St. Peter's Good News

Lutheran Church Newsletter

Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania (610) 863-6859 June 2019

“And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind,

and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire,

appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.” (Acts 2:2-3)

I was talking with some folks recently about the story of Pentecost and the question came up

concerning the way in which the Holy Spirit came and settled on the disciples. Someone asked

whether the Holy Spirit still came like a violent wind and tongues of fire, or if the Holy Spirit simply

came as a still, small voice. My answer was, “Yes” to both. I believe there are times when the Holy

Spirit comes to us as a still, small voice and moves us in ways that are both profound and

life-changing. Many people believe that this is the only way the Spirit works: quietly, unseen, changing

people’s hearts, but not in any loud or flashy way. As Lutherans, we sometimes joke that we are

the “frozen chosen.” The idea of the Holy Spirit grabbing hold of you and making you run out into

the streets evangelizing people by speaking in tongues and telling them about the glory of God –

well that probably scares most of us half to death. But this is precisely what happened on the day

of Pentecost.

The disciples were all gathered together in one place when the Spirit descended on them

and they were shaken out of their fear and shyness in order to be bold and confident in the Lord.

Their witness had such an impact that 3000 people were baptized as a result of it. The formation of

the Church had begun and the world would never be the same.

What if, one Sunday morning, in the middle of our Worship service, the Holy Spirit came upon

all of us as a rush of a great wind and tongues of fire? And what if we were all prompted to walk out

the front doors and go into downtown Wind Gap, or Pen Argyl, where we talked to people in Spanish,

Arabic, Chinese, and other native languages of some of the residents, telling them about God’s glory

and the saving power of Jesus? Sound far-fetched? Sound a little scary, and maybe a little exciting?

The Holy Spirit does come to us in every Worship service, maybe not in tongues of fire and

a rushing wind, because maybe we aren’t as open to that as the Disciples were. But that doesn’t

mean that the Holy Spirit’s call on our lives is any less real or powerful. Each week we are called by

the Spirit to go out from St Peter’s and make a difference in the world, just as those Disciples did

when they first felt the call of the Spirit. May God’s Holy Spirit continue to work in your life and may

you respond to the call to witness in the world.

Pastor Chris

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Please say a

prayer for...

June 1 – Janet & Josh Barczynski

June 2 – Terry Barry family

June 3 – Buddy Batha family

June 4 – Daniel Bauer family

June 5 – Michael Bauer

June 6 – June Beckage

June 7 – Scott Beckage family

June 8 – Thomas & Janine Beckage

June 9 – Joy Bennett family

June 10 – Carlene Bennyhoff

June 11 – Betty Berhel

June 12 – Carl & Patti Bickert

June 13 – George Biggs family

June 14 – William Black family

June 15 – Susan Blasco

June 16 – Randy Boeman family

June 17 – Brent Bonatz family

June 18 – Mario & Susan Bordonaro

June 19 – Anthony Borger family

June 20 – Donald & Joanne Bortz

June 21 – Scott & Jean Bower

June 22 – Donald & Caryle Boyer

June 23 – Matthew Boyer family

June 24 – Dottie Brewen

June 25 – Barbara Jo Brewer

June 26 – Floyd & Doris Brewer

June 27 – Earl & Sarah Brewer

June 28 – Bernie & Jackie Brinker

June 29 – Fred & Nancy Broadbent

June 30 – Dennis & Doris Bruch

If your name has been omitted,

please contact the church office.

Scholarship Committee Corner

to the 2019 High School, College and Scholarship Recipients.

Thank you to all the volunteer helpers and participants who help support our committee. Please join us on Sunday, June 2 for Student Recognition and Graduate Sunday when we will announce our Scholarship recipients.

St. Peter’s Treasurer’s Report

04/30/2018 – 33.3% of YEAR

General Fund Contributions

so far this year: $ 71,790 * 34.3% of our Annual Budget

* $6,618 or 10.1% above last year

General Fund Expenses

so far this year: $ 79,526 * 33.9% of our Annual Budget

* $13,737 or 20.1% above last year

Weekly Giving Report:

We need $4,510 a week to meet our “general operations expenses”

* On April 7 our offering was $3,692.50

* On April 14 our offering was $4,904

* On April 21 our offering was $9,378.50

* On April 28 our offering was $3,034.50

* Monthly Average per week $5,229

* Year-to-Date Ave per week $4,223

Note: The offering we get from our envelopes (Initial, weekly, communion, & special days), along with our loose offering, Sunday school offering, and from bulletins is the money we use to operate the church on a day by day basis.

