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NEW JERUSALEM EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SENDS
OUR BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
FOR A HAPPY, HEALTHY 2024!
May God fill you will his 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, September 1, 2024
Assistant to Pastor ~ Sarah Parente
Lector ~ Frank Petak, Jr.
Ushers ~ Jayne Schrantz
Altar Guild ~ Sarah Parente & Tina McCardle
Technology ~ Brady Skuba
Coffee Hour ~ TBA
Sunday, September 1, 2024 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 15th Sunday after Pentecost
Jesus protests against human customs being given the weight of divine law, while the essence of God’s law is ignored. True uncleanness comes not from external things, but from the intentions of the human heart. Last week Jesus told us “The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life” (John 6: 63). Now James says God has given us birth by the word of truth. We who were washed in the word when we were born in the font, return to it every Sunday to ask God to create in us clean hearts.
Servants for Sunday, September 8, 2024
Assistant to Pastor ~ Bill Young
Lector ~ Tim Fulmer
Ushers ~ Terry & Carol Knauss
Altar Guild ~ Sharon Bender & Tina Young
Technology ~ Bill Young
Coffee Hour ~ Tina Young & Cindy Hart
Saturday, September 7, 2024 ~ Worship Service at 4:30 p.m.
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Sunday, September 8, 2024 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 16th Sunday of Pentecost
James tells us to stop showing favoritism in the assembly, treating the rich visitor with more honor than the poor one. Jesus Himself seems to show partiality in His first response to the Syrophoenician woman in today’s gospel. Was he testing her faith in saying Gentiles don’t deserve the goods meant for God’s children? Or was He speaking out of his human worldview, but transcended those limits when she took Him by surprise with her reply? Either way, the story tells us that God shows no partiality. Everyone who brings a need to Jesus is received with equal honor as a child and heir.
Servants for Sunday, September 15, 2024
Assistant to Pastor ~ Terry Ravier
Lector ~ Jayne Schrantz
Usher ~ Gina Grekula
Altar Guild ~ Kathy Shermetta & Sarah Acker
Technology ~ Bill Young
Coffee Hour ~ Barb Plohocki & Alice Palmieri
Sunday, September 15, 2024 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 17th Sunday of Pentecost
Three weeks ago, we heard Peter’s confession of faith as told in John’s gospel. This week we hear Mark’s version, when Peter says, “You are the Messiah.” In John, the stumbling block is Jesus’ invitation to eat His flesh, given for the life of the world. In Mark too the scandal has to do with Jesus’ words about His own coming death, and here Peter himself stumbles over Jesus’ words. But Jesus is anointed (the meaning of messiah) in Mark only on the way to the cross (14:3); so we are anointed in baptism with the sign of the cross.
Servants for Sunday, September 22, 2024 for 10:00 a.m.
Assistant to Pastor ~ Needed
Lector ~ Marianne Zellner
Ushers ~Sarah & Iggy Parente
Altar Guild ~ Barb Young & Dave Moser
Technology ~ Bill Young
Coffee Hour ~ Needed
Sunday, September 22, 2024 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 18th Sunday of Pentecost
Today we hear James warn against selfish ambition, while the disciples quarrel over which one of them is the greatest. Jesus tells them the way to be great is to serve. Then, to make it concrete, he puts in front of them a flesh-and-blood child. We are called to welcome the children God puts in front of us, to make room for them in daily interaction, and to give them a place of honor in the assembly.
Servants for Sunday, September 29, 2024 for 10:00 a.m.
Assistant to Pastor ~ Needed
Lector ~ Sharon Bender
Usher ~ Sharon Bender
Altar Guild ~ Sarah Parente & Tina McCardle
Technology ~ Bill Young
Coffee Hour ~ Needed
Sunday, September 29, 2024 ~ Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. ~ 19th Sunday of Pentecost
Someone who isn’t part of Jesus’ own circle is casting out demons in Jesus’ name, and the disciples want him stopped. They appeal to Jesus, as Joshua did to Moses about the elders who prophesied without official authorization. Like Moses, Jesus refuses to see this as a threat. Jesus welcomes good being done in His name, even when it is not under His control. The circle we form around Jesus’ word must be able to value good being done in ways we wouldn’t do it, by people we can’t keep tabs on.
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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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