Hope Lutheran Church 4131 Lehigh Drive, Cherryville, PA 18035-030 (610) 767-7203 hopecherryville.org September 16, 2012 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Three weeks ago we heard John's gospel's version of Peter's confession of faith. This week we hear Mark's version, when Peter says, "You are the Messiah." In John, the stumbling block is Jesus' invitation to eat his flesh, given for the life of the world. In Mark too the scandal has to do with Jesus' words about his own coming death, and here Peter himself stumbles over Jesus' words. But Jesus is anointed (the meaning of "messiah") in Mark only on the way to the cross (14:3); so we are anointed in baptism with the sign of the cross. CHURCH STAFF Pastor Rev. Jami Possinger ext. #12 Pastor Emeritus Visitation Pastor Rev. Clark W. Kuntz II Rev. Jerry Mraz Parish Secretary Jane Tretiak ext. #10 Director of Music David Ziegler ext. #11 Bell Choir Director Janet Filchner ext. #40 Treasurer Sexton Financial Secretary Trudy Mertz Bonnie Zmyewski Deb Gardner Communications Specialist Steven Shermetta ext. #20 SERVICE PARTICIPANTS 8:00am 10:30am Acolytes Shaye Kerper Gabrielle Kowalchuk Crucifers Annelise Lutz Ashley Hildebrand Greeters Amy Nichols Judy Dieter Lectors Mike Kurinec Kaitlin Doncsecz Nursery Rebecca and Elizabeth Moore Jennifer and Molly Laury Ushers Rock Team Demko Team Communion Assistants Altar Guild for September John Bednar Lori Kerper Sis Livermon Jane Wescott and Marge Zimmermann Holy Communion 8:00 AM Setting Four Gathering The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God Prelude Announcements * Confession and Forgiveness p 94 * Gathering Song Oh, Praise the Gracious Power # 651 * Greeting/Kyrie p 147 * Canticle of Praise This is the Feast p 149 * Prayer of the Day Word God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching, and song First Reading Isaiah 50:4-9a Anthem Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me Second Reading James 3:1-12 * Gospel Acclamation Open Your Ears, O Faithful People # 519 * Gospel Mark 8:27-38 Sermon * Hymn of the Day Take Up Your Cross, the Savoir Said # 667 * Apostles Creed p 105 * Prayers of Intercession Leader: Lord, in your mercy, Cong.: hear our prayer. * Peace Meal God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ Offering/Offertory Anthem Jehovah * Offertory Response Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful # 184 * Great Thanksgiving p 152 * Holy, Holy, Holy p 153 * The Lord s Prayer p 154 Lamb of God p 154 Communion (intinction) * Post Communion Canticle Thankful Hearts # 207 * Prayer Sending God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world * Blessing * Sending Song Lift High the Cross # 660 * Dismissal *please stand if you are able Service of the Word 10:30 AM Gathered by the Holy Spirit, we hear and proclaim the saving word of God for the entire world. We give thanks for that saving word and all the gifts of God, who then sends us to share the good news and to care for those in need. Gathering The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God Prelude Announcements * Confession and Forgiveness p 211 * Gathering Song Oh, Praise the Gracious Power # 651 * Greeting/Kyrie p 213 * Canticle of Praise p 213 * Prayer of the Day Word God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching, and song First Reading Isaiah 50:4-9a Second Reading James 3:1-12 * Gospel Acclamation Alleluia p 216 * Gospel Mark 8:27-38 Children s Message Sermon * Hymn of the Day Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said # 667 * Apostles Creed p 217 * Prayers of Intercession Leader: Lord, in your mercy, Cong.: hear our prayer. * Peace Thanksgiving We give thanks for the saving word Offering/Offertory Anthem Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me * Canticle of Thanksgiving p 219 * Thanksgiving for the Word p 220 * The Lord s Prayer p 221 Sending God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world * Blessing * Sending Song Lift High the Cross # 660 * Dismissal *please stand if you are able
HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH 610-767-7203 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 16, 2012 hopecherryville.org Welcome! We are happy to have you worship with us! Visitors and members don t forget to sign the Hope Hospitality pads located in each pew. Thank you! TO THE GLORY OF GOD FLOWER SPONSORS: In Loving Memory of Cindy s Father, Franklin, by Cindy and Scott Kocher. In Loving Memory of my Father, Stephen Kiss, we miss you dearly, Love, Stef Laudenbach and Family. BULLETIN SPONSORS: In Loving Memory of Cindy s Father, Franklin, by Cindy and Scott Kocher. In Celebration of Sara (Zmyewski) Wandler s 25 th Birthday, Love. her Family. In Celebration of our Grandson, Logan Pagotto s 12 th Birthday and our Granddaughter, Kaira Zamadics 9 th Birthday, Love, Mom Mom and Pop Pop. THE PRESS SPONSOR: In Celebration of my Mother, Marie Everett s 94 th Birthday today, Love, Connie Epinger. IN PRAYER TODAY Shepherd of the Hills, Whitehall (Pastor James W. Schlegel). LEVEL II MENTOR BREAKFAST will be held TODAY, SUNDAY, September 16 th from 11:30am to 1:30pm in Kuntz Hall. USHER MEETING will be held TODAY, SUNDAY, September 16 th at 9:30am. Please make sure at least one member of each usher team attends the meeting. HARVEST HOME SUNDAY - Harvest Home will be celebrated at both worship services NEXT Sunday, September 23, 2012. All are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items (examples: applesauce, Jello, pudding, soups, tuna, vegetables, macaroni and cheese, baked beans, peanut butter, etc) to the church on or before Sunday the 23rd. Any food items donated by Saturday, September 22 nd by 9:00am will be part of the altar display. Paper bags will be distributed to the Sunday School students this morning and are also available on the table in the narthex for all members to pick up. A special thank you to Giant Food Stores for their donation of brown grocery bags. Food donations collected will be taken to the Northampton Area Food Bank. Monetary gifts will also be donated to the Food Bank.
