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CHOIRS
All choirs meet Wed evening
Pam directs jubilee and joy
JUBILEE—7-7:30pm
Sing 4th Sun. @ 10:30am
Grades k—5
JOY—7:30-8pm
Sing 1st Sun. @ 8:15am
Grades 6-12th
SENIOR— 8-9pm
Sing 1st & 3rd Sun. @ 10:30
Dianne High, director
Volume LXV September 20, 2015 Number 38 Church Web Page - www.LittleSwatara.org
The Gathering Place Café Contact: gatheringplacecafe.com
Phone: 933-5958
Café Hours: Mon-Fri 6-11am & Sat 7-11am
(Volunteers always appreciated)
GIVING LAST SUNDAY
General Fund 3,515.68$
Building Fund 1,090.00$
Family Assistance 221.00$
Maintenance 240.00$
Sunday School 58.71$
Global Food Crisis 25.00$
Women's Fellowship 35.00$
Mission of the Month 175.00$
TOTAL 5,360.39$
Last Sunday’s Attendance Worship one service = 146
Sunday School = 98
GENERAL FUND BUDGET 2015
$251,797
Lebanon Valley Brethren Home Auxiliary Dues
Prayer Concerns
Please call or email the office if you know of someone having a need and would like to be listed here. We will gladly add them to the list and prayer chain for all to remember in prayer.
Nigerian brothers and sisters
Lloyd Moyer—guidance
Pete & Carol Sanchez—healing
Mike Mattson—guidance/discernment
Jen Emerich—relief from pain
Denise Christ—MS
Anna Mary Myer—strength
Kenny & Kathryn Wenger—health
Joyce Luckenbill-health
Roberta Bashore—health concerns
Chelsee Uhrich - transplant, healing
Carol Sholl—health
James Mills—health
Recent Prayer Concerns:
Refugee Crisis in Europe
Family of Carl Myers
Family of Verna Forry
Mark Myers-healing
Harold Myers-healing
Elmer Gockley
baby Zoey S and parents-health
Lucy Brubaker-health
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Faithful Men Dinner Concert Saturday, October 31, 2015
6:00 P.M. Ham & Chicken
Donation $10.00 per ticket Tickets available from Gary & Mary Ba-shore
ALL proceeds will go to the Nigeria Project.
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NEXT WEEK’S SERMON Title: “Use it or lose it” Scripture: Luke 19: 11-27 Thought to ponder: What should I be doing until Jesus returns? Question: if I knew I would not be judged, what would I do for the Lord I’m currently not doing?
PASTOR MATTHEW S. CHRIST e-mail - [email protected] APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TUES AT CAFÉ (SAT. DAY OFF)
POINTS OF CONTACT: Cell: 570-246-8196 Church Office: 717-933-4723 Facebook: Matt Christ Twitter: @MatthewSChrist *in an emergency, contact the pastor on his cell *non-emergency, contact the office and leave a message *counseling is available by appointment Secretary—Charlene K. Anspach, OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Fri, 8:30 am-12 noon E-mail: [email protected]. Substitutes- Dianne Younker & Denise Christ Treasurer—Dianne Younker, phone: 717-269-0803. E-mail: [email protected].
Volunteers for September 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2015.
AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT - Matthew Sanchez (717) 628-1141 VIDEO PROJECTION Glenn Riegel/ Mark Myers -CVLI#502613280; CCLI#157691
ORGANIST Marlene Blatt CHORISTER 1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 3rd Sunday 4th Sunday
8:15 Pam G ONE SERVICE Kara Henning Praise Team 10:30 Pam G Praise Team Allen Rebman Kathryn Ziegler PIANIST Diane Duell Christine Doig Christine Doig AUDIO Alan Bashore Jayne Diamond Todd Rebman Todd Rebman
WORSHIP CENTER
Sandra Keeney, wk 1&2 Jennifer Speraw wk 3& 4
EXTENDED SESSION (age 2 to grade K) Matt & Leah Blatt Deb Yordy/Diane Long Diane/Tanya Feathers Bonnie B/Chris DeMille WELCOME CENTER
8:15 Sharon Dosch ONE SERVICE Rachel Graby Michelle Snyder 10:30 Ruthe C./Pat T Sandy Manbeck Dorothy Gensemer Barbara Batz USHERS 8:15 10:30
1st Sunday, Marvin Luckenbill Robert and Wendy Lingle Mike Dosch Sam Forry, Matt Blatt 2nd Sunday, ONE SERVICE Matthew Sanchez, Jeremy Platchek Gerald and James Bowman 3rd Sunday, Mike Graby Kenneth Duell, John Ziegler Rachel Graby Buddy and Debbie Seigfried 4th Sunday, Dorinda Kauffman Richard, Derek Yenser Carl M Kauffman Richard Dundore, J.R. Yenser NURSERY (Infants & up to age 2) contact: Doris Keeney (717)933-4972
1st Sunday, 8:15 - Rachel Graby 9:15 - Carol Peace 10:15 - Jody, Amanda, Lindsay Rhoads 2nd Sunday, 8:15 - ONE SERVICE 9:15 - Dianne High 10:15 - Jim & Karen Weinhold 3rd Sunday, 8:15 - Shelley & Alexis Yenser 9:15 - Debbie Seigfried & Chris DeMille 10:15 - Nolan & Doris Keeney 4th Sunday, 8:15 - Rebecca Rebman 9:15 - Nolan & Doris Keeney 10:15 - Nolan & Doris Keeney
SEPTEMBER EVENTS
20, Noon FH,K—Soup & Sandwich Youth Fundraiser
7pm Triple J @ Café (3rd of month)
21, PEACE DAY
8:45am FH, Exercise Class Begins
22, Ministry Team Minutes Due
12:30pm 50 Plus Meets
6:30pm Den Meeting
23, 8am, K, Chow-Chow making
8:45am FH, Exercise Class
24, 6pm Café Bible Study
25-26, Lebanon Fairgrounds, DISASTER RELIEF AUCTION
26, DISASTER RELIEF AUCTION
Men's Fellowship group to help at the auction
27, Youth-Skillet Concert, Bloomsburg
Noon, Spiritual Nurture meeting
Sub orders Due for October 8th
Newsletter Deadline
30, 8am K Chow-Chow making
OCTOBER
1, 6pm Café “Feeding Trough” Bible Study
2, Youth Fall Festival
3, District Conference, Elizabethtown
8am K prepare for Love Feast
Senior High Barn Party, Becker Farm
4, World Communion Sunday
9:30am Youth Yummies
11:45am Love Feast
6pm Scout Leader meeting 7pm Café Christian Poetry Fellowship 5, 7pm Women’s Business Meeting 6, 7pm, Leadership Team Meeting 7, 7am 50 Plus Bus Trip 4pm FH, Sub preparation 8, 6am Sub Sale 6pm Café, “Feeding Trough” Bible Study 9, 5:30pm 50 Plus Bus Trip return 11, Food Pantry Collection Mission Emphasis Sunday 13, LVBH Good Sam Fundraiser Dinner 12:30pm 50 Plus meets 6:30pm Den Meeting 14, 7pm Choir Practice 15, 8am, Quilting & Knotting 6pm Café, “Feeding Trough” Bible Study 16, 2-6pm, Bethel Food Pantry 17, 6pm Young Family Fellowship 18, 6pm Triple J @ Café 20, 7pm Ministry Team Meetings 21, Sr. Adult Fall Banquet, Yoder’s Restaurant 22, 6pm Café “Feeding Trough” Bible Study 23-25, 7pm Jr. High Retreat, Camp Swatara 24, 7-10am FH, WF Fundraiser Breakfast
8am-1pm, LVBH Fall Harvest & Christmas Bazaar, Palmyra 25, Newsletter Deadline 11:45am FH, Golden Age Dinner 27, Ministry Team Minutes Due 12:30pm 50 Plus Meets 6:30pm Den Meeting 29, 8am Quilting & Knotting
10:30am 50 Plus Bus Trip 6pm Café “Feeding Trough” Bible Study
September Mission of the Month
Brethren Di saster Rel ie f
weekly
Li t t le Swatara
Church of the Brethren
Pastor Matthew S. Christ
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP—Sr Choir “Surely the Presence”
OPENING HYMN “O worship the king” #66
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PASTORAL PRAYER
SR CHOIR “People need the Lord”
OFFERTORY
HYMN “ Come thou fount” #520
CHILDREN’S MOMENT
SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 25: 14-30
MESSAGE “Taking care of the little things”
CLOSING HYMN “ Will you let me be your servant” #307
SENDING FORTH
MUSIC FOR THE JOURNEY
Sympathies
As a church family, we express our sincere sympathy and
Christian love to the family in the passing of Verna Forry,
on September 14, 2015. Services were here Friday.
