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Lancaster Church of the Brethren is a working, worshiping,
learning Christian community, open and accepting without
discrimination or force in matters of belief and practice.
BRETHREN HIGHLIGHTS OctoberOctoberOctober 2016
Lancaster Church of the Brethren
In this Issue: Page 3 From the Pastor’s Desk: by Michael Howes
Youth Corner
Page 4 Attention 65+ Hygiene Kits Mystery Tour
Climbers/Homebuilders Movie Night
Page 5 Seeking First the Kingdom Exit Strategy
Center Pages Event Calendar & Service times
Page 8 Women’s Fellowship Nigerian Workcamp Preschool WNL
Page 9 Louisiana Disaster CROP Walk Church Calendar Booking Page
10 Thank You, LCOB PRC Workshop
Page 11 Sunday School Options
@ Lancaster Church of the Brethren
Email: [email protected] Web: www.lancob.org
Starlight Tea Features Terra Voce On, Saturday, October 22, at
7:00 p.m. the Starlight Tea Concert Series
will welcome Terra Voce, a flute/cello duo known for lively and
creative programs combining the diverse and the unexpected. Cellist
Andrew Gabbert and flutist Elizabeth Brightbill thrill audiences
with their virtuosity, engaging, conversational style of
presentation, and their genre-expanding programs that explore a
wide range of musical styles, traditions, and cross-cultural
influence. Contrary to what most would expect from a flute and
cello, their arrange-ments test the limits of what is possible with
just two instruments.
In addition to numerous performances on college campuses and
community concert series, Terra Voce has appeared on the Millennium
Stage at the Kennedy Center, in the Christ Chapel Chamber Series at
New York City’s Riverside Church, and as finalists in the National
Flute Association's Chamber Music Competition. Their CD The Frost
Is All Over was selected as an "Editor's Pick" on CD Baby. Several
members of the LCOB congregation heard Terra Voce at the 2015 NOAC
conference and returned with enthusiastic reports of their ex-
cellent concert. We are thrilled that they have agreed to be
part of our Star-light Tea series! -Emery DeWitt
Friendship Breakfast A Friendship Breakfast will be held at
Lancaster Church of the Brethren on Sunday, October 9, from 8:00 –
10:30 a.m. All are invited to the breakfast and to worship services
before or after the breakfast. This will include a delicious hot
buffet breakfast along with LCOB’s legendary friendly fellowship!
Members are encouraged to bring friends and fa-mily, and if you are
not a member, you are especially encouraged to come and bring
others with you! Breakfast is FREE, but we would appreciate
reser-vations made through the church office at 397-4751 or by
email at [email protected]. Extra “invitation ma-gnets” to invite
guests are available from ushers during worship and in the church
office.
Junior High Sunday On Sunday, November 6, jun-ior high youth all
over the Church of the Brethren will lead worship in their
congregations. That Sun-day, our sixth through eighth grade youth
will lead the Morning Psalm service at 10:15 a.m.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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SERVING THIS OCTOBER GREETERS USHERS
7:40 a.m. 8:40 a.m. 8:40 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 10:15 a.m.
Donna Wilson &Gloria Myer Gibson Alvino Bev & Clyde
Angle John Byers & Pat Veser Darlene & Dave Creighton Linda
& Russ Adsitt
CHAPEL SERVICE 8:00 a.m. Bob Barber & Dave Evans
SANCTUARY SERVICE 10:15 a.m.
CHURCH LIBRARY Staffed Sunday 9:45—10:15 a.m.
