Lighthouse Ministry November Newsletter Dear Friends, Thank you to the many who have expressed their opinions and sugges- ons in the last month regarding our newsleer changes. We are excited to know it is beer received and hope to connue to improve its effecveness! I came across some interesng informaon recently while reading a newsleer from the Chrisan Law As- sociaon. It is no secret to most of us that our public educaon system is in need of help. In the last thirty years, the US educaon system has gone from be- ing the worldwide leader in quality educaon, to being ranked 36th at this me. In addion to the struggling aca- demics, moral decline, and the common core disaster, not-so -frequently-publicized is the teaching staff. In the US, there are about 3.1 million full me teachers. Of those teachers, 14% resign by the end of their first year. One third, or 33%, leave within the first three years, and nearly 50% have le their jobs by their 5th year! Why has this most important job of teaching the next generaon become something to fear? What has changed in our naon’s students which has yielded these results? As I review history, and look for clues, it is clear that things started changing drascally in the late 40’s,-1947 to be exact. This is when the US Supreme Court changed its in- terpretaon of the Establishment Clause of the First Amend- ment to the United States Constuon. Since then, our foun- daon has been shaken. Our measure to live has been un- dermined, and everybody finds themselves guessing about what is or is not acceptable. Can we sll pray in school? Is the Bible permied in public schools? What are our rights? The fear produced by this ruling has sent shockwaves through our educaon system. Most conclude that these acvies are banned, and we will get in trouble for such reli- gious expressions. As a result, for most, their Chrisan voice has been silenced. We have raised a godless generaon who is now stepping up to lead. I mean not to “beat a dead horse” as they say, or to “preach to the choir,” but to expose that not only is this hap- pening, it is happening due to ignorance, and is oen propa- gated by well meaning Chrisans. Just like the heads of our religion department in Chrisan colleges across our naon who proclaim science to support evoluon (while the science departments factually support Creaon), I find Chrisans ad- ming defeat and proclaiming it on the rooops! Our stu- dents CAN pray in school. They CAN read their Bible. They CAN share their faith, wear Chrisan apparel, and incorpo- rate their faith into their homework, artwork, and other wrien and oral assignments. Oenmes teachers do not clearly understand the rights of their students. It is our job as Chrisans to stand for truth, even when it is not popular. It is important that even though our public schools no longer start their day with prayer, and Bible read- ing, that we take advantage of such a freedom as we do here at LCA! We can see the effects of removing these things in the world around us, and that we share the Gospel with those we come in contact. History books have been changed, our neighbors no longer know that our country was founded on the Bible, with the US Capitol building being used as a church by more than 2,000 people for over 100 years. It is our history, it is what made us great, and why we are here today. If you want to “Make America Great Again,” don’t put your faith in the next polician, but I challenge you to make it priority that you start each day alone with God. The fruits of this will be visible in your life. -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 Chrisan Academy & Bible Instute www.LMChurchAcademy.org Phone #(610) 682-2109 [email protected]Fax# 610-682-0089 5 Penn St, P.O. Box 287 Lyon Staon, PA 19536 1888-202-4409 Toll Free Pastor Al Zentner [email protected]Home (610) 944-0946 Cell (610) 334-3337 Assistant Pastor Jacob Masemore [email protected](610) 334-9341
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Lighthouse Ministry
November Newsletter
Dear Friends,
Thank you to the many who have
expressed their opinions and sugges-
�ons in the last month regarding our
newsle�er changes. We are excited to
know it is be�er received and hope to
con�nue to improve its effec�veness!
I came across some interes�ng
informa�on recently while reading a
newsle�er from the Chris�an Law As-
socia�on. It is no secret to most of us
that our public educa�on system is in need of help. In the
last thirty years, the US educa�on system has gone from be-
ing the worldwide leader in quality educa�on, to being
ranked 36th at this �me. In addi�on to the struggling aca-
demics, moral decline, and the common core disaster, not-so
-frequently-publicized is the teaching staff. In the US, there
are about 3.1 million full �me teachers. Of those teachers,
14% resign by the end of their first year. One third, or 33%,
leave within the first three years, and nearly 50% have le�
their jobs by their 5th year! Why has this most important
job of teaching the next genera�on become something to
fear? What has changed in our na�on’s students which has
yielded these results?
