Vacation Bible School: Explore mountains of fun
True North: Trusting in Jesus in a Wild World
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
FaithNotes...
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.
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. 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.
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/
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
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) will not be held in August. Look for it again on Friday, September 19, 2025.
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!
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)
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!
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
There’s a sign-up for these items on the table outside of the sanctuary.
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, August 17, 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)
Check out the can in the Fellowship Hall to recycle aluminum cans. Not only does it help the environment, but it will generate some cash for the church. Beth Schoening has volunteered to empty the can periodically and take the cans to the recycling center. So, if you have any aluminum cans at home, please bring them in and it will help the earth and Faith Church! Thank you! (Make sure they are aluminum though…if a magnet does not attach to it, it’s aluminum.)
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/VBS Project: Operation Kid to Kid 2025: The Warmth of God's Love - Kids Helping Kids
During sun-soaked summer days of VBS, it’s easy to keep chilly fall and winter temperatures out of mind. But frosty fingers and toes are a reality for millions of kids in North America. As families struggle to make ends meet, poverty in the United States impacts countless kids—many of whom may be right in your community.
World Vision estimates that more than one in six children in the United States lives in poverty. These are kids who pull on threadbare jackets to face wintry weather. They shiver at the school bus stop and sit through class in wet shoes. Some may lack a thick, cozy blanket to sleep under at night.
But we can change that!
World Vision works tirelessly to help struggling families get the basic necessities they need—like warm clothes and blankets. Their partnerships with clothing manufacturers allows them to multiply every dollar donated to make a true impact.
A $5 donation can provide up to $70 in brand-new warm clothing and blankets! That means kids can bundle up when the thermometer plummets. They’ll enjoy school days with warm fingers and cozy toes! And kids can sleep soundly, wrapped in a snug blanket.
Because Operation Kid-to-Kid™ is part of Group VBS, we have the opportunity to bless countless families in North America, helping them feel the warmth of God’s love through the generosity of other kids.
Faith Church collected money for this worthwhile cause during the week of Vacation Bible School. We will continue collecting funds for the month of August. Look for a container in the Foyer to drop your donation or see Janet in the church office. Thank you for your support!
If you shop at Redner’s, please save your receipts. Anna Friedrich turns them in and the church receives a monetary donation from Redner’s. All you need to do is either bring your receipts to church. Thank you to those who bring in their receipts and to Anna who does the paperwork to receive this donation! Please note that when bringing in your receipts we need the entire receipt. Please do not tear off the bottom. Redner’s will not accept the receipt if the bottom is torn off.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 1:3)
“Noisy Can” Offering – We continue to collect change for God’s Global Barnyard, every third Sunday,
which will be August 17, 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
We are in need of Lectors (reading the lessons and psalm) and Worship Assistants (reading the prayers and few other passages) for our Zoom and in-person worship. If you would like to volunteer or would like more information, please call Anna Friedrich.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
“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
True North: Trusting in Jesus in a Wild World
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
FaithNotes...
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.
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. 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.
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/
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
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) will not be held in August. Look for it again on Friday, September 19, 2025.
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!
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)
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!
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
There’s a sign-up for these items on the table outside of the sanctuary.
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, August 17, 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)
Check out the can in the Fellowship Hall to recycle aluminum cans. Not only does it help the environment, but it will generate some cash for the church. Beth Schoening has volunteered to empty the can periodically and take the cans to the recycling center. So, if you have any aluminum cans at home, please bring them in and it will help the earth and Faith Church! Thank you! (Make sure they are aluminum though…if a magnet does not attach to it, it’s aluminum.)
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/VBS Project: Operation Kid to Kid 2025: The Warmth of God's Love - Kids Helping Kids
During sun-soaked summer days of VBS, it’s easy to keep chilly fall and winter temperatures out of mind. But frosty fingers and toes are a reality for millions of kids in North America. As families struggle to make ends meet, poverty in the United States impacts countless kids—many of whom may be right in your community.
World Vision estimates that more than one in six children in the United States lives in poverty. These are kids who pull on threadbare jackets to face wintry weather. They shiver at the school bus stop and sit through class in wet shoes. Some may lack a thick, cozy blanket to sleep under at night.
But we can change that!
World Vision works tirelessly to help struggling families get the basic necessities they need—like warm clothes and blankets. Their partnerships with clothing manufacturers allows them to multiply every dollar donated to make a true impact.
A $5 donation can provide up to $70 in brand-new warm clothing and blankets! That means kids can bundle up when the thermometer plummets. They’ll enjoy school days with warm fingers and cozy toes! And kids can sleep soundly, wrapped in a snug blanket.
Because Operation Kid-to-Kid™ is part of Group VBS, we have the opportunity to bless countless families in North America, helping them feel the warmth of God’s love through the generosity of other kids.
Faith Church collected money for this worthwhile cause during the week of Vacation Bible School. We will continue collecting funds for the month of August. Look for a container in the Foyer to drop your donation or see Janet in the church office. Thank you for your support!
If you shop at Redner’s, please save your receipts. Anna Friedrich turns them in and the church receives a monetary donation from Redner’s. All you need to do is either bring your receipts to church. Thank you to those who bring in their receipts and to Anna who does the paperwork to receive this donation! Please note that when bringing in your receipts we need the entire receipt. Please do not tear off the bottom. Redner’s will not accept the receipt if the bottom is torn off.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 1:3)
“Noisy Can” Offering – We continue to collect change for God’s Global Barnyard, every third Sunday,
which will be August 17, 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
We are in need of Lectors (reading the lessons and psalm) and Worship Assistants (reading the prayers and few other passages) for our Zoom and in-person worship. If you would like to volunteer or would like more information, please call Anna Friedrich.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
“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
