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St. Peter's Good News
Lutheran Church Newsletter
Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania (610) 863-6859 May 2018
This month we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus and the festival
of Pentecost. I love the story of Jesus’ ascension as it is told in
the book of Acts. The disciples had the chance to spend 40 days
with Jesus after he rose from the dead and yet it seems like they
still don’t get it. They are asking him if this is the time that he will
restore the kingdom to Israel and Jesus tells them that it is not for
them to know such things, but that they will be given power from the Holy Spirit to go
out into the world to be his witnesses to all the ends of the earth.
And then Jesus rises up into the clouds and he is gone. And as the disciples
stand there looking upward, kind of with their mouths hanging open, two angels
stand before them and ask them, basically, what they are doing just standing around
looking up. Ten days later, the disciples are in the upper room when the Holy Spirit
descends on them and they start speaking in different languages and proclaim that
Jesus is the Messiah so that everyone in Jerusalem hears the message in their own
native tongue.
Some days I think we are like the disciples at Jesus’ ascension, standing
around and looking up, waiting for something to happen, waiting for God to reveal
his power. The truth is, we are on the other side of Pentecost. We have been given
the gift of the Holy Spirit so that we can go out into the world and proclaim
the wonder of Jesus’ resurrection to the ends of the earth, but sometimes we don’t
even get as far as the end of the block.
We have been given a gift of incredible power, the Holy Spirit, which enables
us to do far more than we think possible in reaching out to others to share the Good
News. Like the disciples, we need to stop looking up and act on Jesus’ commission
to go into all the world. That’s the power of the Holy Spirit, acting through us, in this
Pentecost season and beyond.
Pastor Chris
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Please say a
prayer for...
May 1 – Dean Sanders family
May 2 – Duane & Barb Sanders
May 3 – James & Eileen Sandt
May 4 – Mark Sandt family
May 5 – Phil Sandt family
May 6 – Scott & Karen Sandt
May 7 – Jennie Schank
May 8 – Donald Schreck family
May 9 – Donna Schreck
May 10 – Jill & McKenna Schreck
May 11 – Milford Schreck
May 12 – Harry Schwartz
May 13 – John Schwartz family
May 14 – Karl & Sheryl Sellers
May 15 – Thomas & Beverly Shoup
May 16 – Scott Silvoy family
May 17 – Esther Smith
May 18 – Steve & Phyllis Smith
May 19 – Drew & Brenda Smolenyak
May 20 – Jay & Donna Snyder
May 21 – Dolores Sprague
May 22 – Ralph & Kay Stampone
May 23 – Benjamin Steadman family
May 24 – AJ & Corinne Steinlage
May 25 – Brenda Steinmetz
May 26 – Craig Stocker
May 27 – Grace Stocker
May 28 – Daniel & Vickie Stockman
May 29 – Marc Sullivan family
May 30 – Dave & Ann Super
May 31 – Ramona Swope
If your name has been omitted,
please contact the church office.
St. Peter’s Treasurer’s Report
03/31/2018—25.0% of YEAR
General Fund Contributions so far this year: $45,092
* 23.3% of our Annual Budget * $5,054 or 12.6% above last year General Fund Expenses so far this year: $48,698
* 21.2% of our Annual Budget * $11,671 or 31.5% above last year Average Weekly Attendance
so far this year: 197 * 45 or 29.6% above last year
WEEKLY GIVING REPORT… We need $4,418 a week to meet our “general operations expenses”. * On March 4 our offering was $0 (church canceled due to inclement weather). * On March 11 our offering was $6,866 * On March 18 our offering was $5,382 * On March 25 our offering was $3,840 * Monthly Average per week $4,022 *Year to date average per week $3,758 Note: The offering we get from our envelopes (Initial, weekly, communion, & special days), along with our loose offering, Sunday school offering, and from bulletins is the money we use to operate the church on a day by day ba-sis.
Scholarship Committee
Corner
Student Recognition and Graduate Sunday will be held on Sunday, June 3 to congratulate all of our 2018 high school and college graduates. If you have a son or daughter graduating this year, or know of a church member who is graduating, please contact Linda Heller at 610.253.7561 by Sunday May 19.
