Pastor Lisa Borrell's Message for August 2025
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- Aug 1
- 3 min read
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NEW JERUSALEM EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SENDS
OUR BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
FOR A HAPPY, SAFE, AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR!
In case of a pastoral emergency, please contact Pastor Lisa Borrell
at 610-838-0731 or or email MizLKB@aol.com.
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Pastor Lisa will be holding office hours at the church on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Please give me a call ahead of time if possible so that we can arrange for a time to meet and speak. To note … Hershey kisses are always available on my desk if you, like I, have a need for chocolate! I can also be reached via text messages to my cell phone, Facebook Messenger, or email (MizLKB@aol.com). Please understand if sometimes I cannot answer a call promptly. Kindly leave me a voice message and I will contact you as soon as I am able. ~ Pastor Lisa
Greetings, dear members and friends ~
Like these warmer months often do, this summer seems to be flying by! I hope that you’ve been able to enjoy some relaxing moments to refresh and rejuvenate your souls.
Whenever we approach August, our thoughts tend to focus on “back to school” concerns or to the beginning of a new season. We look to get everything ready for our children or grandchildren to start a new grade and all the activities that come with that endeavor ... registering them for sports, buying new clothes, sneakers, and equipment, making sure they have all the needed items on their supplies list, getting physicals and eye exams, setting bedtime curfews so they get adequate rest, chauffeuring them to and from band or dance practices, and a whole lot more! It, indeed, takes a village to help raise children into healthy adults.
Please know that we at New Jerusalem are committed to helping you with this task. This materializes with dedicated folks who nurture their learning and faith formation by teaching Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, Confirmation, and 1st Holy Communion classes. I know these events are another thing to add to the list of “things to do,” but it is important! Together, we encourage discussion and impart values that are essential to living out our calling as Jesus’ disciples in our community and world. Please consider their involvement in this spiritual development as the new school year will soon be upon us.
Also, as you will read in this newsletter, we are graciously asking for donations of
school supplies for children and youth who are currently in the foster care system. Our gifts can go a long way in supporting them as they, too, begin a new year. Thanks so much for blessing others!
In Christ ~ Pastor Lisa Borrell
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Please consider giving a financial donation to one of the following
organizations to help with relief efforts in California:
c/o ELCA
P.O. Box 1809
Merrifield, VA 22116-8009
700 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Please write “for CA wildfires relief” in the memo portion of the check.
Thank you for blessing others in their time of need.
The members of New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church
wish you a blessed day and we pray that your day is filled
with hope, love, peace, and good health!
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