WEEKLY E-MESSENGER FROM REFORMATION LUTHERAN CHURCH

                                                   

 

 For the Week Beginning July 21, 2017

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

 

THE WEEK AT REFORMATION

 

Sunday – 9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion/Sunday Church School

Wednesday – 10 a.m. Eucharist followed by Prayer Ministry

Wednesday – 7 p.m. Summer Worship Service with Holy Communion beginning June 21

 

HELP – Your help is needed after worship this Sunday, 7/23 to transform the Sanctuary and Narthex into Rome- Paul and the Underground Church!!  Please plan to stay after worship and help Sue Homza – thank you

 

This Sunday during worship we will install and bless EVERYONE that has had or will have anything to do with our VBS program this year – if you are involved, please be sure to come to worship this Sunday if at all possible.!!

 

Vacation Bible School – VBS begins this Sunday, 7/23 at 5:00 p.m. with a light kid friendly dinner and then class begins at 5:30 p.m.

If you have any questions, please see Debbie Keszler, Edie Jansen, or Alicia Willemsen

THE REGISTRATION FORM IS AT THE END OF THIS E-MESSENGER!

 

There is also an adult track VBS again this year – same time/same place – come and join us!! There is now a signup sheet on the kiosk for the adult class so Pastor Matt can plan the class. Please be sure to sign up as soon as possible!!!

 

 

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, John Cipolletti, Joseph Clarke, 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, Sharon Kennedy, Karen Kuttruff, Brianna Lindsey, Inger LaManna, Wyatt LeMeune, Bob MacDonald, Betty Malone, Jane McKinley, John Mercogliano, Judy Montulet, Jo Nolan, Danielle Orio, Karen Pajek, Louise Palmieri, 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, Kaila Taylor, Gladstone Trott, Michelle Wellner, Francine Yamello, Julian Zotti,

 

Military: John Barrett, Michael Cirrincione, Chris Benz, and All our Military personnel

 

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

PICTURES

 

 

 

 

Welcome Christine, Kate, Violet and Clayton!

 

SCHOOL SUPPLIES:  Beginning next week and 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 by 7/23!) and then on God’s Work Our Hands Sunday, 9/10 we will have bags and put the kits together.

 

CROSS ROADS DAY CAMP 2017 – Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Red Bank is planning a week long camp staffed by the Counselors and Staff of Camp Crossroads at Holy Trinity 8/21-8/25 from 9am-3pm for children entering kindergarten through children entering 6^th grade.  Cost is $110 per child for the week. Please contact Naomi McKenna at 732-829-3503 for more information.

 

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 10^th – 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!

 

500^TH COMMEMORATION OF THE REFORMATION EVENTS

 

1. Sunday, September 10^th – A new movie created for the 500^th 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 Monmouth Mall’s AMC on Sunday September 10.  More information to follow as the details is worked out.

 

2. Saturday, October 14^th – Hymn Fest and Worship Service followed by an Oktoberfest here at Reformation.

 

3. Sunday, October 29^th – 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

 

1. Thursday, August 3, dinner at Soul Kitchen, Red Bank at 5 p.m. recommended donation is $10 to Soul Kitchen per person. – FIRST 8 PEOPLE TO SIGN UP CAN ATTEND – FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. The signup sheet is on the kiosk.

 

2. 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.

 

3. 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 – first come first serve

 

4. Sunday, October 14 – Precious Blood will be participating and joining us for the Hymn Fest, Service of the Word and Oktoberfest.

 

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 July 2017

 

 

Friday, July 21

12 Noon NA

7:30 p. m. SDA

Saturday, July 22

8:00 a.m.  Food Pantry

8:30 a.m. Clothes Closet

9:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. SDA

6:45 p.m. AA

Sunday, July 23

9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion

1:00 p.m.  Spring of Life Congregation

5:00 p.m. VBS

Monday, July 24

12:00 Noon  NA

5:00 p.m. VBS

7:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation

Tuesday, July 25

12 noon Crafters

5:00 p.m. VBS

6:45 p.m. Food Pantry

7:00 p.m. SAA

Wednesday, July 26

10 a.m. Eucharist/followed by Prayer Ministry

12 Noon NA

5:00 p.m. VBS

6:00 p.m. Women’s NA

7:00 p.m. Summer Service with Holy Communion

8:00 p.m. AA

Thursday, July 27

12 noon NA

5:00 p.m. VBS

7:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation

7:30 p.m. VBS Closing Program

Friday, July 28

12 noon NA

7:30 p.m. SDA

Saturday, July 29

8:00 a.m. Food Pantry

9:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Seventh Day Adventists

6:45 p.m. AA

Sunday, July 30

9:30 a.m.  Service of Holy Communion

11:00 a.m. Worship & Music meeting

1:00 p.m.  Spring of Life Congregation

Monday, July 31

12:00 Noon  NA

6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercise Class

7:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation

**Dates and times for meetings are subject to change; please check bulletins and the e-messenger throughout the month

 

