Shenkel United

Church of Christ

SHARINGS AND CONCERNS

July and August 2014

SHENKEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

1580 Shenkel Road

Pottstown PA 19465

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Shenkel United Church of Christ’s “The NEWSLETTER” is a monthly publication prepared, edited, and mailed by the leadership and staff to all members and friends of the church. It communicates news about our life, purpose, and mission as a Church of Jesus Christ. Information related to our partnership as a member of the United Church of Christ and wider church/community out-reach is included on a regular basis. The Church is located at Unionville & Shenkel Roads in North Coventry Township.

July 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Marriage

Eligibility Dis-cussion: 7 PM

2

Agape: 7 PM

3 Cluster

Delegate Lunch: Noon

4 5

6 Outside

worship begins Communion Fellowship meet-ing after worship

7 8

Consistory: 7 PM

9

UCC Regional Youth Event begins

10

11 12

13

Osmond Mbaeri preaches today

14 15 Mid-Day

Dinner Club:

Noon —The Bak-ery in St. Peters

16 17

Card Making Class: 10 AM

18

Marriage Eligibility Dis-cussion: 10 AM

19

20 Healing Prayers Ice Cream Social Ordination of Eric Martens

21 22 23 24 25 26

27Marriage

Eligibility Dis-cussion: After worship

28

Community Meal: Noon at Christ Episcopal

29 30 31

August 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

3

Communion

4 5

BOCE: 7 PM

6

Agape: 7 PM

7 8 9

10 God’s Pre-

cious Children

Worship in the Moonlight : 7:45

11 12

Consistory: 7 PM 7 PM

13 14 15 16

17

Healing Prayers Grove Reserved for afternoon

18 19 Mid-Day

Dinner Club: Noon at location TBA

20 21 Card

Making Class: 10 AM

22 Reading

Phillies Game 7:05 PM

23

24 25 Community

Meal: Noon Christ Episcopal

26 27 28 29 30

31Community

Service: 10 AM

1580 Shenkel Road, Pottstown PA 19465 610.326.3535

Email: shenkelucc@aol.com www.shenkelucc.org

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The Pastor’s Pen Pastor Bonnie L. Moore

484.524.8280

blmoore@comcast.net

Office Hours:

Tues., Wed., Thurs.

9 AM to 1 PM

CONSISTORY

OFFICERS

President

Lynne Moyer

Vice President

Chris Gray

Secretary

Bill Faust

Treasurer

Ken Bevan

Financial Secretary

Chris Gray

Assistant Financial

Secretaries

Doug Allen

Judy Embriani

Director of

Music Ministry

Kaitlyn Waterson

Elders

Sherri Mocarski

Bill Faust

Chris Gray

Rick Viti

Deacons

Lynne Moyer

Aaron Gray

Andrew Foss

Ann Hartzell

Newsletter Editor: Judy Embriani Assistant Editors: Bill Baseley, Erika Augustine and Carol Lykens

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will

of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise the words of

prophets, but test everything…”

-1 Thessalonians 5:16-20

In light of the ruling that came down last month regarding marriage eligibility in Pennsyl-

vania, some of you may be wondering what the impact of that ruling will be on Shenkel

UCC. The answer is… that will be up to you!

During July, three dates have been reserved for conversation and dialogue around the topic

of same-sex marriage:

Tuesday, July 1 at 7:00 pm

Friday, July 18th at 10:00 am, and

Sunday, July 27th, following 9:30 worship.

These sessions are designed to be safe places to ask questions, share your viewpoint, and to

listen to each other’s joy, concerns, and/or uncertainty. There will be no decisions made or

conclusions reached at these gatherings, but we will enter each session prayerfully and hum-

bly, trusting that God’s Spirit will help us learn from each other, and to discern what next

steps we need to take.

I hope you will make time to join me and other members of Consistory at one or more of

these sessions.

