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Caretaker:
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people and hallelujah is our song.
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~ Pope John Paul II Scheduled Sunday
Morning Services 
8:30 Chapel Worship
9:30 Church School
10:45 Sanctuary Worship
April 2011 Palm Sunday, April 17th – both services
Volume LXX No. 4 Maundy Thursday, April 21st at 7pm
Good Friday, April 22nd at 7pm
Easter Sunday, April 24th – one service at 10:45

Join us for the high holy experiences of our Faith

 brings us new visitors seeking God and a
community that is loving, inviting,
non-judgmental – where the Holy Spirit is KEENAGERS & FRIENDS DWM JUNE BREAKFAST
indeed present.
The joy of Easter is
Another example of Keenagers and Friends will be meeting Saturday, June 4
upon us. To be a
the new life and Tuesday, April 26, at 10:30 AM. The
Christian is to be-
energy among us are Lowrey Organ musical program will be The Disciples Women's Ministry will hold
lieve in the reality
the upgrades in our presented by Keenager member Doug their annual June Breakfast in Fellowship
of the Resurrection
Sanctuary, Office Shelton. Program and lunch is $5. Sign up Hall. The gathering will begin at 9:30
-- not only the res-
area, Fellowship in the narthex. Everyone is invited. am. Following breakfast, Joyce Powell will
urrection of our
Hall and its new present a program entitled "The Spiritual
Lord Jesus Christ,
Community Bulletin Keenagers and Friends will be traveling to Apron" Please mark your calendars and
but the possibility
area. Now our Southeastern Wisconsin on May 11-13. invite your family and friends to join in this
of our own resur-
building is refreshed Some highlights of the trip are; dinner and special event. More details to follow.
rection, of new be-
and brighter, and the show at the Dancing Horse Theater, Swiss
ginnings. To be a
new paint reflects Village at New Glarius, The Fireside
Christian is to know
the sunlight in a way that mirrors this time Theater with a show and dinner, a trip by
that God is always doing a new thing, that
of new growth. pontoon boat on the Horicon Marsh to view
we can sing a new song no matter what
hundreds of species of wildlife, and a tour
has happened to us in life. This is true for
Each of us is called to act in the light of of the Jelly Belly Factory. This is just a
us as individuals and as a community.
this Resurrection. May Easter 2011 be a sampling of the trip. Sign up in the
turning point for you in your daily Narthex. The cost of the trip is $325.00
Our church family is being blessed in
commitment to God -- becoming each for double room or single $375.00.
many ways with new life as Spirit moves
receptive to the Spirit’s inspiration and
among us and brings to us new brothers
guidance, and living according to God’s
and sisters who share our love of God and
ways.
our desire to serve in the name of
goodness. There is a Divine Plan for our Partners in
Christ is risen and is present among us!
personal lives and for the life of this Mission
May you rejoice in the new life made VACATION NOTICE:
community. As we celebrate the
available to you by the One who lives
Resurrection of our Lord, let us also
now and forever and calls us into God’s Pastor Ted will be on vacation from April
celebrate all the ways in which new life is April 27
daily victory over darkness and into a 25th until Sunday, May 8th. Dr. Paul
brought into our congregation. Wheeler/Lighthouse Mission
future of joy and harmony. Crow, Jr. will preach on Sunday May 1st.
Dinner Service There will be only one service at 10:45 on
Since the beginning of this year, we have Sign up and directions on
welcomed eight new members into this that morning.
Pastor Ted Partners in Mission bulletin board. Sunday as well.
branch of the family of God, with several
others soon to join us as well. Each week

