St. James Lutheran Church, Sumter, SC

What's Happening at SJLC?

No Messenger Newsletter UFN (see News Section)

ELCA Disaster Response Fund
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New Update

There is now one service at 10:00 a.m. preceded by Adult Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. Mask are required entering/exiting the Narthex and Nave. Once seated, those members fully vaccinated may remove their mask during the service. Holy Communion is offered the first Sunday of each month. Families may commune together.

Digital Offering/Giving Option Feature

Introducing SJLC's Secure Online Offering Link
to the ELCA endorsed host Tithe.ly Website (click here for access)

Instructions
- Use Signup in upper right corner to create a personal, secure account.
- Login on subsequent visits.
- Use the "To:" pull down menu to select from the four SJLC primary fund options.
- Optionally, create a recurring offering using either:
- Credit Card (Card Number, Expiration Date & CVC) or
- Bank Account ACH fund transfer (Routing & Account Number)

See "News Section" for expanded details regarding this new option

Season of Pentecost

"Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while."
(Mark 6:31)

Eight Sunday after Pentecost

Feeding the Five Thousand

Mark 6:30 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught.
Mark 6:31 He said to them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
Mark 6:32 And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.
Mark 6:33 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.
Mark 6:34 As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

Many Touch Him and Are Made Well

Mark 6:53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat.
Mark 6:54 When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him,
Mark 6:55 and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.
Mark 6:56 And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.

NSRV & Believer's Study Bible (BSB) Notes

Readings for week of July 25th
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
First: 2 Kings 4: 42-44
Psalm 145: 10-18
Second: Ephesians 3: 14-21
Gospel: John 6: 1-21

SJLC's Weekly Audio Sermon Archive
(MP3 Format)

NEW Sunday Worship Services at 10:00am (see News Section for detailed updates)
New Adult Sunday School 9:00am
Youth Sunday School Suspended UFN

Tuesday & Thursday Bible Study (Academic Bldg, Rm 5 & Online) at 10:30 a.m. (see News Section for Details & Online Instructions)
Wednesday Holy Communion Service (Sanctuary) Noon [Suspended UFN]

1137 Alice Drive • Sumter, South Carolina 29150 • Tel: (803) 773-2260

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