2019 June

1 Synod

Assembly

2 8:00 & 10:15 7th Sunday of Easter Student Recognition Graduate Sunday Holy Communion 9AM Coffee Hour

3 Girl Scouts

6:00PM Social Ministries

6:30PM

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5 God’s Love Meeting 6:30PM Finance 7:00PM

6 Adult Choir 7:30PM

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9 8:00 & 10:15 Pentecost Sunday Confirmation Sunday 9AM Coffee Hour

10 Girl Scouts

6:00PM

11 Council 7:00PM

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13 Adult Choir 7:30PM

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16 9:00AM The Holy Trinity Church Music Sunday Father’s Day

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19 Photo Sessions 2:00PM-9:00PM

20 Photo Sessions 2:00PM-9:00PM

21 Photo Sessions 2:00PM-9:00PM

22 Photo Sessions

10:00AM-5:00PM

Synod Council 9:00AM

23 8:00 & 10:15 Pentecost 2 9AM Coffee Hour

24 Property 6:00PM

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30 8:00 & 10:15 Pentecost 3 9AM Coffee Hour

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Kathleen

Campbell

2 Jeffrey Bruch Brett Sanders

Gladys Wagner

3 Bethany Druckenmiller

Debbie Eichner Cathy Henshue

Dennis Kocher, II James Morykin

4 Tyler DeHaven Jessica Hinton

Stephanie Reduzzi Kirsten Silvoy

Brenda Steinmetz

5 Peyton Roberts

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7 Alex Predmore

8 Cindy Hart

Nathan Miller

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10 Sarina Chiapuzzi

Barbara Gum Charles Marsteller

11 June Beckage

Thomas Beckage Brooke Goffredo

12 Joyce Dech Alysse Hart Griffin Porter

13 14 Owen Miller Owen Taylor

15 Margeaux

Sandt

16 Robert Cornman Jessica Hoagland

Eli Tuliszewski

17 Linda Marascio

18 Caleb Kavcak

19 Robert Tollinger

20 Carrie Ede

Grace Olzinski

21 Stanley Wentzell

22 Brenda Miller

23 Robert Hendershot

Robin Holmqvist Kelly Maynard Kerry Weeast

24 James Flyte

Jacob Huntington Harrison Taylor RuthAnn Vough

25 McKenna Schreck

26 Mark Lohman

27 Zackary Getz-Pierson

Jocelynn Itterly

28 Dean Batha, III Chelsea Sandt

29 Lynette Chaszar

Eugene Groller Margaret Scheihing

30 Megan Guthrie Stephanie Miller

Meg Miller

2019 June

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In Service of St. Peter's

June 2019

Acolytes and Crucifers June 2 8:00AM – Jake Guthrie 10:15AM – Camron Dear, Griffin Porter June 9 8:00AM – Callie Schneck 10:15AM – OPEN June 16 9:00AM – Holly Larsen June 23 8:00AM – Jacob Wolf 10:15AM – Griffin Porter June 30 8:00AM – Robert Tollinger 10:15AM – Emma Toth

Altar Flower Committee Dawn Communale, Patty Guarry

Altar Flower Sponsors

June 2 – Jill Ott June 9 – Ben & Roxanne Rutt June 16 – OPEN June 23 – OPEN June 30 – Stofflet/Lambert Estates

Altar Guild

June 2 8:00AM – Barb Hampton, Robin Hahn Kerri Tollinger, Cindy Witkowski, Kelly Woolley 10:15AM – Kathleen Campbell, Tammy Lawson, Steph Druckenmiller, Patti Williams June 9 8:00AM – Randa Barabas, Vivian Dawe, Carol Free, Sue Irwin, Pat Voigt 10:15AM – Linda Heller, Micki Houser, Sandra Newhard, Joan Pysher, Barb Sanders June 16 9:00AM – Barb Hampton, Robin Hahn Kerri Tollinger, Cindy Witkowski, Kelly Woolley June 23 8:00AM – Randa Barabas, Vivian Dawe, Carol Free, Sue Irwin, Pat Voigt 10:15AM – Linda Heller, Micki Houser, Sandra Newhard, Joan Pysher, Barb Sanders June 30 8:00AM – Barb Hampton, Robin Hahn Kerri Tollinger, Cindy Witkowski, Kelly Woolley 10:15AM – Kathleen Campbell, Tammy Lawson, Steph Druckenmiller, Patti Williams

