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Good Friday is the darkest day of the year. It is the day we gather to remember the death of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of our sins and the restoration of our relationship with God. But it’s also a day to reflect of the deep love of God, who desired to redeem us. It’s a reminder that grace is greater than the depths of our sin.

This Good Friday, between 6:30-8 pm, you’re invited to gather for prayerful reflection, anointing, and communion. Come with your community of friends or your family – the gathering is come and go and open to all ages.

On Easter we remember that when Jesus died he took all the sin, death, shame and sorrow of the world to the grave and left it there, stripping it of its power. Easter means that even death has died. Easter means that evil does not have the last word. Easter means there is now nothing that can stop God’s mission to restore and renew our lives, our neighborhoods, our community and even our world.

Of course people will tell you that can’t happen or that it’s all a dream. But who would have thought a dead man could be filled with life?

Join us on Sunday, April 8 at 10:45 AM as we celebrate The Risen Christ.

SoleHope is a group of passionate, committed folks who are putting closed toed shoes on African children while employing African men and women as shoe makers. It’s a wonderful organization serving a wonderful cause and we have the opportunity to be part of it.

On Saturday, April 21, the LFCN Women’s Ministry will be hosting a Shoe Cutting Party. We will be gathering to cut donated fabric into shoe uppers that will be taken to Africa to be sewn by Sole Hope shoemakers for a fair wage and then put on a child’s foot who cannot afford a pair of shoes. Join us on April 21!

Also, we need donated denim. There is a basket in the church foyer for you to donate your denim. As you’re cleaning out your closet this Spring, consider that your used denim could provide income to an African and also become a handcrafted pair of shoes for a child.

For more information about Sole Hope you can visit their website or watch the video below.

On March 31, at 10:30 am LFCN will be hosting a special Easter celebration for the whole family. The celebration will include a special showing of The Veggie Tales film “An Easter Carol” followed by and Easter Egg Hunt for kids through 6th grade. Bring your whole family and your friends and join us on the 31st.

At LFCN, we participate in baptism to publicly identify ourselves with Jesus in his death and resurrection. This is a sacred and beautiful opportunity to declare, “I believe the best possible way to live is the way of Jesus, and I am committed to following Christ—daily dying to myself and allowing the resurrected Christ to live in and through me.”

Baptism is not a means of salvation. Rather, it is a beautiful picture of our union with Christ and our declaring that we join him as His new family who are living in His new creation now.

Baptism this year will be on Sunday, April 15.

If you are interested in being baptized, you can sign up below or at the welcome center in the church foyer.

Ever dream of a way that you can help alleviate the vicious cycle of poverty? Certainly, poverty is a multi-faceted issue but one tangible way to help is through Kiva.

Kiva.org is an organization that facilitates loans to borrowers who could otherwise never qualify for a loan. As a Kiva lender, you can pick someone from an area of the world that interests you and participate directly in the lending process through Kiva.org. Kiva is a non-profit organization whose online tools connect organizations with lenders, like you and me, so it’s easy to get engaged.

Most lenders participate at the $25 dollar level. Your $25 is combined with other’s loans to make up a loan large enough to make a real difference in the life of someone otherwise unable to access capital.

Also, LFCN has a Kiva Lending Team. You’ll be making sharing and serving alongside folks with whom you worship. Currently, Kiva.org is offering new members $25 to lend so it is a great time to get started. You can take advantage of that offer by clicking this link. To read more about Kiva, go here.

Take part in helping alleviate poverty by empowering those without access to traditional banking systems with the means to create new opportunities.

Join the LFCN Lending Team

The Spring Time change is scheduled for March 11, 2012. Be sure to set your clocks ahead one hour tonight. See you in the morning for Discipleship classes (9:30) and our Morning Worship Gathering (10:45).

Spring is on the way and there is plenty to be done to spruce up our facility’s landscaping. On Saturday, March 17, at 9 AM we need your help to lay mulch, pull weeds, and clean up the plantings. Grab a pair of work gloves, a rake, and a friend and let’s tame that great outdoors. If interested, contact judy@lafayettenaz.org.