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This Week at Temple Lutheran - October 4, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:31:00 +0000

Sunday, October 4, 2009
Temple Lutheran Church
Guest Preacher - Rev. Leah Schade
Lectionary 27 (Pentecost 18)

8:30am - Traditional Worship (ELW 2)

9:30am - Sunday School / Cafe Bistraud

10:30am - Contemporary Worship

Holy Communion celebrated at both services. Optional child care (through grade two) available.

TEMPLE LUTHERAN'S R.O.C.K. (REALLY ONLY CLUB FOR KIDS) IS BACK!!
The Temple Lutheran ROCK is back for a full year of activities for children age 3 through 3rd grade! ROCK plans to have an event on the 3rd Sunday of each month. The first event will be a trip to Linvilla Orchards on Sunday, October 18 after worship. For more information, please contact the church office or Rachel Hallowell.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK
Five families without homes are being hosted this week (through Oct 10th) at Union United Methodist Church. Volunteers are needed to come and stay with the families in the evening from 7-9 pm or as a sleepover volunteer, 9pm - 7am. Volunteers needed daily. To volunteer, please call Pastor Mary Jane Kirby at (610) 609-6703.

PROVIDE A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE
Temple Lutheran Church will once again provide gifts for children in foster care across the Delaware Valley. Sign up to provide a $25 gift and you will be given a specific child and their "wish list". Sign up by November first. Bring wrapped gift to Temple Lutheran by December 6th. Please take this opportunity to invite others to participate in this very special project! Encourage your family, friends & co-workers to make Christmas better for a child in foster care!

VISIT THE NEW WEBSITE!!
Take time today to visit the new www.TempleLutheran.org! Our new website is designed to be both a source of information about Temple Lutheran Church and a source of faith nurturing for all online visitors. Be sure to visit and explore the site, subscribe to the e-Newsletter (which will soon replace this email), and share the link with your friends and neighbors.

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!
Follow Temple Lutheran Church on Twitter for announcements, sermon videos & Bible Study links. Find us at www.twitter.com/templelutheran.

September 6, 2009 - Crumbs From Your Table

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:51:00 +0000

Sunday, September 6, 2009
Temple Lutheran Church
Crumbs From Your Table
Lectionary 23 (Pentecost 14)

9:30am - Service of Holy Communion (ELW 2)

Air-Conditioned sanctuary. Optional child care (through grade two) available.

TEMPLE LUTHERAN CHURCH RECEIVES FLAG FROM PENNSYLVANIA VFW
Temple Lutheran Church has been selected to receive an American flag from the Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). 2008-2009 State Auxiliary President Ann Ray M. Begis will present the flag immediately following worship this Sunday, September 6th.

SERMON VIDEO - On A Journey Together - August 30, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:45:00 +0000

Sermon preached by Matt Staniz at Temple Lutheran Church. Includes reflection on recent ELCA Assembly decision to open rostered/ordained ministry to individuals in committed same-sex relationships. Also includes reflection on upcoming changes in the worship schedule at Temple Lutheran Church.

Bible Texts:

Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–9 (The Israelites believed the law was a divine gift that provided guidelines for living out the covenant. Moses commands the people to obey the law and neither to add to nor subtract from it. The Israelites are also to teach the law to their children and their children’s children.)

Mark 7:1–8, 14–15, 21–23 (Mark’s gospel depicts Jesus as challenging traditional ways in which religious people determine what is pure or impure. For Jesus, the observance of religious practices cannot become a substitute for godly words or deeds that spring from a faithful heart.)

James 1:17–27 (Christians are encouraged to listen carefully and to act on what they hear, especially by caring for those least able to care for themselves.)

Monica Staniz

ELCA Assembly Opens Ministry to Partnered Gay and Lesbian Lutherans

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:46:00 +0000

The 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted today to open the ministry of the church to gay and lesbian pastors and other professional workers living in committed relationships.

