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THE GOOD NEWS

March 2013

Christ

United Methodist Church

JOIN US AS WE WORSHIP OUR LORD!

Pastor Andrew T Bradley

Email:

pastorandrewbradley@comcast.net

Church : 717/532-6850

Office hours:

Monday-Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

E-mail: Christumcshipp@comcast.net

Facebook: Christ United Methodist,

Shippensburg

Web -www.christumcshipp.org

Christ United Methodist Church is committed to

the safety and well-being of our children and

vulnerable adults by

participating in Safe Sanctuaries.

Vision: To be inspired by God’s love to serve everyone.

Mission: To make disciples of Jesus Christ

for the transformation of the world.

A BIG THANK YOU! To Christ United Methodist Church: Thank you

very much for you generous donation of $125.

to Christ Among Neighbors. Your donation has

served as a blessing to the community and an

inspiration to our staff. Your thoughtfulness

will enable the staff of Christ Among

Neighbors to assist members of our commu-

nity. God bless you, Sincerely, Karen Boutcher

of Christ Among Neighbors

Dear Friends in Mission: Thank you for your

gift received 1/13/12 for $300. to the General

Board of Global Ministries through The Ad-

vance, the designated mission giving channel of

The United Methodist Church. We are pleased

to share that 100 present of you contribution

will go to Eurasia Mission Initiative– Russia and

Belarus, Advance #11510A. Your gift is funding

pastor’s salaries and church ministries and es-

tablishing new churches in Russia.

The generosity of faithful people such as you

makes it possible for the church to extend

God’s mission around the world. Ministries, mis-

sionaries, and projects that the UM can sup-

port through The Advance exist in more that

100 countries and many areas of the US. These

focus on evangelism, church development, edu-

cation, disaster relief, and rehabilitation,

health services, and programs for children and

young people.

May God grant you a sense of hope and joy as

you continue your support for mission. Grace

and peace, Roland Fernamdes, General Treas-

urer, General Board of Global Ministries;

Shawn Bakker, Associate General Secretary,

The Advance

Each Sunday - 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Worship, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School

Church office hours - Monday through Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. As of February 27, 2013

March 2013

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1 World Day of Prayer

2 8a Lent Breakfast at Leesburg UMC 9-11a Clothing Bank with Breakfast 10:30a Mem-bership Class

3 3rd Sunday in Lent

6:45p Lenten Study

4 1p Book Discussion Group

6:30p Education

5 6 7:30a Lent Breakfast at Greenvillage

6:30p Handbell Choir

7 8 9 8a Lent Breakfast at Trinity UMC

9-11a Clothing Bank with Breakfast

10 4th Sunday in Lent One Great Hour of Sharing (offering)

Daylight Saving (spring ahead)

6:45p Lenten Study

11 6p Hospitality 6:30p Outreach 7p Ministry & Nurture

12 2p UMW

13 7:30a Lent Breakfast at Greenvillage

6:30p Handbell Choir

14 5:30p Free Dinner

15 16 8a Lent Breakfast at Newburg UMC

9-11a Clothing Bank with Breakfast

17 5th Sunday in Lent/St. Patrick’s Day

6:45p Lenten Study

Newsletter Items Due

18 19 7-9 Civil War Roundtable

20 7:30a Lent Breakfast at Greenvillage

10a Yarnspinners

6:30p Handbell Choir

1st Day of

21 22 23 8a Lent Breakfast at Messiah UMC

9-11a Clothing Bank with Breakfast

24 Passion/Palm Sunday

6:45p Lenten Study

25 6:30p Administrative Council

26 27 7:30a Lent Breakfast at Greenvillage

6:30p Handbell Choir

28 5:30p Free Dinner

7:30p Maundy Thursday Service

29 12:15p Good Friday Service at Messiah UMC

30 9-11a Cloth-ing Bank with Breakfast

31 Easter Sunday 7a “Son Rise” Service 8a Breakfast 9:30a Easter Service

Happy Birthday!

March

1 - Pat MacDonald 21 - Georgia Connelly

9 – Nolan Harty 21 - Bruce Hockersmith

9 – Ken MacDonald 22 - Carol Tsambiras

10 – Carla Lynch 23 - Carrie Fennell

11 - Frances Cannon 24—Konnie Serr

11 - Sherman Mason 24– Megan Young

13 - Shae Lynch 25 - Stephanie Harty

13 - Mark Minnich

14 - Becky Gehres

19 - William Cressler, Jr.