Jack Bryer
ACOLYTES VAN INFORMATION
Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Week 5:
Maria Ramirez Brooke Smith Luke Wenger Sadie Bowser Jack
Smith
Ed Riegen 299-7141
ATTENDANCE DIRECTORY CHANGES New Addresses: Tim & Jessica
Dunbar Al Hansell (Village Manor 9) 32 Hawk Ln 3001 Lititz Pike
Ephrata, PA 17522 Lancaster, PA 17606-5093
August 21—312 August 28—219
September 4—279 September 11—290
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS 1 Calvin Wenger
Todd Forsha
2 Michelle Bookman Gloria Myers
3 Bob Hess Alison Mackey
Doris Tankesley Marilyn White
4 Jeff Putt 5 Jean Deihm 7 Joyce Bohn 8 Nancy Denlinger 9
Zachary Baughman Kathy Mummau Nevin Snader 12 Jordon Young Nancy
Schaeffer Linda Wenger Ben Greenawalt
Jonathan Shertz
15 Dave Hosler 16 Myrl Greiner Ken Harnish Sherry Wiggins Ella
Breidenstine (child) Laura Breidenstine Mary Fahnestock 17 Russell
Adsitt 19 Galen Graham
Derek White
21 Jessica Chillas 23 Amy Hollinger Victor Armenta-Valdes (son
of
John & Judith Breidenstine) 24 Margaret Rosenberger Gladys
Clemens
25 Jennifer Madison
26 Melissa Gish Doug Lunger Michelle Hernandez Leah Wenger Terry
Hostetter 27 Ron Kline 28 Robert Wenger 29 Judy Witmer Mo Salamh
Shirley Wenger (Calvin) Carole Deck Carlene Hufford 30 Robert
Barber Alexis Shulenberger 31 Rhoda Gamble Gabbi Maerz Charles
Guyer
*Ken Harnish Jim Bridgeman Jere Bridgeman
Jon Bridgeman Bill Evans Linda Harnish
George Murray Pat Veser *Head Usher
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From the Pastor’s Desk P eople in churches have been trusting me
to be their pastor since I was 20 years old. I got an early start
in part because I am an Anglo guy, in a denomination that
privileged Anglo guys. I didn’t have a desk at that first church -
it didn’t even have running water, just an outhouse. I wrote my
sermons at the dining room table in the crowded apartment I shared
with four other guys, three of whom were engaged. It was kind of
like the classic stateroom sce-ne in the Marx Brother’s A Night At
The Opera. But I was and still am fiercely grateful for being
invited into the lives of the folks in that church which had
stopped meeting, but be-gan again, when two youth who lived nearby
asked if they would ever have services again. I am grateful I was
able to baptize those two young wom-en, organize a Sunday School
class for them, and lead their parent’s marriage vow renewal. No
desk required.
Since then, I’ve had desks at other churches, but honestly,
sitting at them chafes me the way Sunday clothes chafed Huckleberry
Finn - itchy and restrictive. I love to read and study, both the
Scriptures and the other books and media I need in order to be the
follower of Jesus and the pastor I aspire to be. I hope I never
lose the amazed gratitude I feel that I get paid as my full-time
job to study the Scripture and use my three-pound brain to think
the best thoughts about God I can. But I can do
that in a coffee shop where I’m more likely to connect with
someone who’s not yet a follower of Jesus. No desk required.
In addition to study and the opportunities to teach and preach
it gives birth to, the other part of being a pastor I cherish most
is listening to people, developing relationships with them. One of
the best parts of these
first two months of being one of your pastors has been taking
youth in twos and threes and fours out for coffee and listening to
their lives. As I learn who they are, who God is making them, I’m
becoming their pastor. And I’m grateful for the op-portunity to
hear their stories and
earn their trust. No desk required. Jesus teaches us to pray
that the space where his
Kingship is real and recognized gets bigger every day (“May your
kingdom come”). I believe deeply that Jesus dreams of his Kingdom
growing, not in the facilities and programs of the church, but on
playgrounds, within households, among co-workers, in classrooms and
on sports teams. What happens in the facilities and pro-grams of
the church happens to get us ready for Jesus to use to build his
Kingdom in all those other places. Like Gerard Manley Hopkins says:
“Christ plays in ten thou-sand places.” No desk required.
--Pastor Michael Howes
Youth Corner SOUP AND SALAD 2016-2017 Sunday, October 23 (in
conjunction with the Fall Congregational Business Meeting) Sunday,
December 4 Sunday, January 29 Sunday, April 23 (in conjunction with
the Spring Congregational Business Meeting)
UPCOMING YOUTH EVENTS October 2 - Registration deadline for Jr.
