*INFORMAL WORSHIP SERVICECanadensis, PA, a new, hotel-style facility on Spruce Lake in the heart of the Pocono Mountains – an hour north of Allentown. • October 16-18, 2015 in

*INFORMAL WORSHIP SERVICE

September 13, 2015

Worship Songs Membership Prayer Time

Message “Out of Ownership and Into Stewardship”

Closing Song Next week’s Breakfast Leader ~ Joan Menhorn Today’s Greeters: 8:00 a.m. ~ Dave & Holly Gaskell 10:30 a.m. ~ Stan & Robin Landis Today’s Ushers: 8:00 a.m. ~Keith Hoover, Darin Janidlo, Ellis Kimmel Next Sunday’s Greeters: 8:00 a.m. ~ Jason Huston , Rita Shaulis 10:30 a.m. ~Lynn & Dorie Lambert Next Sunday’s Ushers: 8:00 a.m.~Jason Huston, Keegan Huston, Tyler Landis

TRADITIONAL WORSHIP Prelude……………………………………............................. Membership...………………………………........Pastor Tom *Hymn # 92…………… “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” Children’s Story……………………..Mary Margaret Werner Senior Choir……………………….. “Be Strong In the Lord” Praise & Prayer…………………………………...Pastor Tom Offering……………………………………………………… Offertory Prayer………………………………….Pastor Tom Message………. “Out of Ownership and Into Stewardship” *Hymn #270…………………… “Wonderful Words of Life” Benediction……………………………………….Pastor Tom Postlude………………………………………………………. *Please stand if able

*Please sign attendance sheet at end of pew. Thanks!

LAST WEEK’S OFFERING Regular $7,158.00 Specials 1,142.80 Total $ 8,300.80

• PRAYER Tuesday mornings 6:15 – 7:15 in the Brick Coffee House.

• ADULT BELLS “Blue Group” will not rehearse this Wednesday

• SENIOR CHOIR will rehearse this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

• ADULT BELLS “White Group” will begin rehearsal this evening at 6 p.m.

• YOUTH ICE CREAM SOCIAL TONIGHT at 7 p.m. at the Train Station.

• OFFICIAL BOARD will meet this evening 7:00 in the Brick Coffee House.

• DEACON BOARD will meet Monday, September 21, 2015 at 6 p.m. in the Brick Coffee House

• SEE YOU AT THE POLE ~Wednesday, September 23, at 7:50 a.m. at the BBHS flagpole ~prayer for students and BBHS staff.

• MISSION COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, September 28th at 7 p.m. in the Brick Coffee House.

Our Men’s Ministry Team will meet next Saturday, September 19th, at 7 a.m. for devotion and breakfast and then will share their Chrisitan love by lending a helping hand to others. All men are welcome!

September hospitality sheet has been posted on the Information Bulletin Board! Donations needed!! THANKS!

INSTALLATION SERVICES

 Everyone   is   invited   to   the   installation   of   Pastor   Heidi  Holst   as   Holy   Trinity   Lutheran   Church’s   new   shepherd?  Service  will  be  held  TODAY  at  4  PM    with  communion.    

CAMO SUNDAY!!! If you want to dress in your camo best….Sunday, September 27th has been designated our camouflage day!!

MISSING!! The church is missing (1) Nesco Roaster. If you have borrowed, please return. **If you are borrowing roasters from the church, please contact the church office to sign them out. Thank you.

“LOVE FOR LARAMEE” bracelets are available to benefit Laramee Ickes and family. Laramee Ickes is a 6 year old who was recently diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Bracelets are $5.00 each and are available on the Information Table or through Ryan & Tammy Saylor at 701-1727 or Randy & Afton Burkholder at 233-6332 or 233-9025.

Pastor Tom Sprowls, Jr.

Youth Pastor Luke Dowdy

September 13, 2015

Church Office: 267-3863 ~ email [email protected] Website ~ www.berlinbrethren.com

Please  Remember:    The  Sunday  morning  Messages  can  be  found  

and  listened  to  online.    

Informal Worship 8:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Traditional Worship 10:30 a.m.

*Nursery is on the second floor. Today’s attendant is Erin Boburchock. **Volunteers needed for Nursery ~ please contact Erin Boburchock at 602-571-3613 or the church office at 267-3863.

KID’S KORNER for Ages 2 thru Kindergarten        will  begin  TODAY  (during  our  8  a.m.  service)  in  the  church  basement.    The  Pastor  will  prompt  the  time  when  you  may  bring/send  your  child  downstairs.        ***  Leaders  are  Jason  and  Julie  Huston.  Help  is  needed!!  Please  see  sheet  posted  on  the  Information  Bulletin  Board  or  contact  Jason  &  Julie  Huston  @  267-­‐3012  or  442-­‐0996.  

