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September 23,
2007
The Seventeenth
Sunday after Pentecost
Selected
At some level, we are all “guilty
bystanders” (Thomas Merton) whose ordinary choices have consequences far beyond
what we can imagine in the present moment.
In the world God created there is no “other.”
Bruce
Epperly
Lord Jesus, defender of the weak, may
those whose income is insufficient for health and dignity, find their dignity
& well-being by faith in You; and may they also find courage, energy and
hope through us, as we use what resources we have for the common good.
A
Prayer by Bill Fletcher
Luther Quote
of the Day
Whoever feels the goodness of God, feels
also for the misfortunes of his neighbor; but whoever is not conscious of the
goodness of God has no heart for his neighbor.
Welcome
New Members
Please
welcome our brothers and sisters in Christ who joined the family of God at
Muhlenberg last week, September 16, 2007:
By
Affirmation of Faith
Julie Brumback
Bob and Vicki Curry Mary
Delaney Larry
and Nancy Gerst
Holly Haney Abby Kolvoord
Howard and Dawn Jeffries & Gregg and
Winston
Travis Marshall Kara
Bradley and Amy Moyers &Abby
Lynn Whitaker
Welcome to Muhlenberg!
Today at Muhlenberg
Second
Home Needs Your Help
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
Prayer Shawl
Ministry
Meets Thursday,
September 27 at 11:45 am. In the Campus Room. Contact Barbara Werner (433-3912) or
CROP Walk 2007
NEXT Sunday, September 30,
2:30 p.m. We’ll raise money and
awareness about Hunger in our area and the world. Patch-work Pantry will receive 25% of
the money raised. Please 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.
Ongoing
Ministries
Meets Monday,
October 1 in the Campus Room.
Questions, call Arlene Blaskowski at 442-7309.
Social
Ministry News
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!
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
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Devotional booklets for
October–December
2007
are
available in the Narthex.
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Faith
Formation & Youth
(Contact
God’s 
...
See it! …
Learn it! … Share it!
Christian Formation
Sunday Morning Groups
Faith
Formation Groups for children and adults
begin at 9:30 and are followed by a fellowship
time in the MAC at 10:35. All children’s groups from Newborns (the
Genesis group) to 9 year olds will meet in the Sanctuary for an opening at 9:30
and then go together to their group’s room with their teachers. There are 6 adult formation groups — if
you haven’t joined one yet go by and check them out. Classrooms
are listed on the Faith Formation poster in the Narthex.
Alpha Teens CROP
Walk
Students grades 6-8: please plan to join us for lunch next Sunday, September 30, at 12:15 in
the MAC. We will join other area
churches in the CROP Walk. Please
remember to bring your money from your sponsors. Contact Tim (438-9167) or
Saundra (433-0291)
JCREW News
All students in grades 9-12: we will meet for lunch and fellowship next Sunday, September 30, at 12:15 in
the JCREW room (upstairs in the MAC). We
will be talking about plans for this year and next summer’s mission trip. 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).
Marriage Enrichment
On Friday evening December 7 – Saturday
afternoon December 8, Muhlenberg will
hold a Marriage Enrichment Retreat at
Muhlenberg’s own Mary Bob Holm helps one
of the children of Second Home with reading skills. If you would like to volunteer, call Second
Home at 432-7989. See the October issue
of
Health Report Update
A full Health
Report is printed monthly in
No changes to report this week.
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 16,
2007
Attendance:
8:00 Worship 116 Wed.
noon 17
9:30 Worship 126
11:00 Worship 231
6:30 Worship 8
Total 481
Total
Regular Offering: $8,015.99
Designated
Receipts:
Capital Campaign II...... $ 2,935.00
World Hunger................ $ 110.00
Pastors’ Discretionary Fund $200.00
Confirmation................. $ 100.00
Kitchen Improvement Fund $428.00
Sunday School:
Second Home................. $ 363.00
Parish Nurse Program.... $ 25.00
Underwear Fund............ $ 205.00
Building Fund Memorials
Dovel........................ $ 50.00
Eckard....................... $ 100.00
Nilsen........................ $ 25.00
Memorials:
Eckard....................... $ 75.00
Voige......................... $ 125.00
Dovel........................ $ 50.00
GRAND TOTAL.......... $ 12,826.82
“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: $395,954.14
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)
Mon. Acts 4:1-12
Tues. 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Wed. Luke 20:45-21:4
Thu. 2 Corinthians 8:8-15
Fri. Ephesians 2:1-10
Sat. Luke 9:43b-48
Sun. Luke 16:19-31
Weekly
Calendar
September
24 – September 30
Mon. 6:30 pm Executive
Committee Mtg.
Tues. 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 Faith
@ Work
6:30 pm Gloria Dei
Ringers
6:45 pm Teen
Theatre
7:00 pm Lutheran-Cath.
Bible Study
7:30 pm Sanctuary
Choir
Thurs.11:45 am Prayer
Shawl Ministry
5:30 pm Partners
in Prayer
Sun. 8:00
am Holy
Communion
9:30 am Holy
Communion
11:00 am Holy
Communion
2:30 pm CROP
Walk
6:30 pm Holy
Communion
7:30 pm Bible
Study