Palmyra Church of the Brethren

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1 Calendar Sunday, October 30 - Sunday, November 6 TODAY 9:00 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Fellowship - under side balcony 10:30 a.m. Study Time 6:30 p.m. Young Adult Faith & Food WELCOME TO Palmyra Church of the Brethren Continuing the work of Jesus. Peacefully Simply Together Sunday, October 30, 2016 MONDAY 6:00 p.m. Trunk or Treat 7:00 p.m. AA 7:00 p.m. Al-Anon TUESDAY 6:45 p.m. Outreach Team 7:00 p.m. Leadership Calling Team WEDNESDAY 8:00 a.m. Quilting - A/V Room 2:30 p.m. Worship Planning 3:00 p.m. Connections - Youth Room 6:30 p.m. Boy Scouts - Multi-purpose Room 7:00 p.m. After Hours - Youth Room 7:15 p.m. Canticle Bell Rehearsal THURSDAY Envoy Deadline 3:30 p.m. Living Out Loud - Youth Room 6:15 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal 7:00 p.m. AA 7:15 p.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal SATURDAY 10:30 a.m. Women s AA - Parlor 6:30 p.m. Barn Smith Farm 6:30 p.m. Costa Rica Presentation - Gathering Place SUNDAY 9:00 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Fellowship - under side balcony 10:30 a.m. Study Time 12:00 p.m. Gifts-In-A-Jar Assembly - Youth Room 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. 45 North Chestnut Street, Palmyra, PA

2 We Are All 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 Hoffer - Director of Youth Ministries Missy Thompson - Director of Children s Ministries Gail Wagner - Office Administrator Music Staff Jeff Clouser - Music Director Rachel Witkovsky - Worship Coordinator Eileen Smith - Organist Evelyn Werner - Pianist Steve Hartman - Guitarist Today s Worship Participants Speaker: Dennis Lohr Worship Leader: Lisa Gingrich Children s Message: Laura Whitman Ushers & Greeters: Cindy Groff, Lorrie Long, Bob Feeman, Carl Scriniere Childcare: Steve & Elaine Hoffer CCLI #472462, CVLI # October 23, 2016 Worship: 140, Study: 88 Unified Giving Designated Giving Operating 4, Capital Campaign Outreach Caring Cupboard Bldg. Repair/ Youth Fundraising.00 Replacement Rental Income Outreach Disaster Relief Auction Total $ 5, Total $ 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. Sunday - Joshua Maurer Monday - Jacob Smith Tuesday - Robert & Betty Smith Wednesday - Gordon & Jane Watts Thursday - Ralph & Mary Weaver Friday - Laura Whitman Saturday - Fern Beam Prayers for our Nigerian sister, Naomi Philimon. Health concerns for Sue Garber, Don Kensinger, Russ Collins, John Heisey, Florence Light, Grace Warner and David Kulp. We extend sympathy to Robin & Greg Hartman on the death of Robin s sister, Colleen Miller.

3 Serving next Sunday - Ushers & greeters: John Rhine, George Bell, Russ & Sue Collins; childcare: Brenda Heisey & Samantha Auer; flowers: Miriam Runkle. We are recruiting! Contact Music Director, Jeff Clouser Vocalists for Chancel Choir & Praise Team Ringers for Canticle Bells Percussionist for the Praise Team Youth Activities: Connections: 6th - 8th graders, Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30 p.m. After Hours: Senior High, every other Wed., 7:00-9:00 p.m.. Young adult activities: Faith & Food: Today at 6:30 p.m. Bible Study: Thursday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to join the New Beginnings class this morning during the study hour in the Gathering Place when they discuss the second in a series: Domination, Dominion & Transformation. Thank you to Nancy Farber Kent for preparing the children s choir for this morning s worship service! A congregational council meeting is scheduled for Sunday, November 13, at 1:00 p.m. to affirm the 2017 officers, vote for the 2017 budget and other business items. Reminder to turn your clock back one hour on Saturday night, November 5 and enjoy the extra hour of sleep. See you at church on November 6th, rested and refreshed. Thank you to our guest musician last week, Adrien Gulliver. He has been playing percussion for over 8 years, as a member of marching band, symphonic band, Fountain of Life Christian ministries, and the Salvation Army s praise team. Congratulations to Erin Smith and Aaron Wachter who were married on Saturday, October 15. The beauty of Costa Rica - Oh My! The JOY class invites you to a presentation with pictures by Carolyn and Jay Buffenmyer on the volcanos, jungles, wild animals, birds, flowers and the wonderful people on Saturday, November 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Gathering Place. Comings & Goings: Dennis Lohr will be on vacation October 31 through November 6. Scouting for food: Drop off - November 12 and pick up November 19. All food collected goes to the Caring Cupboard. Decorate your trunk, dress up, hand out candy! Come to trick or treat! Donate candy to be handed out! Volunteer to hand out hot cocoa! Sign up under the side balcony to dress up or to help pass out hot chocolate. We are also collecting candy to hand out during the event. Place your donation under the sign up table.

