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NEW JERUSALEM EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SENDS
OUR BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
FOR A HAPPY, HEALTHY 2023!
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.
Servants for Sunday, August 6, 2023
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Janis Hadley & Tina McCardle
Assistant to Pastor: Robin Rooth-Fogel
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: PrimeTimers
Lector: Denise Hoffert
Technology: Ben Fogel
Usher(s): Amanda & Zoey Bokan
Saturday, August 5, 2023 ~ Worship Service at 4:30 p.m. AND
Sunday, August 6, 2023 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 10th Sunday of Pentecost In today’s first reading God invites all who are hungry or thirsty to receive food and drink without cost. Jesus feeds the hungry multitude and reveals the abundance of God. At the eucharistic table we remember all who are hungry or poor in our world today. As we share the bread of life, we are sent forth to give ourselves away as bread for the hungry.
Servants for Sunday, August 13, 2023
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Sharon Bender & Tina Young
Assistant to Pastor: Joanne Robbins
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: Choir
Lector: Marianne Zellner
Technology: Bill Young
Usher(s): Jayne Schrantz
Sunday, August 13, 2023 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~
11th Sunday of Pentecost ~ Elijah finds the presence of God not in earthquake, wind, or fire, but in the sound of sheer silence. When the disciples face a great storm on the sea, they cry out with fear. Jesus says: “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.” Amid the storms of life, we gather to seek the calm presence of Christ that soothes our fears. In comforting words of scripture and in the refreshing bread and cup of the eucharist, God grants us peace and sends us forth to be a sign of God’s presence to others.
ALTAR GUILD MEETING: Sunday, August 20th
after worship.
Servants for Sunday, August 20, 2023
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Sarah Acker & Kathy Shermetta
Assistant to Pastor: Caroline Skuba
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: Quilters
Lector: Sharon Bender
Technology: Brady Skuba
Usher(s): Caroline Skuba
Sunday, August 20, 2023 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~
12th Sunday of Pentecost ~ In Isaiah we hear that God’s house shall be a house of prayer for all people and that God will gather the outcasts of Israel. The Canaanite woman in today’s gospel is a Gentile, an outsider, who is unflinching in her request that Jesus heal her daughter. As Jesus commends her bold faith, how might our church extend its mission to those on the margins of society? In our gathering around word and meal we receive strength to be signs of comfort, healing, and justice for those in need.
Servants for Sunday, August 27, 2023
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: N/A
Assistant to Pastor: N/A
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: N/A
Lector: TBA
Technology: NO Livestreaming (Outdoor Worship Service/Picnic at Spring Valley Sportsmen's Club)
Usher(s): Terry Ravier
Sunday, August 27, 2023 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~
13th Sunday of Pentecost ~ In Isaiah the people are advised to look to their spiritual ancestors as the rock from which they were hewn. Jesus declares that the church will be built on the rock of Peter’s bold confession of faith. God’s word of reconciliation and God’s mercy are keys to the church’s mission. Paul urges us to not be conformed to this world but to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, using our individual gifts to build up the body of Christ. From the table we go forth to offer our spiritual worship through word and deed.
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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!