ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
MAYTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
THE REV. ROBERT M. LESCALLETTE, PASTOR
KEITH SMITH, ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER
JANIE MOHR, JR. CHOIRMASTER
JONAN SHIRK, PARISH SECRETARY
BECKY FLECKENSTEIN, PARISH SEXTON
SUE FRANK, SENIOR YOUTH GROUP LEADER
VICKI McCONNELL, JUNIOR YOUTH MINISTRY LEADER
PENTECOST 23 October 23, 2005
(This Service employs the Green hymnal.)
THE ORGAN PRELUDE – “I Love To Tell The Story” W. Fischer
THE GREETING pg. 57
THE KYRIE pg. 57-58
THE HYMN OF PRAISE “GLORY TO GOD” pg. 59
THE PRAYER OF THE DAY (See insert)
AND
Pastor: Almighty God, you have raised up faithful
Bishops, and leaders of your church.
May the memory of your servant, James the
Just, brother of our Lord, be a source of
joy for us and a bulwark of our faith, so that
we may serve you and confess your name before
The world; through your son, our brother, Jesus
Christ, our Lord.
People: AMEN
(All sit, following the prayer)
THE FIRST READING – Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18
THE ANTHEM BY THE JUNIOR CHOIR
“Stand Up And Clap” C. Tadlock
“Oh How I Love Jesus”
THE SECOND READING – I Thessalonians 2:1-8
THE ALLELUIA – pg. 62 (sung standing)
(All sit, following the Gospel)
THE HYMN OF THE DAY #177 “By All Your Saints”
(Tune of Webb – “Stand Up, Stand Up”)
(Sing verses 1, 4, and the following one written by Pastor for today. End with verse 3 in the hymnal.)
O’ HEAR OUR PRAISE FOR ST. JAMES
YOUR OWN DEAR BRO-THER TRUE!
PART OF YOUR HU-MAN FAM’-LY
AND ONE IN SPIR-IT TOO!
A WIT-NESS TO YOUR RIS-ING
WHOSE EYES, ONCE BLIND, THEN SAW
AND LED THE CHURCH AT ZI-ON
A MAR-TYR FOR LOVE’S LAW.
(Children ages 4-8 may leave the sanctuary during the singing of the hymn to attend children’s church with Mrs. Henny, if they like.)
THE SERMON “The Human Face Of God”
THE HYMN OF RESPONSE #419 “Lord Of All Nations”
(Sung to the tune of “Grace Church”)
THE APOSTLES’ CREED pg. 65 (confessed standing)
(All sit, following the creed.)
THE ORGAN OFFERTORY – “For This We Pray” T. Birchwood
THE OFFERING
THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
THE LORD’S PRAYER
THE RECESSIONAL HYMN # 424 “Lord Of Glory”
(During, the singing of the third verse, the Crucifer, Pastor, Lector, and Acolyte will lead the choir and the congregation outside to the new shed for a brief dedicatory rite. The congregation should simply follow after the choir, with the first rows going first and working backward to the balcony.)
WE THANK EAGLE-SCOUT-TO-BE, DAVID HOFFMANN…
…his dad, the Property Committee, and all who helped with the construction of the beautiful and functional shed which now graces our property. It blends in wit the church architecture and offers us more storage space than it’s predecessor. It also is relatively maintenance free and should last a long time. Azaleas and other smaller plants beautify the area.
…are given to the Glory of God and in celebration of my daughter’s birthday, Jessica, Tuesday, what joy she has brought into my life, JoNan Shirk.
THE BULLETINS…
…are dedicated to the Glory of God and in celebration of Jered’s 1st birthday and Colleen’s birthday, both on Tuesday, with love, Rose Barr.
SERVING GOD’S PEOPLE TODAY
Morning Lector – Dick Shirk
Evening Lector – Kelsey Hafer
Crucifer – Derek Boccagno
Acolyte – Spencer Frank
Greeter – Alice Leas
Head Usher – Bob Long
Altar Care – Pauline Johns
FIRST COMMUNION CLASS – TODAY!
Anyone who is baptized but un-confirmed and who does not yet receive Holy Communion is invited to do so following attendance at a special instructional class today, from 2:00 til 4:00 pm. Children, their parents, and their Godparents should attend. (Tell Pastor if you’re coming.) Ordinarily, children in grade 5 or older attend, but younger children may also attend with the permission of their parents.
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
The deadline for the next Newsletter is this Sunday. The letter covers November – December – January. It comes our on November 6th.
WORKERS ARE NEEDED…
…to help build a 5th temporary shelter. This one is located in Florin (Mt. Joy). Carpenters, masons, plumbers, electricians, and un-skilled laborers are needed. The work begins on November 12th. If you will help, please sign-up on the narthex sheet. Questions? Talk to Pastor.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED…
…to staff a church open house on December 18, from 1 to 4 pm on that Sunday afternoon. The plan is for all the Maytown churches to be open to visitors, so that Holiday decorations can be displayed and Evangelical outreach accomplished.
We need: costumed guides in Colonial attire, one or two people to staff a hospitality table, bakers of holiday treats, singers and instrument players to play in 15 – minute time slots in our sanctuary, as guides lead guests through the building. See Pastor if you will help.
ALL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN…
…are reminded of the need to submit budget requests to the Finance Committee by November. See Jim, Laura, or Al if you have a question.
