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Good Friday &
Easter Sunday Services
this Week @ PWC
Our Good Friday Service is March 29 at 7:00 pm outdoors, weather permitting.
Easter Sunday falls on March 31 this year; our services will be at 7:00 am outside, weather permitting, and 10:00 am in the church.
It is the holiest of weeks in the Christian calendar, please make plans to join us, you are welcome to invite family and friends!
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Information about The Chosen: Season Four
The creators of the Chosen wanted a way to bring Season Four—all of it—for Easter. Unfortunately, streaming is not an option yet, so instead what they are going to do is have a movie marathon. Over three days, they will be showing all eight episodes at movie theaters in the United States and Canada.
Episodes 1-3: on Holy Thursday, March 28 Episodes 4-6: on Good Friday, March 29 Episodes 7- 8 on Holy Saturday, March 30
The creators of the Chosen want to make it affordable, so they have arranged for discounts:
Half off through Fandango with the code: THECHOSENSEASON4
All three movies for $30.00 at Cinemark
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The Children’s Ministry will not meet on Easter Sunday on
March 31
Please contact Helen Dippre, our children’s minister, for more information on the Children’s Ministry here at PWC, [email protected].
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Please Support NPH’s
St. Damien Pediatric Hospital
in Haiti during the Easter Season
During the Easter Season PWC will be supporting NPH’s (Nuestros Hermanos Pequenos) St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Haiti with our loose change or other monetary donations. As you know, the situation in Haiti is dire and NPH needs your support to continue the necessary work caring for children in Haiti. St. Damien is the only pediatric hospital in Haiti. Any amount you can contribute will help this necessary and urgent cause. There will be a special basket for donations. Here is more information on St. Damien Pediatric Hospital: https://nphusa.org/haiti-programs/
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The next meeting of the Grief Support Group will be this Thursday, March 28 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. For more information on this ministry, please contact Pastor Mark.
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Our weekly online reflections are ministering to our community each week through the written word. This week is Fr. Dale and next week will be Pastor Mark Dippre. Click on our Weekly Reflection Tile and be supported in your faith life! Here is the link: PWC Reflections Page.
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• April 5: Funeral for Larry Oien, Friday, 9:30 am
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• April 5: Marriage Enrichment, Friday, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
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• April 6: PWC Men’s Group, Saturday, 9:00 am to 10:30 am
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• April 6: Women’s Bible Study, Saturday, 9:00 am to 10:30 am
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• April 7: Children’s Ministry, Sunday, 9:45 am to 10:30 am
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Do you want to be inspired again by Fr. Dale or Pastor Mark? You can re-listen to Fr. Dale or Pastor Mark’s sermons on our podcast page, here is the link: PWC Podcasts Page.
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Fr. Mike Lessard is available for pastoral counseling on Monday and Wednesday mornings. Please call the church office to make an appointment at 480-649-0300.
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Are you homebound? If so, Deacon John Null can bring you communion. The only exception is if you have or are recovering from Covid. The best way to get in touch with Deacon John is by contacting the church office, at 480-649-0300, and leaving a message.
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From pastoral counseling to grief support, to Bible Study, to Adult Education, to providing food through Matthew’s Crossing for families who are economically struggling to Marriage Enrichment and our funeral ministry; your consistent giving makes a difference, a big change in people’s lives! Your generosity allows us to minister to so many who come through our doors with their spiritual, emotional, and physical needs. Thank you for your tithing and commitment to PWC!
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Here are the different ways you can tithe to PWC:
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• Mail in your gift to: Praise and Worship Center, 2551 N. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ 85225.
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• Sign up for monthly giving with a credit card or voided check. Just call the office at 480-649-0300 or stop by the office.
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A Reflection from Henri Nouwen
I Love You! I Love You! I Love You!
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The voice of despair says, “I sin over and over again. After endless promises to myself and others to do better next time, I find myself back again in the old dark places. Forget about trying to change. I have tried for years. It didn’t work and it never will work. It is better that I get out of people’s way, be forgotten, no longer around, dead.”
This strangely attractive voice takes all uncertainties away and puts an end to the struggle. It speaks unambiguously for the darkness and offers a clear-cut negative identity.
But Jesus came to open my ears to another voice that says, “I am your God, I have molded you with my own hands, and I love what I have made. I love you with a love that has no limits, because I love you as I am loved. Do not run away from me. Come back to me—not once, not twice, but always again. You are my child. . . . I am your God—the God of mercy and compassion, the God of pardon and love, the God of tenderness and care. Please do not say that I have given up on you, that I cannot stand you anymore, that there is no way back. It is not true. I so much want you to be with me. I so much want you to be close to me. I know all your thoughts. I hear all your words. I see all your actions. And I love you because you are beautiful, made in my own image, an expression of my most intimate love. Do not judge yourself. Do not condemn yourself. Do not reject yourself. Let my love touch the deepest, most hidden corners of your heart and reveal to you your own beauty, a beauty that you have lost sight of, but that will become visible to you again in the light of my mercy. Come, come, let me wipe your tears, and let my mouth come close to your ear and say to you, ‘I love you, I love you, I love you.”
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May your Holy Week be a sacred one, we look forward to seeing you on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. May the Peace of Jesus reign in your hearts.
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Our Theme for
Lent Easter 2024
at PWC is
This is Our God:
He Loves Us,
He Saves Us
It is based on the song This is Our God from Phil Wickham, here is a link to the song:
YouTube Link to song.
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Love,
Fr. Dale and Pastor Mark
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