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8:30
a.m.
10:30 a.m.

Sunday School:
9:30
a.m.

Office Hours:
M-T-Th-F
8 AM
- 12 PM
1 -
4 PM

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We are glad you have decided to explore
Shelbyville First UMC - either as a regular member needing
information, or as a visitor. If you are a visitor, we hope you
are able to find yourself at home at First. With many ministry
opportunities and programs available, we are sure you will find your
place with friends.

Easter
Lily Order Form

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ASH WEDNESDAY
Lent Begins
February 6, 2008
7:00 PM
Where: First UMC Chapel
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CHILI DAY on Friday, Feb. 22,
2008
11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
All-You-Can-Eat Chili
(meatless too)
Crackers; Veggies; Dessert &
Drink
$7 - Adults
$3.50 - 10 & under
Where: First UMC Fellowship
Hall
Tickets available at First
UMC or Three Sisters Books & Gifts
Proceeds to Benefit: The
Sanctuary of Shelbyville
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KIDS KLUB BAKE SALE
Sunday, February 10 following
both worship services.
Kid's Klub meets regularly on
Sundays from 5-6:30 p.m.
For a complete Kids Klub
Schedule click
here.
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SPRING SWEEP Rummage Sale
Friday, April 25: 8 a.m. - 4
p.m.
Saturday, April 26: 8 a.m. -
1 p.m.
Where: First UMC Fellowship
Hall
Set-up a booth of your own
for a $25 donation!
Proceeds to Benefit: The
Kitchen Cabinet Fund of First UMC
so that the fundraising
ministry/mission meals like Chili Day
can more effectively support
the community!
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Lent
is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash
Wednesday (February 6 this year) and ends on Holy Saturday (March 22
this year). Lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lencten, which means
“spring.” The season is a time of preparation for celebrating Easter.
In the Early Church, Lent began as a period of fasting and preparation
for baptism by converts to the new Christian religion. As the Church
matured, the season became a time of penitence for all Christians.
The Great Three Days – traditionally called the Triduum or Pasch –
from sunset Maundy Thursday (March 20 this year) through sunset Easter
Day (March 23 this year) is the climax of Lent – and the whole
Christian year – as well as a bridge to the Easter Season. These days
proclaim the paschal mystery of Christ’s passion, death, and
resurrection. During these days the community of faith journeys with
Jesus from the upper room, to the cross, to the tomb, and to the
garden. The services from Maundy Thursday through Easter morning are
actually one unified service of worship that celebrates the Christian
message of the cross and resurrection. The service that begins on
Maundy Thursday night is completed on Easter Sunday morning.
Early
Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion
and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church that before
the Easter celebration there should be a forty-day season of spiritual
preparation.
During this season converts to the faith were prepared for Holy
Baptism.
It was also a time when those who had committed serious sins and been
separated – as well as those who had separated themselves from the
community of faith – were reconciled and restored to participation in
the life of the Church.
In this way the whole congregation was reminded of the mercy and
forgiveness of God proclaimed in the gospel of Jesus Christ and the
need we all have to renew our faith.
You are invited, in the name of the Church, to observe a holy Lent: by
self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting and self-denial;
and by reading Scripture and meditating on Jesus: God’s Holy Word.
The
Easter Season, also known as the Great Fifty Days, begins at
sunset Easter Eve and continues through the Day of Pentecost. It is
the most joyous and celebrative season of the Christian year.
Easter focuses on Christ’s resurrection and ascension and on the
givings of the Holy Spirit on the first Easter and the Day of
Pentecost.
The ancient Christian name for the Easter festival is Pasch, which
means “deliverance” or “Passover”, thus connecting the Resurrection to
the Exodus. The origin of the English word Easter is disputed but most
likely comes from the Anglo-Saxon spring goddess Eastre and her
festival.
Pentecost comes from the Greek pentekoste, which means “fiftieth.” It
refers to the Jewish Feast of Weeks, which Greek-speaking Jews called
Pentecost. Early Christians also used the term Pentecost to refer to
the Great Fifty Days as a season.


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