Be God’s,

Pastor Bonnie

SHENKEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST PAGE 4

July

7/6

NEED SPONSOR

NEED SPONSOR

NEED SPONSOR

Tootie Hine

7/13

NEED SPONSOR

NEED SPONSOR

NEED SPONSOR

Louise Hine

7/20

NEED SPONSOR

NEED SPONSOR

NEED SPONSOR

Carol Lykens

7/27

NEED SPONSOR

Bob and Barbara

Brown

NEED SPONSOR

Tootie Hine

August

8/3

NEED SPONSOR

Sue and Gary

Stultz

NEED SPONSOR

Louise Hine

8/10

Ann Hartzell

Ann Hartzell

NEED SPONSOR

Carol Lykens

8/17

Ruth Klein

NEED SPONSOR

NEED SPONSOR

Tootie Hine

8/24

NEED SPONSOR

NEED SPONSOR

NEED SPONSOR

Louise Hine

8/31

Bob and Barbara

Brown

Bob and Barbara

Brown

NEED SPONSOR

Carol Lykens

June Consistory Highlights…

Received thank-yous from Bethany Children’s Home and the Pottstown Cluster for contributions

given

Approved including Shenkel UCC – with a logo! - on the Pottstown Cluster’s annual Mercury signa-

ture page fundraiser

Agreed to host workcampers from Brookside UCC on their trip home from Kentucky to New Jersey

Decided to send a follow-up letter to all members of the congregation with a recap of the all-church

summit and a draft of the purpose statement in order to get feedback from everyone

Approved the purchase of shingles for the pavilion roof

Set congregational meeting dates for October 5, 2014, December 21, 2014, January 25, 2015

and May 3, 2015

Heard a report from the PSEC Spring Conference meeting delegates (see article in this newsletter)

Complete copies of Consistory Minutes are available from the church office upon request.

ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS…. PAGE 5

DO YOU HAVE NEWS

FOR THE BULLETIN OR

THE NEWSLETTER?

Just a reminder that all bulletin

announcements should be at the

church office by each Tuesday at

noon to be included in that week’s

bulletin. Newsletter articles for

the September Newsletter must be submitted by August

15th to be included in that issue.

RECYCLING REMINDER….

We still accept aluminum cans at

the church for recycling. Please

continue to recycle your plastic

bottles and other recyclables at

home.

SAVE-A-TAPE

PROGRAM

This is the easiest way to

help our church financially.

Just ask for a Save-A-Tape card at the customer service

spot at your local Redner’s store. Show your card at the

register when you check out, then bring your register

tapes to church and deposit them in the box in the Nar-

thex. These tapes are collected routinely, presented to

the store, and Redner’s donates a percentage of your

total purchase to the church.

Be careful to bring your tapes in

regularly instead of saving them

at home, as they do expire if not

redeemed within a certain time

period. Also, please return the

entire register tape. Redner’s

will not accept any register re-

ceipt that has any part of it re-

moved.

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Regional

Youth

Event

Update!

Thanks to everyone who supported the car wash

and bake sale fundraisers, and to a surprise do-

nation from the Community Lunch Bunch’s

auction proceeds. TJ Augustine, Olivia and

Cameron Duschanko, Ben Mocarski, Samantha

Pennell, Morgan Scharneck, Kaleena Sweinhart

and Angeline Viti and Pastor Bonnie are regis-

tered and ready to head off to the Mid-Atlantic

Regional Youth Event, “All Pieces Matter,”

July 9-14 at Susquehanna University in Selins-

grove, Pennsylvania! Please keep us in your

prayers, and join us for worship on July 27th

when we’ll be sharing some of our experiences

during worship!

Who is God Calling Shenkel UCC to Do and

Be?

On June 8th, those who were pre-

sent at the all-church summit did

a great job with the first steps of

creating a “provocative purpose

statement” for Shenkel UCC. Our

ultimate goal is to have a state-

ment that describes our church at its very best – a best we

have known in the past, remember in the present, and will

know more deeply in the future, as it stretches and challenges

us to become more fully the church God is calling us to be. A

clear, compelling, and memorable purpose statement will be

helpful as a touchstone as we make decisions about our mis-

sion and ministry in the future. A huge thank-you goes out to

everyone who participated in the discernment process on June

8th!

A follow up letter describing the process in detail and including

the first draft of the statement has been sent out to all mem-

bers of Shenkel UCC for review and feedback. Please contact

the church office if you did not receive your letter!

