ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
MAYTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Keith Smith, Organist and Choirmaster – 426-3180
Janie Mohr, Junior Choirmaster – 426-3426
Diane Leonard, Parish Secretary – 426-3072
Becky Fleckenstein, Parish Sexton
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S:
Today 10:30 AM Food and Fellowship time –
Parlor
10:45 AM Contemporary Service
Noon ACFLB
7:00 PM New Member/Inquirer’s Class begins – in the Parlor
Monday 6:00 PM Social Ministry leaves to play Bingo
at Luther Acres
Tuesday 7:00 PM Council Meeting
Wednesday 6:30 PM Praise Band Rehearsal
7:00 PM Silver Polishing Party
Saturday All Day Garden Ganza!
Next Sunday 9:30 AM Traditional Service with Pastor Peirson Preaching
10:30 AM Food and Fellowship time – in Parlor
10:45 AM Contemporary Service with Pastor
Peirson Preaching
Noon ACFLB (if Paul drives!)
SERVING GOD’S PEOPLE TODAY
Traditional Service Lector – Kelsey Hafer
Contemporary Service Lector – JoNan Shirk
Acolyte – Amber Smith
Head Usher – Pat and Bill Vogel
Altar Care – Pat and Bill Vogel
Greeters – Dick and Louise Baker
Snack Hosts – Jim and Diane Leonard
WELCOME VISITORS!
We extend a hearty welcome to all of our visitors this morning and invite you to worship with us any time. Please sign one of the guest books as you enter or leave the service, and we will have a small gift to give you. The guest books are located in the vestibule and hallway, right outside the Sanctuary. Ask an usher or any member if you need further directions or any help. We’re glad you are with us!
FOOD BANK
…is in need of cans of pork and beans, saltines, and rice. Please place any items in the “food bank cart”. Thank you, Pat Vogel.
VBS VOLUNTEERS
…we still need helpers with our VBS this year. If you will help, see Colleen Mackison, Laura Wolfe, or Pastor. The school is scheduled for July 31 – August 4. We are especially asking if anyone in the congregation would be willing to set up a model railroad platform in the Social Hall for VBS this year. The theme of the school is trains.
THANKS TO MY ST. JOHN’S FAMILY
…for all the cards, flowers, visits and prayers during my recent operation. How wonderful to know how many people care. You are wonderful. A special thanks to Pastor Bob for being there and his prayers. Thank you so much. Dick Shirk
THE AFTER CHURCH FOR LUNCH BUNCH
…invites all to join our merry band for a delightful afternoon of food and fellowship with your family in Christ – this Sunday or any Sunday. We gather in the elevator lobby at 11:45 AM, decide where to go, and leave at noon aboard the 13 seat church van. (Each person pays his or her own way and we split the cost of gas.) Those who wish to join us, but who attend only the traditional service, may return to church to board the van OR if you live in Maytown, Pastor will be happy to pick you up at your house…it’s no trouble – we’d sooner have you with us! Just tell Pastor if you want picked up, as you leave church.
A NEW MEMBERS/INQUIRERS CLASS
…will hold its first session this evening in the parlor. The class is a requirement for those who wish to unite with St. John’s, but who come to us from non-Lutheran backgrounds. It also serves as a refresher course to church basics and is open to those who just want to know what the Lutheran Church is “about”. Please talk to Pastor as soon as possible, if you might be interested in attending the five or six session class. When we meet for subsequent sessions will be determined at this evening’s meeting, after comparing participants’ calendars.
DON’T FORGET
…to pick up your July-August Newsletter. It awaits you in your elevator lobby mailbox. Help us by delivering an absent neighbor’s copy. Thank you.
A NEW YOUTH CATECHETICAL CLASS
..will begin meeting in September. Those whom our records show are eligible for the class are: Alex Smith, Willy Weller, Spencer Frank, Saige Demmy, Morgan Mackison, Kaycee Shirk, Gabrielle Thomas, and Scotty Wood. If anyone else is in grade 6 or above, this September, you, too, are welcome to join the class. Just say something to Pastor. (Also – if any 6th graders would rather wait two years to start catechetics, please tell Pastor.)
Originally, catechetical instruction begins in 7th grade, but the Christian Education Committee decided to invite 6th graders this year, so that the class would have more than three students and so that the church might recognize and reflect the “middle school” class grouping and the earlier maturity of many of today’s children and youth.
UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
July 10 6 PM Social Ministry “Bingo Night” at Luther Acres, followed by ice cream.
