WEEKLY E-MESSENGER FROM REFORMATION LUTHERAN CHURCH
For the Week Beginning August 25, 2017
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
THE WEEK AT REFORMATION
Sunday – 9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion
Wednesday – 10 a.m. Eucharist followed by Prayer Ministry
Wednesday – 7 p.m. Summer Worship Service with Holy Communion beginning June 21
THANK YOU to everyone who has donated school supplies for the Lutheran World Relief School Kits. We’ll be collecting items until September 10th and here is a specific list of the items still needed:
1 subject spiral notebooks
Boxes of 24 count crayons
Kids blunt scissors
Pencil sharpeners (individual)
Blue Ball Point Pens (no gel pens)
Wow – we’ve exceeded the 40 planned and are now shooting for the moon – can we make 100? 75 is a definite possibility!!
Shop Rite has the 1 subject spiral notebooks for .25 this week with a limit of 10. At the WLB Shop Rite you can find the notebooks on the wire racks as you walk into the lobby heading into the store. It’s the rack next to the last of the pool supplies! AND – Staples has the 1 subject notebooks for .15 this week only!! Plus Staples has 24 count crayons for .50 each!! Target also has crayons for .50 each and 1 subject notebooks are on sale but they won’t list the price online!!
Again, thank you so much for your support – the Social Ministry Team
This Wednesday, August 30th is the last Wednesday evening worship service as we transition to our fall schedule. Saturday evening worship begins on September 9th.
By the end of today, the September monthly messenger should be in your email boxes! Copies for those without email will be available on the round wooden table in the gathering area.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Susan Agnellino, Amy Appleton, Phil Apruzzi, Tim Beaty, Gabriella & Francesca Bellanca, Haley Brunner, Christa & Allan Buergin, Bruce Burnham, Les Cadigan, Matt Callahan, Pamela Cancel, Dominick Caruso, Concetta Cassidy, Jeanmarie Chudzick, Joseph Clarke, George & Claire Crob, Jonna Crocker, Sidney Davis, Zack Davis, Billy Delhanty, Edna Drinkard, George Economy, Steve Elliott, Jan Erwin, Amanda Ferraro, Dr. Rosemary Fiore, Margaret Oswald Fowler, Martina Graham, Patricia Grover, Kurt Homza, Sue Homza, Royce Howell, Wayne Isaacs, Ann Jamison, Evie Johnson, Alan Keszler, Sharon Kennedy, Brianna Lindsey, Inger LaManna, Wyatt LeMeune, Bob MacDonald, Betty Malone, Jane McKinley, John Mercogliano, Judy Montulet, Jo Nolan, Danielle Orio, Karen Pajek, Tommy Patten, Carol Pennega, Chris Rakowski, Myra Reyes, Pr. Jacky Roderick, Tara Shinn, Miles Skolnick, Anita Smith, Carleen Smith, Michael Smith, Pearl Smith, Peggy Spitz, CJ Stratton, Dolores Strockbine, Kaitlyn Sudowsky, Bobbie Sweger, Gladstone Trott, Francine Yamello, Julian Zotti,
Military: John Barrett, Michael Cirrincione, Chris Benz, and All our Military personnel
Christian Sympathy to the family and friends of Pam Cancel, Joseph Cancel’s aunt.
PRAYER LISTS
If you or a loved would like to be added to the church prayer lists, please call the church office (732-229-9180), email the church at reformationwlb@gmail.com or leave Pastor Matt a note. Please help keep the list up to date by sharing the good news of progress and recovery.
PLEASE NOTE: As a reflection of our trust that God does indeed hear our prayers, prayer requests will be kept on the prayer list spoken each weekend for a period of four weeks. Should you wish to have someone placed back onto the list or to have their name remain on the list for an additional four weeks, please contact the church office or leave a note on Debbie’s desk. Names on the prayer list printed above and in the monthly messenger will stay on indefinitely until you share with us the good news of recovery or progress enough to be removed from the list
GOD’S WORK OUR HANDS DAY – Have you had a chance to check out the bulletin board in the gathering area? Sue Homza has created an amazing bulletin board and what makes it so amazing (besides the great creativity) is its intent!! There are hands on one side of the board with suggested “chores or jobs” one might choose to do between now and September 10th – the official God’s Work Our Hands Day. The other side has space for the completed “chore or job” hands to be placed. The goal is empty the first side and completely fill the other side with finished jobs!! There are simple jobs, harder jobs, chores for children, something for everyone!
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE FALL IN DATE ORDER
SIGN-UP SHEETS IN THE BINDER IN THE GATHERING AREA
500TH COMMEMORATION OF THE REFORMATION EVENTS
- Monday, August 28 at 7 p.m. at Little Monmouth Beach Club – wine and cheese. Open dialog with Precious Blood. Father Bob and Pastor Matt will jointly open the session and then we will have open discussions. The signup sheet is on the kiosk – please let us know if you plan to join us. Bring your favorite drink to share!
