WPPC Friends, remember this week we have:

• Our Ukulele Choir will share their gifts in worship this Sunday!
• Youth and Kids Hiking Trip on Sunday to Fort Fisher State Recreation area – talk to Emile for more details.
• Tuesday Bible Study at 9:30am
• Lenten Prayer – Wednesday at 11am.  After worship there will be a group going to lunch at Katy’s for those who want to go.

Coming up in March: Fellowship Bus Trip to Oak Island and Fort Caswell with lunch at Koko Cabana on Thursday, March 27th – Sign up soon with the church office!

Above: The members of the “Unresolved String Band” after Young at Hearts on Thursday, March 13th. Many thanks to the USB!

Each week we share a Bible Story, a song, and a prayer with the Preschool. To say that Devotions are a highlight of my week does not quite do it justice. The children’s joy, their enthusiasm, and their imaginations are a blessing beyond measure. I am thankful for a church family that has had this Preschool as a mission for more than sixty years.

This Friday I shared the story of Jesus and Blind Bartimaeus from Mark 10:46-52. Bartimaeus cries out to Jesus, but the people around Bartimaeus just told him to be quiet. How many times had Bartimaeus been ignored, silenced, and passed by? Jesus sees Bartimaeus. I am thankful that Jesus sees us and loves us – even when we feel ignored by the world. Let us try to see each other.

Peace be with you, friends.
Emile

(The song we sang, Blindman, needs just a little of electric guitar “fuzz”… just a little.)