Little Swatara Church– Rev. Matthew S. Christ PHONE: 570-246-8196 Email: pastormatt@littleswatara.org Facebook: Matt Christ; Instagram & Snapchat: mdchrist99

OFFICE HOURS : 9 -12 NOON TUES. & THURS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Church Office: 717-933-4723 OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Fri, 8:30 am -12 noon Secretary—Connie Davis E-mail: secre tary@l i t t leswatara .org Treasurer—Dianne Younker, 717-269-0803. E-mail: t reasurer@l i t t leswatara.org. Newsletter Editor: Ashly Landis, Email: ash ly lynn21@gmai l . com Phone: 717-228-8500

CHORISTER 8:15 am 10:30 am WORSHIP LDR 8:15 am 10:30 am CHILD STORY 8:15 am 10:30 am

PIANIST AUDIO WORSHIP CTR WELCOME CTR 8:15 am

10:30 am USHERS

8:15 am 10:30 am

NURSERY & EXT. SESSION 8:15 9:15 10:15

TO VOLUNTEER Contact: Nursery (Infantsup to 2yrs.) - Debbie Seigfried 717-933-5419

WEEKLY VOLUNTEERS VIDEO PROJECTION Glenn Riegel & Mark Myers—CVLI#502613280; CCLI#157691 ORGANIST Marlene Blatt

CHURCH SIGN Changer-January –Sam Forry; February—Diane Long; March - Pat Timmins

Adult

Willing Workers Koinonia Serendipity Raising Believers Young Families Young Marrieds

Ya Cigiba (we continue)

Children/Youth

Senior High (9-12 grade) Junior High (6-8 grade) Mountain Movin’ Journey Class for ages 2-4 (upstairs) And grades K-5 (downstairs)

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES 9:30 - 10:15 am

Wk 4, Jan. 26 Praise Team Pam G

Praise Team Savannah Myers Jenny Luckenbill Savannah Myers

Praise Team

Todd Rebman Sandra Keeney

________ Barbara Batz

Andy Wise/Craig L Rich, Derek Yenser J.R., Kyle Yenser

Shelley Y/Alexis W Becky & Allen R Deneen E/Deb Yordy

Wk 3, Jan 19 Kara Henning Allen Rebman

Ashley Landis John Wise

Ashley Landis Mike Kolbe

Sarah Brubaker Carl Kauffman Sandra Keeney

_______ Dorothy Gensemer

Daniel L./Jason S. Ken Duell/Dylan H.

Earl Seigfried/John Z.

Shelley Y/Alexis W Becky & Allen R Dianne Long/Deb Yordy

Wk 1 Feb 2 Pam Gerberich Diane High Alane Riegel Gary Bashore Alane Riegel Jean Myers

__________ Alan Bashore ______

Sharon Dosch Pat Timmins

Dorinda K & Jay B Bob & Wendy L. Sam Forry/Matt B.

Becky R Carol P/Becky R Denise B/Ashley K

January 19, 2020

In him was life, and that life was

the light of all mankind.

John 1: 4

Volume LXX January 19, 2020 Number 3 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: @Little SwataraCoB *** Wi-Fi Guest/pw: brethren

Outreach: The Gathering Place Café, 8490 Lancaster Ave, Bethel Contact: gatheringplacecafe.com / Phone:717 -933-5958 Café Hours: Mon-Fri 6-11am & Sat 7-11am

Prayer Concerns

Last Sunday’s Attendance

Worship 40 + 94 = 134 Sunday School 87

Let us remember the shut-ins and elderly not able to be with us today.

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Bryant Family Carl Graby Vera Gross

Naomi Moyer Herman Manbeck

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Our Heartfelt sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Jennifer Emerich. Viewing will be held 10:00-11:30 am and services will be at 11:30 am here at Little Swatara, Saturday, January 25th. Lunch-eon to follow. No graveside services.

