Thanks and Praise
Little Folks Fellowship starts the year tomorrow with 13 new children. By the end of October, there will be at least 16. Thank God for them all, and for the teachers.
Jason and Linda, missionaries whom we support in Sudan, joyfully announce the August 15 birth of their third child, Sam Eric. Praise God for this new life!
Wren and her husband Don have just moved into a beautiful 1920's house in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Tired, yet relieved, they're grateful to God for their new home.
Needs and Concerns
Louise Gustafson, the mother of Rev. Karl Gustafson, Pastor of Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in Somerville, died last week in New Mexico. Pray for Karl and his family, as they release her to the Lord.
The deaths of the two veteran firefighters in the West Roxbury fire has been felt throughout that fellowship and beyond. Pray for their families, and for all the brave men and women who serve and protect us in times of danger.
John, our own Cambridge firefighter and longtime member of this church, requests prayer for healing for his 89-year-old Aunt Tillie, hospitalized in Fort Pierce, Florida with multiple fractures due to a fall. John, her only relative, also seeks the Lord's wisdom for next-of-kin medical decisions.
The deaths of over 500 innocent civilians in Northern Iraq bear witness to the evils of this war, and to the urgent need for measures beyond military might: negotiation, protest, and above all, fervent prayer.
Announcements
OUR CHURCH FAMILY RETREAT is coming up soon! We have the weekend of September 28-30 reserved at beautiful Toah Nipi Retreat Center in Rindge, New Hampshire. With the dazzling autumn foliage as a backdrop, we'll be asking God to teach us about "seasons" in our own lives, and how we might cooperate with him in those seasons of growth, stability, dryness, discovery, and more. Our speaker will be Scott Walker of the Threshold Project in Jamaica Plain. Childcare will be provided. Please take one of the information sheets on the back table, and sign the poster in the hallway. We must have 20 to 25 people for this retreat to go forward.
CALLING ALL VOICES! If you enjoy praising God in song, please join our Music Director, Felicia Brady, and others for the first CHOIR REHEARSAL this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. here at the church.
YOUR NAME IS . . . ? As we begin a new school year, and welcome visitors, it will help us to get better acquainted if we wear our nametags. Please pick yours up (or make a new one) at the door. Thanks!
HOMECOMING PICNIC: Please join us for a potluck next Sunday, Sept. 16, starting at noon on the church lawn. This is an excellent opportunity to fellowship with old friends and meet newcomers. A sign-up sheet for food contributions is posted by the front door.
FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S UPDATE: We were blessed with a donation of a baby grand piano this summer. For $1000, piano movers brought the piano into our sanctuary, moved the previous sanctuary piano downstairs, and disposed of the basement upright piano. This was not
a budgeted item. The congregation has contributed $785 toward this welcome but unexpected expense. Let's close the gap. If you can contribute to the expense of the piano, above your regular giving, please write a check to the church, and write "Piano movers" on the memo line.
Photo of the 1909 Orange County Lutheran Church Picnic is from http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9v19p87b/
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