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VITA Tax Site is Open!! The VITA Tax Site be open every Tuesday and Thursday from 3 — 6 pm, and Saturdays from 9 am – 12 pm until April 15^th. We do itemized returns, but not some of the more complicated returns, such as farm or rental income, moving expense & active duty military. If we can’t do your return, we can guide you to the right place. Something new: if you bought a new car in 2009 there is a deduction for the sales tax you paid. All of our tax preparers are trained volunteers, many of them have 2-4 years experience, and all returns are double checked for errors. Come see us at K-Hall and we will do our best to save you some money. Be sure to bring all of your tax documents, last year’s return, and most importantly your drivers license (or I.D.) and Social Security cards for you and your dependents! We can’t do your return without those! Call John Lukecart (885-8182), or Terry Mysak (721-7357), before you come if you have any questions.

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After Tax Bash—April 18th Caring in Community / Witness & Welcome Invite YOU to an “After Tax Bash” Easter will be past, and the Tax Site will be closing down operation after preparing over 500 tax returns, so the congregation is invited to a “thank you” to the tax preparers, and hosts at an “old time Church Picnic at Udall Park.” We will have a variety of activities for an afternoon of fun, music, and food. We will have a Jumping Castle for the kids to release their pent up energies. A softball game CHALLENGE is THROWN DOWN by the “youth and young whipper-snappers” against the “chronologically gifted, wiser, and still active folks.” After the softball blow-out we’ll all relax with food and music by Second Chance playing hits from the 50’s to the present. (Second Chance features our own Mark & Jamie Buglewicz) They will be playing at the Udall Park bandshell. Bring your gloves, bats, softballs … anybody got a “t-ball stand?” We ask members to bring: salad or dessert to share. We will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, chips, and drinks. Mark it on your calendar : AFTER TAX BASH, SUNDAY, APRIL 18TH , 3:00 – 7:00 P.M. UDALL PARK. New Member Class Our next New Members’ Class will be held on Saturday, March 6^th from 9 am to 2 pm. If you would like to become a member of New Spirit, please make a note on your attendance slip. Thanks to those who have already done so. The class will introduce you to the methods and ministries of New Spirit. You should receive an invitation with all the details during the month. Food Pantry News Our Food Bank is the 3^rd busiest location in Tucson! We continue to need “staple” items. Paper, personal hygiene, and soap products are also needed as these essentials cannot be bought with food stamps! Pet Food Drive is now being started to help clients who can’t afford to feed their pets. We would like to help so that they don’t have to make these furry family members do without or give up them to already overburdened shelters!


Bits & Pieces— Small Articles of Great Importance Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet at 10 am on March 20^th in room 105. Come and chat and we’ll bless some more shawls. Your opportunity to serve in the Lay Ministry at New Spirit! Time commitment – minimal. Rewards – AWESOME! Stay Tuned - - Grand Canyon Synod Assemblyis June 17-19 at the Loew’s Ventana Canyon Resort. New Spirit will need to identify a couple to attend as delegates. Sorry … you’ll not get to stay at the resort unless you want to pay your way. If you’d be interested contact Brigitte Stuetze, Vision Team Vice President. Having Trouble Accessing the On-Line photo directory? You will need to enter “faithisinjesus” which is the only password to access the file! Please erase and forget any other passwords! Strategic Plan Teams are meeting to prepare plans for achieving the ten goal options identified for the coming four years. If you would be interested in sharing in that process check the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall for the contact persons for each of the teams. Senior fellowship will be meeting March 18, at 12:00 noon for another Great PotLuck. Please come and join us if you have that date open. All are welcome. We will have a guest presenter from Pima Council On Aging who will speak and demonstrate on the "Matter of Balance". Deborah’s Gathering, the monthly Bible Study and Fellowship of the Women of the ELCA at New Spirit will be held on Wednesday, March 10 at 9:30 in Fellowship Hall. All women are welcome to come! Seventeen Members of New Spirit attended the Senior Rally in the Valley last month. It was a great inspiration for us who went. Thank you to the Arivaca Fund for picking up $650 of our hotel costs.


The Easter Cross Throughout the season of Lent, our symbol for this year has been the cross made from Christmas tree trunks. On Easter morning, instead of creating an Easter Garden in the chancel, we are asking members to bring “cut flowers from your gardens.” They can be pansies, marigolds, bougainvillea, geraniums, daisies, roses, carnations, peonies, whatever you grow at home. If you don’t have garden flowers, you might pick up a bouquet of spring flowers at your local grocery store. Easter morning we will transform the Lenten cross into a radiant, colorful, statement of new life!!!!