Easter Celebration is a Joyful Liturgical Holiday. After Suffering Crucifixion on the Cross for Our Sins, Jesus Resurrects from Death and Continues His Mission on Earth in Obedience to the Father.
All Are Welcome to Engage Our Easter Basket Ministry:
Easter Basket Drive by
You Are Welcome to Drive By and Pick up an Easter Basket. Please Contact Us So We May be Prepared for You with Your Basket(s). Baskets are Available Until Gone. We Look Forward to Hearing from You and Seeing You!
All Are Welcome to Engage Our Easter Meal Bag Ministry:
Easter Meal Bag
You Are Welcome to Drive By and Pick up an Easter Meal Bag. Please Contact Us So We May be Prepared for You with Your Bag(s). Bags are Available Until Gone. We Look Forward to Hearing from You and Seeing You!
Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus and the Spirit of Peace and Streams of Life Health and Wellness Missional Community Ministries.
Little Doubt Health and Wellness All Are Welcome to Our Table Pastor Cathy Hanus, Holistic Health Coach * Activity modified for Pandemic
Opening Prayer: Creator of the universe, you made the world in beauty, and restore all things in glory through the victory of Jesus Christ. We pray that, wherever your image is still disfigured by poverty, sickness, selfishness, war and greed, the new creation in Jesus Christ may appear in justice, love, and peace, to the glory of your name. Amen.
Message Pastor Michael Hanus Allow Apostle Thomas the Benefit of the Doubt. Feel free to learn more at our Service tomorrow morning or contact us; if interested and unable to attend!
Presentation
Organic Vegetable Medley
Meal All Are Welcome to Our Table Pastor Cathy Hanus Even Thomas does not doubt the gut healing potential of the organic vegetable medley prepared for today’s meal!
Fellowship Discuss Missional Community Engagement Chat Bench Community Garden Planning Continue Planning Science Festival for next Saturday
Exercise Pastor Michael Hanus Basic Warmup and Beyond
Closing Prayer: Blessed are you, O God of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom we receive the legacy of a living hope, born again not only from his death but also from his resurrection. May we who have received forgiveness of sins through the Holy Spirit live to set others free, until, at length, we enter the inheritance that is imperishable and unfading, where Christ lives and reigns with you and the same Spirit. Amen.
Song Joy Unspeakable I have found his grace is all complete. Barney Elliott Warren (1900). Inspired Mandisa (Modern). https://youtu.be/l8i1TGOM0mQ
Mandisa Joy Unspeakable
Aaron’s Blessing All Are Welcome to Stop or Pass By for the Blessing … The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. – Numbers 6:24-6.
Peace and Joy! Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus and the Spirit of Peace Missional Community.
Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Health Wellness Pastor Cathy Hanus, Holistic Health Coach *Activity modified for pandemic
Spirit Health and Wellness, Is. 38:16.
Prayer Mighty God, in whom we know the power of redemption, you stand among us in the shadows of our time. As we move through every sorry and trial of this life, uphold us with knowledge of the final morning when, in the glorious presence of your risen Son, we will share in his resurrection, redeemed and restored to the fullness of life and forever freed to be your people. Amen.
Reading Easter Vigil Matthew 28:1-10 28:1 After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 28:2 And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 28:3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 28:4 For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. 28:5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. 28:6 He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. 28:7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ This is my message for you.” 28:8 So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 28:9 Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. 28:10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
Empty Tomb
Message Pastor Michael Hanus Stop being afraid! Jesus has defeated death. Rejoice, and share the good news!
Gut Brain Health Neuroscience Exploration
Presentation Gut Brain Health Neuroscience Exploration Pastor Cathy Hanus, Holistic Health Coach
Fresh Fruits Vegetables
Meal All Are Welcome to Our Table Shared with All Who Engaged Our Easter Egg Hunt earlier today
Fellowship Chat Bench Debriefing Our Easter Egg Hunt earlier today Continuing Community Garden Planning Continuing Science Festival Planning
Exercise Pastor Michael Hanus Basic warmup stretching exercise Mild cardiac health exercise
Missional Community Service Local Food Pantry experiences Food Supply Shortage, so a non-perishable food item donation is welcome if you are able!
Prayer O God of glory, in the Easter dawn you raised Jesus from death to life. As we are united with him in death, so unite us with him in resurrection, that we may walk in newness of life. Amen.
Hymn Jesus Christ is Risen Today Surrexit Christus hodie. Latin hymn, 14th cent. Charles Wesley. https://youtu.be/6BpWj8bOHSM
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Aaron’s Blessing All Are Welcome to Stop or Pass By for the Blessing … The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. – Numbers 6:24-6.
Peace and Joy! Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus and the Spirit of Peace Missional Community.
Health Wellness Easter Season Celebration All Are Welcome to Our Table! Pastor Cathy Hanus, Holistic Health Coach.
