HEPHATHA LUTHERAN CHURCH
1720 W Locust St.
DAILY DEVOTIONS
Thursday, July 23
Pastor Mary Martha sharing this summer prayer with you:
Giving Thanks For Summer
Creator of all, thank You for summer!
Thank you for the warmth of the sun
and the increased daylight.
Thank You for the beauty I see all around me
and for the opportunity to be outside and enjoy Your creation.
Thank You for the increased time I have to be with my friends and family,
and for the more casual pace of the summer season.
Draw me closer to You this summer.
Teach me how I can pray
no matter where I am or what I am doing.
Warm my soul with the awareness of Your presence
and light my path with Your Word and Counsel.
As I enjoy Your creation, create in me
a pure heart and a hunger and a thirst for You. –Amen (Anonymous)
Friday, July 24
Pastor Mary Martha encouraging you today.
Our summer work ministry group is sharing deeply in serving as instruments of God’s peace. On Saturday, July 11 we had favorable weather and did a neighborhood clean-up on the blocks near the church. Part of the group went to the Hephatha Community Garden and pulled weeds and got rid of litter on that block. The group serving on the block of the church had opportunity to exchange a greeting with the oldest resident on our block! We are proud of and thankful for the young people who plant and grow as God’s good wheat in our life together at Hephatha. And we bless the committed adults who serve alongside of them! Pray for our work ministry, please.
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This Week at Hephatha
Weekly Calendar - Sunday July 19- Saturday July 25
SUN.: 9:00 a.m. WORSHIP and LUNCH ADULT CONFIRMATION CLASS meets during lunch
MON.: 6:30 p.m. Women’s Recovery Meeting (ZOOM)
TUES.: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday Praise
WED.: NOON Circle of Support with the Elwangers and Project Return
FRI.: NOON MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary
LOOKING AHEAD IN OUR LIFE TOGETHER….
Sunday, August 2nd We remember Hazel Wilson with Sandra and family at the marker of what would have been her 100th year. We bless her memory.
Sunday, August 9th We bless Charles for his 60th birthday!
Sunday, August 16th Work Ministry Sunday and Back to School Block Party. This is the 35th Summer of Work Ministry at Hephatha! If you were in work ministry as a child, we’d like to include you in our t-shirt count and photo on this day. Please let Marquitta know what size shirt we can order for you.
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RECONCILING IN CHRIST
WELCOME STATEMENT
HEPHATHA LUTHERAN CHURCH
We welcome all of God’s people who seek the love of Jesus Christ. We welcome every race, sexual orientation, gender identity, social/economic class, marital status, ability, and age do not matter. What matters is your love of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the love of your neighbor as yourself.
We believe in the salvation of Jesus Christ, and his commandment to, “love one another; just as I have loved you.” Everyone is welcome to join as we walk together as one, in support of one another. Together we make it through the difficulties of non-acceptance, discrimination, racial, social and economic injustices, which many of us may face in this life. Hephatha is our holy ground, where there is love, hope, and respect on our journey, which is led by Jesus. We walk where he leads, because he assures us that he will never forsake us, and he will always be with us.
Followed by Adult Confrimation Study and Lunch
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