Introducing… Osmond Mbaeri! While Pastor Bonnie is attending the Regional Youth Event with Shenkel’s youth, Os-mond Mbaeri will be filling the pulpit on July 13th. Here is a bio from Osmond to help you get to know him better:

I was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. My parents are from Nigeria, West Africa. I grew up in Nigeria, from the age of 2 years up until 15yrs; I was brought up in a Nigerian village. My parent decided to go back to Nigeria after they finished their studies in America in 1983. They had to go back to take care of their 6 children that they left behind in Nigeria before they traveled to the U.S. Nigeria is one of the wealthiest countries in the world; however, mismanagement of her wealth and natural resources combined with corruption of governmental officials has caused her to be a poor country. There are many Nigerians today in diasporas. I grew up in a big religious family with 8 siblings. My father was a Methodist pastor and my mother was a social worker. My entire family migrated to the America November 22 1996. My educational background is as follows: I attended West Philadelphia High School and graduated in June 1999. I attended college at Widener University Chester, Pennsylvania and graduated with a BA in Criminal Justice in 2004. I joined the U.S Army as an officer after college. The Army ROTC scholar-ship financed my college education. I served four years in the Army with a tour of duty in Afghanistan. I attained the rank of Captain, in the Military Police Corps. I separated from the military in 2008 due to God’s calling in my life to part take in His ministry. I am currently enrolled at Palmer Theological Seminary in the Masters in Divinity program. I am a member of the Sharon Baptist Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My pastor is the Bishop. Keith W. Reed Sr. I hope to graduate from Palmer Theological Seminary in May of 2015. I am married to my lovely wife Jeanine Carter-Mbaeri. We have a three year old daughter, Joy Amarachi Mbaeri. I give thanks and praise to God for all His wonderful blessings which he has bestowed upon me and my family. My prayer is that God will continue to rule and reign in my life as well as in the lives of all who believe in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen!

We look forward to welcoming Osmond back to Shenkel UCC!

SHENKEL LOVES TO GIVE….

REMEMBER

TOO…. The Pottstown Cluster

Food Bank collection

at Shenkel is the 1st Sunday of each month. Please

place your items in the large plastic bins in the nar-

thex.

AND...Please bring in your used cell

phones and empty ink car-

tridges and place them in

the box across from the nursery, or in the

box located on the coat rack shelf across

from the office. The cartridges are recy-

cled to Staples, and the church receives credits toward

the purchase of office supplies. The used cell phones

are given to the police department to be distributed to

Pottstown Cluster News

July and August 2014 The Cluster welcomes all cash and

food donations between the hours

of 8:30 am to 12:00 pm on Mon-

day through Friday. We are lo-

cated at 57 North Franklin Street

in Pottstown. Please come to the

back door off the alley. Parking

spaces at the rear of the building

are reserved for people dropping

off donations. Due to lack of space for storage, Please…

no clothing donations at this time.

Pantry: tuna fish, chunky soup, gravy, broth, lima

beans, chicken/dumplings, collard greens, spinach

Please contact Sherrie at 610-970-5995 for more informa-

tion

Dry Goods: Items needed are personal hygiene items such

as shampoo/cream rinse, soap, toothpaste, toilet paper and

paper towels along with cleaning supplies which include all-

purpose cleaners, dish soap and laundry detergent (ALL

SMALL CONTAINERS), diapers sizes 3, 4, 5 only

Please contact Ashley or Kelli at 610-970-5995 for more

information.

You can visit WWW.POTTSTOWNCLUSTER.ORG for

up-to-the minute information.

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B.I.T.E! APPEAL UPDATE

We did it!!!! Actually, we did it before

June ended – that is, eliminated the Cur-

rent Fund deficit! Thanks to the second-mile giving of

many people, the $19,963 albatross has been chased out

of town. And, there’s even a little surplus available in

case God challenges us in the future in a way we didn’t

budget for! The final figure will be shared in early

July when we thank God for inspiring the generosity

that enabled the B.I.T.E! Appeal to be so successful.

Thanks again to everyone who participated – every

contribution (we even received gifts from some chil-

dren and youth!) made a difference. Praise God!

YTD Current Fund O.C.W.M

Actual 55,077.81 5,084.00

Budget 64,895.39 4,583.33

Over/Under (9,817.58) 500.67

During the month of July,

we will be accepting offer-

ings for The Bill Boyer Memorial

Scholarship Fund.

In August, our offerings will

benefit the North Coventry Meals on Wheels pro-

gram. Please be as generous as you can.

Thank you. AS OF

May 31, 2014

The In-town Mission Week, organized by Trinity

UCC will be July 24 to 29 this year. Local work sites are

needed - painting, yard work,

cleaning out, etc. Contact Pas-

tor Bonnie if you have a project

a group of young people can

help you with!

