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SALEM-ST. PAUL’S MISSION STATEMENT
Salem-St. Paul’s Church calls people to grow in God’s love,
through thanking, caring,
serving and sharing, following the example of Jesus.
SALEM-ST. PAUL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
138 TRACH ROAD, P.O. BOX 168, KRESGEVILLE, PA 18333
Church office: 610-681-5191; E-mail: [email protected]
Website: ssplckresgeville.org
SALEM-ST PAUL’S
“GOOD NEWS”
OCTOBER 2018
Dear friends in Christ,
Caring for Creation is our church theme this year. It’s key to
who we are as people of God. The psalmist reminds us: “The earth is
the Lord’s and all that is in it” (Psalm 24:1). Our stewardship
committee has set monthly themes for Sunday School and worship.
This month is “Caring for the Earth’s Bounty” (farming and
harvest). Some other themes are Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; Water
Conservation; Caring for All God’s Creatures (including
animals).
People are part of God’s creation. One way we care for people is
our money offerings, especially Mission Support or Benevolence
(which means well-wishing or doing good). The following article
from “Stories of Faith in Action” explains how our offering becomes
Mission Support and how Mission Support works:
“As Lutherans, we believe that Christ has freed us from sin and
death, even from ourselves, so that we can love and serve our
neighbors. One way we put our faith in action is by making a
financial gift—an offering—to our congregations.
Each year, ELCA congregations pledge to send a portion of the
offerings they receive to fund ELCA ministries in their synods and
beyond. In the ELCA, we call these funds Mission Support. Mission
Support enables the ELCA’s 9,300 congregations and 65 synods to
pool resources to love and serve our neighbors in ways that no
individual or congregation can do alone. Mission Support is one way
we are church together---it’s essential to who we are as the ELCA.
Through Mission Support, we participate in God’s life-changing work
in our communities and around the world.
Your congregation stewards or manages your offering to support
your congregation’s vital presence in your community. When your
congregation votes to designate a portion of your offering to be
shared with your synod and the churchwide organization, your
congregation is sharing Mission Support for the ministries
stewarded by the wider church on your behalf.
Your synod your congregation’s Mission Support dollars are
stewarded by your synod leaders to nurture and equip ELCA
congregations and rostered ministers. Synod support area ministry
partners (camps, colleges, seminaries and more) as well as build
relationships with companion churches around the world. Synods
designate a portion of the Mission Support funds they receive from
congregations to be shared with your churchwide organization for
ministries across our church.
Your churchwide organization stewards Mission Support dollars to
lead and support ministry on behalf of the whole church. This
includes accompanying ELCA congregations as growing centers for
evangelical mission equipping leaders and building the capacity of
this church for witness and service in the world.
In 2017, ELCA members gave $1.8 billion in unrestricted
offerings to support God’s mission and ministry through the three
expressions of the ELCA. Thank you for your generosity!
· 94.6% ---$1.7 billion was stewarded by ELCA’s 9,300
congregation
· 2.9% ---$52.4 million was stewarded by ELCA’s 65 synods.
· 2.5% -- $44.4 million was stewarded by the ELCA churchwide
organization.
St. Paul writes “God will always make you rich enough to be
generous at all times, so that many
will thank God for your gifts.” (2 Corinthians 9:11)
In faith and hope,
Pastor Scheffey
OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES
October 5Rebecca and Billy Tippett
6Daniel and Sonya Serfass
7 Jessica and Edward Balbuena
10 Deborah and David Amoruso
11 Janine and Brian Beck
12 Annette and Matt Mandeville
15 Stephen and Winnie Serfass
19 Gary and Sue Potts
20 Kristi and Daniel Armitage
24 Rich and Karen Gould
28 Ken and Alma Green
OCTOBER BIRTHDAY
October
1Nicole Rex
3Heather Stenlake
5Kaitlin Smith
Ken Jablonski
Millie Hawkey
Addison Krock
11Linda Serfass
12Maddieson Bizousky
15Carl Johnson *
Susan Piekarski (Antonucci)
16Whitney Harding
17Milton Faust
Terry Jacoby
18Cheryl Allen
20Meryl Ann DePue
Aiden Ryan Shaw
27Jessica Heath
(*) Shut in –Please send a card (addresses on back of
newsletter).
THOSE SERVING IN OCTOBER
ACOLYTES CRUCIFERS
October 7 Elijah Dunlap October 7 Brianna Stanley
14 Ben Reynolds 14 Jack Reynolds
21 Landyn Hinton 21 Christal Awe
28 Brianna Stanley 28 (None)
LAY READERS USHERS
October 7 Rich Gould October 7 Debbie Smith & Barb
Yarashas
14 14 Norma Correale& Dana Ropchock
21 Nick Hawkey 21 Ruby Dunlap & Kathleen Rovinski
28 Sally Jablonski 28 Chuck & Gretchen Laviolette
GREETERS BELL RINGERS
October 7 Helen & Sam Alpaugh October 7 Maya Ropchock
14 Joe & Kim Hughart 14 Clint Johnson
21 Linda & Ed Harpel 21 Jillian Balbuena
28 Sue Potts & Krystyna Weglarz 28 Kellen Hinton
NURSERY CLOSER
October 7 Christal Awe October 7 Ruby Dunlap
14 Sunday School 14 Kim Hughart
21 Brianna Stanley 21 Norma Correale
28 Sunday School 28 Ray Borger
COMMUNION ASSISTANT: - October 7th- Karen Gould, and Oct. 21st
–Gary Potts
ALTAR GUILD: COUNTERS: Stacey Coleman, and Rich Irving
**Those who are serving as worship assistant, please note that
names are put down at random.
