Let us come together in song & prayer this weekend!!
Come to any one of our three worship services!
- Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
- Sunday, 8:15 a.m.; livestreamed each week
- Sunday School for all ages at 9:30 a.m.
- Sunday, 10:45 a.m.
- All services celebrate Holy Communion
- All are Welcome!
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Limited quantities of large print bulletins
will be available on the Welcome Table for worship services.
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Join us through the end of October for our Season of Creation liturgy and messages! All components: hymns, liturgy and prayer responses will be included in the bulletin, and hymnals will not be necessary.
We hope you are excited to experience these next two months rejoicing in God's creation and reflecting on the bounties which He has given us.
Each week will have a unique theme and artwork by Geoffrey Thulin emphasizing the theme.
Season of Creation, Week Four
Ocean
Message by Pastor Clif Suehr
Geoffrey Thulin,
Impossible Wave (Bluefin Wave)
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St. James Season of Creation
Benefit Concert: Songs to Heal a Weary Time
THIS Sunday, September 25 at 4:00 p.m.
In the Season of Creation, we are reminded that freedom comes with responsibilities, to one another and to the natural world that sustains us. We don’t stand alone but are members of a community. We take but we must also give back to the people and natural systems upon which we depend.
On Sunday, September 25, Will Lane will present a program of original songs, entitled Songs to Heal a Weary Time, celebrating community and our connections with each other and the Earth.
A freewill offering will be collected to benefit the Gettysburg Green Gathering Scholarship Fund in support of environmental education.
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Join the Miracle Workers for Movie Nights and Lunch in September!
All are Welcome to attend!
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We had a great turn out for the Fall Festival last Sunday, including many adorable pets for the blessing! The kids had a fun time with the games, the music by Sharon Kaya and Ernie Kranias is always enjoyable, and the food and fellowship was a great way to enter into fall.
Many thanks to the helpful hands during set-up and tear down, and for the many hands who prepared and coordinated the food.
We hope you'll make it to next year's Fall Festival & Blessing of the Animals!
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As part of the Season of Creation, a Planting of the Trees event is planned for Saturday, October 15 from 9 a.m. to noon. You can sign up in the Gathering Area beginning October 1 or email Kay MacDowell at joekaym65@gmail.com. More details will follow. (Photos from 2017 Earth Day Tree Planting)
Join in and help celebrate creation!
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Dinner Group Sign-Ups
Each fall, groups of folks from St. James look forward to fellowship together. Small dinner parties are organized throughout the year. It is a wonderful opportunity to get to know a group of St. James folks. You are welcome to include others in the dinner, even if they don't attend worship. Please sign-up at the Welcome Table, or see a member of the Evangelism Committee with questions.
- Assignments of 6-8 people per Dinner Group
- Dine in each other's homes
- Hosting dinner is not a prerequisite
- Host provides entrée; guests provide side dish or dessert
- Transportation can be arranged
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Gettysburg Community Concert Association has invited Sophie Shao to come to Gettysburg, and perform at St. James Lutheran Church.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
$20 admission, or membership to GCCA
Cellist Sophie Shao, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions, is a versatile and passionate artist whose performances the New York Times has noted as “eloquent, powerful” and the Washington Post called “deeply satisfying.”
Learn more about the cello performance.
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Mark your Calendar: Apple Gleaning on Sunday. October 2 at Adams County Nursery in Aspers.
All apples collected will be donated to SCCAP, New Hope Ministries, Adams Rescue Mission, Seminary, John's Meals Arendtsville, and St. James Early Learning Center.
Join us in this wonderful fall tradition and help feed the hungry!
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We've added a bunch of church events to our website. Check them out and add them to your calendar! Invite your friends to attend!
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We're looking forward to our Annual Halloween Open House set for Tuesday, October 25. This year we plan to have our games and activities in the church. Jonathan will also be be playing some un-earthly organ music too.
This is an excellent evangelism event, as we intentionally plan it to coincide with the Gettysburg Halloween Parade. But the staff can't coordinate it alone. We need your help! If you are able to help plan, organize and procure supplies for crafts, games, and snacks, we would really appreciate your help!
Please see Pastor Andrew or Katy if you can lend a hand in the preparation!
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Youth News
Check out our Youth Page.
WEDNESDAYS
Middle & High School Breakfast (6:45 a.m. at the Youth House)
K-5 Youth Group (3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
SUNDAYS
Middle Youth Group (5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the Youth House)
Dinner for MS & HS Youth (6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Youth House)
High School Youth Group (6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Youth House)
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Come join us on Monday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 18 from 9:30 a.m. until noon. Let’s get these quilts ready to send to the Lutheran Disaster Relief and Recovery Quilt Mission.
If you can tie your shoes, you can KNOT a quilt!
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Weekly Bible Study with Pastor Andrew resumes, Thursday, September, 15. In-person.
All are Welcome!
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Call Committee
Yes, the Call Committee is still writing the Ministry Site Profile. This form is 10 pages long before we even put anything down! We have completed a number of the sections which require carefully described responses. We return often to the data we collected from your input in the survey and Listening Sessions to inform our thoughts and answers. Thanks for your continued patience with us as we carry on this work. We hope to complete the document early in October. Following will be a joint meeting of our Congregation Council, the Call Committee and the Assistant to the Bishop, the Rev. Beth Martini, who is working with us to review the entire MSP. We will certainly share it with you once it is finished.
Here is an excerpt of a section we’ve completed:
Energy: What is your congregation or organization really excited about right now?
Our welcome statement, open arms for all who worship, is embraced by a caring congregation. Our church continues to make strides in Reconciling in Christ, and not only encouraging, but earnestly seeking the growth of diversity in our membership.
Our attention to Stewardship and Creation Care, as we teach and share our spiritual responsibility to care for our world, is an ongoing focus. Members are encouraged to consider the ecological impact we are having on the world God has created for us. Creation is the focus of worship for the months of September and October. The Creation Care Task Force challenged the congregation to take part in the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, adding to the goal of planting 10 million native trees and shrubs in Pennsylvania by 2025. The Task force challenged the congregation to plant 250 trees. Approximately 325 have been ordered by congregation members and are being planted.
We are blessed with an energetic and, more importantly, harmonious staff, each of whom approaches their responsibilities with a special love and caring for faith and for our members. |
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Group Tickets for Soweto Gospel Choir at the Majestic Theater
Monday, November 21, 7:30 p.m.
The Soweto Gospel Choir is coming to Gettysburg at the Majestic.
Jonathan is coordinating group reservations to see this performance. Please contact him (jnoel@stjamesgettysburg.org or 717-334-2012 x 207) by Thursday, October 20 to secure your group seating.
Seats will be $41 (discounted $5 per ticket)
Youth are free (expenses will be covered by the church and a generous donor)
Group seating is in the balcony, section B
Learn more about the Soweto Gospel Choir at the Majestic.
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Operation Christmas Child
For the month of September we are collecting toys to fill the Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes:
- Toy cars, Yo-yos, Jump ropes
- Small dolls and play jewelry
- Deflated soccer balls with pumps
- Small sets of building blocks
- Small flashlights with extra batteries
- Children's socks, watches and sunglasses
Donations can be placed in the plastic tub outside the church office.
Remember, items will need to fit in a regular sized shoebox, and are for children ages 2 - 9 years old.
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Pastor Andrew would like to meet with as many households of the congregation as possible. He has prepared a questionnaire to facilitate your discussion. Please complete the questionnaire and then Pastor Andrew will be in touch with you to arrange a time to meet. The meeting usually lasts about 45 minutes.
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