 MISSION  SUNDAY  

Sunday,  September  27th,  we  will  be  hosting  Missionaries  from  Moldova!!!    These  Missionaries  are  representing  “Stella’s  Hands”  and  will  be  sharing  with  us  during  our  morning  services.      Following  our  morning  services  we  will  be  having  a……….                                                      SOUP  &  SALAD  LUNCHEON  

                                                           Freewill  Donation  

                                                     Proceeds  for  “Stella’s  Hands”    Donations  needed!    Please  see  sign-­‐up  sheet  posted  on  the  Information  Bulletin  Board.    

. **You may also make a monetary donation.

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING **We will hold a congregational meeting TODAY at 10:15 a.m. in the church sanctuary. The purpose of this meeting is to give approval to the trustees to purchase a new furnace for the church.

Looking for a Sunday School Class for you or any member of your family???? We have classes for ages 2 yrs to 100 yrs!!! ** Check out our “new” Sunday School /Board of Christian Education Information Table! (Located by the Information Bulletin Board) If you have any questions, please see or contact Ellis Kimmel 267-3774. ***Please take notice..our INFORMATION TABLE has been temporarily relocated…it is in front of Pastor Luke’s office.  

It’s not too early to be thinking about filling your Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes. Many places are holding “Back to School Sales”!

You will find a prayer request card in the pew rack or on the Information Table. If you have a prayer concern please fill out and place in the “Golden Bowl”.

Please donate new* shoes for orphans in Moldova.

*Note: Due to regulations in customs, shoes must be new.

For boys & girls ages 3 to 16.

Prayer  Concern  List  Name   Request/Concern   Progress/Answer  Neal  Adolphson  ~  friend  of  Dorie  Lambert  

Leg  surgery/kidney  issues    

Pittsburgh  Hospital  

Gertrude  Baker  ~  Donna  William’s  mother  

Heart  problems    

John  Baker   Stroke/renal  failure   Meadow  View  Janice  Beardmore   Cervical  Cancer   Began  radiation  Ed  Biddle   Dementia      *Paul  Bird   Health  concerns  &  

medication  changes  Meadow  View  Nursing  Rm.  221  

Mike  Blake  ~  friend  of  Petro  family,  Vickie  Blake  

Esophagus  Cancer~  stage  4  

Treatment    

“Bunny”  Bockes   Good  days  &  bad  days   Home    *Zona  Coleman   Conemaugh  Hospital    -­‐  

irregular  heart  beat    

*Glenn  Brant  –  friend  of  Ellis  &  Donna  Kimmel  

Heart  valve  replacement    

Home  –  still  weak  

Wayne  Deeter   Infection  in  arm    *Darla  Delancy   Procedure  9/29/15   McGee  Hospital    *Jane  Drenner  –  Darin  Janidlo’s  grandmother  

Fell  and  broke  her  pelvis  

Lutheran  Home  Special  Care  

Faith  Custer  ~  9  yrs.  old   Brain  Cancer   Treatment  *Tabitha  Flick   Cancer  –  found  in  an  

ulcer  Chemo  every  other  week  –  possible  surgery  in  December  

Zayne  Fornwalt  ~  6  yrs.  old   Lung  Cancer   Treatment  Kathy  Gallo  ~  sister  of  Susan  Yoder  

Pre-­‐heart  transplant  procedures  7/20  

Presbyterian  Hospital    

*Justin  Gendron  ~  5  yrs.    old     Esophagus  banding    11/11/15.    Needs  blood  vessel  transplant    

Justin  was  not  big  enough  for  the  vessel  transplant  so  will  have  banding  done  11/11/15  

*Terry  Griffith   Back  surgery  9/23/15   Sewickley  Hospital  Rita  Hardesty   Cancer      Kelly  (Dively)  Hartbauer   Colon  Cancer   Chemo  treatments  *Ellen  Hay   Lung  cancer/infection  

in  her  heart  valve  Somerset  Hospital  

Mary  Lou  Hay  ~  Bill  Hay’s  aunt  

Kidney  problems  &  blood  infection  

Presbyterian  Hospital  

Bernie  Henaghan  ~  friend  of  Bob  Brant  

Cystic  Fibrosis   In  need  of  a  lung  transplant  

Bruce  Hostetler   Stroke  ~  much  better    Home  ~  therapy    Dave  Hoyman  ~  Desiree  Petro’s  uncle  

Heart  problems  –had  stent  inserted  

Conemaugh  Hospital  

*Stephanie  Hummel   Health  Concerns   Surgery  9/11/15  Dave  Hutzell   Cancer  issues    *Laramee  Ickes  ~  6  yr.  old  daughter  of  Zac  &  Brittany  

Cancerous  brain  stem  tumor  

Radiation  &  Chemo  treatments  @Children’s  

*Brad  Janidlo  –  Darin’s  brother  

Outpatient  surgery  9/3/15  

Jerry  Johnson   Lung  surgery   Home  ~  oxygen    *Harvey  Largent  ~  friend  of  Doyle  &  Donna  Paul  

Kidney  &  bladder  cancer  and  now  into  the  bone  

Has  a  lot  of  pain  –  Dr.  appt.  9/3/15  

*Wally  Long  family   Death  of  Linda    *Beth  McGuire-­‐relative  of  Judy  Krupper    

Passing  of  her  husband  Kevin  

Tricia  Mayak   Cancer  treatment   Pray  for  strength  Charlie  McCurdy   Lung  Cancer    Mary  Meyers  ~  friend  of  Stan  &  Bonnie  Landis  

Health  issues   Biopsy  

Jeff  Moore   Severely  burned   Home  -­‐therapy  Gabriel  Ohler   Spina  Bifida   Home  *Ruth  Pearson-­‐Chuck  Bailey’s  mother  

Hernia  surgery   Pittburgh  Hosp.  