High Retreat. 8 - Sr. High Harvest Party. 15 - Kids’ Night Out. 16
- CROP Walk. 21-23 - District Jr. High Retreat. 23 - Soup and
Salad. November 6 - Jr. High Sunday.
December 4 - Soup and Salad. January 20-22 - District Sr. High
Retreat.
“Pastor Michael,
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Brethren Highlights is published monthly by the Lancaster Church
of the Brethren. The absolute deadline for the November issue is
October 15, 2016.
Brethren Highlights October 2016
Hygiene Kits on November 6 If you have been associated with the
Lancaster CoB for at least 6 months, you will know that an ongo-ing
outreach project of our congregation is to assemble 600 hygiene
kits every spring and fall. Our next sched-uled date to put
together the kits is Sunday, Novem-ber 6, immediately after the
10:15 worship services. If you are wondering what happens to these
kits after we put them together and deliver them to New Windsor,
Maryland, dur-ing the first 6 months of 2016, CWS distributed more
than 15,000 hygiene kits within the US where disaster struck, 8,750
to Honduras and 30,000 hygiene kits to Syria. This fall we
anticipate our costs to be $3,500 to purchase the supplies needed
for the 600 kits and pay Church World Service for shipping and
handling. Please support this effort with your donations and your
hands. Checks should be made out to Lan-caster CoB and placed it in
the offering plate. Be sure to indicate hygiene kits on the memo
line. Any questions, contact Suzanne Schaudel.
Climbers and Homebuilders Climbers and Homebuilders will meet
for brunch
at 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, October 9, at the Centerville Diner,
100 S. Center-ville Road, Lancaster, in the shopping center. Each
person will be able to or-der their food from the menu at his/her
seat. Please bring food donations for the food bank.
Sunday Night Movie & Film Discussion
October 16, 2016 – 7:00 pm (refreshment 6:45)
MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN (2016 - Jennifer Garner, Queen Latifah
best-known
actors in a large cast) Based on real-life events, this
intriguing drama re-counts the story of young Annabel Beam, who
suffers
from an incurable digestive disor-der. But when a string of
miracles leads to her complete recovery, Annabel's family and
doctors are mystified. “There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though
everything is a mira-cle.” - Albert Einstein. Yep, this Einstein
quote is used in this film
during a testimonial from the Jennifer Garner charac-ter,
Christy Beam. "Miracles from Heaven" is adapted from the Chris-ty
Beam book documenting the incredible true story of the Beam family
of Burleson, TX. When the mother, Christy, discovers her middle
daughter, Anna (Kylie Rogers) has a rare, incurable intestinal
disease she be-comes a tenacious advocate for Anna's healing.
Christy is supported by her husband (Martin Henderson) and by her
church; but when it looks as if all efforts and treatment have
failed to control or cure the disease, Christy's faith becomes a
victim. That will set the stage for this profound true story of
faith and miracles.
You’re Invited to a Mystery Tour! Come join the Seekers
Fellowship Group on Satur-day, November 19, and have fun
“Discovering Lancas-ter County’s Early Roots.” The tour will be led
by Jay Wenger and includes many interest-ing stops as well as a
full course lunch with an Amish family. We will leave the church
parking lot at 8:30 a.m. and return at approxi-mately 5:00 p.m. The
cost is $80.00 per person which includes motor coach
transportation, all attraction ad-missions, meal and tips. A
limited number of seats are available, so it is first come, first
served. Money is due by October 30. Checks are payable to Ken or
Linda Harnish, mailbox #120. Any questions, contact Ken or Linda at
569-4692.
Attention 65+ Crowd Something New…If you or your spouse is or
will be over 65 next year, would you be interested in attending a
banquet? The Hospitality Ministry Team would like to get an idea of
how many folks at our church this would include as we are in the
planning stage for such an event. Please call Diana Wiker at
291-9348 if you are interested and or have any questions.
http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Jennifer-Garner/191679?trkid=201886046&lnkce=mdp-casthttp://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Queen-Latifah/53008?trkid=201886046&lnkce=mdp-cast
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Brethren Highlights October 2016
Seeking First the Kingdom ~ Announces ~ Seeking Session
Presenters
The weekend of November 12 & 13 marks the date of our first
annual Spiritual Renewal Retreat. As announced earlier, the Rev.
