Lighthouse Ministry

July Newsletter

Dear Friends,

What an honor it is to be called chil-

dren of God! When I contemplate this

thought, I am humbled that despite my

shortcomings, God is willing to cleanse me

of my sins, and use me in His kingdom! I

am blessed to be counted worthy of the

High Calling of Jesus Christ (Philippians

3:14). Of all the creatures in heaven and

earth, He chose us to be His sons and

daughters. He chose us to carry out the

Great Commission found in Ma-hew

28:18-20

“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has

been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19

Go therefore and make

disciples of all the na ons, bap zing them in the name of the Fa-

ther and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20

teaching them to ob-

serve all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you

always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. “

Some2mes we lose sight of what is important in life, for-

ge3ng our purpose, and our goals. We have been commissioned

by an Almighty God, to not only share with those around us the

good news of the Gospel, but also to bap2ze and disciple them.

This is a life-long journey, and one which should be at the core of

our being! Bap2sm is an outward sign of an inward change. It is a

public statement that Jesus has washed our sins away, the old man

is dead, and we are born again a new man in Christ Jesus! This is

great news, worthy of proclaiming, celebra2ng, and living out! The

world needs to know what our purpose is. They need to see that

Jesus is alive and ac2ve in us! Our society has been deceived into

thinking other things are more important.

I recently read a quote from Leonard Ravenhill which said,

“On the Tombstone of America, the inscrip2on will read: They en-

tertained themselves to death.” Our society is saturated in enter-

tainment, and is always searching to find some new and exci2ng

way to not only capture the a-en2on of people, but to make a

generous profit while doing so. These distrac2ons used to be lim-

ited to things like televisions and comic books, but now it is all

around us, including our phones, our cars, houses, restaurants, and

more! The distrac2ons are so many that it is important to occasion-

ally “unplug,” and make sure priori2es are where they need to be.

Let us not forget our purpose. May we not be living in the moment,

but focused on the goal ahead. The purpose of this life is to be wit-

nesses. How many which we come in contact do we let go by with-

out ever u-ering a word about Christ? Does the world around us

know that we love Jesus? Has it been told to them that Jesus loves

them too?

July is a fun month around Lighthouse! We have our annual

church picnic in the Lyons park. This year, it is taking place on July

16th. This is a great 2me of fellowship with great food, games, and

conversa2ons. That same week kicks off Vaca2on Bible School,

Monday through Thursday July 17-20. I am always amazed as I see

the members of our church come together to serve, celebrate and

teach. One of our greatest joys is to see these young people come

to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ! That following Sunday, July

23, we have our annual bap2sm. During the bap2sm, we see those

who take the opportunity to fulfill step two of the Great Commis-

sion by being bap2zed. This is open to all ages, and is an important

part of our faith. Many have never taken this step. If that includes

you, I encourage you to talk to Pastor Zentner and join us this year!

It is a joyous occasion when someone is bap2zed into the kingdom!

We are reminded in Scripture that a good tree bears good

fruit. Good fruit is among other things the saving of souls into the

kingdom. It is important that we make it our priority to be witness-

es to those whom we come in contact. I encourage you to already

be in prayer for the students a-ending VBS to be prepared to make

a life decision. Also, with one month remaining un2l our bap2sm,

may we be challenged to share the Gospel with those around us

every day and let it be our goals to celebrate with them as they

proclaim Jesus as Lord in the bap2sm pool!!

God Bless!

Pastor Jacob Masemore

“To Know Jesus Christ, and to make Him Known”“To Know Jesus Christ, and to make Him Known”“To Know Jesus Christ, and to make Him Known”“To Know Jesus Christ, and to make Him Known”

Lighthouse Community Church

Lighthouse Chris�an Academy & Bible Ins�tute

www.LMChurchAcademy.org Phone #(610) 682-2109

Lighthouse19536@yahoo.com Fax# 610-682-0089

5 Penn St, P.O. Box 287 Lyon Sta2on, PA 19536

1888-202-4409 Toll Free

Pastor Al Zentner zentneral@yahoo.com

Home (610) 944-0946 Cell (610) 334-3337

Assistant Pastor Jacob Masemore JMasemore@yahoo.com

(610) 334-9341

Church Activities

Vaca2on Bible School is right around the corner!! This

year’s theme is “Joseph– From Rags to Riches, Twice”.

