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CHURCH CALENDAR
See Divinity's Monthly Digest and Sunday Bulletins for Details Meetings --
Reminder: Remember our Saturday evening traditional worship with Holy Communion at 5:30 p.m. in the chapel. Pastor Doug's sermon - now online! Weekly Sermon on www.divinitylutheran.com hyperlink Outreach. Adult Forum will meet meet this Sunday. Pastor Doug will be leading the discussion. Church Photo Directories are in and ready for pick-up. If you had your picture made, or submitted a picture for our directory please see Marti Stephan following our services of worship this weekend. You will need to sign for your directory. Last Sunday the Divinity Youth Group went to Redeemer Crisis Center to help serve food to the hungry. Michael Bemer, Danny Kilkenny, Matthew Smith, Mrs. Jeanne Bemer, and Youth Director Tim Kilkenny helped replace a gutter pipe, pack food baskets, and much more during the afternoon at Redeemer. Before you leave today, be sure to see the pictures from our trip, out in the narthex. Thanks to everyone involved, you were a real blessing to all those at Redeemer. Vatican Splendors Exhibit - View almost 200 works of art and historically significant objects, many of which have never left the Vatican. The exhibit is organized into four thematic sections that illustrate the evolution of the Church and its papacy beginning with St. Peter through the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI, with special emphasis on the founding 500 years ago of the Renaissance St. Peter’s Basilica, the Papal Swiss Guard and the Vatican Museums. Be transported to the Vatican, from the underground catacombs where the remains of St. Peter were discovered to the magnificent papal chambers. From the sights and sounds of the grand Basilica to a touchable cast of John Paul II"s hand. Experience 2,000 years of Vatican art and history. Visit the Vatican Splendors Exhibit with Divinity on Sunday, August 17. We will leave the church parking lot at 1 p.m. Tickets are $17 for adults/seniors; $14 for children; $4 for audio. Tickets will be on sale in the narthex July 20 and 27. If you have any questions please see Erik Schumacher (440) 842-6095. Twiggs-Havel Library extends gratitude to the following generous donors for their support of the library: Carol and George Retsch-Bogart, in honor of Olga Retsch on Mother’s Day; Mildred Teutschlander, in memory of dear friend, Arlo Hesterman; Pastor Don Hesterman, in memory of Don Banks; Lynn Fix in honor of Pastor Don Hesterman; Richard and Olga Retsch, in memory of Lillian Baumgartner. The Via de Cristo Community regrets to announce that the two weekends in Avon this summer have been canceled. The Men’s weekend was scheduled for July 18-20, and the Women’s weekend was to be July 24-28. Via de Cristo Ultreya - Our next Ultreya will be celebrated in a picnic environment in our courtyard. It is scheduled for Sunday, August 3 at 3:30 p.m. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be provided but please bring a side dish to share during our fellowship time. (In the chapel if it rains). Northeastern Ohio Synodical Women’s organization will host "A Woman’s Day Away to Rest and Renew My Soul" retreat on Saturday, September 6 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Ashland, Ohio from 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. We will charge $13.50 per person instead of $18. Please make checks payable to DLCW and give it to Marilyn Sesock with a filled out registration form by August 10. Registration forms are posted on the Women’s Board by the choir room. We will car-pool to Ashland. For more information call Mary Ann Filipow at (440) 845-6428. The events for the day are listed on the registration form. All women of Divinity are invited to participate. It’s almost time for school and the Women of the Church will be collecting school supplies and soap for Lutheran World Relief during the months of August and September. Items for school kits are: spiral notebooks, ruled paper - 8 ½ X 11" - 150-200 sheets, blunt scissors, ruler 30 centimeters or ruler with both centimeter and inches, pencil sharpener, #2 pencils, 2 ½ inch erasers, colored construction paper, 16-24 crayons. Soap must be bath size and in original wrapper. If you are unable to shop but would like to make a monetary donation, you may make a check out or give cash to DLCW and mark your envelope school supplies and place in the offering plate. We will purchase items to complete kits. Thrivent Financial will be offering two workshops to help understand the recent changes to the Medicaid program rules, transferring assets, and the impact of the "Own Your Future" letter being sent out by Gov. Strickland. The workshops will be held at Royal Redeemer Church, 11680 Royalton Road on Tuesday, August 12 and Tuesday, October 14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Please RSVP to 440-954-4157, when making reservations please give the date you plan to attend and the number of reservations that you need. The Lutheran Chaplaincy Service Annual Theatre Benefit will be held Sunday, August 17, 2008 at the Huntington Playhouse at the Metro Parks in Bay Village. The presentation this year will be Some Enchanted Evening, the Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Curtain time is 2 p.m., with an Old Fashion Ice Cream Social immediately following the performance. Ticket donation is $17. To reserve your tickets now, please call the LCS office at 216-737-0800 ext. 201 or 202. Or call Ed Kahl at 440-238-3857. This event is sponsored by area Thrivent Chapters. Do you check expiration dates on canned goods and food items? Before we pack food baskets we check for