On this day in 1980, Gloria Gaynor’s song, “I Will Survive,” won a Grammy award for Best Disco Recording. It was the first time disco had a category. It also was the last. Whew!

The month of March is almost here and we have a few things going on. One is the First Fruits Offering. The March offering will benefit Sharing Hope Ministry which includes Patsy’s Place Transitional Home. We have a long relationship with this wonderful organization. You can read about them online. All first fruits during March will go to them.

Wednesday services are in full swing, 6:30-8:00 p.m. each week. Join us for worship and prayer, healing and prophetic as well as nursery, children and youth. As an FYI, there will be no Wednesday service on March 13 (Spring Break) and March 27 (Seder).

Speaking of the Seder Meal (Passover celebration), we signed up more than 100 people on Sunday. Thanks for jumping on that quickly. For those who didn’t, you can sign up at the church next time you are there.

Cost is $18 per person for those in the sanctuary, ages fourth grade and up. Birth through third grade will be in the nursery and we will feed them. Payment has to be made before we can register you and there is no online registration. We will again have tables of eight. The doors will open at 5:15 p.m. on March 27. As usual, we will serve coffee, tea and water. You may bring your own wine or grape juice for the program.

Daylight Savings Time is March 9-10. Remember to move your clocks forward one hour. Or, at least, be prepared for your alarm to go off earlier than normal. Church is still at 10.

On March 17, we will have water baptisms and it will be a healing and prophetic service. Please contact Pastor Lyndal if you would like to be baptized.

Acts Downtown, 816 S. Van Buren, will host a free anti-trafficking educational seminar 2-3 p.m. on March 23. This seminar is open to the public and will provide good information on efforts to help people trapped in human trafficking. For more information, email joy@actscommunity.org or go to their website, www.actscommunity.org. There is no childcare.

Thanks to each of you who support the church financially every month. We could not operate without you. For those who would like to give, there are several ways. In addition to checks, cash and money order, you can give by text (84321), use your credit card at the church or by going online to our website, www.ilovemore.org. The most efficient way for the church is for people to give by bank draft. If that interests you, please contact Pastor Wendy.

Community Groups:

• Mark Wolfe leads a men’s group that has changed its meeting time. The new time will be 6:30-8:00 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The new meeting place will be Acts downtown, 816 S. Van Buren. There will be some social time then Bible talk. For more information, contact Mark at 806-674-1050.
• Ben and Caitlin Standish lead “Sabre in the Spirit,” a prayer meeting with live music and rooted in the Bible. They meet at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Saturday of every month at the Standish home, 5721 Andover Dr. For more information, contact Ben at 418-0692 or Caitlin at 670-5344.
• The MORE Recovery group meets at 5:30-6:30 p.m. each Monday at the church. This meeting is open to the public. Childcare is available for birth-3^rd grade if we know a day in advance.
• Pastor Lyndal leads the Crump Church service at 6:45-8:00 p.m. each Monday at the church. This is a smaller, more intimate gathering of worship and ministry for those who may not feel comfortable in a regular church setting. This is open to the public. Childcare is available for birth-3^rd grade if we know a day in advance.
• Pastor Kathryn Roach leads a young women’s group called Grow Together! The group will take a break for a few months for the birth of her new child. The group is open to women 18-35 and focuses on growth in relationship with the Lord and others. In a chill atmosphere, there is a short worship time, small devotional and discussion. For more information, contact Pastor Kathryn at 690-5144.
• Creator’s Space, hosted by Joy Conner at Acts Community-Downtown, 816 S. Van Buren, 3 p.m., the first Saturday of each month.  This group is for adults only. Bring projects, ideas and artistic/creative friends to make things you love. This is a place for you to make things and for creators to create. For more information, contact Joy Conner at joy.conner@yahoo.com or 806-683-5054.
• Women’s prayer and worship, led by Jennifer Martin, 9 a.m. each Tuesday at MORE. No childcare.
• Jennifer Martin and Debi Jeter lead a group that meets 8:45-9:45 a.m. each Sunday at the church. This is a time of praise, reflection and prayer before the main service. This is a time, open to all, who want to spend some intimate time with the Lord before the Sunday service. Childcare will be available.
• Going Up, a community group for people who have attained age 50 and above, meets once a month. The next fellowship is still to be determined. Contact Keith and Sherry Moore for more information. Keith can be reached at 382-3780 and Sherry at 382-6654.
• James and Paula Butler lead a service every Sunday afternoon at Acts Community Resource Center on 2^nd and Louisiana for the people in San Jacinto. Contact the Butlers if you would like to be a part of this.

