HEPHATHA LUTHERAN CHURCH
1720 W Locust St.
DAILY DEVOTION
Thursday, June 5
Pastor Mary Martha praying for the peace of God to surround you today.
The Gospel of John is poetic and uses many images to draw us into the good news of Jesus Christ. As Jesus gets close to the cross, John’s Gospel shares with us some of the things that happened in the end time of Jesus’ earthly life…such as washing of the feet and praying. John 17 lets us hear the prayer of Jesus for unity among his disciples. Too often in the church people are fighting against each other, spreading forces of harm and isolation. Too often we are working in the opposite direction Jesus calls us to work. One such direction from Jesus is that we would live in Christian unity, as a sign of the unity of Jesus with God the Father. May we who are one in the Lord serve God’s work of unity, love and peace with our lives. Amen.
FRIDAY, June 6
Pastor Mary Martha reaching out to say God bless you today.
John 14 reminds us to look at the love of Jesus in our lives and to keep the love of Jesus as central in our treatment of other people. So often we are content to treat others in the same way they have treated us. This has nothing to do with our faith. Our faith has us carry forward the love of GOD in our connections with others while we live here on earth. How God has treated us in Jesus Christ is how we are to treat others. When we do this, we become one with God.
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The service of Christian burial for Mrs. Connie Brown will be held at Hephatha
on Monday, June 16 at 11:00 AM
There will be an hour of visitation, beginning at 10:00 AM
Burial at Union Cemetery will follow the service,
with the repast back at the church after the burial
Please pray for Connie’s family and join together in thanking God for the gift of her life and faith.
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MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary
12noon
Fellowship Hall
Serenity Inn Dinner and Fellowship
6pm
Contact Joyce Ellwanger ( joyce.ellwanger@gmail.com or 414.915.5820)
or Sandra Wilson (sandyleflore44@gmail.com or 414.315.1114)
to offer help or food.
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Each week Mrs. Esther Brown, Hephatha's Counselor, provides tips on one page about how we can be better, kinder, and healthier.
Here are the last two tips she has provided. Consider checking out the new sheet every week. The sheet is posted by Monday. More TIPS can be found under "Our Ministries" then "Tips from Counselor".