The action came by a vote of 559-451 at the highest legislative body of the 4.6 million member denomination. Earlier the assembly also approved a resolution committing the church to find ways for congregations that choose to do so to "recognize, support and hold publicly accountable life-long, monogamous, same gender relationships," though the resolution did not use the word "marriage."

The actions here change the church's policy, which previously allowed people who are gay and lesbian into the ordained ministry only if they remained celibate.

Read Entire Story>>

Watch video of Bishop Mark Hanson's Pastoral Remarks

TV Coverage of Pastor Matt & Mayor Nutter

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:35:00 +0000

The August 25th press conference with Pastor Matt Staniz & Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter for the ONE Campaign has been featured on the ONE.org blog and also through TV coverage on NBC 10 and ABC 6.

Watch the TV news coverage

Read the ONE blog coverage with video of remarks by Pastor Matt & Mayor Nutter

Sign the ONE Declaration & learn more at www.ONE.org

VOLUNTEER - Seeking Sunday School Teachers!

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:42:00 +0000

When asked about people who made a difference in their life, many people quickly remember a faithful Sunday School teacher. Helping children explore their faith is fun, important, and rewarding. It is also easier than you might think!

We are especially excited to introduce the new SPARK Sunday School Curriculum for the 2009 -2010 year. It ia a Lutheran curiculum that helps kids learn about their faith in different ways. It is also VERY user-friendly and supportive for volunteer teachers, asking the question "What if teachers were better prepared in less time?"

You can volunteer today to be a Sunday School teacher!

If you have any questions, fears, or concerns...of if you would like to observe one of our Sunday School classes, please contact Wendy Long today.

Monica Staniz

Register Now for Sunday School - Begins September 13

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:24:00 +0000

A very special new Sunday School year is just around the corner! Time to register is now! There is no fee to register, and your child can join in at any time, but signing up now will assure that we will be best prepared to offer every child a great year of faith education! Please download and complete this emergency info form, and bring to Sunday School or email to the church office.

We are very excited to introduce the new SPARK Sunday School Curriculum for the 2009 -2010 year. It ia a Lutheran curiculum that helps kids learn about their faith in different ways. Each child will receive a new age-appropriate SPARK Bible to keep and bring to Sunday School. Kids open their Bibles and engage with God's Word each and every week. Each lesson is structured around a clear lesson and focus statement. All kids explore the same Bible story in an age-appropriate way. The 4th & 5th grade class will be following the same lessons used in our Sunday worship services.

Rally Day is September 13th. The theme this year is TEMPLE ROCKS! All are welcome to gather in the Cafe Bistraud beginning at 9:30am to hear about the SPARK curiculum, to meet the teachers, enjoy some snacks, and...if you really want Temple to ROCK...challenge each other to a game of Guitar Hero!

Regular Sunday School classes begin the following Sunday (September 20th) at a new time: 9:30am. Families are also encouraged to attend a worship service together (Traditional worship is now at 8:30 and Contemporary worship is now at 10:30).

PICTURES & VIDEO - Pastor Matt & Mayor Nutter - ONE Campain Press Conference

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:16:00 +0000

Pastor Matt Staniz & Mayor Michael Nutter:

Philadelphia is a ONE City!

On Tuesday, August 25, Pastor Matt Staniz shared a press conference with Mayor Michael Nutter as Philadelphia was declared a ONE City. Cofounded by U2's Bono and other campaigners, the ONE Camp aign was launched five years ago in Philadelphia.

With Mayor Nutter signing the ONE City proclamation, Philadelphia joins more than 130 cities across the nation working to mobilize public support behind initiatives to fight poverty, combat diseases like AIDS and malaria, put children in school and increase opportunity for those living in extreme poverty around the world.

