WORSHIP at

10:30 am

August 2019

Church Staff Reverend Allison

Spooner

Pastor

Caleb Flick

Director of Music

Ministries

Wanda Beaver

Associate of Music

Ministries

Debbie Kissinger

Office Administrator

Carolyn Frischkorn

Financial Secretary George Hope

Treasurer Joe Sponaugle

Custodian

Faith Immanuel

Presbyterian Church

1801 Colonial Road

Harrisburg, PA 17112

717-545-4631

www.lifeinfaith.org

Life in Faith Faith Immanuel Presbyterian Church strives to share God’s love by

cultivating community, caring for creation, and fostering creativity.

-Proposed Mission Statement of Faith Immanuel Presbyterian Church

Outdoor Worship and Picnic

Wel-

FAITH IMMANUEL’S NIGHT AT THE SENATOR’S GAME

Friday, July 12 was Faith Immanuel Night at the Harrisburg Senators Baseball

Game on City Island. Some 60 members and friends of the church gathered in a

special section of the FNB Field ballpark to munch on a buffet of goodies before

settling into fabulous seats to watch the Senators beat the Richmond Squirrels.

Highlights of the perfect summer evening included watching Pastor Allison

Spooner throw out one of many first balls of the game, and listening to our own

Bob Dash sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame in a fine tenor voice during the 7th

inning stretch. Finally the evening was capped by a breathtaking fireworks display

right over the ballpark. Everyone who attended said they looked forward to

coming back next year and bringing even more friends.

SESSION

Class of 2020

Barb Dugan

Rose Jewell-Jordan

Jackie Webb

Class of 2021

Linda Graham

Mike Legg

Ginny Stimmel

Class of 2022

Shirley Cleaver

Gail Diefenderfer

Randy Knapp

Clerk of Session

Norm Diefenderfer

DEACONS

Class of 2020

Bob Dash

Barb Hablett

Anita Klaboe

Class of 2021

Carol Gangwish

Mickey Hoffman

SuAnn Tucci

Class of 2022

Wendell Jordan

Shirley McLaren

Gary Souders

MISSION COMMITTEE NEWS

Back to School Bash: As you know, we have been collecting pencil sharpen-

ers, erasers and hand sanitizer in July for the Susquehanna Back 2 School Bash.

These items will become part of free backpacks that will be available for the

students at the Bash to help them be ready for the first day of school. The Back

to School Bash will be held on Saturday, August 24 from 11:00 AM – 2 PM at

the Susquehanna Township High School, 3500 Elmerton Avenue. The Back 2

School Bash is a great opportunity to people in the community to meet faculty

and staff members and also key community partners to learn about the exciting

resources and services available.

Faith Immanuel will have a table located outside in the front lawn area of the

school where there is some shade available. We will display information about

our church and run a game for the kids. Members of the Mission Committee,

Outreach Committee, Food Pantry Steering Committee and members at large

will be on hand to help with the games and talk to folks about our church.

Pill Bottle Donations: The project to donate empty pill bottles to a local

missionary doctor who is helping to bring medical supplies to Papua New

Guinea has been a huge success! As of now, they have all they need. The

Mission Committee is currently looking for another organization who would be

interested in receiving donations of empty pill bottles and will let you know

when we are able to begin collecting again. Stay tuned!

Community Aid Donations: Don’t forget to donate your gently used cloth-

ing to the CommunityAid Donation Box located in the back parking lot. In 2019

we have received a total of $55.40 for the clothing you donated. It’s a great

way to help those in need in our community and to help our church.

Downtown Daily Bread: We still need volunteers for Downtown Daily

Bread on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 and Tuesday, December 31, 2019. If

interested, please sign up on the sheet in the Welcome Center.

Food Pantry Update: The transition of the Rockville Methodist Church

Food Pantry, (aka, Adopt-A-Family Food Pantry) to a new entity supported by

the HANNA Foundation, Tree of Life Church and Faith Immanuel Presbyterian

is well underway. The pantry has been available once a month in June and July

and the last pantry of the summer will be Saturday, August 24 at the Holtzman

Elementary School. After that, the pantry will move to the Susquehanna Town-

ship High School.