Dr. Jeffrey W. Carter, president of Bethany Theological Semi-nary
will be our keynote speaker at two worship services on Saturday,
November 12 and again at our combined worship on Sunday, November
13. Dr. Carter's Saturday morning address is entitled, Seeking
Another Way using scripture from Acts 2: 1-12, 43-47 and the
afternoon address is entitled, First Things First taken from John
13: 1-17. Sunday's worship is entitled, An Under the Table Kingdom
from Mark 7: 25-30. These addresses along with the subjects of the
Seeking Sessions are designed to enhance the retreat theme or
Seeking First the Kingdom as Brethren.
Saturday, November 12, Morning - Seeking Sessions (participants
to select one) Devotions/Scripture Glenn Mitchell—Director of
Training & Programs, Oasis Ministries Explore “Practice &
Devotion” that make a real difference in our lives. Prayer John
Zeswitz—Executive Vice President of Lancaster Bible College
Discover the importance of prayer in our personal &
professional life. Family Focus Jamie Nace—Director of Children's
Ministries at LCOB Designed for parents of younger children, with
parents & their children interacting & dealing with the
subjects of the retreat.
Saturday, November 12, Afternoon – Seeking Sessions
(participants to select one) Spiritual Direction Glenn
Mitchell—Director of Training & Program, Oasis Ministries
Discover what Spiritual Direction is and how it works.
Discipleship/Growing as a Christian Lee Barrett—Professor of
Systematic Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary Explore ways
of growing one’s faith as a Christian. For Parents Only Michael
Howes—Pastor of Youth & Spiritual Direction at LCOB Parents are
the most important people in the spiritual growth of youth. Gain
practical tools for helping your kids own their faith and keep
following Jesus past graduation day. For Youth Only (grades 6-12)
To Be Determined Church why bother? Better reasons than “Because I
told you so” to connect with the church.
Jay Wenger, chair; Al Cott; Arelis Sable; Suzanne Schaudel and
Kristen Snoke.
John Zeswitz
Michael Howes
Jamie Nace
Jeff Carter
Lee Barrett
Glenn Mitchell
Planning An Exit Strategy Sponsored by the Pathfinder Fellowship
Group.
On Sunday, October 30, at 2:00 p.m. in either Room 162 or the
Family Life Center the Pathfinder Committee invites the
congregation to Planning An Exit Strategy. They have assembled a
panel of professionals who will conduct an in-formative session
regarding end of life plan-ning. It is never too soon to think
about stra-tegic planning regarding end of life. If you
have unanswered questions in this area of your life, as many of
us do, this is an activity to mark on your calen-dar. The panel
will include Pastor Jeff Rill, Scott Bru-
baker from Groff's Family Funeral Services and Estate Attorney
Anthony (Tony) Schimaneck from Morgan, Hallgren, Cross-well &
Kane, P.C. Lancaster.
--The Pathfinder's Steering Committee
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Brethren Highlights October 2016
Women’s Fellowship Breakfast Come on October 22 at 9:00 a.m. and
enjoy
breakfast and be spiritually enriched as Sheri Weaver, former
Interim Pastor Fall a year ago,
speaks on the topic “Beyond Worry: Embracing God’s More.” Jesus
gets it right, doesn’t He? We worry a lot about food. We worry a
lot about fashion. We worry a lot about accumulating,
accom-plishing, and the value others perceive in us. Jesus
acknowl-
edges our greatest worries. Yet, in his most famous sermon
recorded in Matthew 6, Jesus invites us beyond worry and announces
there is far more to life. “Look,” Jesus invites, at the birds of
the air and the wildflowers in the field; see how they live “free
and unfettered,” “careless in the care of God” (Matthew 6:25-26,
The Message). As we come to fellowship in retreat together, we will
consider the shocking good news of God’s lavish love and encour-age
one another with practical wisdom for our jour-neys beyond worry to
an embrace of God’s more, abundant life. Don’t forget to invite a
friend!
