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1 LIFELINE THE LINE MOUNTAIN CHARGE Salem Church of Rough and Ready Christ Evangelical & Reformed Church 11 Church Road 5189 Schwaben Creek Road Klingerstown, PA Leck Kill, PA Sunday School: 9:15 A.M. Church/Children s Church: 9:00 A.M. Church/Children s Church: 10:30 A.M. Sunday School: 10:15 A.M. Rev. Mark I. Rothermel, Pastor 1128 Ridge Road Klingerstown, PA Phone: (570) Rose Novinger, Secretary 876 Smeltz Road Dornsife, PA Phone: (570) linemtcharge@hotmail.com October 15, 2012 NO. 11 INFORMATION FOR THE BULLETIN SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE SECRETARY BY THE 15 TH, AT 5:00 P.M. PASTOR S PAGE FOR NOVEMBER 2012 NOVEMBER is a month of activity and thanksgiving. Let us see what is going on in our churches: Thursday, November 1, is Consistory Meeting at Salem, 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 2, please begin to bring donated baked goods to Salem Church to sell at the Bazaar. Saturday, November 3, Salem Church will hold its BAZAAR. This is the fifth annual event for Salem Church. Please come out and support it with your donations and purchases. There are a number of categories of used items, including Christmas items, toys, attic treasures, books, crafts, etc. There will be food for sale (please buy tickets ahead of time, if possible) and various vendors will be there with popular goods for Christmas. The Bazaar starts at 8:00 a.m. and goes until 3:00 p.m. So, come and bring a friend! Sunday, November 4, is ALL SAINTS SUNDAY at both churches. We will remember our loved ones who passed away this past year. Also, Standard time begins at 2:00 a.m. So, please set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night. Monday, November 5, is the meeting of Christ Church s consistory, 7:30 p.m. Please note the change in time due to the shift to Standard Time. Tuesday, November 6, is Election Day. Please vote! Please remember that Salem Church will be used as a polling place for Upper Mahantongo Township. Sunday, November 11, is Holy Communion at Salem Church. Please prepare yourselves to receive the Holy Sacrament. Monday, November 12, there will be a Sunday School Teachers and Officers meeting at Salem Church in order to plan the Christmas Party and Christmas Program, 7:00 p.m. 1 `

2 Thursday, November 15, is the deadline for the December LIFELINE. Please have all your information to Rose Novinger by this date. Sunday, November 18 is THANKSGIVING SUNDAY at both churches. Wednesday, November 21, the TV Ministerium Thanksgiving Eve Service for the whole Tri-Valley area will take place at 7:30 p.m. It will be held at Zion E.C. in the Pitman area. Rev. Duane Bardo of St. Andrews UMC will preach. See you there! Thursday, November 22, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! Have fun with your families! Friday & Saturday, November 23 & 24, Benigna s Creek Vineyard Lighting, 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, November 25 is the CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY. At Salem Church, we are celebrating the baptism of little Braxton Ryan Frederick, son of PJ and Kristin Shomper Frederick. That afternoon, there will be the HANGING OF THE GREENS at Salem Church at 3:00 p.m. Please help Deb Chappelle, Missy Lenker, and others decorate the church for Christmas. Any help will be appreciated. Monday, November 26, deer season begins. Good luck to all our deer and bear hunters! Pastor Mark will be taking off some time for bear and deer hunting. Just leave a message on the machine if you need pastoral help. He will get to it as soon as he gets the message. Thanks! Friday, November 30, Christ Church will have its HANGING OF THE GREENS, starting at 9:00 a.m. to noon. Please help decorate for Christmas. In the December LIFELINE, you will find the Advent envelopes for this year. Please stay posted for the group or groups that we will be supporting. Until next time, macht s gut un behaft dich! Pastor Mark PARISH FACTS FUNERAL Pauline Mary Kessler Fetterolf Coleman, age 90, passed away on October 9, Her funeral is planned to be held at Salem Church on Tuesday, October 16, with Pastor Mark Rothermel officiating. The interment will be in Salem Cemetery immediately following the funeral. She was a member of Salem Church for many years. We wish to express our deepest sympathies to her family and friends! TRANSFERS Michael & Jamie Deeter have transferred from Christ Church to St. Andrews United Methodist Church. We wish you both the very best in your new church home! CONFIRMATION CLASS We have begun a new Confirmation Class. At this time, we have seven students. It is one of our bigger classes in recent history. PA DUTCH CLASS The PA Dutch Classes held at Salem were a success! We had about 10 students on a consistent basis. Thanks to the kitchen committee for the wonderful refreshments, and to our teacher, N. Daniel Schwalm! NEW ADDRESS Rose Novinger has moved. Please take note of her new mailing address: 876 Smeltz Road, Dornsife PA Her new home phone number is Rose can still be contacted via at linemtcharge@hotmail.com. The fax number is no longer available. 2

