and let yourself experience again the love of your Father in heaven.

4 Today s Reading & Preachers: Today s Scripture: On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again. Then they remembered his words. When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. Luke 24:1-12 (NIV) Preaching Today Pastor David Mann Pastor for Missions & Internationals Upper Arlington Lutheran Church Dave has been a staff member for over 24 years. Pastor Jeff Morlock Pastor for Care and Senior Adults at Upper Arlington Lutheran Church Jeff has been a staff member for over three years. Pastor Brodie Taphorn Pastor for Ministry Operations at Upper Arlington Lutheran Church Brodie has been a staff member for over 11 years. Joe Valentino Executive Director for Ministry at Upper Arlington Lutheran Church Joe has been a staff member this term for over three years.

5 Weekly Updates Everything you need to know for this week: Join Us As We Pray For Our Heart Read Luke 13: An angel at the empty tomb of Jesus said to the women who came, Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen! This Sunday we celebrate The Festival of Festivals. With billions of people around the world, we boldly proclaim that God has come among us, lived as a servant, died a death for us on a cross and now is alive! Don t miss out. Our People Scheduled surgery/procedure: Allan Willis (Riverside) In the hospital: Nathalie Durrant (Riverside), Dave Perdue (Hospice), Beth Schad (The James), Stoyan Schuster (Nationwide Children s) Our members who are homebound or in care facilities: Nancy Hess, Marilyn Mooney, Harold Ruff, Dottie Wharton Baptism: At Mill Run sanctuary, Willow Grace Wonderly, daughter of Matthew and Celeste Wonderly Our World SON Ministries: Pray for a successful conclusion to the Family ESL Program for this school year and for the Hilliard Free Lunch Summer Camp for Kids program, which will begin in June. Announcement Updates Congregational Meeting to Vote on Slate of Nominees Next Sunday, April 23, 12:00 pm at Lytham Road, we will hold our regular spring congregational business meeting. This meeting is required by our Constitution to elect these nominees: for the Nominating Committee , Bob Gillette and Becky D Onofrio; for Council , Steve Bruns (Vice-Chair), Gene Pierce, Lee Miller, and J.D. Wylie. A new Call Committee will also be presented to the congregation to consider the ordination and call of David White as a pastor at UALC. David, our Director of Family, Youth & Children s Ministries, completed an M.Div. from Bethel Seminary in 2013, and has been certified for pastoral call by the LCMC. This call will not alter David s responsibilities, but will celebrate his credentials and calling to serve as Pastor for Families, Youth & Children. Nursery care will be available and a light lunch will be served.

6 Worship at UALC You can find our weekly service times below: Lytham Road Worship Communities: Traditional Service 9:00 am - Sanctuary Celebration Service 10:30 am - Sanctuary 2300 Lytham Road, Columbus, OH Xalt Service 10:30 am - Fellowship Hall Mill Run Worship Communities: Sanctuary Services 9:00/10:30 am - Sanctuary Xalt Services 9:00/10:30 am - Fellowship Hall 3500 Mill Run Drive, Hilliard, OH Hilltop Worship Community: Veritas Service 10:30 am - Sanctuary 12 S. Terrace Avenue, Columbus, OH To find a description of each of our worship communities, more details can be found online at ualc.org/communities. Directions to each of our campuses can be found online at ualc.org/campuses.

7 Transition Leadership Team David Bowersox, Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fuller, Director of Communications Brodie Taphorn, Pastor, Ministry Operations Joe Valentino, Executive Director for Ministry Executive Staff Katie Borden, Director of Worship Lee Anne Otto, Executive Assistant to the Senior Pastor David White, Director of Family, Youth & Children s Ministries Pastors Buff Delcamp, Pastor, Prayer & the Holy Spirit David Mann, Pastor, Missions & Internationals Jeff Morlock, Pastor, Care & Senior Adults Paul Ulring, Pastor, Visitation Our Leadership Who s who around UALC: Staff Leaders dbowersox@ualc.org afuller@ualc.org btaphorn@ualc.org jvalentino@ualc.org kborden@ualc.org lotto@ualc.org dwhite@ualc.org bdelcamp@ualc.org dmann@ualc.org jmorlock@ualc.org pulring@ualc.org Lytham Road Traditional 9:00 am Jim Fritz Charlie Oellermann Becki Bork, Worship Planner Lytham Road Celebration 10:30 am Eric Schoeff Kristin Schoeff Bruce Wall Tim Krock, Worship Leader Lytham Road Xalt 10:30 am Steve Bruns Steve DeWeese Shad Good Dave Fullen, Worship Leader Mill Run Sanctuary 9:00 am Steve Heavilin Bob Masheter Katie Borden, Worship Leader Community Leadership Teams Mill Run Sanctuary 10:30 am Kathy Felty Rob Twitchell Mark Voltmann Katie Borden, Worship Leader Mill Run Xalt 9:00 am Diane Mountz Dan Overmyer Jen Overmyer Mike Short Katie Ulring Matt Timm, Interim Worship Leader Mill Run Xalt 10:30 am Mark Locher Lisa Ryan Greg Schad Matt Timm, Interim Worship Leader

8 No Fair! Next Sunday, we begin a new series called No Fair! One of the first lessons of social interaction we learn as children is that things don t always seem fair. Sometimes our brother gets a bigger scoop of ice cream, or a friend gets a longer turn on the swing. As adults, maybe we feel the boss passed us over for a promotion or raise. The gospel of Christ is not merely personal, but social. Followers of Christ are called to model the kind of selfless love that Jesus exemplifies, even when people seem utterly undeserving of it. The amazing grace we so joyfully sing about for ourselves is not so easy to swallow when we watch someone else receive it, but this is the heart of Christian community. As we grow in Christ, we learn to love like Christ, even when it s not fair. This series focuses on four passages from Matthew s Gospel that challenge our notions about church life, forgiveness, grace, and healing. Sermon Series: How to Fight Like a Christian (Matthew 18:15-20) Guest speakers from the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) including: Rev. John Bradosky, Bishop Rev. Mark Chavez, General Secretary Rev. Dr. Gemechis Buba, Assistant to the Bishop for Missions Rev. Dr. Scott Ness, NALC Pastor and Missionary The Math of Forgiveness (Matthew 18:21-35) Rev. David Mann, Pastor for Missions & Internationals A Fair Wage (Matthew 20:1-16) Rev. Brodie Taphorn, Pastor for Ministry Operations They Got Healed, Why Not Me? (Matthew 20:29-34) Rev. Jeff Morlock, Pastor for Care & Senior Adults To learn more about the series, and see the full preaching schedule, visit ualc.org/currentseries Upper Arlington Lutheran Church web ualc@ualc.org phone