Somerset Church of the Brethren. Crossroads. From the Pastor s Desk

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1 Crossroads PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN WORD AND DEED Somerset Church of the Brethren From the Pastor s Desk May, the month of days beginning with M. MAY DAY MOTHER S DAY MEMORIAL DAY The month of May entered the English language from the Old French a long time ago. Sadly, we lost the Old English word for the fifth month of the year: þrimilce. It literally meant three milkings because it was the only month of the year when cows could be milked three times per day. Another M to add to our list. Times have changed in many ways including the way farmer s milk cows today. However, the one never changing is God, and the one able to make changes within us is Jesus Christ His Son. The month of May also includes Youth Sunday. I am blessed to serve in a Church that has so many talented, energetic, and creative youth. I thank their teachers and the leaders of the Church for being encouragers and supporters of the efforts that are being shown. We also thank the Mothers among us for their love and patience and for being there when called upon. And we remember those that have served and are serving in the Military. We thank you all for your sacrifices. God bless and keep you all.pastor Martha INSIDE THIS ISSUE Activity Page Camp Harmony Activities Chorale Concert Graduation Sunday Kids CONNECT Mother-Daughter Banquet National Day of Prayer Nurse s Notes Sunday School Outreach 2nd Bob & Martha Beach 15 th Doug & Linda Lincoln 25 th Dave & Julie Stanton 28 th Terry & Kathie Shaffer Adam & Jessica Heflin 30 th John & Holly Shadle

2 SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 2 MAY Chorale practice, 7pm 2 Quilters & Knotters, 9am Wheelers & Dealers, 7:30pm 3 Faith Community Nursing, 5-7pm Jr./Sr. High Bible Study, 6:30pm Ministry & Evangelism meeting, 6:30pm Bell Choir rehearsal, 8pm NO Chancel Choir! 4 National Day of Prayer, 12pm Christian Education meeting, 6:30pm 5 Women s Fellowship, kitchen 5-6 District Women s Spring Event at Camp 7 NATIONAL YOUTH SUNDAY Fellowship & Service meeting, 8:30am Kids CONNECT meeting after worship Speaker, Tim Resh, 10am Chorale Concert, 3:30pm 8 Chorale practice, 7pm 9 Quilters & Knotters, 9am 10 Jr./Sr. High Bible Study, 6:30pm NO Chancel or Bell Choirs! 11 Stewardship & Finance meeting, 6:30pm 12 SCOB Potluck supper, 6pm 14 MOTHER S DAY YOUTH SERVICE Board items due to Bob Hart, Boardchair 15 Administrative Board meeting, 7pm Newsletter articles due to church office 16 Quilters & Knotters, 9am Wheelers & Dealers, 7:30pm 17 Jr./Sr. High Bible Study, 6:30pm Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7pm Bell Choir rehearsal, 8pm 20 Run the Plank at Camp Harmony, 8am 21 CAMP HARMONY SUNDAY Soup & Salad after worship Social Hall rental, 1pm 23 Quilters & Knotters, 9am 24 Social Hall rental, 12-6pm Jr./Sr. Bible Study, 6:30pm Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7pm NO Bell Choir! 25 ASCENSION DAY 26 Sr. Food Box Distribution, 8-10am Young Adult Conference at Camp 28 Men s Fellowship meeting at Mostollers, 7am 29 MEMORIAL DAY (Church office closed) 30 Quilters & Knotters, 9am 31 Jr./Sr. High Bible Study, 6:30pm Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7pm Bell Choir rehearsal, 8pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER The Somerset County National Day of Prayer will be held this Thursday from 12 noon till 1pm on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse. In case of inclement weather, meet at the church across the street.

3 SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 3 SENIOR FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION The next Sr. Food Box Distribution is set for Friday, May 26th at 8am. Come share in the merry fellowship that goes along with helping the community. CAMP HARMONY ACTIVITIES District Women s Retreat: Friday & Saturday, May 5-6, Paul Bunyan Firewood Days: Friday & Saturday, May 12-13, Meals and lodging will be provided if you would like to stay; jobs for all ages. Run the Plank: Saturday, May 20th at 8am. CHORALE CONCERT The Laurel Highlands Chorale will present "Songs of the Seasons" next Sunday at 3:30pm here at SCOB. Tickets are available from any chorale member or at the door. For more information, contact Dorene Friedline at or THE SIGN OF THE FISH Kids CONNECT will gather on Sunday, May 7 immediately following worship in the Fellowship Hall for food, fun, and fellowship. Kids ages 4 - Grade 5 are invited to attend Kids CONNECT. Lunch will be provided and children can be picked up at 12:45 pm. This year we've "visited" Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Germany, Israel, China, and Haiti. We've sent boxes of books to Nigeria and raised hundreds of dollars for the Haiti Medical Project - so much to celebrate - but wait! Let's check out the worldwide church, the church of Acts! Do you know the secret sign? Hope to see you at Kids CONNECT! May 2 Charlotte Ream 4 Richard Walker, Clara Crow 5 Susan Thomas 6 Rachel Calabrase 7 Craig Schrock 8 Jacob Zehner, Sue Gibbs 9 Eric Hoffman, Buddy Yoder 12 Josiah Yost, Malinda Mosholder, Crystal Reiber 13 Scott Mosholder, Debbie Yoder, April Hahn 14 Jon Mosholder, Caitlin Mosholder, Katie Muro, E.J. Ream 16 Jeffrey Berkey, Donald Mason, Patricia May 17 Dean Barron, Andrew Barron, Clark Heist 18 Michael Thompson, Lane McClain 20 Erin Beeghly 22 Alan Johnson, Corey Muro 23 Dorothy Spencer 24 Emma Berkey, Caleb Stanton 25 Elise McCoy 26 Joy Fritz 30 Myrna Burkholder, Pam Schrock, Madison Walker 31 Scott Darr, Brian Mosholder

