Ready
to take a stand?
Do you ever avoid conflict? I do. I don’t like it when people oppose
me… or are upset with me… or force me to take a stand.
The prophet
Elijah knew how it felt to avoid conflict. But there was one glorious
time in his life when he took a stand for the Lord God that is still
remembered.
We’ll talk about
that in the second message in our “Conversations Around the Campfire”
sermon series on Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, June 13. “Elijah: Ready to Take a Stand?”
will be the sermon theme, based on 1 Kings 17:1-2, 17-46. While the
style of presenting the sermon will be different from usual, the goal
will be the same: to listen to God’s Word for help in living the coming
week as disciples of Jesus.
We also will install and pray for our Vacation Bible
School
volunteers, who will be serving Monday, July 14 through Friday, July 18..
Our
weekend worship schedule offers three types of services – a
4:30 p.m. Saturday Living Water
Worship, “come as you” informal, contemporary ... 8 a.m.
Sunday Classic Praise
traditional, liturgical worship… and 10:45 a.m. Sunday Joy, a musically
“blended” service using the liturgy.
Summer Sunday
School for ages 3 through sixth grade begins at 9:30 am
Sunday. Adult Bible classes start at 9:20 and 9:30 a.m., plus
additional Bible classes during the week (please see below).
Galilee Lutheran Church
is located two miles east of where Maryland Route 100 merges into Mountain Road.
Simply head toward the Chesapeake
(follow the signs towards Gibson
Island).
Halfway to Downs
Park,
you’ll see us on the left side of the road, nestled in the woods.
We’d love to offer you Christian hospitality and service in the name of
our risen Savior and Lord, Jesus. May He guide you! ~ Pastor Hank Simon
Sunday
Ì Summer
Sunday School. Children meet in the Preschool classroom
starting at 9:30 am and ending at 10:30 am.
X “Today’s
Headlines.” Considering a news story from the
viewpoint of the Bible. Forum Class, Ken Gast,
Music/Multipurpose Room, 9:15 am.
X
“Colossal Book of Colossians,” exploring a short letter of Paul that shows
Jesus and His Gospel don’t need human “add ons” for us to be pleasing
in God’s sight. Sunday Morning Studies, George Smith, north class area,
Fellowship Hall, 9:30 am.
Tuesday
X “Gospel
of John,” Glen Square Bible Class, Sharon
Smith, Community Room at Glen
Square Apartments, 1:30 pm.
X
“Baptism,” Tuesday Women’s Class, Pat Peel, Eden home (419 Virginia Avenue,
410-360-2572), 7 pm.
Thursday
X “In the
Word,” Early Risers Prayer and Bible Study, George
Smith, Fellowship Hall, 5:45 am.
X “Letter
to the Romans,” Men’s Thursday Night Bible Class, Paul
Klein, Nazareth Room, 6:30 pm.
Saturday
X “Women
of the New Testament,” learning from a new person every month,
Women’s Saturday Class, Mary Poling,
Nazareth classroom, 8 am.
X “Elijah:
the Ups and Downs of Faith,” an in-depth study now into 1 Kings 18
about the Old Testament’s most famous prophet and what we learn
from him. Monthly Men’s Bible Breakfast, Pastor
Hank, Fellowship Hall, 8 am.
Our
Lord’s Week:
July
6 – July 12, 2008
Sunday –July 6
8:00 am
Classic Praise Communion
9:15
am Forum Class
9:30
am Summer Sunday School
9:30
am Sunday AM Studies
10:45 am Sunday Joy
Worship
Tuesday – July 8
6:00
pm Mutual Care Ministry
7:00
pm Church Council
Wednesday– July 9
2:30 pm Glen Square
Worship
7:00
pm Boy Scout Troop #770
Thursday – July 10
5:45
am Early Riser Bible Class
6:30
pm Men’s BC
7:00
pm Lay Ministry
Saturday – July 12
8:00
am Men’s Bible Breakfast
8:00
am Women’s Bible Class
4:30 pm
Living Water Worship
Sunday – July 13
8:00 am
Classic Praise Worship
9:15
am Forum Class
9:30
am Summer Sunday School
9:30
am Sunday AM Studies
10:45 am Sunday Joy
Communion
… Lutheran Mission Society and its varied ministries can continue in
our area.
