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The Chimes September 2015
Saint Paul’s Summer
Worship Schedule (In effect through Rally Day, September 13)
Sunday
9:30 am: Holy Communion
Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
415 E. Athens Ave., Ardmore, PA 19003 The Rev. Dr. Harry W. McDowell II, Senior Pastor
The Rev. Laura Tancredi, Associate Pastor 610-642-3211 610-658-3262 (fax)
www.stpaulsardmore.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/stpaulsardmore Pastor Laura’s blog: pastortancredi.wordpress.com
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“God’s work. Our hands.”
Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015 (one service only, 9:30 am)
Day of service
& Rally Day Picnic!
St. Paul’s Service Projects Include: South Ardmore Park Beautification
St. Paul’s grounds Clean-up
Packaging toiletries for the Life Center of Delaware County
St. Paul’s Cemetery Project
Remember to wear your bright yellow “God’s work. Our
hands” T-shirt from last year or pick one up on
September 13th!
Service Projects begin at 10:30 am
Rally Day picnic begins at 12:30 pm
The Chimes, the newsletter of Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, is published for the inspiration, education and entertainment of its members and friends. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Just mail, e-mail or deliver them to the church office.
The next issue of The Chimes will be published on Tuesday, September 22. Your articles are due in the office no later than noon on Tuesday, September 15. Thank you!
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Pastor’s
Letter
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels
without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2
Dear Friends:
There is an interesting word in Swahili: the word mgeni. I always think of the above words from the Book of Hebrews when I think of the word mgeni. When I was taking Swahili at Bryn Mawr College, I remember being puzzled when I was doing my homework one night because mgeni can be translated as “foreigner,” “stranger,” “visitor,” and “guest.” How could one word be used for both stranger and guest? So I asked my professor at our next class. She explained that in Swahili there really isn’t a word for foreigner or stranger, because in that culture no one is ever a stranger or foreigner, but always mgeni: visitor or guest. She went on to explain that in most Tanzanian villages and small towns, all of the young people call all of the adults Mom and Dad; and that one always refers to a person of similar age as “My Brother” or “My Sister.” In this African culture, whether you’re from a neighboring village or from another continent, you are always greeted as mgeni: guest or visitor. Moreover, the greeting quickly changes from mgeni to rafiki—“friend.” What a wonderful image of the ministry of hospitality for the church. There are no strangers or foreigners, just visitors and guests who quickly become friends! “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.” These words recall that day at the Oaks of Mamre when Abraham and Sarah were sitting by their tent and three strangers happened along. The couple offered them shade, water, and a full meal. It ended up that one of the strangers was truly an angel- a messenger of God- who brought them the message that they would have a son by the following spring.
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A special thanks this month to all who extend the ministry of hospitality here at St. Paul’s. In Christ,
Pastor Skip McDowell
Prayers
Please pray for our men and women in the armed services, especially Mark Allen (son of Carol Henry); Michael Burns (son of Linda and Bob Burns) and Brandon Mader (grandson of Wendy Black). Prayers are also requested for: Tim Bradford (friend of Hazel Pelletreau); Amy Carafa (daughter of Judi DellaBadia); Nathaniel Theodore Chletsos (friend of Amanda & Andrew Vickrey); Kristen Coffey; Charlotte Conybear; Laurie DeWarf, Steve Engh (father of Anita Engh); Kara Granger (friend of Liz Cassidy); Jeff Hayden (friend of Hazel Pelletreau); Sara Jacobs (friend of Hazel Pelletreau); Barbara Johnson (wife of Jack Johnson); Johanna Karén (granddaughter of Richard & Dorothy Linderman); Frank Lexa (father of Lisa Lexa); Gregg Martin (brother of Linda Martin); Tobie Monella (friend of Judi DellaBadia); Marion O’Kane (grandmother of Paul Trombello); Hailey Parker (granddaughter of Millie Parker); Walter Proschinger (brother of Christa Scheidly); Mary Simeone (friend of Laurie DeWarf); Delores Stevenson (mother of Debbie Moran); Catherine (friend of Liz Cassidy); Maya (friend of Debbie Keyser); Laura (friend of Jane Downing) and Marilyn (friend of Eleanore Flom).
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Deaths
Dr. David Bevan, died on June 6, 2015. Judith Crysler, died on July 4, 2015. We pray for the families of David and Judith and thank God for their lives and the promise of the Resurrection.
