{"id":5,"date":"2014-04-14T16:38:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:43:16","slug":"bulletin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eighth Sunday after Pentecost<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>July 19th<\/strong><strong>, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KITCHENER, ONTARIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>N2M 4Z2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">247 Westmount Road East &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Telephone 519-745-6422<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pastor: Reverend John Rapp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><a href=\"mailto:revhamp@bellnet.ca\"><\/a>www.faithlutherankw.com <\/mark>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;         &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;office@faithlutherankw.com<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">__________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PRAYER:<\/strong> Lord of the sowing and the harvesting, Whose Word is cast like seed into the ground, grant Your Holy Spirit to work through the Word and Supper in us today, nourish us, and cause us to bear fruit from Your love, preparing us for the great Harvest to come;for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end.&nbsp;&nbsp;Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IN OUR PRAYERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our king and all his ministers and parliaments in Canada; unrelenting concern for the poor and homeless in our cities; order for the people of Haiti; peace for Ukraine, Sudan, Congo, Israel and Gaza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The needs of body and soul, especially for <strong>Marilyn, Gina, <\/strong>and those who care for them; <strong>John<\/strong>, <strong>Jim<\/strong>,<strong> Ra<\/strong>y, <strong>Merv<\/strong> (brother of Gerry and Jean) for patient endurance by God\u2019s grace; <strong>Heather<\/strong> continued healing; thanksgiving for our <strong>Vacation Bible School<\/strong> this past week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David our Synod President,Marvin, Arron, and Michael, our Regional Pastors, James, our Circuit Counsellor; our Lutheran churches in Ukraine and in Russia, for long suffering in their tribulations; our churches in Haiti and Nicaragua, and our fellowship with them; Rev. Rochom Binh (Rock-om) who serves as a missionary pastor for the Jarai community in his village in Ratanakiri<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>LAST WEEK \u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>ATTENDANCE: 69<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE FLOWERS <\/strong>in the chancel have been placed to the glory of God by Dave &amp; Wendy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STEWARDSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Weekly Goal<\/td><td>Last Sunday<\/td><td>Goal To Date<\/td><td>Rec\u2019d To Date<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CURRENT<\/td><td><em>$4814<\/em><\/td><td><strong>$7350<\/strong><\/td><td><em>$134799<\/em><\/td><td><strong>$112510<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MISSIONS<\/td><td><em>$650<\/em><\/td><td><strong>$790<\/strong><\/td><td><em>$18211<\/em><\/td><td><strong>$10713<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BUILDING<\/td><td><em>$606<\/em><\/td><td><strong>$295<\/strong><\/td><td><em>$16968<\/em><\/td><td><strong>$16677<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5c816a0b873e584597131e1717ea03f6 wp-block-paragraph\"><a><strong>CURRENT: <\/strong><\/a>A.A. $400<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OTHER: <\/strong>Lamp Team $650, Pastoral Assistance Fund $100<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THIS WEEK AT FAITH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Sunday:<\/strong><\/td><td>1:30pm Divine Service<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Due to more people in attendance at one worship service, it is VERY IMPORTANT TO REFRAIN FROM WEARING FRAGRANCES. Let\u2019s think kindly towards each other who worship with us and <u>voluntarily abide<\/u> by this simple request. This aligns with many workplaces where this is mandatory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Faith was blooming with wonderful children the week of July 13-17<\/u><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> A big thank you to the parents who brought their children and for the children themselves who attended this VBS. A special thanks to Kathy King who wrote the VBS and designed many effects to bring the message of God in our lives. Let\u2019s remember the dedication and time commitment of Rev Rapp, the teachers and helpers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Big Thank You<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to all of you who supplied food and other things for VBS. It was greatly appreciated and enjoyed by all the children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Community Cupboard<\/strong> at Historic St Paul&#8217;s is once again running a &#8220;Food Day&#8221; out of our church on the first Tuesday of each month. We are handing out bags of food with many of the staples like chicken, eggs, butter, milk, juice, canned vegetables, canned meats, etc. We are hoping for donations as we offer this much needed food to our community especially in these times of so much food insecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blessings to your Congregation and many thanks. Kathy and Deb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Coffee Hour after 1:30 Church Service<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s get together for fellowship! Please sign up if you would like to host coffee\/drinks and goodies on the first Sunday of the month. Sign-up sheet is in the narthex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Flower Calendar is posted in the old narthex. Please fill in your name if you wish to provide flowers on any Sunday (except for Lent) as a memorial for a loved one or to celebrate a special day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A flower convenor will contact you to finalize details prior to the date that you have reserved.&nbsp; Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have a use for <strong>gently-used Portals of Prayer and other devotional booklets!<\/strong>&nbsp; If you bring yours back to church and place it in the box beneath the literature table, it will make its way to edify women at a women\u2019s shelter in Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We now have Interac e-Transfer set up through our congregation\u2019s bank account. If you wish to make use of this for your offerings to God, then please email Sherrie for the details at: <a href=\"mailto:office@faithlutherankw.com\">office@faithlutherankw.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 19th, 2026 FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH KITCHENER, ONTARIO N2M 4Z2 247 Westmount Road East &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Telephone 519-745-6422 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pastor: Reverend John Rapp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; www.faithlutherankw.com &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;office@faithlutherankw.com __________________________________________________________________________________ PRAYER: Lord of the sowing and the harvesting, Whose Word is cast like seed into the ground, grant Your Holy Spirit to work through the Word and &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=5\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-faithkw","post-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":821,"href":"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3561,"href":"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/3561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithlutherankw.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}