The CHIMES
V Phone: 540-434-3496 V Fax: 540-574-4023E-mail address: Muhlenberg@rica.net
V Website: http://home.rica.net/Muhlenberg
January 28,
2007
The Fourth Sunday
after Epiphany
Selected
God calls us to be more than
“at home” with ourselves and our ministry.
Patricia DeJong
Each man has his own
vocation; his talent is his call. There
is one direction in which all space is open to him.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Luther Quote of the Day
If we want to be wise, we must become
fools and let God’s Word be the eternal truth.
Pictorial & Basic Directories
Look for one with Your name
New Pictorial Directories are here! If you had a photo taken last summer, or are
one of our newest members, pick up your copy of the pictorial directory in the
back of the Nave. Basic directories are
available for those who missed out on the fun of smiling for the camera, so every
family should get a new directory.
Directories
are labeled, so please pick up only your family’s copy.
New Members Classes
“Walking Together by Faith”
New Member
Inquiry Classes
begin NEXT
SUNDAY, February 4
We invite visitors and friends to journey with us as we explore what it
means to be a Christian, a Lutheran, a follower of Jesus and a member of the
Muhlenberg family. We will meet after
worship at 12:15 p.m. for lunch and conversation on SUNDAY, February 4 and February 11.
A daytime retreat will be held on Saturday, February 17. New Members will be received on Sunday,
February 18, and there will be a new member luncheon that day as well. Please sign up on the Hallway Bulletin
Board. Call Pastor Dave or Pastor Joe
for more information at 434-3496.
Thank
You
Thank you to Glenn Morrison who built beautiful and
much needed communion tray tables. Glenn
is also refinishing our old tables, and we are grateful to him.
This Week at Muhlenberg
‘WAM’
This Wednesday, the WAM meal will be a
free-will offering with proceeds to benefit the Capital Campaign. Please join us and generously support the
Capital Campaign. Sign up on the hallway bulletin board by Tuesday evening.
Go-Go Group Lunch
Thursday,
February 1, 2:00 p.m. at the new Wood
Grill Buffet.
Don’t Forget
next Sunday . . .
Food
Pantry Donations Collected
&
Lay Communion Ministers
Serving Our Shut-Ins
Next Sunday at Muhlenberg
Scout Pancake Breakfast
Come enjoy pancakes and sausage prepared and served by
the scouts of Muhlenberg NEXT SUNDAY, February
4 starting at 8:30 a.m. in the MAC. There is no charge; you may make a
donation to help support Scout activities.
Super
Refugee Resettlement
Who do you think will win Super Bowl XLI? The game will be decided on the field but
here at Muhlenberg NEXT SUNDAY, February 4h, for our SUPER BOWL II, bring kitchen supplies (plates, mugs,
flatware, pots, mixing bowls, dishcloths)—they
don’t have to be new, just in good condition—and place them in the barrel of the team you think will win! (See bulletin board for complete list.)
Ongoing Ministries
Prayer Shawl Ministry
If you are interested
in the new Prayer Shawl Ministry, call Barbara Werner (433-3912) or Jackie
Wells (434-6283) for more information.
Meets Monday,
February 5 at 7:00 p.m. at the church and will begin a unit on PRAYER. All are invited. For more information, contact
The
February issue of The Virginia Lutheran
is available on the desk in the Narthex.
Faith Formation &
Youth
Children’s
Sunday School
Our
own Robin Strickler, missionary to
J Crew: Winter Celebration
Please remember in your prayers 11 of our J Crew youth
and their 4 adult advisors attending the VA Synod “Winter Celebration” event
this coming weekend, February 2-4. This
faith formation event is an annual event held at Eagle Eyrie in
Adult Sunday
School
What’s the buzz all about? You mean you didn’t know that Muhlenberg has four exciting faith forming
adult Sunday school classes. Have
you joined a class yet? If you haven’t
it is never too late to get started!
