KTFL Weekly
We had a great turnout for the kickoff party on June 19. Thank you all who helped out. Also, a special thank you to Mustang Pizzeria for donating the pizza.
Weekly meetings for the Summer:
Where:
A Special Note:
Save the Date:
Who do I contact for more information?
Feel free to call Nathan Seidner at (765) 499-1477 anytime day or night. If he does not answer, leave a message and he will get back to you ASAP. Also you can text him at that number, or send an email to
seidnern@hotmail.com
ELCA Presiding Bishop's call to 50 Days of Prayer
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,
"Marked with the cross of Christ forever, we are claimed, gathered, and sent for the sake of the world." We are an evangelizing church, and this mission flows out of a life attentive to God's Word and rooted in unceasing prayer for the Spirit's life-giving work with the Word. In the seven weeks leading to the start of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly on August 17, I invite you to join in 50 days of renewed and focused prayer around the Scriptures that will be used at the assembly, when your co-workers in the Gospel are daily gathered, centered and sent into mission.
The accompanying Scriptures, prayers and songs are a resource you can use in small groups, in individual devotions or as a congregation-wide initiative As you gather around God's Word, I ask you to pray especially for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, for those who will gather in Minneapolis, for decisions to be made, and for faithfulness in discerning those directions to which God is calling this evangelizing church in mission and service for the sake of the world.
In God's grace,
Mark S. Hanson, Presiding Bishop
YOU ARE INVITED to gather in the fellowship hall at Zion Lutheran Church in Lafayette for reflection and prayer at 7:00 p.m. on seven Thursday evenings leading up to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly this summer. We will focus on the following scriptures on these dates:
7pm Thursday, July 2 - Joel 2:28-32; Psalm 104; Romans 8:18-27; John 20:19-23
7pm Thursday, July 9 - Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; Luke 4:16-21
7pm Thursday, July 16 - 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13; Luke 9:1-6
7 pm Thursday, July 23 - Philippians 2:1-13; John 13:2b-17
7pm Thursday, July 30 - Leviticus 19:1-2a, 9-18; John 15:9-17
7pm Thursday, August 6 - Acts 2:42-27; Luke 20:45-21:4
7pm Thursday, August 13 - Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18; Psalm 34:15-22; Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69
Please sign up in the entryway to participate in the 50 Days of Prayer for the ELCA.
Each Day
One of the following prayers or another prayer might be prayed for this church on each of the 50 days leading up to the assembly, from June 28 through August 16, 2009.
O God, you open the hears of your faithful people by sending into us the light of the Holy Spirit. Direct the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America by the light of that Spirit, that we might have a right judgment in all things and rejoice at all times in your peace; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. (Adapted from ELW Occasional Services for the Assembly, Opening of an Assembly.)
Or
Gracious Father, we pray for your holy catholic church. Fill it with all truth and peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. (Evangelical Lutheran Worship)
Or
Almighty God, grant to your Church your Holy Spirit and the wisdom which comes down from heaven, that your Word may not be bound but have free course and be preached to the joy and edifying of Christ's holy people, that in steadfast faith we may serve you and in the confession of your name may abide to the end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Lutheran Book of Worship)
See the Prayer Calendar posted in the entryway to sign up to pray any of these prayers for one or more of the fifty days, or pray one of these prayers on each of the fifty days leading up to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly this summer.
