With God as the head of the church, Gilead is still serving the community and beyond. We welcome you!
GILEAD LUTHERAN
CHURCH
308 Brick Church Road
Route 7 East and Route 278
Center Brunswick, NY
gileadlutheran.org
(518-279-9270)
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​Updates on new ways to be in ministry will be posted on the Synod's web site: www.upstatenysynod.org
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November 19th, 2023
24th Sunday after Pentecost
WORSHIP SERVICE - 10:30 A.M.
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GOSPEL READING:
Matthew 25:14-30
"The sheep and the goats"
Worship leader: Jim Netzer, SAM*
*(Synodical Authorized Minister)
LOOKING AHEAD AT UPCOMING ACTIVITIES - 2023
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WEDNESDAYS
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3:00 p.m. Bible Study
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5:30 p.m - Choir rehearsal
(Carry a tune? Please join us)
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THURSDAYS
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(Last Thursday of each month: Pantry & dinner - 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
(Servers, prep help, clean-up help needed)
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Please welcome Marjorie, our new Minister of Music.
We are again blessed to have her join us.
Please consider using the online giving method to send in your pledge - eliminating the need for our counters to handle money and envelopes. It's easy and the counters would appreciate it.


COVID-19 INFORMATION FOR THE BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY
- Click here to access "BrunswickCOVID-19.com"
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Please go to our FACEBOOK page (see link). You do not need to be a Facebook member to view these videos) to listen to our 9:30 a.m. outside Sunday worship services .
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Gilead's Vision Statement:
WE RING OUT A JOYOUS MESSAGE OF WELCOME AND TOGETHERNESS TO NEIGHBORS NEAR AND FAR THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST!
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WALK BY FAITH
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Sunday School News
Sunday School will be meeting in person again this year beginning October 8th! It will be held the second Sunday of each month during worship immediately following the children’s message. Please spread the word and
contact Tori if you have any questions.
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Also, we have been hard at work getting a Sunday School Facebook page
up and running! Videos, songs, and craft ideas to supplement our mailings will be posted each month. We will also share any upcoming special events. You can find us at facebook.com/gileadsundayschoo or by searching Gilead Sunday School- Troy, NY.
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Again, if you have any questions or would like to add a child to our Sunday School list, please contact Tori at (518)428-4084 or vjones996@gmail.com​

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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NOVEMBER
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November 4th - Clam Chowder sale.
November 5th - All Saints Sunday with coffee hour following services.
November 14 - Council Meeting - 5:30 p.m.
November 23rd - Body & Soul Pantry and Dinner
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COMMUNITY DINNER AND FOOD PANTRY
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The community dinner is a free-will offering which helps to defray the expenses and support the food pantry (September through May). Dinner will be held inside (or take-out available). There will not be a dinner during November. Groceries will be provided for a turkey dinner to those who are in need from our food pantry patrons.
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Thank you to all who support our community dinners and pantry with your company and free-will offerings. We look forward to seeing and "serving" you.
Our military honor tree has a new red, white, and blue star!
Defensive Driving Classes
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Thank you to all who participated in these classes.
Community Ministry's "mitten tree." Donations of hand-made mittens donated to a local women's shelter.

New clothes and toys were also purchased by the congregation who would pick a request from a family for a child/children to add a present for Christmas.
GILEAD SERVES IN WORSHIP AND OUTREACH
Join us each Sunday to lift your spirit for the week as we worship and provide community outreach.
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Our history began back in 1742, German families from the Palatinate settled in Haynerville along Route 7 in what is now Brunswick, New York--near Albany. A log structure was erected in 1746 on land given by Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer. In 1818 a brick church was constructed at the present site on land given by William Coonradt. After the Civil War in 1865 the present brick structure was dedicated. A bell tower was added and a Moeller organ installed.
Join with us, become acquainted with Gilead now as well as our past, to grow in spiritual friendship in our future. Our shared faith in Jesus Christ helps build strong bonds both within individual families and throughout our extended church family. God’s merciful grace and forgiveness, revealed here each Sunday in Word and Sacrament, give us a strong base on which to spread the spirit of love for the whole family. You are welcome to join our spiritual journey as we continue to spread the Word to others of God’s love. Come and worship in a liturgical tradition. Begin today for tomorrow.

"And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:13
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The following poem was written by William E. Ogren, a friend of Gilead, in December of 1995
"The church that sits atop a hill for all the world to see,
A grand Victorian structure with a quiet majesty.
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So many generations have worshipped in this place.
It beckons from the hilltop with a quiet kind of grace.
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A remember of a bygone time when splendor was the norm,
It was built by caring craftsman and would weather any storm.
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The highway down below it was a quiet dusty road.
Bricks were hauled by horses, straining 'neath their load.
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Before too long a church was raised, a fitting gift of thanks.
It has lasted through the ages, like the people in its ranks.
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A fitting place of worship on this hill atop the land,
A cathedral in the county - proud, alive and grand.
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The day this church was opened was a joyous, happy time,
As wagons full of families came to make the gentle climb.
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But a country church like this or a cathedral tall and grand,
Are only stacks of brick and stone that sit upon the sand.
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The church is in the people who choose this place to pray.
They've been here for generations and still are here today.
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Inside they sing the praises to the Lord that they all know,
And the sound of joyful music fills the valley down below.
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The scene of many joyous times and many sad as well,
Who knows how many stories these hallowed walls could tell.
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The road is now a highway and the traffic hurries by,
But that church atop the hill still stands tall against the sky.
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It still serves its congregation as it did so long ago,
And still stands as a beacon to that highway down below.
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As you walk up to the country church on a quiet summer day,
You can sense The Balm of Gilead as you go in to pray.
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May the Lord continue to bless your church."
- William E. Ogren
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