Worship at First Church of the Brethren September 2017 In Deep Gratitude It’s Monday morning, August 21, 2017, and I am still trying to gather all my thoughts and feelings from two years of ministry, but especially attempting to take in all that happened yesterday. What an amazing day! I was filled with gratitude for the opportunity to worship together. Sharing bread and cup communion at the conclusion of worship fulfilled a joy for me and I hope for you as well, in the journey that we have shared together in Christ Jesus. For I believe that gathering at the table of the Lord truly brings a sense of the past, present and future into our midst that goes beyond even the words that we share. Following worship there were so many warm expressions of gratitude and well wishes. What a meaningful moment. Then we gathered in the fellowship hall for an abundant meal. The food was so good, all the way from the barbeque sandwiches to the many pot luck dishes that graced the table. Then we enjoyed a beautiful marble dessert cake, decorated by Mindy Wagner, that was so tasty and moist. I was almost at a loss for words when a bounty of gifts was shared. Thank you to all for your expressions of care and love! I must say that when it was announced that the stones on the table could be signed and would then be given to us, I wondered where we would put them. But, then a wise person in the congregation said to me that the stones could be a part of a prayer garden in your landscaping. What a beautiful idea! So, Christy and I have already talked about a way to incorporate them into our back yard garden. One final note! On the cake, you may have noticed a scripture was listed. It is one of my very favorite scriptures, Philippians 4:4-5. It says, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.” So many times in my journey with you in ministry, I experienced the nearness of the Lord. Thank you for blessing my life these last two years! On behalf of my wife, Christy, she would also wish to share her thanksgiving for your hospitality and love. In the love and grace of God, Dale Dowdy Dale & Christy Dowdy 4305 Wiltshire Street Rockingham, VA 22802
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Worship at First Church of the Brethren
September 2017
In Deep Gratitude
It’s Monday morning, August 21, 2017, and I am still trying to gather all my thoughts and feelings from two years of
ministry, but especially attempting to take in all that happened yesterday. What an amazing day! I was filled with
gratitude for the opportunity to worship together. Sharing bread and cup communion at the conclusion of worship
fulfilled a joy for me and I hope for you as well, in the journey that we have shared together in Christ Jesus. For I believe
that gathering at the table of the Lord truly brings a sense of the past, present and future into our midst that goes
beyond even the words that we share. Following worship there were so many warm expressions of gratitude and well
wishes. What a meaningful moment. Then we gathered in the fellowship hall for an abundant meal. The food was so
good, all the way from the barbeque sandwiches to the many pot luck dishes that graced the table. Then we enjoyed a
beautiful marble dessert cake, decorated by Mindy Wagner, that was so tasty and moist. I was almost at a loss for words
when a bounty of gifts was shared. Thank you to all for your expressions of care and love! I must say that when it was
announced that the stones on the table could be signed and would then be given to us, I wondered where we would put
them. But, then a wise person in the congregation said to me that the stones could be a part of a prayer garden in your
landscaping. What a beautiful idea! So, Christy and I have already talked about a way to incorporate them into our back
yard garden. One final note! On the cake, you may have noticed a scripture was listed. It is one of my very favorite
scriptures, Philippians 4:4-5. It says, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known
to everyone. The Lord is near.” So many times in my journey with you in ministry, I experienced the nearness of the Lord.
Thank you for blessing my life these last two years! On behalf of my wife, Christy, she would also wish to share her
thanksgiving for your hospitality and love.
In the love and grace of God,
Dale Dowdy
Dale & Christy Dowdy 4305 Wiltshire Street Rockingham, VA 22802
Highlights of August Leadership Mtg.
Held on July 25th, 2017
Interim District Executive Mark Liller talked with Leadership about progress looking for a new interim pastor.
Hospitality and Communications Team - Valerie Smith
- Rally Day is September 10 - Youth sponsoring a sandwich fundraiser. Activities after lunch at the football field
parking field.
- Looking at ideas for a father/son, men’s get together.
- Exploring new ideas to replace the church picnic.
Christian Education Team - Janie Myers
- Contacting Young Adults about forming a Sunday School class.
- Working with Rally Day impact team.
- S.S. Superintendent organizing Fall Sunday School and teachers.
- Reevaluating Children’s Church program. Leadership Team decided not to have it for
Fall with possibility of reinstating if there is interest in having and volunteers willing to lead.
Missions and Service Team - Darlene Wyland
- Continue to make regular gifts to our pledged outreach.
- Have had some volunteers to form an impact team to plan for Heritage Fair.
Finance and Facility Team - Mark Garach - Mike Bianconi reported for Mark
- Looked at current financial report
- An endowment team has been formed and will meet in August.
Worship Team - Terry Hershberger
- Pew communion August 20th.
- Dave Crumrine filling pulpit Aug. 27 and Sept. 3.
- A portable sound system was donated for use at Church gatherings.
Pastor’s Report -
- Last Sunday is August 20th. Last working day August 25th.
- Making “farewell” visits to shut ins.
