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8:15 AM Brief Order
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10:15 AM Worship
(Communion on the first
Sunday of each month)

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I can imagine St. Paul looking down from heaven, and shaking his head at the foolish human race. What must he think of our annual practice of setting New Year’s Resolutions? In a random telephone survey of 1012 Americans, conducted by business writer Stephen Shapiro and Opinion Research Corp. of Princeton N.J., only 8% of Americans say they achieve their New Year’s resolutions.

It isn’t that we don’t know what we ought to do, or sincerely want to do it. The problem is that "knowing", and even "wanting to", are not the same as "doing." My grandmother used to say, "If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride." Saint Paul wrote in his letter to the Romans, "I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do." (Romans 7:19)

Paul says that if we are not choosing our actions, we are being controlled by something else. We may have different names for them, but gluttony, sloth, anger and greed are still the primary themes of resolution making. That something else Paul is talking about is sin. Sin, he says, has enslaved us, and like it or not, we are obedient to our unwanted and invisible masters. Yikes!

So, if we are slaves, is our situation hopeless? Should we just give in and accept our fate? By no means! God has seen our bondage to sin, and has entered our material, hum-drum, every-day world, in order to set us free.

We are not freed by an annual shoring up of our will-power, (we have ample evidence that THAT doesn’t work!), but by a daily return to our baptism. We admit that we are in bondage to sin, and cannot free ourselves, and we turn to the one who can and does free us. Confession and repentance, daily recognition of our dependence on God, and the existence of divine power that is stronger than our sin: This is where our hope and help can be found.

We are as Luther said, both saint and sinner, and we will continue to have our dual nature until God’s work in us is done. Yet, as we continually remember our baptism, and rest in our relationship with God, the fruits of the Spirit begin to show in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23) Sin loses it’s terrible grip on us.

Shapiro suggests that, instead of a resolution, we choose a theme for the year. Which fruit of the Spirit do you want to see more in your life? I know just where you can find it…

Happy New Year! May Your 2012 be filled with Peace!

Pastor Sellers

January 2012
Happy New Year!

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1 Holy Communion

10:15 Communion

ONE Service ONLY

NO Sunday School

Happy 2012!

Office Closed

6 pm

Girl Scouts

7:30

Study Group

9am Staff Mtg

Noon

Lunch Bunch

7 pm

Confirmation

8 pm Bell Choir

7:30 pm

Sr. Choir

6 pm

Staff Party

at Bara’s

8 Baptism of Our

Lord

8:15 Brief Communion

9:00 Sunday School

10:15 Communion Worship

6:15 pm

Girl Scouts

10 New Class

9:30 am Little

Music Makers

6 pm

Girl Scouts

7pm

Scrapbooking

7:30 pm

Study Group

6:45 pm

Youth Choir

7:30 pm

New Spirit

Midnight Scrapbooking

6:30 pm

8:00 am

Men’s Bible Study

Girl Scout Hoagie Sale

15 New Spirit

8:15 Brief Communion

9:00 Sunday School

10:15 New Spirit Worship

9:30 – 3pm

Confirmation Retreat

6 pm

Girl Scouts

7pm

WELCA

9:30 am Little

Music Makers

6 pm

Girl Scouts

7 pm

Church Council

7 pm

Confirmation

8 pm

Bell Choir

7:30 pm

Sr. Choir

7:30 pm

To Live Again

Reports due to Joyce for Annual Report

22 Ministry Celebration

Sunday

8:15 Brief Communion

9:00 Sunday School

10:15 Worship

11:15 Ministry Fair

6:15 pm

Girl Scouts

9:30 am Little

Music Makers

6 pm

Girl Scouts

7pm Scrapbooking

7:30 pm

Study Group

6:45 pm

Youth Choir

7:30 pm

New Spirit

7:30 pm

Sr. Choir

7pm

Movie Night

Wedding

Ken Miller

Cathy Ryzner

29 Lutheran Charities

7:30 Ski Trip to

Jack Frost

8:15 Brief Communion

9:00 Sunday School

10:15 Hymn Sing Worship

9:30 am Music Makers

6:00 pm Girl Scouts

7:00 pm Study Group

SERVICE SUNDAYS

The theme for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is “God’s Work, Our Hands!” But fitting service into our busy lives can be a challenge. Many of us find ourselves torn between spending time with the family and volunteering. Others discover that many volunteer opportunities require a time commitment that makes it hard to serve.

Service Sundays are an opportunity once each month to put your hands to God’s work.

Service Sunday is a monthly opportunity for people of all ages to reach out with the love of Christ on behalf of our neighbors. No long-term or on-going commitment is required, just one afternoon.

Each activity is a stand-alone event.
You do not need to commit to a year of service, just an hour or two!
Feel free to bring your family.
Service Sunday opportunities are appropriate for all ages.

Our next Service Sunday outreach activity will be on Sunday November 13th

"One House at a Time"
http://www.ohaat.org/

We will be helping the staff deliver beds to those in need in the Philadelphia area. We are also looking for donations of linens for these beds. Please consider donating new or gently used twin sheets/blankets/comforters and NEW pillows/mattress pads or covers.
A collection box will be in the Narthex for these linens.

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What we make of our talents is our gift back to God"
- Leo Buscaglia

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