NEW MEMBERS CLASSES - If you know of someone who is interested in becoming a member of Hope Church, please invite him or her to our new member s classes. Classes will be held from 9:15-10:15am on the following Sundays; September 30, October 7 & 28. New members will be received on Sunday, October 28 (please note the date has changed to receive new members). discovering BELLS This is a six-week course designed to teach the basics of ringing handbells. The remaining classes will be held on the following Wednesdays: Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 24, 31 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm for anyone, any age, who would like to discover a little about ringing handbells. If you missed the first class, it s still okay to come to the next class on Wed. Sept. 26. See the flyer on the bulletin board in the narthex for more information. WELCA TRIP - to see Jonah: Just a reminder that we will leave church at 9:00 AM this TUESDAY, September 18th. Please pack a lunch; we will be going out to eat after the show. If for some reason you now find you are unable to attend, please call Sharyn Kratzer (610-261-1277) ASAP. We will attempt to find someone to use your ticket but please note that if we are unable to find a substitute for your ticket, we cannot return your money due to the fact we are now past the date that Sight and Sound can give refunds for purchased tickets. If you need further information please call Sharyn or Judy Dieter (610-767-9170). PRAYERS FOR THE WEEK The Congregational Council is encouraging all our members to grow in their spirituality through a regular Prayer Life. One way of doing this is by lifting up in prayer one family from our church each day of the year. This week s families are: 9/16/12 Herbert, Karen, Matthew Fries and family 9/17/12 Stanley, Sheryl Schaffer and family 9/18/12 Peter, Brenda, Erica Chandick and family 9/19/12 Samantha, Kasidy, Colton Mahalick and family 9/20/12 Allen, Delores Derhammer and family 9/21/12 Troy, Amber Werley and family 9/22/12 Shirley, Lorrie Graver and family STATISTICS Last Sunday s attendance; 8:00am service 135; 10:30am service 152. Total offering - $5074.75 (includes $198.00 for the building fund and $196.75 for Sunday School).
CALLING ALL YOUTH 7 th - 12 th GRADE!! - Youth group is off and running again this year and we are pumped and ready to go! We are starting off this year with the Potato Project in Moselem Springs on Saturday, September 22 nd (This meets the requirement of an outreach event for the catechism program). We will meet at Hope Church at 8am and return around 2pm. All you need to bring along is a pair of gardening gloves. Our group will be assigned to a field where we will pick potatoes for a few hours. Anything we pick, we get to take home with us to donate to our local food banks. At the end of our shift, the people who own the fields usually fry up a batch of freshly picked potatoes (french fries) for everyone to snack on. We may need a few parent driver volunteers so if any parents are interested in joining, please let Steph or Stacey know. Sign up on our youth group board or facebook! Are you on Facebook? So are we! Look us up and join our page "Youth Group Rocks" to keep up to date on events and other information. BIBLE STUDY - a new Bible study and discussion group will begin on Wednesday, October 3rd at 6:30 PM. We will be using the study "DAVID Developing a Heart for God". It includes 12 studies based on the life of David where we will learn that David had weaknesses, fears, doubts and sins but was also a man of faith with a great trust in God and a great desire to please God. As we use this study, we too are reminded that we are human and experience many the same problems and desires that David did. Come and join us at the Bible study. As always, you do not have to be a scholar to participate in our study as we learn and grow together. Six of the studies in this guide are based on readings from 1 Samuel, 4 are based on 2 Samuel and 2 are based on 1 Chronicles and such topics as true friendship, finding strength in our Lord and more will be discussed. The cost will be approximately $6.80 for the booklet. Please plan on joining us at the study on October 3rd. There is a sign -up sheet on the bulletin board (this is only to give us an approximate idea of how many books we must order). For further information, please contact Sharyn Kratzer at 610-261-1277. Thank you, Hope's Evangelism Committee OFFICE HOURS The church office is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 7:30am to 4:00pm. The office will be open on Tuesdays from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Please note that Jane Tretiak is on vacation this week; the church office will be open every day from 8:00am until 2:00pm. STAINLESS STEEL PAN a 9 x 13 stainless steel pan is missing from the kitchen after being used at the yard sale. If you took it home in error, or have found it, please return it to the church office. Thank you!
