ST PETER’S LUTHERAN
AUGUST 2016
Volume 53 # 7
The Parish Visitor
Free
Community
Lunch
Sunday, AUGUST 14
11:00-12:30 PM
The 2nd Sunday each month
Hamburgs & Hot Dogs
YOUTH WATERFEST
Sunday, AUGUST 14
11:00-2:00 PM
Water slides, Bounce House,
hundred of water balloons!
Please invite family and friends to
this wet and wild event.
Wednesdays
AUGUST 17— 6:00-7:30 PM
Join us for summertime fellowship!
All ages welcome!
Topic: “Live It Up God-Style”
Church Phone: (717)854-0589
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stpeterslutheranyork.com
8:30 AM — Coffee Fellowship
9:00 AM — Worship Service
10:15 AM — Faith Learning
Sundays
ST PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
947 N. GEORGE ST
YORK, PA 17404
Flight 93 Memorial
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 10
The youth program is planning this trip. We are looking into chartering a bus to
do this event. If interested, please sign up so we can get an idea of how many
are interested. Any questions, please contact Marc Olson at 495-0166.
Pathways for
New content continues to be added to our faith resource website, including grief resources for all ages
and sermons. New Acts Study Guides are added week by
week. Please be sure to make use of this rich resource and
let us know your ideas for future content.
From the Pastor
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”Then Jesus began to denounce the towns where he had done so
many of his miracles, because they hadn’t repented of their sins and
turned to God…,28Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are
weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29Take my
yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and
you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I
give you is light.” — Matthew 11:20, 28-30
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
When Jesus was baptized and sent on his mission, it was to call people to
repentance so that they might participate in the realm of God. It was to call
people to stop what they were doing, take stock, and conform to the will of
God as revealed in his Word. We might imagine the scene of a military
post, everybody doing this and that, until the General arrives. Then everyone stops action, stands at attention, and obeys whatever orders the General gives. And if they had not been behaving appropriately before, they
certainly would be now. Now, I am not saying Jesus is like a military commander, but his impact on the world is intended to have the same effect—
to transform the culture of death into a culture of life.
After denouncing the stubbornness of people who had experienced his life-
giving power but refused to let it change them and lamenting their forfeit of
his salvation, Jesus issued an invitation to those who were still listening, still
hanging on his every word: “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me.”
This was an invitation by the Master to new students. The yoke is the relationship of discipleship of a student and Master. The invitation asks for a
decision—will the student leave everything behind and follow the Master?
The yoke is not a relationship that can be fitted in with whatever else the
student might otherwise by doing, such as bowling on Monday, yoga on
Tuesday, golf on Wednesdays, Jesus on Thursdays...The yoke of discipleship is a 24/7 relationship of student and Master—living together, the Master modeling and the student imitating, the Master teaching and the student
learning, the Master speaking and the student listening and putting into
practice. It is an honor to be invited by a master to be a student.
Stewardship sounds easy, but it isn’t
“Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift” (2 Cor. 9:15)!
This is St. Paul’s exclamation upon hearing the Corinthian
Church’s response to the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and his request for support for the Church in Jerusalem.
The Christians in Corinth heard and received God’s mercy in
Christ, and they responded to St. Paul’s call to support Christians in Jerusalem with
a collection. The Corinthian’s joy filled Jerusalem’s need.
This is the reality of stewardship. Because of God’s generosity in the giving of His
Son to die on the cross for us, we are to be generous with all that we receive from
Him. What do we receive? Everything. All that we are and all that we have is the
Lord’s. He is the creator and the giver. We are His creatures and those who receive
what He gives.
It sounds easy. And it is. But then again it isn’t. Stewardship is easy because it
God’s work. Through what God gives, we give to others. Through what God gives,
we support the work of the church for the life of the world. He gives; we receive.
And like our generous Father in Heaven, we, as His children, use what He gives to
us to love and serve others.
But stewardship is also difficult. That is because it goes against our natural inclination to think that what I have is mine to do what I want with. This is our sinful nature.
It is our selfishness and our greed. How can we who have been given everything—
life, food, clothing, house, home, forgiveness, divine sonship, an eternal inheritance
—be so stingy with what we give to the church, the place where we hear about and
receive all that God gives us and does for us? We are all guilty of this kind of thinking. And the only godly response is to repent and trust in the Gospel.