We will be contacting all graduates for specific information, such as name of high school or college, interests, and future plans.
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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
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Judy Kessler Avery Lohman Scott Werner
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Danielle Aquiles
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Joe Free Matthew Miller
Brenda Smolenyak Annamay Zipf
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Jamie Sullivan
6 Lori-Lynn Predmore
Hannah Tollinger
7 8 Marty Eichner Jason Hahn
Braiden Pysher
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10 Stacey Dishman
Payton Ramaley
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12 Ronald Gubich
13 Josh Golden
14 Dawn Gares
Ryan Predmore
15 Brooke Silvoy
16 Keith Fairall Joshua Field
17 Joe Barabas Vicki Diorio
Kristen Voigt
18 Allison Frable
Erin Free Jennifer Kavcak
Ryan Lobb Linda Paynter Serena Veazey
19 Amanda Larsen
20 Matthew Kavcak
21 Emma Lohman
22 Lilly Batha
23 Tim Manieri
24 Ella Roberts
25 Justin Heller Russell Miller Lorene Paulus Kay Stampone
26 Earl Brewer
27 Jonathan Biggs
28 Shane Black Joan Pysher
29 Rachel Capozzolo
John Kleinle Justin Ott
30 Rachel Blasco
John Capozzolo Stephanie Smith Jason Wilgus
31 Chris Lawson Tim Mellert Fae Randall David Taylor
May 2018
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SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1 2 3 4 5
Praise Band
7:00PM
5:30PM Children’s 6PM Youth
6:30PM Bells 7PM Adult Choir
6 8 & 10:15AM 7 8 9 10 11 12 6th Sunday/Easter Holy Communion Ministry Recognition New Members 9AM Coffee Hr./SS Conf. Class
Social Ministries
6:30PM Finance 7:30PM
Girl Scouts 6:30PM
11:30AM LCW 7PM Council
Praise Band
7:00PM Girl Scout 6:30PM
Adult Choir
7:00PM
13 8 & 10:15AM 14 15 16 17 18 19
7th Sunday/Easter 9AM Coffee Hr./SS Conf. Class
God’s Love Board Mtg.
6:30PM
10AM God’s Love
Closing Program 6PM Scholarship
7PM Praise Band
6PM God’s Love
Closing Program 5:30PM Children’s
6PM Youth 6:30PM Bells
7PM Worship / Music
Adult Choir
7:00PM Plant/Yard and
Bake sale 9AM-1PM
20 8 & 10:15AM 21 22 23 24 25 26 Holy Communion Day of Pentecost Confirmation Sunday 9AM Coffee Hour Last Day of Sunday School
6PM Property
Girl Scouts 6:30PM
6:00PM VBS Planning Mtg.
@ Detzi’s Girl Scouts
6:30PM Praise Band
7:00PM
5:30PM Children’s
6PM Youth 6:30PM Bells
God’s Love last
day of preschool
Adult Choir 7:00PM
God’s Love last day of preschool
27 8 & 10:15AM Holy Trinity Holy Communion 9AM Memorial Day service @ Flagpole 9AM Coffee Hour 10:15AM Holy Baptism
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29 Praise Band
7:00PM
30 5:30PM Children’s
6PM Youth 6:30PM Bells
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May 2018
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May 2018
Acolytes and Crucifers
May 6 8:00AM – Abigail Faulkner 10:15AM – Mattey Boyer May 13 8:00AM – Ryan Bonser 10:15AM – Bethany Druckenmiller May 20 8:00AM – Jacob Wolf 10:15AM – OPEN May 27 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – Bethany Druckenmiller
Altar Flower Committee Lynette Chaszar & Audrey McAbee
