WEEKLY E-MESSENGER FROM REFORMATION LUTHERAN CHURCH
For the Week Beginning August 4, 2017
Ninth 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
Do you have unused/expired prescriptions? Barbara Aussicker is still willing to be our designated person to take them to a certified drop off site.
- Only PRESCRIPTION medications are accepted – no over the counter/vitamins please
- Please dump the pills from their original containers into a bag and leave them in the box in front of Debbie’s desk in the office.
- Barbara will do a weekly run as needed
FAMILY PROMISE
Tuesday, August 15th, it will be our turn to bring dinner to the families staying at First Baptist Church through the Family Promise of Monmouth County program. Help is needed with side dishes and desserts. Food items can be dropped off during the day at the church. If anyone would like to join the team to deliver, serve, and join the dinner, please contact Norma Beaty for more information.
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, Kevin Cotter, George & Claire Crob, Jonna Crocker, Sidney Davis, Zack Davis, Edna Drinkard, Jan Erwin, Amanda Ferraro, Dr. Rosemary Fiore, Margaret Oswald Fowler, Martina Graham, Patricia Grover, Kurt 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, Carol Pennega, Chris Rakowski, Myra Reyes, Pr. Jacky Roderick, Tara Shinn, Miles Skolnick, Carleen Smith, Michael Smith, Pearl Smith, 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 Michael Cotter, Kevin Cotter’s uncle who died this week.
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
SCHOOL SUPPLIES: Continuing until God’s Work Our Hands Day, 9/10, our Social Ministry team will be collecting specific school supplies for Lutheran World Relief School Kits
We’ll include the following items in each School Kit:
4 Notebooks, 1 ruler, 1 sharpener, 5 pencils, 1 blunt school scissor, 1 eraser, 5 blue pens, 1 box of 24 crayons. Please donate whatever items you can (look for the marked bin in the gathering area) and then on God’s Work Our Hands Sunday, 9/10 we will have bags and put the kits together.
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!
500TH COMMEMORATION OF THE REFORMATION EVENTS
- Sunday, September 10th – 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 fromhis writings, talks and sermons.
Reformation Lutheran Church, with Holy Trinity Red Bank, is exploring having an early afternoon viewing of the film at HERE AT REFORMATION USING OUR BIG SCREEN TELEVISION on Sunday September 10 AT 2pm. More information to follow as the details are worked out. (The movie theater won’t do the viewing on the weekends at all so we are going to join with Holy Trinity Red Bank here!)
- Saturday, October 14th – Hymn Fest and Worship Service followed by an Oktoberfest here at Reformation.
- 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.
SOME ADDITIONAL ECUMENICAL EVENTS WITH PRECIOUS BLOOD CATHOLIC CHURCH
- 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 24 – group of 4 from Reformation and 4 from Precious Blood needed to prep, cook, serve, and cleanup dinner for the Mercy Center in Asbury Park. Arrive at the Mercy Center at 2 to prep and cook. Dinner is served at 4. We’re planning music and singing in the gardens after dinner. First 4 to signup will be the planners with Precious Blood’s team. More are welcome to come and help plus enjoy the music and singing.
- Sunday, October 14 – Precious Blood will be participating and joining us for the Hymn Fest, Service of the Word and Oktoberfest. Details on this to follow will be out soon!!
Look for more details on these events in the coming weeks and months but please put the dates on your calendar now!!
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 4
12 noon NA
7:00 p.m. SDA congregation
Saturday, August 5
8:00 a.m. Food Pantry
9:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Seventh Day Adventists
5:00 p.m. SAA 6:00 p.m. AA
Sunday, August 6
9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion
1:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation
Monday, August 7
12:00 Noon NA
6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercisers
7:00 p.m. Spring of Life
Tuesday, August 8
12 noon Creative Crafters
7:00 p.m. Food Pantry / SAA
7:30 p.m. Council
Wednesday, August 9
10:00 a.m. Eucharist/followed by Prayer Ministry
12:00 Noon NA
6:00 p.m. Women’s AA
7:00 p.m. Summer Service of Holy Communion
8:00 p.m. AA
Thursday, August 10
12 noon NA
6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercisers
7:00 p.m. Spring of Life
7:00 p.m. Endowment Meeting
Friday, August 11
12 noon NA
7:00 p.m. SDA Congregation
Saturday, August 12
8:00 a.m. Food Pantry
8:30 a.m. Clothes Closet
9:00 a.m. & 3 p.m. Seventh Day Adventists
5:00 p.m. SAA 6:00 p.m. AA
Sunday, August 13
9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion
1:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation
Monday, August 14
12:00 Noon NA
6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercisers
7:00 p.m. Worship & Music Meeting/Spring of Life
Tuesday, August 15
12 noon Crafters
7:00 p.m. Food Pantry/SAA
Wednesday, August 16
10:00 a.m. Eucharist/ Prayer Group
12:00 Noon NA
6:00 p.m. Women’s AA
7:00 p.m. Summer Service of Holy Communion
8:00 p.m. AA
Thursday, August 17
12 noon NA
6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercisers
7:00 p.m. Spring of Life congregation
Friday, August 18
12 noon NA
7:00 p.m. SDA congregation
Saturday, August 19
8:00 a.m. Food Pantry
9:00 a.m. & 3 p.m. Seventh Day Adventists
11:00 a.m. Meal at Noon
5:00 p.m. SAA 6:00 p.m. AA
Sunday, August 20
9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion
1:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation
Monday, August 21
12:00 Noon NA
6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercisers
7:00 p.m. Spring of Life
Tuesday, August 22
12 noon Crafters
7:00 p.m. Food Pantry/SAA
Wednesday, August 23
10 a.m. Eucharist/followed by Prayer Ministry
12 noon N/A
6:00 p.m. Women’s AA
7:00 p.m. Summer Service of Holy Communion
8:00 p.m. AA
Thursday, August 24
12 noon NA
6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercisers
7:00 p.m. Spring of Life
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
7 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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