Community Lenten Services/Luncheons All are welcome to join us for the Community Len-ten Services & Luncheons that will be held at Cov-enant Presbyterian Church and Calvary UMC. The services will be held at noon, with the lunch-eons at 12:30 pm. The theme this Lent will center on the “I Am” statements that Jesus made about Himself. In the Gospel of John Jesus declared seven “I Am” statements, thus declaring Himself equal to God. It was these statements that partial-ly caused the Jews to crucify Him. They believed the statements were blasphemous.

Date Place Pastor Preaching March 4 Covenant P. Bryan Jarrell March 11 Covenant P. Frank Hodges March 18 Calvary UM Josh Ricketts March 25 Calvary UM Christopher Mathewson

April 1 Calvary UM Gabor Nitsch April 10 (Good Friday)Heritage UM Paul McCracken

NEW MEMBER CLASS

If you are interested in be-coming a member of Herit-age UMC, the pastor will be offering a membership class for one evening at the parsonage. Please indicate your interest to join, along

with good contact information on the attendance pad and the pastor will contact you with a possi-ble date. We would like to bring new members in on March 29.

Circle of Ruth Meets March 5th

The Circle of Ruth will be meeting on Thursday, March 5 at 7:00 PM at the Maranatha House, 216 E Main St, Ligonier. We will continue our Bible Study on Twelve More Women of the Bible with Ruth: Stay-ing Focused in a World of Distractions by Crystal Evans Hurst. Deb En-dres will be leading the Bible Study and Louise Wagner will be bringing a dessert to share. Please join us for fellowship, fun, and dessert!

Circle #1 Meets March 9th

Circle #1 will meet at 2 pm on Monday,

March 9th at Pandora McNatt’s house (120

N Fairfield St.). Pandora will be the host,

Helen Craig will bring the snack and Nancy

Zur will do the devotions.

A Publication of HUMC office@ligonierhumc.org www.ligonierhumc.org 724-238-2627 March 2020

Cancer Support Group March 12th

Please join us for the Women’s Cancer Support Group on Thurs-day, March 12th at 6:00 pm at Dottie Johnson’s house, 112 E. Loyalhanna Street, Ligonier. Kathy Brown will be joining us to share information about West-moreland Walks’ events and services. We wel-come everyone from newly diagnosed to longtime survivors. Christian Adventure Begins March 18th

Every Wednesday March 18th-May 6th from 4:15-6pm. FREE & Open to all Children Grades K-5. Our children will be learning about the books of The New Testament and the catego-ries of those books. We will also be taking a NEW look into our renovated Education

Wing! Sign up by March 16th online or by call-ing the office. Transportation provided from R.K. Mellon, and Valley School.

Linus Blanketeers Meet March 19th

Over 2,100 fleece blankets and/or knotted crib quilts were made and donated to hospitalized children through the Linus Project or the Open Hands Layette program in 2019. $3,471.55 was spent purchasing fleece and yarn last year. Additional financial support is needed to continue this ministry this year. Gifts can be placed in the offering anytime – simply mark the envelope “Linus”. Include your name or offering en-velope number to receive credit on your financial statement.

Ladies will meet on March 19 at Louise Wagner’s home (1016 Gravel Hill Road, Ligonier) to prepare blankets to be given to hospitalized children. Willing workers will meet from 1 – 5 PM. During this time they will knot crib quilts for the NIC units at Pitts-burgh hospitals and prepare fleece blankets for distri-bution.

Everyone is invited to come and help with this minis-try of compassion for infants, toddlers, children and youth. If you cannot help all afternoon, come as you are able!

During the renovation fleece blankets can be picked up and/or dropped off in the sanctuary.

UMCOR Special Offering March 21st & 22nd

For more than 75 years, The United Methodist Com-mittee on Relief has provided disaster relief, often long after others have left the scene. UMCOR has aided ref-ugees and confronted the crippling challenges of world hunger and poverty. The examples are many — help-ing rebuild after hurricanes in the U.S., Bahamas, etc.; offering assistance after mudslides in Sierra Leone; and continuing to help survivors of floods and other natural disasters.

However, UMCOR simply cannot do it with-out us. Unlike other benevolent causes, UMCOR re-ceives no funds from the regular United Methodist Church budget. Our generous gifts help cover the agen-cy’s administrative costs so UMCOR can continue to guarantee that 100 percent of all designated donations go toward the specific relief projects.

We cannot all be present when disaster strikes. Howev-er, on March 21st & 22nd, we will equip others to go in our place. UMCOR Sunday allows The United Methodist Church to respond when disaster strikes. Think of UMCOR as our “Go Team” who can be pre-sent when help is needed.