LMS is part of Lutheran Services of America – an inter-Lutheran network
of ministries that annually serves more people in our country than
Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army combined.
Your generous regular offerings help support LMS and other ministry
agencies.
This is part of how we live out our faith as a community of believers
in Jesus gathered by the Holy Spirit.
Tending
the Flame
This year’s summer leadership “Tending the
Flame” Ablaze conference will be held at the Holiday
Inn Koger Center,
Richmond,
Va. from
Aug. 1–3.
There will be several dynamic keynote speakers, including our own Dr.
Mary Manz Simon. You are able to choose whatever workshops you wish out
of many offered.
This would be a great year to attend because of the Strategic Ministry
Plan (SMP) process. We can all come back with good ideas about how to
make Galilee the most-sought-after church on the Pasadena peninsula.
If interested, call me – John Polyniak
from the E-Team (410-437-4743) and I’ll get you costs and more
information. – In Christ’s
Service, John Polyniak,
E-Team Coordinator
Deadlines
Deadline for these announcements included in the bulletin is the
preceding Monday noon.
Galilee
Gazette
deadline for the monthly July 20 issue is this Sunday, July 6.
Copy may be submitted in written form (and placed in the folder on the
office door file holder) or via e-mail to office@galileelutheranchurch.
Summer
Sunday School
The Veggie Tales are guests at our Summer Sunday School.
Children meet in the Preschool classroom, starting at 9:30 a.m. and
ending at 10:30 a.m.
Ministry
team minute
This weekend we begin a series of Ministry Team Minutes in our worship
by the nine ministry teams.
Christmas
in July!
We’ll be celebrating Christmas in July in two ways this month.
“ Christmas Dinner from 4 to 7 pm
Friday, July 25 in the Fellowship Hall. Turkey, dressing, potatoes
and the trimmings will be served.
Prices and other details will be coming. Any profit will go toward our
congregation’s mission effort.
“ Food collection by Human Care
Ministry team for North County Emergency Outreach
Network
(NCEON).
This food bank we help support is running short of virtually everything
needed to support the people who come to them looking for assistance.
HCMT will be putting up a Christmas tree. We invite members to bring
non-perishable food items – cereal, canned goods, baby food and
formula, as well as paper towels, bathroom tissue to put underneath the
tree.
Anyone who has an idea to help us make this Christmas in July a success
or who wants to help is encouraged to join in this effort.
Questions? Please call Karl Eser
(410-437-6397) or Zinda Wienke
(410-439-0601).
Interested
in joining?
The
new member process for people interested in becoming members of Galilee will begin this month.
Persons
who have
a)
completed the adult inquiry class, or …
b) or
are transferring from another Lutheran congregation, or…
c) were
formerly members of a Lutheran congregation and are reactivating, are
invited to explore membership at Galilee
through the new member process.
First
step in the process is to attend the Finding Your Niche Seminar.
This
one-session class on Sunday, July 20 between services will focus on
what the Bible says about God's Spirit giving us talents and abilities
to use in building up Christ's people.
Please
sign up for FYN on the information
table in the narthex (lobby).
The new
member process also involves:
þ A
personal conference with Pastor Hank.
þ
Official reception into mem-bership at worship on Saturday, Aug. 23 or
Sunday, Aug. 24.
þ A
welcome luncheon hosted by the Lay Ministry Team at noon Sunday, Aug.
24.
Questions? Contact Pastor Hank
(pastor@galileelutheranchurch.com
or (410-255-8236).
Worship
definitions
What
does it mean that the 8 a.m.
service is traditional, the 10:45
a.m. worship uses “blended” musical styles and the 4:30 p.m. Saturday service
is informal?
“Traditional” means that most of the music will be hymns accompanied by
organ.
“Blended” means that the service form (liturgy) will be traditional,
but music usually includes a Gospel song and at least one contemporary
Christian song (typically accompanied on the piano), as well as hymns
with the organ.
“Informal” means a structured but simpler service Saturday than on
Sunday. A keyboard (piano or electronic) and/or guitar is used to
accompany the music. Songs are in the contemporary Christian
music style. Printed responses by worshipers also are not used in the
informal service, as on Sunday.