Altar Flower Sponsors May 6 – Carol Free May 13 – DiTaranto family May 20 – Joe & Carol Free May 27 – Jill Ott
Altar Guild May 6 8:00AM – Randa Barabas, Vivian Dawe, Sue Irwin, Pat Voigt 10:15AM – Sarah Brewer, Micki Houser, Linda Heller, Barb Sanders May 20 8:00AM – Barb Hampton, Robin Hahn Cindy Witkowski, Kelly Woolley 10:15AM – Kathleen Cambell, Tammy Lawson, Patti Williams May 27 8:00AM – Randa Barabas, Vivian Dawe, Sue Irwin, Pat Voigt 10:15AM – Sarah Brewer, Micki Houser, Linda Heller, Barb Sanders
In Service of St. Peter's
Announcements
May 6 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – OPEN May 13 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – Erin Curtolo May 20 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – Erin Curtolo May 27 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – Kathleen Campbell
Coffee Hour Set-Up/Bakers
May 6 – Erin Fraser Baker – Judy Kessler May 13 – Bernie & Jackie & Brinker Baker – Doris Faulds May 20 – Joe Free Baker – Kathleen Campbell May 27 – Joe Barabas Baker – Dana Goffredo
Church Office Volunteers May 4 – Kim Manieri May 11 – Cindy Witkowski May 18 – Jennie Schank May 25 – Gladys Wagner Girl Friday – Judy Kessler
Communion Bread May 6 – Linda Heller May 20 – Lynn Fairall May 27 – Judy Houck
Bulletin Sponsors May 6 – OPEN May 13 – OPEN May 20 – OPEN May 27 – OPEN
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In service of cont’d
Communion Team
May 6 8:00AM – Judy Houck, Debbie Weeast, Cindy Witkowski, Kent Larsen 10:15AM – Tammy Lawson, Amy Rotzell, Pete & Rosalyn Pennington May 20 8:00AM – Ruthann Vough, Dave Hampton Bernie & Jackie Brinker 10:15AM – Kathleen Campbell, Karin Gallagher Roger & Laura Brunner May 27 8:00AM – Patti Bickert, Lynn Fairall, Roxanne Rutt, Fred Broadbent 10:15AM – Bill Kessler, Dean Sanders, Duane & Barb Sanders
Greeters May 6 8:00AM – Dave & Mary Jo Heyne 10:15AM – Tim & Judy Mellert May 13 8:00AM – Susan Blasco, Judy Houck 10:15AM – Leon & Linda Heller May 20 8:00AM – Gerri Itterly 10:15AM – Fran Eckert, Linda Oswald May 27 8:00AM – Sharon Lohman, Linda Paynter 10:15AM – John & Kathleen Campbell
Head Ushers May 6 8:00AM – Dave & Barb Hampton 10:15AM – Erin Curtolo May 13 8:00AM – Jessica Batha & Dean Pysher 10:15AM – Leon & Linda Heller May 20 8:00AM – Lynn Fairall, Terry Albert 10:15AM – Fran Eckert, Linda Paynter May 27 8:00AM – Joe Barabas 10:15AM – Scott Sandt
Lectors May 6 8:00AM – Blaine Reimer 10:15AM – Pete Pennington May 13 8:00AM – Debbie Sandt 10:15AM – Ryan Rotzell May 20 8:00AM – Kerri Tollinger 10:15AM – Duane Sanders May 27 8:00AM – Joe Barabas 10:15AM – Scott Sandt
Prayers of the Church May 6 8:00AM – Marty Eichner 10:15AM – Jill Ott May 13 8:00AM – Debbie Weeast 10:15AM – Leon & Linda Heller May 20 8:00AM – Christine Larsen 10:15AM – Art Paulus May 27 8:00AM – Sharon Lohman 10:15AM – Diane Lobb
Counting Team Duane Sanders (captain) Lynn Fairall, Leon Heller
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Bell and
Choir Practice
Wednesday: 5:30PM Children’s Choir
6:00PM Youth Choir
6:30PM Bell Choir
Thursday: 7:00PM Adult Choir
The deadline date for
the articles for the
“Good News” Newsletter
is the 1st of the month.
Articles must be received in
the church office by that date.
Any item received after that
date will be held for the
following month.
