Thursday, August 3, 2017 – 7 p.m. - Outreach/Fall Festival meeting

Sunday, August 6, 2017 – 11 a.m. - Worship with Holy Communion

Help with Worship - The SJ Worship and Music Committee would like to invite members of the congregation to sign up as readers, chanters, and nursery helpers.  Each of these rolls will be assigned on a rotating basis. Please autograph the sign-up sheet on the table in the sanctuary or contact Nancy Pitcock with any questions or to participate.  The new schedule will begin in September 2017.  Thank you in advance, we look forward to your participation.

Assistance with Laundering Robes Utilized during Worship - The SJ Worship and Music Committee is also looking for anyone who may be interested in laundering and ironing the crucifer and acolyte robes. The laundering would be needed about once a month or when stains occur.  If you are interested in assisting, please speak with Corinne Whalen or email her at cwhalen17@hotmail.com.  Once again, thank you in advance for your assistance.

​​Sunday, July 2, 2017 – 11 a.m. -Worship with Holy Communion

Sunday July 2, 2017 – 9:30 a.m. - 11am – Vacation Bible Schoo​l

July 3-6, 2017 – Pastor Sonya will be on vacation from July 3rd through July 6th.  If you have an emergency during this time, please contact Steve Allamong.

Sunday July 9, 2017 – 9:30 a.m. - 11am – Vacation Bible Schoo​l

Sunday, July 9, 2017 - Council Meeting (immediately following service)

Monday, July 10, 2017 – 7 p.m. – Fall Festival Meeting

Saturday, July 15, 2017 – 6 p.m. - Mocha and a Message – This month’s Mocha will feature a special theme “last words” as well as a song by Colton Dixon - “Through All of This”.  Bingo, refreshments, prizes and fun immediately following Mocha and a Message.  All are welcome to join us for worship, Word and fellowship!

​Sunday July 16, 2017 – 9:30 a.m. - 11am – Vacation Bible Schoo​l

Sunday July 23, 2017 – 9:30 a.m. - 11am – Vacation Bible Schoo​l

July 24-27, 2017 – Pastor Sonya will be on vacation from July 24th through July 27th.  If you have an emergency during this time, please contact Steve Allamong.

Sunday July 30, 2017 – 9:30 a.m. - 11am – Vacation Bible Schoo​l

Sunday July 30, 2017 - Picnic and ice cream social immediately following worship 

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​Our Outreach for the month of July is in support of The Laurel Center; Intervention for Domestic and Sexual Violence (formerly the Shelter for Abused Women).  The Laurel Center provides support for women and children by serving as family advocates, offering hope and courage, strength and resilience, to families of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.  They let the women and children know they are not alone and that help is available.  Please join us in helping the Laurel Center provide care and support to these families by donating household products, clothing, food, drinks, bus tickets, or gift cards.  Your kind support is much appreciated.  Please see Melissa Seward with any questions

Access the Synod Assembly Livestream

If you are viewing the Synod Assembly from a distance, you may want to download our Synod Assembly ELCA Organizations and Events App, currently live for smart phones, tablets, and computers. It puts all the information about Synod Assembly at the tip of your fingers!

On the Virginia Synod Guidebook app you can:

View the current agenda
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Read and follow along with the Bulletin of Reports, Constitutional and Parliamentary Notes, and Worship Services
Each of these are broken down into sections accordingly, making it fast and easy to follow along on your mobile device.
Access Virginia Synod communications including our Twitter feed, Facebook page, and YouTube Channel 1

Click on either of the links below to download the Virginia Synod Assembly app for your preferred Android or iOS device.
 
Click here to download the Apple iOS app
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Once the app is downloaded to your device, open it and search for "VIRGINIA SYNOD ASSEMBLY 2017" and download this guide to your app!
 
You can also access a web browser version at guidebook.com/guide/90519

More Information
For additional information on the 2017 Synod Assembly, as well as the 2017 Youth Assembly, visit www.vasynod.org/synod-assembly

Friday, June 2, 2017 - 6 pm. - Saturday, 3, 2017 - 6 a.m. - Relay for Life will be held at Massanutten Military Academy.  All are welcome to join the GS church team.  If you would like to join the team, donate, or purchase luminary bags please see Rose Graber or Denise Orndorff.

Sunday, Jun 4, 2017 – 11 a.m. - Worship with Holy Communion with Affirmation of Baptism (Confirmation for Cassidy Whalen)

We give great thanks for the affirmation of baptism of Cassidy Irina Whalen on June 4, 2017, who completed her confirmation instruction and was confirmed as an adult member.  Cassidy is the daughter of Mike and Corinne Whalen.

June 5, 2017 – 7 p.m. - Outreach Team meeting

June 9, 2017 - June 11, 2017 - Synod Assembly at Roanoke College 

June 11, 2017 - Faith Discussion on Stewardship at SJ after worship – all are welcome!

June 12-15, 2017 - Pastor Sonya will be on vacation from June 12th through June 15th.  If you have an emergency during this time, please contact Steve Allamong.

Saturday, June 17, 2017 - 6 p.m. - Mocha and a Message.  After Mocha and a Message, we’ll have Bingo, refreshments, prizes and fun!  All are welcome!

Bingo after Mocha – your help is needed! ~ Beginning in June, we will have Bingo after our Mocha worship each month.  We are looking for handcrafted prizes so if you have a special talent and are willing to donate a hand-made item for a Bingo prize, it would be greatly appreciated.  Please let Pastor Sonya know if you can help out.  Thank you!
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Sunday, June 25, 2017 - 11 a.m. - Youth Sunday.  The theme will be "The 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's Reformation, Then and Now".​
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​Update: Thanks to the generosity of our church family, we collected a total of 1,042 diapers and 2,236 wipes for the Red Wagon Ministries.  ​Thank you for your support.

We are collecting diapers and wipes for the Red Wagon Ministry for our community outreach project in June.  By providing these basic necessities, the ministry’s hope is to decrease the incidents of abuse and neglect resulting from a child remaining in a soiled or reused disposable diaper.  Along with wipes, we would like to collect Infant to size six (6) diapers.  As a fun way to celebrate our project, each week we will display baby pictures from our congregation.  Everyone can look at the pictures and guess who that cute baby face belongs to.  If you would like to submit a picture, please bring it to Amy                                                             Maphis or e-mail amymaphis@gmail.com

Vacation Bible School will be held every Sunday in July from 9:30-11:00 a.m.in the church social hall. The theme is "Maker Fun Factory, Created by God, Built for a Purpose". There will be weekly Bible stories/lessons, crafts, activities, music, videos and snacks. A reminder will be posted in the "July Updates - Mark Your Calendar" section. There is a sign-up sheet in the Narthex (all are welcome, both participants and volunteers). 

We are still in need of plastic buckets in various sizes (i.e., ice cream buckets, drywall buckets, plastic pails, etc.) for the crafts/activities planned for Vacation Bible School.  Please make sure that the buckets have been washed and contain no debris.  These items may be placed in the room with the copier (please place them under the copier table).  Your help in supplying these items is greatly appreciated.