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Cross of Glory Lutheran Church Celebrating 50 years of Faith & Love
1964—2014
Volume 14 Issue 5 August2014
GLIMPSES OF GLORY
One way that we can wit-ness or be part of God’s miraculous work is to be
connected to that work, directly or indi-rectly participating in it. God’s work can almost always be categorized as creating, saving, healing, or restoring. In our minds it seems to qualify as a miracle because the event is thought to be impossible, or its occurrence has such a low probability that it borders on the impossible.
For example, let’s suppose you have an acquaintance that you haven’t thought about or spoken to in several years. You wake up one morning and realize that you owe this person and apology. You go to the airport to pick someone up and you run into this person. Such a thing is not impos-sible, but the probability of your thoughts and this chance encounter happening on the same day is so low, that it borders on the impossible. It’s a miracle.
However, beware of miracle busters. Mira-cle busters are events that attempt to rob you of a healing or restoring opportunity. Continuing with our example, just before you get a chance to speak with this person, someone bumps into you and is very rude and inappropriate. You’re now upset. Or right after you speak to this person and experience fulfillment and wellbeing, you begin to think that maybe the issue was
their fault and they should have apologized to you.
“The thief comes only to rob, kill, and de-stroy. I came that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) If we are to participate in God’s miraculous work, there will be miracle busters. Notice how in one scenario it happens right be-fore and in the other scenario it happens right after. Also notice that neither of the miracle buster events have any real sub-stance in and of themselves. They can simply be dismissed by the mind and they will just disappear. Here’s why: they only happened either to break your spirit so you wouldn’t do God’s work, or to challenge you from believing that you had just done God’s work. They are miracle busters or in Biblical terms, persecution. If we are going to be agents of God in the world, doing His work, then we are going to have to get use to this. With some practice we can learn to dismiss these things even while they are happening. Beware though; the devil knows how to get your attention. It will seem fiery as long as you entertain it. The busters often come in the form of hurt feelings. Let these things go and focus on the mission of God’s creative, redemptive, restorative work in the world.
Pastor Gary
Cross of Glory
Lutheran Church
95 Cambridge Drive
Aberdeen, NJ 07747
732-583-1118
Fax: 732-583-1311
www.coglcnj.org
Pastor
The Rev. Gary E. Costa
Church & Nursery School
Secretary
Cahren Morris
Musician & Choir Director
Andrea Riemen
Youth Advisors
Jim & Cathy Easley
Sunday Services:
8:15AM & 10:30AM
Summer Service:
(July—August)
9:30AM
Holy Communion is
celebrated every Sunday
Cross of Glory
Nursery School
732-583-1955
Fax: 732-583-1311
www.cogns.org
Director
Janet Kain
Webmaster
Jeremy V. Samuelson
Miracles and Miracle Busters
Pastor’s Vision for the ministry of Cross of Glory My vision for the ministry is that our leaders and regular worshipers
would be fully impassioned with the Word of God and their relationship with Christ, and that their passion about the same would draw more
disciples to the ministry.
Bulletin Board
If you have an upcoming event you would like included in next month’s Newsletter,
please contact the church office by Sunday, August 24th
732-583-1118 or [email protected]
Cross of Glory August 2014
Remember the Food Pantry:
The next distribution of bas-
kets will be Saturday, June
28th from 8AM to 12PM.
The following items are
needed: Pancake Mix, Cake
Mixes, Peanut Butter, Jelly,
and Tuna
The Rutgers Summer
Reading Program will
be using Fellowship
Hall and the Nursery
School from August
5th—September 2nd. The students will be
here Tuesdays from 8:15AM—9:30PM
The 13th Annual Fall Yard Sale, Bake Sale, and Snack Shack
BBQ will be Saturday, September 27th from 9AM—3PM. Donations
can be dropped off on Friday, September 26th.
