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May 4, 2008
The Seventh
Sunday of Easter
Selected
Great ways are ascending ways: ignorance
to knowledge, evil to good, doubt to faith, physical to spiritual—Growing up.
Peter
Gomes
We experience God in three
ways: beyond us, among us and within us.
Buechner
Luther Quote of
the Day
It’s very hard for a man to believe that
God is gracious to him. The human heart
can’t grasp this.
United Lutheran Appeal
We
are collecting envelopes for the United Lutheran Appeal. Make
checks payable to
Worship Assistant Sign-Up
The sign-up sheet for Worship Assistants for June (greeters, ushers, communion
assistants, etc.) is posted in the hallway across from the office. Please sign
up for the ministry of your choice. (8:00, 9:30, or 11:00)! This will help to
reduce the amount of calling that the schedulers have to do.
Today at Muhlenberg Welcome Kathleen Haines
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.
Matt Anderson Kathryn McAbee
Janet Baker Ian McNeil
Daryl Carter Trina Smith
Erin Closter David Stoops
Tessa Griffin Katie Stoops
Jenny Lambert
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.
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
Come meet our newest members! Join us for a luncheon in the MAC following
the 11:00 service.
Food
Pantry Donations Today & Lay Communion Ministers Serving our Shut-ins
Today we receive
non-perishable food donations for area food pantries. Immediately after the Gospel reading, the
children will be invited to help collect the food and place it in front of the
altar table. Lay Communion Ministers
will be blessed and sent forth this morning.
Shepherd Workshop
TODAY there will be a light supper and training workshop from
4:00-6:30 p.m. Please call
Mother’s day Breakfast
Attention
Mothers and all women who have nurtured us in faith! You are invited to a breakfast in your honor
next Sunday, May 11 at 9:30 a.m. in the MAC.
This Week at Muhlenberg
Joint Meeting
Prayer Shawl
Ministry
Meets Thursday, May 8 at 11:45 a.m. in the
Campus Room. Contact
The Augsburg Choir from
Go-Go Lunch
Walking
tour of New Market and lunch at Shenvalee on Thursday, May 8. We will leave
Muhlenberg at 9:45 a.m. Call Sandy
Brzozowski (434-0354) for information.
Relay for Life
Participants for the Relay for
Life this Friday, May 9, please come
to the fairgrounds by 6:00 p.m. for Opening
Ceremonies (or earlier to help set up our campsite). Everyone is invited to come out and join the
team for fun and fellowship.
Faith Formation & Youth
(Contact
Fellowship Time
…
…Every Sunday morning, 10:35-10:55 in the MAC. The hosts for TODAY are the Eagles and Doves children’s Faith Formation groups. The host for next Sunday, May 11 is the
Senior High Faith Formation group.
Alpha Teens
We
will meet TODAY at 12:15 p.m. downstairs
in Wayland Hall for lunch and then go on a hike. Please wear clothes and foot wear appropriate
for hiking.
JCrew
We
will meet TODAY in the MAC at 12:15 p.m. Please bring money for lunch. We will go to Burger King for lunch and then
travel to the “Labyrinth” at JMU’s Arboretum.
Attention “Campus Room” Adult Formation Group
TODAY we
will be starting a series from The
Lutheran magazine titled “Facing Hunger.”
We invite anyone interested in this global problem to come and join us.
Muhlenberg Teen Players
Will present “got
faith?” on Sunday, May 18 in the MAC
at 3:30, 5:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Admission is free. We hope you
will come.
Contact
Rainforest Adventure
Come and explore the Rainforest! Join us for the
adventure at Muhlenberg’s VBS.
Location: MAC
Date:
June 15—June 19
Time:
5:30 p.m. Dinner and VBS 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Get
ready for a week of super fun games, crafts, songs, skits, stories, and
more! Don’t delay! Register today! See
you at—Rainforest Adventure!!
Registration forms are on the desk in the Narthex of the church.
Camp Caroline Furnace
Summer Camp
Where
everyone has fun in the sun
learning
about the SON!
KIDS—Week-long summer camp sessions that include a variety
of activities.
Family Camp—Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends.
Brochures are on the
desk in the Narthex.
Young Adult
Convocation
Sponsored by KYAC
(Keeping Young Adults Connected)
June 6—8, 2008
All
young adults ages 18-25 are invited to attend the Young Adult Convocation to be
held at
The weekly deadline for the
Chimes
is 8:00 a.m. Thursday.
Health Report Update
A full Health
Report is printed monthly in
At Johns
At RMH: Marguerite Arndt
At H’burg Health & Rehab: Jay
Hughes
At Oak Lea: Erwin and Ann Weinrich
At Home: Warren Braun, Katie Ray,
Oscar
Rodriguez
Doing Better & Removed from List:
Don
Morthole, Lillian Smith, Yadie Rodriguez
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 27, 2008
Attendance:
8:00 Worship 102 Wed.
Noon 10
9:30 Worship 130
11:00 Worship 185
6:30 Worship 15
Total 432
Total
Regular Offering: $13,974.40*
Designated
Receipts:
Capital Campaign II...... $ 3,684.50*
World Hunger................ $ 82.00
United Lutheran Appeal $ 4,805.00
ULA-Camp Caroline Furnace $25.00
Southern Seminary........ $ 15.00
Pastors’ Discretionary Fund $10.00
Second Home Bingo...... $ 2,695.86
Second Home................. $ 317.50*
Second Home-Chapman Memorial $25.00
Sunday School:
Social Ministry.............. $ 70.00*
Relay for Life................. $ 150.00
Cystic Fibrosis Walk..... $ 705.00
JCrew Winter Celebration $280.00
Memorial
Comfort Making............ $ 50.00
Worship Supplies.......... $ 48.00
Kitchen Improvement Fund $5.00
GRAND TOTAL.......... $ 27,025.40
*Includes Simply Giving
“BUILDING THE DREAM”
Total
received for the Gathering Area:
$598,284.50*
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 A).
In the Name of the Father and of the + Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(The
Apostle’s Creed)
Mon. 1 Peter 4:1-6
Tues. 1 Peter 4:7-11
Wed. John 3:31-36
Thurs. Acts 2:1-11
Fri. Romans 8:14-17
Sat. Matthew 5:1-12
Sun. John 20:19-23
Weekly Calendar
May
5-May 11
Mon. 6:00 pm Ruth
Sigmon & Mary Martha
Tues. 6:30 pm Celebration
Singers
7:00 pm Divorce Care
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 Teen
Choir
6:00 pm WAM
Community Meal
6:30 pm Children’s
Choir
6:30 pm Gloria
Dei Ringers
7:00 pm Lutheran-Cath.
Bible Study
7:30 pm Sanctuary
Choir
Thurs. 9:30 am Joy of Living
9:45 am Go-Go
Group Tour/Lunch
11:45 am Prayer
Shawl Ministry
5:30 pm Partners
in Prayer
7:00 pm
Fri.
5:30 pm MTP
Rehearsal
Sun. Pentecost
9:30 am Mother’s
Day Breakfast/MAC
8:00,
9:30, 11:00 & 6:30 Holy
Communion
6:00
pm MTP
Rehearsal