BASKET SOCIAL a ticket sponsor is needed for our fall basket social which will be held on Friday, October 12 th. The cost of the tickets is $35.00. If you can help, please call Linda Sidor at 610-767-8372. Thank you to Loretta Weil for sponsoring the other set of tickets in Loving Memory of Harry Weil, by Loretta and Family. BOOK GIVEAWAY the Hanson Hall will be getting a facelift this fall. New carpeting and painting will be done. We are going to be cleaning the library area; so there will be a free book giveaway on Sunday, September 30 th. Look for the books in the narthex that morning. VENDOR AND CRAFT FAIR is being sponsored by the Northampton Area Food Bank on Saturday, October 6, 2012 in the Kuntz Hall from 9:00am to 2:00pm. A variety of vendors and crafters, tricky tray and refreshments will be available. For more information, please contact Barbara Budnik at 610-262-6156. TO THE CONGREGATION - The Prayer Shawl Group has blessed shawls and lap robes available to anyone, whether a member of Hope or not, who is in need either physically or emotionally. Just contact either Pastor Jami or Jane in the church office at 610-767-7203. ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION a group from Hope Church will be helping serve the annual dinner for the Allentown Rescue Mission on Saturday, October 6 th at Asbury Methodist Church in Allentown. We will leave the church parking lot at 2:45pm or you can meet us there at 3:15pm. For more information, please call Marge Zimmermann at 610-760-1602. HELP NEEDED someone will be needed this winter for snow removal from the sidewalks. For more information, please call Ralph Fisher at 610-262- 5076. CHURCH DIRECTORY - A new church directory is coming soon! Watch future bulletins and newsletters for information on scheduling appointments for pictures and for more general information. Our last directory was done in 2008 and many changes have happened with our membership since that time. The more members we have in our directory the better it will be; so get ready to say cheese! NATIVITY PICTURES if you took pictures at last year s nativity display, and are willing to share copies of those pictures, please contact Sharyn Kratzer at 610-261-1277.
CALENDAR OF THE WEEK Today Usher Meeting Level II/Mentor Brunch 9:30am 11:30am Monday Stewardship 7:15pm Tuesday WELCA trip to see Jonah Youth Choir Alleluia Ringers Mutual Ministry 9:00am 6:15pm 6:30pm 7:00pm Wednesday Thursday Saturday Next Sunday Staff Meeting Church Directory Meeting Worship and Music Junior Choir Senior Choir Youth Group Potato Project Harvest Home Set Up Kuntz Hall Rental Harvest Home Sunday Youth Choir 10:00am 6:30pm 7:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00am 9:00am 2:00pm 11:45am REMINDER TO WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS SUNDAY, September 23 8:00am 10:30am Acolytes Logan Ninos Morgan Mullen Crucifers Rylee O Donnell Samantha Lambert Greeters Ernie and Kris Larry Creyer Doncsecz Lectors Lynn LaBarre Don Hayn Nursery Ann and Shannon Kim and Noah Roth Reinhard Ushers Livermon Team Mertz Team Communion Assistants Sharyn Kratzer Jerry Mraz Altar Guild for Sept. Lock Up for September Jane Wescott Jane Wescott and Marge Zimmermann John and Bonnie Zmyewski
SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL YEAR 2012/2013 Our Sunday School begins TODAY, Sunday, September 9 th. Our teachers are ready to have a good year with their students. Please note that Sunday School begins at 9:15am and ends at 10:15am. Please make giving a weekly offering each week a priority with your children. We have classes for age two through adult. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL STAFF FOR 2012-2013 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCS: Lynn LaBarre ASSISTANT OF SCS: Nancy Creyer SECRETARIES OF SCS: Nancy and Dennis Biechy TREASURER OF SCS: Nancy Creyer SCS OFFICE SUPPORT: Julie Sekol, Monica Paly SUPERINTENDENT OF CRADLE ROLL: Kathy Ziegler CRADLE ROLL: Pat Demko, Erica Szwast 3-YEAR NURSERY: Amy Nichols, Trish Ninos, Mikayla Ninos, Emily Nichols PRE-KINDERGARTEN: Dawn Wainwright, Loretta Weil, Carol Gross, Natasha Sawickij KINDERGARTEN: Jean Anderson, Emily Hassler, Kim Lahr, Donna Neetz FIRST GRADE: Judy Chase, Debra Kalbach, Lori Kerper SECOND GRADE: Rita Hulsizer, Debbie Leibenguth, Mikayla Xander THIRD GRADE: Carol Galloway, Kay O Donnell FOURTH GRADE: Kim Eckroth, Karen Lockard FIFTH GRADE: Robin Zamadics, Katie Biechy SIXTH GRADE: Laurie Christman, John P. Zmyewski LEVEL I CONFIRMATION: Steph Ziegler, Dolores Reenock LEVEL II CONFIRMATION: John Schuon, Rachel Holencik POST CONFIRMATION: Vicki Zmyewski ADULT A: Andrew Szwast ADULT B: Bob Small MUSIC/CHERUB CHOIR: Vicki Steiner