Sharon Evangelical Lutheran Church

Sharon Evangelical Lutheran Church Small ELCA church located in a loving, farm community. Partners with local churches to support youth, families and seniors. All are invited and welcome. Rev.

Paul St. Clair, Vice Pastor. Phone: 540-333-2164.

More VBS pictures! I love these babies. 🚂❤❤❤
05/09/2024

More VBS pictures! I love these babies. 🚂❤❤❤

05/09/2024

VBS action from last night! Woo hoo! Join us next Wednesday 5:30-7:30! 🚂✝️✌

03/21/2024

All are invited to Holy Week Services:✝️
Palm Sunday March 21, 11am🌿
Mandy Thursday, March 28, 7pm🍞🍷
Easter Breakfast March 31, 9am🍳🥓
Easter Service March 31, 11am🌷🌼🌸

Blessed to have a community of churches come together for our youth. Precious children, awesome leaders! Sewing seeds ...
03/21/2024

Blessed to have a community of churches come together for our youth. Precious children, awesome leaders! Sewing seeds for the Holy Spirit ✌🌈🌸☘🌼🌷

02/05/2024

Shrove Tuesday Pancake 🥞🥓Supper 🥞🥓
Feb 13, 5:30pm
All are invited! Takeouts available. Donations go to Youth Fund 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️🏃

12/27/2023

POPE FRANCIS SAID: "Think of a single mother who goes to the Church or the Parish, and tells the secretary: I WANT TO BAPTIZE MY SON." And the attendant says: No, you can't, because you're not married.. Let's keep in mind that this mother had the courage to continue with a pregnancy, and what is she facing? With a door closed! And so, if we continue this path and with this attitude, we are not doing the people, God's People right. Jesus created the seven sacraments and with this attitude we created an eighth: the sacrament of pastoral customs! WHO GOES TO THE CHURCH MUST FIND OPEN DOORS AND NOT TAXES OF FAITH". Pope Francis just said, "We need saints without veils, without underwear." We need jeans and sneaker saints. We need saints to go to the movies, listen to music and hang out with their friends. We need saints that put God first and stand out in University. We need saints who seek time to pray every day and know how to fall in love with purity and chastity, or who consecrate their chastity. We need modern day saints, 21st century saints with spirituality embedded in our time. We need saints committed to the poor and the necessary social change. We need saints who live in the world, sanctify themselves in the world and who are not afraid to live in the world. We need saints who drink Coke and eat hot dogs, who are internet users, who listen to iPod. We need saints who love the Eucharist and who are not ashamed to have a beer or eat pizza on the weekend with friends. We need saints who love cinema, theater, music, dance, sports. We need sociable, open, normal, friendly, joyful, fellow saints. We need saints who are in the world and know how to taste the pure and good things of the world, but without being worldly." That has to be us!!!
Those who approach the Church should find the doors open and not find people who want to control the faith. This is what the Pope said Saturday morning during Mass in the Casa Santa Marta.

Introducing Susan Harris, Minister, Sharon ELCA, Statesville NC. I was born and raised in Lincoln County, NC. I attended...
11/07/2023

Introducing Susan Harris, Minister, Sharon ELCA, Statesville NC.

I was born and raised in Lincoln County, NC. I attended public school there and am a lifelong member of Salem Lutheran Church, located north of Lincolnton.
I am married to Randy Harris. We have been married fifty-two years and have two grown children and six grandchildren, ranging in age from 22 years to eighteen months.
I worked for the State of North Carolina for 35 years and, most of that time, I was employed as an official court reporter. After retiring in 2011, I continued working as a free-lance court reporter until early 2022.
I served four years (2014-2018) as President of the NC Women of the ELCA and two years as Secretary of that organization.
I have served the NC Synod as a certified lay preacher, having completed that training in 2020, and I was a member of the first cohort of Synodically Authorized Minsters (SAM) in the NC Synod.
My hobbies, as time permits, include pottery and creative writing. Pottery is one outlet to use some of the creativity God has given me. Another creative passion in my life is writing, both poetry and prose. I have entered numerous literary pieces in the NC Senior Games and even had one short story published in a literary magazine.

Sharon ELCA will host a meet and greet luncheon on Sunday, November 12 at 1pm. All members, friends, and family are invited.

Trunk or Treat was great fun! Thanks to all trunk decorators and thanks to all the goblins for coming out. The weather...
10/30/2023

Trunk or Treat was great fun! Thanks to all trunk decorators and thanks to all the goblins for coming out. The weather was perfect! Bethel United Methodist Church

We are so blessed with children. Thank you Jesus. Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do...
10/09/2023

We are so blessed with children. Thank you Jesus.
Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

CHURCH IS HARD. Church is hard for the person walking through the doors, afraid of judgement.Church is hard for the past...
08/20/2023

CHURCH IS HARD.

Church is hard for the person walking through the doors, afraid of judgement.

Church is hard for the pastor’s family, under the microscope of an entire body.

Church is hard for the prodigal soul returning home, broken and battered by the world.

Church is hard for the girl who looks like she has it all together, but doesn’t.

Church is hard for the couple who fought the entire ride to service.

Church is hard for the single mom, surrounded by couples holding hands, and seemingly perfect families.

Church is hard for the widow and widower with no invitation to lunch after service.

Church is hard for the deacon with an estranged child.

Church is hard for the person singing worship songs, overwhelmed by the weight of the lyrics.

Church is hard for the man insecure in his role as a leader.

Church is hard for the wife who longs to be led by a righteous man.

Church is hard for the nursery volunteer who desperately longs for a baby to love.

Church is hard for the single woman and single man, praying God brings them a mate.

Church is hard for the teenage girl, wearing a scarlet letter, ashamed of her mistakes.

Church is hard for the sinners.

Church is hard for me.

It’s hard because on the outside it all looks shiny and perfect. Sunday best in behavior and dress.

However, underneath those layers, you find a body of imperfect people, carnal souls, selfish motives.

But, here is the beauty of church—

Church isn’t a building, mentality, or expectation.

Church is a body.

Church is a group of sinners, saved by grace, living in fellowship as saints.

Church is a body of believers bound as brothers and sisters by an eternal love.

Church is a holy ground where sinners stand as equals before the Throne of Grace.

Church is a refuge for broken hearts and a training ground for mighty warriors.

Church is a converging of confrontation and invitation. Where sin is confronted and hearts are invited to seek restoration.

Church is a lesson in faith and trust.

Church is a bearer of burdens and a giver of hope.

Church is a family. A family coming together, setting aside differences, forgetting past mistakes, rejoicing in the smallest of victories.

Church, the body, and the circle of sinners-turned-saints, is where He resides, and if we ask, He is faithful to come.

So even on the hard days at church—

The days when I am at odds with a friend, when I’ve fought with my husband because we’re late once again. When I’ve walked in bearing burdens heavier than my heart can handle, yet masking the pain with a smile on my face. When I’ve worn a scarlet letter, under the microscope. When I’ve longed for a baby to hold, or fought tears as the lyrics were sung. When I’ve walked back in, afraid and broken, after walking away.

I’ll remember, He has never failed to meet me there.

Address

2116 Island Ford Road
Statesville, NC
28625

Opening Hours

11am - 12pm

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