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SUNDAY S COMING... GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH - 65 E. MAIN STREET, MENDHAM, NJ 07945 EMAIL: GRACEMENDHAM.ORG / PHONE: 973-543-7595 / GRACEMENDHAM@VERIZON.

coffee hour 10:45 am - Christian Ed for all ages 11:00 am - worship 11:45 am worship team 6:00 pm Harmonium 6:00 pm Boy Scouts Let us give thanks for our

Larger animals will be blessed at the Dog Park in Lewis Morris Park at 2:00 pm Serving this Sunday Ministers: The People of Grace Pastor: Carol Petersen

11:00 am: Neil Erath Ushers: 9:30 am Gene Eberenz, Richard Schwartz 11:00 am Altar Guild : Beryl Higgins & Vivian Morrison Coffee Hour: Wade Family

1 SUNDAY S COMING... GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH - 65 E. MAIN STREET, MENDHAM, NJ GRACEMENDHAM.ORG / PHONE: / GRACEMENDHAM@VERIZON.NET Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Worship Schedule FIRST SATURDAY SERVICE Saturday, October 5th, 5:00 pm October 6, :30 am worship 10:30 am - coffee hour 10:45 am - Christian Ed for all ages 11:00 am - worship 11:45 am worship team 6:00 pm Harmonium 6:00 pm Boy Scouts Let us give thanks for our friends, the animals. Animals in crates and cages will be blessed during our worship services. Larger animals will be blessed at the Dog Park in Lewis Morris Park at 2:00 pm Serving this Sunday Ministers: The People of Grace Pastor: Carol Petersen Diaconal Minister: Kathryn Schwartz, Director, Faith Kitchen, Dover Assisting Minister: Kris Swanson Acolyte: Thomas Erath Readers: 9:30 am: Jen Ungar 11:00 am: Neil Erath Ushers: 9:30 am Gene Eberenz, Richard Schwartz 11:00 am Altar Guild : Beryl Higgins & Vivian Morrison Coffee Hour: Wade Family Counters: Tim Gau & Katherine Schmadel This week we hold these folks in our prayers: Jeff & Debbie Williams & their children Dane and Jaida Paul and Helen Wolfmeyer Jan Abbott & Rick Connell CHECK OUT THE NEW SCAN CODE FOR OUR WEBSITE

WEEKLY CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS Monday, October 7th 6:00 pm Boy Scout Council Meeting Tuesday, October 8th 10:00 am Quilting 12:15 pm Bible Study 7:00 pm Handbells Wednesday, October 9th 7:30 pm

Meeting Saturday, October 19th - 4:00 pm Your invited to a walk in the woods at Jockey Hollow Park it lasts just about one hour You can access the New York Brigade Area by taking Route 24 East to

2 WEEKLY CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS Monday, October 7th 6:00 pm Boy Scout Council Meeting Tuesday, October 8th 10:00 am Quilting 12:15 pm Bible Study 7:00 pm Handbells Wednesday, October 9th 7:30 pm Choir Thursday, October 10th 1:30 pm Music Room & Sanctuary 4:00 pm Football Team in Parish Hall 6:00 pm Confirmation Class - Downstairs (Schmadel -Dinner) Friday, October 11th 6:30 pm Hexagon Board Meeting Saturday, October 19th - 4:00 pm Your invited to a walk in the woods at Jockey Hollow Park it lasts just about one hour You can access the New York Brigade Area by taking Route 24 East to Picatinny Road, (a right turn), onto Western Avenue (another right) and into the back of the park. Or you can enter the park off Tempe Wick Road, and then follow the oneway Tour Road to the New York Brigade Area. All are welcome. Questions? Contact Richard Schwartz at (973) , or richardschwartz14@verizon.net. Saturday, October 12th 7:30 am Men s Breakfast 4:00 pm Kim-Nier Wedding Hilton Hotel, Short Hills Sunday, October 13th Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost 9:30 am Worship 10:30 am Coffee Hour following 10:45am Christian Education-all ages 11:00 am Worship 6:00 pm Harmonium 6:00 pm Boy Scouts in Parish Hall Grace s Women s Book Club Our Book Club will be meeting at 1:30pm on Wednesday, October 16th at Helen Wolfmeyer s home-20 Hilltop Circle, Brookside This month we will be reading The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. Books are available at church sign your name in the space by the number of the book you pick up. Copies are also available at most local libraries. Join us for discussion, fellowship and as always -- food! Cathy Malmstrom catnjca@yahoo.com Helen Wolfmeyer hbwolfmeyer@comcast.net

Marked with the cross of Christ forever, we are claimed, gathered, and sent for the sake of the world. GOD S WORK.

