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Christian Radio keeps the faith going
88.9 FM WORD -- Contemporary Christian Rock Music
107.5 FM -- Praise/Gospel Music & Bible teaching
106.9 FM -- KLOVE -- Contemporary Christian Rock
Check out bibleproject.com They provide videos, podcasts, Bible study, online classes and more, all for free. They are “helping people experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus.” Check out their website!
Understand the Bible in ten minutes a day with plans for every book and guides for every chapter.
Through the Word is a nonprofit ministry dedicated to equipping people around the world to read the Bible, understand it, apply it, and make it a habit. They provide simple yet powerful tools via the web and mobile apps that lead users on a journey to understand the entire Bible, one chapter at a time. TTW combines clear, balanced, and relatable teaching with direct accessibility. Their purpose is God’s calling: to make disciples, equip the saints, and preach the word. (Mat. 28:19, Eph. 4:12, 2 Tim, 4:2)
TTW is the cure for broken Bible habits and lost-in-Leviticus syndrome. Easy to start, easy to keep, easy to share. Go to throughtheword.org or download the app on your phone.
Please keep the stamps coming!
It’s a continuing need! Thank you for all your contributions. It really helps!
Do you shop at Giant?
If you do, you can buy Giant gift cards from the church. A $50 card costs you $50. How does the church make money? Well, when Faith purchases $1,000 worth of cards from Giant, they only charge us $950 (a 5% discount.) So, when we sell those cards to you, the church makes $50. It adds up…
Hatfield Flowers and Gifts (215) 822-1530) provides Faith with two lovely flower arrangements for our sanctuary each Sunday.
You can sign up to sponsor flowers, bulletins or a food basket. The flowers are $35, the bulletins are $10 and the food basket is $25.
You can dedicate any one of these things to someone special, to celebrate a birthday or in memory of a loved one. You may take the flowers home, or they will be given to an ill or homebound member. The $10 for the bulletins is to help cover the cost of making the bulletins and the $25 for the food basket is money donated to “Manna on Main Street” to help feed those in the North Penn area.
To sign up for a particular Sunday either sign up on the chart on the Foyer bulletin board or call Janet in the church office (215) 368-0240.
Nancy Gansner, Anna Friedrich, and Gail Achilles will be available on a rotating schedule each Sunday throughout the Summer (June 2 thru Sep 1) during 9:30 am Worship Service - same length of time as our traditional Sunday school. We will plan to do an activity/lesson with the children in our Fellowship Hall. We will resume traditional Sunday School on “Rally Day” September 8, 2024, during 9:30 am Worship Service after Children’s sermon and return for the rite of Holy Communion. Parent, grandparents and guardians, thank you for glorifying our God by bringing your children to learn His Word and His Good Works. (Note: Older youth ages 12 to 17 are welcome to serve as Youth Volunteers at Sunday School.)
Any comments or questions, please see Gail Achilles, Christian Education Chair
As scripture teaches, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)
Monday Night Bible Study will be taking a break for the summer months and resume their next study (to be determined) on Monday, September 9, at 7 pm on zoom.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Parents’ Night Out (PNO) – Youth Fellowship (YF)
Looking for a night out and a fun, safe place to bring the kids? Well, look no further! We here at Faith Lutheran Church are ready to care for your child(ren) in a safe environment, provide food and fun activities, and share the love of Jesus.
PNO-YF will be held on Friday, July 12, 2024
from 6 pm to 9 pm.
If interested, please register at www.faithmontgomeryville.org
and click on the PNO – YF tab or call 215-368-0240.
Note: A minimum donation of $5.00 per child is suggested so we can provide future youth events.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Where the Word of Jesus is spoken, heard, and lived
Our Vacation Bible School theme this year will be “Scuba: diving into friendship with God” where we’ll take kids deep into an amazing undersea adventure where they’ll experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God. Kids will be immersed in the Word and discover what living water is really all about! Gail Achilles, our coordinator, is enthusiastically looking forward to this adventure. The dates for this year are Monday through Friday, August 5-9, 2024, from 9am to 12noon.
If you are interested in helping and supporting this fun and Christian formation event for our youth, please contact Gail or the church office to volunteer to help. Thank you, Church Family!
Vacation Bible School is August 5-9, 2024
The theme is: “Scuba:diving into friendship with God.”
If you aren’t able to volunteer during the week of Vacation Bible School, you may be able to help by donating some of the food for snacks each day or the luncheon on Friday.
We are looking for the following food:
Please list ingredients on anything homemade - due to allergies. Thank You!
