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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, September 4, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Sarah Acker & Kathy Shermetta
Assistant to Pastor: Kathy Fenstermacher
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: Frank Petak, Jr.
Ushers: TBA
Sunday, September 4, 2022 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 13th Sunday of Pentecost. Called to contemplate the cost of discipleship, we might be helped by translating Paul’s request to Philemon into our prayer of the day: Refresh my heart in Christ. Strengthened by the company and forgiveness of Christ in Holy Communion and recalling God’s grace in remembrance of baptism, we can be strengthened in this hour to “choose life” — to choose life in God as our own.
Servants for Sunday, September 11, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Sarah Parente & Barbara Young
Assistant to Pastor: TBA
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: Sharon Bender
Ushers: TBA
Sunday, September 11, 2022 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 14th Sunday of Pentecost. The grumbling of the religious leaders in today’s Gospel is actually our holy hope: This Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them. That our God seeks and saves the lost is not only a holy hope, it is our only hope. As the writer of
1 Timothy reminds us, “The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” Thanks be to God.
Servants for Sunday, September 18, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Janis Hadley & Tina McCardle
Assistant to Pastor: Barbara Young
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: Cindy Ziegler
Ushers: TBA
Sunday, September 18, 2022 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 15th Sunday of Pentecost. As we are invited today to consider what it means to be managers (rather than owners) of all that we have, it is crucial to recognize that we are bought with a price. “Christ Jesus, himself human … gave himself a ransom for all.” Apart from the generosity of God we have nothing—we are nothing. By God’s gracious favor we have everything we need.
Servants for Sunday, September 25, 2022
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Sharon Bender, Cindy Hart, & Tina Young
Assistant to Pastor: Robin Rooth-Fogel
Assisting Minister: TBA
Chalister: TBA
Coffee/Fellowship Hour: TBA
Lector: Denise Hoffert
Ushers: TBA
Sunday, September 25, 2022 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 16th Sunday of Pentecost. Consideration of and care for those in need (especially those “at our gate,” visible to us, of whom we are aware) is an essential component of good stewardship. It is in the sharing of wealth that we avoid the snare of wealth. It is the one whom death could not hold—who comes to us risen from the dead—who can free us from the death grip of greed
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)
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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!