 

WEEKLY E-MESSENGER FROM REFORMATION LUTHERAN CHURCH

                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Week Beginning July 21, 2017

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

 

THE WEEK AT REFORMATION

 

Sunday – 9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion/Sunday Church School

Wednesday – 10 a.m. Eucharist followed by Prayer Ministry

Wednesday – 7 p.m. Summer Worship Service with Holy Communion beginning June 21

 

HELP – Your help is needed after worship this Sunday, 7/23 to transform the Sanctuary and Narthex into Rome- Paul and the Underground Church!!  Please plan to stay after worship and help Sue Homza – thank you

 

This Sunday during worship we will install and bless EVERYONE that has had or will have anything to do with our VBS program this year – if you are involved, please be sure to come to worship this Sunday if at all possible.!!

 

Vacation Bible School – VBS begins this Sunday, 7/23 at 5:00 p.m. with a light kid friendly dinner and then class begins at 5:30 p.m.

If you have any questions, please see Debbie Keszler, Edie Jansen, or Alicia Willemsen

THE REGISTRATION FORM IS AT THE END OF THIS E-MESSENGER!

 

There is also an adult track VBS again this year – same time/same place – come and join us!! There is now a signup sheet on the kiosk for the adult class so Pastor Matt can plan the class. Please be sure to sign up as soon as possible!!!

 

 

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, John Cipolletti, Joseph Clarke, 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, Sharon Kennedy, Karen Kuttruff, Brianna Lindsey, Inger LaManna, Wyatt LeMeune, Bob MacDonald, Betty Malone, Jane McKinley, John Mercogliano, Judy Montulet, Jo Nolan, Danielle Orio, Karen Pajek, Louise Palmieri, 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, Kaila Taylor, Gladstone Trott, Michelle Wellner, Francine Yamello, Julian Zotti,

 

Military: John Barrett, Michael Cirrincione, Chris Benz, and All our Military personnel

 

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:  Beginning next week and 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 by 7/23!) and then on God’s Work Our Hands Sunday, 9/10 we will have bags and put the kits together.

 

CROSS ROADS DAY CAMP 2017 – Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Red Bank is planning a week long camp staffed by the Counselors and Staff of Camp Crossroads at Holy Trinity 8/21-8/25 from 9am-3pm for children entering kindergarten through children entering 6^th grade.  Cost is $110 per child for the week. Please contact Naomi McKenna at 732-829-3503 for more information.

 

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 10^th – 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!

 

500^TH COMMEMORATION OF THE REFORMATION EVENTS

 

1. Sunday, September 10^th – A new movie created for the 500^th 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 Monmouth Mall’s AMC on Sunday September 10.  More information to follow as the details is worked out.

 

2. Saturday, October 14^th – Hymn Fest and Worship Service followed by an Oktoberfest here at Reformation.

 

3. Sunday, October 29^th – 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

 

1. Thursday, August 3, dinner at Soul Kitchen, Red Bank at 5 p.m. recommended donation is $10 to Soul Kitchen per person. – FIRST 8 PEOPLE TO SIGN UP CAN ATTEND – FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. The signup sheet is on the kiosk.

 

2. 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.

 

3. 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 – first come first serve

 

4. Sunday, October 14 – Precious Blood will be participating and joining us for the Hymn Fest, Service of the Word and Oktoberfest.

 

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 July 2017

 

 

Friday, July 21

12 Noon NA

7:30 p. m. SDA

Saturday, July 22

8:00 a.m.  Food Pantry

8:30 a.m. Clothes Closet

9:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. SDA

6:45 p.m. AA

Sunday, July 23

9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion

1:00 p.m.  Spring of Life Congregation

5:00 p.m. VBS

Monday, July 24

12:00 Noon  NA

5:00 p.m. VBS

7:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation

Tuesday, July 25

12 noon Crafters

5:00 p.m. VBS

6:45 p.m. Food Pantry

7:00 p.m. SAA

Wednesday, July 26

10 a.m. Eucharist/followed by Prayer Ministry

12 Noon NA

5:00 p.m. VBS

6:00 p.m. Women’s NA

7:00 p.m. Summer Service with Holy Communion

8:00 p.m. AA

Thursday, July 27

12 noon NA

5:00 p.m. VBS

7:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation

7:30 p.m. VBS Closing Program

Friday, July 28

12 noon NA

7:30 p.m. SDA

Saturday, July 29

8:00 a.m. Food Pantry

9:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Seventh Day Adventists

6:45 p.m. AA

Sunday, July 30

9:30 a.m.  Service of Holy Communion

11:00 a.m. Worship & Music meeting

1:00 p.m.  Spring of Life Congregation

Monday, July 31

12:00 Noon  NA

6:30 p.m. Reformation Exercise Class

7:00 p.m. Spring of Life Congregation

**Dates and times for meetings are subject to change; please check bulletins and the e-messenger throughout the month