Announcements June 2 8:00AM – Buddy Batha 10:15AM – OPEN June 9 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – Erin Curtolo June 16 9:00AM – John Mann June 23 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – OPEN June 30 8:00AM – Buddy Batha 10:15AM – OPEN

Coffee Hour Set-Up/Bakers

June 2 – Jim & Eileen Sandt Baker – Delaney Porter June 9 – Bernie & Jackie Brinker Baker – Harry Erhardt June 16 – No Coffee Hour June 23 – Dean Jacoby Baker – Roxanne Rutt June 30 – Joe Free Baker – Rachelle Toth

Church Office Volunteers

June 7 – Kim Manieri June 14 – Linda Paynter June 21 – Jennie Schank June 28 – Gladys Wagner Girl Friday – Judy Kessler

Communion Bread June 2 – Marlene Weeast June 9 – Cindy Witkowski June 16 – Bev Reimer June 23 – Pat Voigt June 30 – Jean Temos

Bulletin Sponsors June 2 – Pr. Chris & Stephanie Druckenmmiller June 9 – OPEN June 16 – Debbie Cornman June 23 – OPEN June 30 – OPEN

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In service of cont’d

Communion Team June 2 8:00AM – Terry Albert, Randa Barabas, Kent & Christine Larsen 10:15AM – Erin Curtolo, Rachelle Toth, Bill Kessler, Dave Super June 9 8:00AM – Bernie & Jackie Brinker, John Fairall, Cindy Witkowski 10:15AM – Steph Druckenmiller, Karen Pysher, Dave & Ann Super June 16 9:00AM – Kathleen Campbell, Linda Heller, Ryan & Amy Rotzell June 23 8:00AM – Barb Hampton, Judy Houck, Debbie Weeast, Jim Sandt 10:15AM – Lynette Chaszar, Betty Ramaley, Rachelle Toth, Ryan Rotzell June 30 8:00AM – Patti Bickert, Roxanne Rutt, Fred Broadbent, Dean Pysher 10:15AM – Fran Eckert, Karin Gallagher, Leon & Linda Heller

Greeters June 2 8:00AM – Lewis & Bernice Ponnett 10:15AM – Matt Miller family June 9 8:00AM – Dean Pysher 10:15AM – Tim & Judy Mellert June 16 9:00AM – Leon & Linda Heller June 23 8:00AM – Patti Bickert 10:15AM – Fran Eckert & Linda Oswald June 30 8:00AM – Karl & Sheryl Sellers 10:15AM – John & Kathleen Campbell

Head Ushers

June 2 8:00AM – Marty Eichner 10:15AM – Jill Ott June 9 8:00AM – Blaine & Bev Reimer 10:15AM – Amy Rotzell June 16 9:00AM – Fran Eckert & Linda Paynter June 23 8:00AM – Blaine & Bev Reimer 10:15AM – Erin Curtolo June 30 8:00AM – Blaine & Bev Reimer 10:15AM – Leon & Linda Heller

Lectors June 2 8:00AM – Mary DeHaven 10:15AM – John Mann June 9 8:00AM – Marty Eichner 10:15AM – Linda Oswald June 16 9:00AM – Carol Free June 23 8:00AM – Blaine Reimer 10:15AM – Betty Ramaley June 30 8:00AM – Karl Sellers 10:15AM – Ryan Rotzell

Prayers of the Church June 2 8:00AM – Christine Larsen 10:15AM – Amy Rotzell June 9 8:00AM – Terry Toth 10:15AM – Jill Schreck June 16 9:00AM – Kerri Tollinger June 23 8:00AM – Debbie Weeast 10:15AM – Jordan Druckenmiller June 30 8:00AM – Joe & Randa Barabas 10:15AM – Jill Ott

Counting Team Audrey McAbee (captain)

Joanne Bortz, Kathleen Campbell

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AFTER - SCHOOL

CHILD CARE DIRECTOR

This state licensed program is located at St.

Peter's Lutheran Church in Plainfield Town-

ship, PA Students in grades K-6 are bused to the

church from schools in the Pen Argyl School

District after classes. Regular hours are from

2:00PM to 6:00PM. The latchkey program fol-

lows the Pen Argyl School District calendar

and is open for early dismissals, and is closed during

the summer.

Compensation:

Starting at $14-$16 an hour. There will be paid

hours given for shopping and preparation for daily

activities and general management.

Qualifications ( Must have attained one of the fol-

lowing): All degrees and credit hours must be in

early childhood ed., elementary ed., special ed,

human services or child development. See PA

code 3270.34

1. BA degree and 1 year of experience with children.

2. BA degree including 30 credit hours and 2 years of

experience with children.

