Lenten Devotional Guide

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1 February 6, 2013 Volume 27 Issue 3 From the Pastor What s in it for me? This has become a standard question in our lives. We ask it when we are deciding about buying something, joining something, or using our time for something. The frequency of this question is evidence that we have become a radically pragmatic culture. Pragmatic, of course, means useful or of practical benefit. This standard is now applied to spirituality, to faith, to God. Religion turns in the direction of self-help psychology, and the most popular forms of spirituality are the ones that are most self-serving. There has been a subtle rearrangement in our churches. It makes us the center of worship rather than God. Wise, prophetic Walter Brueggemann says this current fascination with cheerful, upbeat, I- centered worship comes not so much from biblical faith as from the wishful optimism of our culture. And he says that the culture is in denial about the disorientation of life in a world disenfranchised from God. In our current Wednesday evening series on Being Church, we are honoring the fact that our church, across its sixty years, has tried to take worship seriously. We have a responsibility to keep faith with this tradition. Our future depends on it. The object and center of Christian is God specifically God as revealed in Jesus Christ. Adoration is the most selfless of all emotions. Worship is adoration. In authentic worship I is the last thing on my mind. O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our maker. (Psa. 95:6) David Lenten Devotional Guide Return to Me, by Dr. Terry York, is a devotional guide designed to accompany us along the forty-day Lenten journey. Dr. York has written poetic texts, for use during Holy Week, that contrast modern language and expressions with those of the ancient biblical texts. Taylor Davis has set these poems to music, as a complement to this devotional guide. Our forty-day Lenten journey will lead to Maundy Thursday service on March 7, 7:30 pm with a presentation of Return to Me and concludes Saturday prior to Easter. The Lenten Devotional Guide will be available on the Royal Lane website and Facebook with printed copies for those who do not have or utilize internet access. Printed copies are available outside the church office beginning this Sunday and will be available at Wednesday Midweek. Devotions are provided for the 40 days prior to Easter, beginning with Ash Wednesday and excluding Sundays. The next issues of The Mosaic are scheduled for February 20 & March 6, The deadline for submissions will be 5:00 p.m. Tuesday prior to the date of publication.

2 Coming Events Sunday February 10 Transfiguration Sunday Youth Midwinter 8:30 am Deacons Meeting Portable (childcare by reservation) 9:30 am Donuts, Coffee/Juice Family Hall 9:45 am Christian Education Christian Education Classrooms Adult Combined Sunday School Class Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America Family Hall 10:55 am Morning Worship Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles, Martha Stearns Marshall Day of Preaching Sanctuary 12:30 pm Miller/Keith Care Group Mattito s 2:30 pm Memorial Service Anna Marie Lowe Sanctuary 5:00 pm Intercessory Prayer Library Wednesday February 13 Ash Wednesday 5:30 pm Children s Valentine & Pizza Party Children s Building 5:30 pm Youth Supper & Study Youth Center 5:30 pm Family Supper Soup, Cheesy Biscuits, Dessert Family Hall 6:15 pm Children s Choir/Missions Children s Building 6:30 pm Ash Wednesday Service Family Hall 7:15 pm Understanding Icons with Susan Matthews Room 203 7:15 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal Sanctuary Friday February 15 7:00 pm Leon Care Group Home of Jeff Grover Saturday February pm Waging Peace Party Game Night Family Hall Sunday February 17 First Sunday in Lent 9:30 am Donuts, Coffee/Juice Family Hall 9:45 am Christian Education Christian Education Classrooms 10:55 am Morning Worship Sanctuary 12:15 pm Program Council Portable (childcare by reservation) 5:00 pm Intercessory Prayer Library Wednesday February 20 Mosaic 5:15 pm Publicity/Outreach Committees Room 205 5:30 pm Youth Supper & Study Youth Center 5:30 pm Family Supper Family Hall 6:15 pm Children s Choir/Missions Children s Building 6:15 pm Midweek Service Being Church with David Matthews Family Hall 7:15 pm Understanding Icons with Susan Matthews Room 203 7:15 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal Sanctuary The deadline for the order of service, the Midweek, and the Mosaic is Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. prior to publication. Follow RLBC on Facebook & Twitter. Don t do Facebook? Follow RLBC at Ash Wednesday Service

3 Women of the Church Saturday, February 23, 10:00 am (childcare by reservation) Grant Us Courage to Stop, Relax & Enjoy the Blessings of God s World Mission: Bring full size deodorant (men & women) for Christian Assistance Ministry in San Antonio, Texas. Waging Peace party to honor Cookie Stokes a Game Night experience for all If your life is different because of Cookie Stokes If you like to play board games, like RISK, and want to see what it could be like to struggle against a common enemy rather than each other If you re new to Royal Lane Baptist Church and want to meet people If you enjoy participating in the beginning of something new Waging Peace has been in β version until now If you think it d be cool to play a game that was created by Joey Belgard If you want to simply hang out and watch others play If you re looking for something different to do on a February afternoon and/or evening If you d like a chance to win a peace doorprize For any one of these reasons, come join us for fun and fellowship. We ll play a game that Cookie convinced Joey to create and see how enjoyable it can be to cooperate with others to purge Evil from the world. Show up any time the next game will be starting soon! February 16, :00pm 10:00pm come when you can leave when you must Royal Lane Baptist Church: Family Hall 6707 Royal Lane Dallas, Texas Contact Joey Belgard for more information