Classes begin at 9:30 with four classes meeting downstairs and one class
meeting in the library. Go by and check
out for yourself what the buzz is all about—we’re sure you’ll find a warm
welcome and a class that is just right for you. So why not make your Sunday
morning commitment a 2-hour one and join us for worship and adult Sunday church
school. For more information about our
adult classes, please contact
Spring Women’s Retreat
March 23rd & 24th
We had a great turnout for our fall retreat and hope
as many of you as possible will be able to attend the spring retreat. For more information contact
Divorce Care
This support group will start with a day retreat on Saturday, February 24 at
Marriage Enrichment
This
ministry will begin with a retreat in
April; childcare will be provided. If interested, please sign up on the list
posted in the hall across from the office.
For more information, contact
Patrick & Sonnie Robertson (867-5049) or e-mail at parsmo@yahoo.com or
Chip & Kathy Ware (540-740-2887).
Relay
for Life
May 11th
– 12th. We’ve had a great
response so far. If interested, please fill out a registration form and
return by February 11. For more information contact Debra Vought
(432-1352) or
Weekly
Health Report
A full Health
Report is printed monthly in The Red
Door and posted on the church bulletin board.
At Bridgewater
Home: Marian Stickley
Doing Better
& Removed from List:
Janet Earman, Ron Gaiewski
If you desire
a visit in the hospital or to be placed on the prayer chain, please be sure to
call the church office.
Weekly
Report
January 21, 2007
Attendance:
8:00 Worship 115 Wed.
Noon: 11
9:30 Worship 191
11:00 Worship 145
6:30 Worship 3 (snow)
Total 454
Total
Regular Offering: $7,591.36
Designated
Receipts:
Capital Campaign II...... $ 2,078.00
Wayland Trust............... $6.00
Hymnal.......................... $5.00
Flower Fund.................. $25.00
Maintenance and Repairs$30.00
Kitchen Improvement Fund $518.00
Sunday School:
Music Program.............. $20.00
Memorials: Evelyn
Mitchell $35.00
GRAND TOTAL.......... $ 10,322.01
“BUILDING THE DREAM”
Thanks to
God and the generous stewardship of the Muhlenberg Family, all outstanding debt
on the MAC, church renovations, and Garber property has been covered! All gifts received now go towards building
our new Gathering Area.
Total
received for the Gathering Area:
$173,159.37
Fellowship Time
…
…Every Sunday morning, 10:35-10:55
in the MAC. The host
group for February 4 is the 7th Grade Confirmation Class.
Daily Devotions
“Praying Our Faith Together!”
For use by individuals and families at home, at the
office, at mealtimes, over that morning cup of coffee or before bedtime. Scripture citations taken from the Three-Year
Daily Lectionary in the new ELW, pages 1121 to 1153, (Year C).
In the Name of the Father and of the + Son,
and of the Holy
Spirit. Amen.
(The Apostle’s Creed)
Mon 1 Corinthians 2:6-16
Tue. 1 Corinthians 14:13-25
Wed. Luke 19:41-44
Thu. Acts 9:19b-25
Fri. Acts 9:26-31
Sat. Luke 4:42-44
Sun. Luke 5:1-11
Weekly
Calendar
January 29 – February 4
Tues. 6:15 pm Folk Choir
6:30 pm EFM
7:00 pm 8:00 a.m.
Choir Rehearsal
Wed. 7:30 am Bible Study
10:00 am Staff Meeting
12:00 noon Holy
Communion
5:45 pm WAM
Meal
6:30 pm Muhlenberg
Ringers
6:30 pm Children’s
Choir
7:00 pm Lutheran-Cath.
Bible Study
7:30 pm 11:00
a.m. Choir Rehearsal
Thurs. 9:00 am Comfort Makers
9:30 am Joy
of Living
2:00 pm Go-Go
Lunch
5:30 pm Partners in
Prayer
7:30 pm Teen Choir
Fri-Sun. Winter
Celebration
Sat. 7:30 am Men’s
B’fast/Bible Study
8:30 am Women’s
B’fast/Bible Study
Sun. 8:00 am Holy
Communion
9:30 am Holy
Communion
11:00 am Holy Communion
6:00 pm Alpha Teens
6:30 pm Holy
Communion