20 - David Dolbin SEEKING! We continue to seek help with the Saturday

morning breakfasts and the Second Thurs-

day, and Fourth Thursday evening meals

served to all who come. If you are interested

in helping or providing supplies, please con-

tact Angelo Tsambiras by calling 530-8271.

Also, seeking volunteers to lead devotions during these meals. If you are called to share a brief devotional or an inspiring message of how Jesus Christ is working in your life please see Pastor An-drew or Steve VanDixon.

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE The deadline for the March 2013 “Good

News” newsletter is Sunday, March 17.

Please submit your articles to the office by

this date. The email address is

christumcshipp@comcast.net.

GREETERS For the 10:30 a.m. Worship

Service are as follows:

Mar 3 Becky Gehres & Mandy Gehres

and Carla Lynch

Mar 10 JoAnn VanDixon

and Georgia Connelly

Mar 17 Beth Minnich

and Barb Hershey

Mar 24 Marlene Hess

and Angie Kuhn

Mar 31 Vacancy

Anyone available March 31 please contact

Janice Hockersmith, 532-8539 or zin-

fini40@hotmail.com Thank you!

TRANSPORTATION TROUBLES? If you know of anyone in need of transporta-

tion to or from Worship service please con-

tact Steve VanDixon – 830-9510 or Bill Mor-

gan – 532-7519. We will make every attempt

to see that this is not an obstacle for anyone

wishing to worship!

SUMMER CAMP The schedule for 2013 Summer Camps can now be

viewed on their website: www.susumcamps.org.

Click on Camps-at-a-Glance to view the full sched-

ule of events. Descriptions of each event can be

viewed by clicking on the site location and then

2013 camps. Register online early.

Jesus said … 'I am the resurrection

and the life. Whoever believes in me,

though he die, yet shall he live, and

everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die'"

(John 11:25–26, ESV)

CHURCH CRIER by Cathy Johnson

Isaiah 29:21, 21 says: For the tyrant shall be no more, and the scoffer shall cease to be; all those alert to do evil shall be cut off—those who cause a person to lose a lawsuit, who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate, and without grounds deny jus-tice to the one in the right. Psalm 109:1-3 1 says:

Do not be silent, O God of my praise. For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They be-set me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. We have all, at some time, hurt someone’s feel-

ings with our words. Unfortunately, our words are

often directed to loved ones. Sadly, the words

are then “out there” and once they have been spo-

ken there are no “do over's.” Just regret.

WORD are extremely POWERFUL! The right

words are encouraging, loving, respectful, and

helpful. The wrong words can be detrimental to

us.

James 4:11,12 says: 11 Do not speak evil against

one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever

speaks evil against another or judges another,

speaks evil against the law and judges the law; but

if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law

but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver and judge

who is able to save and to destroy. So who, then,

are you to judge your neighbor?

Families have been ruined, marriages destroyed,

and many relationships crumbled over words.

Psalm 135:14 says: 14 For the Lord will vindicate

his people, and have compassion on his servants.

Prayer: Lord, help me to choose my word care-

fully. Amen.

HERSHEY PARK FUND RAIS- ING A fun way to support Christ UMC is by volun-

teering at Hershey Park. Each worker makes

$5.85 per hour, receives a ticket to the park-

valid for one year, and eats a meal. All the

money made is sent to the church to be used by

the church as specified by the individual work-

ing. It is an easy and fun way to raise

money. Please for more specifics speak with

YARN SPINNERS

Will meet on the Wednesday , March,

20 at 10:00am in the

church library. Anyone

who knits or crochets

are welcome.

CONGRADULATIONS!! If you have or know of any students graduating

from high school or

college for the 2012-

13 year, please let

the church office

know. Information

needed: student

name, school/college,

degree/major, etc.

VOLUNTEER Volunteer needed: someone to coordinate fair

trash pick-up. Person will need to be able to

schedule workers and to supervise on site clean

-up. The fair is the last full week of July. It

requires an adult to be there Tuesday thru

Saturday at 7:00am. It also requires an adult

to supervise the Sunday pick-up. It will require

a total of about 8 hours at the fair. Please call

Angelo at 532-3297 if you would be able to do

this. We need someone by

3/15/2013. If no one steps

forward, the fair committee

will be notified that we longer

can do this.