Our congregation will join thousands of others across the United States by participating in the United Meth-odist church-wide special Sunday with an offering. Together, we will help fund the critical disaster-relief efforts of the United Methodist Committee on Relief.

NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

As we near the end of the construction of our Educa-tion Building, the pastor will offer a new Sunday School Class. We are hoping that we can attract some of our younger people, but it is in no way limited by age. The Class is called “Life Perspective.” Each of us looks at the world through a different lens. But God wants His children to see His world through His eyes. This class will help each person to come to a fuller un-derstanding of 1.) Who God Is, 2.) Who Jesus is, and 3.) Who the Holy Spirit is. We will look in great detail about each of these per-sons. Many of us have never been taught these things. I believe the more you learn about who God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are, the more you will love and appreci-ate them. It will help you to know why we believe what we believe. We hope this will also be the oppor-tunity to ask questions and enter into dialogue with one another. This class will be offered the first week the Education Building is open. Watch for dates and times.

DAY TRIP TO THE SIGHT & SOUND THEATRE for the Tues-day, April 7th showing of Esther. See the sign up sheet in the sanctu-ary if interested or contact the of-fice.

THE PASTOR WRITES Dear Ones, Although it was wonderful to spend time with our family in Arizona, it was a joy to return home. Judi and I missed all of you! You are all a source of joy, love and comfort to us. Now we are entering into a very holy season in the Church. Ash Wednesday began on February 26th and we are now into our first week of Lent. Lent is a time that we are to examine our relationship with God and let Him make any corrections that need to be made in our spiritual lives. It is a forty day period of repent-ance and renewal preceding Easter. I will be preaching from the book of Numbers that will help us to understand what it means to live a holy life in the presence of a Holy God. Each week I will add one principle from the book of Numbers that will help us understand how to live a holy life. The Israelites were taught by God how to be a holy people so that they could dwell with a Holy God. We must never forget that God is preparing us for our “promised land” which is our eternal home in heaven. In heaven we are going to live in the presence of a Holy God, therefore God wants to teach us what that holiness looks like. Last week we learned our first step into holiness includes being willing to stand up and be counted. Are we willing to say to God, “You can count on me to offer my resources and my spiritu-al gifts for your glorious Church?” This is a step that God wants all of His children to take. I hope to see all of you each Sunday of Lent as we grow together in holiness. In His service and yours, Pastor Frank Sermons In March March 1: What Is At the Center of Your Life? March 8: Worship Is a Life and Death Matter March 15: Serving a Holy God March 22: The High Cost of Grumbling March 29: The Final Cure for Grumbling

DONATIONS FOR CLASSROOMS NEEDED Monetary donations are needed to get the Sun-day School classrooms ready to go after the ren-ovations are complete. If you would like to con-tribute, please make checks payable to Heritage UMC, earmarked Education – Bldg. Thanks!

Save the Date! The Easter Egg Hunt will be held on

Saturday, April 11th from 12-1:30 pm.

Donations for the Easter Egg Hunt are needed. We are asking for small wrapped candy that fit in plastic eggs and prize items for ages 2 – 12. We still have many, many Easter eggs, so we DO NOT need plastic eggs.

Please place donations in the box on the front pew prior to April 1.

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Sponsors are needed for the March 29th

flowers for the altar. $30 to sponsor.

Contact Marge Burns if interested.

724-238-9384.

HERITAGE IS HIRING!

We are looking to fill three positions: Part Time Organ-ist/Pianist; Nursery Attendant (paid position) and Nursery Aide (volunteer position). If you or someone you know would be interested in any of these positions, please have them send their resume to office@ligonierhumc.org or contact the office for more information: 724-238-2627. Thank you!

Office space for rent beginning May 1st! The office space currently being used by the of-fice staff above Connections Café (109 S Mar-ket St.) will be available for rent May 1st. If you or someone you know is interested, please con-tact the office for more information. Dear Church Family, My family and I want to thank everyone for all their support and outpouring of love and prayers during our great-grandson’s (Brooks) difficult journey with infantile botulism. Brooks will need a few months of PT/OT to catch him up, but that is nothing this little warrior can’t handle after what he has gone through. God is good.

Fred & Shirley Nipps Hi Friends! An opportunity fell into my lap recently to serve with Bahamas Methodist Habi-tat this Spr ing. I will be flying out of Pittsburgh on March 9th and returning on March 20th. Most peo-ple laugh when I mention a mission trip to the Bahamas, because we associate the Bahamas with palm trees and crystal-clear water. The truth is there is quite a bit of poverty once you leave the tourist areas. In the after-math of hurricane Dorian there is much to be done.

