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Thursday Night Dinner & Study

At the Apple Tree restaurant with dinner starting at 6 p.m., the study at 7 and the Eucharist at about 8 p.m.

If you are looking for a treat for your mind, spirit and…stomach, then please come out to the Thursday night dinner, Bible study and Holy Eucharist on Thursday night. It is held across the street from the congregation at the Apple Tree restaurant with dinner starting at 6 p.m., the study at 7 and the Eucharist at about 8 p.m.

The group has covered a lot of subjects in the, past year from the history of the early church to the miracles of Jesus. They work together to come up with topics to study. It is great fellowship and fuel for our spiritual journey.

See you Thursday night!

Tanzania Travel

Pastor Eshbach will be visiting our companion congregation, the Uyole Parish.

Tanzania Travel

Beginning Monday June 16, Pastor Eshbach will be traveling to our companion synod, the Konde Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. He will be guiding Bishop James Dunlop around the diocese as it will be the bishop’s first trip to Tanzania. For Pastor Eshbach, it will be his fifth trip.

During their two weeks in the diocese, they will visit the church run boarding school, hospital, farms, university, conference center as well as some congregations. On Sunday, June 22nd, Pastor Eshbach will be preaching at our own companion congregation, the Uyole Parish (pronounced u-OH-lee). He’ll bring back news and photographs from our companions in Christ. Look for an adult forum in September!

Please keep the Bishop, Pastor Eshbach, and all of their traveling party in your prayers while they share the gospel with the Lutheran Christians of Tanzania.

From the Pastor

May 2014

Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

All during the Easter season this is our call. This is our message to the world. Well, let’s be really true. This is our message to the world every day of our lives.

We have just come through the most important week of the year for Christians, where we heard the great story of our salvation. With that story fresh in our ears, what shall we do to encourage other people, and each other, to lay aside the trappings and temptations of society so that the message of the risen Lord Jesus may be shared in word and deed?

This is our question as we move into this time of the year. I could use this space and go on about our continued need to pray and study and be present at worship. And I could highlight how the ministries of the congregation need to be attended to by more people as we move into our future.

But that runs the risk of making the message about ourselves. If we learned anything from Holy Week, it is that the message is about what God is doing. We respond by giving thanks for what God is doing, and we show our thankfulness through the ministries God has called us to offer the world.

So let’s get started in making our offerings of word and deed, giving thanks in our worship, and giving thanks through our service. By these actions, our cry of “Alleluia Christ is risen,” will be more true.

CLIFTON D. ESHBACH

Pastor

Community Yard Sale

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Community Yard Sale

Saturday May, 3, 2014 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Mark your calendar now for this annual event which benefits our youth group’s mission trip to New Jersey. This is a big event and it takes all of us to make it a success. It’s a fun day with food, music, a kid’s fair and plenty of bargains waiting to be scooped up by savvy shoppers. It’s a great way to reach out to our neighbors and introduce them to Holy Spirit. Here’s several ways for you to get involved and help out.

1. Reserve a space and sell at your own table all those items that have been cluttering up the garage or the clothing the kids have outgrown!

2. Don’t have enough items for your own space but want to get rid of some things? Donate them to church’s table. We will be accepting donations on the last three Saturdays of April from 9:00AM until 12:00PM, and Sundays after church. Children’s clothing and toys, household items, sports equipment and small appliances in good working order are all good sellers. Please do not bring plush toys, adult clothing or exercise equipment, none of which have sold well in the past.

3. Sign up to help set up, clean up, man the church’s table, direct traffic control, oversee the kids fair or participate in several other jobs that need to be done to have a successful day.

4. Tell your friends, neighbors and co-workers about the yard sale and invite them to come.

5. Pray for warm temperatures and blue skies on sale day.

If you have any questions about the yard sale please contact the church office: 717-394-6771