* * * * * * * * * Peace and prayers to the family and friends of Anna Mae Risser. Sister to Fern Phillipy, Phyllis Baylor, Dorothy Gen-semer and Terry Edris. Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020, from 9 to 11 am at the Akron COB, 613 Main Street, Akron, followed by a memorial service at 11:00 AM. Interment will take place in Wolf Cemetery. Anna Mae would have been 90 yrs. old on January 25th.

GIVING LAST SUNDAY

General Fund $3,149.50

Building Fund $200.00

Fam Assistance $190.00

Maintenance $410.00

Sunday School $76.00

Global Food Initative $125.00

Nigerian EYN $75

Womens Fellowship $25

Food Pantry

Gathering Place $50

Mission of the Month $10

TOTAL $4,310.50

GENERAL FUND BUDGET 2020

$ 312,710.

Attention: Please remember to check your church mailbox

There will be a Giving Tree for the Bryant Family in the narthex starting this week. You can help provide a meal for the Bryant Family while Daniel is in the Hershey Medical Center by giving a gift card to a local Hershey restaurant. Local restaurants include: Applebee's, Bob Evans, McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Panera Bread. (Gas station gift cards would also be a blessing i.e. Turkey Hill or Sheetz)

What’s Happening in:

January 20 Exercise Classes - 8:45 am Women’s Group; 10:00 am the seated Group 22 Exercise Classes - 8:45 am Women’s Group; 10:00 am the seated Group 23 8:30 am Quilting 25 7:00 am Men’s Prayer Breakfast 26 Bread & Cup Communion 27 Exercise Classes - 8:45 am Women’s Group; 10:00 am the seated Group 7:00 pm Stewardship & Property Team Meeting 28 All Ministry Team Minutes are due Den Meeting 29 Exercise Classes - 8:45 am Women’s Group; 10:00 am the seated Group; 30 8:30 am Quilting February

1 Deacons Retreat/Camp Swatara 1:00 pm 50+ Program

CHOIR PRACTICE SCHEDULE Jubilee Choir /Sanct/Wed 6:30-7pm Joy Choir /Sanct/Wed 7 - 7:30 pm Praise Team/sanct/ Wed 8-9pm Senior choir /Sanct/Thurs. 7-8pm

January Mission of the Month

“We Care Packages”

Upcoming Events

Women’s Fellowship News

The Londonderry Village Auxiliary Sunday Evening Programs continue with The Soft Sounds of Carol Kline and her husband, George. They perform oldies and gospel music. Don’t miss them Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the Di Matteo Worship Center, 1200 Grubb Road, Palmyra, PA 17078. They will be taking a free will offering.

On Sunday, January 26, we will be having a spaghetti dinner following our second service. We hope that everyone can join us. We really need desserts!! Please let any member of our Women's Fellowship know ahead of time, if possible, if you are willing to donate a dessert.

Our next Breakfast Buffet is coming up Saturday, Feb. 22 from 7:00 un-til 10:00 a.m. Please come and bring your appetite and your friends!

2/16/2020 Intergenerational Games Afternoon hosted by COBY’s and the Jr/Sr. High Youth. ALL AGES INVITED for a fun aft- ernoon of game playing after second service. Bring your favorite games and a snack or dessert to share. COBYS will be providing pizza around 1:30 pm.

3/22/2020 Jr/Sr High Laser Tag after church at Laser Quest

7/26—8/1/2020 Mission Trip (Location TBD)

Wacky Wednesday—LEGO Style

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6-7 pm in Fellowship Hall for children K-5th grade

Coming soon to Camp Swatara will be an 18 hole disc golf course. Disc golf is played by using special frisbee’s. Little Swatara is going to try to raise enough money for 1 hole. The hole cost $1,200.00. Now till Sunday February 9th, you may mark your offering envelopes “Camp Swatara” and those funds will go towards our goal. Any extra money given in that time will be going towards a new screen door on the cabin at the mini golf course in Family Camp.

