PARISH LIFE
Announcements for the Week of December 8th AD 2024
PARISH WORSHIP SCHEDULE
October ~ December 2024
8:15am @ Greenville Evang Lutheran
9:45am @ St John's Lutheran
11:15am @ Christ Lutheran
Mid-week Advent Vespers
Wednesday, December 11th @ 6:00pm
at St John's Lutheran
Parish Bible Study - 6:00pm @ St John's Lutheran -
will resume on January 8th, 2025
October ~ December 2024
8:15am @ Greenville Evang Lutheran
9:45am @ St John's Lutheran
11:15am @ Christ Lutheran
Mid-week Advent Vespers
Wednesday, December 11th @ 6:00pm
at St John's Lutheran
Parish Bible Study - 6:00pm @ St John's Lutheran -
will resume on January 8th, 2025
Sacred Grounds gathering
Saturday, December 14th, 2024 - 8:00am @ GI Dayroom
(309 Main Street, Meyersdale PA)
IGNITE Youth Retreat @ Camp Sequanota
This retreat is for youth in grades 2 ~ 8 and will be held at Camp Sequanota
January 25th (11:00am) ~ 26th, 2025 (1:30pm)
Cost is: $50 per participant
Snow, fun, faith, and friends are the major themes for this overnight retreat. Scholarship are available. Please register online at https://sequanota.com/events/descriptions/
Saturday, December 14th, 2024 - 8:00am @ GI Dayroom
(309 Main Street, Meyersdale PA)
IGNITE Youth Retreat @ Camp Sequanota
This retreat is for youth in grades 2 ~ 8 and will be held at Camp Sequanota
January 25th (11:00am) ~ 26th, 2025 (1:30pm)
Cost is: $50 per participant
Snow, fun, faith, and friends are the major themes for this overnight retreat. Scholarship are available. Please register online at https://sequanota.com/events/descriptions/
PARISH DISCERNMENT SURVEY - FOCUS III
Forms for responses / notes related to Focus III of the Parish Discernment Survey
are being distributed. You are invited to use the printed survey to draft and provide responses and/or notes to the focus questions; and/or you may choose to engage in conversation during the scheduled congregational meetings.
Please return the Focus III Survey form to a Council member
or Pastor Tyler by December 15th, 2024.
Forms for responses / notes related to Focus III of the Parish Discernment Survey
are being distributed. You are invited to use the printed survey to draft and provide responses and/or notes to the focus questions; and/or you may choose to engage in conversation during the scheduled congregational meetings.
Please return the Focus III Survey form to a Council member
or Pastor Tyler by December 15th, 2024.
Parish Mass w/ Meal & Fellowship following
Sunday, December 29th - 9:45am @ St John's Lutheran
Please sign up in the Narthex and plan to bring a covered dish to share!
Proposed Parish Bus Trip to
Sight and Sound: Noah - June 7th, 2025
Are you interested in journeying together to the Sight and Sound theatre
in Lancaster, PA to see the production of Noah?
As the Parish determines the feasibility of this trip, we are inviting you
to express your interest by signing up.
*This does not equate to a commitment.*
Additional information will be forthcoming, so please sign up ASAP.
Sunday, December 29th - 9:45am @ St John's Lutheran
Please sign up in the Narthex and plan to bring a covered dish to share!
Proposed Parish Bus Trip to
Sight and Sound: Noah - June 7th, 2025
Are you interested in journeying together to the Sight and Sound theatre
in Lancaster, PA to see the production of Noah?
As the Parish determines the feasibility of this trip, we are inviting you
to express your interest by signing up.
*This does not equate to a commitment.*
Additional information will be forthcoming, so please sign up ASAP.
Backpack Food Program Volunteers - As the 2024/2025 academic year begins, you are invited
to volunteer with the ministry of the Backpack Food Program, which provides food during weekends
and holidays for students of the Salisbury-Elk Lick School District.
Volunteers help to pack and deliver the food to school from St John's Lutheran Church.