As I review history, and look for clues, it is clear that
things started changing dras�cally in the late 40’s,-1947 to
be exact. This is when the US Supreme Court changed its in-
terpreta�on of the Establishment Clause of the First Amend-
ment to the United States Cons�tu�on. Since then, our foun-
da�on has been shaken. Our measure to live has been un-
dermined, and everybody finds themselves guessing about
what is or is not acceptable. Can we s�ll pray in school? Is
the Bible permi�ed in public schools? What are our rights?
The fear produced by this ruling has sent shockwaves
through our educa�on system. Most conclude that these
ac�vi�es are banned, and we will get in trouble for such reli-
gious expressions. As a result, for most, their Chris�an voice
has been silenced. We have raised a godless genera�on who
is now stepping up to lead.
I mean not to “beat a dead horse” as they say, or to
“preach to the choir,” but to expose that not only is this hap-
pening, it is happening due to ignorance, and is o>en propa-
gated by well meaning Chris�ans. Just like the heads of our
religion department in Chris�an colleges across our na�on
who proclaim science to support evolu�on (while the science
departments factually support Crea�on), I find Chris�ans ad-
miBng defeat and proclaiming it on the roo>ops! Our stu-
dents CAN pray in school. They CAN read their Bible. They
CAN share their faith, wear Chris�an apparel, and incorpo-
rate their faith into their homework, artwork, and other
wri�en and oral assignments. O>en�mes teachers do not
clearly understand the rights of their students.
It is our job as Chris�ans to stand for truth, even when it
is not popular. It is important that even though our public
schools no longer start their day with prayer, and Bible read-
ing, that we take advantage of such a freedom as we do here
at LCA! We can see the effects of removing these things in
the world around us, and that we share the Gospel with
those we come in contact. History books have been changed,
our neighbors no longer know that our country was founded
on the Bible, with the US Capitol building being used as a
church by more than 2,000 people for over 100 years. It is
our history, it is what made us great, and why we are here
today. If you want to “Make America Great Again,” don’t put
your faith in the next poli�cian, but I challenge you to make
it priority that you start each day alone with God. The fruits
of this will be visible in your life. -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”
Dore�a Hein 28 BD 116 W. Barkley St., Topton, Pa. 19562 If you know of anyone missing from this list or wrong addresses, please let us know so we can correct our records.
We had a great turnout last month, . This is a
great night of popcorn, entertainment and ice
cream sundaes and there is no cost. Bring the fami-
ly and some friends and join us! This month’s mov-
ie is called “Different Drummers.”
We are currently studying the book of Psalms
November 7th & 21st
Will the Real Children of God Please
Stand Up?
Discipleship Class
Join us every Thursday evening with
James Brunner @ 7pm
November 12th
Prayer & Praise Center
Praise God for His answered prayer
• Full enrollment in the academy
• New families a�ending Lighthouse
• Spiritual ba�les being overcome
• Healthy baby Jus�n born
• Mary’s brother received Christ!
• The Masemores were able to move back
home
• Great �me of fellowship at Pastor’s breakfast
• Great turnout for our October Movie Night
• Successful first sandwich sale
Below are some of the many prayer needs
among our church body to li� up during your
prayer �mes. Please talk to Jacob to add to this
list.
• Craig Hertzog– We are trus�ng God for His
healing touch to cut Craig free from this aw-
ful disease of cancer.
• Glen Moatz & Dorian Nygard– Cancer
• Milton Berryman– Diabetes
• Heather Masemore & Tyffanie Kline– Praying
for healthy babies as they finish out their
pregnancies
• Cheree Rothenberger– Recover from Surgery
• Bonnie to raise funds for opera�on
Scripture tells us that the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effec�ve– James 5:16. We have a prayer
chain available to aid in brothers and sisters li>ing 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.