Change of Address David & Judith Harkins Jason & Vicki Sack 24 Morning Sun Avenue 800 Waverly Road Mill Valley, CA 94941 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Births Congratulations to Nicole and Brad Barron on the birth of their daughter, Aileana Nicole Barron, on July 9. Aileana joins two brothers Ben and Nathaniel. We rejoice with Nicole and Brad and pray for God’s blessings on their family.
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Rally Day Reminders
September 13th service will include: (9:30 am service only)
Blessing of children & backpacks Children please bring your backpacks to the service!
Blessing of educators Commissioning of our Sunday school teachers
Rally Day Picnic Join us after the service projects for the annual picnic. Hot
dogs & burgers will be on the grill. Contact Stephenie Yeung
([email protected]) to sign up to bring your favorite
appetizers, side dishes, veggies or dessert. Volunteers for prep
and clean-up are also welcome.
Collection for the Delaware Life Center Again this year, one of the service projects for God’s Work.
Our hands day of service on Sept. 13th will include packing items
for the Delaware Life Center. The center is in need of:
toiletries (e.g. soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorants,
shampoos, shaving cream, etc), toilet paper, large trash bags,
cleaning supplies & disposable gloves. Your donations are truly
appreciated. Items can be left in the labeled box in the
Fellowship Hall.
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Upcoming Guest Preachers Sunday, August 30 The Rev. Dr. Elton Richards
Sunday, October 4 The Rev. Wilbert “Wilk” Miller (Note change of date)
Sunday, October 25 The Rev. Dr. Karl Krueger Commemorative Service
Upcoming Special Events Friday, October 2 The Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber 6:30 pm Tickets available on EventBrite. $10.00
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Sunday, September 20
9:00 am: Holy Communion
First Sunday of month: Family Worship
(Service designed with children in mind)
Remaining Sundays: service concurrent with Sunday school
10:30 am: Holy Communion
Traditional liturgy
Women’s Bible Study resumes Thursday, September 17, at 1:00 pm in the Kugler Room.
Evening Christian Fellowship will resume Wednesday, September 9 at 7:30 pm at the Penne
residence.
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Join Us
in Sunday School
Children and youth, age 3 through 8th grades, are invited to attend Sunday School at 9 am beginning Sunday, September 20.
Bring your children, age 4 – 6th grade to the Fellowship Hall where we gather together at the beginning of each Sunday school session to pray and sing before going to classes. Three year-olds go directly to their classroom on the lower level, and 7th – 8th graders meet in the Kugler Room. We are looking forward to a wonderful year of learning about God’s love for us through Bible study, games, crafts and more.
We will continue the First Sunday celebrations (the first Sunday of each month) with family worship at 9:00, in a service designed with children in mind. Sunday school Superintendents: Melissa Krissinger (610-649-9993) [email protected] Mary Lynn Kennedy (610-566-0213)[email protected]
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Music Ministry at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church has an active music ministry featuring four singing choirs and a handbell choir. We are blessed with wonderful acoustics and backed by a splendid pipe organ. Our worship is liturgical but not overly formal, and we use the Evangelical Lutheran Worship Hymnal of the ELCA as our primary worship resource.
Children’s Choir: Elementary school age children, beginning in first grade [kindergarten is possible if the parent and child think he or she is ready] are invited to sing in this group. The choir meets on Thursday evenings from 6:30-7:25, and usually sings on the first Sunday of the month in the early service, and in special services throughout the year. The children’s choir will begin rehearsing this year on Thursday, September 17.
Youth Choir: Older children and youth from middle school and high school make up this group. The youth choir meets two Sundays a month, 7:00-8:00 pm, and sings usually once a month and at special services. Contact Andy for the Youth choir schedule. The first Youth Choir rehearsal will be September 20. Adult Choir: The adult choir rehearses every Thursday from 7:30-9:00 pm, and sings in the late service most Sunday mornings (the early service once a month). They are backed by a professional quartet. They also sing in concerts and festival services throughout the year. Adult choir rehearsals will begin on Thursday, September 10.
Handbell Choir: This group is led by Gordon Downing and meets Sundays after the late service to practice. They play periodically in Sunday morning worship services and are open to all who would like to learn the art of handbell ringing.
