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help 4 Lent

Hello Dan,

We want to make sure you didn't forget to visit the Parish Resource Center for our Lenten Fair, being held now through January 22! The Fair is open to the public during these hours: Monday & Tuesday 9am-8pm; Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday from 9am to 12 noon. There is much more to offer at the PRC—check us out!

A Way to Pray Tracey Marx, PRC Consultant, leads this "Fridays in Lent" event from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on these dates: Feb. 19 & 26; March 5, 12, 19 & 26. Each one hour session will introduce a different contemplative prayer practice. Learn More about each session. Special PREVIEW session Fri., Jan. 22 at 12:30. Register now!

Music Lunch Bunch

Wednesday, February 3

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Join Betty Ferruzza for lunch (BYOL), dessert and beverage provided. Theme: Global Music. Continue reading about Music Lunch Bunch or register on our website...

Jelly Bean Prayer

A sweet idea for Sunday School Classes. All you need are a few Jelly Beans!

Lancaster Roots Mennonite Logo3.jpg Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of Lancaster County's first families! This 2010 year-long celebration will begin Sunday, January 31 at 3 pm with the Festival of Music and Roots; music prelude at 2:30 pm. at Strasburg Mennonite Church. Visit the Lancaster Roots website for more information.

CAN YOU AFFORD ANOTHER BUDGET LIKE THE ONE FOR THIS YEAR?

Subscriber Spotlight

BUILDING an ECONOMY....Theology & the MARKETPLACE Does theology have a role in shaping a new economy? Event will be held at PRC subscriber, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster on Jan. 28 & 29. Check the Trinity Institute website for more information. Email vicar@trinitylancaster.org to register. Cost $30 inclusive/seminarians $15.

Lenten Artwork and Banners On Display

David Ryan, pastor at Hopeland UMC in Lititz, created the 7-piece artwork which is on display at the Center. (Pictured above) Entitled "Listening at the Foot of the Cross," the original artwork was done by Huub Bogaers, a painter and religious educator.

A BIG Thank You to First Reformed Church for the loan of three Banners, for our Lenten display, made for their church with the assistance and guidance of the Parish Resource Center.

Pictured below are the Greek and Jerusalem Crosses.

Check our website for other Lenten Activities and to reserve Lenten Banners.

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The Parish Resource Center subscribes to Homiletics Online, a resource "for those who have too much integrity to preach someone else's sermon." You can come into the PRC and download sermon and worship ideas. Take a tour of their website and what they offer.

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Help With Worship Planning

Helpful websites:

www.journeywithjesus.net

www.worshipconnection.cokesbury.com/worshiphome.aspx

www.textweek.com

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The PRC Will Be Closed ......

January 15 at 12 noon for staff day and through January 18 for the Martin Luther King holiday; February 15 for President's Day

The Parish Resource Center follows Hempfield School District's inclement weather closings and delays.Disict's Inclement We

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In this issue:

Lenten Artwork on Display

Lenten Resources

Help with Worship Planning

Children's Activities

Upcoming Events

Lenten Fair - Jan. 11-22

A Way to Pray - Jan. -22-Preview

Music Lunch Bunch - Feb. 3

Pastor's Morning Out - Feb. 10

Congregational Ministries Breakfast - Saturday, Feb. 20

Springs of Living Water - March 13 - David Young

It's Not Your Parents' Offering Plate - April 17 - Clif Christopher

Lenten Resources

the easter experience This unique DVD-driven study brings the passion and resurrection of Jesus to life.

Bread in the Wilderness, Spiritual Famine or Gospel Feast by Kenneth H. Carter, Jr. A Lenten Study for Adults

Is It I, Lord? by Loretta Ross-Gotta A Readers' Drama for Lent

Making Crosses, A creative Connection to God by Ellen Morris Prewitt

Lent 2010, Celebrate the Risen Christ by Andy & Sally Langford Lenten Study Based on the Revised Common Lectionary

Forty Days to a Closer Walk With God by J. David Muyskens The Practice of Centering Prayer

24 Hours That Changed the World by Adam Hamilton Walk with Jesus on his final day. DVD, Leader's Guide

The Preaching of the Passion by Peter J. Gomes The Seven Last Words From the Cross

For more resources, check our website. Under Option 1 select Lent/Easter from the drop down list in the "Sub Area"; click submit query.

VBS kits start arriving in January! Call us at 717-299-1113 to set a time to view what's new for Vacation Bible School. Don't have the budget for a new kit? We'll help you plan a program especially for your church!

Parish Resource Center 633 Community Way Lancaster, PA 17603

Phone: 717-1113 Fax: 717-299-7229

Email: infolancaster@PRCtr.org Website: www.parishresourcecenter.org/lancaster

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