Thank you. Angelo

EASTER FLOWERS “Remember that special someone, at Easter, by

purchasing an Easter flower. Prices are lily 4-6

blooms $10.00 each, tulip 6” pot $9.00 each,

hyacinth $10.00 each. Please

submit to the office or place in the

offering plate. Money is due with the order and orders are due

March 10. Please order today!

UPCOMING EVENTS, ACTIVITIES & MINISTRIES AVAILABLE AT CHRIST UMC

Do you enjoy reading? If so, you are invited to

join our book club that meets the first Monday of

each month. We meet at 1:00 p.m., and the place

we meet varies each month. The following list will

give you a head start on reading and getting ready

for some good discussions.

March- The Air Between Us by Debra Johnson

April- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth

Stein

May- Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

June - Look Again by Lisa Scottoline

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN The United Methodist Women will

be meeting on March 12 in Hollar

Hall at 2:00 p.m. Weather permit-

ting, All women are invited The

program will be announced in the

March 3th.bulletin Please come and

join us.

Wednesday morning

Lenten breakfasts will be

Wednesdays during Lent

at 7.30 a.m. in the

Greenvillage Restaurant.

Come and share breakfast

and a meditation time.

Invite friends; this is not limited to CUMC.

Our time together usually lasts until 8.15

a.m.

The annual Saturday Lenten breakfast se-

ries begins on February 16, at Christ United

Methodist Church beginning at 8.00 a.m.

The breakfasts then move to other Ship-

pensburg Area UM churches. All are welcome

to attend.

The complete schedule is as follows: Mar 2,

Cleversburg UMC; Mar 19, Trinity UMC; Mar

16, Newburg UMC; Mar 23, Messiah UMC.

LENTEN/EASTER SCHEDULE

Palm Sunday Service March 24, 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Maundy Thursday Service March 28, 7:30 p.m.

Communion Served

Good Friday Service March 29, 12:15 p.m. at

Messiah UMC, Theme: The Seven

Last Words of Christ

Easter Sunday March 31, 7:00 a.m.

“Son Rise” Service,

front of Edifice-King

Street entrance

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

served

9:30 a.m. Standard Easter Service

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING Gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing lay the

foundation for all of UMCOR’s work by cov-

ering the cost of doing business. This means

that all gifts designated to specific pro-

grams can go 100% to those programs be-

cause UMCOR’s basic expenses are covered.

One Great Hour of Sharing offering will be

taken on Sunday, March 10.

“Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works of humankind.”

Psalm 107:8 Be there. Be hope.

For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the right-eousness from God based on faith. 10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Phil. 3:8b-11

DON’T GIVE UP

While in seminary, I along with other students was assigned the task of listing the

“losses” in our lives, whether through deaths, friendships, and personal treasures, those

parts of our live which left us with a sense of void or emptiness. The assignment was

beneficial to me in that I had, to date, never took the time to do that type of reflection,

moreover count the number of losses that occurred in my life. Eighty four times I had

experienced what could be considered “significant loss,” yet somehow I managed to per-

severe. To what then did I attributed to my ability to continue on without parents,

grandparents, very close friends, pets, siblings living in reasonable close proximity, and in

one case, a brand new house which God had blessed us to build at the very early age of

twenty?

There is a story of an elderly lady was once asked by a young man who had grown weary in

the fight, whether he ought to give up the struggle. “I am beaten every time,” he said

dolefully. “I feel I must give up.” “Did you ever notice,” she replied, smiling into the trou-

bled face before her, “that when the Lord told the discouraged fishermen to cast their

nets again, it was right in the same old spot where they had been fishing all night and had

caught nothing?”

This story reminds me that when the temptations of giving up occurred over the years, an

angel would often speak to my heart of my early burning desire to grow in grace, and in

the shadow of that God who had brought me thus far. So often have I heard the words

of the late, Rev. Henry Slade, my first mentor, who often shared, “when bad things hap-

pen, always remember, that the one that is in you, is greater than the one who is in the

world, just don’t give up.”

I am more determined than ever to walk with the Lord, Jesus, knowing that whatever be-

falls me will not be too heavy to bear, he promised never to leave me nor forsake me.

Pastor Andrew