Midweek: Thursday, July 7th, 2022

 

Midweek 7/7/22


IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Your Contact Information
  • Birthdays & Anniversaries
  • Thank you!
  • Prayers for our FPC family
  • Worship Planning Team
  • Church Website Renovation
  • PPM: Class Resumes
  • Our Lantern

“. . . that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.” Romans 1:12





Your contact information: Contact information continues to come in. Good job everyone and thank you!





“Happy Birthday to you! We celebrate with you! Please know that we love you, and God loves you too!” Happy birthday to: Julia Thorn 7/10, Neal Crouse 7/11, Ella Boll 7/13.




Thank you! Gretel sends a warm thank you to all of you for your prayers and support during her time out of the office. It is a pleasure to work where one is welcomed and appreciated. Gretel’s hours will return to normal next week: M-F 9am -1pm. Church office: 765-482-5959. Email for Gretel: gretel@lebanonfpc.org .


Prayers for our FPC family are welcome and needed at this time. Please keep Byron Loveless’s family in your prayers. (He is Eric Goodnight’s father in law.) He passed away July 6th. Please keep John Reed’s family in your prayers. He passed away earlier this week. He was Donna Bevington’s brother. The service will be Monday, July 11th, at 2pm at Northminster Presbyterian. Visitation is one hour prior to service. Please pray for Craig Reynolds. He is in critical condition in the hospital.


Worship Planning Team: There is a worship planning team forming, to contribute ideas and suggestions to improve the worship experience for everyone at FPC. Interested in joining the group? Contact Pastor Je, je@lebanonfpc.org or Lisa Hutcheson, lisahutcheson@yahoo.com.


Church Website Renovation: Pastor Je would like to improve and renovate the church website. Pastor Je would appreciate any opinions, suggestions, and help you can offer. Contact Pastor Je, je@lebanonfpc.org, or Neal Crouse, neal@lebanonfpc.org, to join the group.


PPM: Class Resumes on July 11th. Their break will come to a close this week, but renovations have been ongoing in their absence. Skilled workers are adding needed updates and beautifications to the building. We appreciate your patience and their hard work during this time.


Our Lantern: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105)
Fog obscures the path, hides the day,
Confuses the senses . . . Where is the way?
The lamp shines bright and I can see,
Thy Word is a lamp to me.

Dark night falls and repeats a refrain
Of building despair . . . Can hope remain?
The lamp shines bright and I can see,
Thy Word is a lamp to me.

Twisting, turning, up and down,
The trail through the wilderness winds around;
Mountain high or valley low, how will I know where to go?
The lamp shines bright and I can see,
Thy Word is a lamp to me.

Through dense fog or dark of night
May it shine long and shine bright.
From mountain high or valley low,
May it show us where we are to go,
Fill us with hope when hope seems dim,
Point us towards the source of life within.
May the lantern of the Lord our God light our way,
Today and always.
Amen.


Interested in joining the prayer chain? Contact Phyllis Duff at (765)482-1485/ raduff2@att.net.




Heavenly Father, We thank You for Your presence in our lives, Your attentive ear to our prayers, and the provision You provide. We praise You for Your sovereignty, Your Power, and Your holiness. We worship You in the light of Your grace and Your eternal love. We bring to You both heavy hearts of grief and hearts filled with joy and mirth. We lift to You our concerns and trust You to do what is best in each and every circumstance.

(Following portion is from Hymn #469 in Glory to God Presbyterian Hymnal.)
Lord, listen to Your children praying.
Lord, send your Spirit in this place.
Lord, listen to your children praying.
Send us love;
Send us power;
Send us grace.

In Jesus’s precious name we pray, Amen.

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