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TO GOD BE THE GLORY June, 2010
1711 Grant StreetHopewell, VA 23860 www.nazluthchurch.com
40 Days of Prayer and Contemplation
by Pastor Voss
 
The Hometown News isa publication of Nazareth EvangelicalLutheran Church.Member of theLutheran Church
 — 
Missouri Synod.
 
Inside this issue:
Finance/Stewardship 2Strengthening the Bond 4Nazareth Youth Missions/Outreach6Synod News 9
Pastor’s Corner 
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The Hometown News
 
Light of Life: A Personal Journey of Prayer and Meditation
We all hunger for a deeper, richer, more meaningful spiritual life. Atthe same time, we are unsure how to go about it or where to find it.Ironically, the answer to our need is right before us the whole time: theBible. Throughout the history of the Church, the Holy Scriptures havebeen the bedrock of Christian prayer and devotional meditation.
God’s Word is life and gives life. By means of His sure and certain
Word of promise, our Lord gives us what we need the most: trust inHim, a sure and certain anchor of knowing what God wants for us andwhat He gives to us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
 You have three options to receive the Light of Life daily devo-tions: 1) Sign up for Twitter updates at nazluthchurch.com 2) Sign-up for daily e-mails (send an e-mail to info@nazluthchurch.comstating you would like to receive a daily e-mail) 3) Pick up a hardcopy of this devotion from the Narthex or church office.The journey begins June 7! Join us in prayer!
“Therefore I tell you, whatever 
you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and 
it will be yours.” 
- Mark 11:24 
There is no doubt we have been im-plementing and discussing manychanges as a congregation. Wehave created a new mission state-ment, we have decided upon ourCritical Targets (Children andYoung Adults) and we have alsodiscussed goals to reach out to ourCritical Targets.It is appropriate that we now take abreak from planning and prayabout where God has led us andwhere He is leading us. For thisreason, immediately after the Con-gregational Goal Planning Meetingon June 6th, we, as a church, willmove into 40 days of prayer.During this time, it is our hope that we focus on praying to the LORDfor His guidance and to bless uswith unity as we move into servicefor His mission.
We will use “Light of Life” a prayer
and meditation series based on theGospel of John.
 
 
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The Hometown News June Birthdays
 June 5 Dawn Lineman June 10 Sue Skalleberg June 11 Joe Cavin June 16 Marilyn Antunes June 16 Becky Burdette June 20 Annette Dry June 20 Chris Graham
 Joint Meeting of the Boards of Finance and Stewardship
These boards met on May 16. Tina and William were unable to attend. After an opening prayer by Al,Marilyn conducted the Board of Finance portion of the meeting. Reports were examined and it was notedthat some of the gap between budget income and expense has been reduced. Budget income, however, isstill lagging. Both of these concerns will continue to be closely monitored. There was a sizeable increasein the recent water/sewer/refuse bill over the previous bill. Some charges, inadvertently, were charges tothe worship supplies account and will be moved to the proper accounts.Al reviewed the previous Stewardship meeting. He is waiting for a response from the District LCEFoffice regarding the guest speaker for our fall Consecrated Stewards program. After the Mission and Min-istry Statement goals for our congregation have been fully established, The Board of Stewardship will fi-nalize a Mission and Ministry Statement for the Board. How can the Boards of Finance and Stewardship
best support the congregation’s mission and ministry, especially the children’s and young adults’ ministries
that were identified as the critical targets? That is the question for our boards! Al noted that both boardsare at the forefront in carrying out the mission and ministry of Nazareth by the use of wise and prudentmanagement of the needed and available resources. It is also important that the members of both boardswilling and enthusiastically support this work of mission and ministry at Nazareth.The boards will meet again separately at 8:45 AM on June 20.
Psalm 133
1
How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! 
2
It is like precious oil poured on the head,running down on the beard,running down on Aaron's beard,down upon the collar of his robes.
3
It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion.For there the LORD bestows his blessing,even life forevermore.
 
 
LCEF NewsThe Hometown News
EDITOR: Susan SkallebergASSISTANT EDITOR: Pastor David VossPRODUCTION EDITOR: Karen Van WorthThank you to all who submitted articles and information to thisnewsletter.SUBMISSIONSWe encourage you to submit your articles and ideas electronicallyto: sueskalleberg@yahoo.com or call 731-6959Newsletter information is due in by the third Sunday of the month.CONTRIBUTORSWe are looking for regular contributors to the Hometown News.If there is a certain article you would like to write on a regularbasis, please let us know so we can discuss it with you. Young andold are encouraged to volunteer for this very important newslet-ter.SAVE MONEY AND PAPERThe Hometown News is posted online at the same time it ismailed. Please consider reading it online so we can save on post-age and paper. It can be found on the home page of our churchwebsite: nazluthchurch.com
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 June, 2010
May and June are the months for Confirmations and Graduations. Why not open an LCEF StewardAc-
count® in the recipient’s name as your gift to get him/her established on the path to good stewardship?
Once deposited, your gift will continue to grow with competitive rates while supporting the mission andministries of LCMS churches and schools. As an added benefit, you can continue to deposit gifts for spe-cial occasions into that account. A Stew-ardAccount®, which can be opened witha $100 deposit, is similar to a money mar-ket account and has the following benefitsand options: free check writing ($250 ormore) with monthly statements, VISA®debit card, and *Electronic funds transfer.For more information, see your LCEFcongregational representative, call 800843-5233, or check the website atwww.lcef.org. *LCEF StewardAccount access featuresprovided through UMB Bank, n.a.
Glory to God on the highest and praise to the lead-ers of each Committee who have provided updatesto the congregation this month. Our communica-tion with one another not only keeps us united in Mission, but engaged with each other and the op- portunities to serve in our church.
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