- Encouraged Teams to continue work on Blessings and Dreams goals.
- Thanked Mike and Becky Bianconi for attending Annual Conference.
Other Business -
- Looking at updating background checks for volunteers working with children.
- Search committee continues their work.
- Next meeting will focus on an “exit interview” with Pastor Dale.
Next Meeting - Aug 22nd at 6:30
8 am
September 16
The Dream
In Service to our Lord and Church
Margaret Sell Doug & Brenda Garber Paul & Julie Witkovsky Betsy & Mark Garach Travis Russell Alpha Class
3rd 10th 17th 24
Organist Darlene Wyland Barb Wineland Cathy Petre Barb Wineland
Pianist Marcia Fleck Marcia Fleck Cathy Neal Brenda Fluke-Garber
Storyteller Sue Mock Mandy Keith Gary Wineland Linda Steele
Nursery Attendant
Pat Dick Signe Dellinger
Audrey Smith
Signe Dellinger
Welcome Center
Jane Brumbaugh Carol Emerick Jeannie Stiffler Arlene Beers
Parking Lot Greeters
Earl Bryson Don Bookhammer
Dave Imes Dave Imes Don Myers
Flowers Memory of
Margaret Imes
Memory of Robert Hoover
Bulletins
Do something God wants our work to be meaningful and satisfying. No matter what we do, it should provide a reason to get up each day and use the talents God has given us. As Benjamin Franklin said, “The man who achieves makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all: doing nothing.”
If you can’t pay cash in total for “it” you can’t afford “it.”
Whatever “it” is. – Dave Ramsey
Join us as we all learn strategies to learn to live within our means
and save for our future. Enroll Now! Classes start September 10th
https://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/classes/1041224
Greeters
Front Door: Rear Door:
Deacon Greeters
Front Door: Rear Door:
Acolyte Audio Technician
Fellowship Time
INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
9/1 Walter & Linda Piper Nathan & Stephanie Hershberger Nathan & Brandi Walter 9/3 Barry & Melanie Hoffman 9/6 Pete & Carol Imler 9/7 Fred & Arlene Beers 9/8 Don & Janie Myers 9/11 Dave & Valerie Smith 9/13 Allen & Emily Keith 9/15 Tom & Julie Dick 9/17 Scott & Barbara Smith 9/18 Tom & Janis Thompson 9/20 Adam & Cortney Lanzendorfer 9/23 Tom & Missy Glunt 9/25 Kelly & Kathy Frederick 9/26 Rick & Tonya Dillon Mitch & Bethann Frederick
9/1 Cindy Hamm Mike Holsinger 9/5 Vicki Fisher Sherwood Bumbarger 9/6 Angie Delozier Hank Meetze Darlene Eicher 9/7 Ben Brumbaugh 9/8 Guy Forshey Caelan Padilla 9/9 Amy Acker-Knisely Tim Eger 9/10 Tom Dick 9/12 Ben Wilt Aric Foor 9/15 Daren Brumbaugh Dennis Brumbaugh
Jane Brumbaugh Alexander Zychowski Jocelynn Kressler 9/16 Rachael Caldwell 9/17 Kaleb Eger Eli Hershberger 9/18 Adam Frederick Tick Wyland 9/20 David Dodson Scott Johnson Susan Johnson Rhonda Davis Chelsea Miller Dee Myers Michael Claybaugh Sage Evans 9/21 Nancy Forshey
Jerry Ritchey Gabriel Fluke 9/22 Jeverlie Hughes Lydia Loucks 9/23 Chelsey Dick Malaki Frederick 9/25 Kyle Musselman Cobee Shuff 9/26 Janet Imes Scott Thompson Meeka Foor 9/27 Aubreyalice Flamish 9/28 Mindy Dicken 9/29 Shelby Burns Clara Hoffman 9/30 Dominic Trigona
9-11 pm
In our Fellowship Hall
Following home Dragon football
games
Youth Grades 6 – 12 and your friends
Fun, Food and Games
Mentors and Mentees are encouraged to come to the Fellowship Hall between 8:45 am -9:20 am on Sunday, September 17th for team pictures. Teams are asked to sit together during worship. New teams will be dedicated and continuing teams will be rededicated.