The steering committee, made up of members from the 3 organizations listed

are busy creating a mission statement, determining a new name for the pantry,

developing a Coordinating Committee to broaden involvement to more com-

munity organizations, determining days/hours of operation, identifying food pan-

try operational jobs and creating a list of job responsibilities, discussing possible

additions to the pantry such as elder-share boxes and weekend backpacks for

needy students, creating a procedural manual, finishing the necessary buildouts

for the new pantry located at the high school, and designing a plan to move the

MUSIC NOTES Caleb Flick

Music

At

Faith Immanuel

Chancel Choir

Wednesday evenings

at 6:30 pm beginning

September 11.

Bells of Faith

Immanuel

Wednesday evenings

at 8:00 pm beginning

September 18.

existing pantry from the elementary school to the high school. Whew, I don’t

know about you but that seems like a daunting list to me. I am so proud that Faith

Immanuel is involved in this wonderful community effort. Special thanks to mem-

bers of Faith Immanuel that are serving on the Pantry Steering Committee: Susan

Anthony, Lori Beamer, and Bonnie Hack.

There will be much more information to come in September, so please

stay tuned!

Please don’t forget about Faith Immanuel’s Ongoing Mission Projects!

See Anita Klaboe or Sue Dinges to buy Giant Gift Cards to support the

church. Bring in canned goods or packaged products to church and drop them in the bin

labeled for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.

Donate personal care items for Downtown Daily Bread. To volunteer to

serve at DDB contact Barb Dugan at bdugan3208@verizon.net or use the

sign-up sheet in the Welcome Center.

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The Mission Committee Welcomes Your Input! See any of the mission

members with your comments/questions. Mission Committee members include

Lori Beamer, Barb Dugan, Billie Hawk, Linda and Keith Graham, Bob MacIntyre,

and Ken Zimmerman.

As the summer winds down and we all begin planning for the year ahead, I en-

courage you to mark your calendars and begin speaking with interested family and

friends about the following slate of events which has been generously underwrit-

ten by the Stabler Foundation.

The Mendelssohn Piano Trio, which opens the series, hardly require an introduc-

tion. Violinist Peter Sirotin, the concertmaster of the Harrisburg Symphony, and

his wife, pianist Ya-Ting Chang, serve as co-directors of Market Square Concerts,

while Fiona Thompson is the Principal Cellist of the HSO.

Each subsequent concert will feature at least one musician known to us here at

Faith Immanuel. The Vintage Brass Consecration Day Celebration is now in its

sixth year. Pianist Maria Thompson Corley, of Duo Chiaroscuro, shared a moving

testimony and pieces by composers of African descent last February, and The

Hershey Handbell Ensemble performed at Hope in April. Pianist and Steinway

Representative Matthew Bachman shared his reflections and skills with us in May,

and I am extremely excited for all of you to experience his artistry again, this time

alongside a great tenor in concert this coming February. Our performer for April,

Lithuanian pianist Gintaras Januševičius, thanked us for our missions project to

benefit Eastern European music students and performed for us by video. Our sea-

of our friends from the State Street Academy of Music performing in a benefit

recital in May. So when considering which concerts to attend and in speaking to others, you

are truly in a wonderful position to speak from first hand knowledge about each

of these wonderful musicians, most of whom you have heard in our sanctuary.

Each month you can also expect me to provide some more detailed information

about the upcoming concerts, but for now, mark your calendars please!

MATAS KAZENAUSKAS Piano Recital

featuring works of Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, Bartok

Sunday, August

25, 2019 3pm

Faith Immanuel Presbyterian Church 1801 Colonial Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112

717-545-4631 | www.lifeinfaith.org

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SUMMER CONCERT

Concerts on Colonial A Donald and Dorothy Stabler Memorial Series

Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 3 pm

The Mendelssohn Piano Trio (Ya-Ting Chang, piano • Peter Sirotin, violin • Fiona Thompson, cello)

Sturm und Drang: Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms

Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 3 pm Consecration Day Celebration

(The Vintage Brass Quintent • Tamara Black, soprano • Steve Christ, clarinet) Suites and Treats: Excerpts from suites of Bach, Poulenc, Gershwin and more!

