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Volume LXVIII July 1, 2018 Number 26 LITTLE SWATARA CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
31 Rehrersburg Rd, PO Box 437, Bethel, PA 19507 Church Web Page - www.LittleSwatara.org/ phone: 717-933-4723
FB: @LittleSwataraCoB *** Wi-Fi Guest/pw: brethren
Outreach: The Gathering Place Café, 8490 Lancaster Ave, Bethel Contact: gatheringplacecafe.com / Phone:717 -933-5958
GIVING LAST SUNDAY
General Fund 3,778.25$
Building Fund 115.00$
Family Assistance 195.00$
Maintenance 205.00$
Sunday School 135.00$
A/C Fund 835.00$
Global Food Initative 75.00$
Food Pantry 50.00$
Gathering Place 200.00$
Mission o/t Month 200.00$
Love offering 1,288.00$
Youth NYC -$
Nigerian EYN 100.00$
TOTAL 7,176.25$
GENERAL FUND BUDGET 2018
$293,913.00
Prayer Concerns
Let us remember the shut-ins and elderly not able to be with us.
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Leah Blatt Mason Hartranft Kelly Stertzel Jean Smith Mary Bashore Lisa Gagliano-healing Doyle Smeal, healing (Charlene’s dad) East Fairview CoB Annual Conference Vacation Bible School ****************************
A/C FUND $92,120 to Date - 58,455 Balance $33,665
Last Sunday’s Attendance
Worship 51 + 84 = 135 Sunday School 100
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED— cereal boxes and granola bar boxes. They may be put in the box outside
the downstairs preschool classroom.
Instead of cookies this year VBS would like the following SNACKS:
Pretzel sticks, popcorn, cheese balls bulk bag of M&M’s and Bugles. If you would like to
donate, please leave it in the kitchen before Bible School week.
PROP ITEM NEEDED:
Large Water Cooler - for display only during the VBS week.
Questions? See Holly Manbeck
The Women’s fellowship CRAFTER’S GROUP will not
meet in July.
Little Swatara Church Pastor, Matthew S. Christ OFFICE HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ANY TIME, ANY DAY BY CALLING OR TEXTING PASTOR
MATT AT 570-246-8196 Email: [email protected] Facebook: Matt Christ; Instagram & Snapchat: mdchrist99
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Church Office: 717-933-4723 OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Fri, 8:30 am-12 noon Secretary—Charlene K. Anspach E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer—Dianne Younker, 717-269-0803. E-mail: [email protected].
~~~~~~Thank You Volunteers ~~~~~
VIDEO PROJECTION Glenn Riegel & Mark Myers—CVLI#502613280; CCLI#157691 ORGANIST Marlene Blatt A/V Equipment - Carl & Miles Kauffman **PRAISE TEAM—2nd Sun 10:30, & 4th Sun @ 8:15am
Chorister July 1 July 8 8:15 Allen Rebman Richard Frantz 10:30 Dianne High Praise Team Worship Leader 8:15 Alane Riegel Lois Reinhard 10:30 Gary Bashore Praise Team PIANIST Diane Duell Christine Doig AUDIO Alan Bashore Jayne Diamond WORSHIP CENTER Sandra Keeney Sandra Keeney
Guest Welcome Center 8:15 Sharon Dosch Louise Graby 10:30 Pat Timmins Sandy Manbeck
USHERS 8:15 Dorinda and Carl Kauffman Andrew & Chris Brubaker 10:30 Robert & Wendy Lingle Sam Forry, Matt Blatt, Jerry & Jim Bowman Marlin Ritchie, Jeremy Platchek EXTENDED SESSION & NURSERY CHILDCARE 8:15 Becky Rebman Carol & Mike Peace 9:15 Carol Peace & Becky Rebman Dianne High & Wendy Lingle 10:15 Matt & Leah Blatt Debra Yordy & Diane Long
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30am The following are a list of Sunday school classes held weekly. If you would like to attend one and need direction to a classroom, please ask an usher or check the sign downstairs in the foyer. Classes start at 9:30am to 10:25am.
Adult Classes Children Classes Willing Workers
Koinonia
Serendipity
Raising Believers
Ya Cigiba (we continue)
Young Families
Post High, college & beyond
Youth (9-12 grade)
Junior High Class (6-8 grade)
Mountain Movin’ Journey , ages 2-4
Mtn Movin’ Journey, grades 1-5
TOPS-each Thurs. 5-6:30pm, Oak Rm
July
1, VBS Kick-Off Sunday
5:30pm Scout Den Meeting
6pm Christian Poetry fellowship
2, 7pm FH/Bible Study
3, 7pm Leadership Team Mtg
4, July 4th the office will be closed
Annual Conference begins in Cincinnati, OH
5, 7pm 50 Plus Program
7, Church Res/ VBS Set Up
8, Food Pantry Collection
9, Bible School All week 8:30-11am
10, 8:30-11am, VBS
11:30am Widows Luncheon/ Country Fare
6:30pm Den Meeting
11, 8:30-11am, VBS
6:30pm 50 Plus Bus Trip
12, 8:30-11am VBS
6:30pm, Bethel 4-H Club Meets
13, ??pm, VBS Picnic & Program
Camping to D.Laine Campground
15, noon, Mission Trip Mtg
6pm Springfield CoB, The God Experience Tour
July Mission of the Month
Vacation Bible School
QUILTING 8:00 a.m. Thurs. NEW Quilters in-vited will learn!