MAYOR NUTTER'S REMARKS

PASTOR MATT'S REMARKS

Transcript of Pastor Matt's Remarks
Today is a good day in the "City of Brotherly Love". Today, Philadelphia once again lives up to that name by placing the name of our city side-by-side with the ONE Campaign, a movement more than 2 million strong committed to to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. The ONE Campaign is a vital movement in the world today. It reflects the type of love that we must have for each other: a love that is reflected in justice, equality, and action. This is Philadelphia-style "brotherly love" at it finest!
I want thank Deesha Dyer and the volunteers she guided for making this day possible. Every letter, every phone call, every ounce of effort and every second of time that you gave has produced results. Thank you. Everything that begins today, begins because of you.

And thank you to mayor Michael Nutter for hearing Deesha and the volunteers. Thank you, mister mayor, for declaring the city of Philadelphia a ONE city. It really is a natural fit. It was just a few blocks east of this building on Independence Mall where the ONE Campaign was launched in 2004. A year later, it was few blocks up the Benjamin Franklin parkway where over a million of us gathered for "Live 8" and raised our voices to "make poverty history". Philadelphia has been at the heart of this movement. Today we proudly celebrate that this movement reflects the heart of Philadelphia.

This declaration is evidence of visionary leadership rooted in hope: hope for a future shaped by action today. As we celebrate this commitment to fight extreme poverty, mister mayor, we also look forward to working together, every one of us, to keep these promises being made today to our poorest sisters and brothers around the world. I am also convinced that as we make these commitments to the poor around the world, it will also guide our continued efforts to care for our friends and neighbors right here in the city of brotherly love. Raising a voice on behalf of the poor is how faith creates action, it is how compassion creates justice, it is how being concerned leads to changing things.

Today we stand together as ONE. We stand as ONE with the poor. We stand as ONE with the billion people trying to survive on less than a dollar a day. We stand as ONE with the thousands who are dying of preventable and treatable diseases. We stand as ONE with millions of people committed to changing these realities. Today we stand together as ONE Philadelphia. We are the city of brotherly love, and we are a ONE city!

A ONE Family: Pastor Matt Staniz, Monica Staniz, Amber Staniz

ONE Phildadelphia Press Event - August 25, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:39:00 +0000

Don't forget to come out for the ONE Philadelphia press conference with Pastor Matt Staniz and Mayor Michael Nutter on Tuesday morning!

The location of the event is Room #202 in City Hall (Mayor's reception room).

The event begins at 10:30am. Please plan to arrive between 10-10:15 so that we can make our presence as visible as possible.

Full info below:

Mayor Nutter to Declare Philadelphia a ‘ONE City’

ONE, launched in Philadelphia in 2004, joins again with city in fight against global poverty, disease.

Philadelphia, Penn.—On August 25, Mayor Michael A. Nutter will join local members of the global anti-poverty organization ONE to declare Philadelphia a ‘ONE City’ against global poverty and disease. Cofounded by Bono and other campaigners, ONE was launched five years ago in Philadelphia in an event at Liberty Mall.

With Mayor Nutter signing the ONE City proclamation, Philadelphia joins more than 130 cities across the nation working to mobilize public support behind initiatives to fight poverty, combat diseases like AIDS and malaria, put children in school and increase opportunity for those living in extreme poverty around the world.

The ONE City event comes five years after ONE was launched in May 2004 at a kick-off event and rally in Philadelphia. The event, held in front of Independence Hall, was attended by faith leaders, heads of leading anti-poverty organizations, African citizens and activists, celebrities and policymakers from the right and left.

Five years on, ONE is a grassroots advocacy organization with more than two million members, including thousands in Pennsylvania. ONE works closely with policy experts, African leaders, and anti-poverty activists to support initiatives that are saving lives and helping the world’s poor secure access to basic needs in order to make a better life for themselves and their children.

