Dear church family, thank you all for the love and support you have heaped upon our family, especially me, during the passing of “my” David. When I came back into the sanctuary on May 18th, I knew instantly that not only is the name of Jesus spoken at Faith, but His second greatest commandment, “Love your neighbor as yourself” is also practiced at Faith. Thank you for holding me in your hearts and arms. Love, Nancy (Gansner)
The “Golden Girls of Faith” (Golden Men are welcome too!) which usually meet once a month for lunch, fellowship and prayer at a local restaurant will be taking a break for the months of July and August. They will meet again on the first Wednesday of September which will be September 3, 2025. For more information or if you need a ride, please talk to Anna Friedrich. All are welcome!
Explore mountains of fun
True North: Trusting in Jesus in a Wild World
Vacation Bible School
New friends ~ Amazing experiments ~ Creative games
Super-fun snacks ~ Surprising adventures ~
Incredible music
Location: Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church
Save these dates: August 4th – 8th, 2025
Each day’s fun happens from: 9:00am - noon
For more information, visit: www.faithmontgomeryville.org
Register online here: www.faithmontgomeryville.org
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.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Summer Sunday School
Gail Achilles, Anna Friedrich and Kate Waldman will be available on a rotating schedule each Sunday throughout the Summer (June 8 thru August 31) 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 7, 2025, during 9:30 am Worship Service after Children’s sermon and return for the rite of Holy Communion. Parents, 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 8, 2025, 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 18, 2025
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 “True North: Trusting Jesus in a Wild World” As kids trek the tundra, they’ll discover how easy it is to lose sight of what’s true in our wild world today. Guiding them towards Jesus, True North VBS reveals that He is a faithful friend we can always trust. He’s our True North! Gail Achilles, our coordinator, is enthusiastically looking forward to this adventure. The dates for this year are Monday through Friday, August 4-8, 2025, from 9am to 12noon.
Please contact Gail or the church office to volunteer to help. Thank you, Church Family!
Vacation Bible School is August 4-8, 2025
The theme is: “True North: Trusting Jesus in a Wild World”
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:
Need by August 3rd
2 Bottles Ranch Dressing
2 Jars Cheese Wiz
1 Large Bag of Pretzels Sticks
1 Large or 2 Small Celery Stalks
2 Bags of Baby Carrots
1 Bag Chocolate
2 Boxes Vanilla Wafers/Nilla Wafers
1 Large count of Animal Crackers
3 Squeezable Chocolate Tubes (baking aisle)
2 Containers Chocolate Icing
2 Boxes Graham Crackers
20 Juice Bottles
9 Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix (5.1oz size)
2 Gallons of 2% Milk
Need by Thursday, August 7th
100 Hot Dogs 6 Peppers
100 Hot Dog Rolls 4 Cucumbers
4 lbs Potato Salad 1 large Watermelon
2 Large Bags of Chips 2 Cantaloupes
96 Deviled Eggs 2 packs Grapes
2 Celery Stalks 100 Baked Sugar Cookies
2 Bags Baby Carrots
Look for a sign up for these items on the Foyer desk starting in July.
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)
Youth Ministry
(ages 12-17)
Looking for somewhere to learn about Jesus with others your age? Join us at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Montgomeryville every third Sunday in 2024-25 from 6:00-7:30pm! We will be meeting this month on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
Expect to have fun while learning about the Word of God by joining in prayer, devotions and readings at the church. We will also have occasional outings around the area such as mini golf, bowling and more! Our adult support team will provide snacks and beverages during meetings. We hope to see you soon!
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
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 June and July
During the months of June and July the Social Ministry team will be collecting Personal Care Items and a few miscellaneous items for the Coatesville VA Medical Center.
The Coatesville Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center is one of 150 VA medical centers nationwide. The medical center and its outpatient clinics in Spring City and Newtown Square, Pa. comprise an integrated health care system dedicated to providing Veterans with health care that improves their health and well-being. The health care system offers urgent care, primary care, specialty care, mental health care, long term care, pharmacy and numerous supportive services to outpatients, inpatients and residential patients.
There will be a poster board in the foyer containing post-it notes for the items listed below. Please take a post-it note or two, purchase the item(s) and put them in the purple bin in the narthex hallway.
Personal care Items
Misc Items
“Noisy Can” Offering – We continue to collect change for God’s Global Barnyard, every third Sunday,
which will be July 20, 2025, this month
A noisy coin offering is a worship service collection where members donate loose change to a specific cause. The collection is called "noisy" because the coins make a clanging sound as they are placed in the offering bucket.
On the third Sunday of each month, you will be asked by our Sunday School children to donate your “loose change” in our collection can for God’s Global Barnyard. The more noise the better. Of course, paper money is fine too. This is our continuing Christian love to serve others.
This collection will continue from January through November. In December, the Sunday School children will be asked what animals to purchase based on your total donations. A variety of animals helps provide ample nutrition and a sustainable source of income for many families.