3. An Associate's degree and 3 years of experience

with children.

4. An Associate's degree including 30 credit hours

and 4 years of experience with children.

If interested, send resume to: St. Peter's Latchkey

1422 Church Road, Pen Argyl, PA 18072

Dear LCW:

If there were a thousand

ways to say “Thank you,” I

would use them all to tell you

and the LCW Women how

much you all did to help make what I expected

to be a sad day into a most memorable one.

Peter would certainly have enjoyed it.

I want to thank you for the beautiful hand-made

cross you had made. It’s a beautiful momenta

and something I will cherish.

You and the LCW women did such an excellent

job in organizing and feeding the large group of

family and friends who came to the luncheon. I

marveled at the efficiency of the group working

together to make everything go smoothly.

In talking with the women after the luncheon, It

was apparent that your work, was a “labor of

love”.

We’ve often talk about “Love thy neighbor,” Help

one another,” “Do unto others, etc… the LCW

organization does that and more. It epitomizes

the work that we, as Christians, are supposed to

do.

Sincerely,

Rosalyn and Family

Dear LCW:

Thank you for your help with the luncheon for

the family of Fae Randall.

Joe & Linda Lakatos

Dear St. Peter’s Church Members:

Thank you so much for the pink cap that I

received. I wore it this winter to take my dog

out at night, It keeps my head warm, since I had

lost my hair.

Thank you again,

Paula

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The LCW will once again sponsor a special Father ’s Day Bulletin. This

special bulletin offers members and friends of the congregation the opportunity

to remember and honor the special men in their lives. The cost is $1 an entry.

(We reserve the right to make minor changes to entries in order that they

fit our established bulletin format.) The proceeds will be given to the Slater

Family Network of Bangor, which helps the needy families in the Slate Belt Area.

The deadline for all entries is Sunday, June 9.

To alleviate some of the problems we have encountered in recent years, we ask the following:

All entries must be written or printed. “Just put my entries in just as they were last year” will no

longer be accepted.

Payment must accompany all entries. Entries handed in without payment will not be printed.

1) Make all checks payable to St. Peter’s LCW; mail to 1422 Church Road, Pen Argyl, PA 18072

2) Entries and payment should be given to:

a) RuthAnn Vough

b) placed in the box on the table in the back of the church or in the mailbox in the Friendship

Room

Entries will no longer be accepted over the internet.

All questions concerning the Father’s Day Bulletin should be directed to RuthAnn Vough at 610.863.9357.

Contact name and phone number in case of any questions: ________________________________

CATEGORY

Father, Son, IN HONOR NAME OF PERSON PRESENTED

Grandfather OR TO BE HONORED BY

Brother, Uncle etc.. IN MEMORY OR REMEMBERED

# of entries ____________ Total Enclosed _________________

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CHURCH MUSIC SUNDAY –

JUNE 16, 2019 - 9 AM

The theme of Church Music Sunday this year is Music and Mission. St. Peter ’s Mission Statement begins with “We are called to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ through worship, education, service programs and activities with a commitment of time and talent.” Through music we will be celebrating St. Peter’s ministry of outreach to those in our congregation, in our community and throughout the world.

LOCAL MISSION

The people of St. Peter ’s reach out to our community through many social ministry pro-jects. Just a few examples of th is important ministry include making shawls and other handmade items, provid ing Advent and Lenten luncheons for nurs ing home res idents, co l lect ing food and c lo th ing for the needy , providing college scholarship money to our youth, and planting and harvesting crops for local food banks. We are grateful for the many members of St. Peter ’s who use their time and talents to reach out to those who need our help in our community.

GLOBAL MISSION

On Church Music Sunday our musicians will also offer music from countries around the world that

represent the ELCA “companion synods”. What are companion synods?

As a member of St Peter’s, you already walk with companions in our local church to help each oth-

er grow in faith and in service to God and others. Our relationships with our companion synods do

the same thing at a much larger level. As part of a global Lutheran community, we gratefully re-

ceive the witness of global brothers and sisters whose faith, hospitality, resilience and zeal ener-

gize us in our own congregations. In response, we share our gifts and talents to address the root

causes of poverty, hunger and human need, fight malaria, HIV and AIDS, build communities that

coexist in peace, and prepare women and men to preach the good news of Jesus Christ throughout

the world.

One of the ways that we support our global companions is through the Good Gifts program. This

program looks to provide tangible, long-term gifts that will change individual lives and whole com-

munities by providing animals, plants and seeds, farming equipment, health education and immun-

izations, clean drinking water and education to sustain these things. This is not a short-term hand-

out, but a program that makes lasting changes.