Chelsey Dick thanks the congregation for continued support, love and prayers as she prepared for and attended a work camp in Portland, Oregon, in late July. She feels so blessed that she and her family are a part of such a caring congregation. How truly grateful I am to have friends like you at 'First Church'. The love and support that was given in various ways during my loss of my sister has been very much appreciated. "Thank You" for your acts of kindness. Darlene Wyland I would like to thank Pastor Dale and Mitch & Bethann Frederick for their visit and to my church family for their prayers and calls during my recent stay at Nason Hospital. I am on the mend and appreciate continued prayers. – Connie Fluke Dan and Carol Emerick would like to thank everyone for the wonderful cards and the delicious and blessed meals that were brought in as she is recovering from shoulder surgery. Thank you, Mindy Wagner, for all your work on making our VBS “Pirates for God” a success, to everyone who donated items, those who kept VBS in their prayers, brought children, helped teach, helped in doing what needed to be done. THANK YOU! Let’s continue storing heavenly treasures! We want to thank our church family for the cards, prayers, and words of encouragement with the recent passing of Dave’s father Nevin Albright. – Dave, Lynda & Doris Albright 47th Annual Dunker Church Service This annual worship service will be held in the restored Dunker Church at the Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md. on Sunday, September 17, 3:00 pm. This service will take place on the 155th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam and commemorates the peace witness of the Brethren during the Civil War. Nick Patler, from Staunton, VA, will bring the message “Escaping the Civil War: The Brethren-Mennonite Underground Railroad in Rockingham County, Virginia.” Nick has received masters degrees from both Harvard University Extension School and Bethany Theological Seminary and has served as an adjunct professor for both Elizabeth City State University and West Virginia State University. Nick is published on topics relating to African-American history, war and nonviolence, and politics. The annual Dunker Church service is sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic District Church of the Brethren and is open to the public. For more information, please call Eddie Edmonds, 304-267-4135; Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey, 301-733-3565 or Ed Poling, 301-766-9005.
Liz Brumbaugh 437 Givler Drive Rm 313 Martinsburg, PA 16662
Fay & Dorothy Gochnour 208 June Drive Apt 315 Roaring Spring, PA 16673
Come to church dressed like your favorite super hero on Rally Day, September 10th!
Owen Daniel Conrath August 6, 2017 son of Danielle Wagner and Mitchell Conrath
Marissa Witkovsky and Emmett Eldred August 26, 2017
FINANCE AND FACILITY
FINANCE
Income - Our Total income at week 32 (August 7) is at 98 percent of budget plan (about
minus $2,500) and Giving income has dropped off to 96 percent of plan, about $6,000 short,
much due to Spring Dam Sunday shortfall, most of which has not been recovered.
Expenses - At the end of July, Team expenses are at 58 percent of budget - on target.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance for church service has gradually dropped from an average of 146 on June 4 (week
16) to 139 on July 10 (week 28) and to 130 on August7 (week 32).
FACILITY
- No significant maintenance issues
“So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God
loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7 NKJV
Book clubs starts up Sept 18 at 10am in the parlor when we will discuss
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff.
A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan's Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival.
Women’s Annual Prayer Breakfast The women of St. Matthew Lutheran Church invite you to the Annual Prayer Breakfast to be held in their Fellowship Hall on Saturday, September 30, 2017. The church is located at 115 E. Penn Street, Martinsburg. The theme is “Listen, God is Calling” and the speak is the Rev. Christine Roe. There is no cost for the breakfast but reservations are required by September 25th by calling the church office at 793.2413.
◄ August September 2017 October ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2
3 9:25 am Worship
10:45 am Sunday School
4 Labor Day
OFFICE CLOSED
5
6 9 am Ladies Aid 1 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry 6:30 pm Choir
7 9 am Bulletin Deadline 9 am Breakfast Fellowship at Spring House Grille 6:30 pm Knitting Group
8 9 pm 5th Quarter
9
10
RALLY DAY Food Bank Collection
9:25 am Worship
10:30 am Fellowship
Time
11 am Sunday School 11:30 am Rally Day Fun Day 5:30 pm Financial Peace
11
12 7 pm Deacon
Executive Meeting
13 9 am Ladies Aid 9:30 am RS Ministerium Meeting 1 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry 6:30 pm Choir
14 9 am Bulletin Deadline 9 am Breakfast Fellowship at Spring House Grille 6:30 pm Knitting Group
15 Newsletter submissions due
16 8 am Men’s Fellowship Breakfast
17 8:45 am Mentoring
Gathering/team pictures
9:25 am Worship
10:45 am Sunday School
5:30 pm Financial Peace
18 10 am Book Group
19
20 9 am Ladies Aid 1 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry 6:30 pm Choir
21 9 am Bulletin Deadline 9 am Breakfast Fellowship at Spring House Grille 6:30 pm Knitting Group
22 Fall begins
23 Heritage Fair at Camp Blue Diamond
24 9:25 am Worship
10:45 am Sunday School
5:30 pm Financial Peace
25 6 pm Deacon Bread baking
26 6:30 pm Leadership
Team Meeting
27 9 am Ladies Aid 1 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry 6:30 pm Choir
28 9 am Bulletin Deadline 9 am Breakfast Fellowship at Spring House Grille 6:30 pm Knitting Group
29 9 pm 5th Quarter
30
“Teach me, O LORD … give me understanding …” (Psalm 119:33-34).
With a new school year underway, may we grow not only in
knowledge and skills but in faith toward God and love for others.
“Don’t worry about failures. Worry about the
chances you miss when you don’t even try.”
—Jack Canfield
"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held
on for so long in the first place." ~ Unknown
"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand
pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up
and begin again. " ~ Flavia Weedn
"Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them."
~ Hugh Miller
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