What: Philadelphia declared a ‘ONE City’

Who: Mayor Michael A. Nutter
Deesha Dyer, Philadelphia ONE Leader
Pastor Matt Staniz, Temple Lutheran Church, Havertown

Where: Philadelphia City Hall Room #202 (Mayor’s Reception Room)

When: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Contact: Brian Sweeney, ONE Field Organizer, brian.sweeney@one.org , 717.644.3034

In just the last several years, America’s global poverty-fighting and disease-fighting efforts have delivered historic results. U.S. support for programs like PEPFAR and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria—initiatives backed strongly by ONE and its membership—have contributed to putting nearly 4 million people living with HIV/AIDS globally on lifesaving medicines, up from just 50,000 people in 2002. Millions more are surviving malaria thanks to the delivery of bed nets and medicines by U.S. and other donors. Some 34 million more children living in sub-Saharan African countries have gone to school for the first time, largely thanks to simple debt relief.

ONE is a global advocacy and campaigning organization backed by more than 2 million people from around the world dedicated to fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. For more information please visit http://www.one.org/
Monica Staniz

SERMON VIDEO - Biscuits

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Sermon preached by Matt Staniz at Temple Lutheran Church in Havertown, PA on August 9, 2009.

Sermon Title: Biscuits

References the song "Biscuits" by AGAPE.

Bible text: 1 Kings 19:4–8

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors." Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat." He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. The angel of the LORD came a second time, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you." 8He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
Monica Staniz

August 9, 2009 - Biscuits!

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:38:00 +0000

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Temple Lutheran Church
SERMON THEME: Biscuits
Lectionary 19 (Pentecost 10)

9:30am - Service of Holy Communion (ELW 2)
Air-Conditioned sanctuary. Optional child care (through grade two) available.

Monica Staniz

August 16, 2003 - Barbershop Quartet Visits!

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:34:00 +0000

Sunday, August 16, 2009
Temple Lutheran Church
Lectionary 20 (Pentecost 11)

9:30am - Service of Holy Communion (Contemporary)
Air-Conditioned sanctuary. Optional child care (through grade two) available.

Temple Lutheran Church welcomes The Four Good News Conclusions, a Barbershop Quartet that will offer special music throughout the worship service. Don't miss this unique and enjoyable worship experience!

Monica Staniz

August 23, 2009 - Dr. Richard Stewart

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:15:00 +0000

August 23, 2009
Temple Lutheran Church
Lect 21 / Pentecost 12

9:30 am - Service of Holy Communion (Contemporary)
Air-Conditioned sanctuary. Optional child care (through grade two) available.

Temple Lutheran Church welcomes the Rev. Dr. Richard N. Stewart as guest preacher. Dr. Stewart is the Associate Professor of Communications and Parish Administration at Philadelphia Seminary. Prior to joining the seminary faculty in 1989, Dr. Stewart served as a Pastor in Dayton, OH, as Director of InterFaith Campus Ministry at Central State University and as a pastor in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Dr. Stewart's service to the church is driven by the belief that "The congregations where we gather are to be God’s outposts for witness in today’s world."

Read Dr. Stewart's blog from his recent sabbatical.

Monica Staniz

Follow Temple Lutheran on Twitter & Facebook!

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:24:00 +0000

Be sure to follow and share news and reflections from Temple Lutheran Church on Twitter and Facebook!

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SERMON VIDEO - Grown Up Faith: Knowing Jesus...Together

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:45:00 +0000

Sermon preached by Matt Staniz at Temple Lutheran Church in Havertown, PA on August 2, 2009.

Sermon title: Grown Up Faith: Knowing Jesus Together

Scriputure text: Ephesians 4:1–16

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said,"When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive; he gave gifts to his people."(When it says, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.) The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body's growth in building itself up in love.
Monica Staniz

August 2, 2009 - Grown Up Faith: Knowing Jesus...Together

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:16:00 +0000

Sunday, August 2, 2009
Temple Lutheran Church
Grown Up Faith: Knowing Jesus...Together
Lectionary 18 (Pentecost 9)

9:30am - Service of Holy Communion (ELW Setting 2)

Air-Conditioned sanctuary. Optional child care (through grade two) available.

Monica Staniz

SERMON VIDEO - Beyond Us, Yet Within Us

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:03:00 +0000

"Beyond Us, Yet Within Us"- Sermon preached by Matt Staniz on July 26, 2009 at Temple Lutheran Church in Havertown, PA.

