116 Hillcrest Road Ogden Dunes, Indiana 46368

Ogden Dunes Community

Church

Phone: 219-762-1184 Fax: 219-763-1189

E-mail: office@ogdenduneschurch.org www.ogdenduneschurch.org

Ogden Dunes Community Church seeks to joyfully lead people to the transforming love of Christ. The deadline for the next Dunes News is March 15th.

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After the 10:00 am. service, refreshments, including coffee, will be available in the Fellowship hall following worship. If your last name begins with the letter of the day, please provide snacks of your choice. The host/hostess for the day will set snacks and coffee out for everyone’s enjoyment after the service. Hostess Sunday, March 5 P,Q,R,S,T Jill Wirth Sunday, March 12 U,V,W,X,Y,Z Peggy Newton Sunday, March 19 A,B,C,D,E Jill Green Sunday, March 26 F,G,H,I,J Jayne Mann Please call Sue Squire at 762-1428 to volunteer to be a host/hostess for later dates.

March Refreshments

Something To Think About…

I knew a young man whose education was stifled because his father gave him two automobiles, a motorboat and a house.

I knew a man who never accomplished anything in life because he was always tinkering with the trifles.

I knew another man whose house was so filled with rare and costly antiques that he was a slave to care for his collections.

Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden.

It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must labor to keep the grounds clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a

The Dunes News

Ogden Dunes Community Church

www.ogdenduneschurch.org

Inside this

issue:

Seven Sayings From The Cross

Youth Ski

Special Points of Interest:

♦ 30 Pieces of Silver ♦ PrimeTimers

March 2017

“Forgetting and Remembering” (Pastor’s Pen)

If you would increase and prolong your life, forget the following:

Forget the faults of others

Forget all the slander you have ever heard

Forget the fault finding and give a little thought to the cause that provoked it.

Forget all personal quarrels or histories you may have heard by accident, and which, if repeated, would seem a thousand times more than they are.

Blot out, as best as you can, all the disagreeables of life, they will come, but will only grow larger when you remember them.

Put aside the constant thought of the acts of meanness, or, worse still, malice will only tend to make your life bitter, instead of better.

Obliterate everything disagreeable from yesterday; write on today’s clean sheet only those things which are lovely and loveable.

As you forget the aforementioned facts, the Bible encourages us to think on the following: “Whatever” is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is praise worthy or excellent — think on these things.” (Philippians 4:8)

So, use your Time wisely. “To kill time” means “to murder it.” “Reduce Time” means to value it by Doing — the success of perseverance, the pleasure of working, and the improvement of talent; and by BEING — the worth of character, the virtue of patience and the power of kindness.

Remember that yesterday’s mistakes do not define you, for God is a “God

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ASH WEDNESDAY March 1st

Lenten Potluck Dinner at 6:15 p.m.

Lenten Meditation at 7:15 p.m. in the Sanctuary

First Words: “Father forgive them...” (Word To Persecutors)

Nursery Provided SECOND WEDNESDAY IN LENT March 8th

Lenten Meditation at 7:15 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Second Words: “Today you will be with Me in paradise” (Word Of Hope)

Nursery Provided THIRD WEDNESDAY IN LENT March 15

Lenten Meditation at 7:15 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Third Words: “Woman, behold your son; son behold your mother” (Word Of Concern)

Nursery Provided

FOURTH WEDNESDAY IN LENT

March 22nd

Lenten Meditation at 7:15 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Fourth Words: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken Me?”

(Word Of Prayer)

Nursery Provided

FIFTH WEDNESDAY IN LENT March 29th

Lenten Meditation at 7:15 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Fifth Words: “I thirst” (Word of Anguish)

Nursery Provided

SIXTH WEDNESDAY IN LENT April 5th

Lenten Meditation at 7:15 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Sixth Words: “It is finished”” (Word Of Victory)

Seventh Words: “Into your Hands I commit My Spirit” (Word Of Commitment)

Nursery Provided

Theme: Seven Sayings From The Cross

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DIDuKnow?

Daylight Savings Time Kindly note that Sunday, March 12th, Day-light savings Time Begins. So don't’ for-get to TURN YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD BY ONE HOUR at midnight before you go to

PRIMETIMERS NEWS

Prime Timers will have their first meeting for 2017 on March 21, at noon, in the Ogden Dunes church fellowship hall. The presentation will be done by an Indiana State police trooper. It will cover many topics of relevance to town residents. Everyone is welcome--residents, friends, family! Come for some fellowship and get out of the kitchen. A hearty luncheon will be served. Cost is $9--payable at the door.

Depart on Friday, March 3 @ 5:00 P.M. – Ogden Dunes Community Church Parking Lot Dinner on the road, arrive Center Lake Bible Camp at 10:00 P.M. EST, Night sledding and activities. Saturday, March 4: Skiing @ Caberfae Peaks and other activities Sunday, March 5: Worship Service at 8:00 A.M., Skiing and other activities. Back at Ogden Dunes Community Church parking lot by 6:00 P.M.

Cost: $155 / Person (payment due before departure)

Includes: Transportation, lodging, meals (Friday dinner on the road, Saturday & Sunday breakfast and Saturday dinner @ camp), Saturday & Sunday skiing, rental & lunch (*This is a package price that in-cludes equipment rental whether you are renting equipment or not).

Essentials: Permission slip signed by a parent http://www.ogdenduneschurch.org/forms/Youth_Permission_Form.pdf Winter gear including sleeping bag and pillow

30 Pieces of Silver

Judas betrayed Christ for 30 pieces of silver, As Christians, we will redeem Judas’ money by giv-ing 30 pieces of silver for a worthy mission cause. Please put your coins in a container and we will collect your “love coins” on Palm Sunday. Any-one interested can participate in this redemption program. Thank you for caring!!