eXchange

Remember, eXchange meets at 6 p.m. at Maryland Community Church. We look forward to seeing you!

GUATEMALA CRASH DONATIONS: If you are interested in donating medical and other supplies for the mission trip in March, there will be a suitcase for collections in the Atrium. Needed items include: aspirin, ibuprofen, toothbrush, toothpaste, children’s Tylenol, antibiotic ointment, watercolor paints, bubbles, Frisbees, hard candy, and much more. Contact Amy Switzer at amyjswitzer@gmail.com with questions.

ROCKIN’ PRESCHOOLERS (3’s-K’s): On Saturday, March 15th at 2:00 p.m. the Rockin’ Preschoolers will be singing songs and playing “Animal Bingo” with the residents at the Southwood Nursing Home. Please bring a stuffed animal for a gift and plan to get ice cream at Dairy Queen after the visit! QUESTIONS? Please contact Sherri Cotner at 234-1581 or Jan Stapp at 234-7100 ext 212 or jstapp@mccth.org.

MAMA MIA! The Guatemala Crash Team will be selling pizza and soda after Sunday’s gathering…that’s amore!

THOSE PESKY MIRRORS: Ladies of all ages are invited to join us for another “Sisters In Faith” event on Saturday, March 15th at 11:00 a.m. in the Atrium ! This is a carry-in so please bring your favorite dish to share with others. Table service and drinks will be provided. For more information please contact Marilyn Byers at 232-1605. Sign up TODAY in the Atrium!

EASTER HELP NEEDED: If you would be willing to serve as an usher for the Easter Celebrations (March 23, 9AM and 11 AM), send an email to Danna Hampton (dannarae@mccth.org). As an usher you will help pass communion and the offering plates. Easter is our largest event of the year and we need you to help make it a memorable day. Let Danna know if you can help at the 9AM or 11AM service. Thanks!!!

CLUB ROCK GIRLS NIGHT: On Friday, March 14th from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. @ Lori Fox’s House (7600 S Monticello St in Terre Haute). For a night of fun with Pizza, Games, Devotions, and Movie. It’s a night just for the Girl’s!! Contact Amber Gentry at 234-7100 ext 208 or amberg@mccth.org.

TRACY’S HEART FUNDRAISER: We are collecting recipes for a cookbook! If you are interested in donating, please log onto www.typensave.com and select the “Login” option. Enter the following information: the Contributor is you (enter your name as you want it to appear in cookbook); the Group login is tracysheart; and the Password is 45amh. Select the “Add Recipe” option and enter your recipe. The deadline to enter your recipe is Friday, March 14th. Please contact Jennifer Casterline (phone: 317-733-8501 or email: Jennifer_1124@yahoo.com) with any questions, or if you do not have computer access and would like to add a recipe.

ESCAPE: MIDDLE SCHOOL RETREAT: The retreat is from March 7th-9th at Camp Illiana. The group will leave MCC at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and return on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Cost is $25 and will need to be paid TODAY. For more information please contact Rob Ball at 243-1918. You don’t want to miss this!

COME & GIVE : At the 14th & Chestnut Community Center. Our Blood Drive is Wednesday, March 5th from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Donors will receive a FREE Cholesterol Screen & Backpack. Please call the Center to sign up for a time slot at 812-232-3126.

EXCHANGE GOES TO MOSCOW: Scot and Stephanie Longyear will be in Moscow until March 10. They will be joining Pat and Kathy Black and their family. Scot will be leading worship and teaching at Hickson Christian Academy and Russian American Christian University. To keep up with the travel experience, check out Scot’s blog at www.reson8.org.

LADIES UNITY NIGHT: Hey Gals!! MCC has acquired 250 tickets for this year’s event happening on Friday, April 4th at 7:00 p.m. at ISU Hulman Center. Christian Comedienne, Songwriter, Author & a Women of Faith Conference Speaker, Anita Renfroe, will be the program for the evening. Tickets are still FREE, but seating will be assigned this year. We have tickets in three different areas: on the floor, some handicap accessible and a large group of seats up in the higher regions. Tickets will be available for pickup in the Atrium on Sunday, March 9th!

WE’RE HEADED BACK TO THE BIG EASY! We’re looking for a team of 15 people to head back down to New Orleans for Hurricane Relief from June 9-14, 2008. Cost is $50 per person and helping with trip fundraising. We’ll be staying and working with Vineyard’s Mercy Response doing everything from hanging drywall to planting flowers. Contact Jeanette Souder at vjsouder@yahoo.com or call her at 239-1431 for more information.

EXCHANGE GEAR IS HERE! eXchange gear is ready! Pick up your orders at the north end of the Atrium.

EASTER INVITE CARDS: Do you have family, friends or enemies you would like to invite this Easter to MCC? Invite cards are available at the Welcome Center. Pick some up TODAY!

MISSING ANYTHING? We’ve cleaned out the Lost & Found at the Welcome Center and moved it to tables in the Atrium. Stop and take a look TODAY. Anything left worth keeping will be delivered to one of the missions in town.

DON’T FORGET! eXchange meets at 6pm Sunday at Maryland Community Church. Click here for directions!

