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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, March 5, 2023
Acolyte: Zoey Bokan
Altar Guild: Janis Hadley & Tina McCardle
Assistant to Pastor: Sarah Parente
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: Barbara Brader and Phyllis Reiss
Lector: Frank Petak, Jr.
Technology: Bill Young & Brady Skuba
Ushers: Pat Leith & Tina Young
March 5, 2023 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ During Lent we journey with all those around the world who will be baptized at the Easter Vigil. In today’s gospel Jesus tells Nicodemus that he must be born of water and Spirit. At the font we are a given a new birth as children of God. As God made a covenant with Abraham, in baptism God promises to raise us up with Christ to new life. From worship we are sent forth to proclaim God’s love for all the world.
Servants for Sunday, March 12, 2023
Acolyte: Cole Miller
Altar Guild: Sharon Bender & Tina Young
Assistant to Pastor: Jesse Hart
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: Pat Leith & Tina Young
Lector: Dave Moser
Technology: Angie Fulmer & Bill Young
Ushers: Cindy Hart & Caroline Skuba
March 12, 2023 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~
In today’s gospel the Samaritan woman asks Jesus for water, an image of our thirst for God. Jesus offers living water, a sign of God’s grace flowing from the waters of baptism. The early church used this gospel and those of the next two Sundays to deepen baptismal reflection during the final days of preparation before baptism at Easter. As we journey to the resurrection feast, Christ comes among us in word, bath, and meal—offering us the life-giving water of God’s mercy and forgiveness.
Servants for Sunday, March 19, 2023
Acolyte: PJ Miller
Altar Guild: Sarah Acker & Kathy Shermetta
Assistant to Pastor: Pat Leith
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: Angie Fulmer, Denise Hoffert, Brenda Leister, & Jayne Schrantz
Lector: Larry Brown
Technology: Angie Fulmer & Bill Young
Ushers: Gina Grekula & Sarah Parente
March 19, 2023 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~
Baptism is sometimes called enlightenment. The gospel for this Sunday is the story of the man born blind healed by Christ. “I was blind, now I see,” declares the man. In baptism God opens our eyes to see the truth of who we are: God’s beloved children. As David was anointed king of Israel, in baptism God anoints our head with oil, and calls us to bear witness to the light of Christ in our daily lives.
Servants for Sunday, March 26, 2023
Acolyte: Abby Miller
Altar Guild: Sarah Parente & Barbara Young
Assistant to Pastor: Pat Leith
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: Quinette Brucker,
LeeAnn Malesky, Barbara Young
Lector: Mark Brownson
Technology: Angie Fulmer & Bill Young
Ushers: Ron Muschlitz
Sunday, March 26, 2023 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ In today’s gospel, Jesus reveals his power over death by raising Lazarus from the dead. The prophet Ezekiel prophesies God breathing new life into dry bones. To those in exile or living in the shadows of death, these stories proclaim God’s promise of resurrection. In baptism we die with Christ that we might also be raised with him to new life. At the Easter Vigil we will welcome the newly baptized as we remember God’s unfailing promise in our baptism.
Spring arrives March 20th!
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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! 3