BULLETIN BOARD…. PAGE 8

Mid-Day Dinner Club

Shenkel's Mid-day Dinner Club meets

at 12 noon on the third Tuesday of

each month – and you’re invited to

join us! This summer they will meet

on Tuesday, July 15, at noon at The Bakery in St. Peter’s

Village. The location for the get-together on August 19

is to be announced. Watch the Sunday bulletin an-

nouncements or call the church office for information.

Mid-day Dinner Club is open to young-at-heart adults of

any age who enjoy eating out and would like to get to

know other Shenkel members a little better. Call the

church office if you’re able to join us!

SHENKEL QUILTERS

The Shenkel Quilters are taking a break for the

months of July and August. We’ll be back in Sep-

tember. Have a great summer!

CARD MAKING CLASS

The card making class meets on the third Thurs-

day of each month at 10 AM. The cost of the

class is $8.00 which will provide all partici-

pants with three beautiful cards.

In July, the meeting date will

be July 17th. In August, they

will meet on August 21. To

insure there will be enough

materials prepared for every-

one, please call Connie Arm-

bruster at 610-326-6516 if

you plan to attend.

July – Brings outdoor worship and refreshments af-

ter the services. There is a sign-up sheet in the nar-

thex to volunteer to provide the goodies.

July 20 will be the Ice Cream Sun-

dae Social which will be held after the

service.

Any questions, call Louise Hine at

610-385-3716.

DID YOU SIGN UP YET? Friday, August 22, 2014

Reading Fightin Phils vs. Erie Seawolves

Game Time: 7:05 PM

Please sign-up on the sheet in the narthex

to help us cheer on the Reading Phillies. As usual, we will

have bus transportation provided, leaving the church at 5:15

PM. We have 25 seats reserved and the ticket price is $10.

See Barb Burhans with any questions. GO R-Phils!

Labor Day

Community Service

On Sunday, August 31, at

10 am, Shenkel will once

again host a community

Labor Day service of wor-

ship in our grove. As of

this month, eight different

congregations will be participating! Reserve the

date, invite your friends and neighbors, and join us

for an inspiring celebration of Christian unity.

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HOLY COMMUNION

Shenkel UCC celebrates the sacrament of Holy Communion at both services on the first Sunday of

each month. Each time communion is served, some of the bread and non-alcoholic wine that has

been consecrated at the altar will be saved in a traveling communion kit, ready to go to the homes or

hospital rooms of members who were unable to be present, and would like to receive the sacrament.

Please let Pastor Bonnie know if you, or someone you know, would appreciate “distance-

communing” with their Shenkel Church family!

Healing

prayers are

offered on the

third Sunday

of each month

at worship.

The Prayer Chain list is continually be-

ing updated. Request for prayers should

be placed in the prayer box in the Nar-

thex, or get in touch with any member of

the Wholeness Committee. If anyone

has a special prayer request, or is inter-

ested in ministering on the Prayer

Chain, please contact Freda Wan-

ner. Prayer requests will be carried for

one month.

Members of the Wholeness Committee

are Ann Baccari, Ted Gray, Tootie and

Louise Hine, June Hartung, Carol

Stubbe and Freda Wanner.

Flours” is a collection of pantry items or a monetary donation of your dis-

cretion to the Cluster. If a cash donation to the Cluster is made, a wheat

arrangement will be placed on the altar. Altar flowers are $30.00 and bul-

letin dedications are $6.50. Food Sculptures are also gladly accepted.

You can also dedicate a Choir Anthem with a donation of $30. With ever-

increasing costs of choral music, this sponsorship will help stretch our

budget and continue to bring quality music to Shenkel. Dedicate your an-

them to someone special, an event in your life, or just to the fact that you

love music. Thank you for this needed contribution to Shenkel. Blue en-

velopes are in the Narthex for your sponsorships.

There are many dates open for sponsorship and dedication during this and

the upcoming months. Please complete one of the special flower/bulletin/

anthem envelopes below the sign-up chart, enclose your payment, and either

put it in the collection plate or in the Secretary’s box by the office door. You

should sign your name on the chart in the narthex by the appropriate date

after you have completed your envelope.

Worship in the

Moonlight

“The light shines in the

darkness, and the dark-

ness did not overcome

it.”

- John 1:5

A full moon will rise at 7:45 pm on

Sunday, August 10, 2014. Join us at

that time at the pavilion for a peaceful

and hope-filled moonlight service of

worship and labyrinth walk (weather

permitting.)

