On Sunday, May 15, 2022 we will hold our Semi-Annual Meeting of the Congregation following worship.
Agenda items include the elections of persons to the Congregation Council, and receiving a bulletin of reports.
Reports are due Monday, April 18. Please e-mail them to the church office. HolySpiritLuth@gmail.com
Lent
The season of Lent begins with worship on Ash Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m.
During the following weeks of Lent, worship will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evenings, The Sermon series this season is entitled:
Answering the Questions Jesus Asks Us in Luke’s Gospel
March 9 What father would give his child a snake…how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? (Luke 11:11-13)
March 16 Do you see this woman? (Luke 7:44)
March 23 What are you thinking in your hearts? Which is easier to say…? (Luke 5:22,23)
March 30 Who you notice the splinter in their eye…but not notice the wooden beam in your eye? (Luke 6:41-42)
April 6 Have you not read what David did…on the Sabbath… is it lawful to save life or destroy life? (Luke 6:3, 9)
All services will be live streamed on the Holy Spirit Facebook page.
This is the first of our two fundraising projects to support youth ministries this year. The youth Fasnacht fundraiser is Monday, February 28: 2:00pm – 7:00pm and Tuesday, March 1: 6am – 1:00pm or until sold out. Come to the DRIVE-THRU Fasnacht Sale and support our youth ministries with the purchase of a bag of plain, powdered or glazed fasnachts. $6 per half dozen
Dear Holy Spirit Family,
In the New Testament, each evangelist is a little bit different from the others—and that’s a good thing!
The first act of Christ’s public ministry in Matthew’s Gospel is the Sermon on the Mount—teaching and preaching the Way.
In Mark, the first public action of Jesus is to cast an unclean spirit from a worship gathering.
In Luke, Jesus proclaims Jubilee in his hometown synagogue, but his first public action turns south when he lifts up two biblical stories where Nazareth’s are blessed.
Then, in John’s Gospel, Jesus becomes the “life of the party” when he turns water into wine on the Third Day.
As a pastor, I’ve noticed that every congregation is a little bit different—and that’s a good thing! For example, you are the only Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in our synod, and you are a congregation gifted in being able to walk alongside of others. And that’s the Spirit Jesus promises to send in John’s Gospel. When I think of Holy Spirit/Lancaster, I always give thanks for how you walk with others who need encouragement.
Since I’m an interim pastor, I know that you will call a new pastor this year. Whoever it will be, I know they will be different from Pastor Cliff, and they will be different from me. Again, my refrain is, “That’s a good thing!”
I’m praying for your call committee, the congregation council, the congregation and the candidate. I imagine Holy Spirit and our synod being blessed by the next pastor God sends to serve you.
As we prepare and pray through this process, I’m curious to hear from you, “Which Gospel Evangelist is your favorite? Matthew or Mark or Luke or John? And why?”
Looking forward to good conversations with you this month!
Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing,
Loved people+,
Love people,
Pastor Tim
Dear Spirit-filled people,
The Christ who has come, the Christ who is coming, and the Christ who will come again is wise (Isaiah 9:6), asks fresh questions and invites us to reconsider our most cherished assumptions.
Advent, Christmas and Epiphany are three seasons celebrating the coming and the revealing of Christ as our Ultimate Ruler.
As we move from 2021 into 2022 and prepare for the transition from interim pastor to settled pastor, let’s prepare to share our faith in the One the Spirit is sending to us:
1. When in the past did Jesus feel most alive and real to you?
2. Where are you seeing Jesus at work in your neighborhood in the present, giving you hope?
3. How do you imagine we will treat one another and God’s good creation after the future Ultimate Arrival of Jesus?
In the name of the One who is always coming into our lives, Jesus, +.
Pastor Tim
3131Pastor@gmail.com
