This Week at Clyde Park

A Note from Pastor Ryan

The last core desire that we spoke about was the desire for significance. Everyone wants their life to matter. The scriptures teach us that God loves us, God values us. God knows the hairs on our heads. Jesus died for us. Clearly we matter to God, but often that isn’t enough for us. We decide that we our true identity is found in what we do. In fact, many think “I am what I do, I am what I achieve.” When we think this way we may become riddled with anxiety because we believe love, affection, security, and belonging will only come to us if our lives are significant. The world often trains us to think of human life in utilitarian ways. People are only valuable because of what they contribute. Clearly that's not true. Life matters because of God. Yet we may find ourselves tempted to find significance in something other than being made by God. Gravity Commons wrote a few prompts to guide us and help us to see if our desire for significance is motivating us in unhealthy ways: When we feel a need to be in charge of things, Significance might be at work.

When I think the world would be better off if people would just listen to me, Significance might be at work.

When we have difficulty letting someone else run the meeting, Significance might be at work.

When we find we usually drive the car (rather than let other people drive), Significance might be at work.

If you’ve ever thought, “I’m going to have to do this if I want it done right,” Significance might be at work.

If it bothers you when people don’t take your advice, Significance might be at work.

If you can justify and rationalize something in order for some “good end” to be realized, Significance might be at work.

If you think of “collateral damage” as necessary and inevitable, Significance might be at work.

If you’ve ever had grand visions of changing the world, Significance might be at work.

If you have a drive to accomplish “great things,” Significance might be at work.

The good news is we don’t flourish as people when our lives are significant, instead we flourish and are lives are significant when we stop seeking for our will to be done and instead seek for God’s will to be done. Here are a few practices to help us find our significance in Jesus:

- Practice silence- spend a few minutes every day in silence with God. - Repeat every day, “I’m a child of God!”- Daily pray the Lord’s prayer and focus on the words “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.”  We find our lives matter most when we participate in what God is already doing.

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Tonight is Spaghetti Dinner as a Youth Fundraiser Don't Forget Choir Practice, Saturday, April 4th at 11:00 a.m.

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Candy donations are needed for the Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Morning. Please leave the donations with Pastor Chrissy or Emily Quanstrom. Thank you!

BONNETS & BOW TIES CONTEST! Our annual tradition to raise funds for missions is our bonnet s and bow ties contest! Wear your best bonnet or bow tie! You can decorate them as much as you like and the congregation will choose the winner as we collect funds for missions to vote. More information will come on Sunday, March 29th.

Youth week – 6:30-8:30 p.m.

April 6-10, 2026

Easter

 The Choir will be singing Easter Morning. Our final rehearsal is Saturday, April 4th at 11:00 a.m.

Easter Week

April 1 No April Fool's joke-no Wednesday night dinner or classes due to the extra services this week!

April 2 6:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday Service

April 3 6:30 p.m. Good Friday Service

April 5            Easter Morning:

7:30 a.m. Sunrise Service

8:30 a.m. Brunch

10:00 a.m. Easter Egg Hunt

  10:30 a.m. Easter Morning Service (Bonnets & Bow Ties

Contest)