4 SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 4 THE LAWS OF A GODLY MOTHER [The writer of Proverbs says, Forsake not the law of your mother. ] I recall some of the unique laws of my mother The first I call the law of the warm kitchen. It seemed when I got home from school, the kitchen was always so warm from baking and cooking that the windows were steamed. It was also warm with a mother s love. A second (law) was the law of a mother s perspective. When I d come to her all upset over some childish matter, she d say, Ten years from now you ll have forgotten all about it. But above all was Mother s law of faith. Like Lois and Eunice in 2 Timothy 1:5, she had an unswerving trust in God that kept her strong and gentle amid the fears, pressures and sacrifices of the war years and of the 1950 s. -David C. Egner Nurse s Notes From the desk of Vickie Watkins, RN, MSN April 5, 2017 Hello Church Family, I hope this letter finds each and every one of you doing well. The long cold (well really, not so cold) winter is drawing to a close and spring is here. Or so the calendar is telling us. The weather is still a bit tricky here in good old Somerset County, to which we all can attest. Where else but here can you go through three changes of clothes in a day s time depending on the weather? Where else can you wake up in the morning and need a short sleeve shirt and jeans only to find at lunchtime you can pop on shorts, tee shirt and flop flops, and come dinnertime need your jeans, sweater, winter jacket and snow boots okay, I may be exaggerating a little, but only a little mind you. For those of you who are new to our wonderful Congregation or are unfamiliar with me, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Vickie Watkins and I am the Faith Community Nurse or Parish Nurse here at our Church, my office, which I share with the Children and Sunday Directors, is located in the Educational Wing just inside the double doors that lead to the parking lot. It is the second door to the right as you enter through the double doors from outside. Feel free to stop in anytime that I am here to say Hi. Having said that, it is with great pleasure that I announce to all of you that we will have an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) centrally located here at our Church. Many, many thanks to the Church Board for so graciously agreeing to and supporting this endeavor both financially, with assistance from generous parishioners, as well as with overwhelming affirmation.

5 SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 5 (NURSE S NOTES CON D) The above information leads me into the next topic of discussion; it is truly a pleasure to be offering Basic Life Support (CPR and AED) classes here at our Church. The curriculum will be from the American Heart Association and will be taught by a certified instructor provided by Somerset Hospital in conjunction with Penn State Fayette. More information will follow as I am still working to firm up dates, times, age ranges, etc. I am hoping to set the dates for sometime in June. I will have a signup sheet in the gathering area to see who would be interested in attending. I also want to encourage the children and the youth of our Church to attend. I know there are age limits with regards to the children who can actually participate in the classes, however I would like them to know where the AED is and how to get it if someone should request that, they run for the AED. I think that it is important in an emergency situation that they know where it is or can lead someone to it. I will certainly let that up to the parents discretion, though. I plan on offering a few different programs over the upcoming months and would ask that if there is something that peaks your interest or you would like more information either privately or feel something may benefit our Church family please do not hesitate to come find me so we can chat about it. I am always reachable on my cell phone; my number is (814) Also, remember I have office hours the first Wednesday of the month from 5pm-7pm and also by appointment, just call (814) In His Love, Vickie Watkins, RN, MSN YOUTH BIBLE STUDY A youth Bible Study for youth in Jr./Sr. High has begun on Wednesdays at 6:30pm in the youth room. We are going to aim for biweekly meetings.

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7 SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 7 STAFF INFORMATION Pastor Martha Beach (Short-term Pastor) mbeach1215@aol.com Kimmy Hixson (Secretary) kimmyscob@hotmail.com MAY SCHEDULES: EARLY GREETERS: Men s Fellowship HOSPITALITY: 7 Deacons Team B Stewardship & Finance Commission 28 The Rohrers Regular church office hours are: 8:30am-12:30pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Fridays and 8:30am-3pm on Mondays & Thursdays. UPDATED ADDRESS FOR ALLAN SHAFFER Allan Shaffer's address is: Presbyterian Hospital - Room 916G 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS! Ladies: Please join us at a Mother/Daughter Dinner on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 6pm. The Men's Fellowship will be cooking and serving the dinner. Please see Julie Stanton, Judy or Michelle Custer or Ann Yoder for tickets. Cost: $10 Adults, $5 children ages 5-12, four and under are free. GRADUATION SUNDAY All graduates from Preschool through College, please let anyone on Christian Education know that you are graduating. Graduation Sunday is June 4th. Please also give us a picture so we can put it on the PowerPoint. WORSHIP HOSTS: 7 Clark Heist & Helen M. Hay 14 Ken & LaVonne Sanner 21 George & Alice Gary 28 Jeff & Sherry Berkey ACOLYTE: Josie Smith WORSHIP LEADERS: 7 The Youth 14 Youth Sunday 21 Barb Yost 28 Melissa Smith USHERS: Jeff Berkey (Lead), Jason Custer, Joe Grew, Allan Shaffer, Max Mosholder, Ellis Nair, Charlie Rhodamer, and Gary Gardner RAINBOW RINGERS SCHEDULE: 7 Practice during the last Hymn 14 Anthem Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross NURSERY ATTENDANTS: 7 Liz & Nick Kovach 14 Melissa Smith, Alexis Miller, Sarah Smith 21 Adam & Kate Shaffer 28 Ginger & Breann Rohrer

8 7 Guest Speaker: Tim Resh MAY SERMON/SCRIPTURES 14 Mother s Day A Word For Mothers Matthew 15:4-6; John 17: Little Children John 13: Faith of an Outsider Luke 7:1-10