the expiration date so we don’t give food items to families that have already expired. If they have expired we throw the food away. As grateful as we are for food you bring in please do not bring in food that has expired. We cannot use it and it must be discarded. From March through June we received about 20 items of food that had expired, some as far back as 2005! Please check your food items before bringing them in. Thanks again to everyone who faithfully remembers their neighbor in need on a regular basis and helps us feed families. Electronic Giving - Open your heart without opening your checkbook. There are several reasons to sign up for Electronic Giving: No need to write checks or bring cash to church; peace-of-mind knowing that the church is receiving your contribution even if you are unable to attend; more secure than checks; all contributions are recorded for you on your bank statement with date of settlement; it costs you nothing. If you sign up and later find you don’t like it, you can cancel your authorization by notifying the church at any time. If you have any questions or need an authorization form please contact Larry Jones in the church office. Sherwin Williams sponsors "Neighbor to Neighbor" Program. Divinity Lutheran Church is now enrolled in this program. Every time you use your "Neighbor to Neighbor" card, Divinity will receive a cash back award. Flyers are available on the tables in the narthex and parlor area. Parma Senior Center offers Meals for the Homebound - Is there someone you know who is homebound? Someone who needs assistance with meals? The Parma Senior Center offers three types of home-delivered meal programs to accommodate local older adults of all income levels. Hospital meals - through Parma Community General Hospital - are available to those with special dietary needs and restrictions. Program participants receive two meals per day - lunch and dinner. The program is limited to 70 participants. Cost is $35 per week. Community Meals - offered through the Parma Senior Center and the Western Reserve Office on Aging - provides one hot meal per day. This program is limited to 60-80 participants. Cost is $25 per week. Costs for both the above programs can not be waived. Home-Delivered Meals - offered through the Parma Senior Center and the Western Reserve Office on Aging - provides one hot meal a day for a suggested donation of $3 per day. Meals are for those who are homebound and cannot cook for themselves. When the programs are full, interested participants names’ are placed on a waiting list. Additionally, the Parma Senior Center offers a wide array of programs for older adults, including the Home Energy Assistance Program, a Benefits Check-up, working in conjunction with the Department of Senior and Adult Services, wellness programs, including a variety of health screenings, crafts, line dancing, travel, monthly parties, dances and entertainment. For more information, call (440) 885-8800, or visit us online at www.buckeyeweb.com/parmasc. Attention - if you have tapes of our worship services at home and are through with them, please return them to the church. They will be erased and used again. Nursery Services are available for all children ages 6 and under during 9 and 11 am worship. Love One Another Sunday - Remember the first Sunday of every month is "Love One Another Sunday." Please bring a food item and place it in the green bins. The food pantry if always in need of non-perishable food items as well as paper towels, toilet paper, Kleenex, and soap products. Please remember your brothers and sisters in need when you grocery shop this week.
Christ in Our Home - quarterly devotional available on the tables in the narthex. Grace Matters is the weekly 30 minute radio program of the ELCA. The program is currently heard on 175 radio stations in the U.S. Grace Matters can be heard locally on Station WHK, 1420 AM at 7:30 a.m. on Sundays.
Did you know that you can recycle newspaper, magazines, shopping catalogs, office and school papers and mail 24 hours/7days a week here at Divinity? Did you also know that we earn money for paper dropped off at our green and yellow "Paper Retriever" bin? This is an easy way for you to recycle your paper and help our general operating budget. Please remember to bring your paper and drop it in the "Paper Retriever". Blood Pressure Screening - Free blood pressure screenings are offered the second Sunday of each month. The screenings take place in the Small Conference Room from 10 - 11 a.m. Did you know that our worship services are taped? If you know of anyone that would like to receive copies please let the church office know. Federal law greatly restricts the disclosure of patient information by hospitals. As a result, the pastor and church office may not know that a member has been admitted to the hospital. If you are hospitalized it is important for you or a family member or friend to inform the pastor and church office. You may call 440-845-2060 to reach pastor and the church office. Remember that you cannot depend on the hospital to call the church office or pastor anymore. M!PS is: Celebrating Motherhood - Meeting needs - Making connections and experiencing God’s love through relationships and resources. M!PS meet monthly at Divinity on the 4th Tuesday beginning in September through May at 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. For information on the meetings call Michielle, 440-842-7510. Worship Assistants - July 2008 Sunday, July 6, 2008 - Eight Sunday after
Pentecost 11:00 a.m. Sunday, July 13, 2008 - Ninth Sunday after
Pentecost 11:00 a.m. Sunday, July 20, 2008 - Tenth Sunday after
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