As a part of our Music and Mission Sunday, you will be given the opportunity to contribute to a

Good Gifts mission of your choice. We hope you will set aside this day and time to join with others

in this congregation to acknowledge our own social ministry mission and to accept the challenge to

touch the lives of those in need around the world through the Good Gifts mission.

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Among the items that are appropriate for the column are announcements of births, deaths, engagements, marriages, milestone birthdays and anniversaries, interesting vacations, promo-tions, awards and relocations out of the area. If you have an item you would like included in the July 2019 edition of the newsletter, please return the form below to the church office or place it in the collection plate. Name:________________________________

Address:______________________________

_____________________________________

Phone: ______________________________

I would like to recognize the following:

(Include date, if relevant.) ________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

Attention All Fathers!

Our special Father's Day service

is on Sunday, June 16 at

9:00am. The Worship & Music

Committee will continue the

tradition of raffling off handmade wooden

boxes to four (4) lucky fathers! It's easy to

win... as you enter the church, be sure pick up

your raffle ticket from the greeters. During the

service, a member of the Worship and Music

committee will pull four raffle tickets and if

your number matches, you win!

Remember, there is only one service at 9:00am

on June 16, so you will have 4 chances to win!

SPORTSMANSHIP AT THE

HIGHEST LEVEL!!!

Eric Lobb, son of Chris and Diane Lobb, recently demonstrated

sportsmanship, selflessness, and integrity at the highest level. Eric, a senior at Pen Argyl High School and member at St. Peter ’s, competed in the District 11 track and field championship on May 15; he competed in both the 110 and 300-meter hurdles. In the 300-meter hurdles, with one final hurdle to cross, Eric was in 2

nd place—that was until the

boy running in 1st fell over the final hurdle.

Eric won the race. However, at the postrace ceremony, Eric gave his gold medal to the 2

nd place finisher; he swapped his gold

for a silver. Eric’s time qualified him to advance to the PIAA state championships. Eric commented after the race, “It’s not all about winning for me. It’s more about the experience and what you can take from this moving forward.” The Lobb family is, I’m sure, very proud of Eric’s selfless gesture as are the members of St. Peter ’s.

This young man ’s character should “pay forward” to a very successful future.

Lynette Chaszar and Tammy Lawson

on the death of their mother,

Fae Randall who passed away

on April 15.

Rosalyn Pennington on the death of her

husband, Peter who passed away April 16.

New Pictorial

Directory...

From June 19th - June 22nd

we are partnering with Lifetouch to

take pictures for our new pictorial

directory. You can call the church office to

schedule an appointment, on Sunday Mornings

between services, or sign up on-line at:

https://booknow-lifetouch.appointment-plus.com/

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Classes are now in R E C E S S for summer!

Thank you for an amazing year of growing in God’s grace. We would not have a successful program without support from our parents and congregation!

Special Thanks to our dedicated Staff: Amanda Taylor, Melissa Hahn, Melissa Koehler, Jessica Batha, Tara Faulkner, Abigail Faulkner, Amy Rotzell and Jeannie Bower

June 9th 10:15: Confirmation: The Affirmation of Baptism Geraniums will be on sale for purchase and to sponsor for our Confirmands Please see order form

Congratulations to the 2019 Confirmation Class!

Camron Dear, Bethany Druckenmiller, Paige Edelman, Aryn Gipp,

Jake Guthrie, Holly Larsen, Griffin Porter, Alex Predmore, Robert Tollinger, Emma Toth and Jacob Wolf

May God continue to bless and guide you!

Fire and Fellowship Camp Out: July 6th

Bring out your tents and your family for a night of grilling, chilling and fellowship. Please see form for more details!

THANK YOU to everyone who bought Begonias at our Mother’s Day Sale. We raised over $150 for the Youth Fund!

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: Sunday, July 7—11

St. Peter’s is blasting off to Mars and Beyond this year at VBS! Open to children ages 3 through 6th grade (completed)

Planning meeting: Tuesday 5/28 at Detzi’s Tavern

-If you’re interested, in helping, please RSVP to Erin by Sunday 5/26

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Inside this Issue

Pastor’s Message Page 1

Scholarship/Treas. Report Page 2

Calendar of Events Page 3

Birthday Calendar Page 4

Participant Listing Page 5

Participant Listing Page 6

Thank You’s Page 7

Father’s Day Bulletins Page 8

Church Music Sunday Page 9

Grapevine Page 10

Youth Page Page 11