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108 Glen Drive Shohola, PA 18458 570-559-7676 Sunday Service: 11 am Church School: 10am Email: [email protected] Web site: stjacobishohola.org On Facebook-St Jacobi Issue 7 Volume 4 Apr 2015 Editor: Grace Criscione
CROSSROADSCROSSROADSCROSSROADS ST JACOBI LUTHERAN CHURCH
PASTOR MARY OWENS
An Easter prayer
Once again, Lord, we are astounded by the incomparable and glorious event of Easter.
To remember how you conquered sin and
evil through the resurrection of Jesus stirs up joy and hope within us.
It comforts us greatly to know that because Christ was raised from the dead, we who are 'in Christ'
have the assurance of eternal life.
Furthermore, to have the living Christ as our Savior and the undergirding Holy Spirit as our daily Companion
assures us of grace that never fails us.
Finally, it is a certainty that all things good and desirable are possible for those who love you, because Christ lives
and reigns as King of our lives.
All praise and glory to you, loving Creator, now and forever! Amen.
-Charles Ferrell
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St Jacobi News: Apr 1, May 6th June 3rd, Sept 2nd,Oct 7th, Nov 4th St Jacobi Ladies Aid Meeting
Apr 2– MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE 7 PM @ St Jacobi Apr 3– GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE ST LUKES, Greeley, PA May 23– Penny Social– St Jacobi Ladies Aid Oct 3rd– Penny Social St Jacobi Ladies Aid Oct 17– Thrivent members Breakfast 9:30 Dec—Community Music Fest Dec- German Service
Bible Study on “HOPE” starting the second Tues of the month @ St Jacobi social hall 1 pm– April 14th . There will be a cost of approximately $ 6 per person for special material that will be used. Also people should bring their bible if they have one. Open to all faiths. Join us! Thank you Pastor Mary Kay Rhodes for leading us in the Bible Study.
St Jacobi Weekly Lenten Services on: “The Parables of Lent” &
Bible Study & Pot Luck lunch will be held during Lent every
Thursday starting 2/26 at 11AM. Wk 3– Receive Mercy
Wk 4: Receive Grace,
Wk 5: Receive Forgiveness.
Thank you Pastor Mary and Pastor Neuviller for leading us in this Lenten Service
April 5th– REJOICE IN THE RISEN LORD!! 11 AM SERVICE
BUCK A CHICK coloring for Hunger is on-going from Feb 22 till Easter. See page
in this newsletter.
NEW MEMBERS WILL BE RECEIVED on Palm Sunday: if you are interested in becoming a member of St Jacobi or transferring your membership from another church please speak with Pastor Owens. Thank you to Dotty & Nick Luca for donating Rev, Paul Spohn’s book to St Jacobi Library. There are
many books available in the Library, located in the church office.
March 29th Palm Sunday
Breakfast—
9– 10:30am
Collecting Food
donations for our local
food pantries
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St. Jacobi Council corner
ST JACOBI COUNCIL MEMBERS: Pres. Nick Luca—570-559-7489/ email:[email protected] V Pres.– Joe Criscione- 845 856 8912 /email: [email protected]—- Property Mgmt. & Maintenance Treasurer-Dotty Luca-570-559-7489 /email: [email protected] Secretary– Fritzie Galuschak-570-559-7406 — Evangelism & Stewardship Petra Kluge– email: [email protected] — Financial Secretary, Ecumenism Ministry & OCC Ingrid Vogel email: [email protected] — Worship & Music Dale Siemers email: [email protected] — Property Mgmt. & Maintenance Christine Protsko email: [email protected] — Christian Education & Youth Activities Karen Nieke: email: [email protected] Bruce Rajwasser: email: [email protected] —Seafarer’s cookies Anne Rajwasser: email: [email protected] — Seafarer’s cookies Grace Criscione: email: [email protected] or 845 856 8912 —newsletter, worship & music PASTOR MARY OWENS, Shohola, PA 18458, 570-559-7676 website: stjacobishohola.org Like us on Facebook.
Highlights from the March 5, 2015 meeting. Attendees were Joe Criscione, Grace Criscione, Dale Siemers, Ingrid Vogel, Petra Kluge, Chris Protsko, Dotty Luca, and Nick Luca.
Approved the minutes of the council dinner meeting held February 5, 2015.
Reviewed and approved Treasurer’s Reports for February 2015.
All NEWSLETTER items are due on or before the 15th of March, 2015. Request was made to contact Shohola Railroad & Histori-cal Society (SRRHS) and the Shohola Area Lions Club for items to be included in our NEWLETTER. Petra Kluge will contact SRRHS and Dotty and Nick Luca will contact the Shohola Area Lions.
Sunday School classes and Confirmation classes will resume on March 8th. There will be no classes Palm Sunday or Easter Sun-day. Classes will end on May 3rd.
Buck-a Chick has begun.
Joe Criscione will make arrangements to have the church carpeting cleaned before Easter services.