Opening Prayer 118:1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! 118:2 Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 118:20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. 118:21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. 118:22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. 118:23 This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. 118:24 This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. 118:25 Save us, we beseech you, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech you, give us success! 118:26 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the house of the LORD. 118:27 The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar. 118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you. 118:29 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. – Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29.
Opening Hymn This is the day the Lord hath made Isaac Watts Sung by Children’s Choir https://youtu.be/cccJhMVFrLs
This Is the Day that the Lord has Made!
Message All Are Welcome in This Place Pastor Michael Hanus
Presentation All Are Welcome to Our Table! Pastor Cathy Hanus, Holistic Health Coach.
We Know What We Should Eat!
We Know What We Should Eat! If you have visited with us once, or been here for every Health and Wellness presentation for the Missional Community, I am confident you know what you should eat. Just as we know that Jesus gifts us salvation by believing in Him, and faith, without good works, is dead. James 2:14-26. Today we explore a most nutritious and satisfying dish to prepare and eat.
Fellowship Basic Exercise with Pastor Michael Chat Bench engagement Community Garden planning Holy Week and Easter Service preparations Love One Another engagement You Matter to Me engagement
Covid-19 Health Dept Gathering Restriction
Closing Hymn Jesus Paid It All Fernando Ortega https://youtu.be/D5DyeCx8H4U
Jesus Paid It All
Aaron’s Blessing All Are Welcome to Stop or Pass By for the Blessing … The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. – Numbers 6:24-6.
Peace and Joy! Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus and the Spirit of Peace Missional Community.
Meal
Healing the Gut
Organic Broccoli
Organic Cauliflower
Organic Pine nut based Hummus
Organic Vegetable crackers
Song
What the World Needs Now
Jackie DeShannon
https://youtu.be/YUaxVQPohlU
What the World Needs Now
Prayer
Thank you, God, for the body of believers who are called to serve you, who are proclaiming the Good News to all who will hear. From those who minister across the country to the men, women, and youth here at home, send us out to be a light in the dark. Send us out to speak life. Send us out to extend grace and mercy. Send us out to feed the hungry, to befriend the lonely, to find the lost. Open the doors of this church and fill it with the broken, the angry, the hurting. Let them find forgiveness and comfort here in the presence of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name. Amen. – adapted from community prayer by Jennie McChargue.
Peace and Joy! Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus and the Spirit of Peace Missional Community.
Saint Patrick Health Wellness
Savor the Flavor of Eating Right!
Pastor Cathy Hanus, Holistic Health Coach
All Are Welcome to Our Table!
Saint Patrick Celebration
Opening Prayer
Saint Patrick, Ireland
I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.
I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me;
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s hosts to save me
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a multitude.
Christ shield me today
Against wounding
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through the mighty strength
Of the Lord of creation.
Anonymous.
Message
Saint Patrick
Today we all remember Patrick, Missionary to Ireland
Patrick is one of the best-known of the missionary saints. Born to a Christian family in Britain around the year 389, he was captured as a teenager by raiders, taken to Ireland, and forced to serve as a herdsman. After six years he escaped and found his way to a monastery community in France. Ordained a bishop in 432, he made his way back to Ireland, where he spent the rest of his long life spreading the Gospel and organizing Christian communities. He strongly defended the doctrine of the Holy Trinity in a time when it was not popular to do so. His literary legacy includes his autobiography, Confession, and several prayers and hymns still used in the church today. Patrick died around the year 466.
There are times when God calls upon each of us to be attentive to the needs of our brothers and sisters, all people, with special concerns, in the Missional Community. It is our responsibility to engage and follow the call.
Nutrition Presentation
March is Natural Health Month
St. Patrick’s Day comes along mid March. Wherever and whenever we should aspire to make informed food best choices and continue to develop and share best eating and physical activity choices. Our theme is “Savor the Flavor of Eating Right.”
We will savor some healthy flavors this St. Patrick’s Day.
Healthy St. Patrick’s Day tips
Be festive with Green:
Add more dark greens to your salad, such as baby kale, spinach, romaine and green leaf lettuce, green peppers, cucumbers, etc.
Be inspired to Go Green with your side dishes. Try Brussels sprouts, broccoli, edamame or green beans.
Pistachios and pepitas. Sprinkle on entrees, side dishes and salads.
Green tea is a good way to warm up and get antioxidants at the same time.
Sweeten up that fruit salad with kiwi and green grapes
Spinach. Add to your fruit smoothie to add extra fiber and iron.
some of our nutritional lesson today is borrowed from HyVee Foods
Traditional Saint Patrick Meal
Saint Patrick’s Day Traditional Themed Meal
All Are Welcome to Our Table!
Traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage
Natural grass raised lean beef
Vegetables
Organic red and green cabbage
Kale and Spinach
Roasted Brussels sprouts
Organic red spring potatoes
Irish Soda Bread
Fresh Butter
Beverage
Green Tea
Dessert
Pineapple
Red Black table grapes
Exercise
with Pastor Michael
Saint Patrick’s Day Workout
Seven choice exercises accomplished seven times each
Bumble Bee Foods
Saint Patrick’s Day song
https://youtu.be/-TUpakGDvlM
Saint Patrick song
Closing Prayer
Saint Patrick, Ireland
May the Strength of God pilot us.
May the Power of God preserve us.
May the Wisdom of God instruct us.
May the Hand of God protect us.
May the Way of God direct us.
May the Shield of God defend us.
May the Host of God guard us
Against the snares of the evil ones,
Against temptations of the world.
May Christ be with us!
May Christ be before us!
May Christ be in us,
Christ be over all!
May Thy Salvation, Lord,
Always be ours,
This day, O Lord, and evermore. Amen.
Peace and Joy! Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus and the Spirit of Peace Missional Community.
Leap Year Saturday Afternoon Health Wellness Pastor Cathy Hanus, Holistic Health Coach All Are Wecome to Our Table!
Opening Springtime Theme Prayer
Springtime Prayer
For flowers that bloom about our feet,
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet,
For song of bird, and hum of bee,
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
For blue of stream and blue of sky,
For pleasant shade of branches high,
For fragrant air and cooling breeze,
For beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
adapted from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Presentation
Organic
Food sources
The term “organic” refers to the way agricultural products are grown and processed. While the regulations vary from country to country, in the U.S., organic crops must be grown without the use of synthetic pesticides, bioengineered genes (GMOs), petroleum-based fertilizers, and sewage sludge-based fertilizers.
Organic livestock raised for meat, eggs, and dairy products must have access to the outdoors and be given organic feed. They may not be given antibiotics, growth hormones, or any animal by-products.
Benefits
How your food is grown or raised can have a major impact on your mental and emotional health as well as the environment. Organic foods often have more beneficial nutrients, such as antioxidants, than their conventionally-grown counterparts and people with allergies to foods, chemicals, or preservatives often find their symptoms lessen or go away when they eat only organic foods.
adapted from Health and Wellness HelpGuide. Benefits of Locally Grown Food Know Your Grower Freshness. Local food is harvested when ripe and thus fresher and full of flavor.
Organic themed meal
Meal
All Are Welcome to Our Table!
Organic White Beans
Organic Cauliflower
Organic Carrots
Organic (No Kidding!) Mac and Cheddar Cheese
Organic Cara Cara Oranges
Organic Honeycrisp Apples
Country Hearth Dakota style 12 Grain
Fellowship discussion
Community Garden Organically
Why
Organic gardening helps to prevent a loss of topsoil, toxic runoff, water pollution, soil contamination, soil poisoning, death of insects, birds, critters and other beneficial soil organisms, as well as eliminating pesticide, herbicide, and fungicide residues on food from synthetic fertilizers.
How
Start Small
Grow What You Eat
Start Easily
Seed
Plant Starts (Transplants)
Weather timing
Cool planting
Warm planting
Space
Soil
Irrigation
adapted from Natures Path.
Spring themed song
Springtime
Music Box Kids
https://youtu.be/A16Cu6Ic1pA
Springtime
Closing Prayer
Hope of Spring
God, thank you for Spring and the hope of warmer, longer, brighter days.
Thank you for the coming of growth and life and birth.
Thank you that things are coming awake in the world.
This is what our calendar says, and we do see some signs that it is real.
But we also still struggle with the residual layover of winter.
Now we ask that you bring into reality all that belongs in this season.
Your word says that we will have provision, and hope, and joy, and health and loving relationships here and now in this life.
We ask that what belongs in this season would become actual in our practical lives.
We hope in you and in your promises. We hope in your gift of Spring. Amen. – adapted from Xavier.edu
Aaron’s Blessing – All Are Welcome to Stop or Pass By for the Blessing … The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. – Numbers 6:24-6.
Peace and Joy! Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus and the Spirit of Peace Missional Community
All Are Welcome to Dinner and a Movie at the Theater “MMM”s: movie meet-ups, meals and mingling are a great way to enjoy the passing of time, energize our spirits and enjoy life.
Dinner and a Movie at the Theater
Another Movie Season Celebration is upon us! Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus, along with our Missional Ministry Staff, have the fellowship sharing desire to kick off another Movie Season Celebration! We are blessed to have generous resources to gather dozens of youth and adults every Movie Season from Valley and surrounding communities for a movie and lively fellowship at a meal nearby. If you are new to this Celebration and would like to join us, you are invited. Do not be shy, just contact us for a mutually available time. Spirit.Peace@outlook.com Feel free to call, leave a message and text 402-541-7019 Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus and the Spirit of Peace Missional Community invite youth and adults to accompany them to movie theaters in the community for movie viewing, light meals, fellowship and lively discussion.