Lit t le Swatara Church o f the Brethren

Proclaim Chris t as Lord

January 19, 2020 8:15 & 10:30 Worship Service

Prelude

Welcome & Announcements

Unified Prayer Oh God, you’ve blessed us with the gift of memory. We gather today celebrating those lives that have gone on before us and we light candles to illuminate their impact on our lives. We give thee thanks for your comfort and your peace during these years of loss. Bless this time Lord that we may be one in you, carrying forth the legacies set before us.

Service of Remembrance

Leader: As a father cares for his children: People: so the Lord cares for those who fear him.

Leader: For he himself knows where we are made: People: he remembers that we are but dust.

Leader: Our days are like the grass: People: we flourish like a flower of the field.

Leader: When the wind goes over it, it is gone, People: and its place shall know it no more.

All: But the merciful goodness of the Lord endures forever on those who fear him.

Leader: Today we give you the opportunity to light a candle from the Christ candle, to represent how God is always with us in our times of grief and loss. He never leaves us, and we are never completely alone.

Lighting of Candles

Senior Choir (10:30 am) “In Moments of Quiet”

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It’s “WE CARE” Package Time!

Each year the Mission and Evangelism committee sends packages to the college and military students from our congregation. If you would

like to donate items for the students, a box will be provided in the narthex upstairs and foyer downstairs..

ITEMS NEEDED for CARE PACKAGES

The last day to bring donations will be February 2nd

CRACKERS COOKIES POPCORN GRANOLA BARS HOT CHOCOLATE MIX INSTANT SOUP MIX CANDY BARS

WRITING UTENSILS QUARTERS (10/$2.50) EA. SMALL TISSUE PACKS TRAVEL SIZE— HAND LOTION and HAND SANITIZER

Q-TIPS BAND AIDS POST IT NOTES GUM HARD CANDY LIP BALM

Acclamation Prayer Opening Hymn “Morning has broken” #648 Joys & Concerns Pastoral Prayer Senior Choir (10:30 am) “Call upon the Lord” Hymn “My Jesus, I love thee” #522 Offertory Thought & Prayer Children’s Moment Hymn “God of grace and God of glory” #366 Message - “Remembering John” Scripture: John 1: 1-13 Closing Hymn “Savior, like a shepherd lead us” #355 Sending Forth

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Little Swatara operates both a Live Stream ministry from our Facebook Page @LittleSwataraCOB, or for those more technolo- gically challenged, we can also provide audio recordings on CD’s. If you would like a CD of any service, please contact the audio operator in the back of the sanctuary. You can also find re- cordings of almost every service on our website at www.LittleSwatara.com/Worship . Click on “ Service Recordings” You can also find an archive of the available Facebook live video recordings on our Facebook page @LittleSwataraCOB.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The new Rehrersburg History Books have arrived. Please contact Sandy Kauffman if you are interested in purchasing a copy the price is $68.90 (includes tax). For more information, please call Sandy at 610-589-6639.

Attention Offering Envelope Users: Statements for 2019 have been placed in your mailbox. Please check them carefully for any discrepancies.

Weekend to Remember - Sign up for a Weekend to Remem-ber and get 50% off your registration price. This special contin-ues now through Monday, January 27th. The Weekend to Re-member is a weekend marriage event built on the foundation of God’s word, to help you and your spouse strengthen your mar-riage. There are great speakers and opportunities for discussion between you and your spouse (not with a group). The sale is good for any Weekend to Remember taking place in 2020. A great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day would be to attend the closest Weekend to Remember, held at the Hershey Lodge from February 14-16, 2020. There are also Weekends to Remember coming to the Poconos in March. For more information, pick up a flyer on the table in the Narthex, contact John & Jamie Wise, or go to familylife.com/weekend-to-remember. Use the group name “wisemarriage” to sign up.

Attention Committee Treasurers - it’s time again for AUDITING of the books. Please have your updated books done and in the office by mid-January for the auditors to go over and return.

Annual Reports Are Due— a summary of events and happenings from your committee will be due the end of January for council meeting in Feb. Please email them to the secretary & thank you to those that have already done so.