Hope + Lutheran + Church


a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
35 Ridge Avenue Homer City, Pennsylvania

Hope Happenings

 

A Welcome to New Members!

On September 2, Hope welcomed two new members into our church family. Joe and Sue Tuholsky were received into membership, and we are glad to have them as part of our congregation! You can update your church directory with their contact information as follows:


Joe and Sue Tuholsky
11 Hoyt Drive
Indiana, PA 15701
Phone: (724) 349-2549

If you haven’t had a chance to welcome the Tuholsky’s yet, make sure to introduce yourself! 

Sunday Lesson Readers for Fall

We continue to hear the Good News spoken and shared each week together, thanks to our Sunday morning lectors. Our schedule for October and November is as follows:

October 7 Bonnie Craft
October 14 Cindy Zundel
October 21 Marian Kensey
October 28 Megan McElheny

November 4 Virginia Edwards
November 11 Bob Sisak
November 18 Sheila Hilliard
November 25 Carla Ruddock

If you make any switches or substitutions, please call the church office to let us know! If you are interested in being a reader of our Sunday Scripture lessons for worship, please see or call Shirley Zundel (724/349-4696).

Welcome to Chrissie Smatlak Administrative Assistant

Our new Administrative Assistant, Chrissie Smatlak,
began in early August, after our August-September issue of the newsletter was already out. If you haven’t gotten to meet her yet in the office or gotten to speak with her on the phone when calling the church, here’s a bit of self-introduction from Chrissie herself:


Hello, My name is Chrissie Smatlak and I am the new
Administrative Assistant here at Hope Lutheran Church. I live in Creekside with my daughter Alexis and my fiance Greg. I grew up in Indiana County. I moved to Florida for 20 years but could not stand the heat so we moved back in Indiana in 2008. I enjoy spending time with my family and I am an avid couponer. I will be in the office Monday 9:00-12:30, Wednesday 9:00-12:30 and Friday 9:00-12:00. I look forward to meeting everyone and thank you for this opportunity.


We are glad to have Chrissie on-board at Hope and
part of God’s work in this place!

Social Hall Rededicated

On September 16, our weekly worship had an unusual start: the congregation gathered downstairs in our social hall so that we could ask God’s blessing on our hall, kitchen, and classrooms and rededicate them for God’s service after all the repair and remodeling work following our flood damage in June. While most of the basement looks the same as it always did, what you can’t tell is that most of the interior walls were all torn out, any traces of mold removed and disinfected, and
replaced with new walls. The back hallway looks exactly as it had before, but the social hall now has a chair-rail and painted (sheet rock) walls from four feet down, instead of being fully paneled. The result is not only a cleaner social hall, but a brighter space, made more open by the removal of our old accordion dividers, too. We can only thank God for having brought us through this difficult time and for providing good laborer,
strong advocates from our local insurance agent, and willing volunteers who helped get rooms ready for Sunday School when it began in September! Be sure to stop in the social hall and take a look around in your space!