** July 1, 2018 ** CORE VALUES: Faith-Integrity-Growth-Excellence-Community CORE PURPOSE: Love God, Grow People. The Messenger

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1 ** July 1, 2018 ** CORE VALUES: Faith-Integrity-Growth-Excellence-Community CORE PURPOSE: Love God, Grow People The Messenger Are you a first-time visitor? Please stop by the Visitor Table at the top of the front stairs after the service. We have a small gift of appreciation for you. Blessed to Serve Others Outreach, Missions and Local Relief Ignace Lombe and his two sons, Jeriel and Dida are beginning to settle into their new home in Canada. Thank you to all who are so generously helping them to feel welcome and get settled. Please continue to pray fervently for this family as they adapt to life in Canada and pray that God will equip us to be good hosts and ambassadors. We are looking for a bicycle for an adult male with a child carrier, also an adult bicycle helmet. If you are able to help please contact the church office.

2 We are partnering with Cyrus Centre (the youth shelter and Christian outreach program in Chilliwack) as our Local Relief project for The shopping list items for Cyrus Centre are: Granola Bars, Juice Crystals, and Boxed Cereal. Please leave your gifts in the basket at the top of the entrance stairs. Pray for Martin and Joan Weber as they continue their work on the Kwanja and Dowayo Bible translations. Lutheran Hour Ministries Radio Broadcast: Sunday, July 1, 2018 Truly the Worship of God (Acts 10: 34-48) Speaker of the Lutheran Hour: Rev. Dr. Dale A. Meyer. When you get out of your religious comfort zone and meet people who don t know Jesus, you have opportunity to grow and witness. Hear this inspirational message on radio KARI -550 AM on your dial at 11:30 am on Sunday, July 1st. Streaming audio and pod-casts at Blessed to Serve Our Church Community Coming Events & Notices SUNDAY SCHOOL LEADERS/ TEACHERS NEEDED! Our Sunday School Program is in need of leaders and teachers for September. If you enjoy being with children and teaching them about our Lord, our Sunday School needs you! Please contact the Church office for further information. 2

3 The B.C. Mission Boat Society would like to thank everyone for their support at last Sunday s Fundraiser Lunch. If you were not able to attend and would still like to donate to this very worthwhile mission, you will find a brochure with donation instructions either in your church mailbox or on the table at the top of the stairs in the entranceway. Your help is greatly appreciated. The Canadian Lutheran Magazine (latest edition) is now available. Pick up a copy on the table in the entranceway and check out the many interesting articles in this issue, including one on how God worked through the vigil of the Saskatchewan Humbolt Broncos tragic bus crash to give a Christ-centred witness to all of Canada. AND, be sure to check the Education Report on page 33 where you will find a write up on our own Lori Wallden s Placement as a Director of Parish Services (DPS) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Ont. The Canadian Lutheran is also available online at Have You BOP ped Anyone Lately? God s kindness to us is not random and so our love for others should be on purpose as well. BOP ped cards are always available in the pews and on the bulletin board at the top of the stairs. Take a pack and start BOP ping! PRE-AUTHORIZED OFFERING PROGRAM St. Paul s participates in a pre-authorized giving program through FaithLife Financial. If you would like to use this convenient way to contribute your tithes and offerings please pick up a form from the information table in the narthex or from the church office. Stewardship Corner July 1 (Proper 8) 2 Corinthians 8:3 For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will. St. Paul lifts up an example of faithful Christian generosity in the Epistle lesson today. Read those words again this week and ponder them. How is the Lord calling you to increase your generosity toward His work 3

4 Please Remember In Your Prayers Barb Mante recovering at home The Family of Hilda Lakusta in their recent bereavement The Family of Brian Hodsall (brother of Keith & brother-in-law of Lesley Hodsall) - in their recent bereavement Margie Peters (Kathy Hisdal s niece) - taking chemo Lombe Family as they settle into their new home in Canada Al Regehr from the Hope congregation heart and breathing problems Danielle Demerse health challenges Justin Goodwin (Charel Keim s grandson) having tests Sun. July 1 Mon. July 2 Sun. July 8 This Week s Special Events 9:30 am 10:30 am Bible Study Worship Service ( Non Communion) Canada Day Holiday CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED 9:30 am 10:30 am 2:30 am Bible Study Worship Service (With Communion) Hope Service Budget requirements for the Lord s work at St. Paul s Lutheran Church Undesignated Monthly Envelope Offerings to meet our 2018 Budget: $16, May 2018 Undesignated Envelope Offering: $13, St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church 8871 School St., Chilliwack B.C. V2P 4L5 Ph: info@chilliwacklutheran.com Website: Pastor Wayne Lunderby 4

5 Stewardship Newsletter July 2018 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery (Gal. 5:1). We celebrate this month because of the freedoms and liberties our country has afforded us. We are right to do this. We should be thankful for these liberties: the freedom to gather together to worship and to live out what we believe in our daily lives. But freedom and liberty in our age has devolved. It has become a freedom from duty instead of a freedom for it. Indeed, freedom and liberty in our age has turned into licentiousness: a license to do what we want, when we want. This license is a submission, again, to a yoke of slavery. For freedom as license to do what we desire when we desire it means we are slaves to our desires, slaves to our passions. Christ died to set us free from our sinful desires. In Holy Baptism, our Old Adam is drowned and put to death along with all sin and evil desires so that a new man may arise and live before God in righteousness and purity. In Christ, we are a new creation. We are set free from the passions of the flesh so that we are free to do our duty and bear fruits of the Spirit. Our duty is what God calls us to do as members of a family, society, and the church. God calls us to believe in His Word and gladly hear and learn it. He calls us to pray for all people. He calls us to live in faith toward Him and in fervent love for our neighbor. He calls us to put the gifts He gives to us in His service. God calls parents to provide for their children and raise them in the fear and admonition of the Lord. And God calls children to honor their parents and provide and care for them when they are no longer able to do so themselves. God calls the government to punish those who do evil and to reward those who do good. He calls citizens to pay their taxes and honor the governing officials as God s servants. He calls pastors to preach and teach the Gospel as well as repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And He calls hearers to support those who teach them with every good thing. Christ died to set us free from the works of our selfish flesh, giving us the freedom and liberty to do our duty. Stand firm, then, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. 5