July 11 7 PM Council meeting
July 12 7 PM Church silver polishing party
July 15 All Day MHS “Garden Ganza”
July 16 “Guest” Pastor – Ron Peirson leads worship
July 16 to 22 Pastor on “vacation” cleaning house or making father-care trip to Florida
July 31 to Aug 4 Vacation Bible School
August 5 - 11 AM Susie Young’s wedding
August 6 10:30 AM Outdoor VBS Service/Church picnic
August 10 7 PM Joint Worship & Music/Christian Ed. Meeting
August 12 6:30 AM Worship & Music night out with Bob Brinser
August 13 Noon Woody’s Crab Outing
August 20 “Godspeed” service for college-bound youth
August 27 10:30 AM Joint Outdoor Service with Reform Church
August 30 6:30 PM Senior Choir picnic
PASTOR ON LEAVE
Pastor Lescallette is planning to take the week of July 16 to 22 off. He will likely use the time to clean the parsonage, unless he is needed in Florida to help his Dad. Please refer all routine matters to Diane, but feel free to call Pastor if you need him. Pastor Peirson has graciously agreed to lead worship at both services on the 16th.
MAYTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY GARDEN GANZA
…tickets are now available for sale for the Saturday, July 15th Garden Ganza of Maytown. You may purchase your ticket before the day by calling Gordy and Sue Nell at 426-2786 or Sheryl Reich at 426-4390. The price of the tickets are $6.00 before the day or $8.00 on “Garden Ganza Day”.
A REMINDER TO COUNCIL DEACONS
…don’t forget that, due to the Independence Day holiday, our July meeting has been moved to July 11, TUESDAY, at 7:00PM.
THANKS
…to Chris Harnish for working with the church’s landscaping on a hot Monday morning.
…to Dick Baker for repairing tombstones this week.
…to those who helped paint VBS “scenery” this past week, giving many hours toward the enterprise: Sheri Hafer, Lorraine Woodward, Colleen and Morgan Mackison, and Diane Leonard
…to Keith Smith, for donating a small train set for our use in VBS.
…to Charlie and Pauline Johns for setting up a wonderful 8’ x 12” table on which to erect our train platform.
WOULD THE TWO WOMEN WHO ASKED PASTOR
…to pick-up “Lutheran Chick” mugs for them (like the mug we gave to JoNan) please see him…he forgets who your are! The mugs cost $8.00 each and they are wonderfully large. If no one claims them by August 1st, they will be offered to the congregation.
THERE IS ONE SEAT LEFT
…on the church van, for the August 13th trip to Northeast, MD and Woody’s famous crab cakes! If you want the seat, sign-up today. So far, 24 of us are going, with 12 driving cars and 12 riding on the van. Each rider pays for his or her own meal and shares in the cost of the gas. The sign-up sheet hangs in the Narthex.
URGENT APPEAL FOR HELPERS
…for many years, Vernetta Wallander has been sewing quilt tops. These were then given to people like Leonard Marx to fashion into quits by tying knots with yarn. Now that Leonard has moved out of the area, we need folks to step up and take his place. The job is easy, and it can be done while watching TV. Vernetta will be happy to show you how – she just needs you to volunteer. It would be sad if we could no longer make quilts to clothe the world’s poor – and it need not be. Please talk to Vernetta or Pastor today and say you’ll help. God Bless you for caring.
TODAY IS THE DEADLINE
…for signing up for the Fellowship Committee-sponsored tour of Pennsylvania Dutch (Amish) country on August 5th. The cost of the trip is $40 per person, and for that you get a guided tour, luxurious bus, and meal! There's room for about 30 more people. After today, an effort will be made to interested people outside the congregation in going along. A sign-up hangs in the Narthex. Talk to Bill Earhart or Connie Longenecker or Jan Shelly if you have a questions.
CARD SHOWERS
Lillian Johnstin turns 96 on July 22nd. You can send her a Birthday card at:
Moravian Manor
Herrnhut Community Wing
300 West Lemon Street
Lititz, PA 17543
And, Cass Wolfe will be 90 on July 12th, her address is:
St. Anne’s Retirement Community
3952 Columbia Avenue
Room #205
Columbia, PA 17512-9715
NEW BULLETIN COVER – TRADITIONAL SERVICE
…we thank Mike Wolfe for his great photo that was used in the preparation of our newest bulletin cover. Thanks also to Janelle Hollinger and the Weavers for printing the bulletins and to Karen Sweitzer for paying for them!
SILVER POLISHING
…anyone willing to help the Worship and Music committee polish our silver communion ware is asked to show up at church on Wednesday at 7:00 PM. Many hands make light work! We haven’t done this job for quite a while – so please help us do the nine pieces.
SERVING GOD’S PEOPLE NEXT SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006
Guest Pastor – Pastor Peirson
Traditional Service Lector – to be announced
Contemporary Service Lector – Bob Frank
Acolyte – Samuel Thomas
Head Usher – Pat and Bill Vogel
Altar Care – Pat and Bill Vogel
Greeters – Jim and Diane Leonard
Flowers – Pauline and Charlie Johns
Bulletins – Steve Johns