Sunday Bulletin

Calendar of Events

Monday, 3/1              Noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
Tuesday, 3/2             Noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
7:30 AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
Wednesday, 3/3       Noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
                                  5:30 Choir Rehearsal in Organ Loft
Thursday, 3/4 3:15 Cherub Choir
                                    4:00 Youth Choir
                                   

Happy Birthday this week to:
Bob Marshall on 3/2
Oliver Giuliani, and Caroline Williams on 3/3
Dan Haugh and Zachary Rhodes on 3/5
Sarah Kartluke and Oana-Maria Louviere on 3/6
Spencer King and Ryan Percy on 3/7

Happy Anniversary this week to:
Andrew and Jennifer Bennett on 3/7

Announcements

The ushers today are the Deacons.  Thank you for helping today.

Thank you, Rev. Laura Cadmus for leading us in worship today.

Stewardship Update

As of February 26, 2026 we have received 84 pledges for a total of $273,964.  Our goal is $325,000, and we are now at 84% of our goal.  Sincere thanks to all of you who have already pledged. There are pledge cards on the table in the Narthex. Sincere thanks, Nancy Money, Stewardship Chair

Pastor Dan invites you on a journey of finding God in the world around us, and that surrounds us each day. 
Lent is 40 days beginning on Ash Wednesday, leading to Easter. Throughout the centuries, Christians have set aside time to fast, pray, read, reflect, serve, and give with intentionality.
We prepare our hearts for a season of renewal and rebirth.
This year, we are encouraging the following Lenten daily devotional as a guide along the way. It is free to download, and each daily reflection is only a few minutes to read. However, if possible, please include a few minutes of silence. The link for this download is available on our website and in the Quest.

We are actively looking to hire a Nursery Care Coordinator. If you or if anyone you know might be interested, you can reply to the office or have them get in touch with Oana or Taryn, that would be wonderful!  It's $25 per hour, for about 90 minutes of work/ time on a Sunday morning.  Any loving and eligible high school students and adults are all welcome and encouraged to apply!  

Lenten Simple Soup Suppers. Every Wednesday during Lent, area churches are hosting Simple Soup Suppers like St. John’s in the Mountains use to do.
They will begin at 5:30pm.  The first one is on March 4th at St. John’s In The Mountain Episcopal Church. March 11th will be at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, March 18th will be at Jewish Community of Greater Stowe and the last one on March 25th will be here, Stowe Community Church.  Suggested donations of $8.00/adult and $5.00/child.  All donations go directly to Lamoille Community Food Share.

XC Ski Day at the von Trapp Family Lodge Ski Center.   Sunday March 8th at 2:00pm, please join Lynne Von Trapp, Meg Scotti and Dan for a cross country ski day.  Afterwards we are meeting at von Trapp Kaffeehaus.  Special thanks to von Trapp Family Lodge this will be a complimentary ski afternoon. Ski rentals would be extra. Hope to see you there!  Please contact megscotti@mac.com or 802-363-3720 if you are interested or have any questions. 

If you, or someone you know, would like prayers for comfort or healing, the members of the Prayer Team are ready to support you. Please fill out the prayer request form in the pew and put it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher to deliver to the office. 

Please do not forget our neighbors in need by donating food for the Lamoille Community Food Share. Non-perishable items can be put in our two bins, one in the Narthex and one in the hall downstairs. Thank you.

Musical Notes by Karen Miller

Prelude:  Both the text and the tune to the hymn "If You Will Trust in God to Guide You", hymn no. 565 in the Chalice Hymnal, were written by George Neumark and published together in 1657.  The tune has been set to as many as 400 different hymn texts.  Neumark (1621-1681) was robbed on his way to study law at the University of Konigsberg and thus was forced to take a tutorship in Kiel for two years.  Finally reaching Konigsberg, he stayed five years studying law and poetry.  After several years of scant employment, he was appointed court poet, librarian, and registrar to the Duke of Weimar.  He wrote 34 hymns, many in times of difficulty or misfortune.  Many Baroque composers created chorale preludes on this melody including J S. Bach.

Anthem:  "I Lift My Eyes" has a text based on Psalm 121 and adapted by Timothy Dudley-Smith.  The music was composed by John Edward Carter (b. 1930) who studied at Trinity University in San Antonio and Peabody College in Nashville.  He then became organist at the University Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio as well as being an editor for the Hope Publishing Company, which published his organ and choral works.  The anthem text reads:
I lift my eyes to the quiet hills in the press of a busy day;
As green hills stand in a dusty land so God is my strength and       stay.
I lift my eyes to the quiet hills to a calm that is mine to share;
Secure in the Father's will and kept by the Father's care.
I lift my eyes to the quiet hills with a prayer as I turn to sleep;
By day, by night, through the dark and light
my Shepherd will guard his sheep.
I lift my eyes to the quiet hills and my head to the Father's throne.
In all my ways to the end of days the Lord will preserve his own.

Offertory:  The hymn tune "Deo Gracias" is an English ballad melody.  It's earliest appearance is in an English manuscript from the 15th century held at Trinity College.  In this arrangement by Gordon Young (1919-1998) the tune is stated in bold, block chords with quieter interludes.

Postlude:  The hymn paired with the text "Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life" is titled Germany and was first published in William Gardiner's Sacred Melodies in 1815.  Gardiner (1770-1853) was one of the first to pair hymn texts with classical melodies.  He attributed this tune to Beethoven, but it is likely that this tune was mostly Gardiner's work.