MISSING ANYTHING? Your Bible, coat, watch, cell phone, toys, lunch from last Tuesday? We’ve cleaned out the Lost & Found at the Welcome Center and have moved it all onto tables located at the entrance to the Mall Hallway. Stop and take a look beginning TODAY. Items will remain on those table through Sunday, March 2nd. Anything left worth keeping will be delivered to one of the missions in town.

NEWS FROM WEE VILLAGE: Eddie the Engine will be rolling into Chapel for the 3’s – K’s on Sunday, March 16th-April 13th The Bible Teacher will travel on Eddie the Engine and take the kids to a different location (farm, garden, fun park, mountains, lake) each week. The children will learn that Jesus is King, Jesus is alive, He is always with us and we can pray to Him anytime.

WE’RE HEADED BACK TO THE BIG EASY! We’re looking for a team of 15 people to head back down to New Orleans for Hurricane Relief June 9-14, 2008. Cost is $50 per person + helping with trip fundraising. We’ll be staying and working with Vineyard’s Mercy Response doing everything from hanging drywall to planting flowers. Contact Jeanette Souder at vjsouder@yahoo.com or call her at 239-1431 for more information.”

eXchange gear ready to be picked up! Pick up your orders at the north end of the atrium.

GUATEMALA CRASH DONATIONS: If you are interested in donating medical and other supplies for the mission trip in March, there will be a suitcase for collection in the atrium. Needed items include: aspirin, ibuprofen, toothbrush, toothpaste, children’s tylenol, antibiotic ointment, watercolor paints, bubbles, frisbees, hard candy, and much more. Contact Amy Switzer at amyjswitzer@gmail.com with questions.

Crash at Lighthouse Mission! Join us for an ice cream social at Lighthouse Mission on Wednesday, February 27th, at 7pm. It’s a great opportunity to build relationships and minister to people in our community. Bonus: ice cream is involved.

Exchange goes to Moscow. Scot and Stephanie Longyear will be in Moscow Feb 28 – March 10. They will be joining Pat and Kathy Black and their family. Scot will be leading worship and teaching at Hickson Christian Academy and Russian American Christian University. Hmm. Does that mean we have to call him “Professor?” To keep up with the travel experience, check out Scot’s blog at www.reson8.org.

We’re heading back to Guatemala City for our third visit to serve at a few of the orphanges in that part of the world. We’re still working out the details of the agenda, but we have a great team of 15 heading down. We’ll be heading out on Sunday March 30 and returning on Sunday April 6, 2008. Please be praying for the team and the work that God would call us to perform in that week. Check back for more updates soon.

Crashers:
Ezra Birt
Cristina Eversole
Jody Elslager
Jo Ellen Gilbert
Joanna Lee
Amanda Lennen
Jay Mosteller
Dave Parks
Jennifer Seddelmeyer
Amy Switzer
Amber Telle
Emily Wiggins
John Wiggins
Jennifer Woodcock
Susie Wylie

Many people are a week into the 30 day challenge, where we are giving up porn for Life Journaling.  With that in mind, Exchanger Chuck Guess just kicked me an email.  Chuck tells me of a podcast with Joe Dallas.  Joe addresses "A Man’s Strategy for Defeating Sexual Addiction.  I have not listened to it yet, but looks like some solid stuff.  Check it out here.

photo by procsilas

Here’s a quick look at what’s going on at MCC this week:

MISSING ANYTHING? Your Bible, coat, watch, cell phone, toys, lunch from last Tuesday? We’ve cleaned out the Lost & Found at the Welcome Center and will be moving it all onto tables located at the entrance to the Mall Hallway. Stop and take a look beginning Sunday, February 24th. Items will remain on those table through Sunday, March 2nd. Anything left worth keeping will be delivered to one of the missions in town.

LADIES UNITY NIGHT: Gals, MCC has acquired 250 tickets for this year’s event, which will held on Friday night, April 4th at 7 p.m. at the ISU Hulman Center on the campus of Indiana State University. Christian Comedienne, Songwriter, Author & a Women of Faith Conference Speaker, Anita Renfroe, will be the program for the evening, along with a time of praise & worship led by local Christian musicians. You may learn more of her ministry at www.anitarenfroe.com. Tickets are still FREE, but seating will be assigned this year. We have tickets in three different areas: on the floor, some handicap accessible and a large group of seats up in the higher regions. Tickets will be available for pickup in the Atrium on Sunday, March 2nd! There will be three different tables for the three different areas in Hulman Center.

I’m a little in the shock zone right now.

Last night. Porn Sunday. Tons of people made a commitment to avoid porn for 30 days AND invest in Life Journaling (daily devotions). I get lit up when I see this stuff!!

As icing on the cake, we had 702 people in the exchange gathering last night. Add in the youth and we were at 897 people in the building. A new record. Never has exchange been this large.

“Oh, I see,” says Mr. Sarcastic, “you are all about the numbers.”

You know what? Yes. Yes I am. There, I said it. I am about numbers because numbers represent people. The kingdom is about people. It is about more people living in genuine community. It is about more people coming to know Christ. It is about more people finding their place in his cause.

Let me encourage you to keep investing in relationships. Keep inviting people into your small groups, your place of service, and into the exchange gathering. Our prayer is to see 1000 people living in genuine community. 1000 people coming closer to Christ. 1000 people finding their place in his cause.

To those who made a commitment to Life Journal last night - AWESOME!!!! Keep up the great work and may God form you as you meet him very day in his Word!

Blessings!!!

- Scot