God’s Precious Children August 10, 2014

Have you been wondering how Pastor Deb’s trip to

Liberia in January went? On Sunday, August 10, she

and her husband Gary will be at Shenkel to tell us

first hand, and to deliver letters that children we

sponsored may have written to us! That day you will

have an opportunity to continue your child’s sponsorship if you would like

to, and there will be new students available for anyone who would like to

sponsor and was not able to do so last year.

As Gary wrote in his April update to us, “Always remember the reason.

The benefit from our efforts paying tuition would be temporal and futile if

it was not for the fact that we explain to each student and family that it is

the love of Jesus Christ that motivates sponsors to pay their school tui-

tion; and that Jesus loves them and has a plan for their life. Praise

God!.”

Please visit www.godspreciouschildren.com if you want to know before

before August 10th

YOU SHOULD KNOW….

VACATION ASSIGNMENT….

Will you be heading to an ocean, lake or other

body of water any time this summer? If so,

please collect a small amount of water (no

more than a couple of ounces) and label it

with your name, the date it was collected, and

where it was collected.

Keep it in a safe place – we’ll be doing some-

thing special will all our water samples in Sep-

tember!

MORE NEWS FROM SHENKEL UCC…. PAGE 10

Summer Camp 2014 At New Goshenhoppen Park

Offering children and youth a place to en-

joy the outdoors and learn about God's

Love. Experience God’s world with our

outdoor day and overnight camping oppor-

tunities!

In addition to 2 weeks of Kids Day Camp, we’re offer-

ing new programs that include themed weeks for chil-

dren and teens, Grandparents Weekend, and a Bicycle

Camp led by Reverend Allen Kramer-Moyer. Our

camps are open to all area children, youth, and adults!

You can visit New Goshenhoppen’s website at

www.newgoshucc.org and follow the link for camping to

see details and rates for the different camp programs. And

as always, Shenkel will reimburse campers from Shenkel

50% of the registration fee from our Campership Fund.

Cemetery Help Needed! Do you enjoy working with Microsoft Access or Excel? Can you offer a couple hours per month to

help keep our cemetery records current? This ministry can be done in your home in your PJ’s –

and it will be really appreciated by our Cemetery Superintendent, Jeff Luckenbach.

We’re also looking for some people willing to be trained as Jeff’s back-ups to help people locate

graves, and to mark plots for burials and headstones. This job is usually only performed 6-8 times

a year, but it is often needed to be done on short notice. If we have a team of people trained to

help, no one person will need to be always “on call.”

Finally, we could use a couple of folks willing to do “touch up” work in the cemetery – leveling sunken graves, and occa-

sionally planting grass seed.

Please contact Pastor Bonnie if you might be interested in any of these ministries. Thanks!

STEWARD’S

CORNER

Our favorite church mouse is on vaca-

tion. I wonder if he went to church

camp? You could, too. See the options

open to you at the bottom of this page.

CAMPING OPPORTUNITIES

With the closing of Mensch Mill,

the Penn Central Conference,

United Church of Christ, has gra-

ciously offered us the program at

Hartman Center Camp, Conference and Retreat

Center as a way to keep lifting up the importance

of outdoor ministry for us here at Shenkel. The

Hartman Center offers weekly camping sessions

from June 15th through August 2nd with a vari-

ety of specialty camps. Please visit

www.hartmancenter.com to check it out. Bro-

chures and registration forms are available at the

church office. And as always, Shenkel will reim-

burse campers from Shenkel 50% of the registra-

tion fee from our Campership Fund.

Shenkel Sunday School Program Needs YOU….

Although the 2014-2015 Sunday School program doesn’t begin for three months, I am hoping that the energy

and excitement of our youngest members participating in our closing program on June 1 will spark a continued

interest (for many) or a new interest in being part of this amazing program begun by our former Sunday School

superintendent, Julie Zachesky.

We need volunteers (adults and teens) who will teach and/or help teach students from 1st through 6th grades.

This would only require a commitment of teaching two Sundays in any one unit. For any person who would be

willing to volunteer in the Little Lambs room (for children 3 through kindergarten), this would be a commitment of

only four weeks for one unit.

At our summit meeting on June 8, the youth of our church ranked among one of the top five things loved about

our church. Would you please consider sharing your talents with one of Shenkel’s

most valued assets?

At this point, the grid for next year is empty. You can call (610-741-6949) or e-

mail me (pover@comcast.net) directly and have a clean slate of dates and sub-

jects to pick from.

