Wednesday Night Cookouts Resume Wednesday, May 27 at 6pm.  Join us at the Sychar Parsonage (16 Edison Blvd) for supper each week.  Bring your own meat and something to share (if you like).  We'll provide the plates, cups, napkins, flatware, condiments, beverages and the grill.  This is a fun, easy way to keep in touch and fellowship with your church family.  In case of inclement weather, meet in the Arm Chair Room at church. 

 Hope to see you there!

When Pastor Teber O. Hill arrived in 1953 to organize the congregation, a lady came to him asking if she could teach Sunday school. She felt if she would take an active role, her son would go to Sunday school with her. The Sunday school superintendent felt this was a bit risky, knowing the reputation this woman had. Pastor Hill preached a very passionate sermon the following Sunday.

He used the Gospel of John, 4^th chapter, as his text. Jesus was traveling through Samaria and came to Jacob's well near the town of Sychar to rest. A Samaritan woman of shady character came to the well to draw water. Jesus asked her for a drink. She was startled, and this started their dialogue. She found the “Living Water” and rushed back to the village forgetting her water pot to tell everyone about her encounter. “Can this be the Messiah?” she asked. And the towns people went out to see for themselves. Many of the Samaritans from that village committed themselves to Him because of the woman's witness.

That's why we have the name Sychar. We invite people of all races, all ages, and social status to come to the Well where they will taste the “Living Water” and go to bring others who are thirsty to that same Well.

                                                ---Vallie

The ReClaim Lutheran Hymnal is a name you might recognize. It seems that our entire staff has become involved with it. Between mailings, administrative tasks, and technical/computer issues,

Quoting ReClaim's website:

Reclaim is a non-profit organization and a hymnal project to help Lutherans reclaim our heritage, our purpose, our future, and our passion as Christians.

ReClaim is made up of concerned pastors, seminary professors, and laypersons whose backgrounds are in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). ReClaim’s purpose is to offer a hymnal that reclaims the insights of the Reformation for use in congregations and homes. ReClaim’s language and content are in but not of the 21st century. The crucial need for an alternative, theologically sound hymnal was first recognized in the growing movement calling for reform within the ELCA. Realizing that Christians are MADE not born, we seek to evangelize particularly through Sunday services and special services such as funerals and weddings.

The ReClaim, Introductory Edition, is available NOW. It was published in June of 2006. Also available is an electronic edition that includes settings 1 and 2.

Check out the ReClaim website:  reclaimlutheranworship.org