Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Monday, March 30, 2020
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Sunday Services Cancelled March 29th and April 5th
**ALERT! ALERT! Worship is cancelled March 29th and April 5th!**
In compliance with the Governor's Stay-At-Home order, the Church Council has decided to cancel all worship services until after April 6th. After that date, we will re-evaluate where things stand, and what the government recommends, and will inform everyone accordingly.
Stay tuned for information concerning video worship services on those Sundays, including a special Palm Sunday and Communion celebration for April 5th.
God bless you all, and stay healthy and safe!
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Our Current Plans
Dear Friends:
Here is a full update on our current plans, keeping in mind that these are tentative depending on what happens from day to day:
1. The church building is closed, except for Sunday morning worship at 10:00 A.M. Please do not enter the church building, even if you have a key. The church building will be disinfected prior to Sunday each week. If you would like to help disinfect the church this Saturday afternoon at 1:00 P.M., please contact Ronnie Dale.
2. All events which use the church facility are cancelled.
3. Snacks will no longer be served after worship.
4. Choir is on hold until further notice.
5. Midweek Lenten Suppers and Services are cancelled for the year.
6. The Community Easter Sunrise Service will still take place at St. Andrew on April 12th at 6:30 A.M., without breakfast being served. We will, however, offer to the MInisterium to host the Sunrise Service and Easter Breakfast again next year.
7. All pastoral visits will be conducted by telephone or other technological means of communication.
8. Confirmation class and other similar instruction will take place via Zoom.
9. All other church events (Fellowship Dinner, Visitation Days, Women's Sewing, etc.) are cancelled until further notice.
However, we encourage everyone to continue to reach out to each other and show our care and concern for each other and those in our communities. May God bless us all and keep us safe.
Here is a full update on our current plans, keeping in mind that these are tentative depending on what happens from day to day:
1. The church building is closed, except for Sunday morning worship at 10:00 A.M. Please do not enter the church building, even if you have a key. The church building will be disinfected prior to Sunday each week. If you would like to help disinfect the church this Saturday afternoon at 1:00 P.M., please contact Ronnie Dale.
2. All events which use the church facility are cancelled.
3. Snacks will no longer be served after worship.
4. Choir is on hold until further notice.
5. Midweek Lenten Suppers and Services are cancelled for the year.
6. The Community Easter Sunrise Service will still take place at St. Andrew on April 12th at 6:30 A.M., without breakfast being served. We will, however, offer to the MInisterium to host the Sunrise Service and Easter Breakfast again next year.
7. All pastoral visits will be conducted by telephone or other technological means of communication.
8. Confirmation class and other similar instruction will take place via Zoom.
9. All other church events (Fellowship Dinner, Visitation Days, Women's Sewing, etc.) are cancelled until further notice.
However, we encourage everyone to continue to reach out to each other and show our care and concern for each other and those in our communities. May God bless us all and keep us safe.
Midweek Lenten Online Order of Service for 3/18/2020
Since we will not be holding Midweek Lenten services for the rest of year, we instead will be posting the order of service for each week online, for personal devotional use. This week, our theme is, "Jesus Welcomes the Centurion."
Opening Hymn - "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" - LBW #315
https://hymnary.org/hymn/LBoW1978/315
https://hymnary.org/hymn/LBoW1978/315
Scripture Reading - Matthew 8:5-13 (NIV)
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
Hymn - "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" - LBW #439
https://hymnary.org/hymn/LBoW1978/439
https://hymnary.org/hymn/LBoW1978/439
Hymn - "In the Cross of Christ I Glory" - LBW #104
https://hymnary.org/hymn/LBoW1978/104
https://hymnary.org/hymn/LBoW1978/104
Prayers and Lord's Prayer
Hymn - "Lord of All Hopefulness" - LBW #469
https://hymnary.org/…/lord_of_all_hopefulness_lord_of_all_j…
https://hymnary.org/…/lord_of_all_hopefulness_lord_of_all_j…
Benediction:
The Lord bless you and keep you,
The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you,
The Lord look upon you with favor, and give you peace,
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you,
The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you,
The Lord look upon you with favor, and give you peace,
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Monday, March 16, 2020
In Case We Eventually Have To Cancel Worship Services
Dear Friends:
Should it eventually happen that we are forced to cancel Sunday morning worship services due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pastor Jon will be recording brief worship services at the St. Andrew Lutheran Church Parsonage Chapel and posting videos online. You may access the videos by clicking any of the following links:
http:// standrewlcmc.blogspot.com - Our congregation's website
https://www.facebook.com/standrewfarmersville/ - Our congregation's Facebook page
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5qSBIE5yscGnYEj04gaE8w - Our congregation's YouTube channel
Alert! Alert!
ALERT! ALERT!