The Lutheran Men in
Mission’s Men’s
Breakfast will be
held on Saturday
August 23rd. Please
join us for good food and fellowship.
Any questions, please see Willis Hines
or Walter Kain.
Our Praise Team is on summer
hiatus for the months of July and
August. Praise and Worship
services will resume on the third
Sunday of the month in the fall.
NJ Synod
1930 State Highway 33
Hamilton Square, NJ 08690
609-586-6800
Fax: 609-586-1597
www.njsynod.org
Mon. — Fri.
9am—5pm
Rev. Tracie L. Bartholomew
Bishop
Cross of Glory August2014
Jersey Jottings
News from around the NJ Synod
Lutheran Men In Mission
(LMM) Gathering
July 18-20 Nashville, TN
Come out for powerful speakers,
great workshops, and a wonderful
and faith-enriching experience. For
more information, visit
www.lutheranmeninmission.org/
Women of the ELCA
July 22-24
The Ninth Triennial Convention of
Women of the ELCA will be held in
Charlotte, NC. For more information,
visit www.womenoftheelca.org/
ninth-triennial-convention-pages-
137.php
Volunteering at Christus
Academy in Camden
Christus Academy High School has
2014 service opportunity openings in
the following areas: Intro to Biology,
Intro to Spanish, Algebra (all levels),
Workshop presenters, tutors, and
office help. More information can be
found on the synod website at
http://www.njsynod.org/content/
view/206/216/ or Christus Acade-
my’s website at
www.christusacademy.org/
God’s Work, Our Hands Day
September 7, 2014
God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday will
be coming September 7, and we will
have more information and conver-
sation soon about this great event. If
you are interested in ordering shirts,
please contact the church office for
information. T-shirts are currently
taking approximately three weeks
from order to delivery.
Job Opening
There is a job opening available for
Part-time North Synod Property
Manager. For a job description,
please visit www.njsynod.org/
content/view/206/216/
Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America
God’s Work. Our Hands.
Cross of Glory August 2014
Notes & News
Comments or suggestions?
We’d love to hear from you.
Contact the church office to be
included in an upcoming news-
letter. The deadline for the
August Newsletter is June
22nd.
The Cross of Glory Newsletter
is available each month on the
church’s website. It is also
emailed to the congregation in
a pdf format. Paper copies are
also available upon request.
Please contact the church of-
fice if you have any questions.
Church Council
The following officers, representa-
tives, and terms are effective as of
July 2014:
Jim Samuelson
President (2015)
Michael Burgi
Vice President (2017)
Bill Brown
Treasurer (2017)
Jeremy Samuelson
Financial Secretary (2017)
Paul Hiley
Recording Secretary (2017)
Alicia Archibald (2015)
Jim Easley (2016)
Willis Hines (2016)
Rob Pante (2015)
Roseann Trezza (2016)
Eva Wirth (2016)
Ruthann Wisemann (2017)
Jessica Ferrera
Senior Youth Representative
(2015)
Vacation Bible School
Thank you to all of the helpers that
allowed VBS to run so smoothly!
From set-up to clean-up and eve-
rything in-between, we couldn't
have done it without amazing
teachers and youth volunteers, an
awesome kitchen crew, our set
decorator, ironer, and of course
office support. Thank you!
—Liz Nisi
Flower Chart
There are still many empty spaces
on the floral calendar for the
months of August and September.
Please consider signing up to place
flowers on the altar.
Coffee Hour
Thank you to all of the families and
church groups who have donated
refreshments, as well as time, for
our Sunday coffee hour. If you are
interested in helping out with
coffee hour, please see the sign up
sheet in the kitchen.
Cross of Glory August2014
Congratulations and
best wishes to every-
one celebrating this
month!
Don’t see your birthday
or anniversary? Please
make sure the church
office has your infor-
mation.