Matins Choir: the Matins Choir provides liturgical leadership in the early service, and has a warm up rehearsal at 8:40 on Sunday mornings, and sings about twice a month. There are also needs for vocal soloists and instrumentalists throughout the year. Do you play an instrument? Please contact me so we can use your gifts as well. There are no auditions for any choir at St. Paul’s. All you need is a love of singing and leading worship to find your place in one of our choirs. Andy Heller
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2015 Detroit Youth Gathering
Communion for thousands
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Welcome New Members
Erin Denman
530 Kenmore Road Havertown, PA 19083
Joyce Sachs
1219 W. Wynnewood Road Apt. 211
Wynnewood, PA 19096
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Aid for Friends Thank You
Thanks to the faithful families who turned out to assemble 98 nutritious dinners for Aid for Friends at our summer event in August. It was wonderful to see very young children and youth working side by side and watching the freezer fill up. Summer is the most challenging season for AFF, so our donations is especially timely. AFF is one of the best ways to teach our kids about compassion and sharing in our own homes and with our own hands.
Deepest gratitude goes out to all who donated supplies or money to purchase healthy ingredients - this congregation is generous beyond measure!
Please remember our silent hungry homebound as you shop and make your dinners this fall. Your leftovers are the best meal in town for someone nearby.
Jody Betz and Lisa Lexa AFF Coordinators
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SEPTEMBER Birthdays
1 Susan Groff, Kevin Maurer, Annabelle McColgan, Peter Pavlenco, June Willie 2 Claudia Muller 4 Albert Lucas, Merri Lee Newby 5 Charles Bode, Jr., Kami Wendelken 7 Pauline Johnsen, Don Parman 8 Mark Allen 9 Elaine Hardenbergh, Frederick Zimmer, Jr. 11 Kelsey Stanton 12 Nathaniel Barron 13 Paul Denman, Jr., Max Muller 14 Lois Connell, Jane Knappe, Elizabeth Lieb, Deborah Moran, Elizabeth Williams 15 Damien D’Antonio, David Lynch, Jakob Scheidly 16 Nancy Groff 18 Marcus Gustafsson, Patricia Miles, Heidi Rodrick-Schnaath 19 Matthew McGeever, Allison Memmel 20 Bradford Badovick, Manfred Bierschwale, Elizabeth Buchanan, Kevin Copeland 21 Luke Boston, Amy Lukasiewicz, Steve Schmidt 22 Terri Maciolek 23 Lily Memmel 24 Kim Curtin, Mark Pierce 25 Sean Dewey, Lucy DiGuiseppe, Carolyn Joseph, Kristen McGuire 26 Ellie Marshall 27 Richard Vanstone 28 Mark Johnson 30 William Henderson, Jr.
Gifts of Flowers for the Altar Consider becoming a weekly or monthly sponsor of altar flowers for Sunday
morning worship. The cost of the flowers is $25 per week, $100 or $125 per month. A sign-up chart for sponsoring altar flowers is available in Fellowship Hall, or you may call Dottie Buchanan at 484-420-4969. The dedication(s) for your flowers will be published in the appropriate Sunday bulletin(s).
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SEPTEMBER CALENDAR
Please join us every Sunday for coffee fellowship following the 9:00 am service in the Fellowship Hall.
