Second Sunday in Lent
Today’s service will be held indoors in the sanctuary as an in-person service and also live streamed at this link. Click on “live” for the live stream. Join us!
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Gathering Music Polly Dunford
Welcome and Announcements Sharon Fowler
Call to Worship
We come with questions. Not even sure what to ask. We come with doubts. Not convinced that we believe what you teach. Your words confuse us. But we listen anyway. We begin to understand. And that understanding transforms us. Lead us out of the confusion of our darkness And into the grace of your light.
Scripture Reading John 3:1-21
Opening Hymn Potluck Hymn
Sermon “Who was Nicodemus?” David Johnson
Anthem “Christ, We Do All Adore You” from The Last Words of Christ
by Theodore Dubois. Arranged by Hal H. Hopson.
1988. Agape. International copyright secured. All rights reserved.
Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People
Closing Hymn and Offertory Potluck Hymn
Benediction “The Lord Bless You and Keep You”
Arranged by David Johnson
Vocals: Kristin Cascio
Vicki Conrad-Wright
David Johnson
Discussion
Shalom (meaning - “May you be well and whole and in communion with all creation.”)
Shalom, my friends, Shalom, my friends, Shalom, Shalom.
Till we meet again, Till we meet again, Shalom, Shalom. *****************************
Please join us for our Potluck Meal following worship service.
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It is with great sadness to share the news of Bud Flier’s passing on February 14, 2026. The NACCP family sends its love and condolences to Bud’s family and friends.
A celebration of life will be held on March 7, 2026, at North Anderson Community Church, Presbyterian. Receiving of friends will start at 1:00 with the service beginning at 1:30. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the church. Foggie-Holloway Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Calendar of Service -
March 8 - Rev. Nancy Blakely, Communion, Session meets
March 15 - Rev. Shelley Chapman
March 22 - PFLAG Speakers
March 29 - (Palm Sunday) Dave Johnson
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The next Meet & Eat gathering will be on Wednesday, March 4, at 5:30 pm at Tipsy Tavern. The address is 4300 SC Highway 81.
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Our next Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) Day will be Saturday, March 14, at 9:00 AM. We will collect trash along a one-mile stretch of Liberty Highway on each side of our church. The more AAH “pickers” we have, the more trash we collect! Unfortunately we have not collected for quite a while, so there will probably be plenty to get our attention.
Please join us on 14 March. You do not need to bring anything but yourself. We have supplies for all who come.
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The next Campus Edge Concert (CEC) at Saint Andrew Catholic Church will take place on Sunday, March 22, at 3:00. The FREE concert will be presented by Petrie Winds, a faculty quintet in residence at Converse College in Spartanburg. This woodwind quintet plays both classical and contemporary arrangements. Saint Andrew's Church in Clemson is located at 209 Sloan St. in downtown Clemson and has plenty of free parking.
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A Free Shred Day event in Anderson is scheduled for April 25, 2026, from 8 am to 12 pm. It is hosted by Anderson County Solid Waste & Recycling at 1428 Pearman Dairy Road and allows residents to securely dispose of sensitive documents with a limit of 5 boxes or bags.
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In case you missed signing up last week, don’t forget that our church committees and action teams need you. Check out the sheets in the sanctuary. Every group has large and small jobs to do, so there is sure to be a perfect fit for you!
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Volunteers needed: Consider giving a small amount of time to one of our groups using our church building. 1) Every Saturday morning, Al-Anon meets at 9:30-10:30. They need someone to unlock and lock the building. You’re welcome to sit in with the group too.
2) PFLAG meets on the 2nd Thursday every month at 7:00 pm. They need the same unlocking service, and you’re welcome to sit in with their meeting too.
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Bible Study meets on Mondays at 6:30 pm through Zoom. The topic is The Origins of Christianity as a historical and theological study. If you’d like to be added to the Zoom invite list, contact Cynthia at cynthiakwarner@mac.com.
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Please remember to donate non-perishable food items to AIM (Anderson Interfaith Ministries). An extra item when you shop is a great help to others in our community.
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Remember in prayer: Family and Friends of Bud Flier; Cierra Donnelly; Libby and Aaron Riggins Pennington; Jay Lyn Martin and Jerry Meehan; Mary Alice Mundy; Latha Semones; Immigrant families; Victims of all violence, oppression, and injustice; People of the World in ALL walks of life and strife.
Special Prayer for the NACCP Search Committee as they are working to find our next minister.
Scripture: John 3:1-21
3 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with that person.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be astonished that I said to *you*, ‘*You* must be born from above.’ 8 The wind blows where it chooses, and *You* hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
11 “Very truly, I tell *you*, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen, yet *you* do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told *you* about earthly things and *you* do not believe, how can *you* believe if I tell *you* about heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Those who believe in him are not condemned, but those who do not believe are condemned already because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.
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