Palmyra Church of the Brethren

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1 TODAY Calendar Sunday, November 22 - Sunday, November 29 Capital Campaign Commitment Sunday Harvest Home 9:00 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Fellowship 10:30 a.m. Study Time 6:30 p.m. Young Adult Thanksgiving Dinner WELCOME TO Palmyra Church of the Brethren Continuing the work of Jesus. Peacefully Simply Together Sunday, November 22, 2015 MONDAY 5:30 p.m. Circles 7:00 p.m. AA 7:00 p.m. Al-Anon 7:00 p.m. Congregational Support Team 7:00 p.m. Peace Action Team WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 12:00 p.m. Worship Planning 6:15 p.m. Tintinabulation 7:15 p.m. Canticle Bells Thanksgiving - office closed 7:00 p.m. AA Office Closed 10:30 a.m. Women s AA 1st Sunday of Advent 9:00 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Fellowship 10:30 a.m. Study Time The mission of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren is to invite, welcome, nurture, disciple, equip, empower and inspire all persons to live and to serve in the way of Jesus.

2 Palmyra Church of the Brethren 45 North Chestnut Street, Palmyra, PA Office: Website: All Are Ministers To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 1 Corinthians 11:7 Pastoral & Program Staff Dennis Lohr - Lead Pastor Bill Cave - Coordinator of Congregational Care Rachel Witkovsky - Director of Young Adult Ministries Bethany Clark - Director of Youth Ministries Missy Thompson - Director of Children s Ministries Music Staff Jeff Clouser - Music Director Rachel Witkovsky - Worship Coordinator Eileen Smith - Organist & Director of Tintinabulation Evelyn Werner - Pianist Steve Hartman - Guitarist Office Staff Gail Wagner - Office Administrator gwagner@palmyracob.org Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. CCLI #472462, CVLI # November 15, 2015 Worship: 148, Study: 96 Unified Giving Designated Giving Operating 4, Operating Outreach Caring Cupboard Bldg. Repair/ Rental Income 1, Replacement Capital Campaign John Runkle Memorial Youth Fundraising Total $5, Total Designated $ 1, Praying for Each Other Everyone in our church is given a special day to receive prayers from their fellow Christians. Let us take a moment this week to hold the following persons in our thoughts and prayers. Monday - Jacob Smith Tuesday - Liana Smith Wednesday - Tom & Barbara Speece Thursday - Michael Wagner & Elizabeth Dreibelbis Friday - Gordon & Jane Watts Saturday - Laura Whitman Prayers for our Nigerian sister, Naomi Philimon.

3 Your help is needed! On Saturday, December 5th, the youth will be hosting their annual Christmas Breakfast in the fellowship hall. If you would be willing to donate or volunteer your time to the breakfast please check out palmyracobyouth/view/ Financial donations are also welcome and can be dropped off to the church office. Please mark your donation for Christmas Breakfast. Thank you for helping to make this event and fundraiser a success! Youth Activities: Open Youth Room: Grades 3-8, Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m. After Hours: Grades 9-12, Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Christmas Breakfast: Saturday, December 5, 7:30-10:30 a.m. Youth/Parent Meeting: December 6, 10:30 a.m. Senior High Christmas Party: December 16, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Lori Faiola s House Thank you for serving today - ushers: Steve Gottshall, George Bell, Russ & Sue Collins; child care: Betty Smith & Shirley Spahr. Serving next Sunday - ushers: Steve Gottshall, George Bell, Russ & Sue Collins; child care: Steve & Elaine Hoffer. Children Activities: Open Youth Room: Grades 3-8, Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Christmas Party: Saturday, December 12, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Story Time: Thursday, December 17, 7:00 p.m. Videos are available of our worship services. Just click on our website and click on worship videos on the quick links on the homepage. Important information concerning s from the church and staff! With unsolicited and unwanted s (spam) becoming a larger problem, providers have made their spam filters more stringent. Unfortunately, these tougher guidelines for filtering can cause legitimate s, such as the church s, to be mistaken as spam and consequently not delivered into person s inbox to be read. This problem has affected many of you from receiving the church s and staff s s. We are continuing to work to elevate this issue. In the meantime, our provider has suggested we have you follow instructions to whitelist our domain in an effort to bypass the spam issue. Please log onto our website for instructions for each provider. We tried to include instructions for as many providers as possible. If your provider is not listed, please contact them directly for instructions to whitelist a domain. We apologize for this inconvenience. We will continue to update you as we learn more. Please call the church office, , with any questions. Today is Capital Campaign Commitment Sunday when a special offering will be taken to receive your commitment cards. For those not able to make worship this morning, commitment cards may be returned to the church office. The office will be closed Thursday, November 26 & Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving.

4 Thank you to everyone who helped the youth by filling film canisters. We raised $ to help youth participate in denominational activities. If you still have film canisters in your homes, cars, or purses, we are still happy to receive them back. As film has become digital, it is important that we get these canisters back in order to continue the fundraiser in the years to come. Christmas Cookie Sale! The holidays are quickly approaching! Have you begun to wonder how you might possibly get all of your cookie baking done with everything else that you have to do? No worries! We would like to offer you the opportunity again this year to purchase your choice of homemade Christmas cookies, baked by members of the congregation! Cookies are just $3 per half dozen. Order sheets can be found in the fellowship hall, church office, Sunday school classes, or with any youth. All orders should be made by today so that our wonderful volunteer bakers have time to plan their baking! Cookies can be picked up and paid for during the Christmas Breakfast on Saturday, December 5 th from 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Bell soloist, Ron Bellany, will be offering special music during worship on November 29. We are honored to have this talented and highly acclaimed musician sharing his gifts with us. Please pick up your serving dishes that are in the pantry. Any dishes remaining in a couple of weeks will be removed. Today will celebrate Harvest Home. Thank you to all the Sunday School classes and individuals for their thoughtful donations. Comings & Goings: Rachel Witkovsky will be on vacation November 25 through November 29. The holidays can be a painful time for those who have a lost a loved one and can feel very alone in the midst of the celebrations. You are invited to this special seminar: Surviving the Holidays How to deal with emotions? What to do about traditions? Helpful tips for surviving social events? How to find hope for the future? Sunday, December 13, 2:00 4:00 p.m. To register contact Teresa Keller, Parish Nurse or parishnurse0407@gmail.com Young Adult Activities: Thanksgiving Dinner is today at 6:30 p.m. Christmas Party: December 22, 7:00 p.m., Lori Faiola s house

5 Welcome to Worship! * PRELUDE IN SONG (first verses only) #86 Now Thank We All Our God #89 For the Beauty of the Earth #94 Come Ye Thankful People #96 We Plow the Fields and Scatter CHILDREN S MESSAGE WELCOME OPENING PRAYER Shila Ulrich Pastor Cave SONG (screen) Give Thanks OFFERING Pastor Cave Offertory We Gather Together Canticle Bells * Doxology #119 * Prayer SHARING & PRAYER SCRIPTURE Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Pastor Cave * SONG (screen) Forever SCRIPTURE Joshua 24:14-18 Pastor Cave MESSAGE Ready, Set, Go! COMMITMENT OFFERING Offertory Now Thank We All Our God (Prelude) - Koshe ANTHEM A Song of Thanks Chancel Choir * BENEDICTION Pastor Cave * POSTLUDE Now Thank We All Our God (Chorale) - Kosche *Please stand in body or spirit. Please sign the blue binder at your convenience.