I will also have the grid available for sign-up once we begin our outdoor services.

Thank you!

Linda Foss,

2014--15 Sunday School Superintendent

Spring Meeting May 31, 2014

It was a beautiful day for a ride in the country to Zion Blue Mountain UCC in Strausstown. Pastor Bonnie, Tootie Hine

and Lynne Moyer were Shenkel’s delegates. Our morning session was “Vibrant Ministry when Money is Low and

People are scarce.” We heard from 3 churches about how they found new members, what they did to further their

missions. Grace Christian Fellowship, in Philadelphia, went door to door in their neighborhood, held a prayer walk

and prayed on street corners and had a drive thru prayer request site, this resulted in 147 new members.

St James UCC in Havertown had a food pantry and asked for food offerings on communion days. They had people

donate birthday bags that included cake mix, icing, balloons, paper products and small gifts for the pantry to hand

out. They offered another church their overflow from Easter and that church offered them baked goods in return.

They also put Prayer Shawls in their pews for people who wanted to feel closer to God.

We were introduced to Rev. William Worley and learned from him what he thought he could bring to our conference

if he were elected to be our Conference Minister. After lunch, in an overwhelming vote, Rev. William Paul Worley

was elected as the Conference Minister and President of the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference of the United

Church of Christ .

Rev. Worley is a person of deep faith, called as a disciple of Jesus the Christ, who understands leadership as taught by

Jesus, and serves God and God's people. He was ordained UCC in 1994, and has served the First Reformed Church UCC

in Lancaster PA since January 2000. He served the 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines and Marine Air Group 49 from June 2000

to May 2013.

Rev. Worley seems like a no-nonsense type of guy who will be able to bring change to our Conference and hopefully get

us back on track and move us forward to do God’s work.

PAGE 11 DID YOU KNOW????

NOTES FROM THE

MUSIC DIRECTOR

I would like to put together an “instant choir” for

the service’s special music on July 27th. We will

rehearse a new piece that morning from 8:00-9:30,

which the choir will then sing for the service. Any

adults who are currently members of the Chancel Choir or are interested

in joining the Chancel Choir in the fall are welcome to attend. It will be a

great morning of music making and fellowship (and breakfast snacks will be

provided!) If you would like to join the “instant choir” on 7/27, please let

me know: kaitlyn.waterson@gmail.com.

While next fall seems far away, I wanted to get

the word out now: the Chancel Choir will be

starting up next year on September 4, 2014 (the

Thursday after Labor Day). Rehearsals will be

held on Thursday evenings at 7:30 in the sanctuary at Shenkel UCC. All

are welcome (and encouraged) to attend. No previous choral experience is

necessary; if you are enthusiastic about making a joyful noise to the Lord,

then we would love to see you there. Come out and see what the Chancel

Choir has in store for this coming year—and bring a friend!

On Sunday, June 22nd, we officially wel-

comed Bill and Britnee Sanseverino as

new members of our Shenkel Church Fam-

ily. Bill and Britnee have two sweet

daughters; Olivia Jade, age 7, and Delia

Mae, age 4. Bill is a self-employed land-

scaper and enjoys hiking, camping, fishing

and family activities in his off time. Brit-

nee works as an account manager for

PECO in Philadelphia and loves gardening,

hiking, vacationing and pretty much any-

thing outdoors. We are so happy to have

the Sanseverino Family here with us!

WELCOME NEW SHENKEL MEMBERS….

Joan and Joe Palubinsky are back!! Offi-

cially! As you all know, Joan and Joe had

moved away and left us for awhile, but have

recently moved closer again and happily

returned to their Shenkel Family. We are so

happy to have them back in the fold. Joe

loves to fish and watch old classic movies

and TV shows. Joan spends her free time

reading, crocheting and is famous here at

Shenkel for her wonderful calligraphy.

Welcome back Joe and Joan!!

MORE SHENKEL NEWS…. PAGE 12

Sunday, June 22nd was a very special day for this angelic looking little lady. Delia Mae Sanseverino, age 4, received the sacrament of Holy Baptism the same morning that her parents, Bill and Britnee were received as new mem-bers of our church. Delia has a big sis-ter, Olivia Jade, age 7. Congratulations to them all.

