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March:
Monthly Emphasis: Women’s Emphasis Month, Girl Scout Sunday, Palm Sunday, Good Friday,
& Intergenerational Sunday
**Health Emphasis:
Nutrition & Healthy Eating
I Corinthians 10:31 “Whatever you eat or drink,
do it all for the glory of God”.
*Books for the Month:
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
Because of You, John Lewis by Andrea Davis Pickney
The Lenten season, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, and Easter are times for introspection, penitence, meditation, sacrifice,
fasting, and giving thanks as we reflect upon God's act in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior.
Our personalities for March, whose biographies will be shared during Bible study and preaching, are significant characters
in the life of Jesus Christ. Their stories are laden with centuries of bias, lack of balance in format, gender suppression, and
cultural bias by Jewish and Christian writers, mainly because they were of Canaanite, Moabite, and Hittite origin. During
their lifetimes, women had no rights; “a man had to respect”. Their destinies were in the hands of fathers, older brothers,
uncles, and nearest of kin. They lived with the expectation of marriage, bearing sons, and maintaining a domestic household.
All the women of focus this March, Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, are listed in the genealogies of Christ Jesus (St.
Matthew 1.1-5). We will also meet the first evangelist in the person of Mary Magdalene (St. John 20.1- 8), who was the first
person to see, hear, and touch the resurrected Christ.
These women were not from royal families; they were wise, caring, hardworking businesswomen who demonstrated
compassion, making indelible contributions to the Kingdom of God and the Christian Church.
Mar 1st: (Holy Communion/3rd Sunday of Lent)
Personality: Tamar, Canaanite
Today’s Scriptures:
Genesis 38.1-30
vs. 6, the wife of Er, eldest of Judah.
vs. 12-19, became pregnant by Judah, her father-in-law.
vs. 27-30, has twin boys, Perez and Zerah
St. Matt. 1.1-6
vs. 2-3, Judah’s sons Perez and Zerah by Tamar
Weekly Readings:
Numbers 26.19-20, sons of Judah …
Deut. 25.5-10, law in reference to duties by the brothers of the deceased brother to his wife.
Psalm 55.22-23, Divine judgment in this life.
Proverbs 13.20, … your life is impacted by the company you keep.
St. Matt. 22.23-33, when the law is used wrongly.
Thought: In coping with victimization, one doesn’t always see the bright side, but there is one.
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