For January - May, God’s Global Barnyard “noisy coin collection” has received a total of $303.00 ($72.50 was collected in May).
In Christ, Sharon Hood & Debbie Hollenbach, Co-Chairs
Update on our April/May Social Ministry Project: On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, several members of the congregation of Faith had an incredible experience of serving a meal at the University Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. It was called the Feast Incarnate. A meal is served every Tuesday night to anyone in need of a meal in the community. Pastor Ethan, Anne Hutnyk, Deb & Rich Hollenbach, Nancy Gansner, and Andy Kradzinski travelled to Philadelphia to prepare the meal and serve it. In all 53 people were served at the Feast. They also prepared 15 take home meals and 30 meals for two half-way houses.
Thank you to the congregation for the donations of food and other members of the congregation who prepared and cooked the Mini Meatloaves and the Honey/ Walnut Cake that were served at the meal. Thank you to Howie Harbeck and Deb Hollenbach for the Thrivent Action Grants that were used to buy meatloaf mix, butter, milk, and eggs. Any remaining food items will be donated to the Hatfield Food Cabinet.
“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 WALL THAT HEALS
July 10-13, 2025
Open 24 Hours/Closing Sunday at 2pm
Windlestrae Park – 1147 Kenas Road, North Wales, PA 19454
MontTwp.org/TheWallThatHeals
The Wall That Heals is a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans memorial in Washington, D.C., that travels across the country. The exhibit honors the more than 3 million Americans who served in the U.S. armed forces in the Vietnam War and bears the name of the 58,281 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.
Free admission and parking. All ages welcome
Hosted by the Community of Montgomery Township
HEDWIG HOUSE DESIGNER BINGO NIGHT
An evening of fun, fashion, and fundraising!
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Doors Open: 6:30 PM, Bingo Begins: 7:00 PM
Location: Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church
615 Cowpath Road, Lansdale, PA 19446
Tickets: $35 per person, Includes 1 bingo card
Additional bingo cards: $10 each, Bingo daubers: $1 each, BYOB & Bring Your Own Snacks!
Make it your own party—snack and sip while you play!
Win fabulous designer prizes!
From handbags to accessories and more!
All proceeds benefit Hedwig House, Inc.
Empowering individuals with mental health needs to live independently and thrive in the community.
Raffles • Prizes • Fun for all!
Invite your friends & family – all are welcome!
Questions or RSVP: Email: [email protected]
Get Your Tickets:
zeffy.com Designer Bingo 2025
Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at HEDWIG HOUSE's BIN
“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
The “Golden Girls of Faith” (Golden Men are welcome too!) which usually meet once a month for lunch, fellowship and prayer at a local restaurant will be taking a break for the months of July and August. They will meet again on the first Wednesday of September which will be September 3, 2025. For more information or if you need a ride, please talk to Anna Friedrich. All are welcome!
Explore mountains of fun
True North: Trusting in Jesus in a Wild World
Vacation Bible School
New friends ~ Amazing experiments ~ Creative games
Super-fun snacks ~ Surprising adventures ~
Incredible music
Location: Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church
Save these dates: August 4th – 8th, 2025
Each day’s fun happens from: 9:00am - noon
For more information, visit: www.faithmontgomeryville.org
Register online here: www.faithmontgomeryville.org
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.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Summer Sunday School
Gail Achilles, Anna Friedrich and Kate Waldman will be available on a rotating schedule each Sunday throughout the Summer (June 8 thru August 31) 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 7, 2025, during 9:30 am Worship Service after Children’s sermon and return for the rite of Holy Communion. Parents, 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 8, 2025, 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 18, 2025
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 “True North: Trusting Jesus in a Wild World” As kids trek the tundra, they’ll discover how easy it is to lose sight of what’s true in our wild world today. Guiding them towards Jesus, True North VBS reveals that He is a faithful friend we can always trust. He’s our True North! Gail Achilles, our coordinator, is enthusiastically looking forward to this adventure. The dates for this year are Monday through Friday, August 4-8, 2025, from 9am to 12noon.
Please contact Gail or the church office to volunteer to help. Thank you, Church Family!
Vacation Bible School is August 4-8, 2025
The theme is: “True North: Trusting Jesus in a Wild World”
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:
Need by August 3rd
2 Bottles Ranch Dressing
2 Jars Cheese Wiz
1 Large Bag of Pretzels Sticks
1 Large or 2 Small Celery Stalks
2 Bags of Baby Carrots
1 Bag Chocolate
2 Boxes Vanilla Wafers/Nilla Wafers
1 Large count of Animal Crackers
3 Squeezable Chocolate Tubes (baking aisle)
2 Containers Chocolate Icing
2 Boxes Graham Crackers
20 Juice Bottles
9 Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix (5.1oz size)
2 Gallons of 2% Milk
Need by Thursday, August 7th
100 Hot Dogs 6 Peppers
100 Hot Dog Rolls 4 Cucumbers
4 lbs Potato Salad 1 large Watermelon
2 Large Bags of Chips 2 Cantaloupes
96 Deviled Eggs 2 packs Grapes
2 Celery Stalks 100 Baked Sugar Cookies
2 Bags Baby Carrots
Look for a sign up for these items on the Foyer desk starting in July.
