The CHIMES
E-mail address: Muhlenberg@rica.net
V Website: http://home.rica.net/Muhlenberg
May 6, 2007
The Fifth
Sunday of Easter
Selected
I really only love God as
much as I love the person I love the least.
Dorothy
Day
Luther Quote of the Day
The more a person loves
the closer he approaches the
image of God.
New
E-Mail Addresses
We
have changed internet service providers and have new e-mail addresses as listed
below. Many thanks to Bill Maddox,
General Inquiries: muhlenberglc@verizon.net
Pastor Dave Nelson: mlcnelson@verizon.net
Muhlenberg’s
website will continue to be at http://home.rica.net/muhlenberg/ for the
immediate future.
Today at Muhlenberg
Welcome Kathleen Haines
Guest Preacher this Morning
Please welcome The Rev.
Congratulations to our
College Graduates!
Today we wish Godspeed and give thanks for our
graduates and their ministry with Muhlenberg.
They have been a rich blessing to us these past years and will surely
move forward to bless many others in the days ahead.
Susan Albright
Leymah Gbowee
Mary Hardesty
It is a joy each week to see students seeking to be a
part of a community of faith and making their way to Muhlenberg. Our deepest
apologies if your name was omitted from this list. Please let us know you are graduating, and we
will be glad to include your name in next week’s issue of The Chimes. Our most sincere
blessings for your future.
Food Pantry
Donations Today & Lay Communion Ministers
Serving
our Shut-ins
Today we receive
non-perishable food donations for area food pantries. Lay Communion Ministers will be blessed and
sent forth this morning.
Relay for Life
This Friday & Saturday
TODAY our relay team will have luminaries for purchase in memory or in honor of a loved one or friend.
Luminaries will be available after the 8:00 liturgy and before the 9:30 and
11:00 liturgies. Team members, come by
This
Week at Muhlenberg
Combined Circle Meeting
The
Faith At Work
How
do we connect our Sunday faith with Monday vocations and ethical struggles? Faith
at Work is a discussion and support group.
Meets May 9th and 23rd
at 6:30 p.m. in the MAC.
Mark
Your Calendar
COME ONE! COME ALL!
Come to the Play
An Abridged History of the World According to the MTP
(Muhlenberg Teen
Players)
Sunday May
20, 2007
3:00 and
7:00 pm. in the MAC
for two performances,
Muhlenberg Teen Players is a youth ministry of
Muhlenberg. No charge. A free will offering will benefit youth
service projects. Seating is limited.
Don’s Retirement Celebration
Sunday, June 3 at 2:00 PM
Save the date for the Retirement Celebration honoring
Monday, June 4, 7:00 pm
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Blackfriars Playhouse in
Faith Formation &
Youth
(Contact
Attention Grades 6-12 & Parents
Meet TODAY for presentation and discussion with Leymah Gbowee
from
J Crew Service
Project
Join us TODAY,
May 6, for yard work at Haas House. We
will meet in the MAC for lunch following
the 11:00 liturgy; bring a brown bag lunch or money for Burger King. We
hope to be back at church by 4:00. Please
contact
8th
& 9th Grade Confirmation
Field Trip
to RMH
We
will meet in the MAC for lunch after the 11:00 liturgy and then go to
RMH. We ask you to make every effort to
attend this faith forming experience.
Alpha Teens
Meet
in the MAC TONIGHT from 5:30-7:30. We will have dinner and discuss our
project of “Attitudes of Gratitude.”
Fellowship Time …
…Every Sunday morning, 10:35-10:55 in the MAC. On May 13, Dads will
host in honor of Mother’s Day.
Muhlenberg Teen Players
Rehearsal
TONIGHT from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the MAC (the change in
time is due to the Alpha Teens dinner and meeting). Contact Lelia Hedrick at 432-6156
with concerns.
Mother’s Day
Breakfast
Attention!
Mothers and all women who have nurtured us in faith, you are all invited to a
breakfast in your honor. Please join us
in the MAC next Sunday, May 13 at 9:30 a.m.
Divorce Care
Another Divorce Care support group will start with a day retreat on Saturday, May
12 to be held at
Camp Caroline Furnace
Family Camp — Memorial and Labor Day Weekends. KIDs — week-long summer camp sessions that
include a variety of activities. Brochures are on desk in Narthex.
June 10-14,
5:30-8:30 in the MAC
Come
and experience the “Great Bible Reef.” Don’t delay: Register today! For more info or to register, call
Weekly
Health Report
A full Health
Report is printed monthly in The Red
Door and posted on the church bulletin board.
At H’burg Heath & Rehab: Betty
Lambert
At Home:
Dorothy Voige, Betty Ryman
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
April 29, 2007
Attendance:
8:00 Worship 141 Wed.
Noon 11
9:30 Worship 115
11:00 Worship 220
6:30 Worship 17
Total 493
Total
Regular Offering: $15,278.75*
Designated
Receipts:
Capital Campaign II...... $ 5,651.50*
Use of Church Building/MAC $50.00
Flower Fund.................. $ 35.00
World Hunger................ $ 104.00
United Lutheran Appeal $ 25.00
Pastors’ Discretionary Fund $125.00
Sunday School:
Second Home................. $ 20.00
Relay for Life................. $ 48.00
Office Supplies/Copies.. $ 3.00
JCrew............................. $ 500.00
Social Ministry.............. $ 80.00*
GRAND TOTAL.......... $ 21,954.25
*Includes
Simply Giving
“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:
$211,519.87
The May 2007 issue of The Virginia Lutheran
is available in the Narthex.
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. Acts 11:19-26
Tue. Acts 11:27-30
Wed. Luke 10:25-28
Thu. Acts 15:36-41
Fri. Acts 16:1-8
Sat. Luke 19:1-10
Sun. John 14:23-29
Weekly
Calendar
May 7
– May 13
Mon. 6:00 pm Ruth
Sigmon & Mary/Martha
Tues. 6:15 pm Folk Choir
6:30 pm EFM
7:00 pm 8:00
am Choir Rehearsal
Wed. 7:30 am Bible Study
10:30 am No Experience
Necessary
12:00 noon Holy
Communion
5:45 pm WAM
Meal
6:30 pm Muhlenberg
Ringers
6:30 pm Children’s
Choir
6:30 pm Faith
At Work
7:00 pm Lutheran-Cath.
Bible Study
7:30 pm 11:00
a.m. Choir Rehearsal
Thurs. 9:30 am Joy of Living
2:00 pm Go-Go
Lunch
5:30 pm Partners
in Prayer
7:30 pm Teen
Choir
Sun. 8:00
am Holy
Communion
9:30 am Holy
Communion
11:00 am Holy Communion
6:30 pm Holy Communion
The
weekly deadline for
is
8:00 a.m. Thursday.