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September 16, 2007
The Sixteenth
Sunday after Pentecost
Selected
A pastor posed this question during a
children’s sermon, “Would you go after the one lost sheep or stay with the
ninety-nine?” One boy quickly responded, “I'd go after the one lost sheep, but
I'd take the other ninety-nine with me.”
Paul
Neuchterlein
These two parables tell us that what
governs God's behavior is not our sins.
It's not our problems. It's his
need to find us. These parables go by
the need of the finder to find, not about the need of the lost to be found…The
great thing is that the universe is driven by the need of the finder to find
all of us in our lost-ness.
Robert
Farrar Capon
Luther Quote
of the Day
For this temptation is clear, we want a
hand in the stew; we want to do so much and to serve God in such a way that He
must recognize us, must forgive our sins and be gracious to us because of our
achievements. And yet this cannot
be. Either it is Christ or it is my
own doing.
Today at Muhlenberg
Liturgy
for
Second Half of Pentecost
This season of the year is one that witnesses an
ingathering of energies with season beginnings in many areas of community and
congregational life. The harvest theme, with its dual points of change and
continuity are reflected in our liturgy. Marty Haugen’s Creation Mass has
become well-loved by this congregation and is prominent in the season’s
liturgy. In addition, some portions of the liturgy will vary through the
end of the season.
Welcome New Members
Please welcome our brothers and sisters in Christ who
join the family of God at Muhlenberg by affirming their baptism with us today
at the 11 o’clock worship service. We
give thanks to God for their presence in our fellowship and pray that together
we will build up this Body of Christ and serve the Lord! Look
for a complete listing of new members in next week’s issue of The
Chimes.
Come meet our newest members! Join us for a luncheon in the MAC following
the 11:00 service.
Confirmation Blessing
At
the 11:00 liturgy today, we will bless all 7th and 8th
grade confirmands, their parents, their mentors and our congregation, as we
support the faith journey of these young people.
Second Home News
Second Home
needs 2-liter plastic bottles to make terrariums with the children. Please place your rinsed bottles in the box
in the Narthex.
“Underwear Month”
Bring
new underclothing to the Narthex during September; donations also accepted
(write “underwear fund” on the memo line).
Thrivent is giving $500 to this project.
This Week at Muhlenberg
Go-Go Breakfast
Tuesday, September 18, at
8:30, Thomas House Restaurant in
LUTHERAN-CATHOLIC BIBLE STUDY
Meets at 7:00
p.m. each WEDNESDAY at Blessed
Sacrament Catholic Church.
Birthday Celebration
All members with September
birthdays will be honored on Wednesday during WAM this week. Please sign up and join us for the
celebration! (If you did not receive an invitation, please join us. Call the church office so we can update our
database with your correct birthdate.)
Finance Update
Give it to Uncle Sam or give it to your church! Until December 31, 2007, if you are 70½, you
can give directly to your church from your IRA.
This can count toward your required distribution and allow you to give
more because it is not taxed. Call
Mark
your Calendar
Food to Help
“Fan”
All food collected on Sunday, October 7, will be donated to the Salvation Army’s FAN
(Food Assistance to the Needy) Program. Alpha
Teens will deliver our offering to our neighbors in need, so let each person
who comes to church that day bring one can, one box, or one bag of some type of
non-perishable food. Thank you from the
Social Ministry!
CROP Walk 2007
Sunday, September 30,
2:30 p.m. We’ll raise money and
awareness about Hunger. Patch-work
Pantry will receive 25% of the money raised. Please plan to take part in the Walk,
remembering Jesus’ words “As you do it unto the least of these, you do it unto
me”. See Debra Vought or
The weekly
deadline for
is 8:00 a.m.
Thursday.
Faith
Formation & Youth
(Contact
God’s 
...
See it! … Learn it! … Share it!