Turkey Trot. The Annual Thanksgiving Day 5K and 1 mile family fun run. MEALS O N WH EELS October is Grace s month to serve our neighbors by delivering Meals on Wheels.

HOMELESS SOLUTIONS Offers shelter, services and supportive housing to homeless and low-income people.

We share in this ministry by cooking dinner for the residents at the shelter on the fourth Friday of each month. This fall we still need folks to cook on Friday, December 27th.

org Our new Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton will be installed on October 5th at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel in Chicago. Pray for her leadership and ministry.

3 Marked with the cross of Christ forever, we are claimed, gathered, and sent for the sake of the world. GOD S WORK. INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY FOOD ITEM OF THE MONTH PEANUT BUTTER In 2012 the Interfaith Food P a n t r y s e r v e d 4, d i ff e r e n t households Early Bird Registration is open for this year s Turkey Trot. The Annual Thanksgiving Day 5K and 1 mile family fun run. MEALS O N WH EELS October is Grace s month to serve our neighbors by delivering Meals on Wheels. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Colleen Peterson. colleen.pe@gmail.com OUR HANDS. HOMELESS SOLUTIONS Offers shelter, services and supportive housing to homeless and low-income people. New Jersey Synod Sunday, September 29, 2013 Our Local Bishop Tracie Bartholomew was installed, at Princeton Meadow Church and Event Center. Please pray for her ministry. We share in this ministry by cooking dinner for the residents at the shelter on the fourth Friday of each month. This fall we still need folks to cook on Friday, December 27th. Please contact Pam Gau if you re willing and able to serve pamela.gau@chester-nj.org Our new Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton will be installed on October 5th at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel in Chicago. Pray for her leadership and ministry. QUILTERS Want a hands on way to make a difference? You can quilt! Really! No experience needed. Tuesdays from 10am -12 noon. Thank you for touching someone s life ALTAR FLOWERS If you are interested in donating Altar Flowers for our Sunday morning worship services, the 2013 Altar Flower Chart is posted on the narthex bulletin board. Flowers may be donated in honor of or in memory of a loved one. The cost is $35.00, and payment must be submitted in advance. Please sign up now for the week(s) of your choice! Thank you. Have you friended Grace on Facebook yet? What are you waiting for? Contribution Statements Contribution statements are being sent out now, please check your inboxes. Those who have requested postal delivery will receive them in the mail. If you have questions: Please contact Tim Gau at tgcnj@comcast.net or

U.S. FLOOD RELIEF After record-breaking September rains, flood waters are raging in Colorado's front range.

Some areas continue to experience mudslides, damaged roads and downed power lines. Your help is needed to make a difference in the affected area.

Floods," will be used entirely (100 percent) to help support our immediate and long-term response in Colorado and other areas on the long road to recovery from floods.

4 U.S. FLOOD RELIEF After record-breaking September rains, flood waters are raging in Colorado's front range. These floods have consumed parts of Colorado; damaging or destroying over 18,000 homes and businesses. Three ELCA church buildings have also been affected. Some areas continue to experience mudslides, damaged roads and downed power lines. Your help is needed to make a difference in the affected area. Gifts to Lutheran Disaster Response, designated for "U.S. Floods," will be used entirely (100 percent) to help support our immediate and long-term response in Colorado and other areas on the long road to recovery from floods. If you would like to donate please make your check out to Grace Lutheran, and include U.S Floods in the memo line. FAITH KITCHEN You are Cordially Invited to attend the 30th Anniversary of Faith Kitchen Sunday, October 6th at 2:00 pm An afternoon tea will be served followed by the Annual Meeting of the Corporation. Let us celebrate together thirty years of feeding the greater Dover community. Let us honor all those who have given generously of their hearts as we love our neighbor as ourselves. Peace begins when the hungry are fed. Please RSVP: Pastors, faith kitchen volunteers and supporters. OCTOBERFEST RETURNS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH Please join us for Food, Fun and Festivities on after the 11:00 am service for our second annual Oktoberfest- Reformation Sunday festivities. Please sign up on the sheet in the narthex and indicate which German food delight you would like to contribute to our feast."