732-583-1118 or
August Birthdays
1st—Justyna Harrington
3rd—Bailey Franklin
4th—Kyle Goodman
6th—Justin Stow
10th—Shannon Maloney
Diane Stinson
14th—Eddie Morris
21st—Kurt Carlson
Lorraine Whitford
23rd—Jan Lee
24th—Kathryn Downey
28th—Tom Stinson
29th—Stephanie Fauder
Owen Noch
30th—Aubrey Whitford
August Anniversaries
8th—Laurie & Duane Noch
11th—Alicia & Michael Archibald
20th—Lynn & Sue Paul
28th—Clarie & Lyle Phelps
Cross of Glory August 2014
In Our Prayers
Long-Term Illness:
Rich Barlett
Phyllis Cipriano
Joanne Corapi
Tracey Downey
Durkin Family
Lisa Fisher
Elona and Sonja Folk
David Franklin
Kim Franklin
Sharon Goodman
Kathy Guiamano
Carol Healey
Diane Hopster
Kevin McNamara
Christopher Joyce
Gayle Montgomery
Joe Manzella
William Mirabella
Robbie Moffitt
Joan Moran
Carmen Mount
Joseph Myers
Dolores Olson
Winona Smith
Soldiers and Civilians of War
Katie Thoms
Kaitlin Whitford
June, July, August:
Lori Romer
Leo Moore
Bill Buchanan
Linda Samuelson
Prayer Requests
Please add the following person(s) to Cross of Glory’s Prayer List:
Name:________________________________________
Prayer Concern:
_______Hospitalized _______Recuperating _______Homebound
_______Outpatient _______Other _______Please remove the above
person from the Prayer List
Submitted by:____________________________ Date: _______________________
Phone: _____________________ Relationship to above:____________________________
Please check one: _______Long-Term Prayer List _______3 Month Prayer List
You may give this form to an usher, place it in the offering plate, or drop it off in the church office.
2014 Mowing Schedule
Week Ending
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28
July 5
July 12
July 19
July 26
August 2
August 9
August 16
August 23
August 30
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
Cutter
Pante
Samuelson
Steed
Buhse
Downey
Fauder
Hiley
Maloney
Morris
Pante
Samuelson
Steed
Buhse
Downey
Fauder
Hiley
Maloney
Morris
Pante
Samuelson
Steed
Phone Number
908-610-2783
732-673-4163
732-242-9282
732-689-2350
732-888-8169
732-591-5725
732-290-7170
848-218-1470
732-566-6868
1. Please cut at #4
2. Please call Odell
732-583-2725 if unable to
cut or something breaks.
3. Please try to cut at end of
week to look good for Sun-
day.
Thank you for helping!
Cross of Glory August 2014
Church Cleaning Schedule
July– December 2014
Ingrid Carlson, Coordinator
July 5 Maloney, Morris
July 12 Carlson, Vaughn
July 19 Lee, Hines
July 26 Fauder, Nichols, Odell
August 2 Maloney, Morris
August 9 Carlson, Vaughn
August 16 Lee, Hines
August 23 Fauder, Nichols, Odell
August 30 Maloney, Morris
September 6 Carlson, Vaughn
September 13 Lee, Hines
September 20 Fauder, Nichols, Odell
September 27 Maloney, Morris
October 4 Carlson, Vaughn
October 11 Lee, Hines
October 18 Fauder, Nichols, Odell
October 25 Maloney, Morris
November 1 Carlson, Vaughn
November 8 Lee, Hines
November 15 Fauder, Nichols, Odell
November 22 Maloney, Morris
November 29 Carlson, Vaughn
December 6 Lee, Hines
December 13 Fauder, Nichols, Odell
December 20 Maloney, Morris
December 27 Carlson, Vaughn
Carlson: 566-7095 Fauder: 591-5725 Hines: 521-1690
Lee: 566-8821 Maloney: 583-7208 Morris: 566-6868
Nichols: 264-6740 Odell: 583-2725 Vaughn: 583-4495
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