GOOD NEWS The Monthly Newsletter of
St. Peter's Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania Web site: StPetersPlainfield.com
Phone/Fax: 610-863-6859 E-Mail: stpetersplainfield@ptd.net
The Rev. Chris Druckenmiller, Pastor
Kelly Woolley, Administrative Assistant
Erin Curtolo, Director of Christian Ed
Linda Kern, Organist, Director of Music
Stacy Hageman, Director of Bell Choir/Youth Music
Ken & Vivian Dawe, Sextons
Council Officers
President: Mary DeHaven
Vice President: Brian Olzinski
Secretary: Ann Super
Treasurer: John Campbell
Financial Secretary: Debbie Sandt
Sunday Church School
9:00AM Good News Newsletter
Kelly Woolley, layout
Worship Services 8:00AM & 10:15AM
Please Join Us!
The Confirmation Class will be holding a service project on Sunday April 29 to clean up the Grove area and spruce up the rest of the grounds. Anyone is welcome to join us...lunch will be served! Please bring rakes, wheel bar-rows, blowers, gloves, etc... St. Peter's will be sponsoring a St. Pete's Week at Bear Creek Camp on June 24th - 30th. Children in grades 1 through 12 are invited to attend. Scholarships will be given for interested youth members of our congregation. Please see Erin Curtolo by April 29 if your child is inter-ested!
Sunday School will be holding a Mother's Day workshop on Sunday, May 13th.
Single begonias will be sold by the Youth during the Worship Services. Cost per plant is $2. Pro-ceeds to benefit the Youth Trip Fund.
A VBS Planning meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 22 at 6:00PM at Detzi's Tavern.
Anyone interested in helping please let Erin Curtolo know! This year's VBS, River Rampage will be held Sunday, July 8 through Thursday, July 12 from 6:00-8:00PM. Ages 3 through 6 graders are welcome! Our last day of Sunday School will be held on Sunday, May 20.
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The ELCW will once again sponsor a special Father’s Day Bulletin. This special bulletin offers members and friends of the congregation the opportunity to remember and honor the special men in their lives. The cost is $1 an entry. (We reserve the right to make minor changes to entries in order that they fit our established bulletin format.) The proceeds will be given to the Slater Family Network of Bangor, which helps the needy families in the Slate Belt Area. The deadline for all entries is Sunday, June 10. To alleviate some of the problems we have encountered in recent years, we ask the following: All entries must be written or printed. “Just put my entries in just as they were last year” will no longer be accepted. Payment must accompany all entries. Entries handed in without payment will not be printed. 1) Make all checks payable to St. Peter’s LCW; mail to 1422 Church Road, Pen Argyl, PA 18072 2) Entries and payment should be given to: a) RuthAnn Vough b) placed in the box on the table in the back of the church or in the mailbox in the Friendship Room Entries will no longer be accepted over the internet. All questions concerning the Mother’s Day Bulletin should be directed to RuthAnn Vough at 610.863.9357. Contact name and phone number in case of any questions: ____________________________________
CATEGORY Father, Son, IN HONOR NAME OF PERSON PRESENTED Grandfather OR TO BE HONORED BY Brother, Uncle etc.. IN MEMORY OR REMEMBERED
# of entries ____________ Total Enclosed _________________
Geranium Sale
You are invited to help
decorate our sanctuary in honor of Pentecost
and Confirmation Sunday on Sunday, May 20, 2018
Cost $6.00
Order deadline is May 13th
Proceeds to benefit the St. Peter’s Youth Trip fund
You may take your plant home after the 10:15 service
Please place order in box on Community Table or see
Erin Curtolo (610-739-2800) with questions
Name: _______________________________
Phone number: _________________________
Number of red geraniums ($6 each) ________
Donation to Youth Trip Fund $ _________
Total enclosed: $ _________
Placed in memory or honor of:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
_______ Yes, please give my flower to a shut-in
member or plant outside of church
Deadline is May 13
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Dear St. Peter’s Family:
A special “thank you” to Pastor
Chris for all his visits to me during
my hospitalization. I am recovering at home
now. Also, “thank you” for all the get well cards.
They were greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.
Lewis C. Ponnett, Jr.
