The beautiful mums and lilies in our sanctuary
have been provided by the following individuals…
OUR PURPOSE STATEMENT
We, the people of Prince of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church,
will actively seek and serve Christ in all people.
ANNOUNCEMENT FOLDER
In Memory of:
Donald and Ruth Williams
by Kathy Williams
Cornell and Miriam Wallwork
by Kathy Williams
Donald R. “Bob” Williams
by Kathy Williams
Our Parents
by Pearl Reimer and Ernie Lohman
My Father and Father-In-Law, Bill Super and Ron Statham
by Cheryl Statham
Samuel Callie
by Jean Callie
David Janosa
by Jean Janosa and Family
Divona and Bob Jennings
by The Jennings Family
Melissa Coppola
by The Jennings Family
In lieu of plants a monetary contribution has been given
by the following individuals...
In Memory of:
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Bush
by Larry and Saundra Smith and family
Saturday, April 4, 2015 - Healing Service
Sunday, April 5, 2015 - Resurrection of Our Lord: Easter Day
Holy Communion - Setting 3
Notes on Sunday’s services
This year may be the one in which John's resurrection account is likely to be chosen over
Mark's, perhaps because Mark's gospel ends so abruptly, with astonishment and fear
rather than joyful proclamation. Yet Mark may speak to our experience more directly than
the other gospels. Corinthians and Acts fill out the story by telling of appearances of the
risen Christ. Peter says we "ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead." And so
do we, in a foretaste of the mountaintop feast where death will be no more.
Welcome! All are welcome here. Visitors, please sign our guest book before you depart.
All baptized Christians who have received their First Communion are welcome to receive
communion today. Gluten Free wafers are available, just ask. Children and others who do
not receive are invited to come forward for a blessing. If this is your first time, we hope
that it will not be the last time. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
PRINCE OF PEACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
2445 Lake Minsi Drive, Bangor, PA 18013
610-588-2355
www.popbangor.org
Pastor: The Rev. Michael J. Scholtes
(home: 610-588-2314; email: [email protected])
Music Coordinator: Carol Koslo: 610-392-3048
Youth, Young Adult, & Family Ministry Coordinator: Judy Trigg: 908-910-8250
Parish Secretary: Annette Buss email: [email protected]
Office Hours: 9 am -Noon (Mon, Tue, Wed, Fr.) Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m.
Custodian: Candy Rissmiller: 610-588-4669
Treasurer: Joyce Weishaupt: [email protected] or 908-362-7992
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Altar Guild for March and April:
Cheryl Statham and Sherry Hock
Property Contact Person for April: Joe
Daley
Sunday, April 5, 2015 9:45 a.m.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Crucifer
Book Bearer
Torch Bearers
Assisting Minister:
Lay Reader
Greeter
Power Point:
Assisting Minister:
Acolytes:
Larry Rissmiller
Marlene Stana
Mary O’Meally
Mary Lee Dry
Communion Assts:
Power Point:
Lay Reader:
Ushers:
Greeters:
Sunday, April 5, 2015 6 a.m.
Assisting Minister:
Bread Baker
Acolytes:
Communion Assts:
Power Point:
Lay Reader:
Ushers:
Greeters:
Tina Johns
Cheryl Statham
Lauren Flyte
Hannah Flyte
Brenda Stauffer
Bob Schuette
Cathy Mullen
Kale Baker
Larry Rissmiller
Cheryl Statham
Brenda Stauffer
Tara Flyte,
Tyler Flyte,
Ashley Flyte,
Charmine Collins
Petrina and Neil
Billger
Emily Brands
Ben Manicke
Lauren Harrison
Marissa Hill
Evan Powell
Owen Jennings
C.J. Kozer
Jim Jennings,
Emily Brands
Autumn Williams
Brooks Baker
Hughes Family
Sherry Hock,
Joan Miller
Offering Counter for:
April 5: Jackie Horn
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The beautiful mums and lilies in our sanctuary
have been provided by the following individuals...
