Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
3 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
9 What do workers gain from their toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Luke 13:6-9
6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”
Today’s Announcements:
Fusion Events (Youth Group for 6th-12th graders): For more details, visit our Facebook page or go to our church website at www.stpetersgp.org, (Under Ministries Section). You can also contact Josh (815) 693-5341.
Beecher Food Pantry: The pantry is looking for donations of toilet paper, paper towels, shampoo, pasta (all kinds), pasta sauce, tuna, canned chicken, pancake mix, pudding, and jello (regular and sugar free for both). Thank you.
I Love to Tell the Story: Have you heard the wonderful story of God’s great love for humanity lately? We’d like to invite you to journey with us as we offer opportunities to reflect, repent, and recharge your spiritual souls. On Wednesdays (03/12, 03/19, 03/26, 04/02, and 04/09), we will gather for soup and Scripture from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. If you would like to provide a soup, salad or dessert on any of these dates, please text/call Shirley Koehn at 708.254.2694. A short 30-minute service will begin at 6:30 pm in the Clyde Lange Fellowship Hall. On Sundays during Lent, Pastor Kyle will be preaching a series titled, “Everything (in) Between: Meeting God in the Midst of Extremes.” More about Holy Week (April 13th – April 20th) will be shared soon.
Meeting God in the Midst of Extremes: We have devotional books for Lent available on the back table in the sanctuary. Please feel free to take one. If they run out, please let us know that you want one and we will print more. They are part of our Sunday Lenten series titled “Everything [in] between: Meeting God in the Midst of Extremes.”
Also, there will be daily devotions available on our church facebook page (St. Peters UCC Grant Park).