Support LCOB Preschool by Grocery Shopping
Do you know you can help support Lancaster Brethren Preschool
just by using your Giant Rewards card? If you are interested in
supporting a great Preschool pro-gram, which many of the children
of this church attend, please fill out the Giant rewards sheet
found in the gathering place with your name and bonus card number.
If you filled one out last year, you do not need to do
so again. Please place finished forms in Danielle
Shu-lenberger’s mailbox (#79). Thank you!
Wednesday Night Live Continues This is the twelfth year of
Wednesday Night Live
at the Lancaster CoB. Each Wednesday evening through November
16, we gather in the FLC at 5:00 p.m. for a tasty supper prepared
by LCOB volunteer staff. After the meal, participate in an engaging
class taking place 6:15 - 7:15 in Rooms 162-163.
In October Bob Frick will continue a fascinating series of
classes, Together They Made The Modern American Presidency,
highlighting the contributions of 12 recent presidents:
September 28 – Introduction, and F. D. Roosevelt October 5 – H.
S. Truman and D. D. Eisenhower October 12 – J. F. Kennedy and L. B.
Johnson October 19 – R. M. Nixon, G. Ford & J. E. Carter
October 26 – R. Reagan and G. H. W. Bush November 2 – W. J. Clinton
and G. W. Bush
Each week Bob gives a PowerPoint presentation in his unique,
lively and good-humored style.
Wednesday evenings are truly alive at the Lancaster Church of
the Brethren. We hope you will come and join in the fun and
fellowship.
--Suzanne Schaudel, meal coordinator --Chuck Denlinger & Bev
Angle, class steering committee
Special Alert from Cross Cultural Connections (CCC)
The Crisis in Nigerian, August Brethren Highlights, announced
the Nigerian Workcamps to Begin. Soon this information was shared
in the LCOB worships. By the beginning of September, several people
ex-pressed interest in participating on the first workcamp set for
November 4-21. The following are now regis-tered to be part of the
November Workcamp: Anneliz Rosario, Linford Moyer, Eric Ramirez,
Elliot Ramirez, Juan Ortega and Luis Rodriguez. We praise God for
this re-sponse! CCC will be making arrange-ments for a spe-cial
sendoff fel-lowship meal and time of sharing and prayer for the
work campers on Sunday, October 30 at 11:30 p.m. Details of this
event will be announced after the next CCC meeting on October
10.
October PMT Energy Tip Remember to close your fireplace damper
(unless a fire is burning). Keeping the damper open is like leaving
a window wide open dur-ing the winter, allowing warm air to escape
through the chimney.
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Brethren Highlights October 2016
What are we doing in Louisiana? The people of Louisiana have
been devastated by
flooding: thousands lost everything they had. With our support
the Church of the Brethren has provided: 1. Care for children and
families who have been
displaced by flooding and are living in American Red Cross
shelters, by five teams of volunteers from Children’s Disaster
Services (CDS). For over 35 years, Children’s Disaster Services
(CDS) has been meeting the needs of children by setting up child
care centers in disaster shelters and disaster assistance centers
across the nation. Specially trained to respond to traumatized
children, volun-teers provide a safe, calm and reassuring presence
in the midst of chaos such as the massive flooding in
Louisiana.
2. Clean-up buckets and baby care kits through shipments of
relief supplies on behalf of Church World Service (CWS) from the
Church of the Brethren’s Material Resources Center in New Windsor,
Maryland. (At least 1,400 clean-up buckets and 100 cartons of baby
care kits were provided.) The Material Resources Center warehouses
and ships relief goods on behalf of ecumenical partners and
humanitarian aid organizations.
To support this and similar relief efforts, donations can be
made, either online at www.brethren.org/edf or by check to
Emergency Disaster Fund, Church of the Brethren, 1451 Dun-dee Ave.,
Elgin, IL 60120.
- Ray Leckrone, for the Outreach Ministry Team
CROP Walk on October 16 Did you know:
If women farmers had the same access to re-sources as men, the
number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150
million.
1 out of 6 children -- roughly 100 million -- in developing
countries is underweight.