In Honor of:
My Mother and Mother-In-Law, Bertha Super and Barbara Statham
by Cheryl Statham
Liz Kappler
by The Jennings Family
In Memory of:
Ed Eichlin
by Miriam Eichlin
Our Loving Husband and Dad: Kenneth Lane
by Helen and Kathy
Albert Farleigh
by Wife and Children
Luther and Florence Kichlin
by The Family
Leroy and Pauline and Leroy Pearson
by Neil and Janet Pearson and Family
Alonzo, Jennie and Alonzo Widenor
by Neil and Janet Pearson and Family
Loved Ones
by Charmaine Collins
Departed Loved Ones
by Kathryn Fair
Laura B. and Nate Collins
by Cathy and Dennis Mullen
Laura M. and Nathan Collins
by Cathy and Dennis Mullen
Joseph Comunale
by The Hughes Family
Emily and Bill Van Emburgh
by Joan and Bern Deichmann
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COMING UP AT PRINCE OF PEACE
Sunday, April 5
Resurrection Sunday
6 a.m. Great Vigil of Easter
Easter Breakfast (No Sunday School)
9:45 a.m. Worship and Holy Communion
Monday, April 6
4:30 p.m. Cub Scouts: Webelos
6 p.m. Tigers, Wolves, Bears
Tuesday, April 7
Last Day to Submit Announcement Folder Items for 4/12
9 a.m. Happy Quilters
9:30 a.m. GFWC - Craft
6 p.m. Social Ministries
6:30 p.m. Dwelling in the Word
7 p.m. Christian Ed and Stewardship
Wednesday, April 8
7 p.m. Boy Scouts
Thursday, April 9
3 p.m. Organ Fund Committee
6 p.m. Daisy Scouts
6:30 p.m. Historical Task Force
6:30 p.m. Mental Wellness
Friday, April 10
9:30 a.m. GEMS: Bulletins
Sunday, April 12
Special Needs Sunday
8:30 a.m. Sunday School, Adult Forum, and High
School Sunday School
9:45 a.m. Worship and Holy Communion
11 a.m. Congregational Meeting
11 a.m. Youth Gathering Meeting
5 p.m. Youth Group - Younger
(Just a reminder -- All items for the May Newsletter need to be submitted
to Wanda McCammon by Tuesday, April 14th!)
Plants may be picked up after the 9:45 a.m. service.
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Be sure to check out the Google calendar on our website: www.popbangor.org for
event contact information and the latest updates and changes to our schedule.
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PRINCE OF PEACE PRAYER LIST
as of April 2, 2015
Ill and Injured
Lisa
Jack
Jennifer
Tyler
Scott
Paul
Sherma
Robert
Adam
Jamey Halfpenny
Charmaine Collins
plete the entire Bible by April 5 of next year.
If you sign up to be part of this, I will send you a weekly email that lists
the readings for the upcoming week. (We'll actually be "bouncing"
around the Bible as we read, to avoid getting bogged down in some of
the more...well, boring...sections. But we will read the whole thing by the
end.)
If you sign up for this, I will be glad to discuss the readings with you
over email or in person...but I won't be checking up on you. It's up to
you!
If you sign up for this, I also want to provide some opportunities for you
to discuss the readings with others. If you're interested in joining a small
discussion group that will get together regularly, let me know, and I'll
try to get some groups together. Or, if online discussion is your thing, I
have created a Facebook group where you can join with me and others
to have online discussions about what we’re reading. The Facebook
group can be found at www.facebook.com/groups/popbibleyear. Just go
there and request to join.
Grieving
Family & Friends of Todd Strohe
Gephardt Family
You are invited to include these people in your own prayers
throughout the week.
To add someone to the prayer list (or to extend for another
four weeks), please contact Pastor Scholtes at 610-588-2355
or [email protected].
Unless you have explicit permission from the person to be prayed
for, only the first name will be used.
All names will be listed on the prayer list for four weeks, unless
specifically requested otherwise.
Our Card Ministry sends cards out to those on our prayer list. If
you would like a card sent, please make sure you provide an
address to the pastor.
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If this interests you, please sign up on the counter in the narthex, or reply to this email. Please let me know if you want to be part of either a
small group or the Facebook group.
To clarify: You are very welcome to sign up for the reading challenge
without signing up for the small group or Facebook group.
Also, for those of you who sign up for the "small groups," I don't plan on
hosting them. Instead, I will assign six or seven people to each small
group, and share contact information with all of them. It will then be up
to those of you in that group how, when, and where you would like to
meet.
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pice volunteers are sent from heaven. They work alongside hospice professionals, giving of their time, talents and most importantly, their presence. Liberty Hospice is asking you to consider using your spiritual
gifts as a hospice volunteer. Hospice volunteers are trained and supervised in order to provide respite and support for families. During an eight
-hour training program, you will learn about: The hospice philosophy,
your duties and responsibilities, and the roles of other team members.
Liberty Hospice, a service of Liberty Lutheran, is seeking caring, compassionate individuals who will find meaning and purpose in supporting
terminally ill individuals. Currently we are seeking volunteers for patients in the Ambler, Montgomery County area and in Northeast Philadelphia. If you are interested in learning more, please call Nicole
Strauss, RN, BSN, Hospice Director at 844-651-5111.
Our facilitation team is working hard with Pastor Machamer to help
our congregation find our purpose here at POP. Your facilitation team
members are: Scott Schipps, Judy Trigg, Georgia Suranofsky, Chip Harrison, Larry Rissmiller, Brenda Stauffer, Cathy Mullen, Jackie Horn, and
Pastor Scholtes. Make sure you take the time to ask them about the process we are involved with and also ask them about our next retreat that
EVERYONE is invited to.....it will be on Saturday, May 9. Please mark
your calendars, because we hope to see you all there!
THANK YOU: I'd like to thank everyone for their cards, calls, and most
of all, their prayers during my recent recuperation. They were greatly
appreciated. --Kathy Williams
NOTES from Pastor:
Do you wish you knew the Bible better? Do you wish you could say
you've read the whole thing? If so, this is an opportunity for you.
Over the past few months, several people have expressed some sadness
to me that they don't know scripture as well as they wanted, and I've
heard some interest in reading through the Bible in a one-year period.
