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NEW JERUSALEM EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SENDS
OUR BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
FOR A HAPPY, HEALTHY 2022!
May God fill you will his New goodness every day and
may the love of Jesus overflow from you to others throughout the year!
In case of a pastoral emergency,
please contact Pastor Lisa Borrell at 610-838-0731 or email MizLKB@aol.com.
SERVANT SCHEDULES AND SERMON TOPICS
Greetings! Please consider volunteering to make our Worship Service safe and a success. We need you. We have several openings for volunteers. If you know someone who would love to help, and they do not have internet, feel free to give them my contact information. Robin (610-349-2586). Please help!
To Be Determined: Please use the sign-up sheets in the Narthex for volunteer opportunities, i.e., Acolytes, Pastor Assistants (Council Members), Assistant Ministers, Chalisters, Lectors, and Ushers. Thank you.
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Servants for Sunday, April 3, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Sarah Parente & Barbara Young
Assistant to Pastor: Caroline Skuba
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: Barbara Young
Ushers: Caroline & Brady Skuba
Sunday, April 3, 2022 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ Fifth Sunday of Lent. Our God makes all things new. In the first reading God promises it. In the gospel Mary anticipates it, anointing Jesus’ feet with costly perfume in preparation for the day of his burial. In the second reading Paul recalls his transformation from the persecutor Saul into an apostle. In baptism, God’s new person (you!) rises daily from the deadly mire of trespasses and sins.
Servants for Sunday, April 10, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Janis Hadley & Tina McCardle
Assistant to Pastor: Terry Ravier
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: Ben Fogel
Ushers: Sarah Acker
Sunday, April 10, 2022 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ Palm Sunday. Today we follow Christ from triumphal entry to the cross, each waypoint of the journey marked by Jesus’ compassion for those who would betray, mock, accuse, or do violence to him. Though persecuted and beaten, Jesus the Son of God is not disgraced; instead, he asks forgiveness for those who put him to death. We have walked the Lenten pathway these forty days, each of us invited through baptism to “let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” We enter this holy week accompanying Jesus to the cross with both grief and thanksgiving in our hearts, trusting in God’s redeeming love.
Servants for Thursday, April 14, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: TBA
Assistant to Pastor: TBA
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: TBA
Ushers: TBA
7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 14, 2022 ~ Worship Service at Frieden's Lutheran Church in Center Valley ~ Maundy Thursday. This evening our Lenten observance comes to an end, and we gather with Christians around the world to celebrate the Three Days of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Tonight, we remember Christ’s last meal with his disciples, but the central focus is his commandment that we live out the promise embodied in this meal. As Jesus washed his disciples’ feet, so we are called to give and receive love in humble service to one another. Formed into a new body in Christ through this holy meal, we are transformed by the mercy we have received and carry it into the world. We depart in silence.
Servants for Friday, April 15, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: TBA
Assistant to Pastor: Kathy Fenstermacher
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: TBA
Ushers: TBA
7:00 p.m. Friday, April 15, 2022 ~ Worship Service at New Jerusalem Church ~ Good Friday. Life and death stand side by side as we enter into Good Friday. In John’s passion account, Jesus reveals the power and glory of God, even as he is put on trial and sentenced to death. Standing with the disciples at the foot of the cross, we pray for the whole world in the ancient bidding prayer, as Christ’s death offers life to all. We gather in solemn devotion, but always with the promise that the tree around which we assemble is indeed a tree of life. We depart silently looking forward to Easter.
Servants for Sunday, April 17, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Sharon Bender, Cindy Hart, Tina Young
Assistant to Pastor: Cindy Hart
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
NO Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: Sarah Parente
Ushers: Jesse Hart
Sunday, April 17, 2022 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ EASTER SUNDAY. “The last enemy to be destroyed is death,” Paul writes. Today Christ is risen, and we gather together with astonishment and joy. Christ is risen, and we have been set free from the bonds of death. Christ is risen, and we are forgiven. Christ is risen, and with the women at the tomb and Peter, we are amazed.
Let us rejoice: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Servants for Sunday, April 24, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Sarah Acker & Kathy Shermetta
Assistant to Pastor: Angela Fulmer
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: Barbara Young
Ushers: TBA
Sunday, April 24, 2022 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ Second Sunday of Easter. In spite of all we have heard and all we have seen, it is often hard to believe. Because it is hard to believe, we will invest ourselves in the Easter mystery for fifty days (a week of weeks). Because it is hard to believe, John the evangelist will provide sign after sign celebrating Jesus’ victory over death. Because it is hard to believe, the risen Jesus will return to us again and again in the mystery of holy communion, inviting us to touch and taste his presence, and offering us his peace.
TO JOIN US AT NEW JERUSALEM EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 3233 APPLES CHURCH ROAD, BETHLEHEM, PA 18015 ON SUNDAY MORNING AT
10:00 A.M. FOR OUR INDOOR WORSHIP WITH PASTOR LISA AND ITS MEMBERS.
IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE ATTENDING SERVICES IN PERSON, YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US ONLINE AT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL CLICK HERE.
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Any virus outbreak in the "in person" worshipping community will necessitate the
closing of the church until further notice when it is deemed safe to re-enter.
The Council understands if you do not feel comfortable attending in person worship just yet. We respect your decision and invite you to tune into the service (via the church’s website at Youtube livestream link) as it will be live streamed each Sunday.
Hope to see you there!
Peace be with you.
Thank you to those that have been sending offerings in the mail or have been using the online Vanco portal. Click this link Vanco Website. Please continue to support the ongoing work of New Jerusalem by sending in your offerings.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
You can also visit New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church on Facebook at
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May the beauty of God be reflected in your eyes, the love of God be
reflected in your hands, the wisdom of God be reflected in your words,
and the knowledge of God flow from your heart,
that all might see, and seeing, believe.
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Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
God, the creator, Jesus, the Christ, and the Holy Spirit, the comforter,
bless you and keep you in eternal love.
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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