For if God has given you His own Son, will He not give you all things? Yes. He will.
This is His sure and certain promise. God provides for His people. He provides everything we need for this body and life and for the life that is to come.
The church is a mercy place it’s a place where God’s mercy in the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ, is given and received. For we who believe in
Christ, it means forgiveness, life, and salvation in the face of sin, death, and the
power of the devil. Here in the church we inhale God’s mercy in Word and Sacrament, and exhale this same mercy in love and service to our neighbor. And that is
an enduring, joyful thing to do. Our joy fills our neighbor’s need because His joy
filled ours (Heb. 12:2). Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift!
So Jesus invites those who are still listening to be his disciples, his students, his followers. These are the ones who are weary and burdened because they know they cannot save themselves. They are overwhelmed by
The Reverend Beth A. Schlegel, STS— Pastor
Duane Hannigan—Music Director
Terri Schroll—Secretary
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Barb Malehorn
Matt Malehron
Barb Malehorn
Matt Malehron
Ron Malehorn
Chuck Innerst
Charlie & Marion Neff
Ron Malehorn
Sandy Wolfe
Ron Malehorn
Chuck Innerst
Chuck Innerst
Chris Starr
Sandy Wolfe
Ron Malehorn
Peggy Kling
Missy Slatky
Kristy Kochenour
Jen Olson
Joy Baublitz
Mary Grace King
Fred & Jan
Botterbusch
Evelin Burgos
Evelin Burgos
Barb Malehorn
Sue Shettel
Proverbs 25:6-7
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
Isaiah 58:9b-14
Hebrews 12:18-29
Put your faith into action
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Ron Malehorn
Chuck Innerst
Barb Malehorn
Matt Malehron
Tom Wachter
Harry Brown
Sandy & Mearl Williams
Barb Malehorn
Matt Malehron
Ron Malehorn
Chuck Innerst
Angie Kann
USHER
CAPTAINS
GREETERS
ALTAR GUILD
TELLERS
COFFEE/SOCIAL
Sandy & Barry Wolfe
Judy Altland
Joy Baublitz
NURSERY
Ray Raffensberger
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Dale Boyer
Angie Kann
COMMUNION
ASSISTANTS
Johnna Innerst
Angie Kann
Hannah Kann
LECTOR
Bill Everhart
Sue Raffensberger
Hannah Kann
Monday, AUGUST 29 — 6:30 PM
SAFE CHURCH
ACOLYTES
Judi Smyser
Tuesday, AUGUST 9 — 7:00 PM
COUNCIL
Monday, AUGUST 22 — 6:30 PM
MISSION TEAM
Genesis 15:1-6
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
Shirley Lutz
Monday, AUGUST 8 — 6:30 PM
MISSION TEAM
LESSONS
Jeremiah 23:23-29
Hebrews 11:29—12:2
AUGUST 21
AUGUST 28
15th Sunday after Pentecost
14th Sunday after Pentecost
AUGUST 14
13th Sunday after Pentecost
Disciples Serve—
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AUGUST 7
12th Sunday after Pentecost
See you in worship!
2016
Worship Participants
life and know that by all standards of human goodness, they do not qualify
for God’s realm. But Jesus invites especially them. And to those who accept his invitation, he makes a promise: “I will give you rest for your souls.”
This rest is not the absence of activity or work, but rather the grace of forgiveness that assures life and salvation in relation to God. Our burden of
guilt and shame, of despair and hopelessness is removed by his living mercy. This is the good news we receive each Sunday in worship so that we
can share it throughout the week. Don’t miss out invite others.
Mission Strategic Process
We are still in the process of interviewing members of the community to discover their perceptions of the needs of
the community. Once we have collected that data, we will look at ll the information from those interviews and the
cottage meetings to discern where the
Holy Spirit may be leading us as a congregation looking to the future. Please
keep our congregation in your prayers.
Help with the Community Meal
on the 2nd Sunday of the month—
sign up in the book in the narthex or
with Marc or Jen Olson.
 Be a Tutor in the York Conference Tutoring Program
For more information and to register,
go to http://ycltutoring.weebly.com/
or contact the Director: YCL Tutoring
c/o Amanda Donley, 450 W Philadelphia St. 2nd FL, York PA 17401.
Make a difference in a child’s life.
 Active Shooter & Fire Safety
Training
Monday, SEPTEMBER 15—
6:00-7:00 PM
The Safe Church committee is making fire safety an emphasis this year.