Sermon Texts:
John 6:1–21(feeding of the 5,000)

Ephesians 3:20–21"Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen."
Monica Staniz

July 26, 2009 - Beyond Us...Yet Within Us

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:23:00 +0000

Sunday, July 26, 2009
Temple Lutheran Church
Beyond Us...Yet Within Us
Lectionary 17 (Pentecost 8)

9:30am - Service of Holy Communion (Contemporary)

Air-Conditioned sanctuary. Optional child care (through grade two) available.

PASTOR MATT TO GIVE REMARKS WITH MAYOR NUTTER

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:09:00 +0000

Pastor Matt has been invited to speak at an August press conference hosted by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announcing Philadelphia's designation as a ONE city. The ONE Campaign is a worldwide effort to end extreme poverty.

On behalf of the ONE Campaign, Pastor Matt invites you to attend the press conference on Tuesday, August 25th, 10:30 AM at City Hall. If you commit to attending, you will receive a free ONE T-Shirt to wear to the event. Please sign up at the church or RSVP to Pastor Matt with your T-shirt size by Sunday, August 2nd.

SERMON VIDEO - Holy Time in an Overscheduled World

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Sermon preached by Matt Staniz at Temple Lutheran Church, Havertown, PA on July 19, 2009.

Sermon Text: Mark 6:30–34, 53–56

The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.

July 19, 2009 - Holy Time in an Overscheduled World

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:09:00 +0000

Sunday, July 19, 2009
Temple Lutheran Church
Holy Time in an Overscheduled World
Lectionary 16 (Pentecost 7)

9:30am - Service of Holy Communion (Contemporary)

Air-Conditioned sanctuary. Optional child care (through grade two) available.

SERMON VIDEO - The Ordinary Radicals (July 12, 2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:02:00 +0000

Sermon webcast - July 12, 2009

Sermon theme: The Ordinary Radicals
Sermon Texts: Amos 7:7–15; Ephesians 1:3–14; Mark 6:14–29

Sermon mentions Philadelphia Inquirer article: Is the United States a Christian nation? Let's look at the Bible...

Term "Ordinary Radicals" originated by Jamie Moffett & Shane Claiborne.

SERMON VIDEO - Interrupted or Intertwined (June 28, 2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:55:00 +0000

Sermon webcast from June 28, 2009. Sound quality is slightly lower than other webcasts.

Sermon theme: Interrupted or Intertwined
Text: Mark 5:21–43

21When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. 22Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet 23and begged him repeatedly, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live." 24So he went with him.And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. 25Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. 26She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. 27She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28for she said, "If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well." 29Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?" 31And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, 'Who touched me?'" 32He looked all around to see who had done it. 33But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."35While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader's house to say, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?" 36But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe." 37He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. 38When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39When he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping." 40And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha cum," which means, "Little girl, get up!" 42And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. 43He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.

This Sunday - July 12, 2009 - CHURCH PICNIC!!

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:51:00 +0000

Sunday, July 12, 2009
Temple Lutheran Church
The Ordinary Radicals
Lectionary 15 (Pentecost 6)

9:30am - Service of Holy Communion (ELW Setting 2)
Air-Conditioned sanctuary. Optional child care (through grade two) available.

Church Picnic begins immediately after worship!
Celebrating Pastor Matt's 5-year anniversary at Temple
Location: 556 Brookline Boulevard (Schrader Home).
Please bring food items to share and outdoor games to play together.

July 5, 2009 - Guest Preacher Rev. Ellen Anderson

noreply@blogger.com (Temple Lutheran Church) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:58:00 +0000

Sunday, July 5, 2009
Temple Lutheran Church
Guest Preacher: Rev. Ellen Anderson
Lectionary 14 (Pentecost 5)

9:30am - Service of Holy Communion (ELW Setting 2)

Air-Conditioned sanctuary. Optional child care (through grade two) available.