5 Scripture Readings for Sunday, October 6th 2013 Habakkuk 1: 1-4; 2:1-4 Injustice and violence in the time leading up to the Babylonian exile move this prophet to lament: How can a good and all-powerful God see evil in the world and seemingly remain indifferent? God answers by proclaiming that the wicked will perish, but the righteous will live by faith. Chapter 1 The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw. 2 O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you "Violence!" and you will not save? 3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing and look at trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. 4 So the law becomes slack and justice never prevails. The wicked surround the righteous therefore judgment comes forth perverted. Chapter 2 I will stand at my watchpost, and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my complaint. 2 Then the LORD answered me and said: Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it. 3 For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay. 4 Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith. 2 Timothy 1: 1-14 This message written from Paul to Timothy is a personal message of encouragement. In the face of hardship and persecution, Timothy is reminded that his faith is a gift of God. He is encouraged to exercise that faith with the help of the Holy Spirit. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I am grateful to God whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you. 6 For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; 7 for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of selfdiscipline. 8 Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God, 9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, 10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 11 For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher, 12 and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him. 13 Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us. Luke 17: 5-10 On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus instructs his followers about the power of faith and the duties of discipleship. He calls his disciples to adopt the attitude of servants whose actions are responses to their identity rather than works seeking reward. 5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" 6 The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. 7 Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, 'Come here at once and take your place at the table'? 8 Would you not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink'? 9 Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!'" Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost A little faith goes a long way is our Lord s point in the gospel. A mustard seed s-worth has miraculous potential. The patience, tenacity, and endurance required for the life of faith are the blessings received in water and the word (holy baptism), bread and wine (holy communion), the word read and proclaimed in this assembly. Anticipate them. Receive them with thanksgiving.

TAKING FAITH HOME We trust that God will do great and wonderful things. Daily Bible Readings These readings are related to the Lectionary readings for this Sunday.

Sunday Luke 17:5-10 Faith the size of a mustard seed Monday Mark 11:12-14, 20-24 Faith that moves mountains Tuesday Matthew 8:5-13 A demonstration of faith Wednesday 1 John 5:1-5, 13-15 Faith

6 TAKING FAITH HOME We trust that God will do great and wonderful things. Daily Bible Readings These readings are related to the Lectionary readings for this Sunday. We invite you to take time each day to read the assigned Bible passages. Sunday Luke 17:5-10 Faith the size of a mustard seed Monday Mark 11:12-14, Faith that moves mountains Tuesday Matthew 8:5-13 A demonstration of faith Wednesday 1 John 5:1-5, Faith overcomes the world Thursday James 1:2-12 Faith produces endurance Friday Revelation 2:12-29 Call to faithfulness Saturday Isaiah 26:1-9 Trust in the Lord forever Sunday Luke 17:11-19 One leper gives thanks to God Scripture Verse of the Week Find your delight in the Lord. Then he will give you everything your heart really wants. Psalm 37:4 (NIRV) Say, Pray and Bless: A Prayer for the Week: O God, gives us BIG faith to do all you ask of us each day. Amen. (Luke 17:5-10) Mealtime Prayer: Thanks we give to God above, for strength and health and those we love. Amen. A Blessing to Give: Grace, mercy and peace to you from God the Creator and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. (2 Timothy 1:2) Caring Conversation Discuss in your household or small group: Do you like or dislike gardening? Why? Jesus compared faith to a small seed. In what ways is faith like a seed? In what ways do you wish you could show more faith in Jesus? Devotions Fill a container with potting soil and plant some flower seeds (at least one for each member of your household). Place the container on your meal table or home altar area. Each day, pray for family members by name, asking God to grow them in their faith. Watch your flower pot carefully for signs of life. Rituals and Traditions Paul encouraged Timothy to fan into flame the gift God had given to him (2 Timothy 1:6). God has given each of us gifts to develop and use. Timothy s grandmother, Lois, was a person of living faith who had passed on her beliefs to her daughter and grandson (2 Timothy 1:5). Grandparents can play a very special part in communicating faith and values to their grandchildren. In their calling as elders in faith, they have wonderful gifts to offer, such as self-worth, heritage, acceptance and love. Thank your children s grandparents for what they offer! Remind them that they have a special God-given role and calling. WHO WE ARE? We are God s people gathered around word and sacrament We are people sent into the world to make God s kingdom of love and grace known. The ELCA is a community of faith that shares a passion for making positive changes in the world. Our faith is built around a strong belief in God as made known to us in Jesus Christ. Through worship, service, and education, we practice our faith, grow our relationship with God and experience God's grace in our lives. We also work hard to put our faith into action. In today s complex world, we strive to make a difference in practical, realistic ways. We have more than 10,000 congregations across the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and 4.2 million members. We welcome you to experience this church right here in our community and help us celebrate our gift of faith with action.

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST -- PROPER 22 October 6, 2019 Year C, Revised Common Lectionary

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST -- PROPER 22 October 6, 2019 Year C, Revised Common Lectionary [formatted version with line breaks and verse markers removed] Table of Contents First OT reading and Psalm