pastoral notes - Grace Lutheran Church of Rochester, PA

GRACE
VISITOR
PASTORAL NOTES
July
2016
GRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Pastor
Rev. Gregory
Clagg
Intern Pastor
Angela Smith
Music/Handbell
Director
Cherl Himes
Organist
Eric Armstrong
Administrative
Assistants
Kathy Clagg
Caitlin Newton
Financial
Assistant
Sue Hage
Custodian
Annamarie
Perretta Rosepink
WE THANK THE
FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT
FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF
CELEBRATION.
GRACE FAMILY NEWS
Prayers
Please keep the families of Loretta Fritz, Michael Witouski, Jr., Howard
Davis, Jr., and Arnold Cox who have entered the Church Triumphant
in prayer.
To participate in the
Church office
pray chain or to request
724-774-3792 or
Prayer, please call Pastor
Nancy Loughman
Clagg @ 724-601-1414
724-775-6657
Memorial Gifts
Loretta M. Fritz
John & Betty Baker
Jim Smith & Becky Daft
Kay Fabyanic
Christine & Thomas Gomory
Beverly Kohler
Thomas & Susan Moran
Dorothy Altenbaugh
Myrtle Reed
Vera Anderson
Margaret Lotz
Paul & Cynthia Spearing
Charles Batto
Imogene McDeavitt
Ruth Bonzo
Joan McElhaney
Elma Buttermore
Dorothy McNear
Ruth Davis
Dorothy Milne
Eleanor Engberg
William Milne
Dolores Fruth
William Murphy
Anna Gardner
Mary Reader
William Gerhardt
Blanche Shafer
June Holsinger
Ellen Ware
Martha & Reda Steinacker
Joseph and Cindy Veno
Mildred Bachman
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GRACE FAMILY NEWS
This is a current list of Grace members and friends who are unable
to worship regularly with us at church. Let us remember them in our
prayers and with a visit, phone call, card, or letter.
Betty Adams
Lillian Hetrick
Franciscan Manor
110 Warrencliff Drive
71 Darlington Road
Monaca, PA 15061
Beaver Falls, PA 15010-3012
Shirley Householder
Dorothy Altenbaugh
Passavant Retirement Cmty
Beaver Meadows/Rm 111
100 Burgess Drive/Rm 209
5130 Tuscarawas Road
Zelienople, PA 16063-1245
Beaver, PA 15009
June Holsinger
Vera Anderson
Rochester Manor, Rm. 221
Beaver Valley Nrsg/Rehab
174 Virginia Avenue
257 Georgetown Road
Rochester, PA 15074
Darlington, PA 15010-9740
Mary Jacobs
Jim Barr
699 Fifth St/Apt. 106
Franciscan Manor
Beaver, PA 15009
71 Darlington Road
Beaver Falls, PA 15010
Dolores Matika
Concordia @Rebecca Res.
Terry Barr
3746 Cedar Ridge Road
404 Craig Street
Allison Park, PA 15101
New Brighton, PA 15066
Lisa Marquette
Ruth Bonzo
440 New York Ave.
2000 May Drive/Apt 219
Rochester, PA 15074
Zelienople, PA 16063
Dorothy McNear
Elma Buttermore
Providence Health Care Ctr
Passavant Retirement Cmty 900 Third Avenue Rm 307
100 Burgess Drive
Beaver Falls, PA 15010
Zelienople, PA 16063-1245
William & Dorothy Milne
Cynthia Cloughley
67 Lacock Dwellings
Lakeview of South Beaver
Rochester, PA 15074
498 Lisbon Road
Darlington, PA 16115-3309
Valerie Prothero
279 Big Knob Road
Ruth Davis
Rochester, PA 15074
Passavant Retirement Cmty
105 Burgess Drive
Zelienople, PA 16063-1245
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Mary Reader
2108 Masonic Drive
Sewickley, PA 15143-2409
Fred Schidemantle
734 Beaver Road
Rochester, PA 15074-1102
June Siaus
711 7th Avenue, Apt 1
Beaver Falls, PA 15010-4536
Doris Swartzlander
809 Sixth Street
Beaver, PA 15009
Martha Steinacker
471 Mecklem Avenue
Rochester, PA 15074
Blanche Shafer
626 Whistler Drive
Rochester, PA 15074
Patricia Shaffer
206 Washington Street
Beaver, PA 15009
Ellen Ware
Providence Health Care Center
900 Third Avenue
Beaver Falls, PA 15010-4613
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CONGREGATIONAL NEWS
Katherine Smith
graduated from Slippery
Rock University with a
degree in Education.
Katherine will be teaching
2nd grade in Culpeper, VA
in the Fall.
Mitchell Kilmer graduated
from Rochester Area High
School with high honors.
Mitchell will attend Robert
Morris in the Fall, and is
majoring in Accounting.