Please contact the Parish Office or Pastor Tyler to volunteer or for additional information.
to volunteer with the ministry of the Backpack Food Program, which provides food during weekends
and holidays for students of the Salisbury-Elk Lick School District.
Volunteers help to pack and deliver the food to school from St John's Lutheran Church.
Please contact the Parish Office or Pastor Tyler to volunteer or for additional information.
Keystone Family Alliance Ministry Partnership
This partnership of the Parish serves to support local foster and adoptive families through a variety of means.
Please contact the Parish Office or Pastor Tyler to volunteer and with any questions or concerns.
CURRENT NEED: Volunteers to provide (1) meal weekly for a Foster family
COMMUNITY NEEDS: A list of needs is posted on the bulletin board in the Narthex / vestibule;
Please contact Pastor Tyler if you are able to fill a need.
This partnership of the Parish serves to support local foster and adoptive families through a variety of means.
Please contact the Parish Office or Pastor Tyler to volunteer and with any questions or concerns.
CURRENT NEED: Volunteers to provide (1) meal weekly for a Foster family
COMMUNITY NEEDS: A list of needs is posted on the bulletin board in the Narthex / vestibule;
Please contact Pastor Tyler if you are able to fill a need.
Did you know? The Salisbury Lutheran Parish sends weekly bulletins to our brothers and sisters who are home-bound and/or unable to attend weekly Sunday worship. You're invited to support this ministry through a financial contribution to assist with the costs of postage and mailing supplies. Contributions may be placed in the offering plate using a separate envelope marked "Wkly Bulletin Support." Please contact the Parish Office with any questions or concerns.
Ministry Volunteers You are invited to consider serving Christ and our neighbors as a ministry volunteer. Please contact Pastor Tyler for information and to volunteer.
Opportunities exist to share in the Church’s ministry through:
In Baptism, Christ calls each of us into the Church - the Body of Christ - and community!
Parishioners of the Salisbury Lutheran Parish serve in many ways and you're invited to consider sharing your gifts of hospitality and leadership.
Please consider this an open invitation to serve as Christ calls you.
+ Greeters / Ushers (ministry of welcoming God’s people into the church and assisting during the liturgy with Holy Communion)
+ Acolyte / Communion Asst (ministry of worship leadership through the lighting of candles and assisting with the distribution of the Sacrament of Holy Communion)
+ Readers (ministry of worship leadership through the reading of Holy Scripture)
+ Altar Guild (ministry of caring for the altar, linens, and vessels of the church; preparing for, and cleaning up after, worship services)
+ Tech Asst (ministry of serving the Parish through technology inc. Parish website maintenance)
Opportunities exist to share in the Church’s ministry through:
- Backpack Food Program
- Casselman Valley Helpers Food Pantry
- Senior Food Box Program
In Baptism, Christ calls each of us into the Church - the Body of Christ - and community!
Parishioners of the Salisbury Lutheran Parish serve in many ways and you're invited to consider sharing your gifts of hospitality and leadership.
Please consider this an open invitation to serve as Christ calls you.
+ Greeters / Ushers (ministry of welcoming God’s people into the church and assisting during the liturgy with Holy Communion)
+ Acolyte / Communion Asst (ministry of worship leadership through the lighting of candles and assisting with the distribution of the Sacrament of Holy Communion)
+ Readers (ministry of worship leadership through the reading of Holy Scripture)
+ Altar Guild (ministry of caring for the altar, linens, and vessels of the church; preparing for, and cleaning up after, worship services)
+ Tech Asst (ministry of serving the Parish through technology inc. Parish website maintenance)
Community Announcements:
- The ELK CLOSET at Salisbury-Elk Lick School District serves students in need of personal hygiene and clothing items. Contributions may be dropped off at the Elementary or High School offices.
- SENIOR LUNCHEON at Oak Dale Church (9201 Mason Dixon Hwy, Salisbury PA 15558): 3rd Thursday of each month at 12 Noon.
- GARRETT COUNTY DEPT of SOCIAL SVCS: 3rd Tuesday of month (12pm ~ 2pm) @ Grantsville Library (102 Parkview Dr., Grantsville, MD 21536)
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