Palmyra Church of the Brethren

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1 Calendar Sunday, April 29 - Sunday, May 6 TODAY 9:00 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Fellowship - Under Side Balcony 10:30 a.m. Study Time 3:00 p.m. Gail Archer Organ Concert MONDAY 1:00 a.m. Therapy 7:00 p.m. AA - Gathering Place 7:00 p.m. Al-Anon - Parlor 7:00 p.m. Health & Wellness Team WELCOME TO Palmyra Church of the Brethren Continuing the work of Jesus. Peacefully Simply Together Sunday, April 29, 2018 TUESDAY 7:00 p.m. Pastoral Relations Team - Library WEDNESDAY 8:00 a.m. Quilting 2:30 p.m. Worship Planning - Choir Room 7:00 p.m. Leadership Calling Team 7:15 p.m. Canticle Bells Rehearsal THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. L.O.L. - Youth Room 6:15 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal 7:00 p.m. AA - Gathering Place 7:15 p.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal Imagine...Fruition SATURDAY 10:30 a.m. Women s AA - Parlor SUNDAY 9:00 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Fellowship - Fellowship Hall 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. 45 North Chestnut Street, Palmyra, PA CCLI #472462, CVLI #

2 PRELUDE GREETING Welcome to Worship Fugue on BACH Op.60 #5 - Schumann Gail Archer FRUITION! An Idea! Mi Papa Estuvo En La Selva Video A Response *A Song Imagine the People of God Screen/Insert *A Prayer *A Hymn For the Beauty of the Earth #89 CHILDREN S MESSAGE **Please note children are videotaped at this time. PARENT AND CHILD DEDICATION OFFERING Offertory Take My Life and Let It Be - arr. Anderson Piano/Bells Pastoral & Program Staff Dennis Lohr - Lead Pastor Bill Cave - Coordinator of Congregational Care Rachel Witkovsky - Director of Young Adult Ministries & Worship Coordinator Bethany Hoffer - Director of Youth Ministries Missy Thompson - Director of Children s Ministries Jeff Clouser - Music Director Gail Wagner - Office Administrator Serving This Week Worship Leader: Judd Mellinger-Blouch Speaker: Dennis Lohr Children s Message: Shila Ulrich Head Ushers: Kuchanda & Laura Dy SHARING AND PRAYER Response Sweet Hour of Prayer - arr. Gumma Piano/Bells SCRIPTURE Galatians 5:13-23 MESSAGE Imagine... Fruition HYMN Bless d Be the Tie #421 LITANY OF GRATITUDE *SENDING Screen *SONG Bound Together Screen *Please stand in body or spirit. **Today s service will be videotaped and will be available only on our website and will not be used for any promotional purposes. Soundmates & large print hymnals are available for the hearing and vision impaired. Contact an usher for assistance. Please sign the blue binder at your convenience. 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 prayers. Sunday - Dale & Sandra Auer Monday - Rick Blouch Tuesday - Nancy Bucher Wednesday - Dave Crist Thursday - Dino & Lori Faiola Friday - Vera Freed Saturday - John & Carol Grace Please pray for health concerns for Dave Bradley, Sam Brandt, Sarah Brandt, Judy Jurell, Donald Layser, Shirley Martin, Terry Meads, Greg Smith (Phil & Lesley Smith s son).