3 REPRINT: The Bi-Centennial Album of St. Jacob's (Howerter's) Church has been reprinted. The cost is $30.00 each. This would be a great Christmas gift for family members in the valley or friends or family far from home who have family ties to the Mahantongo Valley. Contact Pastor Mark Rothermel to purchase a copy. HARBAUGH S CORNER -- CLASSIC REPRINT We first presented this last year, but it is more true this year than even last year. We go to der Alt Professer, Earl C. Haag. On page 266 of DIE PENNSYLVAANISCH DEITSCHE, he quotes Thomas H. Harter on elections and politics. The date is Let s see what he has to say: Sell iss die gans Balledix Bisness--en Fuhr. Die Leit sin die Geil, die fedde Affisses sin der Wagge, die Baases sin die Fuhrleit, un Hungersnot is die Geeschel. Die Leit schleefe der Wagge, darrich Dreck un Schnee, Winder un Summer, un die Baases wu die Affisses halde, hocke owwedruff mit Schtitzehiet uff de Kepp un Kitthensching an die Hend. Un was sie die aarreme Geil doch dauere! Alle vier Yaahr schteppe sie vum Wagge un duhne de Leit die Axel schtreichle un saage wie schtandhaft ass sie gschafft hen fer der Wagge darrich der Taxdreck schleefe, duhne ihne der weh Blatz unnich em Kummet schmiere mit Verschpreche, un saage ihne wie arrick ass sie sie dauere weil der Wagge so schwer iss un der Taxdreck so dief. Dennoh moschene sie zu ihre Freind, wu vorderhand net gfaahre sin, fer aa druffgraddle un mitfaahre. Des macht die Lood als schwerer, awwer was macht s aus--die Geil misse die Lood ennihau ziege. Wann dennoh die Geil als widder recht uffgemescht sin (uff deierer Hawwer) dann cracked die Whip un der Affisswagge schtaert widder fer en vier-yaahr Trip. Hiwwel nuff un Hiwwel nunner, Daag un Nacht, Sunneschei odder Regge--nix ass ziege, ziege, ziege. Even der Hawwer wu die Geil notwennich breichde watt oftmols vun ihne genumme, un was net gschtohle watt geht naus in appropriations zu pet schemes. Translation: That s the whole politics business--a wagon. The people are the horses, the fat offices are the wagon, the bosses are the drivers, and hunger is the whip. The people drag the wagon through the dirt and snow, winter and summer, and the bosses who hold the offices sit up on top with stovepipe/top hats on their heads and kid gloves on their hands. And how they pity the horses! Every four years they step down from the wagon and stroke the people s shoulders and tell them how steadfastly that they worked to drag the wagon through the tax-dirt, rub the sore spot under the horse collar with promises, and tell them how terribly they pity them because the wagon is so heavy and the tax-dirt so deep. Then they motion to their friends, who never rode on the wagon beforehand, to climb on also and ride along. That makes the load heavier and heavier. But what does it matter? The horses have to pull the load anyhow. Then when the horses are again fattened up (with costly oats), then the whip cracks and the office wagon starts again for a four-year trip. Hill up and hill down, day and night, sunshine or rain--nothing but pull, pull, pull. Even the oats that the horses are in need of are often taken from them, and whatever isn t stolen goes out in appropriations for pet schemes. My how times have changed! Parre Mark SALEM CHURCH NEWS 4th Annual Salem Church of Rough and Ready Bazaar November 3 rd 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will be accepting items for the bazaar starting October 21st. Please check all items being donated and make sure they work and are clean. We also are collecting used eyeglasses and cell phones to be donated to other organizations. On October 31st we will start making the food and we will need lots of help. Carol Snyder will be there the 31st through Friday November 2nd starting at 9 a.m. to make food. Please volunteer! We'd appreciate all families helping and making donations, also ask friends and neighbors for donations. If you have any questions please call Lyn Rose or Deb Chappelle We need donations for the following tables: BOOKS, also DVD's and VHS Tapes, JEWELRY, BAKED GOODS, ATTIC TREASURES, TOYS, CHRISTMAS, and PLANTS. 3

4 Janitor for November is Lee Clark. Acolyte for November is Cassidy Reed. Altar Flowers 4 In honor of Andy Rothermel and Angela Erdman s birthdays 25 In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Headdings grandson Kyle s 23 rd birthday Children s Church Schedule 4 Diane Maurer 11 Tina Novinger 18 Gene Dietrich 25 Missy Lenker CHRIST CHURCH NEWS Janitor for November is Gene Kehler. NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS November 1 April Reed November 15 Bailey Novinger 2 Jim Gessner 16 Emma Oxenrider 3 Gail Laudenslager 18 Vicki Klementovich 4 Dawn Lesher 23 Carol Masser 5 Mitchell Snyder 24 Sue Ann Foelsh 6 Dolores Reinoehl 25 Lucas Scheib 7 Linda Wetzel Jim Dietz 8 Randy Wehry 26 Theresa Miller 10 Tim Rothermel 27 Lyn Rose 13 Sara Strohecker Zachary Kehler 28 Sierra Meredith NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES 1 Matthew and Jacqueline Lucas 3 Ronald and Phyllis Maurer 5 Arlin and Mindi Weikel 9 Harold and Eleanor Lenker 11 Curt and Joy Lenker 12 Mark and Carol Heim 23 Melvin and Darlene Deeter 25 Cliff and Melissa Harner 27 Ryan and Janelle Poletti 4

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