1 large box of cheddar goldfish
3 packs of pretzel rods
2 containers of blue icing – no fragrance
1 container of pink icing – no fragrance
1 container of green icing – no fragrance
1 pack of white nonpareil sprinkles
1 pack of white chocolate chips
4 large boxes of blue Jello
4 boxes of Nilla wafers
80 eyes (to make squids)
30 bottles of juice
Need by Thursday, August 8th:
5 dozen deviled eggs
3 pks seedless grapes
2 large cantaloupes
1 large watermelon
3 bags of chips
2 lb. macaroni salad
12 Packs of 8 hot dog rolls
Look for a sign up for these items on the Foyer desk starting in July.
Thank you so much for your support of Faith and VBS!
16 Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NLT)
Lord, when did we see you...?
The purpose of the Social Ministry Team is to follow Jesus' commandment to love one another as he loved us. To offer opportunities to our congregation to be good and faithful servants. To share the love and truth of Jesus Christ and to offer hope to all God's children by giving of our time, our money and ourselves to our church, our community, and the world.
Social Ministry project for July.
Hebrews 6:10: “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.”
During the month of July, we will be honoring our fathers by providing hygiene products for men. The following is a list of products to be collected and then distributed to Manna on Main Street: Deodorant, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, razors, shaving cream, razors, hand soap, nail clippers, etc.
Please put all items in the purple barney bin under the coat rack.
For more information see Nancy Gansner.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
The “Golden Girls of Faith” (Golden Men are welcome too!) will be meeting once a month for lunch, fellowship and prayer at a local restaurant. They will meet the first Wednesday of the month which will be July 3, 2024, this month. For more information or if you need a ride, please talk to Anna Friedrich. All are welcome!
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28 (NASB)
Faith’s Transportation Initiative
If you need a ride to church on Sunday or you are interested in providing a ride to church to someone, please contact Dale Foster.
We currently receive donations of WAWA Food through the Food Donation Connection program. We may receive anything from sizzlies, to breakfast burritos, to lunch sandwiches, to muffins, to sweet treats, to hot dogs...anything they didn’t sell the day before and have now frozen. If you are in need of some supplemental food or know of someone who is, please let either Janet Hill in the church office or Dale Foster know and we will make sure you receive some Wawa food.
In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV)
THANK YOUs
Dear Faith Friends and Family. Thank you so much for the lovely retirement party, gifts and extended time spent with you as a church family. I will cherish our time together in my heart always. Love in Christ, Laura
Bev and I would like to thank all of you at Faith for your prayers and condolences for our mom, Ruth Mathias. We knew what a special lady she was – and now we know that all of you did too with your outpouring of love and support.
We would also like to thank those of you who made her celebration of life service and luncheon just what she wanted: Pastor, Rich, Janet, Adam, Anne, and all those who contributed to a wonderful send-off.
Linda Kratz
In Memory…
Janet Stender
April 15, 1950 – June 18, 2024
Please keep Pastor Ethan and his family in your prayers!
“For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, neither the world above nor the world below--there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 (GNT)
On Thursday, July 18, 2024 Hedwig House of Lansdale will be hosting Designer Bingo at Faith Lutheran Church to benefit Hedwig House Inc. Please join us this summer to enjoy a night of bingo and raise money for people in the community! You can either scan the QR code on the flyer or click on the link below to purchase tickets. Tickets are $35. If you have any questions, please call Madeline at Hedwig House at 610-930-3412. https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/589bab66-d02c-4985-9518-ac22de9bfdc1
Clothing Container Fundraising Program
Church Family, we now have a clothing donation box behind the church. It is located near the driveway to the Pine Tree Ridge development. The church will receive $50 per month for having the bin there. So please clean out your closets and fill up the bin…and tell your friends and family about it too. Thank you!
Help your community place their unwanted/gently used clothing, shoes, apparel & linens in our clothing collection containers. This saves our landfills and gives back to low-income families in need! In return, this program raises funds for local non-profits and organizations in our communities. Currently, they help raise funds for the American Cancer Fund, Rotary International, Eden Autism, and many other local non-profits.
They do not accept: Any merchandise that has holes, rips, stains, mold or has an odor and is wet.
https://clothingshoedrive.com/clothingcontainers/
Technology Volunteers
We are looking for a few volunteers who are willing to learn and help with the technology behind our virtual and in-person worship services. Each week we host our Zoom meeting for worship as well as running the video cameras and sound system in the sanctuary. Over the past few years, we have refined this process and it’s running very smoothly now. But it’s being managed by the same few people every week and we are looking to train others to share in this responsibility. Please contact Rich Hollenbach, if you are interested.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7
Christian Radio keeps the faith going
88.9 FM WORD -- Contemporary Christian Rock Music
107.5 FM -- Praise/Gospel Music & Bible teaching
106.9 FM -- KLOVE -- Contemporary Christian Rock
Check out bibleproject.com They provide videos, podcasts, Bible study, online classes and more, all for free. They are “helping people experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus.” Check out their website!
