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CURRENT CHURCH NEWSLETTER PREVIOUS WEEKS Download in Word FIRST LIGHT November 2008 Volume I, Issue 4
First Church Schedule Every Sunday: Prayer Time: 9:00 A.M. Sunday School: 9:45 A.M. Worship: 11:00 A.M.
Every Wednesday Evening: Bible Study: 7:00 P.M.
November Schedule 2 – Standard Time Begins 4 – Election Day Aid for Friends Cook-In at 9:30 A.M. 5 – Options Committee Meeting at 7:30 P.M. 9 – Keystone Hospice Service of Remembrance at 4:00 P.M. 11 – Veterans Day 13 –Keystone Hospice Auction Preview: 6:00 P.M. Auction: 6:30 P.M. 16 – Pastoral Committee Meeting after Morning Worship 17 – Wyndmoor Women’s Club at 12:00 noon 18 – Day Care Board Meeting at 7:30 P.M. 19 – Top of the Hill Thanksgiving Feast at 11:30 A.M. 25 – Springfield Township Community Thanksgiving Service At Holy Martyrs in Oreland at 7:30 P.M. 27 – Happy Thanksgiving! 20 – Church Decking Party 30 – First Sunday in Advent Avery Ramsey Baby Dedication during the Morning Worship Service Mitten Tree Arrives!
Aid for Friends Cook-In Tuesday, November 5 Starting at 9:30 A.M. Everyone is welcome to help fill the trays and spend time socializing!
Keystone Hospice Auction Thursday, November 13 “Make It”, “Bake It”, Sew It”, “Grow It” In the First Church Social Hall Preview: 6:00 P.M. Auction: 6:30 P.M.
Springfield Township Community Thanksgiving Service Tuesday, November 25 At Holy Martyrs, Oreland 7:30 P.M.
Church Decking Party Saturday, November 29 3:00 P.M. We will be decorating the church building this year on Saturday, November 29, starting at 3:00 P.M. The deckers will make preparations around the building for Christmas and the first Sunday in Advent, which begins the next day. After decorating, the group will share a soup and salad supper. There will be a sign up sheet on the narthex table to indicate whether you will be able to help. Please join us for the beginning of this year’s Christmas season!
Avery Ramsey Baby Dedication Sunday, November 30, during the Morning Worship Service Please come and participate in this special event!
Board Reorganization Meeting Sunday, December 7 After the Morning Worship Service
The Church Board Organization Meeting will be held on Sunday, December 7, after the Morning Worship Service. The agenda will be: 1. Election of Church Board Chairperson 2. Announcement of tentative Commission assignments 3. Election of Commission Chairpersons 4. Election of Board Vice Chairperson and Church Secretary After the reorganization, the regular Church Board Meeting will be held. It is important that both 2008 and 2009 board members be present. Thanks!
November Birthdays 11 – Bradley Pursel 17 – Becky Bisset 22 – Eli Hall 23 – Craig Bracy
November 2008 PREACHING SCHEDULE
November 2: Micah 6:1-8 “God’s Case” November 9: Micah 6:9-16 “Guilt and Punishment” November 16: Micah 7:1-7 “Misery” November 23: Micah 7:8-20 “Rising and Praise” November 30: Mark 13:24-37 “Seeing the Son of Man”
Annual Mitten Tree
Our annual Mitten Tree will be located in the church narthex from Sunday, November 30, through Sunday, December 21. The Mitten Tree is used to collect warm winter articles of clothing, such as mittens, scarves, hats, socks, etc. to be distributed to people who have need of them. Make sure that you stock up on your Mitten Tree items now! Thank you!
Christmas Poinsettias
Christmas poinsettia plants will be used to decorate the sanctuary during the month of December. The price per plant will be posted at a later date. If you order a poinsettia, you will be able to take it home with you after the Christmas Program on December 21. A bulletin insert for ordering the plants will be issued later in the month.
Christmas Carry-In Dinner and White Gift Service Sunday, December 21 Carry-In Dinner: 5:00 P.M. White Gift Service: 7:00 P.M. More information will be forthcoming, but please save this date!
Top of the Hill Day Care News
Top of the Hill will be holding its annual Thanksgiving Feast on Wednesday, November 19, at 11:30 A.M. Our friends from the Senior Adult Center in Wyndmoor, along with parents and other family members, will be our guests. The children will be preparing the various dishes on the menu. This event always proves to be an opportunity to share good food and good times. All of us at Top of the Hill wish First Church a very blessed and happy Thanksgiving!
First Church Facts Worship Attendance for October: 27
First Church of the Brethren Church Officers, Board Members, Auditors and Day Care Board and Treasurer for 2009
Moderator: John Hoover (2009) Church Clerk: Joan Reese (2009) Book Keeper: Tom Riethof (2009) Assistant Treasurer: Derek Ramsey (2009) Mission Treasurer: Edie Brown (2009) Poor Fund and Mite Society Treasurer: Bud Quay (2009)
Church Board Carol Johnston (2013) Karen Quinn (2013) Derek Ramsey (2013) Julie Ramsey (2013)
Auditors Edie Brown (2013) Bud Quay (2013)
Day Care Board Bill Brown (2013) Pat Derr (2013) Jennifer Daugherty (2013)
Day Care Treasurer Tom Riethof (2009)
FIRST LIGHT October 2008 Volume I, Issue 3
October 2008 Schedule
On Sunday, October 5, Love Feast and Communion will be held as part of the morning Worship Service. Worship will begin as usual at 11:00 A.M. in the sanctuary. At the conclusion of the Morning Service, the Communion Service will begin, followed by the Feet Washing Service. A Communal Meal will then be held in the Social Hall. The Bread and Cup Communion will conclude the Love Feast.
