But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.

Mark 9:32 (NRSV)

Reasons We Won’t Raise Our Hands to

Aska.We are polite and don’t want to

interrupt the teacher.

b.We don’t want to look STUPID!

PRIDE

PRIDE

He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them,

“Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”

Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them,

“Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”

Mark 9:35-37 (NRSV)

Every situation is an opportunity to learnand

Every person is our teacher.

Remember that you are dust,

And to dust you shall return

Wednesday Services“The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus,” taught by Pastor Adam Hamilton.

Acts of Service• NOISY OFFERINGS will support children through these two

ministries:• Our Abandoned Children Ministry – funds to provide

housing for eight children in Haiti• Grace 4 Rakai – funds will help build a school for

children in Rakai, Uganda• PACK MEALS at Feed My Starving Children every Friday

during Lent (or join us just one Friday) as we pack life-saving meals for children around the world.

• SHOE CUTTING PARTY will be held at each Wed. night Lenten Supper as we cut fabric to make shoes for children in Africa through Sole Hope Ministry.

Spiritual Practices• Join us for Lenten Suppers on Wednesday February

17-March 16. • Use the Lenten Devotional Guide.• Join the online discussion forum at the Grace Learning

Center