I have put together a plan for how we can do that, and we're ready to go!
We will begin reading on Monday, April 6. If you join in, you will com8
RECENT OFFERING AND ATTENDANCE
Offering for Sunday, 3-29-15: Offering for 3-9-15: General Fund: Cur-
rent: $3,158.52 Designated Fund: Capital Improvements: $176.00,
World Hunger: $20.00, Youth: $249.00, St. Vincent’s Mission:
$122.00, POP Garden: $50.00
Online Giving: Manage your offerings online, it's easy! Just think, you will
no longer need to write out checks and prepare envelopes every week. Even
when you travel, or circumstances prevent you from attending services, your
electronic contributions will continue to be received . Visit our church website
(popbangor.org) to get started. If you have any questions please see Mary "O".
PEW ENVELOPES: If you have forgotten your envelope or you do not have
an envelope, please use a pew envelope. Please complete the information on
the envelope.
Attendance: Sunday, March 29, 2015 202
A Stewardship Thought:
Don't miss out, step up and allow God to touch others'
lives through you.
Announcements
A special thank you to our cherub/youth choir and our adult choir
for sharing their musical talents with us at the 9:45 a.m. service!
Attention Youth Choir: There will be NO Tuesday Evening Youth
Choir practice until after Easter. Practice will resume in April on a date
TBD.
Please join us TODAY, April 5, Easter Sunday for breakfast. Breakfast will be from 7-9:30 am. Thank you to all those who have donated
yummy goodies to be enjoyed by all. All monetary donations for breakfast will be going to support the Youth Gathering trip in July. Question?
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Talk to Laraine or Colleen
SPONSOR CHARTS are now available for both the Altar Flowers and
Announcement Folders/Newsletters for 2015 on the bulletin board by the
church offices. Choose your dates today! .
Announcement Folder Deadline: Items to be printed in the next announcement folder must be submitted to the church office by Tuesday,
April 7, 2015.
MISSING: There was a large greenish water bottle out on the narthex
counter, which is now missing. If you have moved it or know where it is,
please see Cheryl Statham. Thank you! The Social Ministry Committee
Do you do your shopping at Mr. Z/Weis Markets? Do you give gift
cards as gifts? We have gift cards for purchase, $25 and $50, with the
purchase of gift cards, Weis will donate 5% to POP! ($1.25 for each $25
gift card and $2.50 for each $50 gift card). Gift cards can be used for
your regular shopping trip and Prince of Peace benefits! This is an ongoing program. See Jackie Horn, Jim Jennings or Charmaine to make
your gift card purchase.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who
brought their Weis receipts in. Since last September, Weis has donated
almost $1,000.00 to Prince of Peace as a benefit of turning in receipts!
Remember to keep bringing in your entire receipts from the Weis Market
at 1309 Blue Valley Dr., Pen Argyl, PA only. Please note: in order to
receive credit for the receipt, the receipt must be the entire receipt, please
do not trim them.
Thank you from the Social Ministry Committee for all of your generous donations of nonperishable food items for our Easter PUMP
food drive!! We can practice being green by returning the food item
suggestion paper eggs by placing them in the basket on the counter.
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The Social Ministry Committee would like to thank the following
people for volunteering their time on Palm Sunday: Jean Janosa; Carolyn Leidy; Cathy Mullin; Sherry Hock; Jen Nelson; Larry & Brenda
Stauffer and Mary O'Meally. The East Bangor United Methodist Community Church provides monthly meals in their community. We crossed
congregational lines to help them with this much needed ministry. The
fellowship was great, as was the food, and we made new friends. We are
in full communion partners with EBUMC Church, and our hope is to
continue to help each month.
SPECIAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING: A Special Congregational Meeting will be held immediately after worship on Sunday, April
12. The purpose of this meeting is to consider two motions from council:
To accept the proposal from Crossan-Savage for necessary repairs to our
pipe organ, not to exceed $27,000; and to approve a capital campaign to
pay for the organ repairs. More info is available on the counter in the narthex. Questions? Speak to the pastor or any other member of council.
Lawn Care Teams Are Forming… April showers may bring May
flowers, but, March’s melting snow and warmer temperatures brings
sprouting grass! Sign-up in the Narthex. Thank you for your help in
keeping our grounds beautiful, your efforts do not go unnoticed!
JOIN US FOR SOME FUN… at the NEPS Bike for World Hunger,
Saturday, May 16; 9am-1pm. This event will be held rain or shine at
the Bob Rodale Cycling and Fitness Park, Routes 100 and 222, Trexlertown, PA. You can walk, ride bike or rollerblade. It is a great opportunity
to join with other people of faith for a day to do something to care for the
1.4 billion people in our world who are hungry. 100% of your donations
will go to feed hungry people! Instruction sheet, registration form and
sponsor sheet are in the narthex on the counter. Take a packet of papers
and please sign your name and t-shirt size on the sign-up sheet by Sunday, April 19. If you have any questions, please speak to Brenda
Stauffer.
Use your Spiritual Gifts as a Hospice Volunteer Some might say hos7