Sailing With Apostles This Week

February 9 - 15, 2026

News and Updates for Our Community of Faith

 

- Pastor Jay will be in the office on Monday and Wednesday from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM - he is also available by phone and email - 570-205-7506 and j80j84@msn.com.

- The Congregation Council will be meeting Monday night at 7:00 PM - anyone is welcome to attend. 

- Jubilee Churches will be meeting on Wednesday at 9:30 AM at The Church of St. Therese. 

-  The last class of the adult study of "How Lutherans Interpret the Bible" will be held on Wednesday - we will have a sandwich at 6:00 PM and the study will begin at 6:30 PM. 

- Choir Practice will be held on Wednesday at 7:30 PM after the adult study. We would love to have you come and sing with us!! 

- Preaching Guild will be meeting on Thursday at 2:00 PM. 

- Dinner and a movie will be held on Friday at 5:30 PM - we will have an Italian feast followed by the movie, Saving Grace. If you are planning to attend, please e-mail Irene Albert at iau1@cornell.edu. 

- ELCA World Hunger Sunday is next Sunday - please remember your offering - UNTIL ALL ARE FED.

- A memorial service for Michael Hall, son of Ellen Kendzierski, and brother of Amanda Kendzierski and Jennie Hawkins, will be held on Sunday at 2:00 PM. We need help with the reception after the service - desserts, setting up and cleaning up.  

- We are collecting supplies for the health kits for the medical mission trip to Guatemala for the next few weeks - please provide an entire kit - soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, bandaids, comb and lip balm.

- Finally, thanks to everyone who attended the Annual Congregational Meeting yesterday!! Copies of the 2025 annual report are on a table in the fellowship hall. Congratulations to Karen Johnston, David Muse and Judy Wright for being elected to serve a 3-year term on the Congregation Council, to Jason and Cynthia Lowe for being elected to serve as our 2026 Synod Assembly delegates (if a Synod Assembly is held in 2026), to Barbara Runk, Cynthia Lowe, Irene Albert, Sue Turner, Chase Ambrose and Jennie Hawkins for being elected to serve on the Nominating Committee for 2026 and to Betsy Liljeberg for being elected to serve on the MIssion Outreach Fund Committee for 2026. 

Prayer requests for this week. . .
- Heidi Henderson
- Rich Bitting
- Don Garfield
- Michael Schlemmer
- Keith and Juanita Sturdy
- Nancy Wagner
- Lena Woodlief
- Jim Wright
- The family of Mike Hall
- Arnold Schrader
- Ben Slider (IV)
- William Walters
- Margaret Grimes
- Marier Upshrie
- Carl Greene

If you have a prayer request, please send it to Janet Gomez at  thezemogs@gmail.com