Please come out Sunday evenings, 6:30pm to be an

important part of the planning of this event! Vaca2on

Bible school is July 17-20 from 6-8pm for students ages

3-12.

Thank you to all who helped with our

June Work Day! Much was accom-

plished! Stay tuned, we will be schedul-

ing another work day in August!

We had a great turnout for our school grad-

ua2on! Praise God for his goodness!

Thank You to all

those who

helped make this

year’s Ice Cream

Stand a huge

Success!

July 16th following Congregational Meeting

@ Lyons Park

There is NO Fellowship meal

on the first Sunday due to

the picnic July 16.

Regular Events

We are currently studying the book of Psalms

Only July 10th

Will the Real Children of God Please

Stand Up?

Discipleship Class

Join us every Thursday evening with

James Brunner @ 7pm

If you have never been bap2zed, we encour-

age you to follow this Biblical command! We will

be holding a bap2sm on July 23. Talk to Pastor to

be one of those bap2zed!

There is No Pastor’s

Breakfast or Movie Night

in July

July Ac�vi�es

• Annual Church Picnic July 16

• Vaca�on Bible School

July 17-20 “Joseph”

• Annual Bap�sm July 23

No Prayer July 2nd for the Holiday weekend

Prayer & Praise Center

Praise God for His answered prayer

• New Students in the Academy

• New families a-ending Lighthouse

• Spiritual ba-les being overcome

• Rela2onships being Restored

• Truth being revealed

• Interna2onal Student Conven2on achieve-

ments

• Craig and Diane are back!!

Prayer Needs

• Craig Hertzog, Glen Moatz & Dorian Nygard– Cancer

• Milton Berryman– Diabetes

• Bonnie to raise funds for opera2on/recovery

• Families needing restora2on

• Ralph GiP– Healing

• Jeanne Baker– Healing

• Lorraine Smith– recovery

• New Students for next year

• “Baby” Joel Ziegler– seizures/keto diet

Scripture tells us that the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effec2ve– James 5:16. We have a prayer

chain available to aid in brothers and sisters liPing your needs in prayer. To put a request on the prayer chain,

call Mary Reinert,(610-641-0401), or Russ Seidel (610-682-6673) and they will get the word around.

Here are a few recent prayer needs and praises:

Recycling Program– We are currently accepting

aluminum cans. Additionally, the tabs on the

aluminum cans will be separately used to raise

funding for our student, Shamya’s, Cerebral

Palsy treatment.

We are always looking for used Cell phones,

inkjet cartridges, laptops, and Ipods. These

items can be in working or nonworking condi-

tion, and will be recycled to generate funds for

the school.

Birthdays & Anniversaries for July

Russell Boyer 7-1 bd 48 S Maple, Kutztown, Pa. 19530

Russ & Sue Delp Jr. 2 Anv PO Box 313, Blandon, Pa 19510

Allan Eckert 7 BD. 1234 Colston Dr., Westerville, Oh. 43081

Bob & Brenda Pyles 7 Anv 310 E. Washington, Fleetwood, Pa 19522

Debbie & James Brunner 13 Anv 300 Longsdale Dr, Mertztown, Pa 19539

Lucy Gressley 18 BD 809 Old Topton Rd., Mertztown, Pa. 19539

Ben Zentner 18 BD. 2661 Wood Ln., Morgantown, Pa 19543

Mason Bryce Brady* 22 BD 48 S.Maple, Kutztown, Pa. 19530

Lee Kern 24 BD 801 Old Topton Rd., Mertztown, Pa 19539

Evan Boyer** 25BD 3 Kemp St., Box 275, Lyons, Pa 19536

James Brunner 25 BD 300 Longsdale Dr, Mertztown, Pa 19539

Paul Baker** 26BD 1331 Pleasant Hill Rd., Fleetwood, Pa. 19522

If you know of anyone missing from this list or wrong addresses, please let us know so we can correct our records.