THE ARLINGTONIAN
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February-March 2023
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It is time to order Lilies
and Tulips for Easter Sunday. Same prices as last year. An order form is at the end of this newsletter.
Please return them before March 26.
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We are still looking for a keyboardist/organist/choir director. If you know of anyone
who could and would fill this position, let us know.
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I GIVE UP!
This sounds like a resignation. I am finished. I give up. I quit. I can’t do it anymore.
You win.
How appropriate for Lent:
I am finished - being a sinner and disappointing God.
I
give up - on trying to improve myself on my own.
I quit - and I’m going to let God take over.
I can’t
do it anymore - because I’m tired of being this way.
You win - God, I am surrendering myself to you.
During Lent, when someone says, “I give up," it is frequently followed by: "chocolate", "potato
chips", "TV", or some other item or action a person is denying himself/herself during Lent. Giving up
something is frequently, and in my opinion incorrectly, seen as a form of punishment for sins. Instead, I see these
denials-of-pleasure as a way to remind us that we are supposed to be seriously examining ourselves and our faith in order
to come out of Lent as better Christians than we go into Lent. Every time I want a snack, I am reminded of something
that should be a year-long duty.
I must confess that I failed my Lenten plan (to give up between-meal snacks)
on the very first day (Ash Wednesday). I had picked my grandkids up from school, taken them home, and found the kitchen
table filled with Mardi-Gras items - and leftover King Cake. My grandson asked if I wanted a piece of cake - and of
course I said, "YES." As I was eating the first bite, it dawned on me I was breaking my Lenten Fast.
In less than 18 hours, I had failed. Did I quit my observance of Lent? No. I continue on in my failed condition.
Just like how I fail daily and yet continue to live my faith in general.
The very fact that I am a failure, that
ALL OF US are failures, sent Jesus to the cross. If we failed humans could have saved ourselves, Jesus would not have
needed to come to earth as a human. He would not have had to be crucified. He would not have had to rise from
the grave. Fortunately for us, God had a plan to offer us salvation - at a great cost to God. Are we worth it?
We may doubt it at times, but I don’t think God doubts it at all.
We do have an awesome God. John
3:16 -17
Brother Lee
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LENTEN EVENTS
Wednesday Night Lenten Studies At 6:30 pm, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Maundy Thursday Communion Service,
April 6 at 6:30 pm.
Good Friday Service with Hope Presbyterian, April 7, time to be announced
All
posted on Arlington’s Face Book page so you may watch them at home.
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THANK YOUs
We have received a "THANK YOU" from each of the following agencies for our donations.
Lexington
Rescue Mission
God’s Pantry Food Bank
The Hope Center
Disciples Home Missions
Cane Ridge Shrine
Church World Service
The Salvation Army
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EASTER EGGS AND OUR FAITH
The tradition of dyeing and decorating Easter eggs is ancient, and its origin is obscure, but it
has been practiced in both the Eastern Orthodox and the Western churches since the Middle Ages.
The church prohibited
the eating of eggs during Holy Week, but chickens continued to lay eggs during that week, and the notion of specially identifying
those as Holy Week eggs brought about their decoration. The egg itself became a symbol of the Resurrection. Just
as Jesus rose from the tomb, the egg symbolized new life emerging from the eggshell. In the Orthodox tradition, eggs
are painted red to symbolize the blood that Jesus shed on the cross. The egg-coloring tradition has continued even in
modern secular nations.
From Britannica.com
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2023 EASTER FLOWERS ORDER FORM
Ordered By:
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(Name) (Address) (Phone)
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Payment Method: _____Cash _____Check
Check desired plant: _____Lilies
($9.50) _____Tulips ($7.50)
Make checks payable to "Arlington Christian Church". Please fill out this
form and turn it in to the church office along with your check or cash. You may also mail this form along with a check
to:
Arlington Christian Church
1206 N. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40505 ALL ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER
THAN MARCH 26, 2023.
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