Understand the Bible in ten minutes a day with plans for every book and guides for every chapter.
Through the Word is a nonprofit ministry dedicated to equipping people around the world to read the Bible, understand it, apply it, and make it a habit. They provide simple yet powerful tools via the web and mobile apps that lead users on a journey to understand the entire Bible, one chapter at a time. TTW combines clear, balanced, and relatable teaching with direct accessibility. Their purpose is God’s calling: to make disciples, equip the saints, and preach the word. (Mat. 28:19, Eph. 4:12, 2 Tim, 4:2)
TTW is the cure for broken Bible habits and lost-in-Leviticus syndrome. Easy to start, easy to keep, easy to share. Go to throughtheword.org or download the app on your phone.
Please keep the stamps coming!
It’s a continuing need! Thank you for all your contributions. It really helps!
Do you shop at Giant?
If you do, you can buy Giant gift cards from the church. A $50 card costs you $50. How does the church make money? Well, when Faith purchases $1,000 worth of cards from Giant, they only charge us $950 (a 5% discount.) So, when we sell those cards to you, the church makes $50. It adds up…
Hatfield Flowers and Gifts (215) 822-1530) provides Faith with two lovely flower arrangements for our sanctuary each Sunday.
You can sign up to sponsor flowers, bulletins or a food basket. The flowers are $35, the bulletins are $10 and the food basket is $25.
You can dedicate any one of these things to someone special, to celebrate a birthday or in memory of a loved one. You may take the flowers home, or they will be given to an ill or homebound member. The $10 for the bulletins is to help cover the cost of making the bulletins and the $25 for the food basket is money donated to “Manna on Main Street” to help feed those in the North Penn area.
To sign up for a particular Sunday either sign up on the chart on the Foyer bulletin board or call Janet in the church office (215) 368-0240.
Nancy Gansner, Anna Friedrich, and Gail Achilles will be available on a rotating schedule each Sunday throughout the Summer (June 2 thru Sep 1) during 9:30 am Worship Service - same length of time as our traditional Sunday school. We will plan to do an activity/lesson with the children in our Fellowship Hall. We will resume traditional Sunday School on “Rally Day” September 8, 2024, during 9:30 am Worship Service after Children’s sermon and return for the rite of Holy Communion. Parent, grandparents and guardians, thank you for glorifying our God by bringing your children to learn His Word and His Good Works. (Note: Older youth ages 12 to 17 are welcome to serve as Youth Volunteers at Sunday School.)
Any comments or questions, please see Gail Achilles, Christian Education Chair
As scripture teaches, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)
Monday Night Bible Study will be taking a break for the summer months and resume their next study (to be determined) on Monday, September 9, at 7 pm on zoom.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Parents’ Night Out (PNO) – Youth Fellowship (YF)
Looking for a night out and a fun, safe place to bring the kids? Well, look no further! We here at Faith Lutheran Church are ready to care for your child(ren) in a safe environment, provide food and fun activities, and share the love of Jesus.
PNO-YF will be held on Friday, July 12, 2024
from 6 pm to 9 pm.
If interested, please register at www.faithmontgomeryville.org
and click on the PNO – YF tab or call 215-368-0240.
Note: A minimum donation of $5.00 per child is suggested so we can provide future youth events.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Where the Word of Jesus is spoken, heard, and lived
Our Vacation Bible School theme this year will be “Scuba: diving into friendship with God” where we’ll take kids deep into an amazing undersea adventure where they’ll experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God. Kids will be immersed in the Word and discover what living water is really all about! Gail Achilles, our coordinator, is enthusiastically looking forward to this adventure. The dates for this year are Monday through Friday, August 5-9, 2024, from 9am to 12noon.
If you are interested in helping and supporting this fun and Christian formation event for our youth, please contact Gail or the church office to volunteer to help. Thank you, Church Family!
Vacation Bible School is August 5-9, 2024
The theme is: “Scuba:diving into friendship with God.”
If you aren’t able to volunteer during the week of Vacation Bible School, you may be able to help by donating some of the food for snacks each day or the luncheon on Friday.
We are looking for the following food:
Please list ingredients on anything homemade - due to allergies. Thank You!
