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Mailing Address Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 15 - 111th Street Troy, New York 12182-2906 Church Building telephone - 235-3664 Pastor's telephone - 235-2432 (answering machine on Pastor's phone) Pastor's E-mail address - nyburgh@aol.com |
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Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Troy, New York "Where every person is important and Jesus Christ is Lord." Our Mission Statement Prince of Peace is a Gospel-oriented people, gathered to hear God's Word and share in God's Sacraments With open hearts and open minds, we open our doors to all that together we might Live God's Love and Heal God's Children |
Prince of Peace's Mission Statement as adopted by the Congregation Council at its meeting on April 8, 2002 |
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Mrs Bettyjean Proper Kane Apts 5 115th St Troy, NY 12182 |
Monday, November 5 to Sunday, November 11 |
To: All the Friends of the Prince of Peace From: Pr. Rich Exciting NEW THINGS are coming to Prince of Peace!! Watch for them - some of them are contained in this week's "weekly greetings!" This coming Sunday's Schedule includes: The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after the Pentecost November 11, 2007 This Sunday is VETERANS' DAY!! Remember to thank a Veteran on Sunday and every day! Through their efforts our nation is free and strong; through their efforts we are a people dedicated to peace and justice, through their efforts we have, unlike many nations in the world, the right to question authority and expect answers. God bless our veterans! SUNDAY SCHOOL at 9:00 am Traditional WORSHIP at 9:20 am (congruent with Sunday School) Alternative WORSHIP at 10:45 am (shorter {low-key} worship service Scripture lessons for this coming Sunday: 1st lesson: Exodus 34:5-9 Psalm: # 145 2nd lesson: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-5; 11-12 Gospel: Luke 19:1-10 (read them and guess which one Pastor will be preaching!) Hymns We'll be Singing this Sunday: LBW 315 - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling LBW 453 - If You But Trust in God to Guide You LBW 567 God of Our Fathers Fellowship Assistants November 11 Usher: Marvin Zepf Goodies: Joan Haney Counter: Stephanie Wagar Fellowship Assistants November 18 Usher: Katielyn Hunziker Goodies: Post-dinner desserts Counter: Stephanie Wagar November Confirmation Class Meeting at St. Timothy's Lutheran, North Greenbush Bloomingrove Rd at Winter St Ext November 9 THIS FRIDAY!! 7:00 pm To Saturday, November 10 10:30 am November Congregation Council Meeting This Monday!! November 12 7:00 pm Lansingburgh Community Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service Wednesday, November 21 7:00 pm at Cornerstone Community Church 3rd Avenue at 115th Street New Pastor Installation November 11 This coming Sunday 3:00 pm at Gilead Lutheran Church, Brunswick Pastor Jim Hulihan (a former Confirmation Camp Pastor is BACK! TB2G!) ITALIAN FEST November 17 THIS COMING SATURDAY!!! 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm PLEASE Offer to Help!!! Don't forget to bring a food item (non-perishable) for the local food pantry system and Remember! Each Sunday we feed the BOOT so we can feed the hungry!! Let's give Hunger THE BOOT!! Please keep in your thoughts and prayers: Joan Farrell, June Christen, Charles King, Keith Pierce, Guy Cunningham, Dorothy Lantz, Melissa Ague, Ralph Cutting, Harry Wahlberg, Diane Gay, Jon Weyl, Beth Lottridge, Karen Sweeney, Mary Sheehan, Buddy Casterlin, Irene Shufelt, Bill Ansel, Jack Haney, Rev. Dr. Lee Miller, Jim McHugh, Dylan Mayo, Kassidy Krenzer, James Sweeney, Rev. Peter Klotz, Billi Loomis, Tony Shufelt-Torres, Mary Turner, Joan Farrell, Michael Braverman Keep in your thoughts and prayers Joan Farrell, Mom of Kathy Gibbins sits on the extreme right side (looking at the altar) with her daughter. Joan had surgery and is in now at Northwoods (Highgate) - 100 New Turnpike Rd (just north of the newer of the Old Leonard Hospitals). She is there for physical rehabilitation. Please send her a card!! Please keep Harry Wahlberg (Carol Scheu's Uncle, who has been like a 2nd father to her) in your prayers. He is presently at the Veterans' Hospital at Bennington, VT and receiving radiation treatment. Dylan Mayo (a young child relative of Greg and Julie) has been receiving treatment for leukemia for quite a while and now has been deemed to presently be cancer-free; thanks be to God, the researchers, doctors, nurses and all who have