Petra Kluge and Chris Protsko volunteered to take over the treasurer’s and secretarial duties in Dotty Luca’s absence. Thanks Petra and Chris.
A request will be made that all members to please discontinue praying for snow. Enough is enough.
Upcoming Events:
March 9, 2015 – Ingrid Kluge and Rose Ann Prigge will conduct a financial audit of congregation records. Completed audit will be mailed to the Synod office. Deadline is March 31st.
March 10, 2015 – Bible Study conducted by Pastor Mary K. Rhodes at 1:00 p.m. for men and women has had a rocky start due to sickness and weather. Bible Study will start March 10 and continue every second Tuesday of the month at 1:00 p.m. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
March 28, 2015 – Assemble at 10:00a.m. to set up for Palm Sunday Breakfast.
March 29, 2015 – Palm Sunday Breakfast will be served from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Helpers are needed and will assemble in the kitchen at 7:00 a.m.
March 31, 2015 – A Financial Audit of Congregation Records will be conducted and completed, by this date, by Ingrid Vogel and Rose Ann Prigge. Thank you, Ingrid and Rose Ann for volunteering.
April 2, 2015 – Maundy Thursday services will be held at 7:00 p.m.
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Area happenings:
SHOHOLA RAILROAD & HISTORICAL SOCIETY Has a DVD for sale ($12.50) on the history of Shohola. St Jacobi church has played an important part in this history. Please contact Nick Luca to purchase a copy. Dennis Lee, Producer/Director for Tribute New York/Bringing Memories to life Books for Sale: Civil War Letters of Ira Austin to Minerva Drake of Barryville, NY $6.00 the Great Prison Train Disaster in Pike (Cty) by George J Fluhr, Pike Cty, PA. Historian & Shohola Twp. Historian $15.00 Cat’s Meows Building Collectables—the Caboose, St Jacobi Church, St Ann’s Church, Rohman’s Inn or Higby’s Store. To purchase these books or Collectable buildings please call Martha Shadler Pres. 570 -296-2304.
Quilters: Remember that the Wednesday quilters meet Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. @ St Mark’s social
hall; they do quilts for the different charities, shelters and homeless in Pike County and surrounding
areas. Anyone interested in joining them in this endeavor would be so welcome. You don’t have to be
a quilter to help this group with their sewing. *******************************************************************************************************
St. Jacobi is offering a scholarship to a member graduating from high school and pursing
higher education. The student can obtain an application, which will be available
immediately, directly from Petra Kluge. The deadline for completed application is April 15,
2015. Then will then be presented to the council and a final decision will be made at the May council meeting. The
recipient will be notified and an announcement will be made in the May newsletter.
The requirements for the scholarship are as follows: Graduating senior pursuing a post high school program, which requires tuition
Proof of acceptance to post high school program (acceptance letter)
Completed application
Monthly attendance at services (or more) Participating member in good standing
Volunteering time to the church community
************************************************************************************ APRIL 2015 Birthday’s 3– Greg Protsko 6– Jessica Vantuyl 9– Linda McKay 17-Denny McCullough
Please contact Grace Criscione if you want your birthday and/or
Anniversary on this list. email: [email protected]–
phone 845 856-8912
I DREAMED DEATH CAME THE OTHER NIGHT AND HEAVENS GATE SWUNG WIDE;
WITH KINDLY GRACE AN ANGEL USHERED ME INSIDE
AND THERE TO MY ASTONISHMENT, STOOD FOLKS I’D KNOWN ON EARTH
SOME I’D JUDGED AND LABELED AS “UNFIT” OR “LITTLE WORTH”
INDIGNANT WORDS ROSE TO MY LIPS BUT NEVER WERE SET FREE,
FOR EVERY FACE SHOWED STUNNED SURPRISE, NO ONE EXECTED ME!!!
Submitted by a friend. Thanks!
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Pastor Mary Ashley Cobb Chris Protsko Joe Fischer Brian Becker Katherine O’Toole Geneva Ranker Nancy Rapenski Rev Paul Spohn Alfred Loeser Grace Koehler TQ Smith Barbara Scocossi Margaret Shea Family of Bob Gillespie Sandra Faro Dennis Faro John Wilkens Mildred Flaherty Tom Wulforst Tom Neuviller Lynn Salvati Joe Carver Keith Blaut Jane Neuviller Joy Stebbins Janice Iaccovino Carolyn Loucks Paul Komorovski Marion Finch Bud Ray Lisa & Tom Smith Magee Hoey Bianca Aran Erin McCotter Rev. Eddie Nilsen Joy Carrol Paul Ludwig Donald Colburn Krischan Vogel Cheryl Jurgens E.B. Herling Rev. Scott Jurgens Bettina Buchmann Susan Maximus & his parents Pauline Family of Lois Schmidt Roseann Prigge John Page Astrid Jimenez Tessie & Charlie Stover Peter Finck Sr Bruce Rajwasser AnnaMarie Peterson Louise Kuhn Paula Schlichter Tom Smith Sr. Stephanie Kirchner Kyle Petersen Eleanore & Rudy Rudolph Maggie Beck Linda McKay Family of Nancy Rapenske Lisa Handel Jeanne Cawley Family of Anna Rohman Our sympathy to the family of Robert Gillespie and Anna Rohman. St. Jacobi Lutheran Church is grateful to Robert Schmidt (Anna Rohman's nephew) and family for naming St. Jacobi for memorial gifts and thank all those who have, and continue to contribute, in Anna's memory.