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 7pm

Silence Optional: Duo Chiaroscuro (Maria Thompson Corley, piano • Sara Male, cello) **in conjunction with Northwood Nursery School

Song and Dance The concert for EVERYONE! This 45-minute long program is especially geared towards people on the spectrum or others who might not otherwise

attend classical concerts due to difficulties sitting very still.

Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 3 pm Hershey Handbell Ensemble

Join the 15-member ensemble as it rings a concert of holiday and classical favorites arranged for 7 1/2 octaves of handbells, 6 octaves of chimes,

and other instruments.

Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3 pm Voice Recital accompanied by Matthew Bachman, piano

A unique opportunity to hear one of the greatest voices of our time hailed in the media for possessing a unique set of skills in a recital of well known

songs, opera arias, and beloved spirituals.

Friday, April 3, 2020 at 7:30 pm

Gintaras Januševičius, piano The New Colossus: Works of Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin,

and Vladimir Horowitz Drawing inspiration from the Emma Lazarus program of the same, join the

internationally acclaimed pianist as he presents this program as a “musical mon-ument to all who work hard, follow their dreams, and contribute to a society

of welcome, opportunity, and appreciation for all."

Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 3pm State Street Academy of Music Fundraiser

Join the faculty and students of the State Street Academy of Music, located at 110 State Street in downtown Harrisburg, in a concert to benefit its mission “to provide high-quality music instruction to the broadest constituency in Harrisburg and the surrounding areas, regardless of age, gender, race, color,

creed, national origin or ability to pay.”

~All concerts are free and open to the public.~

Concerts on

Colonial

WORSHIP SCHEDULES

Faith Immanuel

AUGUST 21AT 10:45 AM—PARLOR August’s book is Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredik Backman. SEPTEMBER 18AT 10:45 AM—PARLOR September’s book is Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts.

Questions, contact the church office at 717-545-4631.

WEDNESDAY FAITHFUL

“All meals seasoned with love”

See you September 18!

LAY LEADERS for August USHERS for August

4—Wendell and Rose Jewell-Jordan

11—Mickey Hoffman and Beamer

18—Joe and Ginny Stimmel

25—George Hope and Paulina Marshall

4—Barb Legg

11—Shirley Cleaver

18—Linda Graham

25—Bonnie Hack

THE FAITHFUL

STITCHERS led

by Jackie Webb...

Will resume in

September meet-

ing the second and

fourth Tuesdays of

the month at

1:00pm in the

Library.

August

4—Nurture

11—Deacons

18—Properties

25—Mission

September 1—Congregational

Life

8—Worship

15—Stewardship

22—Outreach

29—Nurture

LAY LEADERS for September USHERS for September

1—Randy Knapp

8—Rose Jewell-Jordan

15—Terry Hack

22—Marjorie Key

29—Carolyn Souders

1—Shirley Cleaver and Marge Barner

8—Randy Knapp and Sue Skelly

15—Fred and Jean Muncert

22—Gary Souders and Terry Hack

29—Wendell and Rose Jewell-Jordan

Northwood Nursery School

Over 50 years of ABCs,

123s, and TLC

See you in September.

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First Responders Worship Service

and Church Picnic and Concert

Sunday, September 8, 2019

Faith Immanuel Presbyterian Church will recognize community first responders at

our annual outdoor worship service at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 8. The picnic and con-

cert will follow.

On duty and off duty police officers, firefighters, emergency responders and emer-

gency room personnel from Lower Paxton and Susquehanna townships are invited

along with their families. Members of the congregation as well as family members,

friends and neighbors who serve or who have served as first responders are also

encouraged to attend.

Many faith institutions honor first responders as hometown heroes near the anni-

versary of Sept. 11. Faith’s service will offer gratitude to those who serve with

courage, integrity and caring to keep the community safe.