Christian Formation Festival
If you weren’t here last Sunday we missed you! All faith formation groups (new classes) begin at 9:30 and are followed by a fellowship time in the MAC at 10:35. Look for more information on today’s insert.
Lutheran-Presbyterian
Campus Ministry Lunch
All LPCM students are invited to stay after the 11:00 service for a free lunch today. We will meet downstairs in the CAMPUS ROOM. Join us for food, fun and
fellowship.
Alpha Teens
Picnic TODAY
Students in grades 6-8 and your families, please plan
to join us for a “Kick off Picnic” TODAY,
from 5:00-7:00 at
Mary/Martha Group
Meets
after WAM at 6:30 p.m. in the church
Library THIS WEDNESDAY, September
19. Childcare is provided.
Ladies Bible Breakfast
Are you seeking fellowship with other women who love
God and enjoy sharing His word? Join us this Saturday, September 22 at 7:30 am at
Mr. Js Bagels on
JCREW NEWS
All
students in grades 9-12 will meet for lunch and fellowship next Sunday, September 23, at 12:15 in the JCREW room (upstairs in
the MAC) following the 11:00 liturgy. For more info., contact Karen Thomsen
828-2802.
Women’s Retreat
Coming up November 2-3 at Bryce Resort. Can
you spare 24 hours for fun and fellowship with an amazing group of women?
Of course you can! In addition to dining
out and enjoying the peaceful mountain retreat, we’ll explore the Psalms and
their relevance to our own conversations with God. Registration
forms are on the desk in the Narthex, and we need to know who’s going by
October 21st. $45 (scholarships available)
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Devotional booklets for
October–December
2007
are
available in the Narthex.
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Health Report Update
A full Health
Report is printed monthly in
At Home: Bill Voige
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
September 9, 2007
Attendance:
8:00 Worship 139 Wed.
noon 15
9:30 Worship 137
11:00 Worship 199
6:30 Worship 15
Total 490
Total
Regular Offering: $10,501.32
Designated
Receipts:
Capital Campaign II...... $ 16,621.76*
Use of Church Building/MAC $235.00
Flower Fund.................. $ 25.00
World Hunger................ $ 90.00
Pastors’ Discretionary Fund $10.00
Disaster Workshop........ $ 119.86
Dovel Family................. $ 30.00
Sunday School:
Underwear Fund............ $ 75.00
Building Fund Memorials
Eckard....................... $ 100.00
Voige......................... $ 25.00
Nilsen........................ $ 50.00
Memorials:
Eckard....................... $ 25.00
Voige......................... $ 175.00
Nilsen........................ $ 100.00
GRAND TOTAL.......... $ 28,206.84
*Includes Stock Gift
“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: $392,844.14
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)
Tues. 2 Peter 3:8-13
Wed. Luke 22:31-33, 54-62
Thu. Romans 3:1-8
Fri. Romans 8:31-39
Sat. Mark 12:41-44
Sun. Luke 16:1-13
Weekly
Calendar
September
17 – September 23
Mon. 7:00 pm Congregational
Council Mtg.
Tues. 8:30 am Go-Go
Breakfast
6:30 pm Celebration
Singers
6:30 pm Education
for Ministry (EfM)
Wed. 7:30 am Bible Study
10:00 am Staff Meeting
10:30 am No Experience
Necessary
12:00 noon Holy
Communion
5:00 pm Jubilee
Bells
6:00 pm WAM
6:30 pm Children’s
Choir
6:30 pm Mary/Martha
Group
6:30 pm Gloria Dei
Ringers
6:45 pm Teen
Theatre
7:00 pm Lutheran-Cath.
Bible Study
7:30 pm Sanctuary
Choir
Deadline for
Thurs. 5:30 pm Partners in
Prayer
Sat. 7:30 am Women’s
Breakfast/Bible Study
Sun. 8:00
am Holy
Communion
9:30 am Holy
Communion
11:00 am Holy
Communion
6:30 pm Holy
Communion
7:30 pm Bible Study