Church praying for Little Swatara this month: July 1– Ridgeway Community July 8– Middle Creek July 15-Light of the Gospel Fellowship (NY) July 22-Lititz July 29-Germantown (Phila)
Please be sure and sign the prayer cards each week.
Lit t le Swatara Church o f the Brethren
Pastor , Matthew S . Chri st
Sunday, July 1, 2018 8:15 & 10:30 am
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS (Please sign and pass the register)
OPENING HYMN “Come, let us all unite to sing” #12
“Praise him, praise him!” #100 SHARING JOYS & CONCERNS
PASTORAL PRAYER
HYMN “Savior, like a shepherd lead us” #355
OFFERTORY THOUGHT & PRAYER
VBS Staff Dedication
CHILDREN’S MOMENT
HYMN “Sweet by and by” Supplement #11
SCRIPTURE READING Colossians 3: 1-10
MESSAGE “The Place Above” Pastor Matt
CLOSING HYMN “Sing the wondrous love” Supplement #27
SENDING OUT
MUSIC FOR THE JOURNEY
31 Rehrersburg Road, Bethel, PA 19507 www.littleswatara.org 717-933-4723
God is good!
CHURCH PERKS
ANNOUNCEMENTS—Little Swatara maintains an active email announce-ment list. Once a week we send out important announcements from the bulle-tin. The list is also used for weather related delays or cancellations, special devotional materials, or other special announcements. Please sign up on our web site under "Contact/Locate" or email [email protected], or [email protected] to have your name added, or to change or update your email address.
CHURCH FACEBOOK—Have you checked us out on Facebook?
You can find us at @LittleSwataraCOB. We have announcements,
denotations, photo albums, and other fun announcements about the life of our church posted there. We also post weather related closings
and delays.
SERVICE RECORDINGS—Did you miss a service, or would you just like to hear it again? Audio recordings of nearly all of our services at Little Swatara are posted on line on our website - www.LittleSwatara.org. Click on "Worship" and "Service Recordings." If you prefer a CD or other format, check in with the audio operator in the rear of the sanctu-ary. These are provided at no cost to you as a mission of the church.
Church Mailbox—To avoid paper clutter, please remember to check your mailbox monthly. Periodically, mailboxes are emptied of “outdated” items.
Children’s Bulletins are on the table in the back of the sanctuary for two age groups. Please help yourself. Music & Worship Team
Women’s Fellowship ANE District—WOMEN’S CAMP at Camp Swatara on August 19-21, 2018 Doris Abdullah is the speaker, an or-dained International Pastor at Brooklyn First CoB. Theme is: “Who is Your Neighbor?” See (Arlene Rebman) if interested in attending.
75th Anniversary Celebration Weekend! Fri, Aug 3, 20188:00 AM Sun, Aug 5, 201812:00 PM Make plans now to take part in this special anniversary weekend!
Friday will feature "A Day in the Life of Camp" with the opportunity to live out a camp day of classes, activities, meals, and more! The main celebrations will be on Saturday with special exhibits, activities, meal events, decade gatherings, and an afternoon of speakers, music groups, and stories. The weekend will wrap up with worship on Sun-day morning.
Come out just for the day or plan to stay at camp and get in on all the action! You won't
want to miss this weekend! This event is FREE for day visitors! There will be extra
charges for meal events and overnight accommodations. You may register online or
pick up a paper registration at the Camp Swatara board in the hallway.
GOLF FORE CAMP A Camp Swatara Benefit Golf Tournament—July 11th at Blue
Mountain Golf Course. Call camp for details at 717-933-8510.
Dominican Mission Trip Update There are information sheets located on the narthex table for those planning to attend the 2019 mission trip. Please mark you
calendar for our next meeting with Jason and Nicole Hoover July 15th after 10:30 service.
****************************** Londonderry Village Chicken BBQ & Auction-July 27: Evening concert and July 28: BBQ & Auction. Music, bake sale, chicken BBQ, car and tractor show, live auction and more! Need a Job? Hamburg Salvation Army Family Store is looking for 2 part time Sales Associates. Accepting applications until July 14, 2018. We are also still in desperate need of volunteers to come in and help sort clothing. We have seen an upswing in donations coming in each week and we are strug-gling to keep up with it. Applications are available at the store or send resume to: [email protected] . See flyer in hallway for more information.
C H E C K F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N O N B U L L E T I N B O A R D S
THE PRAYER ROOM located in the back of the sanctuary is available during services to
reflect or be prayed with. Don’t hesitate to make your way there at any time.
TRANSPORTATION NEEDED: The Youth need drivers to transport to and from the airport for NYC. Leave from church 4 AM July 21to Phila. Airport and return July 26 at 11:45PM. If you can help, please let Advisors know asap, there are 19 of us traveling together. Mark & Karen M., Rich & Shelley Yenser
Springfield Church of the Brethren is pleased to announce we will be hosting in-ternationally known comedian Brad Stine on his "The God Experience" Tour. We invite you and your congregation to join us on Sunday evening July 15 at 6:00
p.m. for an event that promises to be an outstanding program featur-ing comedy, slight of hand, and more, combined with a strong presen-tation of the Gospel. This will be a free program, but a free will offering will be taken. More information is available at: https://www.springfieldbrethren.com/coming-events/brad-stine-live/ Springfield Church of the Brethren, 920 Passer Rd, Coopersburg, PA 18036