One way to fight hunger locally and globally is to sup-port the
annual CROP Walk. One-quarter of your donations to CROP will be
used by the Lancaster County Council of Church-es Food Bank to help
feed the hungry in our area. The remaining funds are distrib-uted
around the world by Church World Service.
Carlos Schaudel is walking and asking for spon-sors. Please sign
up directly with Carlos in the Gather-ing Area. Checks should be
made out to CWS/CROP and given to Carlos.
Get it on the Church Calendar! Make sure it’s on the church
calendar! What? You say! Is your fellowship group having an event
here at the
church or off site? Get it on the calendar! Is your Ministry
Team having a meeting other than
the 2nd Tuesday of the month? Get it on the calen-dar!
Is your committee having a meet-ing? Get it on the calendar!
How do you get your event/meeting on the calendar? By calling
the church office (397-4751) and speaking to either Tiffany Dickel
or Linda Harnish. Not only does this help Tiffany and Linda know
how to plan doors to lock and unlock, it
helps other groups plan events as well. It keeps rooms and dates
from getting double booked. You can always view the church calendar
in real-time on the LCOB website by going to www.lancob.org. 1)
Click “Media Center,” 2) “Facilities Calendar,” then 3) “Go to
Facilities Calendar.” If you then “bookmark” the page you can
easily access it every time. As always, if you have any questions,
please call the church office.
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HOW TO GET PUBLISHED If you are interested in submitting an
article or letter, here’s how to do it!
1. The deadline is the 15th of every month. 2. Electronically
submitted is best! In a
Word doc. or in the body of your email. 3. Email to the church
office at
[email protected]. 4. Please do not extensively format
emailed
submissions. Simple paragraph form is best. An attached file
should be in a Word document. No PDF’s please.
5. Mail any submissions to the church office, attention Tiffany
Dickel, or place them in the “Newsletter” folder in the church
office.
Brethren Highlights October 2016
My family and I wish to express our deepest appreci-ation to all
our friends at LCOB for your prayers, calls, visits, cards and
various other kindnesses shown to us during Gene's recent illness,
hospitalization and death. Thanks to all of you and God's
continuing love and care we are looking to the future with hope and
thankfulness.
Fern Bucher
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I wish to thank our wonderful church family and all the prayer
warriors for the love, concerns, phone calls, food and many, many
cards during Bruce’s three-year journey. Our family is extremely
grateful. A special thank you to Calvin Wenger for his part in
Bruce’s me-morial service as well as his many, many phone calls,
beautiful prayers, and his many, many visits which Bruce enjoyed so
much. We are so blessed to have Calvin. Thank you, Cindy and
Calvin, for the hospital visits and calls. Thank you to each one
who worked in the kitchen to make the wonderful luncheon buffet and
to all the other members who helped make Bruce’s memorial ser-vice
special. Many thanks to the Wednesday Morning Prayer Breakfast
Group for all your weekly prayers, cards, and words of
encouragement and also to the Dea-con Body for the cards and my
booklet. We are so fortu-nate to have so many caring and concerned
church members. God bless you all, Dawn Bomberger and Family
I want to thank my church family for their cards and phone calls
during my recent problem with cancer. I am now cancer free. It’s
great to know so many people are praying for me, especially the
Wednesday Morning Pray-er Group. A special thank you to Calvin
Wenger for his visits and phone calls. God bless you all, Ruth
Shultz
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To my church family, I feel very blessed to be remembered in
thoughts, prayers, and so many kindnesses during my “down time” and
rehab following my hip fracture. Thanks to you, dear friends, for
your support in getting me back on track again. Special thanks to
the Wednesday Morn-ing Prayer Group, the Deacon Body, the
appreciated pastoral visits, the Climbers’ support and faithful
Under-shepherds, Mo and Rachel. For all gestures of concern during
my recovery, my sincerest thanks to all! Love and blessings, Doris
Bridgeman
Thank You, Lancaster Church of the Brethren!
What is the Impact of Race on Our Christian Conversation?
When: Monday, October 24-7-8:30pm Who: Led by Dr. Rev. Larry
Covin, Lancaster Theological Seminary Where: At the Parish Resource
Center, 2160 Lincoln Hwy E #18, Lancaster.