Allen  Rhoads   Farm  accident   ICU  ~  Conemaugh  Fred  Shepler   Cancer    Ronald  Sleasman     Lung  Cancer     Cancer  in  remission  Carla  Smith   Cancer   Not  doing  well  *Clara  Smith   Vasculitis     Chemo  –  needs  prayer  Joyce  Taylor   Leukemia    *Yvonne  Weigle-­‐friend  of  Wanda  Gerhard  

Heart  catherization    

Donald  Will   Cancer   Prayer  for  comfort  Lois  Williams  ~  Jeanette  Landis’  mother  

Surgery  to  remove  sinus  aneurysm    

Moved  to  Crichton  Center  in  Johnstown  

Bethanie  Wilson   Guidance  for  future  heart/medical  procedure  

Stationed  at  Coronado,  CA  Naval  Base  

Roy  Wright  ~  friend  of  Jane  Maust  family  

Brain  cancer  ~  surgery  in  Pittsburgh  

Now  in  Boston  Cancer  Center  for  2  months  

Susan  Yoder     Heart  transplant  at  Hershey  Medical  Center  

Prayer  for  healing  

Joe  Zeigler   Leukemia    

  OUR  MILITARY    

 Dan  Armstong   Jared  Harshbarger   Gavin  Stockwell  Jeremy  Scott  Baker   Bobby  Hoffman   Justin  Streng  Cruz  Boyer   Mike  Hutchinson   Carrie  Thomas  Mike  Bowers   Alex  Kuh   Jeremy  Thomas  Kyle  Cooney   Jana  Glotfelty  Kuh   Dan  VonSchimpf  Shawn  Cochran   Louis  Orris   Josh  Walters  Joshua  Crissy   John  Paxton   Mike  Warren  Max  Dull   Joel  Sprowls   Paul  Will  Ben  Hay   Mark  Stewart   Bethanie  Wilson  Ron  Helm   Matt  Spear    Aaron  Engleka   Steve  Spear      

 UNVEILED LADIES FALL RETREAT - Friday, October 9 (7pm) - Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Camp Peniel. Come away for a weekend while we deepen our relationships with God, experience His presence, and spend time with other women who really do get it. This weekend is designed just for you and will be sure to leave you refreshed and your faith reignited. It will be simple, there will be grace and together we will learn how our hearts were created to shine the light of Jesus in a darkening world. A life unveiled is a glimpse of the Kingdom coming. Retreat cost is $100.00 which will cover all expenses for your weekend including lodging, meals (2 breakfasts, 2 lunches & 1 dinner), coffee/snacks throughout weekend, and all necessary materials. A minimum of $50 deposit is due with your registration form no later than September 27, 2015. Remaining payment must be turned in upon arrival for retreat weekend. For more information or a registration form please contact Afton Burkholder.  

 ATTENTION MARRIED COUPLES: Fall is the perfect time to fall in love with your spouse all over again! That is what couples overwhelmingly report is the result of attending a Lutheran Marriage Encounter Weekend. Now is the time to sign up for one of the fall Weekends to be sure  you get the one of your choice. The fall Weekends are: • September 18-20, 2015 at Spruce Lake Retreat Center,

Canadensis, PA, a new, hotel-style facility on Spruce Lake in the heart of the Pocono Mountains – an hour north of Allentown.

• October 16-18, 2015 in Lancaster, PA, at the all newly-renovated Heritage Hotel Lancaster, home of the unique Treehouse-inspired restaurant, “Loxley’s.”

Weekends run from Friday at 8 PM to Sunday around 4 PM and are designed to help you make your marriage a more intimate, loving, Christian union. Currently, the registration fee is $45 per couple; however, starting September 1, the registration fee will be going up to $100 per couple, so register now to qualify for the lower registration fee. Two nights lodging, 5 meals for each of you, and all supplies are included with your registration fee, plus toward the end of the weekend you will be given an opportunity to make a confidential contribution of whatever amount you wish toward the continuation of the program. Registrations are limited, so sign up today by going to the website: www.GodLovesMarriage.org and paying the $45 registration with your credit card, or mark the option to mail check. For questions, or if you would like a brochure with registration form mailed to you, contact Pennsylvania Directors of Lutheran Marriage Encounter, Fred & Julie Schamber, at [email protected] or 724-325-3166.