Music @ Northwood presents …
 
June 5, 2011 4:00 p.m.
Sanctuary
We will explore some of the orchestral
and choral music of the classical
composer Franz Josef Haydn as we
“seek” to discover what made him such
a prolific and popular composer.
Works to be performed:
Symphony No. 6 “Le Matin”
Frederick J. Streets
Paukenmesse “The Drum Mass”.
Yale University Chaplain
ON THE RESURRECTION 
The resurrection story is not only about Thank you for sharing in the 60th
hope. It is a testament to the presence of Anniversary Celebration of our Wedding
God among us. It is good to know that and Lester’s Ordination on Sunday,
God will not separate God's love from us. April 3. Our four daughters are grateful
We may distance ourselves from God, to Northwood Christian Church for
but God is as close to us as a prayer in May Birthdays hosting this event and for all the help
our hearts. provided to them in planning and
Our hope in an experience of God's love
Jodie Beatty May 1 implementing it. We are especially
grateful for all the help provided by Jeff
is the source of our strength. It enables us
Abigail Dunn May 8 Linnan and a wonderful group of ladies
to live faithful lives. The power of God Susan Long May 16 who served.
demonstrated by Jesus' resurrection is the Jonathan Tobias Hall May 17
core of our identity as a people of faith. Janet Scott May 17 Thank you for sharing in the program.
We celebrate the story's message of Margaret Taylor May 19
God's power over evil and our capacity Gratefully,
to confront evil in ourselves and our
Charlotte Boone May 20 Lester & Janelle Palmer
world through daily acts of private and Martha Lamkin May 20
public piety and service to the common Jo Plant May 23
good. We sustain our faith through our Jack Scott May 23
relationship with other people and as Barbara Blome May 24
members of the body of Christ--the
church. Robert E. Bohn May 29
Betty Shookman May 31
The resurrection story speaks to the frag-
mented nature of our lives. It gives us Anniversaries
hope when we face the broken and
unreconciled pieces of our lives or even Ron & Jodie Beatty May 3
death itself. It also challenges our pen- Lester & Janelle Palmer May 6
chant for wanting to live a narrow life Ralph & Marciel Werking May 9
and think in a reductionistic way. It in-
Mark & Patricia Madinger May 19
vites us to believe and be open to the un-
determined ways God will reveal Godself Ed Filbey & Doris Woodruff-Filbey
and God's power. May 25 The flower of the Dogwood Tree reminds us
of Christ's death on the cross: The petals in a
shape of a cross, the center as the crown of
thorns, and the holes at the petals' edges can
remind us of the nail prints in Christ's hands.

The Easter Offering is your opportunity
to support the General and Racial/Ethnic
Ministries of the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ) in the United States
and Canada. The gifts that you share
support vital mission and ministry from
the doorsteps of your congregation to
the ends of the earth. Incredible mission
and ministry happens every day. For
example, when the earthquake struck
Haiti, Week of Compassion was able to
distribute funds through global mission
partners related to the Division of
Overseas Ministries. David Vargas,
DOM President said, “We were in Haiti
before the earthquake and we’ll be there
long after the earthquake.” Your gifts to
the Easter Offering help us to be “there”
wherever that might be, every day. Your
witness does not stop there. For the last
40 days, you have had an opportunity to
learn more about our shared witness by
receiving daily devotions, stories and
prayers from your ministry partners.
~ April 17th is the day of this offering ~
You learned that among many other
things, gifts to the Easter Offering:
• help train leaders
• fund specialized ministries for women,
men, children and youth
• ensure our historic ecumenical and in-
terfaith witness
• provide supplemental pensions for
clergy whose ministry did not adequately
provide for their retirement
The list goes on and on – well beyond 40
Days of Witness and 40 Ways of
Serving!
You can learn more about the General
Ministries of the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ) by visiting
www.disciples.org and by downloading
the Lenten devotions at
www.disciplesmissionfund.org.
Thank you for your gifts and
support!
REQUESTED – Carla, a client of the
FOOD PANTRY UPDATES
Food Pantry, is requesting donations of
yarn to knit children’s knit hats to provide
Begun with grant funds provided by the for distribution at the Toy Store. A sample
Meridian Kessler Neighborhood of her beautiful work can be found on the
Association, the Community Corner is Northwood Volunteer bulletin board and
coming together just outside Fellowship at the Community Corner. If you can help,
Hall. Perhaps you please leave your gift of yarn at any drop
have noticed the site for the Food Pantry.
transformation!
This space will
provide a
ANOTHER REQUEST -- When parents,
connection of grandparents, and adult caregivers read,
resource materials
children are also more likely to read. If
for clients of the you have family-friendly magazines that
Food Pantry,
offer enjoyable reading materials – like
nutrition education Reader’s Digest -- the Food Pantry will
notices, community
gladly accept and share your gift of
resources, and community events, words with clients and their families.
especially those of low and no cost. An
additional drop site for donations to the
Food Pantry is located here under the
table. Watch for continuing development.
Things are happening at Northwood and
in our community, and this will be where
you can find a community connection.
WANTED -- Wednesday team to help
receive, sort, and stock the Gleaners order
upon arrival. Each week our volunteers
make the round trip to Gleaners and arrive
around 12:00 noon to unload. The ideal
team of 5-6 people will take over the
proper storage and sorting of the food
items from Gleaners. Many hands helping Lily of the Valley is nicknamed Our Lady’s
in this way will help greatly in preparing Tears because legend says that the tears
for Saturday morning, in just a little time. Jesus’ mother shed at the crucifixion turned
into Lily of the Valley.