Amanda Wolford
graduated from Robert
Morris University with a
degree in Marketing.
Angela Schrecengost,
graduated from Beaver High
School and will attend Penn
State Beaver in the Fall.
Angie is considering majoring
in History and Education.
Cory Johnson graduated
from Beaver Area High
School and is planning
on going to truck
driving school.
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Jimmy Schrecengost, now 24,
graduated from American
University with a Master of
Science in Justice, Law and
Criminology. Jimmy has
accepted a full time position
working in the DC area.
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION NEWS
Vacation Bible School will be Lost at Sea this year! Our Vacation
Bible School will be from July 11th-14th (Monday-Thursday). It
will begin at 5:45PM with Dinner and end at 8:00PM each night.
VBS Registration is through the Church Office and at the 8:30AM
/10:00AMServices, Registration sheet is also available through the
church’s website.
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VBS is for Pre K to 6th Grade. We look forward to seeing you at
VBS! It will be an Ocean of Fun!
Vacation Bible School Helpers are always appreciated! If you would
like to help, please speak with Jessica Schaub or Veronica
Belanger.
Are your Wednesdays not wild enough? Why not come and help
out at Wild Wednesday! Please see Jenn and Chuck Specht if you
would like to help. We are also looking for volunteers this July to
help plan and serve dinner to all the kids.
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SAVE THE DATE NEWS
Wild Wednesday Sponsored Picnic! Last year we had a blast!
Water Balloons, Picnic Games, a Builder Workshop. Join us on
August 24th @ Brady’s Run Park– Shelter 16 next to the park from
5-9PM.
Shelter 15
Be there, it’s a great time! Everyone is invited!
Please bring a covered dish or dessert to share!
Hot Dogs and Hamburgers will be provided.
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Community Outreach News
Food Pantry
Please help
with your
3rd Sunday of
every month
Next: July 17th
non-perishable
food items
and cash
donations.
Items will be delivered to local food pantries according to need.
For more information on this food outreach ministry at Grace, please see
Harold and Judy Bingle, or contact the church office724-774-3792.
Community Table
July Schedule:
7/7
Grace Lutheran
7/14 No Dinner (VBS)
7/19 Redeemer Lutheran
7/21 Vanport Presbyterian
7/28 Caitlin Newton/Youth Group
Come join every Thursday at 6 p.m. and 3rd Tuesday of the month
for Community Table. Dinner is served at 6:00 p.m. This ministry is open
to the public and the entrance can be found on Ohio Street. For further
information please contact Judy Miller or the church office at
724-774-3792.
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POETRY CORNER
Detour Ahead
Detour ahead! Detour ahead!
An arrow points the way.
“No one will tell us what to do
We don’t want this delay”.
And so we take a different route,
A road so bright and new.
It leads us to a dead end path
Now what are we to do.?
So often when the Master calls
We decide that we know best
We take the way that looks so bright
And search for happiness.
We need to double back and heed
The warning that we share..
The detour road is not as smooth
But it will get you there.
_ Dolores Fruth
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31
24
Sunday
25
18
17
Food Pantry
11
10
2p Rochester
Manor Svc
3
Meals on
Wheels
Tiny Tots
21
28
Table
Table
6p Community
Table
Prayer Warriors
27
14
6p Community
Table
6p Community
7
6p Community
26
20
13
6
Bible Study 7p
Wild Weds 6p
Every Wednesday
Thu
9:30-11a
Table
6p Community
19
7p Property
12
6p Youth Min
5
A.A 7:30p
Every Tuesday
Mon-Fri
Every Sunday
Worship
8:30 AM
10:00 AM
Tue
Mon
Sun
Wed
July 2016
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1:30P
McGuire Svc.
Every Friday
29
22
15
8
1
Fri
30
23
16
9
2
Sat
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
393 Adams St. Rochester PA 15074
724-774-3792
Email: [email protected]
Worship Services
8:30 AM and 10:00 AM
Office Hours 9 a.m. -3 p.m. M-F
As disciples of Jesus Christ, we commit ourselves to God’s service by following the
teachings of our Lord and Savior. We will study the word of God, share His love,
and expand His kingdom by nurturing, sharing freely, and working together.
INTERN PASTOR ANGELA SMITH
We Celebrate Freedom!
We celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th
every year since 1776. We celebrate this day because it is the day we
recognize our freedom from Great Britain, along with the a fresh new start
in the freedom that “that all [people] are created equal and independent,
that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable,
among which are the preservation of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.”[1]
It occurred to me in thinking about this event that we have another
Independence Day, one that is specific to each Christian. It is our the
anniversary of our Baptism. Do you celebrate you Baptismal Anniversary?
It is the day that we are Baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit that we are set free from the power of sin, death, and the
power of evil. We are free to be in relationship with God and with each
other as members of the body of Christ. We are free to live in love.
Let us celebrate freedom in the month of July!
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_Liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_Happiness