HEPHATHA LUTHERAN CHURCH
1720 W Locust St.
9AM is also on ZOOM
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DAILY DEVOTION
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th
Pastor Mary Martha sending a GOD BLESS YOU to you today. Welcome to a new day of life, a new week, the day of worship. I hope to see you in worship at 9:00 a.m. Today we will read a Gospel lesson from Luke 13 and hear the words of compassion and healing Jesus showed to a woman 2,000 years ago. We will come to holy communion and receive the full mercy of God, who forgives our sin and raises us up to new life. Please come to worship in person if at all possible, just like the woman in Luke 13 came to the synagogue all those years ago on the sabbath. And if you cannot come to the building, please sign on to ZOOM worship through hephatha100.com GOD BLESS YOU.
MONDAY, AUGUST 25th
Pastor Mary Martha sending a word of compassion to you today. Yesterday’s Gospel passage from Luke 13 brought us into the synagogue 2,000 years ago to experience the power and peace of Jesus then, and now. The woman who was healed by Jesus that day was taken from being bent over for 18 years in her suffering to being able to stand up straight and offer her praise to God. Luke’s Gospel lets us see that Jesus sees the woman and her suffering…and then he heals her. Today, as we walk through life, let us see the suffering of others, and our own suffering, and let us pray a prayer of healing mercy for all those with heavy burdens. God bless you.
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| THIS WEEK August 24-31 |
TODAY: Aug 24 9:00 a.m. WORSHIP, LUNCH, ADULT CONFIRMATION
MON Aug 25 6:30 p.m. Women’s Recovery Meeting (ZOOM)
TUES Aug 26 4:30 p.m. Tuesday Praise
WED Aug 27 NOON Circle of Support—resources for re-entering citizens,
employment and other support with Project Return
and Pastor Joe and Joyce; lunch is served—please
invite people to attend
THURS Aug 28 5:00 p.m. MICAH Core Team (ZOOM)
FRI Aug 29 NOON MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary
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".