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)
Youth Ministry
(ages 12-17)
Looking for somewhere to learn about Jesus with others your age? Join us at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Montgomeryville every third Sunday in 2024-25 from 6:00-7:30pm! We will be meeting this month on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
Expect to have fun while learning about the Word of God by joining in prayer, devotions and readings at the church. We will also have occasional outings around the area such as mini golf, bowling and more! Our adult support team will provide snacks and beverages during meetings. We hope to see you soon!
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
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 June and July
During the months of June and July the Social Ministry team will be collecting Personal Care Items and a few miscellaneous items for the Coatesville VA Medical Center.
The Coatesville Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center is one of 150 VA medical centers nationwide. The medical center and its outpatient clinics in Spring City and Newtown Square, Pa. comprise an integrated health care system dedicated to providing Veterans with health care that improves their health and well-being. The health care system offers urgent care, primary care, specialty care, mental health care, long term care, pharmacy and numerous supportive services to outpatients, inpatients and residential patients.
There will be a poster board in the foyer containing post-it notes for the items listed below. Please take a post-it note or two, purchase the item(s) and put them in the purple bin in the narthex hallway.
Personal care Items
- Body lotion, soap, deodorant (full size)
- Dental supplies: toothbrushes, toothpaste (full size), and denture adhesive
- Hairbrushes and combs
- Twin blade razors with flex head and moisturizer strip (not disposable)
- Shower shoes, flip-flops (must be new)
- Socks (must be new)
Misc Items
- Markers for art projects
- New puzzle books
- Reading glasses (1.25 and higher) and eyeglass repair kit
“Noisy Can” Offering – We continue to collect change for God’s Global Barnyard, every third Sunday,
which will be July 20, 2025, this month
A noisy coin offering is a worship service collection where members donate loose change to a specific cause. The collection is called "noisy" because the coins make a clanging sound as they are placed in the offering bucket.
On the third Sunday of each month, you will be asked by our Sunday School children to donate your “loose change” in our collection can for God’s Global Barnyard. The more noise the better. Of course, paper money is fine too. This is our continuing Christian love to serve others.
This collection will continue from January through November. In December, the Sunday School children will be asked what animals to purchase based on your total donations. A variety of animals helps provide ample nutrition and a sustainable source of income for many families.
For January - May, God’s Global Barnyard “noisy coin collection” has received a total of $303.00 ($72.50 was collected in May).
In Christ, Sharon Hood & Debbie Hollenbach, Co-Chairs
Update on our April/May Social Ministry Project: On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, several members of the congregation of Faith had an incredible experience of serving a meal at the University Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. It was called the Feast Incarnate. A meal is served every Tuesday night to anyone in need of a meal in the community. Pastor Ethan, Anne Hutnyk, Deb & Rich Hollenbach, Nancy Gansner, and Andy Kradzinski travelled to Philadelphia to prepare the meal and serve it. In all 53 people were served at the Feast. They also prepared 15 take home meals and 30 meals for two half-way houses.
Thank you to the congregation for the donations of food and other members of the congregation who prepared and cooked the Mini Meatloaves and the Honey/ Walnut Cake that were served at the meal. Thank you to Howie Harbeck and Deb Hollenbach for the Thrivent Action Grants that were used to buy meatloaf mix, butter, milk, and eggs. Any remaining food items will be donated to the Hatfield Food Cabinet.
“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 WALL THAT HEALS
July 10-13, 2025
Open 24 Hours/Closing Sunday at 2pm
Windlestrae Park – 1147 Kenas Road, North Wales, PA 19454
MontTwp.org/TheWallThatHeals
The Wall That Heals is a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans memorial in Washington, D.C., that travels across the country. The exhibit honors the more than 3 million Americans who served in the U.S. armed forces in the Vietnam War and bears the name of the 58,281 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.
Free admission and parking. All ages welcome
Hosted by the Community of Montgomery Township
HEDWIG HOUSE DESIGNER BINGO NIGHT
An evening of fun, fashion, and fundraising!
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Doors Open: 6:30 PM, Bingo Begins: 7:00 PM
Location: Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church
615 Cowpath Road, Lansdale, PA 19446
Tickets: $35 per person, Includes 1 bingo card
Additional bingo cards: $10 each, Bingo daubers: $1 each, BYOB & Bring Your Own Snacks!
Make it your own party—snack and sip while you play!
Win fabulous designer prizes!
From handbags to accessories and more!
All proceeds benefit Hedwig House, Inc.
Empowering individuals with mental health needs to live independently and thrive in the community.
Raffles • Prizes • Fun for all!
Invite your friends & family – all are welcome!
Questions or RSVP: Email: [email protected]
Get Your Tickets:
zeffy.com Designer Bingo 2025
Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at HEDWIG HOUSE's BIN
“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