Four lessons of Good Friday
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage (HarperOne), writes that Jesus’ suffering and death almost 2,000 years ago are very relevant to our 21st-century lives. He says Good Friday teaches us that: 1. physical and emotional suffering are part of life; 2. suffering isn’t always the result of sin; 3. Jesus was fully human — and thus understands our humanity; and 4. suffering isn’t the last word. “The message of Good Friday is incomplete without Easter,” Martin writes. “The story of the Passion is not simply of a man being brutally tortured, nailed to a cross and executed by the Romans. It’s the story of a man who turns himself fully over to the Father’s will, trusts that something new will come out of this offering and receives the astonishing gift of new life.”
Please contact, Grace Criscione, if you wish to add and/or keep the name of your loved one on the prayer list.
I can be reached at 845 856 8912, or email: [email protected] or [email protected].
Thank you in advance for your co-operation with keeping this list current.
Saying prayers for:
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Helping our neighbors: Pond Eddy Food Pantry Schedule 2015 Those who are in need of food to call the church, 856-1129, leave a message I will get back to them. Marches food pantry is the last Saturday this month with the same hours 11-2. So tentatively, the April food pantry will be the third Saturday of the month between 11am and 2pm;
Good Cheer Food Pantry Located in St. Luke’s Center (the lower level of St. Luke Pre-School) is open the First Sunday of each month from 10:30-11:30 AM. Thanks to all who donate their time, food and money...? It is truly appreciated. This is such a great service to our community! PLEASE NOTE: For further information please call 570- 226-3966. If your call is answered by an answering machine, please leave your name and a valid telephone number and a volunteer will call back.
Remember The Gideon's International Bible organization!
They are an organization that places Bibles in hotels, prisons & sends the Gospel throughout the world. Web site: gideons.org/give or pick up a pamphlet in the narthex of the church.
Prayers and Cookies for Seafarers Please remember this outreach program while baking your Christmas cookies. Tin are available at St Jacobi. Thank you to Bruce & Ann Rajwasser for chairing this outreach program .
LIONS CLUB LUMINARIES will be placed on the Barryville Shohola bridge Christmas Eve–
for information, please contact Nick Luca @ 570-559-7489
Pastor Spohn has written a book titled “My Book– My Life’s journey, artifacts and gems along the
road”. If you would like a copy of this book contact Pastor Spohn at email: [email protected] or call 610-530-
5727. Make sure to include your address. A $20.00 donation is suggested. All proceeds will be donated to
Muhlenberg College Scholarship fund that has been established in Paul & Jane Ann honor.
MISSION SUPPORT
This year we are sponsoring Krystle Moraska-Madrussen who serves in Argentina/Uruguay. Krystle is the Young Adults
in Global Mission Country Coordinator for young adult volunteers serving in Argentina & Uruguay. She works with the
companion church, the IELU, to support the relationships they have with United States & Canada based groups. Her
contact info: Camacua 282, 1406 DOF BuneonAires, Argentina or email: [email protected]
Please notify Grace Criscione if you would like to receive
the newsletter by email.
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Purchase a chick for a $1.00. Other
pages are now available. Color &
return to Petra Kluge. They will be
displayed in the church. Make your
donation checks to St Jacobi & mark
hunger fund in the memo. Thank
you!!!
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APRIL 2015
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Ladies Aid
Meeting 1 pm
Quilters @
StM– 9am
St Marks-AA
7:30pm
2
Maundy Thu
service7 pm
3
Good Friday
St Lukes 7pm
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5
EASTER
StJ- 11am
St Mks AA 8pm
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St Mks Quilting/Sewing class 9-12
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Quilters @
StM– 9am
St Marks-AA
7:30pm
9 10
St Marks-AA
8pm
11
12
Church schl 10 am
StJ- 11am
St Mks AA 8pm
13
Lion’s Club
meeting
7 pm
14
St Mks Quilting/Sewing class 9-12
15
Quilters @
StM– 9am
St Marks-AA
7:30pm
16 17
St Marks-AA
8pm
18
19
Church schl 10 am
StJ- 11am
St Mks AA 8pm
20 21
St Mks Quilting/Sewing class 9-12
22
Quilters @
StM– 9am
St Marks-AA
7:30pm
23 24
St Marks-AA
8pm
25
Pond Eddy Food Pantry 11-2pm
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Church schl 10 am
StJ- 11am
St Mks AA 8pm
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St Mks Quilting/Sewing class 9-12
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Quilters @
StM– 9am
St Marks-AA
7:30pm
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