“SIGHT AND SOUND” CHRISTMAS OUTING
Thirty great tickets have been purchased by the church for the December 3 show at the Strasburg Theater. Details are posted in the tower. So far, 13 tickets have been bought. 17 are available. Join us! Questions? Talk to Jan, Connie, or Bill.
THERE IS A SIGN UP SHEET…
for our Costume & Halloween Party on the bulletin board. You can sign up to give items needed. See Charlie Johns for more information. Place all cash donations in the Pumpkins at front and back doors. We will buy candy, pay for decorations, and other supplies. See Vickie McConnell for more information. Volunteer to help. Please return all forms for the Halloween party so we know how many to plan for. Place in the pumpkins with the moneys collected.
PASTOR WILL CONDUCT…
…a service of Committal in Maytown Union Cemetery on Saturday, November 26 at 11:00 AM, for Sarah Snyder Patrillo, a former Lutheran Medical Missionary (RN) to the Lutheran Church in South India. Anyone who remembers Sarah from her days in Maytown and Mount Joy (1920’s and 30’s) is invited to attend the Committal Service.
HARVEST HOME/CROP WALK PRELIMINARY REPORT
Last Sunday, our church and several other congregations in the area, celebrated Harvest Home Sunday in a big way. At St. John’s, 93 worshipped in the morning and 29 in the evening. Windows were wonderfully decorated and a large offering of food and $144.00 in cash was given to the Food Bank.
Then at 1 PM, our Praise Band played at a devotional service for 84 walkers on the Crop Walk. 11 of the walkers were St. Johners, and they raised $1,572.50 of the approximately $7,003.50 total raised.
So far, $720.oo has been turned in the walk coordinator, Pastor. (Please see that Pastor gets your money before November 1st.)
Many walkers brought cans of food to the walk, and these were added to those collected by our own church. 204 items were boxed by our Social Ministry Committee and taken, by Pat and Bill, to the Food Bank.
The donated foods were:
20 boxes of cereal 16 jars of jelly
4 pks of pop tarts (aka Vicki food) 4 units of milk
11 bottles of juice 2 bottles of ketsup
16 boxes of pasta 14 cans of fruit
7 jars of peanut butter 7 cans of tuna
8 boxes of hamburger helper 12 cans of veggies
11 cans of beans 16 cans of soup
8 boxes of potato 1 box of stuffing
1 box of cocoa mix 10 boxes of cake mix
Way to go, St. John’s!
LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED…
…next Sunday at 9 AM. Come to church armed with a rake and other landscaping tools to help clean up leaves and do other outside work to prepare our building’s grounds for winter. Questions? See Dick Baker. All St. Johners are asked to help out.
THANKS…
…to J.B. Hostetters for donating a new stove to replace the broken one at our shelter, and to Louise Baker and Ed Billman for expediting the gift.
…to Dick and Louise, George, Ginny, Rose L., Esther S., and Pauline J., for doing such a fine job of cleaning the shelter this week. Thanks also to Vicki for stocking the shelves with food and cleaning supplies and for our Social Ministry Committee for paying for things.
…to WELCA for paying for the cleaning of our parlor, office and tower carpet, and to Dick & Louise Baker and Dick Shirk for moving furniture and cleaning. (Dick also subbed for our sexton this week and did a great job.)
THE SYMPATHY OF THE CONGREGATION…
…is extended to Mary Ann Getz, whose cousin, Joanne Fetters, died on Thursday of this past week.
ANOTHER CARING OPPORTUNITY…
…awaits all members of St. John’s, as our Social Ministry Committee asks you to donate the contents of a “Health Kit”. An inserts appears in this bulletin that lists items needed for the kit. Each household in the congregation is asked to donate 1 or 2 kits before December 1. The kits will be assembled by the committee and taken down to the Lutheran World Relief Warehouse for distribution around the world and elsewhere in the U.S.A. Our goal is to make 75 kits. Please help! A kit costs $10 - $15.
ATTENTION YOUTH…
…that want to go to Winterfest in January. Please turn in your information sheet and money by Monday, October 24 to me (Susan Frank) in order to be registered for the event.
SERVING GOD’S PEOPLE ON 10/30/05
Morning Lector – Mark Harnish
Evening Lector – Jack Frank
Crucifer – Paul Rehkugler
Acolyte – Lauren Ross
Head Usher – Bob Long
Altar Care – Pauline Johns
Flowers – Pastor
Bulletins –
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S:
Today Noon ACFLB (if Paul or Dick drives)
2:00 pm First Communion Class
6:00 pm Contemporary Service 7:00 pm Food n’ Fellowship – host - JoNan
Midnight deadline for newsletter article
Monday 6:30 pm Praise Band Rehearsal
7:30 pm Evangelism Committee
Wednesday 10:00 am Bible study at Longwood
6:45 pm Junior Choir Practice
7:30 pm Senior Choir Practice
Thursday 7:30 pm Worship and Music Committee
Saturday 9:00 am Church clean up day
6:00 pm Church Halloween Party
Next Sunday 9:00 am Sunday School/Catechetics
10:30 am Reformation Sunday Service w/reception of new members.
Noon ACFLB
6:00 pm Contemporary Communion
7:00 pm Food n’ Fellowship
– hosts Alice & Esther