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Elim Extra for August 25, 2024

Pastor’s Reflection: The High Places

Last Sunday we heard that King Solomon, even before he built the Temple, loved to go up into the mountains to worship God “in the high places.” That’s where we are going this Sunday, as we head up to Eden for our church picnic! Elim will be CLOSED on Sunday so please let us know if you need a carpool. Bring a camp chair if you want a softer seat and a light jacket, as the weather forecast for Sunday morning is chilly. There is a five or ten minute delay at the mouth of Ogden Canyon so please leave yourself extra time. We will serve communion. All are welcome to join us at 10 a.m. with a meal following!

http://www.edenparkutah.com

2100 N. 5600 E., Eden, Utah 84310

The celebration of life gathering for our beloved Jane Beasley will be at Elim in the fellowship hall and fishbowl room, on Saturday August 31 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers are needed to bring refreshments and flowers. Jane’s obituary will be posted at: https://www.lindquistmortuary.com/obituaries/jane-beasley. Please keep the family in your prayers as they grieve the loss of their beautiful Jane.

We are collecting donations for Manna Bags to put together on God’s Work Our Hands Sunday on September 8th in partnership with Ascension. We plan to make 10 bags so we need 10 each of the following items. Items are due in to the office by Wednesday September 4th. If you would prefer to donate money for the church to shop, please give cash to Gloria. Thank you so much!

Small Bottles of Water, Hand Sanitizers, Gloves, Ball Point Pens, Wash Cloths/Wipes, Small Notepads, Band-Aids, Socks

Slim Jims/Jerkey, Granola Bars/bags, Trail Mix, Fruit Cup/Applesauce/Spoon, Peanutbutter / cheese crackers

Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Toothbrush/toothpaste combo, Soap – wrapped, Comb/Brush, Elastic Hair Ties

Deodorant – small, Chapstick, Kleenex pkg small, Feminine Products, Dog Treats

Elim Extra for Sunday August 18, 2024

Pastor’s Reflection

Living Stones
In worship I quoted a new report that 100,000 churches are likely to close in the next 30 years in the United States. Yet even as we are forced to find new uses for our buildings, Scripture encourages us that we have “a house not built with hands” (2 Corinthians 5:1) that will never be taken from us.
What is this house? The cathedral of nature, as well as the promise of heaven, to be sure. But on Sunday I learned another dimension of this true home – that it is the living church made up of people, which the Bible calls “living stones” (1 Peter 2:5).
You see, after worship on Sunday, Lucille and I visited our Ogden Japanese Christian Church neighbors, whose beautiful building dates back to the Augustana German Lutheran church in our neighborhood. They were celebrating the call of their new hybrid, digital Pastor Jared, who lives in Ireland! This church worships on Zoom and is made up of people who live all over the world. How inspiring is that?
Then, Lucille and I joined Craig a block further north and took a wonderful tour of the beautiful, inspiring historic LDS Chapel on Jefferson and 21st. This ward began the same year as Elim, in 1888, with a chapel located at the site of New Bridge Elementary. In the 1920s the members of the ward made or moved 750,000 bricks to build their monument church, inspired by the sacred architecture of their Protestant neighbors in Ogden! Just a while later, our members of Elim would clean and move 60,000 bricks from the Ogden Defense Depot to create our precious building.
As our friends from My Hometown Ogden and the ward’s recent Bishop Jeremy explained, what these buildings represent is the love and the giving of the faithful. Today, this giving extends far beyond the walls of our own church community, as each congregation seeks to bless the whole Ogden community by finding ways to join together in service. This, more than any single building or place, is the true meaning of Zion on earth – anywhere believers meet together in harmony and love.
How blessed we are to be part of an ecumenical community like Ogden, where we can give and receive so much love, and show the world how the God of us all, wants to see us live together as neighbors. So as we give of our time, talent and treasure to take care of our building at Elim, my prayer is that we will focus not on what we stand to lose, but on what is permanent and not temporary in God’s eyes.
with love, Pr. Chelsea
We will worship in the temple of nature on August 25th at 10 a.m. at Eden Park and Community Center. Please let me or Peggy know if you need a carpool! We are seeking additional potluck signups including entree ideas. Eden Park and Community Center is located at 2100 N. 5600 E., Eden, Utah 84310.
The last evening prayer will be this Wednesday August 14th at 7:30 p.m. on the lawn. The Manna and Matins bread baking workshop on Saturday is canceled.
Church council will meet next Sunday, August 18th after worship.

Elim Extra for Sunday August 11, 2024

Pastor’s Reflection

King David never built the temple. Solomon did. But the story of how David’s baby son Solomon came to join his family is a wild one. On Sunday we will be hearing the third installment of this tragic but ultimately redemptive “Bible back story.”

Speaking of God’s house, please pray for our security grant application from FEMA, which is being decided on this week. Dave Thomas has done an amazing job of going after this whopping $180,000 to improve the safety of our building. Elim is blessed to have a long presence in our dynamic neighborhood. Let’s keep it that way!

And speaking of our neighborhood, this Sunday after church offers two amazing opportunities to go out and build relationships with our neighbors. At 11:30 we will cross the street to join the Ogden Christian Church for their fellowship hour to welcome their new pastor from Ireland, Pastor Jared! And at 2 pm, Bruce and Diane Jardine have arranged a tour of the gorgeous historic Ward building down the street from us on 21st. Please let me know if you can join!

with love,

Pr. Chelsea

This Wednesday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. – Bibliodrama workshop with counselor Rob Pramann! Please plan to join us and get to know our new members at Elim and bring some food or drink to share.

Please note, the week of Aug 5-10, the office will be open Mon 8-12 & Tues 8-10 & 11:30-2. The office will be closed on August 7, 8, 9, 10, 11th.

Sunday August 25th at 10 am – Church Picnic in Eden Park with worship service.

2100 N. 5600 E., Eden, Utah 84310.