Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church
Announcements
Holy Cross Sunday
September 14 - 20, 2025
Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 40:1-11, 13; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 12:20-33
Divine Service at 10:30 AM
Setting Two, Lutheran Service Book p. 167
Streaming of the service begins at 10:15 AM
Adult Bible Study - Rally Day September 7 at 9:15 a.m.
Attendance last Sunday August 31, was 54
We NEED VOLUNTEERS on Saturday September 20 !!!! Of course you know you are coming; BUT Sharon needs to know THE TIME you will ARRIVE in order to place you where most needed/ useful. Any time you could give would be much appreciated.
It is a day to showcase our Church community – we need our congregation to show up!
Sharon Weaver (weaver.sharon@verizon.net 302.494-6837)
FOR the RUN/Walk (9 - 11:30 am) we NEED AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME: set up help/ take down help/ water station attendants / walk/run course direction givers/ parking lot directors / RUNNERS / WALKERS
-Set UP
-Take Down
-Water station attendants
-Walk/Run course direction givers
-Parking lot directors
-RUNNERS
-WALKER
FOR OKTOBERFEST (11:30- 2 PM) We Need an hour of your time to help with
-Baked goods donated on day of event can be purchased and brought to church by as early as September 13th sauerkraut makers/ kitchen help
-Folks to dish out potato salad/ saurkraut / brats/ dogs etc
-Craft and Activities monitor
-Concordia friendly faces to mingle and share spirit
-2 attendants for first aid station
Sign up to Run/Walk before the race and get your donation in!
Donate here: lcsde.org
Lutheran High School Northwest has asked us to house them for their concert here on Friday, November 14. They will have a concert here that night, too. They will have sleeping bags. They have 45 students and 4 adults. Students are in groups of 4 by can be split in half. Look for a SignUp Genius page to come!
SUNDAY Snacks and Coffee - Thanks to all those who signed up to bring snacks. Please contact Lilly if you have questions or would like to help clean up. OR, you could just lend a hand.
September 7 - Rally Day & POTLUCK !!
September 14 -
September 21 -
September 28 -
October - 4
Altar flowers: If you wish to provide flowers to celebrate or remember someone or something, please sign up on the Calendar outside the library. A donation of $20 is suggested for each bouquet and should be designated to be used for 'Flowers'.
Regarding the Sacrament of the Altar, Luther writes in his Large Catechism:
[23] Therefore, it is appropriately called food of the soul, for it nourishes and strengthens the new creature. For in the first instance, we are born anew through baptism. However, our human flesh and blood, as I have said, have not lost their old skin. There are so many hindrances and attacks of the devil and the world that we often grow weary and faint and at times even stumble. [24] Therefore the Lord’s Supper is given as a daily food and sustenance so that our faith may be refreshed and strengthened and that it may not succumb in the struggle but become stronger and stronger. [25] For the new life should be one that continually develops and progresses. [26] But it has to suffer a great deal of opposition. The devil is a furious enemy; when he sees that we resist him and attack the old creature, and when he cannot rout us by force, he sneaks and skulks about at every turn, trying all kinds of tricks, and does not stop until he has finally worn us out so that we either renounce our faith or lose heart and become indifferent or impatient. [27] For times like these, when our heart feels too sorely pressed, this comfort of the Lord’s Supper is given to bring us new strength and refreshment.
Robert Kolb, Timothy J. Wengert, and Charles P. Arand, The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2000), 469.
✛THIS WEEK and EVERY WEEK+
Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. If you are a parent, God calls you to teach your children the way of Jesus.
Adult Bible Study - Sunday September 14 in the Mueller Room at 9:15 a.m. We will be studying the Apostle Paul's letter to the Roman Christians–Romans.
CHOIR & BELL practice - September 14 at 8:15 AM with openings for all voices and bell ringers.
Tuesday - Bible Study is now studying 1 Corinthians. We meet at 1 PM in the Mueller room at church.
Wednesday - Handmade Prayers (Prayer Shawl Ministry) meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 10 AM in Mueller Library (October 8). We welcome everyone. This is a working meeting so please bring you yarn projects with you. If you know someone that is in need of a gift from us, please let us know.
Thursday - Men's Bible Breakfast (MBB) meets on Thursday mornings at 8 AM via zoom. The format is discussion of the Lectionary readings for the upcoming Sunday. For more information email Dan Good.
✛FELLOWSHIP✛
PLAYGROUND FUN – Please join us EVERY Sunday after service (weather permitting) at the playground. Children should be accompanied by an adult. This gives us another fellowship experience as the adults chit chat and the children enjoy the playground equipment.
Water ice will be provided as an additional snack. Come one, come all - from children to adults. Alleluia!!!
SUNDAY STROLLERS - Sunday Strollers will meet after church (September 28th) for a stroll around Bonsall Park. Please bring your sneakers and enjoy our time together - of course weather permitting. Come on out and enjoy the Concordia Fellowship.
+EDUCATION+
Lutheran Talk and Music App - You can listen to Lutheran talk and music 24/7, anytime, anywhere with the free Lutheran Public Radio app. You can download for your cell phone at the App Store, Google Play or at issuesetc.org, or go to their mobilized websites: issuesetc.org and lutheranpublicradio.org.
Checkout the podcast Tangible, too. Scholarly insight on a variety of issues that make faith real–tangible. Search for it on your podcast app.
✛SERVICE✛
EMMANUEL DINING ROOM
Faithful Servants,
In Luke 4:18, Jesus says, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the Good News to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted.” The poor and brokenhearted were Jesus’s target audience. Acting in Jesus’s name, should they not be our target audience too?
On August 27th, Concordia Lutheran Church had the privilege of serving 168 poor and hungry men, women, and children of Wilmington at Emmanuel Dining Room.
While making your casseroles and brownies, might we suggest offering a prayer that on the 27th of each month, while we are filling those hungry bodies, Jesus is filling their hungry souls.
Special thanks to all the cooks and bakers and to Rosemary Stormer and Kathee Butler for helping in the Dining Room. As always, your compassion and generosity is greatly appreciated. George and Dale
OGT - We meet Wednesdays 10:00 a.m.– 2:30 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m. to sort and pack donations for shipping. Our location is the warehouse next to the Dansko outlet: 8 Federal Rd, West Grove, PA, 19390. Read all about OGT on the bulletin board by the library, or visit our webpage for hours of operation, the latest updates, and to review the full list of materials our recipients need most. Donated items may be placed in the closet in All Saints' Hall (to the right as you enter the room). Hard to imagine how exciting it is for those who receive our 'throw aways / I don't need this anymore' possessions – we are so blessed! If you have questions please contact Tom Fuesler or Carla Niesen.
OGT NEWS Updates - Go to the SERVICE tab at the top and click on Orphan Grain Train.
Meals on Wheels - Serving our community meals during the last full week of each month (Sept. 22-28, 2025). The time commitment is usually 1 1/2 hrs. (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM). Please contact Susan Fuesler or email the office at info@concordiade.com. Meals are picked up at Silverside Church with directions for delivery route. Please consider volunteering; you will bless others and be greatly blessed as well!
✛STEWARDSHIP✛
Time. Talent. Treasure.
Offerings – Please help the counters: by writing your name on your envelope or attaching an address label.
Let us thank Jesus that He continues to provide for us! Please consider giving your offerings through your bank or your credit card. Questions related to financial giving can be addressed to financialsec@concordiade.com .