Dear Church Family:
We want to give a special thank you to Fran
Eckert for giving the flowers for Stan on Easter
Sunday.
Also thank you for all the prayers and well wishes
for Stan’s full recovery from this cancer.
Sincerely,
Alvera Lilly
Dear St. Peter’s:
I would like to thank the St. Peter’s family for all
the prayers, cards, text messages and calls.
They were so nice to receive them at a time like
this.
Also, the visits from Pastor Chris and the
prayers we had together. This helped so much
for my recovery.
I want to thank everyone for the help through
this operation.
Sincerely,
Vern Walker
St. Peter’s Family:
We would like to thank everyone for your
thoughts and prayers, cards, text messages,
meals, cookies from LCW, Patty and Debbie
while in the hospital and recovery at home.
Also, to Pastor Chris for your visit. It was greatly
appreciated.
With the Grace of God and therapy, Charles will
be back to church, and helping in the kitchen.
We also thank friends and family for helping
with my mother, Erma Miller at Gracedale.
God Bless,
Marilyn & Charles Hart
Dear St. Peter’s Lutheran Church:
Thank you so much for your hat ministry
through Lehigh Valley Hospital. We were fortu-
nate enough to receive one when our daughter
was born, and we were touched by the love and
generosity of the ministry. As the pastor of a
local church, we appreciate your service.
In God’s Love,
Ricky, Kim and Ella Brown
Dear St. Peter’s Church:
I am a cancer patient at Lehigh Valley
Muhlenburg. I recently became the owner of a
beautiful triangular shaped scarf in shades of
blue, orange, purple and yellow. I also acquired
two beautiful hats for which I have received
several compliments. Each hat has a bit of the
hat gathered at the side. One hat is turquoise
blue and the other is white, blue and orange.
These garments had a tag that stated
“Blessings from St. Peter’s Lutheran Church”.
Thank you so much to your church members
who took the time make this beautiful scarf and
hats and delivered them to the hospital.
I wanted you to know your caring and kindness
is appreciated.
My hair is nearly gone, and I was looking for a
hat style that was cute and comfortable. The
hats from your church are exactly what I was
looking for.
The scarf goes well with so many colors. I wore
it to my church and several members have
complimented it. I made sure to tell them where
I got it from.
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Wendy J. Keim
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Attention All Mothers!
Our special Mother's Day service is on Sunday, May 13. Thanks to Kathleen Campbell and RuthAnn Vough, the Worship & Music Committee is able to continue the tradition of raffling handmade gifts! Four lucky mothers will win beautifully unique, hand crocheted doilies. It's easy to win... as you enter the church, be sure pick up your raffle ticket from the greeters. During each service, a member of the Worship and Music committee will pull two raffle ticket and if your number matches, you win! So, mark your calendar to attend either the 8am or 10:15am service on May 13th!
God’s Love Preschool has openings for the
2018-2019 school year for both the 2-day and
the 3-day classes. Children need to be 3 years
of age for the 2-day class and 4 years old for
the 3-day class by September 1. Please call
Kim Eckert at 610.762-5704 or the church of-
fice at 610.863.6859 for more information.
Among the items that are appropriate for the column are announcements of births, deaths, engagements, marriages, milestone birthdays and anniversaries, interesting vacations, promotions, awards and relocations out of the area. If you have an item you would like included in
the June 2018 edition of the newsletter, please
return the form below to the church office or place
it in the collection plate.
Name:________________________________
Address:______________________________
_____________________________________
Phone: ______________________________
I would like to recognize the following:
(Include date, if relevant.)
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
From the Property Committee Thank you to the following people for helping clean up the playground and spreading new mulch on Saturday, April 14:
Victoria Black, Donald Bortz, Brooke Bowie,
Ken and Vivian Dawe, Aryn Gipp, Dave Hampton, Reagan Heard, Dean Pysher, Payton, Paige, Zoey, & Betty Ramaley, Douglas, Emma and Madison Toth and Gary Vough.
