ROUGH AND READY RUMBLINGS Salem Church of Rough and Ready Rev. Mark I. Rothermel, Pastor 11 Church Road 1128 Ridge Road Klingerstown, PA 17941 Klingerstown, PA 17941 Church/Children s Church: 9:00 A.M. Phone: (570) 648-1005 Sunday School: 10:30 A.M. Email: mirother52@gmail.com Rose Novinger, Secretary 876 Smeltz Road Dornsife, PA 17823 Phone: (570) 758-2723 Email: linemtcharge@hotmail.com December 15, 2018 NO. 49 INFORMATION FOR THE BULLETIN SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE SECRETARY BY THE 15 TH, AT 5:00 P.M. PASTOR S PAGE FOR JANUARY 2019 The New Year is here already. Best wishes in 2019 for you and your family! Let s see what is happening in our church: Tuesday, January 1, Happy New Year! Enjoy the sauerkraut!!! Thursday, January 3, Pastors' Prayer Meeting at Salem, 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 5, Meet and Greet with Pastoral Candidate. Times will be announced! Sunday, January 6, is the Day of Epiphany. Salem Church will have its Church Service at 9:00 a.m. and its Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. There is NO CHANGE from last year. There will be a trial sermon by a Pastoral Candidate with a vote immediately after the service. Please come and listen. The Confirmation Class will remain on vacation on this date. Pastor Mark will have the day off. Monday, January 7, Salem Sunday School Teachers and Officers will meet to plan the new year at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 8, is the Salem Consistory Meeting at 7:00 p.m. We will need to elect new officers of the Consistory. Wednesday, January 9, is the annual Elders Meeting. It is held at Salem Church at 7:00 p.m. The goal of this meeting is to plan the annual church calendar of events. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you cannot attend, please feel free to suggest ideas to the Pastor or one of the other elders. Thursday, January 10, Pastor Mark will preach at the Polk Foundation, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, is the First Sunday after Epiphany, and we will observe COMMUNION SUNDAY. Please start the new year right as we all prepare ourselves to receive the Holy Sacrament! We are also planning to start our Bible Study in the evening. Please stay posted in the bulletin for details. 1
Tuesday, Jan. 15, is the deadline for the February RUMBLINGS. Please have all your information to Rose Novinger by this date. Friday, January 18, is the deadline for all reports due for the Congregational Meeting. Please begin your reports as early as possible. If you can type them, that will be a big help. However, typing is not required. Please do get your reports in on time to our church secretary, Rose Novinger. Sunday, Jan.20, is the Second Sunday after Epiphany. This is also Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Sunday, Jan. 27, is the Third Sunday after Epiphany. It is the Congregational Meeting for Salem Church. There will be a flip in service times for this Sunday only. Sunday School will at 9:15 a.m. and worship will be at 10:30 a.m. Salem will have a Congregational Dinner immediately after the church service. Please bring a covered dish, salad, and/or dessert. The church will provide the meat, and vegetables, and drinks. When we are finished eating, we will have our business session. LOOKING AHEAD: The annual Sweetheart Banquet will be held at Salem on February 9 at 5:30 p.m. We are serving ham and chicken. Tickets will go on sale at the church this month, but price is still to be determined. We will be selling only about 100 tickets, but we would like to sell them all. The meal will be prepared by the Kitchen Committee. Please get your tickets ASAP. Our special music is MENDED HEARTS. Until next time, macht s gut un behaft dich! Pastor Mark Parish Facts: ELECTION OF OFFICERS AT SALEM CHURCH Elder-- Jim Gessner Deacons-- Herb Borchert and Joshua Brosius. Congratulations and Thanks to all who agreed to run! HANGING OF THE GREENS Thanks to ALL who helped! PASTOR'S ACTIVITIES FOR NOVEMBER 5 Worship services, including 1 off site, 2 Choir practices, 4 Bible Studies, 1 funeral, 1 counseling session, 1 nursing home visit with 5 people seen, 2 trips related to the Church Bazaar, 3 trips related to the Don Sunshine Ministries event, 19 home visits, 5 home communions, 4 hospital visits with 5 seen, 9 miscellaneous meetings. HARBAUGH'S CORNER JANUARY is the time for new things. This month, we are looking at a Schuylkill Co. poet's work. His name is Oscar Moyer from Summit Station. He wrote a poem entitled THE FARMER that was published about this time of year. We will look at portions of it taken from Earl C. Haag's DIE PENNSYLVAANISCH DEITSCHE, Volume 2, page 172. Der Bauer Der Bauer iss en gude Mann, Sei Fraa iss yuscht so gut; Un die Kenner, wann sie hen, 2 TRANSLATION THE FARMER The farmer is a good man, His wife is just as good; And the children, if they have any,
Sin immer gudes Mut. Sie schaffe hatt, sell iss waahr, Oftmols bis in die Nacht; Un wann der Daag vergange iss, Hen sie gut Arrewet gschafft. Der Bauer schafft es gans Yaahr rum, Im Winder net so hatt; Er fiedert doch sei Geil un Vieh, Un offmols geht er fatt. Nau uff des Land gebt yo gut acht, Es iss meh waert wie Gelt; Mer wisse yo dass aus em Grund Kummt's Esse fer die Welt. I hoped that you enjoyed this. Parre Mark OTHER CHURCH NEWS Are always in a good mood. They work hard, that is true, Often till into the night; And when the day is over, They have done good work. The farmer works throughout the year, In the winter not so hard; He feeds his horses and cattle, And often he goes away. Now give very good care of the land, It is worth more than money; We, of course, know that from the ground Comes the food for the world. Financial Snapshot from November: Current Fund Income: $6,352.00 Current Fund Expenses: $1,795.35 End of Month Balance: $16,675.65 Altar Flowers 13 In honor of Marvin and Brenda Tobias s wedding anniversary *If your altar flowers are not included in the Rumblings, please contact Rose Novinger so that they are included in the bulletin* Children s Church 6 Tricia Morrison 13 Julie Strohecker 20 Nicole Schwartz 27 Missy Lenker If any young adults ages 15 and up are interested in assisting the Children s Church teachers, please contact Tina Novinger. The janitor for January is Dean Dietrich. The acolyte for January is Keli Brown. JANUARY BIRTHDAYS 1 Joy Lenker 15 Diane Maurer 2 Nancy Rothermel 17 Willard Haas Susan Klinger 18 Mark Fetterolf 3 Nancy Masser 21 Peyton Poletti 6 Lori Brown Lyle Lesher 7 Hope Rothermel 22 Kirk Reed Lainey Strohecker 24 Tammy Klinger 3
9 Hunter Harner 25 Marilyn Headdings 10 Maggie Raulston 26 Ron Maurer Haley Dietrich 27 Pat Dietz 12 Jim Novinger 29 Dan Scheib 13 Benjamin Wehry 30 Eric Long 14 Lauren Wiest Missy Lenker Blake Harner JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES 1 Adam and Meghan Laudenslager 23 Jim and Pat Dietz 25 Mr. and Mrs. Sandra Knorr Shaver *If your birthday or anniversary does not appear in the RUMBLINGS please contact Rose Novinger so that it can be included in the future.**** *** If you know of anyone, member or non-member, who would like to receive a copy of the Rough and Ready Rumblings, please give their Name and Address to Rose Novinger. 4
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