New Bible Study starts Wednesday, September 16 at 9:30 a.m.
The new weekday morning Bible Study at Holy Spirit
Wednesday, September 16 – 9:30 a.m.
Our first meeting will include morning devotions and a conversation of topics the group may like to pursue in the coming months.
Come and join in!
God’s Work. Our Hands
Sunday, September 13 after worship
Quilts, School Kits, and Health Kits …
will be put together on Sunday, September 13 in Fellowship Hall following morning worship! Please plan to attend because we need your help and enthusiasm on the assembly lines to “get-r-done”! We’ll also be knotting a quilt, no sewing skills are required! If you can tie a knot, we need you!
God’s Work, Our Hands is the theme for this synod-wide event, so wear your t-shirt and be on hand to show your support. Coffee, tea, punch, and lite snacks will be served. The Social Ministry and Christian Ed. Committee members will be on hand to guide the fun! Thanks to all our members for your support in donating the items needed for this important task!
Choir rehearsal begins Wednesday, September 9 at 7:00 p.m.
Calling all Singers
The first choir rehearsal for the season will be held at 7:00pm on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. We are always looking for new persons to join the choir, so if you like to sing come on out and join us on Sept. 9th.
August 2015
The except on our cover from Martin Luther’s treatise Concerning Christian Liberty highlights and reminds us that living a life according to Jesus (or as best we can replicate) is not a personal, solitary existence. Rather Luther appropriately reminds us that as Christ was called to serve, we too are called to serve each other, “…a Christian does not live in himself, but in Christ and in his neighbor…”
Luther was right on the mark with that statement. And I’m thinking of the truth of this statement particularly in terms of how the Holy Spirit community lives out that statement: first to the expression of the Gospel in the Lutheran tradition, and secondly how that same community provides for the ministries we have been called to participate in from year to year.
Times come when we must review how we contribute and participate in those ministries of this congregation. I’ve been thinking about this for myself, and I think it’s time all of us do so as well. I believe it comes down to some simple terms: Show Up and Step Up!
Show Up and Step Up means being present and active in the life of the congregation. Be present and involved at worship. Strive to grow through Christian education. Increase how you contribute in both serving when asked and yes, in your weekly giving. All of this is needed now in order to continue the ministry of Jesus from this place, and to further develop a congregational character that reflects how Luther envisioned Christian service and freedom.
Clifton D. Eshbach
Pastor
after worship on Sundays
Join us for a time of fellowship and refreshments in the narthex after worship each Sunday during the Summer!