How many of us know what to do in
case of fire? What about if an active
shooter comes? Come to a training
session with Dave Markley from
WellSpan Health Safety & Security.
All are welcome.
Reformation 500 — ELCA
“Called Forward Together
in Christ”
A Tribute Gift to the
Church Renewal Fund
was given to the glory of God ...
For healing, strength & comfort
MEMBERS
Evelin Burgos—Earl Burns—Gil Hoffacker—Charlie Innerst—Anna Kauffman—
Bob Leiphart—Jean Leiphart—Matt Malehorn—Doris March—Helen Quickel—
Donna Roach—Lois Smith—Virginia
Spangler—Gloria Wachter—Paggie
Wolfe—The family & friends of Nancy
Gentzler.
FRIENDS
in memory of Nancy Gentzler
by Lois Smith, Joyce & Brad Topper,
Bonnie Loucks, Betty Hoover, Bruce &
Brenda Musser, Curvin & Judy Sterner, Steven & Cynthia Knaub.
 to all who cooked, led discussions,
and facilitated prayers and s’mores
Hollis Armstead—Gladys Bentzel—Keri
during our Summer Wednesdays.
Blankenship—Sharon Blankenship—
 to all the musicians who offered
Gloria Bose—Nick Coleianne—Cindy
their talents during worship.
Dennis—Sharon Fasnacht—Betsy Fields  we are thankful to Ray Rife for reErnest Fields—Sally Harbold—Jeff Leip- membering St. Peter’s in his will. Behart—Susan Luckenbaugh—Deborah
cause of his generous bequest, our
McIntyre—Scott Neff—Jordan Rife—
ministry in the Gospel is supported
Charlie Slenker—Joan Warnick—Dorothy and enhanced. Thanks be to God.
Weiland—Judy Young.
Remember our homebound
members …. Florence Berkheimer—
Norma Buck—Gerald Harrison—Gil
Hoffacker—Charlie Innerst Anna Kauffman—Harold Landis—Kathryn Lehigh—
Robert May—Barbara Reisinger—Marlin
Reitz—David Shepp—Virginia Spangler
PHASE 2
Our sister in Christ, Nancy
M. Gentzler, entered the
Church Triumphant on Friday, JULY 15, 2016. She
was the wife of the late
Philip E. Gentzler, and mother to Kathy
and Karen.
Brookline Masonry Contractors has begun the work to restore the masonry on the
front of the building. We need to raise $150,000 for this project over and above
our current operating needs. Gifts designated for this project will go into the
Church Renewal Fund; special envelopes for this purpose are in the back of the
church. Regular Envelope gifts for “Mortgage” will go toward this project. In addition, undesignated special gifts coming to the church will be put toward this project.
Jolie BROWN
Madeline BAUBLITZ
Emily COLLINS
Don WOLFGANG
Sarah FLEMING
Amber WEILAND
Sandra HINKLE
Jeffery KING
Paggie WOLFE
Kailyn AUGHENBAUGH
John CONNELLY
Barbara REISINGER
John MOHR
Bill EVERHART
Derek BROWN
Marjorie RUTTER
Noah KAUFFMAN
Matthew RAFFENSBERGER
Joan GEISLER
Nicole & Shep WEISZ
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Our church has embarked on a process to determine directions and priorities for the future. This process,
“Called Forward Together in Christ”,
involves listening to people, discerning
places where there is shared vision,
and determining how that shared vision might shape an action plan. To
find out more and to participate in the
conversation, please go to
http://elca.org/future.
A Lutherland trip is available
OCTOBER 9-21, 2017
with Pastor Steve Saxe. The major
sites of the Reformation and Lutheran
heritage will be visited, plus opportunities for shopping and cultural experience. Please look at the brochure
on the bulletin board.
SPONSORSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES
Help to adorn the house of God and share
the Good News with others by being a
sponsor. You can designate your sponsorship in honor of a special occasion or in
memory of a loved one, or simply to the
glory of God. We have updated and expanded sponsorship opportunities to encourage many to participate. The flower
chart and sponsorship forms are in the vestibule between the Gathering Space and the
nave or are available from the church office.
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Bulletin—$30/week
Altar Flowers — $40/week
Disciples’ Weekly — $5/week
Eternal Candle — $10/week
Parish Visitor Newsletter — $20/month