And

AUGUST

08/01 Gaul, Dillon

08/03 BADE, STEVEN

08/04 Klein, Ruth

08/04 Gray, Ted

08/07 Hardy, Sarah

08/08 Rohrbach, Maryln

08/09 Derman, Katherine

08/10 Sweinhart, Barbara

08/10 Bevan, Allen

08/10 Rice, Alyssa

08/10 Apgar, Hannah

08/12 Bevan, Elaine

08/12 MAJOR, Grace

08/14 Stubbe, Carol

08/15 Brewer, Miranda

08/16 Martin, Lindsey

08/16 Scharneck, Morgan

08/17 Rowe, Ray

08/17 Dyott, Jennifer

08/17 SWEISFORD, DANIEL

08/17 GALE, CAROLYN

08/18 Pearson, Carol

08/21 Kulp, Sue

08/21 LLOYD, RONALD

08/21 AUGUSTINE, ASHLYN

08/27 INGRAM, HORACE

08/27 SKULSKI, KAYA

08/28 HUDICK, KARL

08/28 Scharneck, Lori

08/28 YANNICK, JOSEPH

08/28 Dyott, Jeffrey

08/29 Heidenreich, Jennifer

08/29 ELLIS, MELISSA

08/30 BRADLEY, Noah

08/31 KLEIN, WAYNE

CELEBRATING WITH OUR CHURCH FAMILY …. PAGE 13

JULY

07/01 Painter, Derek

07/02 Gray, Lucas

07/06 Rodriguez, Evelyn

07/06 Kline, Mike

07/09 Burhans, Barbara

07/09 AUGUSTINE, ERIKA

07/10 Keim, Stacey

07/11 Heimbach, Leroy

07/12 Sweinhart, Joel

07/12 Hauze, Laura

07/12 Hauze, Leslie

07/13 MAJOR, REBECCA

07/14 Hartung, Franklin

07/16 Baccari, Anna

07/18 Miller, Jess

07/20 Scheler, Sheree

07/20 KLEIN, LORI

07/21 MCCULLAGH, MAX

07/22 Baseley, William

07/23 Burhans, William

07/23 Brown Jr., Robert

07/23 YANNICK, JOSEPH,JR

07/23 Moore, Bonnie

07/24 ZACHESKY, JULIE

07/24 Graef, Tammy

07/24 Berriker, Rachel

07/24 DEVINE, COLIN

07/24 Caplan, Jordan

07/26 Moyer, Cody

07/27 ZACHESKY, LUCAS

07/28 Kreiger, Betty

07/28 HOFF, LINDSAY

07/28 Faust, Nathaniel

07/29 Brewer, Rick

07/29 O'Drain, Christian

07/30 Viti, Rick

07/31 McCann, Dottie

07/31 Bevan, Cole

During the month of July, Shenkel will be praying for these randomly selected members and friends of our congregation:

7/6 Susan and Barry Miller

Helen, Stephen and Kamryn Wanner

Barbara and Jesse Painter

Gillian Caplan

Barbara Sweinhart

7/13 Lynn, David and Katie Derman

Kelly Martin

Bette Burkhardt

Morgan Scharneck

Cameron Dushanko

7/20 Lori Scharneck

Michaela Craner

Angela Reid Quashigah

Michael, Madison and Jonathan MIller

Rick and Jaden Viti

7/27 Patti Hughes

Breanna Megni

Ethel Miller

Logan Baker

Horace Ingram

During the month of August, Shenkel will be praying for these randomly selected mem-bers and friends of our congregation:

8/3 Denise, Joseph, Joseph and Dylan Yannick

Chris and Ted Gray

Brooke Miller

Joan and Ron Christman

Nicholas Iezzi

8/10 Stacia, Joseph, Glen and Noah Bradley

Rachel Lloyd

Ben Mocarski

Jennifer Hauze

Lindsay Hoff

8/17 Gary McDermit

Karen, David, Sierra and Kyle Miller and

Emily and Olivia Sakal

Anna Baccari

Jess Miller

Roberta Peterman

8/24 Becky, Joe, Grace and Cole Major and

Seth Dawicki

Judy and Joe Gergle

Angelina Viti

Sandy, Heath, and James Peterman and

Bryan and Emily Trego

Ruth Andrien

8/31 Marion and Russell Iezzi

Ellen Faust

Jordon Caplan

Kaleena Sweinhart

Sharon and John Sabo

SHARING WITH OUR CHURCH FAMILY …. PAGE 14

Thanks to all who have sent cards,

called me, visited and have prayed for

me - I greatly appreciate it. If you

would like my new address and phone number, please

call the church office. Ann Baccari