This Week at Faith March 7 - 14
Sunday
	9:00 am		Traditions of Faith Worship
	10:10 am		Sunday Church School
			Unbinding Your Heart
	6:00 pm		Jr/Sr High Small Group
Monday
	7:00 pm		Cub Scouts
Tuesday
	7:00 pm		Adult Choir
Wednesday
	5:15 pm		Youth Brainstorming
	5:30 pm		Family Small Group
	8:00 pm		AA Meeting
Thursday
	6:00 pm		CODA Group
	7:00 pm		Tombstone Bullet Rehearsal
Friday
	6:30 am		Prayer for Growth and Renewal
	6:00 pm		Scrap booking
Saturday			Unbinding Your Heart
	10:00 am		All Day Scrap
	4:30 pm		Spirit of Faith Worship
			Daylight Savings time Spring your clocks forward
Next week at Faith March 14 - 21
Sunday			Unbinding Your Heart
	9:00 am		Traditions of Faith Worship
	10:10 am		Sunday Church School
	3:30 pm		CODA Group
	6:00 pm		Jr/Sr High Pizza & Small Group
Monday
	7:00 pm		Cub Scouts
Tuesday
	7:00 pm		Adult Choir
Wednesday
	5:30 pm		Family Small Group
	8:00 pm		AA Meeting
Thursday
	6:00 pm		CODA Group
	7:00 pm		Tombstone Bullet Band Rehearsal
Friday
	6:30 am		Prayer for Growth and Renewal
Saturday			Unbinding Your Heart
	9:30 am		Prayer Retreat
	4:30 pm		Spirit of Faith Worship
			First Day of Spring
Sunday			Unbinding Your Heart
	9:00 am		Traditions of Faith Worship
	10:10 am		Sunday Church School
	2:00 pm		K-6 ELCA Youth Group at Luther Memorial
	3:30 pm		CODA Group
	4:00 pm		7-12 ELCA Youth Group at Luther Memorial
	6:00 pm		Jr/Sr High Pizza and Small Group

Coming Up at FAITH

Change your clocks back next week!

                                         March Sermon Themes

                                             Unbinding Your Heart

March 6/7         Catalytic Conversations  Isaiah 43:15-19, John 4:7-10,16-29

March 13/14    Healthy Relationships Acts 2:14,32-39, Micah 6:6-8

March 20/21    Healing Hospitality  Genesis 18:1-5, Mark 2:1-12

March 27/28    Where's Your  Focus  Proverbs 3:1-8, Matthew 14:22-33

All Congregation Study during Lent

It's not to late to get your book. "Unbinding Your Heart". Books are available in the narthex. There is a reading and prayer exercise for each day.  We are asking everyone to pay $10 toward the cost of the book. We will subsidize the rest. It will be our gift to anyone who cannot afford one.  This week read pages 43-55 and part 3 134-140.

Prayer Wall

During Unbinding Your Heart we have a prayer wall at the back of the church. Please write prayer concerns/requests/thanksgiving/praise on the post-it notes provided and stick them on the glass. After we fill one side we will begin onto the next.

Youth Brainstorming On Wednesday March 10th at 5:15pm, Pastor will meet with parents to brainstorm youth and family activities and ministry. Please come and help share ideas.

To conclude Unbinding Your Heart we will be having an All-Church Worship on Sunday April 11th at 10:30am followed by a potluck. This will be a special service and includes aspects from both worship services. There will be NO Saturday Worship or Sunday 9:00am service. Please plan on attending Sunday. A sign up sheet for the potluck will be at the

Welcome Center in the next few weeks. Come and enjoy Faith's version of the Newlywed Game !!!

Easter Baskets

Because of the generosity of the members of Faith and Grace, we are

collecting for Easter food baskets. The canned Green Beans, 15oz. Canned Fruit and Mac n Cheese we will collect will help fill food baskets for local families! Deadline for these items will be March 21st.

Second online TOWN HALL FORUM
Join us Sunday March 7 at 4 p.m. CST.
Join Bishop Mark Hanson and ELCA members from across the country in a conversation about the mission and ministries of this church. There are so many easy ways to participate:
*       Watch the event live from 4-5 p.m. CST at www.elca.org/townhall
<https://community.elca.org/NetCommunity/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.elca.org

*       Log in to post questions
*       Post comments using Facebook Connect
*       Tweet about the event using the hashtags #ELCA and #BishopHanson

*       Gather members of your congregation for a viewing party
For more information, visit www.elca.org/townhall.

Take Control of Your Money-See Dave Ramsey Live!

He is the voice of money matters on 970 WMAY and on 91.1 WIBI. There will be a simulcast of The Total Money Makeover Live! on Saturday March 13th at Parkway Christian Church on 2700 Lindbergh Ave in Springfield. The cost for tickets is $10.00 and the program runs from 12:00-5:00pm. Doors open at 11:00am. For more information call 787-3445 or 1-888-22-PEACE.

Moving Beyond Bless Me, Help Me, Fix Me......

On Saturday March 20th  9:30 -12:30 Pastor will lead a Prayer

Retreat: Moving Beyond Bless Me, Help Me, Fix Me......   

This retreat will present a worship based model for our prayers using the Lord's Prayer.  When Jesus taught the disciples the Lord's Prayer,

he told them...

          When you pray, pray like this...

Too often we have simply prayed the Lord's Prayer rather than use it as a model for all of our prayers.  This retreat will be participatory and experiential.  Bring your Bibles, a notebook and pen.  If you are looking for a way to radically change your prayer life, this is it.  Call the church office to register.

Cleanup Day March 27th from 9:00am-12:00pm. Please come and help do a little extra cleaning with a Spring Cleanup day!

Easter Egg Hunt Saturday April 3rd 11:00am at Faith for toddlers- 10yr olds. Bring your cameras and your baskets if you like, plastic bags will be available.All Youth over 10 yrs old, we would appreciate your help hiding eggs beforehand.

Mark your calendars!

The Annual LSSI Silent Auction and Fashion Show will be April 24th from 12:00-2:00pm at St. John's Lutheran Church in Springfield. The Silent Auction will begin at 11:00am.