1 large box of cheddar goldfish
3 packs of pretzel rods
2 containers of blue icing – no fragrance
1 container of pink icing – no fragrance
1 container of green icing – no fragrance
1 pack of white nonpareil sprinkles
1 pack of white chocolate chips
4 large boxes of blue Jello
4 boxes of Nilla wafers
80 eyes (to make squids)
30 bottles of juice
Need by Thursday, August 8th:
5 dozen deviled eggs
3 pks seedless grapes
2 large cantaloupes
1 large watermelon
3 bags of chips
2 lb. macaroni salad
12 Packs of 8 hot dog rolls
Look for a sign up for these items on the Foyer desk starting in July.
Thank you so much for your support of Faith and VBS!
16 Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NLT)
Lord, when did we see you...?
The purpose of the Social Ministry Team is to follow Jesus' commandment to love one another as he loved us. To offer opportunities to our congregation to be good and faithful servants. To share the love and truth of Jesus Christ and to offer hope to all God's children by giving of our time, our money and ourselves to our church, our community, and the world.
Social Ministry project for July.
Hebrews 6:10: “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.”
During the month of July, we will be honoring our fathers by providing hygiene products for men. The following is a list of products to be collected and then distributed to Manna on Main Street: Deodorant, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, razors, shaving cream, razors, hand soap, nail clippers, etc.
Please put all items in the purple barney bin under the coat rack.
For more information see Nancy Gansner.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
The “Golden Girls of Faith” (Golden Men are welcome too!) will be meeting once a month for lunch, fellowship and prayer at a local restaurant. They will meet the first Wednesday of the month which will be July 3, 2024, this month. For more information or if you need a ride, please talk to Anna Friedrich. All are welcome!
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28 (NASB)
Faith’s Transportation Initiative
If you need a ride to church on Sunday or you are interested in providing a ride to church to someone, please contact Dale Foster.
We currently receive donations of WAWA Food through the Food Donation Connection program. We may receive anything from sizzlies, to breakfast burritos, to lunch sandwiches, to muffins, to sweet treats, to hot dogs...anything they didn’t sell the day before and have now frozen. If you are in need of some supplemental food or know of someone who is, please let either Janet Hill in the church office or Dale Foster know and we will make sure you receive some Wawa food.
In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV)
THANK YOUs
Dear Faith Friends and Family. Thank you so much for the lovely retirement party, gifts and extended time spent with you as a church family. I will cherish our time together in my heart always. Love in Christ, Laura
Bev and I would like to thank all of you at Faith for your prayers and condolences for our mom, Ruth Mathias. We knew what a special lady she was – and now we know that all of you did too with your outpouring of love and support.
We would also like to thank those of you who made her celebration of life service and luncheon just what she wanted: Pastor, Rich, Janet, Adam, Anne, and all those who contributed to a wonderful send-off.
Linda Kratz
In Memory…
Janet Stender
April 15, 1950 – June 18, 2024
Please keep Pastor Ethan and his family in your prayers!
“For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, neither the world above nor the world below--there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 (GNT)
On Thursday, July 18, 2024 Hedwig House of Lansdale will be hosting Designer Bingo at Faith Lutheran Church to benefit Hedwig House Inc. Please join us this summer to enjoy a night of bingo and raise money for people in the community! You can either scan the QR code on the flyer or click on the link below to purchase tickets. Tickets are $35. If you have any questions, please call Madeline at Hedwig House at 610-930-3412. https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/589bab66-d02c-4985-9518-ac22de9bfdc1
Clothing Container Fundraising Program
Church Family, we now have a clothing donation box behind the church. It is located near the driveway to the Pine Tree Ridge development. The church will receive $50 per month for having the bin there. So please clean out your closets and fill up the bin…and tell your friends and family about it too. Thank you!
Help your community place their unwanted/gently used clothing, shoes, apparel & linens in our clothing collection containers. This saves our landfills and gives back to low-income families in need! In return, this program raises funds for local non-profits and organizations in our communities. Currently, they help raise funds for the American Cancer Fund, Rotary International, Eden Autism, and many other local non-profits.
They do not accept: Any merchandise that has holes, rips, stains, mold or has an odor and is wet.
https://clothingshoedrive.com/clothingcontainers/
Technology Volunteers
We are looking for a few volunteers who are willing to learn and help with the technology behind our virtual and in-person worship services. Each week we host our Zoom meeting for worship as well as running the video cameras and sound system in the sanctuary. Over the past few years, we have refined this process and it’s running very smoothly now. But it’s being managed by the same few people every week and we are looking to train others to share in this responsibility. Please contact Rich Hollenbach, if you are interested.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7