The church is closed except for Sunday morning worship services, including all activities, until further notice. Please pass this message along.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Our Schedule for 3/16/2020 - 3/22/2020
Monday, March 16th
7:00 P.M. - Monthly Church Council Meeting
NO MEN'S VISITATION DAY THIS MONTH
Sunday, March 22nd
10:00 A.M. - Worship
CHOIR IS ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
7:00 P.M. - Monthly Church Council Meeting
NO MEN'S VISITATION DAY THIS MONTH
Sunday, March 22nd
10:00 A.M. - Worship
CHOIR IS ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Friday, March 13, 2020
Still Worshipping this Sunday!
ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
**We are still gathering for worship this Sunday at 10:00 A.M.!**
We have plenty of space in the sanctuary for everyone to keep a respectful distance from each other, if desired and necessary, and we will be disinfecting all contact surfaces before and after worship.
Come to praise God for His amazing grace, and ask for His divine power in lifting this pandemic from us!
Pastoral Visits
Dear Friends:
In keeping with Governor DeWine's decree today concerning health care facilities, Pastor Jon will be refraining from all shut-in and nursing home visits until the emergency is lifted. He will be conducting pastoral visits by telephone. Please continue to pray for God's deliverance from this pandemic.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Our Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak
Dear Friends:
Along with many faith communities in our area, state, and nation, we are taking the ongoing threat of the Coronavirus seriously, particularly considering Governor DeWine's recent decree of emergency, as well as President Trump's speech and recommendations. Therefore, to uphold the health and safety of our church family and community, we are implementing the following practices for public worship:
1. Greeters will no longer be shaking hands. Additionally, we encourage everyone to find alternative means of greeting each other, and being sensitive to each other's health concerns. Pastor Jon will also be refraining from shaking hands.
2. Use of the common cup will be suspended until the emergency is lifted. Instead, we will be using individual cups exclusively.
3. The Passing of the Peace will be omitted from the Communion Sunday liturgy.
4. Pre-packaged Communion wafers will be utilized, rather than homebaked bread.
5. Pastor Jon, the Assisting Ministers, and Deacons will be wearing disposable gloves while preparing and distributing Communion.
6. We too, along with others, recommend frequent hand-washing, covering sneezes and coughs, the use of hand sanitizer, and coughing into elbows.
7. In the event that this pandemic worsens, Pastor Jon will be limiting visits to emergencies only.
We pray for God's mercy in bringing this pandemic to a swift end; for all those currently suffering or who have tested positive for the virus; and for the families and friends of those who have died. May God be gracious to us all.
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Our Schedule for 3/9/2020 - 3/15/2020
Tuesday, March 10th
1:00 P.M. - Women's Monthly Meeting
6:30 P.M. - Monthly Fellowship Dinner, Old Hickory Bar-B-Q
Wednesday, March 11th
6:00 P.M. - Midweek Lenten Supper
7:00 P.M. - Midweek Lenten Service
Thursday, March 12th
5:45 P.M. - Zumba Gold
6:30 P.M. - Zumba
Sunday, March 15th
9:00 A.M. - Sunday School
10:00 A.M. - Worship
11:15 A.M. - Choir Rehearsal
1:00 P.M. - Women's Monthly Meeting
6:30 P.M. - Monthly Fellowship Dinner, Old Hickory Bar-B-Q
Wednesday, March 11th
6:00 P.M. - Midweek Lenten Supper
7:00 P.M. - Midweek Lenten Service
Thursday, March 12th
5:45 P.M. - Zumba Gold
6:30 P.M. - Zumba
Sunday, March 15th
9:00 A.M. - Sunday School
10:00 A.M. - Worship
11:15 A.M. - Choir Rehearsal
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Our Schedule for 3/2/2020 - 3/8/2020
Tuesday, March 3rd
9:30 A.M. - Women's Visitation Day
Wednesday, March 4th
6:00 P.M. - Midweek Lenten Supper
7:00 P.M. - Midweek Lenten Service
Thursday, March 5th
5:45 P.M. - Zumba Gold
6:30 P.M. - Zumba
Sunday, March 8th
9:00 A.M. - Sunday School
10:00 A.M. - Worship
11:15 A.M. - Fellowship Time
11:15 A.M. - Choir Practice
11:30 A.M. - Confirmation
9:30 A.M. - Women's Visitation Day
Wednesday, March 4th
6:00 P.M. - Midweek Lenten Supper
7:00 P.M. - Midweek Lenten Service
Thursday, March 5th
5:45 P.M. - Zumba Gold
6:30 P.M. - Zumba
Sunday, March 8th
9:00 A.M. - Sunday School
10:00 A.M. - Worship
11:15 A.M. - Fellowship Time
11:15 A.M. - Choir Practice
11:30 A.M. - Confirmation
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