The is FREE for anyone who attends Lancaster Church of the
Brethren.
How can Christian conversation and dia-
logue occur across the racial aisle and within our
congregations, in this Black-Lives-Matter versus Law-and-Order
era?
Come prepared to learn, to ask questions, to offer ideas.
Work
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Brethren Highlights October 2016
Adult Education Opportunities October 2016
9:00 - 9:45 Sunday Mornings
*NEW* Young Adult Class—Beginning October 2, Pastor Cindy is
leading a Young Adult (ages 18-25) group in the Family Live Center.
The Chapel Bible Study Group meets in the chapel. In October we
will focus on The Sovereignty of Jesus, using primarily the NT book
of Hebrews. We will see Jesus as the High Priest Forever and as the
Pioneer and Perfecter of Our Faith. We use the Brethren
publication, A Guide for Biblical Studies. Teachers will be Al
Cott, Bob Frick, and Calvin Wenger. The Parenting class, led by
Linda Husted, meets in Room 170. The October topics will be:
October 2—John Byers will continue teaching from Robert Wolgemuth’s
book, The Most Important Place on Earth: What a Christian Home
Looks Like and How to Build One. October 9 & 16—Jamie Nace will
discuss Children and Worship. We’ll explore ways to engage in
worship as a family, and not just on Sundays! October 23—TBD
October 30—A panel discussion on Parenting. The Connections class
is a casual group meeting in Room 200 for coffee and conversation.
The Maranatha Ministry offers an adult Sunday School class in
Spanish and English, taught by Arelis Sable. Further details are
available from her. The Thoughtful Life Class, meeting in rooms
162-163, features resource persons who lead stimulating
discus-sions on a variety of topics. The October topics will
be:
October 2—Alix Sable, the co-chair of our Cross Cultural
Connections Committee, will conclude a 2-week series on
Appreciating Differences. He will lead a discussion of the 2007
Annual Conference recommendation that our denomination becomes
multicultural. October 9—We’ll begin a 3-week series on Christian
Citizenship. This week will feature keynote speaker Dr. J. Kenneth
Kreider, Prof. Emeritus of History at Elizabethtown College,
speaking on
How Can a Christian be a Patriotic Citizen? October 16 &
23—The Christian Citizenship series will continue with panel
discussions of issues of concern in the coming election. The
moderator will be Jay Weaver. October 16—women’s issues, abortion,
LGBT issues, health care, and education. October 23—immigration,
protection of freedoms, Supreme Court, 2nd Amendment rights,
safety, terrorism, prison & justice system reforms. October
30—Guest speaker Don Robinson will speak on Fearless Giving,
challenging our commitment to practice faithful stewardship.
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LANCASTER CHURCH OF
THE BRETHREN
VISION STATEMENT To be and make disciples of Christ for the
transformation of the world.
MISSION STATEMENT To be the heart, hands, feet, voice, and
mind of Christ locally and globally.
GOALS
Radical Hospitality Passionate Worship
Intentional Faith Development Risk-Taking Mission and
Service
Extravagant Generosity
(Adopted by the Lancaster Church of the Brethren, 10/07)
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday - Thursday
8:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. Friday
8:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES
8:00 a.m. Chapel 10:15 a.m. Family Life Center 10:15 a.m.
Sanctuary 10:15 a.m. Maranatha
WORSHIP FOR CHILDREN
10:15 a.m. Praise Kidz (Age 4—3rd grade)
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:00 a.m. Children & Adults
Our Staff
Jeffrey B. Rill Senior Pastor
Cindy E. L. Lattimer Associate Pastor
J. Calvin Wenger Pastor of Caregiving
Alix Sable Associate Pastor Michael Howes
Pastor of Youth & Faith Development Emery A. DeWitt Director
of Music Margaret Marsch
Jeanne Heck Organists
Jamie Nace
Director of Children’s Ministry Director of Children’s Music
Tiffany L. Dickel Church Administrator
Newsletter Editor Linda Harnish
Secretary Troy Nace Custodian
The deadline for submitting newsletter items is the 15th
of the previous month.