Our Sunday morning sermon is available live each Sunday around 10:45-10:50 a.m. on our Facebook page or later it will be posted to our website and YouTube. For additional information on MORE, please check the calendar below or look us up at our website, www.ilovemore.org, our Facebook page or YouTube (MORE Church Amarillo).

March Schedule:

• March 3 – First Fruits Offering (Sharing Hope Ministry)
• March 9-10 – Daylight Savings Time (Spring Forward)
• March 17 – Healing/Prophetic service
• March 17 – Water baptism (Pastor Lyndal)
• March 23 – Anti-trafficking seminar, 2-3 p.m., Acts DT (Chad/Joy Conner)
• March 27 – Seder Meal
• March 31 – Easter Sunday

April Schedule:

• April 7 – First Fruits Offering
• April 21 – Water baptism (Pastor Lyndal)

Weekly Schedule:

• Sunday: 8:45-9:45 a.m., Alpha Class
• Sunday: 8:45-9:45 a.m., Prayer/Praise/Reflection
• Sunday: 10:00 a.m., Sunday service
• Sunday: 10:00 a.m., Children’s church
• Sunday: After worship, service for 6^th-12th graders
• Monday: 5:30-6:30 p.m. – MORE Recovery group
• Monday: 6:45-8:00 p.m., Crump Church at MORE
• Tuesday: 9:00-10:30 a.m., women’s prayer and worship
• Wednesday: 6:30-8:00 p.m. – Wednesday services

Prayer Requests:

• Pray for Jane Barnes who continues to recover from knee surgery. She hopes to get rid of her leg brace on Wednesday.
• Pray for Jerry Music who had surgery on his neck on Monday.
• Pray for the family of Cherie Robinson. Cherie, a former member of MORE, passed away this past weekend. Her funeral is at 2 p.m., Wednesday, at River Fellowship on S. Bell St.
• Pray for Jim Holley who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease last Thursday. The elders prayed over him on Friday and he has already shown improvement.
• Pray for Wade Johnson who’s is having challenges with vascular issues in his legs and feet related to diabetes. He also is experiencing fluid retention related to kidney issues.
• Pray for Shana Stotts who was laid off of her job and needs to find a job.
• Pray for Gary Jones who had surgery to clean out infection in his hand. He is in BSA.
• Pray for Aileen Andrews who has a gall bladder issue but doctors also found cancer on one of her kidneys.
• Pray for those with long-term health ailments: Barbara DeWitt, mother of Wendy Roach, (chemo treatments); Jim Sims, husband of PREP board member Laura Sims (multiple cancer); Elaine Standish (convalescent care); Shelly Wood (bowel surgery now chemotherapy); Phillip, son of Chris Czosnek (chemotherapy); Eddie Gonzalez (internal issues); Mike Miller (kidney dialysis, cancerous cyst in his mouth); and Johnnie Daniels, PREP board member/volunteer (rectal cancer).
• Pray for family and friends in our congregation who are struggling with meth, alcohol and other addictions.
• In addition, please pray for all of our military personnel, leaders, president and cabinet members.

MORE Money:

Sunday offering for 02/25/24 was $11,575.42. Giving year-to-date is $92,593.26. Attendance was 252.

Thought for the week:

• Declaration of Financial Blessing: We honor You with our first fruits at the beginning of this month because we want You to bless March. We believe for plenty instead of lack. We believe for overflow and not just enough. We believe for enough to bless others. We will give and not take. We will lend and not borrow. The devourer must stay away from our finances. He will not destroy the fruit of our labor. Whatever we put our hands to will prosper. Thank You, Father, that as we begin to walk in faith, You will shower us with blessings, favor and increase. (Deut. 26:9-19, Deut. 28:1-13, 2 Cor. 9:7, Proverbs 3:9-10, Malachi 3:6-12)

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Some things to think about:

• How come we choose from just two people to run for president and more than 50 for Miss America?
• A good friend will come and bail you out of jail. But a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, “Wow. That was fun.”
• I signed up for an exercise class and was told to wear loose-fitting clothes. If I had any loos-fitting clothes, I wouldn’t have signed up in the first place.
• When I was young, we used to go skinny dipping. Now, I just chunky dunk.
• Wouldn’t you know it? Brain cells come and brain cells go but fat cells live forever.
• Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

Gripe sheets from airline pilots to mechanics after a flight followed by mechanic response before next flight:

Pilot (P): Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.

Solution (S): Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Something loose in cockpit.

S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.

S: Evidence removed.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.

S: That’s what friction locks are for.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.

S: Suspect you’re right.

P: Aircraft handles funny.

S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.

S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.

That’s all, folks. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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