Faith Matters Weekly Newsletter

FAITH MATTERS

CURRENT SERMON SERIES:

BROWN BAG SERMONS!

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FAITH TALKS with Pastor Jack!

Pastor Jack creates a new video each week diving into the most important and pressing questions and prompts about our faith! Check it out on Facebook and YouTube!

FACEBOOK - @FaithUMC.Stroudsburg

This Week's Faith Talk -

What does makeup have to do with faith in God?

UPCOMING FALL EVENTS POSTER!

You will be seeing this poster around the church with some of our fall events coming up!

We encourage you to take one and place it on a community bulletin board!

ZITI AND MEATBALL DINNER COMING SOON!

We look forward to a good 'ole pasta dinner next month as a fundraiser for our church!

Good ziti and delicious homemade meatballs with sweet dessert!

MEALS MUST BE RESERVED THROUGH THE CHURCH OFFICE BY SEPTEMBER 15TH!

COST OF EACH MEAL: $12

PICK-UP TIME: Sat. September 21st -

4:00pm-5:30pm

SOCIAL HOUR SIGN-UPS!

Please join us on Sunday morning in Wilson Hall for refreshments, coffee, and tea at 9am. This is a great time in between our two Sunday worship services for everyone to share in some good fellowship time and transition into the next service time!

We are planning for the worship Sundays for the rest of the year and could use some volunteers!

Sign-Up sheet is on the office bulletin board outside the Church Office!

If you'd like to help plan or bring some light refreshments, please contact the church office!

Date: Sunday mornings 9am in Wilson Hall

FAITH CLOTHING SHED!

We are excited to share that our church has recently added a clothing shed to our campus through TurnKey Enterprises. This is a great opportunity for our church and those in our close area to donate used clothes! There is also revenue donated to the church from this organization based on the amount and size donated per month!

Please bring your unused clothes

in bags to the shed!

ONLY CLOTHING ACCEPTED!

NO OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS!

UPRISE MUSIC FESTIVAL PLANS!

Our youth coordinators are considering a group for the Uprise Christian Music Festival in Shippensburg again this year!

This is a fun weekend, driven at engaging youth and all churchgoers with wonderful music from the most popular Christian musicians today!

To learn more about Uprise, click here.

See Haley and Barbara Rogers for more, or contact the Church Office!

WEDNESDAY MORNING

BIBLE STUDY

We look forward to resuming our

Wednesday Morning Bible Study this fall!

We will resume on September 18th!

Date: September 18th - 10am

YOGA CLASSES NOW AT FAITH!

Faith is now hosting some wonderful gentle yoga classes with Lois Silver Zini! This is a wonderful opportunity for people of all ages to come and practice some wonderful body movement and stretching exercise.

To learn more or register, reach out to Lois Zini!

Her contact info is in the above flyer!

Meet our new bishop: Cynthia Moore-Koikoi!

GRIEFSHARE GROUP

CONTINUES TONIGHT!

Grief is a very natural and present feeling in our society for a multitude of reasons. A GriefShare support group is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief through our Christian faith.

If you would be interested in learning more about this group or how to join, please see either Pastor Jack or Denise Fleitman.

Dates: Thursdays 6pm-8pm - Wilson Hall

OUR NEW PUBLICITY FORM!

Do you have an event or happening that you'd like the church to share?

We will have these forms available outside the Church Office AND online on our website to allow everyone to submit dates and times of church events and others in the community.

Please fill it out for your events!

FAITH MOMENTS!

In order to help the community hear more of our voices, the Evangelism Committee is looking to have some of our members testify during worship and make a video about what they have found to be wonderful about our community here at Faith!

Do you have a faith story you'd like to share?

Please contact Pastor Bob to talk more!

WANT YOUR GROUP

TO MEET HERE?

The Trustees are now accepting applications from organizations and groups who might wish this church building to be their home! We need your help to share this with the community about our facilities and its accessibility to those who might need it.

If you have any questions or would like more information, reach out to the Church Office!

WE'RE NOW ON YOUTUBE!

In an effort to make our worship services more accessible, the church has created a YouTube channel and begun broadcasting our worship services there every Sunday along with Zoom! Go and share our videos with others so we can get our church out to the whole world!

If interested in creating online videos for digital ministry, please see Tom Rogers or Pastor Jack!

NOTE: If anyone is uncomfortable being potentially filmed in a video broadcast for worship, please reach out to Pastor Jack.

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FAITH PRAYER CHAIN

To submit a prayer or join the email list,

inform the Church Office!

Other Ways to Submit a Prayer:

Go online to:

www.stroudsburgfaith.org/prayers

Calling/Texting:

908-878-8036

PRAYERS ADDED EACH WEEK!

Our Prayers for This Week:

OUR FAITH FAMILY:

Kimberlee Clapper and Family
Floyd Frisbie
Sue Wilson
Ernest Whitmarsh
Charlotte Clapper
Carolyn Conover
Diane Higgins
Anita Fischer
Sharon Wary
Ralph and Mary Chubbuck
Ken Barthold
Haley Rogers
Rene Batchler
Anita Fisher
Lois Schwartz
Loretta Martin
Jane Post
Eleanor Slutter
George and Elaine Brodhead
Bette Gillman

All our homebound members

OUR LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS:

Thomas Gillman
Bill Brown
Bill Miller
Susan (Mother of Krystal Pastor)
Maurine
Gloria
Penny
Rick Joyce
Bill Reese and Family
Joyce Mitchell
David Christen
Elaine Myers
Christine Myers
Ben Caldwell
Sue Grossman
Barthold Family
Pat
Rick
Dana
DeLoris
Holly
Carol

Our World:

Former President Trump and the victims of the Butler shooting
Israel/Palestine - terrorist attacks and retaliation that have triggered a humanitarian crisis
Our friends in the South and Midwest enduring violent storms
Ukraine and its people
Our Law Enforcement, EMTs, firefighters and first responders
Those suffering from violence or abuse
Our country and its leaders struggling to work together
Our friends struggling with addiction
Our Military and their families
Our UMC denomination as it determines its future

WAYS TO ADD A PRAYER:

-Call/Email Church Office for prayer chain

-Fill out a Connection card during worship

-Navigate to Stroudsburgfaith.org/prayers

and fill out the form

GIVING ENVELOPE GUIDE

For some who are not familiar with our system of giving envelopes,

please refer here:

Envelopes are differentiated

by color-coding:

Red, Blue, and Green

Blue (Team Jesus) - General Fund - This is for our church's general ministry expenses and upkeep

Red - St. Stephen's Ministry - represents whole church giving and missions to outside organizations

Green - Faith Promise - This helps us pay down the mortgage on Wilson Hall which was an expense that arose when our church renovated

To Give Online:

www.stroudsburgfaith.org/give

ONLINE CALENDAR IN USE!

Our church office is using our Google Calendar as the primary application to keep track of church events and building usage.

NOTE: If you are looking to have an event and it does not appear on this calendar, please assume that it is not on the schedule and inform the church office!

You can view it by going on our website at:

www.stroudsburgfaith.org/calendar

SAVE THE DATE

Friday, August 16th and Saturday, August 17th - Yard Sale

Thursday, August 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th - Grief Share 6:30pm in Wilson Hall

BIRTHDAYS

Thursday, August 22nd: Andrew Eberz

Sunday, August 25th: Stephen Kozar

Thursday, August 29th: Susan James

Thursday, August 29th: Donald Wescott

Need to contact Pastor Jack?

Call Us: (570) 424-0712

Church Office: office@stroudsburgfaith.org

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