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• A few weeks ago, we did a bit of an excercise on selecting worship music according to a blended worship approach. As a result of this, one congregational member "won" the opportunity to choose a hymn to sing at a future service. We will sing that hymn this week and you have to come if you want to find out what it is.

• It is a blessing to have Heather Robertson share her musical gifts with us this week. She will sing "Wade in the Water" and also help us to learn our "Hymn of the Month." Here is an online version of "Wade in the Water" to give you an idea of what to look forward to.

• We will be doing something together to stand in solidarity with our neighbours who have come from other nations and places. Won't give you any more details right now, but you are going to want to be part of it! 

• Rev. Scott McAndless continues to teach us about the sins we struggle with and the victory Christ offers. This week: Fear.

• Rev. Scott McAndless will continue his series of sermons by focusing on the story of Zacchaeus and what it teaches us about the lure of greed and the work of transformation that Jesus would seek to perform in us.
  
• David, Randy and Corey will be celebrating the grace of God as they sing "All Because of God’s Amazing Grace" by Stephen R. Adams
• Our adult choir will sing "Prayer of St. Francis" by Peter A. Togni
• Please help us give a warm welcome Paul Tavares. Paul is in the middle of his “90 Nights in the Cold” campaign. The purpose of this campaign is to raise awareness to and eliminate homelessness. Paul has generously donated some of the items donated to him to our site of the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank and Hope Clothing. Paul will be available to talk with at coffee. This is a great time to offer him encouragement and find out how you can help out, too!

• The "Holy Sherlocks" will share with us the results of their fund raising and bake sale for mission
• This is also the first Sunday in Lent, the season when we begin our thoughtful and reflective journey towards the cross and all that it represents. The Sunday School will begin their special Lenten focus on the gardens of the Bible and will share some of what they are doing with us.

• The continuation of Rev. Scott McAndless' series looking at how Jesus invites us as individuals on the journey towards wholeness. This week's sermon will be "Joseph: A Journey from Envy to Balance."

•  Margaret McKenzie-Leighton will share her gifts with us by singing, "Hear my Prayer." Words by W. Bartholomew, Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,
• "Joyful Sound" (our men's group) will sing an arrangement of the traditional spiritual, "Go, Tell It on the Mountain" by Donald Moore.

• Last week learned (or re-learned) a wonderful contemporary/ version of a familiar hymn called "Amazing Grace / My Chains are Gone." We'll sing this one again while it is still fresh.
• We will share some of the responses to last week's "Blended worship" survey and announce the winner.
• After worship we will join together downstairs for a pot luck lunch. All are welcome!
• After lunch we will celebrate everything that God did among us in 2016 (and pass a few necessary motions) at our Annual Congregational meeting.

Please make sure you join us this Sunday and that you pick up your Lenten Newsletter if you don't have one yet.

Next week Sunday will be busy, too.