Congratulations to Eric Flyte who has been awarded a scholarship to attend the AIMS six-week intensive summer opera program in Graz, Austria; he will continue his study of operatic repertoire while working with European and American opera coaches. On May 7, Eric will graduate Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a Master of Music Degree with a concentration in opera performance. Upon his return from Austria, he will begin his doctoral studies at ASU along with assuming the role of teaching assistant.
First Communion class took place
on March 24 and our Congregation
welcomed 11 youth to receive their
First Communion at the 7:00PM
Maundy Thursday Service on March 29:
Talia Curtolo, Keegan Hettel, Claire Mamana,
Gianna Martini, Jacob Martini, Owen Moyer,
Jordan Ott, Ryan Predmore, Payton Ramaley,
Charlie Rotzell and Eli Tuliszewski.
We joyfully welcome them to this new stage in
their journey of faith.
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St. Peter’s Social Ministry Annual Plant, Yard, Craft & Bake Sale Saturday, May 19, 2018
9:00AM – 1:00PM
Take advantage of this opportunity to set up a table and sell some of those “unwanted items”. Crafters will be able to showcase their special talents and share with others.
There will be shared plants from our gardens as well as many plants and hanging baskets that we purchase at local nurseries.
When you are doing your spring cleaning and wish to get rid of those unwanted items you no longer have room for please consider joining our yard sale.
We have a lot of fun and you will go home with less stuff and some extra cash.
The cost of a spot is $10 for 10 feet of space
Our bake sale is always a great success with lots of delicious pies, cakes and other goodies. Also available will be hot dogs, BBQ, chips, coffee, tea, and water.
Consider joining us for a good time, good food and lots of wonderful plants while helping us raise funds for our local food pantries. For questions or to reserve a space, please contact Melissa Koehler at 610-498-2280. Application is due by May 18, 2018 Name: ______________________________
Phone # ______________________
Yard Sale: Craft Sale: ___ _____
Payment of $10.00 is due with application. Cash: Check: (Made out to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church) Please submit application and fee to Melissa Koehler or turn in to the church office. Do not place in the offering plate.
What is the Special Memorial Day Service at St. Peter’s?
The Special Memorial Day Service at St. Peter’s is a way for the congregation to recognize and pay tribute to the service men and women that have passed and pray for those that continue to fight for our freedom. The service is 15 minutes long. We gather around the Memorial stone by the flag pole, the Praise Band leads us in a hymn and provides special music as St. Peter’s Veterans ready passages or poems. The Roseto VFW Bugle Corp will play taps in the distance as veterans place American flags around the stone to symbolize the following wars: American Revolutionary, War of 1812, Mexican-American, Civil War, Spanish American, WWI, WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Iraqi. A 21 gun salute will conclude our service. On May 27th, please plan on joining us in paying tribute and praying for the St. Peter’s veterans who have served and who are currently serving to keep us all safe. If you’d like to participate by sharing a story or reading a passage, please contact Amy Rotzell at 610.365.8474. All veterans are encouraged to contact the Church office to be sure your name is listed in the bulletin. During the last hymn of the 8am service, the congregation will process out and gather around the stone. If you regularly attend the 10:15am service, please plan on gathering around the stone at 8:45am. When: Sunday, May 27 Time: 9:00AM Location: Memorial Stone by flag pole
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Address Service Requested Dated Material
Inside this Issue
Pastor’s Message Page 1
Scholarship/Treas. Report Page 2
Birthday Calendar Page 3
Calendar of events Page 4
Participant listing Page 5
Participant listing Page 6
Sunday School News Page 7
Mother’s Day/Geranium Sale Page 8
Thank you’s Page 9
Grapevine Page 10
Plant Sale/Memorial Day Page 11
A Poem for Memorial Day
Lord, let me not in service lag,
Let me be worthy of our flag.
Let me remember, when I’m tried,
The sons heroic who have died
In freedom’s name, and in my way
Teach me to be as brave as they.
In all I am, in all I do,
Unto our flag, I would be true;
For God and country let me stand.
Unstained of soul and clean of hand,
Teach me to serve and guard and love
The Starry Flag which flies above.
— Edgar A. Guest
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