Followers of Jesus...Wherever You AreGrowing in Christ with our Head, Heart, and Hands

WELCOMETHANKS FOR WORSHIPPING WITH US THIS MORNING!

One of the ways Jesus described His mission was “seeking and saving the lost.”Throughout His earthly ministry, Jesus not only encountered many who wereconsidered by their society as “outcasts,” but He often sought them out.Throughout this series, we’ll see Jesus’ love for the outcasts and how theirencounters with Jesus left them forever changed.

Thank you for worshipping with us!

Join us on Facebook & InstagramSt Matthew Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids

Worship with us online when you can’t be here.Join us at StMatthewGR.online.church

Visit StMatthewGR.com for more about these and otherannouncements.

NOTES & ANNOUNCEMENTSDuring this time when things are uncertain due to COVID-19, please stayup to date with cancellations and impacts on St Matthew activities on ourwebsite and Facebook. Worship will be online only until further notice.Most events are cancelled but please check online or with the eventleader.

Don't Miss Parent Class in March online: Raising children in a tech-obsessed social media world is tough. What limits do you put on it? Is itsafe? Why can't kids just put their phones down? We'll be diving into"Engage", a five-lesson, practical course that will help us navigateparenting in a social media age. Packed with expert interviews, a hands-onstudy and resource guide, downloadable tools, and biblical principles, it'sthe ultimate tool for not just surviving but thriving as a parent in today'sculture and engaging your children on such a crucial topic. Access thematerials online.

HEARTJAM - Jesus And Me: Every Sunday at both services, kid’s learn to livetheir faith as "Followers of Jesus" through daily points and Bible verses,awesome praise music, experiments, games, and a Bible story applied totheir everyday lives. They’ll start out in worship with you and be releasedbefore the sermon. They’ll return in time to pray with you. Parents arewelcome to go with their children to drop them off and see what JAM is allabout!

Save the Date for VBS! It's never too early to plan your vacation andcamps around our joy-filled VBS week! Please join us July 13-16 from 6-8:30 PM for "Rocky Railway...Jesus' Power Pulls Us Through." Can't wait!

HANDSBecome a Hospice Volunteer. Would you be interested in reading to apatient who can no longer see the pages? Watch a Tigers game with apatient while their spouse goes grocery shopping? Document a “LifeStory” for someone who wants to leave their legacy behind for their lovedones? Consider becoming a Spectrum Health Hospice Volunteer! Learnmore at hospice.volunteers@spectrumhealth.org

HEADSmall groups: Would you like to join a short term small group and openthe Bible with other families like yours but don’t know where to getstarted? Contact Pastor Rob, rappold@stmatthewgr.com, for helpplugging into a group.

We’ve made resources available on our website to help you connect withyour group during this time of quarantine. Find Resources for VitrualConnection in the blog on our website.

Celebrating a Birthday This Week:Mar 29Diane CochrunApr 1 Ben Keeth

Judy ViewigApr 2 Amanda Syverson

Gregory NeubauerNora Wilson

Apr 3 Alexa MalstromJosh Douglas

Apr 4 Toshia Gustafson

Celebrating an Anniversary This Week:Mar 31 Jay and Kelly TenEyckApr 4 Paul and Cheri Lytikainen

OUR STAFF

Pastor Rob Appold, Senior Pastor | rappold@stmatthewgr.comJoan Koczenasz, Comptroller | jkoczenasz@stmatthewgr.com

Liz Le'Mon, Family Ministries Assistant | elemon@stmatthewgr.comRose Mill, Operations Coordinator | rosemill@stmatthewgr.com

Stephanie Sherman, Middle School Ministry Leader | ssherman@stmatthewgr.comPastor Matthew Starner, Worship & Communications | mstarner@stmatthewgr.com

Lori Wieneke, Director of Spiritual Formation | lwieneke@stmatthewgr.com

PRAYER REQUESTS• For medical personnel working long and stressful hours for the health

of others.• From Stan Syrek: for a successful procedure for Stan.• From Amy Terry: peace for her brother in law at Metro Health as her

sister is unable to be with him.• From Gayle Minkus: that God would give wisdom to those who don’t

understand how dangerous times these are, and for those who doand still choose to serve us. Courage, wisdom and strength forcaregivers making hard decisions. That God be with the ill in theirtime of need.

• From Bonnie Mroczek: Help to find a new job and to keep theirdaughter in healthcare safe and able to help others.

• From Dave Geiger: for his brother-in-law who is only able to speakwith his wife by phone in her assisted living home.

• From Patty Harrington: Praise for how God is at work in her sister-in-law’s life!

• From the Ross family: Pretection for Jenn and all those on the frontlines fighting COVID-19.

• From Maury Blish, healing and comfort for Eveline and her hipsurgery.

Carpenter’s Apprentice Prayer Team is a prayer chain for immediateprayer concerns. If you would like to have a prayer concern passed alongto members of the chain, please text or call 616-340-3288, emailskandi@att.net, or complete a prayer request on our website.

SERMON NOTESOutcasts: Never Too Far GoneLuke 23:39-43

God's kingdom has an ________________, a way of give and take.

God's family _____________________ from how everything else works.

Jesus promises the blessings of the Kingdom to a _________________

___________.

Romans 3:22-25: For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fallshort of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, throughthe redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as apropitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.

We need the constant reminder of how God _________________.

There aren’t “good” people and “bad” people… just ___________ peoplewith Jesus in the middle.

You can enjoy the freedom of being honest about how ____________

__________.

There is forgiveness for the ______________ of you.

St Matthew Lutheran Church March 29, 2020

5125 Cascade Road SE . Grand Rapids, MI 49546616-942-9091 • info@stmatthewgr.com • StMatthewGR.com