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"Affirmation of Marriage"
Marriage Vow Renewal
on
February 12th 2012
following the 10:15 AM Service
Call 215-257-3294 for details
CONGREGATIONAL
DINNER
Please
reserve the date of Saturday, March
24 6:00 pm
for our Annual Congregational Dinner at
St.
Matthew’s
Lutheran
Church
.
We
look forward to gathering for this fun filled evening of fellowship and
the yummy roast beef dinner including salad with hot bacon dressing,
mashed potatoes, corn and green beans.
And
for dessert…..assorted baked goods.
The prices will remain the same as last year:
Adults - $15.00
Children Ages 4-12 - $ 7.50
3 and Under – Free
The purpose of Peace-Tohickon Evangelical
Lutheran Church is to come together, live a Christian life and carry Jesus
Christ into the community through acts of caring, witness and love
Dear Brothers and Sisters
in Christ,
February is full of opportunity!
Leap Day: There never seems to be enough
time… but this month we get an extra day! Leap day is a way to correct
our calendar, to make up for the fact that we have short changed our year
for the last three years; a kind of temporal repentance, so that we can
get back on track.
What would you do with an extra day? If God
permitted you one day beyond your destined allotment, how would you use
it? Leap day gives us the opportunity to remember that every day is a
gift. As Jesus said in the sermon on the mount, "can any of you …
add a single hour to your span of life?" (Matthew 6:27).
Leap year gives us the opportunity to take a moment and reevaluate how we
are using all of our days.
St. Valentine's Day: A chance to remember
and celebrate the power of love to change lives. According to legend, the
original St. Valentine was a sort of premarital Santa Clause, anonymously
leaving gifts of financial dowries at the homes of poor girls, so that
they could wed. His was a self-giving love, which met the needs of others
without any expectation of repayment. Who do you know that needs to know
that they are loved? Sure, we can focus on hearts and flowers, but there
are many kinds of love and many, many ways to show it.
Valentine's day gives us the opportunity to express love to those who may
not expect it!
Lent: A word that means "Spring"
and marks the penitential season before the resurrection to new life at
Easter. Forty days to remind us of the forty days of rain during the great
flood (Genesis 7); forty years of wandering in the wilderness (Exodus
16:35 & Numbers 14:34); forty days on the mountain top receiving the
law (Exodus 24:18); forty years of King David's reign (2 Samuel 5:4);
forty days of the fasting by Elijah before he encounters God on Mt. Horeb
(I Kings 19:8); and of course the 40 days of fasting that inaugurated
Jesus's ministry, when he faced Satan in the wilderness (Mark 1:13).
Like preparing the soil and planting the seed for
a fruitful garden, Lent is a time of turning the soil of our hearts,
removing the stones, and making ourselves ready so that the Word of God
can take a firm root in our lives. The traditional Lenten disciplines of
self- examination and repentance, prayer and fasting, sacrificial giving
and works of love, are not meant to be punishment, but opportunities to
grow in our awareness of God's continual presence and love around us and
within us.
Lent gives us the opportunity to nurture our faith!
In Christian love,
Pastor
Sellers
February 2012
Church Calendar
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Sun
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Mon
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Tue
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Wed
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Thu
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Fri
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Sat
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1
9:00 am
Staff Meeting
Noon
Senior Lunch
7 pm
Confirmation
8 pm
Bell
Choir
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2
7 pm
Hymn Selection
7:30 pm
Senior Choir
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3
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4
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5 Holy Communion
Congregational Meeting
8:15 am Brief
Order
9:00 am
Sunday School
10:15 am Communion Worship
Congregational
Meeting
following
10:15 am
worship
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6
6:15 pm
Girl Scouts
7:30 pm
Outreach
Team
7 pm V-Ball
at 1st Baptist
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7
6 pm
Girl Scouts
7
pm
Tues
Group
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8
6:45 pm
Youth Choir
7:30 pm
New Spirit
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9
7:30 pm
Senior Choir
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10
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11
8 am
Men’s Bible Group
8 am
Girl Scout Hoagie
Sale
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12 Baptism/New
Members
Received
8:15 am Brief
Order
9:00 am
Sunday School
 10:15
am Worship
11:30 am
Affirmation of
Wedding
Vows
4:30 pm Youth Group
at
the Schenks’ home
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13
7
pm V-Ball at
Calvary
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14
6 pm
Girl Scouts
7
pm
Church
Council
7 pm
Scrapbooking
Happy
Valentine’s Day
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15
7 pm
Confirmation
8 pm
Bell
Choir
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16
7:30
pm
Senior
Choir
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17
1:30
pm
T.L.A.
To
Live Again
Please
note NEW time is during the day
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1
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19 Contemporary
Worship
Transfiguration of our
Lord
8:15 am Brief
Order
9:00 am Sunday
School
10:15 am Worship
Congregational
B/P Screening
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20 6:15
pm
Girl
Scouts
7
pm
WELCA
7
pm V-Ball
at
Calvary
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21
6 pm
Girl Scouts
7 pm
Tues Group
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22
ASH WEDNESDAY
Noon & 7:30 pm
Worship
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23
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24
7:00 pm
Movie
Night
SHYG
at
King of Prussia
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25
SHYG
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26 1st
Sunday in Lent
8:15 am
Brief Order
9:00 am
Sunday School
10:15 am Worship
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27
8:30
pm
V-Ball at
Leidy’s
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28
6
pm
Girl
Scouts
7 pm
Scrapbooking
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29
Noon
Lent
Worship
7pm
Confirmation
8
pm
Bell
Choir
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New
Orleans Fund raiser for youth mission trip in the summer of 2012
www.thirtyonegifts.com
Orders
are due by Feb 19th 2012
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.
February
Service Sunday
Valentine Delivery to Shut-ins
February
12
Help
share the love of God with some of our elder members.
After our marriage renewal, volunteers will be assigned to a team
and receive directions to a shut-in member to visit.
Each team will be provided with a card and small gift to take
with them.
Volunteers of all ages are welcome!
Join
us ~ You'll be glad you did!
"Our
talents are the gift that God gives to us...
What we make of our talents is our gift back to God"
- Leo Buscaglia
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