I have served with Bahamas Methodist Habitat three times before this. While I’m not sure what tasks I’ll be assigned to during my time there, I know that God will find opportunities and will do powerful things. I would appreciate your prayers leading up to, and during my trip, specifically for the staff at Bahamas Methodist Habitat, and the families they are working with. I recently became more aware of the recovery efforts taking place in the Bahamas. The amount of work to be done contrasted against the resources available is overwhelming. If you are interested in financially supporting this trip (no pressure), here are a few options. Through God’s provision I was put in contact with a family who wanted to pay for the plane tickets, so the only major expenses I will have are traveling mission insurance and food (which is more expensive because it has to be flown in or brought to the island by boat). This should be around $300. I am hoping that I will find support above and beyond that, and be able to donate extra money to Bahamas Methodist Habitats disaster relief efforts. If you would prefer, instead of a financial donation, you can search for the Bahamas Methodist Habitat wishlist on Amazon.com and purchase something there, which will be shipped directly to the facility. If you choose to go this route, please email meth-odisthabitat@gmail.com with shipping details so that arrangements can be made to pick up your donation at the airport.

Thank you for your prayers and support, Sara Hilf sara.hilf@yahoo.com

Circle #1 would like to thank all those who brought in donations for the Union Mission. The men were very grateful.

Cub Scout Pack 370 recently honored our community first responders with a dinner and hand made plaques to thank them for their service. Heritage is Pack 370’s charter-ing organization and Henry Fisher is a scout with Pack 370.

March 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Holy Communion 2 3 10 am Bible

Study at Ligonier

Gardens

5 pm Game Night at

The Barn

4 11 am Clergy

Mtg. at Covenant

12 pm Lenten Ser-

vice at Covenant

7 pm Small Group

Study at Maranatha

House

5 6 pm Capital

Campaign Mtg. at

Connections Café

7 pm Circle of Ruth

Mtg. at the Marana-

tha House

6 7 Daylight Savings

Time

8 9 2 pm Circle #1

Mtg. at the

McNatt’s

10 11 12 pm Lenten

Service at Covenant

7 pm Small Group

Study at Maranatha

House

12 6 pm Women’s

Cancer Support

Group Mtg. at the

Johnson’s

13 14

15 16 1 pm Educa-

tion Mtg. at the

Maranatha House

2 pm Christian

Adventure Mtg. at

the Maranatha

House

17 18 12 pm Lenten

Service at Calvary

4:15 pm Christian

Adventure Begins

7 pm Small Group

Study at Maranatha

House

19 1 pm Linus

Blanket Workday at

the Wagner’s

20 7 pm Coffee-

house at The Barn

21 11 am Soup’s

On in Ligonier

22

UMCOR Sunday

23 24 25 12 pm Lenten

Service at Calvary

4:15 pm Christian

Adventure

6 pm Trustees Mtg.

7 pm Small Group

Study at Maranatha

House

26 6 pm Girls’

Night at the Y

7 pm Church Coun-

cil Mtg. at the Town

Hall (could be in the

lounge

27 28 8 am—4 pm

Prayer Vigil in Sanc-

tuary

29 New Member

Ingathering

12:30 pm TBA Roll-

er Skating

30 31

March Birthdays

1st Myra Appleby 2nd Anthony Marks Jane Dougherty 3rd Gabrielle Cavallo 4th Ruth Digiambattista 5th Ed Flowers 6th Marsha Clark 6th Dave Hughes 16th Paul Verner 17th Pat Keegan Will Formato 22nd Brett Marker 23rd Jim McGinnis, Sr. 25th Alicia Orban 25th Matthew Hoza 26th Colton Cavallo 28th Kyle Fritz 28th Dylan Plummer 29th Beverly Dick Jim Douglas 30th Don Clark 31st Alaina Holzer

March Anniversaries 17th Mike & Ellen Yeskey

Regular and Weekly Meetings Sunday 8:30 & 10:45 am Worship Services 9:40 am Sunday School/Connections Café Monday 10 am Praise & Prayer Mtg. at Maranatha House 5 pm TBA Middle School Mtg. at The Barn 7 pm TBA High School Mtg. at The Barn 7:00 pm Bible Study at Maranatha House Weds 6:00 pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal 7:15 pm Bell Choir Rehearsal Thursday 9 am Bible Study at Valley Sr. Center 6:30 pm Bible Study at the Town Hall Saturday 6:00 pm Contemp. Worship Service

Sunday Nursing Home Services: 9:00 am Barnes Place (Latrobe) 9:30 & 10:15 am Greensburg Care Center 9:30 am Loyalhanna Care Center (Latrobe) 9:30 am Loyalhanna Senior Suites (Latrobe) 9:30 am Brookdale Senior Living (Latrobe)

10:00 am The Grove (Latrobe) 10:30 am Nature Park Commons (Greensburg) 9:30 & 10:15 am Walden’s View