- Sunday, September 10th at 11:00 a.m. – Rally Day/God’s Work Our Hand’s Day Luncheon and assembly of school kits for Lutheran World Relief. Help is needed with side dishes, salads, and desserts. We will have cold cut platters and lots of other goodies we hope!
- Sunday, September 10th at 2 p.m. here at Reformation – A new movie created for the 500th Commemoration of the Reformation has been issued. It is called “Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World.” This feature-length film revisits the dramatic moments that shaped Luther’s life while examining his quest to share the good news of the freeing love of Jesus Christ. The film is sponsored by Thrivent and in collaboration with the ELCA. The viewing is made available through special arrangements with participating theaters. In other words this movie will not be shown through conventional commercial channels.
The film vividly portrays the key moments in Luther’s story: the lightning storm that nearly killed him, the bleak self-punishment of his time in the monastery, the theological breakthrough that reset Christian thought and his ongoing drive to reconnect the church to its original anchor.
In a quest for authenticity, the movie was filmed in the castles, monasteries and cobblestone streets of Eastern Europe. Luther scholars were involved in all aspects of the production to further ensure historical accuracy, including ELCA theologians Richard Perry, Kirsi Stjerna, Mary Jane Haemig, Kathryn Johnson, Jane Strohl, Mark Tranvik, Vitor Westhelle, and Timothy Wengert. Every sentence Luther speaks in the film is taken from his writings, talks and sermons.
- Saturday, September 23 at 5 p.m. – Dinner Church – Our Saturday evening Service of Holy Communion done in the great room around a pot luck 3 course meal.
- Sunday, September 24 at 2 p.m. at The Center in Asbury Park – 4 people needed to head up our team of volunteers to plan and cook a meal with Precious Blood’s team of 4 at The Center for approximately 40 people. Arrive at The Center at 2 to prep and cook. Dinner is served at 4. We’re planning music and singing in the gardens after dinner. More are welcome to come and help plus enjoy the dinner, music and singing.
- Saturday, October 14th – Hymn Fest and Service of the Word at 3:30 in the sanctuary followed by a pot luck Oktoberfest here at Reformation in the great room at 5 p.m. This event will be opened to Precious Blood, Holy Trinity Red Bank and other Lutheran congregations in the area. Because of limited seating for the Oktoberfest in the great room, we will be issuing tickets based on those who sign up. It’s imperative that you sign up as soon as possible if you plan to attend the Oktoberfest!! On 8/31 we will be opening this to all the other congregations.
- Sunday, October 29th – Reformation Sunday – Brunch in the Great Room at 11 a.m.
- Sunday, October 29th – Joint event with Precious Blood Catholic Church, Monmouth Beach 2 p.m. to explore the Reformation from both perspectives followed by refreshments. This event will be a worship service based on Pope Francis and Bishop Munib Younan, president of The Lutheran World Federation’s service of Common Prayer for the Joint Catholic-Lutheran Commemoration of the Reformation in Lund, Sweden on Oct. 31, 2016.
THE CAMP CONNECTION
CROSS ROADS CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S RETREAT AT CROSSROADS
Crossroads Camp and Retreat Center has scheduled their synod wide women’s retreat for 9/29-10/1 and 10/13-10/15. Several of us here at Reformation have chosen to attend the 9/29-10/1 retreat to avoid a conflict with the annual CROP Walk which is 10/15. We invite all women of the congregation to attend – check out the retreat center on their website at www.crossroadsretreat.com Just know it’s first come, first serve so if you are thinking of attending, you need to register as soon as possible.
Then, men – for the first time ever there is a men’s retreat weekend on 10/20-10/22 which will be led by Pastor Bruce Davidson. It will be a new experience for all and promises to be as equally fun and spiritually renewing as the women’s retreats have been. All men of the congregation are invited to register for this retreat – check out the retreat center on their website too at www.crossroadsretreat.com
Calendar for August 2017
Friday, August 25
12 Noon NA
7:00 p.m. SDA Congregation
Saturday, August 26
8:00 a.m. Food Pantry
8:30 a.m. Clothes Closet
9:00 a.m. & 3 p.m. SDA
5:00 p.m. SAA 6:00 p.m. AA
Sunday, August 27
9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion
1:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation
Monday, August 28
12 noon NA
6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercisers
7:00 p.m. Spring of Life
Tuesday, August 29
12 noon Creative Crafters
7:00 p.m. Food Pantry/SAA
Wednesday, August 30
10:00 a.m. Eucharist/followed by Prayer Ministry
12:00 Noon NA
6:00 p.m. Women’s AA
7:00 p.m. Last Summer Service of Holy Communion
8:00 p.m. AA
Thursday, August 31
12 noon NA
6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercisers
7:00 p.m. Spring of Life
**Dates and times for meetings are subject to change; please check bulletins and the e-messenger throughout the month
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