4 Prayer Requests: Ryan Agee s grandparents Betty Beckman, mother of Paul Burnett Christina Courtney, daughter of Dot Johnson Burnell Etheredge and her daughter, Jackie Bob Franks, nephew of Joey & Rosa Belgard Erin Gleim, daughter of a friend of Bruce Luedke Billye Hartman, neighbor of Jo Ferguson, on the death of Billye s husband Thomas Jarvis, brother of Martha Box Michael Knight Donna Ledgerwood Susie Leinneweber Bruce Lowe and family on the death of Anna Marie Lowe Lee McKinney, father of Forrest McKinney Heather & Andy McMaster and family, cousin of Connie Bechtol Blake Menchaca, nephew of Danny Ray Charles Reeves, father of co-worker of Ryan Agee Terry Simmons Kevin Sutton, on the death of his father, Doyle Sutton Jenny Tilden, granddaughter of Dorothy Tilden Cathy Webb s sister, Jackie Arnold and mother, Wanda Lee Jordan Weilage s friends, Valerie and her boyfriend Rick James, and Rhonda and her boyfriend, Preston Please continue to pray for: Sarah Dews; Bill Ferguson; Lonnie Harris; Lydia Kandol; Zelda Kuhns, aunt of Dorothy Tilden; Annie Levy; Arlene Lowe; Tom & Rosemary Lynch; Hector & Josefa Mederos; Ruth Moore, mother of Bettie Meachum; Janet Ramirez, daughter, and Lisa Ritchey, niece, of Jack & Judy Mullinax; Tru Pollard, friend of Martha Box; Louis Powers, father of Rebecca Rempert; Bill Prickett; Maebelle Raiza s friend, Delma; Richard Reeves, uncle of Harry Wooten; Joy Ringo, friend of Lyn & Gordon Brown; Ruth Smith; Dorothy Tilden; Jordan Weilage; Clay Williams; Duane & Dee Dee Young Remember the homebound: Kathleen Akin, Dorothy Cantrell; Nadine Francis; LuDean King; Faye Laney; Dorothy Miller; Norman Morris; Libba Studdard; Allyene Wilcox Notes from France! Dear Royal Lane Church, We wish you the best for all your projects as a Faith Community in this new We miss you and think about you often. Our return to France is going well. We found jobs and are finally settling in. Big hug to all. Specially to our Sunday School Class. Felipe Lydia Team We have had a couple of folks who have asked for a recess from the pick-up-lydia team. Lydia is very comfortable with any of our women or men taking on this labor of love. Volunteers can specify the frequency for their involvement i.e. once a month or once a quarter. Contact Paulette Harrison if you would like to join Team Lydia. Paulette Harrison, , pkayh@sbcglobal.net Hello y all! We do miss you, and have lot of thoughts about the church. Happy New Year! Marie Total for CBF Global Missions focus month: $1,

5 Deacons of the Week February 10 Nancy Ferrell [214] Joe Hill [214] February 17 Rebecca Rempert [214] Blake Vickery [972] Ash Wednesday Service 6:30 p.m. Wednesday February 13 in Family Hall Midweek Service 6:15 p.m. Wednesday February 20 Being Church David Matthews Join us for a Fellowship Meal at 5:30 pm. In the Box-Hawkins Gallery January 26 March 8, 2013 Linda Leonhart-McCall Gallery open by appointment 10-4, weekdays, 10-5 Wednesdays To change mail or preferences for The Mosaic, contact Barbara Merry, , ext. 10 or bmerry@royallane.org. Scriptures of the Week February 10 Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-43a February 13 Joel 2:1-2, Psalm 51: Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6, February 17 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 Midweek Menu Wednesday, February 13 Soup, Cheesy Biscuits, Dessert Wednesday, February 20 [tbd] Don t do Facebook? See RLBC announcements at Happy Birthday! February Dennis Turnbull... 6 Mark Barron... 8 Clay Williams... 9 William Griffing Alfred Levy Frank Ewere Justin Berrier Donald West Amy Valentine Sue Northrup Norma Swearingen Raymond Vickrey... 19

6 The Mosaic is published bi-monthly. Royal Lane Baptist Church 6707 Royal Lane Office Hours: Dallas, TX Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Wednesday Midweek: 6:15 pm Office: [214] Sunday School: 9:45 am Fax: [214] Sunday Worship: 10:55 am Rosa Barrientos, Housekeeping Danny Wesley Ray, Organist Michael Hurder, Facilities Manager Janet Schultz, Administrative Assistant C. David Matthews, Senior Pastor Ray Vickrey, Pastor Emeritus Barbara Merry, Administrative Assistant Shelly Watts, Children s Minister Blake Miller, Minister to Youth Garey Wisdom, Pianist Harry Wooten, Minister of Music and Worship Royal Lane Baptist Church 6707 Royal Lane Dallas, Texas