3 On May 6, a special offering will be lifted for the Building Bridges Capital Campaign for Camp Swatara. The congregation did meet its pledge last year and the Outreach Team thanks everyone for their support and help in meeting this goal. This additional offering will help the Camp meet any extra or unforeseen construction costs that are bound to come up. If you use an offering envelope, just add your Camp offering to your regular contribution on May 6. Please indicate on the outside of the envelope that there is a Camp Swatara offering inside. If you do not use an offering envelope, just place your offering in a plain envelope, earmark the contribution for Camp Swatara and place it in the offering plate next Sunday morning. Today we join Aaron and Erin Wachter as they bring their daughter and themselves for dedication. Evelyn Marie was born on Thursday, January 11. Evie's grandparents are Dave & Sharon Smith and Daniel & Anne Marie Wachter, and her great grandparents are Robert & Betty Smith. May God's blessing be upon this family as we all dedicate ourselves to the nurture of this child. 5th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School is today! Join us in the Fellowship Hall for a time of devotion and activities that all ages can enjoy. We hope you will join us! April 22, 2018 Worship: 148, Sunday School: NA Unified Giving Designated Giving Operating 5, Operating 5.00 Outreach Capital Campaign 1, Bldg. Repair/ Rental Income 1, Replacement Outreach J. Frantz Memorial Transitory - mower 9, Total $ 5, Total $ 11, Volunteers are needed! Spring has arrived and the grass is already growing! Our mower is ready for action, but we need your help! Please sign up on the sheet on the bulletin board in the Narthex if you are willing and able to help. Questions, please contact Dino Faiola at Today, the LIFE class will participate in the intergenerational Sunday School activities in the Fellowship Hall. Next week, Karen Haldeman will lead us in discussing how our choices and decisions impact our sense of wellness. Join us in the parlor! You are invited to join the New Beginnings Class this morning as we continue a new study called "Eclipsing Empire." This is a DVD-based study featuring New Testament scholars Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan as they trace the Apostle Paul's footsteps throughout the Roman Empire. This 12-week study explores fresh insights into Paul's message of the Kingdom of God, its challenge to Roman imperial theology, and the apostle's radical relevance for us today. Disaster Relief Trip Planned. Work remains in the aftermath of recent hurricanes. The Outreach Team is sponsoring a Disaster Relief work trip to South Carolina from September 2-8. Five openings exist. If interested, please contact Evelyn Werner at werner.evelyn@gmail.com by May 16. Personal care items are needed for the baskets in the ladies restrooms. If interested, please contact Elaine Hoffer, erh1221@gmail.com or We Missed You! cards are available to let persons know that you missed them in worship today. These blue cards are in the pocket of the worship attendance pads and on the table in the Narthex. Return the cards to the offering plate or to the basket in the Narthex. Your card will be mailed to the person later in the week. Thank you for reaching out and encouraging one another.

4 Worship Series in April Imagine the People of God. What does a community look like that is living out its call to be the people of God? In this four week series, beginning the week after Easter, we are asked by our inspirational theme song to Imagine the People of God that care, share, believe, receive, seek, dream and change. Readings from the Epistles, letters to early Christian communities, will help us enter into this conversation that is as old as Christianity itself. The weekly themes are: Imagination, Compassion, Transformation, and Fruition. Let s come together to imagine and create better relationships, better family, better church, better world! (This series has been adapted from Imagine the People of God 2011 Marcia McFee. Used with permission.) Children Activities: Live Out Loud (4th - 7th grade): Thursdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Paint Party (K-5th grade): May 19 - see separate announcement for more information. We welcome Gail Archer as our guest musician this morning. Gail is an international concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer who draws attention to composer anniversaries or musical themes with her annual recital series. Ms. Archer s 2017 European tour took her to Germany, Italy, the British Isles, Russia, Ukraine and Poland. Ms. Archer is the college organist at Vassar College, and director of the music program at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she conducts the Barnard - Columbia Chorus, and is a member of the faculty of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. You will be able to enjoy more of Gail s music at her organ recital hosted by PCOB, this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. A goodwill offering will be collected with offering music provided by bell soloist Eileen Smith. PCOB to host BHA! Crystal Brown, Executive Director, and Jessica Johnson Vinton, Director of Development, with the Brethren Housing Association (BHA) will be our special guests on Sunday, May 13. The BHA has many exciting projects afoot that you will want to learn about. In addition to leading us in worship that morning, Crystal and Jessica will hold a special session in the Fellowship Hall, beginning at 10:30 a.m., to explore and share the Association s projects, plans and dreams with us. Youth Activities: Live Out Loud (4th - 7th grade): Thursdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Youth Sunday: May 6 Scavenger Hunt: May 20, 11:30 a.m., in the Fellowship Hall Graduation Banquet: May 21, 5:30 p.m. Church of the Brethren Hymn Sing: Sunday, May 6, 3:00 p.m., at the Ephrata Church of the Brethren, 201 Crescent Avenue, Ephrata. Enjoy singing our favorite hymns through the ages! Hymns penned by Church of the Brethren members, as well as favorites that Brethren have always loved to sing, interspersed with a brief historical review of Brethren hymnody. Fellowship 30 will be under the side balcony today! Children s Paint Party Ages: K - 5th Grade Saturday, May 19, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Fellowship Hall Free - Canvas/Supplies and Snacks Provided! RSVP REQUIRED by May 12 to Missy at

5 We want to hear from you! The Envoy, our monthly newsletter, is the first opportunity for the church s activities and ministries to be announced and promoted. There are many options to receive the Envoy including a paper copy delivered to your church s mail box or mailed to your home, a digital copy ed to you, or the option to view it on our website or on our Facebook page. We are asking everyone to take just a few moments and fill out this questionnaire to let us know how you would prefer receiving the Envoy. Please return this questionnaire to the office or put in the offering plate so we can be sure you are receiving the Envoy in the format that is most convenient for you. Name: I wish to receive the Envoy Copy ed to this address: I read it on the church s website. I read it on the church s Facebook page. Copy in my church mail slot. Copy mailed to my home address.