Please join us for worship, fellowship, and Christian Education this Sunday, February 9, as we observe The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. We’ll have a service of Holy Communion at 8am, followed by fellowship at 9, Sunday School at 9:15, and a second Service of Holy Communion at 10:30, in the sanctuary and online. At both services, we’ll recognize Boy Scouts and install our Congregational Council. Pam Kalapay will be on hand to play guitar and whistle at the 10:30 service. The Sundays of February are all a continuation of the Epiphany season – let us look for and share in the light of Christ!
The fifth Sunday after Epiphany continues to highlight unlikely instruments and circumstances appointed to reveal God’s glory. “Who will go for us?” God asks. A person of unclean lips, a former persecutor of the church of God, and three fishermen who couldn’t catch a thing. More surprising still, perhaps, is that we are also called.
Follow this link to the online bulletin for Sunday, February 9.
Thank you: Many thanks to Phil Pratt, Sr., for spearheading the acquisition of new Assisting Minister robes. He worked carefully and diligently with Amy Ruhf and Pam Brown to procure the new robes using memorial funds given in loving memory of his wife, Mary Ann Pratt. The robes were crafted in the US by Gaspard, and are absolutely beautiful. Thanks to Amy for coordinating with all the Assisting Ministers to be measured and sized, etc., and thanks to Pam for her support for the project.
February Joyful Giving: Second Harvest Food Bank. In 1982, this food bank emerged from the work of the Community Action Committee of Lehigh Valley (CACLV) and a network of 15 organizations in Lehigh and Northampton counties. Today, Second Harvest serves 200 agencies in a six-county area, distributing 11.8 million pounds of food to over 60,000 people (over half being children and seniors). From the beginning, the goal has been to distribute food to those in need and be a part of the elimination of waste in the food industry as they seek donations of unsaleable, but edible products from local companies. For every $1 of your donation to Second Harvest, they are able to serve 6 meals to our neighbors in need. To support this important ministry through our February Joyful Giving you may either place your offering in the Joyful Giving plate at the back of the church, give online on the church’s giving portal, or give when we take the Joyful Giving offering at both services on February 23.
Save the Date: March 5 – Ash Wednesday
March 8 – Spaghetti Dinner
March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9 – Midweek Lenten Services and Suppers
April 13 – Palm/Passion Sunday
April 17 – Maundy Thursday
April 18 – Good Friday
April 20 – Easter Sunday
May 2 & 3 – Social Ministry Committee Rummage Sale
May 16 – Spring Penny Party
June 28 – Strawberry Festival
July 20 – Trinity @ The Iron Pigs
July 21-25 – VBS
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