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October 3, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS Anathoth Pastor Robert Klonowski In my devotional reading of the Bible these days I am slogging my way through the book of the prophet Jeremiah. Longest book of the Bible, and not the kind of thing that starts your day with a cheerful word. Jeremiah is trying to make sense of tragedy, trying to say an honest word when the world as he and his people know it is coming to an end. “My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick …. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?” That’s Jeremiah 8. I’ve never much liked how much time and effort Jeremiah plows into blaming the people for their folly, for the sins of the nation that have led to Jerusalem’s dilemma and imminent demise. Well, yeah, I want to tell him, God’s people mess up, and the sin is serious and deep. But how many pages of your book do you want to spend, just assigning the blame? But there comes an important turn in the middle of the book, in which Jerusalem’s grief and pain is owned by the prophet himself: “Hark, the cry of my poor people …. Is the Lord not in Zion? … For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me.” Oh, now you’re talking, Jeremiah, I say. Instead of the who’s-to-blame game, now there’s the sense that in the grief and in the pain we are in this, together. And in the mysterious way of God’s prophets, God’s own voice speaks there through Jeremiah. God is hurt, God mourns, alongside God’s people. That’s a healing word for all of us. And then in chapter 32, just as the invading armies are to conquer poor Jerusalem and the economy and political structures of Judah are about to collapse, there is the story of how Jeremiah … buys himself a plot of farmland, at Anathoth. I wonder if there is a more defiantly hope-filled gesture in all of human literature. At the moment of his people’s humiliation Jeremiah invests in the future. “Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.” I don’t know what threatening thing is just over the horizon for you, big and scary and heading this way. I can tell you the thing that is there for me. But in the face of destruction God’s people proclaim that the Lord is with us yet. I’m gonna live right here, in this world, with God at our side. Gonna claim this place of mine as God’s very own; gonna buy me a little plot of land and call it Anathoth. Houses and fields and vineyards shall again flourish in this place, by the grace of God. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trunk or Treat and Chili Cook Off, Saturday, October 26 Mark your calendars, get your vehicle ready, and practice that chili recipe! Starting at 4 pm until 5pm, in the north parking lot, bring the kids for trick or treats. Stay for the chili cook off and costume contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Youth Board gathers Tuesday, October 8 at 7pm This is a parents’ meeting as we plan next things for the year as well as work on the July 2020 mission trip. Youth and families had a great gathering last weekend and we’re planning for more of those. too! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Respond Now needs: soup and crackers Respond Now is a social service agency in our area. They always accept donations of non perishable food and personal hygiene items. This month they are challenging us this month to donate soup and crackers. Donations can be dropped off in the Respond Now are in the narthex (gathering area). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 Psalm 37 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts Trunk or Treat! + chili Youth Board Respond Now needs Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 6:30 Confirmation Class 6:30 Jacob’s Well Practice 6:30 Wonderland Open House Saturday 8:30 Luke/ Acts study 9:00 Altar Preparation Sunday 10/6 8:30 Worship 9:45 Education Hour 11:00 Worship 7:00 NA Meeting Monday 6:00 Faith Homeless Shelter Tuesday 7:00 High school youth board Wednesday 7:00 Choir Rehearsal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, October 6, 2019
Serving God in Worship 8:30 Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister: Karen Aronson Preacher: Pastor Robert Klonowski Prelude: Mary Woolsey Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lector: Karen Aronson Song Leader: Mary Brady Communion Deacons: Carla Benard, Dennis Florance & Sherrell Salas Ushers: Garth Aronson & Bill Hornof Altar Guild: Ruth Alpers & Nancy Grzesiak Serving God in Worship 11:00 Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister: Sam Kirchner Preacher: Pastor Robert Klonowski Musician: Rob Travis, Lector: Pat Jedlicka Communion Deacons: Tom Dockweiler, Milka Thoresen, Jake & Max Quirke Acolytes: Jake & Max Quirke Ushers: The Quirke family Altar Guild: Ruth Alpers & Nancy Grzesiak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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