4 The Caring Cupboard anniversary celebration is on November 3. We will be celebrating 10 years at our Railroad Street location and you're invited to join us! We'll have a silent auction, basket raffle, and more to help raise funds for the operation of The Caring Cupboard. The event will be held at The Hershey Country Club Pavilion and dress is business casual. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. Individual $60 Couple $110 Table of 10 $500. RSVP to Shila Ulrich at or shila@caringcupboard.org. The Outreach Team is collecting books for schools associated with EYN, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria. Donations are needed of new or gently used paperback chapter books, non-fiction books and children s encyclopedias for ages 6 to 16 published within the past 20 years. Please place your donated books on the top of the mail slots. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW! Bountiful Harvest - Volume V This edition features recipes from past church cookbooks as well as some new ones we know you ll love! All proceeds will go towards Young Adult Ministries. Cookbooks are $15 each and are scheduled to arrive in November the perfect stocking stuffer! To reserve a copy, fill out the form below and give to Rachel Witkovsky or any young adult. Please reserve copies of Bountiful Harvest (volume V) for: Name: Pone:

5 PRELUDE Welcome to Worship! From Fantasia on Webb - arr. Ritter SCRIPTURE Proverbs 1:2-7 *HYMN God of Grace and God of Glory #366 PRAYER WELCOME CHILDREN S MESSAGE SPECIAL MUSIC Women s Ensemble, Children s Choir I m Gonna Sing with Over My Head - arr. Taylor Jesus Set the World to Singing - Ackley OFFERING Offertory Three Settings of Ein feste Burg - arr. Logan *HYMN We Walk by Faith #570 (vs. 1 All, vs. 2 Men only, vs. 3 All, vs. 4 Women only, vs. 5 All) SHARING & PRAYER SCRIPTURE James 1: 5-8 SERMON The Gift of Wisdom *SONG Ancient Words Screen *SENDING *Please stand in body or spirit. Please sign the blue binder at your convenience. Seeking special music to usher in the new year on Sunday, January 1, Please see our music director, Jeff Clouser. Gifts in a Jar ingredient donations are needed: The youth are beginning to collect ingredients for their annual Gifts in a Jar fundraiser! If you would be interested in donating an ingredient or two to help out, sign up on the following website, DvY or contact Bethany Hoffer or Eileen Smith to find out what is needed. Ingredients can be dropped off in the church office anytime before 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 3. Any and all help is appreciated. Can you believe we are just two months away from Christmas?? It is 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 church! Cookies are just $3 per half dozen. Order sheets can be found in the fellowship area under the side balcony as well as with any youth. All orders should be made by Sunday, November 20 th so that our volunteer bakers have time to plan their baking! Cookies will be ready for pick up during the Christmas Open House on Saturday, December 3rd from 8:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Sound in the Sanctuary. Despite the fact that we purchased a new sound board about a year ago, you may have noticed that we have had occasional technical glitches in our worship services. Although our PCoB technical detectives have worked hard, the primary cause of the difficulties could not be found. But then we were informed that, due to a malfunctioning voltage regulator, this piece of equipment was being recalled by the manufacturer. A recall?! Who knew!? The sound board will soon be returned to the manufacturer, with an unfamiliar loaner board being provided for the duration. We appreciate your patience as we work through these technical issues in an effort to provide the best sound possible - for both sanctuary worship and taping/ on-line projecting...the Communications and Worship Teams