Tuesday, September 1 6:30 pm Greater Philadelphia Paper Pholders 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall Saturday, September 5 9:30 am We All Have Questions group Sunday, September 6 9:30 am Holy Communion 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Monday, September 7 Labor Day- Office Closed Tuesday, September 8 7:00 pm Stephen Ministry Supervision/Kugler Room 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall Wednesday, September 9 7:15 pm Worship & Music Committee Meeting 7:30 pm Evening Christian Fellowship/Penne Residence Thursday, September 10 7:15 pm Church Council Meeting/2nd fl. Meeting room 7:30 pm Adult Choir rehearsal/choir room Sunday, September 13 9:30 am Holy Communion: Rally Day w/ blessing of backpacks & Installation of Sunday school teachers 10:30 am God’s work. Our hands service projects 12:30 pm Rally Day Picnic/church lawn Monday, September 14 12:30 pm Mahjong/Kugler Room Tuesday, September 15 9:00 am Community Bible Study leaders/Kugler Room 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall Thursday, September 17 9:00 am Community Bible Study/throughout church 1:00 pm Women’s Bible Study/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Children’s choir rehearsal/choir room 7:30 pm Adult Choir rehearsal/choir room Sunday, September 20 Fall Schedule Resumes 8:40 am Matins Choir Warm-up 9:00 am Children’s Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am Holy Communion TBA Cooking for the Hungry/Basement Kitchen 6:00 pm Confirmation class begins
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7:00 pm Youth Choir rehearsal/choir room 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Monday, September 21 10:00 am AGO Program Committee Meeting 12:30 pm Mahjong/Kugler Room 7:00 pm Stephen Ministry/Kugler Room Tuesday, September 22 9:00 am Community Bible Study leaders/Kugler Room 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall Thursday, September 24 9:00 am Community Bible Study/throughout church 1:00 pm Women’s Bible Study/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Children’s choir rehearsal/choir room 7:30 pm Adult choir rehearsal/choir room Sunday, September 27 8:40 am Matins Choir warm-up 9:00 am Children’s Sunday school 9:00 & 10:30 am Holy Communion 4:00 pm FwYC Fall Picnic & Moonbounce 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Monday, September 28 12:30 pm Mahjong/Kugler Room Tuesday, September 29 9:00 am Community Bible Study leaders/Kugler room 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall 8:00 pm Outside group/Kugler Room
Fall Picnic & Moonbounce! First event of the season for Families with Young Children
Sunday, September 27 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Hot dogs & Pasta will be served Families please bring the following:
A – M Side Dishes N – Z Desserts
Please RSVP with the church office by Friday, Sept. 25 (610-642-3211 or [email protected]).
Family & friends are welcome. Free-will offering
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Save the Date: Saturday, Oct. 3: An informal reception for Pastor Wilbert Miller will
be held at the home of Bill & Barb Henderson, 7-9pm. Pastor Miller was
the senior pastor at St. Paul’s from 1995 to 2005 and is now the Senior
Pastor of First Lutheran Church in San Diego, CA. Pastor Miller will be
our guest preacher celebrating our 250th Anniversary on October 4, 2015.
An Update from Social Ministry:
Tragedy Hits the Iraqi Refugee Family, the Albahadly’s: Since 2013, members of St. Paul's have helped resettle an Iraqi refugee family, Hussain and Hanan, and their three (now four) children. Hussain had worked for the U.S. in the Green Zone of Baghdad and, when his neighbors discovered it, his life was threatened. Most recently, Hussain had been working at Villanova University in food service. On Sunday, July 19th, Hussain had a heart attack while in the lake at Marsh Creek State Park. He died the next day. His body has been returned to Iraq for burial. Hanan has decided to remain in the U.S. for the sake of her four children. We ask that you remember the Albahadly’s in your prayers and should you want to help or support them in any way, please contact Laura Bickert Ciarlello ([email protected]). Their address will be on file with the church office, should anyone want to send condolences. We may be hosting a memorial service in the near future at St. Paul's and will keep the congregation abreast of plans to do so.
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What is Stephen Ministry?
Stephen Ministry is a system through which lay members of our church
are trained and organized to help provide Christian caregiving to
members of our congregation and community. This multiplies the
amount of caring ministry St. Paul’s can provide by giving us a whole
team of skilled caregivers who are equipped to bring Christ’s healing
love to people who are grieving, in crisis, or experiencing other stresses
in life.
If you are interested in learning more about our Stephen Minister
program at St. Paul’s or know of someone who is going through a hard
time and could benefit from a Stephen Minister, please talk to one of our
Stephen Leaders: Beth McElvenney, Hazel Pelletreau, Pastor Skip, or
Pastor Laura.
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Save the Date
CROP Hunger Walk
Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Women and girls carry water home in Geles, an Arab village in Darfur.
CROP stands for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty. Monies and goods will be sent to aid recent flood, hurricane, and earthquake victims, to relieve famine in Africa, and to help war refugees in Darfur, Gaza, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Syria. Additional projects are funded in Brazil, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Depending on need, at least 10% of our donations come back to feed the hungry in our own area. Please note, contributors can specify one of many denominational charities to receive the donation. These include, for instance, Project Hope or Lutheran World Relief. If the contributor does not designate a recipient, Church World Service, a consortium of Protestant and Orthodox Churches, will quite capably direct the money to needy recipients. More information to follow!
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