Letters of invitations from Rev. Allison Spooner on behalf of the congregation to

the two public safety directors and emergency medical service providers in Lower

Paxton and Susquehanna townships and the director of the Community Osteo-

pathic Emergency Room are being mailed in early August. The Lower Paxton Twp.

Board of Supervisors and Susquehanna Twp. Board of Commissioners are also

being contacted. Terry Hack and Joe Stimmel are visiting a total of seven fire

stations to personally provide informational fliers in August.

THE PICNIC AND CONCERT will immediately follow the outdoor worship

service. Jim Milbrand and the Lower Paxton Township Variety Band will be

playing. Look for the (potluck) sign-up sheet in the Welcome Center. Walk-ins are wel-

come. Note: Drinks and a main meat will be provided. We look forward to our friends from Hope joining us as well! Everyone

is welcome! Bring your family, friends, and neighbors. See you on the 8th!

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ANIMAL BLESSINGS SERVICE TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER

A Blessings of the Animals service will be held at 2 p.m. on Oct. 12, at Faith Im-

manuel Presbyterian Church.

Individuals and families with companion, agricultural and service animals - bird,

mammal and amphibian - will be invited to gather on church grounds to cele-

brate kinship with creation. A worship service will include music, scripture, mes-

sage and individual blessings. The word “blessings” means imparting the power of

life.

In addition to living creatures - cats, dogs, hamsters, chickens, rabbits, canaries,

turtles and so on - children with allergies will be encouraged to bring favorite

stuffed animal toys. Individuals can bring photographs of endangered species. A

remembrance display area will be available for those who wish to bring photo-

graphs or tokens of departed pets.

Photographs with certificates of participation will be presented along with animal

bandanas and home-made treats. Working animals, rescue organizations, service

animals, maybe a zoo animal or two are being invited to attend. Dauphin County

Library System’s outreach van MARCO will be on site with fun reading activities

involving animals.

Participants will be asked to bring non-perishable pet food and cleaning supplies

to be donated to a local rescue organization.

Those attending are requested to use humane restraints or appropriate contain-

ers for animals. Everyone is encouraged to bring picnic blankets or lawn chairs.

Water and a relief area for dogs will be available.

Anyone interested in serving on a Blessings of the Animals organizing committee

is asked to email debbieK@lifeinfaith.org.

Saturday,

October 12

at 2 p.m.

Faith

Immanuel

Presbyterian

Church

lifeinfaith.org

Happy

Birthday!

We’re sorry if we missed your birthday. Please notify the office at 717-545-4631.

Sept. 3 Karen Shallcross

Sept. 4 Dominick Christeleit

Howard Snyder

Sept 10 Virginia Henning

Sept 11 Susan Ricci

Sept. 15 Janet Elam

Sept. 16 Charles Kannegieser

Michael Legg

Sept 17 Bob Dash

Shirley McLaren

Sept. 19 Peggy Keiser

Sept. 21 Carol Becker

Sept 26 Mary Knapp

Sept 27 Elena Germaine (Stimmel)

Sept 30 Amy Christeleit

Anita Klaboe

William Marshall

Aug. 2 Bonnie Hack

Susan Bertsch

Aug. 5 Ken Shatto

Aug. 7 Renton Graham

Aug. 12 Randy Knapp

Aug. 14 Cathy Hartwick

Aug. 15 Amanda Rorick (Knapp)

Aug. 16 Lorraine Englander

Aug. 17 Jeffrey Allen

Aug. 20 Amya Meisenbach

Aug. 21 Eleanor Boyer

Ryan Fenstermacher

George Kegerreis, Jr.

Jean Muncert

Aug. 23 Robin Kurtz

Dorothy Weaver

Aug 24 Amanda Deiter

Mary Sweigard

Aug. 25 Holly Dash

Jennifer Knapp

Aug. 26 Katie Marotte (Luckenbaugh)

Sara Berdanier

Aug. 27 Debra Leader

Aug. 29 Stephanie Jordan

Alyssha Jordan

Aug. 30 Sue Dinges

Lester Folk

Valerie McCaffrey