been praying for him!! Rev. Peter Klotz, pastor of St. Peter, Malta and long-time Confirmation Camp leader has been diagnosed with leukemia and yet is doing well. Please keep Pr. Peter in your thoughts and prayers! He is a great guy and has been a wonderful leader and example ask your children who have been to Confirmation Camp and they will tell you!! BIBLE STUDY is COMING! Watch for it! Don't miss it! You need it - You want it - You can have it!! Coming soon: a brand new Girl Scout "Daisies" Group (the youngest division of the GSA) led by Corinne Whalen ask Corinne for information PRAY FIRST Our Bishop, the Rev. Marie Jerge, asks us to continue the challenge to consider the phrase "Pray First" as a way of life. Through our combined prayers there is great power to change the course of our personal and corporate lives. We ask each of our members to use the following list praying for the three (3) issues throughout the week and for the individuals named on that specific day. We are attempting to include all members of our fellowship. If we have missed anyone, please let us know immediately. the Week of November 5 November 11 members of Zion, Athens and Pr. Bruce Benander peace in Kashmir for those who suffer from colo-rectal cancer November 5 - Candy and Paul Ashdown and Travis 6 - Laura and Joel Bailey and Neal 7 - Andrea and Brian Barno and Sara 8 - Gennyfer Barrett 9 - Mandy and Jacob Barrett and Elizabeth, Heather 10 - Pamela and Phil Barrett and Jacob 11 - Florence Beck the Week of November 12 - November 18 members of Christ, Ghent and Pr. Tomi Jacobs peace in Somalia for those who suffer from herpes November 12 - Darlene Black and Nick, Kimmie 13 - Steven Black 14 - Marion Brehm 15 - Janet and Nicholas Carbo and Anthony 16 - Diana and Jarrett Cartwright and Madelyn 17 - Evelyn Casterlin 18 - Louise Casuras the Week of November 19 - November 25 members of Holy Spirit, Albany and Pr. Ray Strawn peace in Kurdistan for those who suffer from back pain November 19 - Bill Clarkson 20 - Jennifer and Chris Connally and Harper 21 - Jennifer and Sean Cope and Zackari, Mikayla 22 - Elsie Craig 23 - John Cruickshank and Camron 24 - Rose Cruickshank 25 - Catherine Culliton Please keep in your thoughts and prayers our members and congregational friends (and their families) who are in our nation's armed forces; many of whom are presently serving in Afghanistan, Korea and Iraq: Jacob Hogan, Nathan Shull, Justin Pizzoferatto, Karem Angula, Jerry Richards, Mike Richards, Joel Pioro, Richard Dalton-Schultz, Joseph Murphy, Jason Noble, Bill Benjamin, Ed Goosman, Jonathan Patrick, Kyle Bashford, Jeffrey Fox, Jerome DeFrank, Mike Carbone This past week's sermon AS WRITTEN: Prince of Peace Isaiah 26:1-4; 9-9; 12-13; 19-21 November 4, 2007 Revelation 21:9-11; 22-27 All Saints' Sunday Matthew 5:1-12 ********************************************* Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Ding dong. Ding dong. I wouldn't have minded the constant ringing of our doorbell last Sunday, if the costumed children hadn't been interrupted by the grinning adults - the politicians. Much like the trick-or-treaters, they seemed to be everywhere. One can't help but offer up a prayer of thanksgiving that Election Day will soon be in the past, as well and we won't be hearing from these glorious representatives again for another 2 years or more. I so much more enjoy seeing the children in their costumes. Some of the costumes are fun reminders of heroes and laughter we remember Sunday afternoon I was treated to the likes of Batman, Superman, Cowgirls, a really fat baseball player who claimed to be Babe Ruth and a young boy and girl who claimed to be Abraham Lincoln and Mia Hamm. We laugh at the cute costumes. I ask the children to tell their dentist I said hello. But, these costumed classics were men and women who were not only famous, they had a great impact on the way many of us thought and grew up. In today's Gospel lesson, Jesus is reflecting back on his past. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, the mourners, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart." "Blessed are you," he tells his listeners, "for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you." You grew up as good Jews. Look back to the heroes of your youth: Isaiah. Esther. Joseph. Moses. Ruth. Noah. David. You've heard of how people treated them. You've read about their short-comings. Still, look and see how God upheld them in their struggles. Look back and see how, even though they may not have seen it, their lives had a great impact on the way you grew up, the things you learned. See how their lives of faith and action helped you to become the good Jews that you are. On this year's All Saints' Sunday, Jesus calls us to nostalgia, to reflect back on our past. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, the mourners, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart..." Blessed are our grand-mothers who grew older or became physically disabled. Blessed are our relatives who suffered the loss of loved ones. Blessed are our aunts and uncles who were so gentle with us when we were sad. Blessed are our teachers and pastors who taught us wisdom and ethics by both word and example. You may have heard stories of how people treated them. You may have heard the family talk about their short-comings. Still, look and see how God upheld them in their struggles. Look back and see how their lives had a great impact on the way you grew up. See how their lives of faith and action helped you become who you now are. In today's Gospel lesson, Jesus is calling on his followers to see those of their day who were the "poor in spirit, the mourners, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart." See them all around you. You know their short-comings. You've seen how their lives of faith and action have made God's love come alive in your villages and fellowships. On this year's All Saints' Sunday, Jesus calls us to look around us, to see those of OUR DAY who are "poor in spirit, in mourning, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart." Blessed are those who help to feed the hungry. Blessed are those who care for the Aids or Cancer patient. Blessed are those who protect the helpless. Blessed are those whose patience and love enables them to teach the children. Blessed are those who work for peace in the world, the firefighters, the police, watch how people treat them: with disrespect, with anger. We know they're human, they have short-comings. But we can see how God upholds them in their struggles; how their lives of faith and action act like yeast in a society that needs up-lifting. In today's Gospel lesson, Jesus is speaking of the future. Blessed are those who will be looked back on as "poor in spirit, those who remember the dying, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart." "Rejoice and be glad, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you." Jesus wants his followers to see that they can expect to be looked down on, made fun of, persecuted even, when they live out their faith. But in so doing, their legacy of faith and action will be looked to for inspiration by those in the Church of the future. On this year's All Saints' Sunday, Jesus calls us to consider the future. Blessed are those of our day who will be looked back on as having been "poor in spirit, those who have remembered the sick and dying, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart." When we feel as though we're looked down on, made fun of, persecuted even; we will "rejoice and be glad, for so men persecuted the prophets who have gone before us." Like the prophets and the saints of the past and those of today, we're human, we have our short-comings. They never claimed to be perfect and we needn't feel we must be either. We are children of God, doing the best we can, SAINTS. In so doing, the legacy of our faith and action will stand as inspiration to those in the Church of the future. The ding-dongs of the trick or treaters has stopped and the politicians will soon mercifully disappear. But we have other memories. It may be a hero from our youth - costumed or not. It may be a verse of a favorite hymn. It may be a certain smell from the kitchen or sight of a mountain in the distance telling you that you're nearing your destination. But, what ever might trigger our memories, on this All Saints' Day, we're called to remember the many saints of our past. On this All Saints' Day, we're called to remember the many saints of today. On this All Saints' Day, we're called on to remember the saints of the future. We are a part of all three. In the Sacrament of the Altar, we stand in a continuous line of Saints. Come, let us join with the disciples, the reformers, our grand-parents, the pastors of our past and those who will fill our shoes tomorrow; let us stand with those who would share compassion, be merciful, be peacemakers and pure of heart. Let us join together, as sinners, yet saints, redeemed by the body and blood of our Lord. Amen. The peace of God which passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus, our Lord. Amen. See you in Church!! GIG!! ATT!! Pr. Rich |
