A month-long food drive focused on the best thing to put between sliced bread: PEANUT BUTTER!

Just as an FYI, Fry's Food Store is currently having a huge sale on their Kroger Brand Peanut Butter until July 29th when you use your Fry's card, which hopefully is tied to either BSLC or Beautiful Savior Academy through the Fry’s Food Stores Community Rewards program.

The goal is to collect 10,000 jars of peanut butter. Faith communities and other groups can raise the stakes by entering the competition to see which organization brings in the most jars total and the most jars per capita.

Bring your donation of jars of Peanut Butter to church and place in the bin marked ICS or on the table under the TV in the gathering area.

Years ago my commute took me across a small stream twice a day. An adjacent dirt parking lot occasionally had a car or two, presumably belonging to fishermen trying their luck for perch, largemouth bass or chain pickerel. Other days the small lot was empty.

Twice a year, though, the lot was packed. Cars and pickups overflowed, parked on both sides of the road to Trenton. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection had just stocked the stream with thousands of trout, many of a nice size. The fishermen (and women) were ready for a great catch.

I was reminded of Assunpink Creek by the Transition Team's work on its report ahead of calling a new pastor and by Pastor Tony's recent excellent message on evangelism. If you didn't read his note, you're encouraged to do so. https://beautifulsavior.net/news/evangelism

At many points in the Bible and in different ways, Jesus calls us to be "fishers of men." Mark 1:16-18 and Matthew 4:19 tell the story of Jesus walking beside the Sea of Galilee, encountering Simon and Andrew. He encouraged them to drop their nets and to follow Him. Pastor Tony's newsletter "Good News!" quoted Luke 10:1-3a where "the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.'"

Studying changes at Beautiful Savior and in the church's immediate neighborhood...

A huge Thank You to a generous donor for funding the bathroom updates!  In our narthex/gathering, the bathrooms have received some much needed updates, new toilets, an additional grab bar, and new countertops and faucets.

Wednesday, July 23 - Movies that Matter at 10am in the conference room. We will be watching Chariots of Fire, the movie is based on the true story of two British athletes competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Englishman Harold Abrahams (played by Ben Cross), who is Jewish, overcomes anti-Semitism and class prejudice in order to compete against the "Flying Scotsman", Eric Liddell (played by Ian Charleson), in the 100 metre race.

Saturday, July 26—Kid’s Half Day Music Camp at 10am-Noon in the conference rm. "Make a Joyful Noise" is the theme of our mini-music camp for kids.  We are inviting children ages 4 - 10 to participate in the fun. The event is FREE, but reservations are required. Please RSVP by sending an email to: office@beautifulsavior.net or calling the church office, 520-744-2665 by July 23. You may leave a message including the name and age of your child

Sunday, July 27—Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Ordination for Pastor Tony during worship with a reception after worship in Werner Hall.