Aid for Friends Cook-In Tuesday, October 7 9:30 A.M.
Everyone is welcome to help fill the trays and spend time socializing!
District Conference 2008
42nd Annual
MID-ATLANTIC October 10-11, 2008 Elizabethtown College
Surrendered
to GOD Our First Church District Conference Delegates are: Kevin Derr, Walter Eckenrode and Tom Riethof
Congregational Business Meeting Wednesday, October 15 7:30 P.M. Please come and take part in the business of First Church!
Options Committee Meeting Wednesday, October 29 7:30 P.M.
The Paradoxes of Life
When I spend myself—body, soul and strength—I find replenishment within.
When I extend kindness freely, I find kindness growing abundantly within.
When I give abundantly to God and charity, I find my resources increasing instead of diminishing.
When I exhibit happiness, I find mostly happy responses.
When I give or serve or share or provide, I receive or am served or shared with or provided for in return.
When I offer peace of mind to another, I discover it growing within myself.
When I feel at peace with God, I discover I am at peace with the world.
October Birthdays 1 Jeanne Brown 2 Henry Eckenrode 2 Aleta Matthews 3 David Quinn 10 Ruth Hackman 16 Pat Derr 23 Karen Quinn 27 Shelia Hall
October 2008 PREACHING SCHEDULE 5 Micah 4:1-5 “The Lord’s Plan” 12 Micah 4:6-14 “God’s Promise” 19 Micah 5:1-8 “The Day of the Lord” 28 Micah 5:9-15 “God’s Case”
Top of the Hill Day Care News
Top of Hill will be holding its annual Open House on Wednesday, October 8, at 7:00 P.M. Parents and prospective day care parents will have the opportunity to meet in an informal setting. The curriculum and various activities will be explained, as well as tours of the classrooms Our annual field trips to Merrymead Farm are already scheduled for the month of October. Everyone enjoys the various activities and ice cream at Merrymead.
Prayer for Peace
Lead me from death To life, from falsehood to truth. Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust. Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace. Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe. Amen.
First Church Facts
Worship Attendance for September: 25
(Sept. 19, 2008) -- Mission staff of the Church of the Brethren are planning a meeting with RECONCILE, a peace and reconciliation organization in southern Sudan, to continue building relationships to consider places of partnership. Brad Bohrer, director of the Sudan Initiative, will travel to southern Sudan from Sept. 29-Oct. 11, during which time he will meet with RECONCILE leaders and also provide leadership for two events sponsored by the organization. “The Sudan Initiative recently has gone through a clarifying time,” Bohrer said. “With staff changes came a period of stepping back from the direction we were going, a time of reevaluation and discernment. The vision and call continues for us to go to Sudan, but we are going with a clearer, deeper call from Sudanese leaders to partner with them in the rebuilding of the country after the civil war.” RECONCILE was formed in 2003 out of the work of the New Sudan Council of Churches (NSCC), Bohrer reported. The Church of the Brethren has been involved with the NSCC since its inception, and has in the past provided staff as well as financial and other support. Merlyn Kettering, a Church of the Brethren member who served for a time as a church consultant for economic and social development in Sudan, wrote most of the organizing documents for the creation of RECONCILE and also trained its early leadership. RECONCILE is currently involved in workshops for church and community leaders to foster peace on a local level, as well as training for reconciliation, participation in local and national government through elections, and empowering the population to be in healthy communities, Bohrer reported. “My trip will be to deepen our partnership with RECONCILE and define some long- and short-term positions that we will try to fill to strengthen their program and create sustained presence in Sudan,” Bohrer said. During his trip, Bohrer also will provide a leadership training event for the RECONCILE staff, and give a workshop for church and community leaders on the importance of participating in elections. “I'm excited that we can walk along with RECONCILE in this way,” Bohrer said. He added that conversations are in progress with other Sudanese organizations and churches to explore further partnering relationships that the Church of the Brethren can establish.
FIRST LIGHT NEWSLETTER September 2008 Volume 1, Issue 2 First Church Schedule
International
Day of Prayer for Peace
Atlantic Northeast District 32nd Disaster Relief Auction September 26 and 27 Lebanon Area Fairgrounds
Special Congregational Business Meeting Sunday, September 28 After the morning Worship Service.
Love Feast and Communion
Sunday, October 5 During the morning Worship Service
District Conference 2008
42nd Annual
MID-ATLANTIC October 10-11, 2008 Elizabethtown College
Surrendered
to GOD
Witness Update
August Birthdays 1—Jean Coleman 14—Soo Young Ko 16—David Cooper 16—Carol Johnston 16—Gail McFarland 19—Tim Bisset 28—Edie Brown
Top of the Hill Daycare News
Both teachers and children are enjoying their summer routines and activities at Top of the Hill. There is a more relaxed schedule and a lot of outdoor fun, including water play, when the weather permits.
Top of the Hill wishes everyone a safe and fun summer season!
First Church Facts Average Worship Attendance in June 2008: 28
July and August 2008 Preaching Schedule
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