If you see your name and can’t make it, please make arrangement
to switch with someone and
contact office by Wednesday to let us know who you are switching
with. Your help is
appreciated! Thank you. Norma Correale
LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OCTOBER!
WORSHIP (Special Events)
October 6 (Sat.) 9:30am Worship Walk at Graver’s Arboretum near
Bath, Pa.
21 (Sun.) 7pm-9pm Praise Night at church for teens and young
adults
CARING
October 28 (Sun.) HARVEST HOME Bring cans of gravy and
yams/sweet potatoes,
boxes of stuffing and cake mixes for PVEN (food pantry)
Thanksgiving dinner bags
LEARNING
Mondays 1:00pm Bible Study on Faith. All are welcome!
14 (Sun.) 10:30am Sunday School during worship
28 (Sun.) 10:30am Sunday School during worship
FUN/RELAXING
Mondays 6:00pm Easy Yoga with Karinsue Miller
28 (Sun.) 12:15am FALL FUN DAY at Old Homestead Pumpkin
Patch:
Hay ride, corn maze, and more!
(Our church youth fund covers cost of children and youth.)
Stewardship of our money
And Jesus said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all
kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of
possessions.” --Luke 12:15
Jesus often uses words of caution when teaching about money.
Jesus warns us of money’s power to capture our souls and turn us
from loving God first and most, and then our neighbors as
ourselves.
Because we North Americans live in a wealthy culture, the
temptation to love money more than God and neighbor may be worse
than it was for the folks of Jesus’ time. So, we need to take
Jesus’ warnings to heart and be sure to keep money in its proper
place. Here are some ideas:
Develop gratitude: Be happy for (and with) what you have. Dwell
on your
blessings rather than your wants. Constantly entertaining
thoughts of your
unfilled desires leads to scarcity thinking and unhappiness.
Celebrate sufficiency: Learn to live on what you earn. Excessive
debt corrodes
our wellbeing by causing us stress and hunger for more. Strive
to live without
credit cards and make choices to help your income match
expenses.
Embrace generosity: Our culture tells us that the more we have
the happier we
will be, but that’s really not so -- once we have enough to meet
our true needs.
Miserly people tend to be miserable no matter how much they
have, while
generous people tend to be happy even if they have modest means.
Giving
generously is a spiritual discipline that breaks the power that
money has to
control us.
Good stewardship of our money helps us avoid the traps that
Jesus warns about. Stewardship means managing our wealth rather
than letting it manage us. Free from money’s traps and lures and
lies, we are free to love God first and then our neighbor as
ourselves.
--Rob Blezard
Copyright © 2018, Rev. Robert Blezard. Reprinted by permission.
Pastor Blezard serves as an assistant to the bishop of the Lower
Susquehanna Synod and works as content editor for
www.stewardshipoflife.org.
AUXILIARY NEWS
Filling, Apple Dumpling, Celery Seed Dressing Sale
The above sale is scheduled for November 16th. The filling is
$3.00 a pound, apple dumplings are $3.00 each, and celery seeds
dressing is $3.50 a pint and $6.00 a quart. Order must be in by
November 4th. The order list is on the bulletin board by the
office.
ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY
All Saints’ Sunday is November 4th. Carnation and memorial gift
order forms can be found in the October newsletter and October
bulletins. Deadline for orders is October 28th. Carnations are
$2.00 each.
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THANK YOU!
I would like to thank everyone who helped with the Fair Stand,
but a special thanks to:
· Linda Serfass and Alverta Heissam for baking extra molasses
cakes;
· Tim and Randy for donating all the cake pans and lids;
· The Skutniks for buying more filling bowls; and
the following people for donating water:
The Laviolette family Jeanette Cicalese
Millie & Nick HawkeySharon & Dwight Redline
The McKinseys Bob & Donna Coleman
Ruby Dunlap Janice Finnochio
Barb Yarashas Sarah Cressley
Ed & Linda Harpel Alverta Heissam
Thank You,
Linda Hinton
The Beauty of God's Creation
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the letter O Orange Color each space with the letter D Yellow
HURRICANE FLORENCE
SEPTEMBER 2018 Hurricane Florence is threatening more than 1
million of our neighbors in the Carolinas and elsewhere with
dangerous winds, storm surge and potentially catastrophic flooding.
As a church, we’re standing ready to assist our neighbors through
their recovery. Lutheran Disaster Response is coordinating with
Lutheran Services Carolinas, Lutheran Family Services of Virginia
and the synods in the hurricane’s path to respond to this disaster.
In the midst of a hurricane season that is producing strong storms,
Lutheran Disaster Response is also ELCA.org/disaster monitoring
Hurricane Helene, Tropical Storm Olivia and Tropical Storm Isaac
and is prepared to respond. Your gifts ensure that our church will
be able to provide help and hope for those whose homes have been
devastated or who have been otherwise affected by Hurricane
Florence and other hurricanes for years to come. Your gifts
designated for hurricane response will be used entirely (100
percent) for direct response until it is complete. Give now to
support survivors of disasters.
YES, I WANT TO HELP!
Name_____________________________________________
Address_______________________________________________
City_______________________ State ______________________ZIP
code_____________________
Email address________________________________________
YES, I WANT TO HELP!
Lutheran Disaster Response: Hurricane response
Lutheran Disaster Response: Where needed most $___________
DDG0087$___________ DDG0010
Give through your congregation or make your check out to
Lutheran Disaster Response and send to:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, ELCA Gift Processing
Center
P.O. Box 1809, Merrifield, VA 22116-8009 Write “Hurricane
response” or “Where needed most” on your check’s memo line.