* * * * * * *
Continual sympathies go out to the Myer family as well
for the loss of loved one, Carl Myers on Sept. 5th. The
funeral was held here on Saturday, Sept. 19th..
Little Swatara Church of the Brethren
Women’s Fellowship Prayer Chain Before placing a request for prayer on the Prayer Chain,
please ask the person if they want their name and request shared with our Prayer Chain people.
Also, ask the person how the request should be worded and if they would like to be listed in the bulletin for prayer.
We want to respect a person’s privacy and only share when and what they want us to share.
To request prayers, you may call or email Pastor Matt 570-246-8196 [email protected]
Church Secretary 717-933-4723 [email protected] Linda Ziegler 717-933-8840 [email protected]
Dianne Younker 717-270-6193 [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Trash to Treasure” It’s the theme for this year’s Christmas open house! We welcome
anyone to the craft class at the Lion’s Den in Rehrersburg at 1pm. Here’s the Schedule:
July 9 & 23
August 6 & 20
September 3 & 17
October 15 & 29
Colleen Hoch is the inspirational leader. It’s a fun few hours of get-
ting out, finding your creative side and enjoy some social time.
Trinity United Brethren Church
Little White Church Service
Mt. Aetna, PA
Pastor Matt will give
message
TODAY at 2:30pm
* * *
Fellowship &
refreshments
Following the service
Lebanon Valley Brethren Home
FALL HARVEST &
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
WHEN: October 24
TIME: 8AM-1PM
NEEDED: crafts, canned foods,
baked items, cookies, produce and
plants!
DONATIONS APPRECIATED!
Contact Becky Rebman to donate.
39th Annual Women’s Spiritual Retreat
SPEAKER: Belita Mitchell
THEME: “Listening for the Voice of God”
PLACE: Conestoga COB, Leola, PA
DATE: Wed, Oct 21
TIME: registration starting at 9am.
DEADLINE: October 15
CONTACT: call the church @ 717-656-2493, 9-12:30pm, or
email: [email protected]
A big Thank You for the beautiful cards and the prayers
and phone calls while I was going through my seven weeks of heart treatments. Also, a special thanks to the Women’s Fel-lowship for the very nice scrapbook. God bless all of you.
John Hoover
Little Swatara Church Calendar is now ON LINE!
It may be viewed on a computer or smart phone. Go to
www.LittleSwatara.org, click on the “Calendar” link. It will show
the month, week, and day views. Click on an event, or use the day or
week view to see where an event is taking place. Click “print” view
if you prefer a paper copy.
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2016 DIRECTORY UPDATES NEEDED
If you have a college student with a new address, please send to the church secretary via email or a note on the desk.
******* NEEDED—Trustees are looking for someone to plow snow off the
church parking lot this winter. Please contact John High if interested.
Ways to Stay Up to Date with Little Swatara Little Swatara maintains an active Facebook presence. “Friend” us on Face-book by searching “Little Swatara”. We also have an up to date web page featuring information on activities, and our on-line church calendar. Point your browser to www.LittleSwatara.org. We also send out weekly emails about upcoming events and other information. To join our email list—visit the “contact/Locate” page of our web site www.LittleSwatara.org and click
on “subscribe to our email list.”
Little Swatara Church Calendar is now ON LINE!
It may be viewed on a computer or smart phone. Go to
www.LittleSwatara.org, click on the “Calendar” link. It will show
the month, week, and day views. Click on an event, or use the day
or week view to see where an event is taking place. Click “print”
view if you prefer a paper copy. For the "Tech Savvy" there is an
RSS feed, and an ICAL link to add “our church calendar” right into
your own Software to stay up-to-date!
COBYS BIKE & HIKE EVENT on Sept. 13th was
a great success. Little Swatara raised over $7,700 in
memory of Carl Myers! And yes, our new motorcyclist was
there too- Pastor Matt, and his family as well as many others!
Sign up Now for CHOW-CHOW Orders may be placed on sheet in narthex.
For those ordering: Bring jars with your name taped on them to the kitchen by Sept. 23rd for the first batch of
chow chow.
See you tomorrow at EXERCISE CLASS 8:45AM Monday & Wed.,
Lebanon Valley Brethren Home
Breakfast & Bazaar
OCTOBER 24, 2015
Breakfast tickets are $7 and available from
Becky Rebman, 933-8810.
Volunteers are needed at the Bazaar and
Breakfast. If you’d like to help,
sign up in the Narthex.
