weekly email for May 24, 7 Sunday of Easter

Sunday Events

Today I write my email for Ascension Day. On this day we remember the great rising of Jesus to reign for eternity as Lord and Savior. The Lutheran churches in our area are gathering at New Life Lutheran in Pearland for worship, prayer and discussion about mission in our area. Pastor Kerry Nelson, our synod's mission developer, is the guest preacher. The worship will begin at 7:00. I am going to be unable to attend due to another commitment.

This Sunday my sermon is entitled, "The Great Sending" and I will be preaching about how God sends us into the the world to be agents of change. We are to bear and witness the saving grace and engage in active service to the other. We are lights of the world. We are sent with a message.

We will also be having Lutheran Process of Membership Sunday and as we journey with people as they grow in their discipleship and being apart of our community.  

Pony Express

We are still collecting the remaining bags. If you have not received a bag, please call the church office. If you have the saddlebag, please call your station agent to let them know that you have it. Some of the saddlebags, for whatever reason, have become stuck. 

We do not have the total estimate of giving yet, but it looks very positive. We thank everyone who is participating financially and those who are praying for the success of this outreach project. We also give a big thanks to all the station agents for managing the routes. I am excited about hearing the final results.

The next step is for those who have estimated their giving to send in their contributions. You may do so at anytime. You can do so online by choosing "outreach appeal".  You can also contribute by using a check and marking the envelope "outreach appeal".  Thank you for loving the future of our congregation. We would like all contributions to be in by July 30.

 After we have collected the money, we will begin the projects with a series of workshops. At the workshops we will review each project's "charter" that describes the scope, responsibilities, accountability and limitations of each project and begin planning and implementing the projects.  These workshops are open to all who have an interest and passion for the projects.  The charters will be approved at the June council meeting. 

Wednesday Morning Bible Study

We are taking June and July off due to scheduling difficulties and will resume in August. This is a great group of people and we are looking forward to getting back together already.  We study the upcoming texts for Sunday. 

Thanks to Rev. Gary Morgan-Gohlke 

We thank Pastor Gary for a wonderful Wednesday evening Bible study after Easter. Everyone who participated was blessed by some great study of scripture. We are looking forward to his next offering. 

Baptisms of Kiera and Ian Hance

I thought I would include this link to some pictures from last Sunday. The children were so excited about being baptized. I wish all of us could have the same joy all the time about the great gift of God's grace and new life. Hance Children's Facebook pictures