"SHARING THE RISEN CHRIST TO ALL GENERATIONS"     

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                                    9:30am Sunday Worship          10:45am Bible Study following worship
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                        Pastoral Care: Pastor James Peter
​                        Lay Leader: Doug Taylor
                      Church Phone: 440.236.8900
                              Church Email: hosannalutheran1@windstream.net  

Making Contacts for Jesus
 
Do your neighbors and co-workers know you are Christian?  How about the person who sells you your coffee or the person who delivers your mail?  Are you attempting to develop a relationship with these people so you can share the Good News of the Gospel with them?  We can give no greater service to Jesus than to be part of rescuing lost souls by sharing the life-saving Gospel.  Jesus commissions us to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).  God wants “all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4).  We are to be Jesus’ hands, feet, and mouth.  Jesus tells us “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.  Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest” (Luke 10:2).  We are the laborers whom Jesus is seeking.
 
God’s plan for His people has always been that we take responsibility for sharing the Good News.  Peter wrote, “Always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Peter 3:15).  God blesses us with minds to learn and mouths to speak.  Through the power of the Holy Spirit, God will give us the words and the courage to use them.  Along with most people, we are eager to talk about the weather, sports, economy, or politics, but, as Christians, we have been given the treasure of the Gospel message - something vastly more important to talk about.  Our attitude should be like that of Peter and John, who, when commanded to stop speaking of Christ, said, “We cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20).
 
For many, sharing the Gospel is uncomfortable, but do people need Jesus more than we need to be comfortable.  God has placed us among many people who do not know Jesus.  With God’s help, we can become very intentional with our witnessing.  He can open our eyes to opportunities and give us the words to speak.  We may want to consider developing a list of people who do not have a relationship with Jesus.  The people could be in your inner circle of family and friends as well as in your outer circle of relationships.  We can be empowered to witness because the Holy Spirit will guide and direct us.

​EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS AVAILABLE
Funds are now available for the 2018-2019 school year to any LCMS youth or adult attending a Lutheran elementary school, middle school, high school, college, university or seminary. If you qualify based on the above enrollment requirements, please send a simple letter of application to Howard Chavalia, c/o Hosanna Lutheran Church. Submission deadline is July 31, 2018. Applications will be reviewed and disbursements made by August 31st. If you have any questions, please contact Howard at hchavalia1@gmail.com or through the church office.

LINKS

HARP Mission www.facebook.com/harpmission
www.harpcaldwell.org

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod  http://www.lcms.org
Ohio District, LCMS http://oh.lcms.org/
Thrivent Financial  http://www.thrivent.com

LCMS Foundation  http://www.lcmsfoundation.org/

Our Daily Rest - Cultivating a lifestyle of restfulness and renewal    http://ourdailyrest.net/. 

Life Around the Coffee Cup - Encouragement to fuel the journey -
: http://www.leahheffner.com/ 
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Lutheran Hour Ministries  http://www.lhm.org

 DAILY BIBLE VERSE

HOSANNA BIBLE STUDIES

 SUNDAY WORSHIP BIBLE STUDY
  You're invited to join in on a weekly Bible study at 10:45 after morning worship. We are now in the book of 1 Samuel.


CHILDREN'S BIBLE CLASS
  10:45 am after worship
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 MEN’S SATURDAY MORNING
BIBLE STUDY 
Our Men's Bible Study will resume on September 15, 2018 at 7:30am in
the upstairs conference room . We will meet on the third Saturday of every month and will be studying God's message that he will be know by all people found in the book of Ezekiel. Bring your coffee - donuts or coffeecake usually find their way to the table! We look forward to seeing you -

WEEKLY AFTERNOON BIBLE STUDY
Beginning Thursday September 6th at 12:30 pm we will offer a new opportunity to study God's word. The topic for this study will be the "Promises of God". All are welcome!