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Prayer for Personal Holiness, Home Group Study Guide, Food Donations (Pastoral Emphasis for 3/22)

With our theme of Being a House of Prayer, we're going to have a pastoral prayer every Sunday. We'll have a different topic to pray for each month led by an elder. March's prayer topic is "Repentance & Personal Holiness". Today, Elder Sean Cherry read 1 Peter 1:13-16 and led us in praying for personal holiness.

I've provided a home group study guide that you can use individually or with your family to review and discuss today's sermon. If you don't have the study guide, you can download it here.

With us being confined to our homes, now is a good time for all of our members to make sure that you are registered in our church management software, Realm.  If you need help, please reach out to us at church.



Thanks to everyone who has donated food to help families at West Cary Middle School that are affected by the closing of schools. So far, we've been able to help five families (with 5-6 members each). We'll continue to take food donations until Friday, 3/27. Drop-off hours are Monday through Friday from 12-2 pm and 6-7 pm.

As a church body, we are fasting and praying during Lent. This week, 3/23-3/28, we're fasting from video games, cell phone use (except for necessary phone calls, work-related), or a favorite activity with a prayer focus on the lost and prodigal sons & daughters.

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