7/17/23 Weekly Congregational Update

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Dear Members and Friends,

 

Here are this week’s updates:

 

  • This Sunday will be Gideon Sunday, when we will have a guest speaker take a few minutes of each worship service to share the work they do in spreading God’s Word though the Bibles they give out.  You will have an opportunity to give financially to support their ministry.

  • Sunday, I will be preaching on the difficult topic of forgiveness, specifically, how can we forgive someone who has wronged us?  Our message will be based on our First Reading from Genesis 50:15-21 and our Gospel Reading from Matthew 18:21-35.  Please read both ahead of time, and if you can, the preceding chapters of the Genesis’ reading concerning Joseph.

  • If you have someone in mind who you feel would be a good candidate to serve on the Church Council, please fill out the form in the bulletin (Advisory Ballot) and place it in one of the boxes located in the narthex or the sacristy.  You can name up to four people.  The deadline to do this is Sunday, September 24.

  • “How are the Adult Catechism Classes going?”, you ask.  Fantastic!  Last week we had a total of 41 attend the classes and we are on pace to do even more this week.  Tonight, we will finish up the topic of Baptism and then take a look at the topic of Holy Communion.  Come out and join us tonight if you can.  Next week we will jump into the world of the 3 creeds we use – the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, as well as the Athanasian Creed.

  • On Monday of next week, Pat will be taking the day off.

 

See you soon!

Pastor Fischer