Crossroads PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN WORD AND DEED From the Pastor s Pen, I m sure you ve probably heard the phrase April Showers Bring May Flowers. (I feel as though I m doing a lot with weather related metaphor lately.) As I reflected on this saying I couldn t help but think on all the storms that we go through in our lives. I recently completed some training in Mental Health First Aid. One of the presenters had a personal story for nearly every type of mental illness that we discussed. She had certainly been through quite a number of storms in her own life or had walked with family and friends through their own storms. At one point she did have to laugh about all that she had experienced. She said she felt that God had allowed her to go through these storms so that she could bless others and advocate for them because of her experiences, knowledge and information. I don t want to be trite about difficult circumstances or struggles that we all go through at different times. However it is my prayer that eventually through our faith, relationship with God, and the body of Christ, we can allow those challenging times in our lives to be redeemed so that we might bless others and let them know they are not alone. As the body of Christ may we be a beautiful bouquet of what God has seen us through and of what God is continuing to do in our lives together as the community of faith. Blessings, Pastor Brandy Somerset Church of the Brethren In This Issue The Roving Reporter We switched it up from the Focus on the Flock this month, check out Dave s report! Page #2-3 Easter Pictures Check out pictures from the Easter Journey in our photos second! Page 7 Men s Chicken BBQ Tickets Don t forget to purchase your BBQ tickets and shop at the youth tag sale Back Cover
SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 2 The Roaming Reporter Written by David Hay QUESTION: WHY WE RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING? (Answered a few days after the official arrival of spring and later in March) ALYCE WEYAND To spend more time outside. Leroy and I like to sit on the porch. It will be nice to go shopping and not have to worry about the snow! TINA YINKEY My brother Chris Yinkey and his family of Alaska are moving in May to Bedford, which is much closer to home! SHERRY BERKEY Our family is looking forward to the June 2 graduation of our son, Jeff from Duquesne Law School. I m also looking forward to seeing the snow melt and spending more time in our backyard and boating on Indian Lake. IRA SMITH Warmer weather and spending more time outside. Also looking forward to the rematch of the hot dog eating contest! HUNTER MURO Being able to play baseball and to watch the Pittsburgh Pirates play especially centerfielder Andrew McCutchen! VIRGINIA HAY Looking forward to our May bus trip to the Boston area as well as warmer weather to enjoy outdoor walks, the spring flowers, and buying and planting my spring plants! LANA SMITH Looking forward to the nice warm days, spring flowers, and doing yard work. It will be good to open the windows and let the good air in! ERIC HOFFMAN Dropping the first seed of corn into the ground and getting at the spring work on the farm! JAMES T. YODER I have nothing to look forward to! I love winter!! VIRGINIA NAIR Looking forward to working outside in the sun, planting flowers and walking! ELLIS NAIR Looking forward to washing the car, spending more time outside, walking, working in my new garage, and s pending more time with friends! JOHN SHADLE Riding my motorcycle and being involved with CMA (Christian Motorcycle Association) where we bikers work toward reaching others for Christ. Being able to see the kids playing outside on the church s playground equipment. MITCHEL HOFFMAN Chopping grass on the farm s Case International! DAVID HAY Taking outdoor spring pictures. Seeing early May arrive when our German cousin Klaus Schmidt of Normal, IL plans to visit us, provide music for our May 5 Sunday morning worship service as well as provide music for Hill crest Grange s May 8 dinner meeting when I ll be receiving my 50-year membership certificate. CHRIS MILLER Graduation from Berlin Brothersvalley High School and being accepted at Shippensburg State University beginning in the fall. MARY SCHROCK Getting outdoors and seeing the blossoms on all the trees and flowers! ALEXIS MILLER Playing soccer at my Berlin school, going to the beach, and riding my bike with my sister.
SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 3 BERNIECE SAYLOR Looking forward to the warm, spring air and the beautiful spring flowers especially to the blooming of the lilacs, tulips, and daffodils. My son, Terry L. Saylor is leaving Evans, Georgia to live in Greenville, SC. Look ing forward to him being ordained into the ministry. HARRY SCHROCK Just being able to get out a little more often and to see the outdoors come alive again after a long winter. DIANE BARRON Looking forward to the flowers blooming and helping to celebrate my mother, Esther Fike s 90 th birth day in April. JASON CUSTER Warmer weather for outdoor activities and for delivering the mail. Looking forward to an adventure with Buddy and Clara Yoder in W. VA to ride our four wheelers on the Hatfield and McCoy Trail. BEN SHAFFER Spend more time outdoors and to continue working on my 1973 Plymouth Roadrunner. FAE FOUST Looking forward to many things including no longer needing to shovel snow. I love the spring season when the flowers start to bloom. TERRY SHAFFER Looking forward to the warmer weather and the possibility of selling our house and then beginning to construct a new family residence. PATRICIA HAER Looking forward to spring s sunshine and a few trips. One trip will be to Pittsburgh to visit a grandson whose doing his third round medicals at Allegheny General Hospital. FRED HUET Looking forward to car cruises and riding motorcycles. DONALD JOHNSON Planting onions (nothing like eating fresh onions from the garden) and seeing the flowers blooming. YVONNE NARAD To be able to open the windows and leave the sunshine in! Then the spring cleaning starts inside and on the lawn. ROSS WALKER Spring provides a new revival in native and always gives us humans a lift at all ages! TRISTAN BARTH Looking forward to my first spring being employed at the Youghiogheny Country Club in Pittsburgh. (In the family story for Wayne and Cyndi Johnston, Tristan was an employee of the Somerset Country Club.) TANNER JOHNSTON Looking forward to the nice weather, working in the garage for Dependable Lawn Service and farm work at the Richard Hollsopple farm. ERIC HUET Looking for a job and happy to say goodbye to the snow. Looking forward to graduation in May with a degree in accounting from Juniata College. T. J. WATKINS Hoping to obtain an internship for my summer break from Juniata College. As the Roving Reporter was making his rounds to interview members and friends of the congregation about things they re looking forward to this spring TRISH SCHROPP shared during Joys and Concerns at the March 24 th worship service that she saw 30 robins that morning a sign we associate with spring being on its way! Staff Contact information: Kimmy Hixson 445-8853 (office), kimmyscob@hotmail.com Pastor Brandy 445-8853 (office), 814-521- 5386 (cell), 814-701-2286 (home), pastorbrandyscob@hotmail.com Pastor Paul 445-8853 (office), 814-521-5387 (cell), 814-701-2286 (home), pastorpaulscob@hotmail.com OFFICE HOURS: Regular church office hours are: 8:30am-12:30pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Fridays and 8:30am-3pm on Mondays & Thursdays. The Pastors are available in the office 9am-1pm Mon-Thurs. and by appointment. If you have an emergency the Pastors may be contacted by cell phone or at home. Also the church secretary, Kimmy Hixson is always happy to take a message or to contact them immediately if necessary.
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SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 5 CAMP HARMONY ACTIVITIES May 11 - Dodge Ball Tournament, 9am May 18 Run the Plank, registration 8am SEEKING PRAYERFUL SUPPORT Any time we find ourselves facing new challenges in our ministry we seek the support and prayers of our home church family. Beginning May 19 we will be responding to a call from the Geiger Church of the Brethren. We will be serving as their interim pastors in addition to continuing to serve the CONNECT TAG SALE CONNECT will be having a tag sale on Saturday May 11th in front of the church beginning at 8:00am. If any person has items that they would like to donate to the tag sale, please see Melissa Smith and we will find a way to get/ store the items. In addition, the youth would like to sell baked goods. If anyone would like to donate any baked items, please sign up in the gathering area. All proceeds benefit the trip to NYC. Middlecreek congregation. We re very excited about what God may have in store for us and for those we ll be shepherding. We feel this is where God wants us right now but we ll really be kept hopping. Our prayers are with you and your pastors as wonderful things continue to happen at the Somerset COB. With much love... John and Linda Stoner The May Sunday School Outreach Offering will go to: National Youth Conference Volunteers are needed for Vacation Bible School. The date for VBS is July 8-12, 2013. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Ann Yoder at 279-9195. More details will be announced at a later date.
SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 6 The Connect Connection Upcoming Events May 3: Practice for Youth Sunday at 6:30pm, pizza will be served! May 5: National Youth Sunday. The youth will be leading worship. During the month of April we will begin looking at the scriptures and planning the worship service. May 11: Tag Sale and Side Sale to accompany the Men s BBQ June 1: The Talent show and Spaghetti Diner We will need all hands on deck as we prepare and serve dinner, but also be thinking about your talents and what you might be able to bring to the show! As we start to anticipate the summer I look so forward to getting out and doing more as a youth group. I really appreciate all the work that you all put in to making this group a success. Let me know if you have ideas for some activities over the summer months. Pastor Paul www.somcob.org 1-814-445-8853
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SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 8 SCOB RACE TEAM If you would like to participate in the Daily American 5K/10K Run or Walk that will be held at the Somerset High School Track on Saturday, June 8th, at 8:30 am, please fill out a registration form and have it returned to Dave Stanton NO LATER THAN Sunday, May 5th. The registration forms are located on the round table in the gathering area. The cost is $18 which includes a T-shirt. This event is supporting the Somerset County Boy Scouts, Boys & Girls Club and Mobile Food Bank. If you are unable to participate but would like to make a donation, you can do that as well. If any questions, please see Dave or call him at 444-8652. PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO Aerobics/ Sculpt classes on: Thursday, May 23rd or Thursday, May 30th due to other activities. SOM R ANGELS MEETING The Som R Angels Red Hat group will meet on Thursday, May 9th at Miller s Café on Water Level Road at 11:30am. Guest are always welcome; see Fate Grew for more information. SUPPORTING BOYS & GIRLS CLUB Since we have a church team for the Daily American Challenge Race and the BGC will receive partial funds from it, we wanted you know that you can help with another project of theirs. They are collecting plastic bottle caps (ANY and ALL sizes) in an effort to break the Guinness World Records in that endeavor. Therefore we kindly ask that you start collecting and deposit them in the gathering area in the marked box and individual marked containers can be found in the SS classes as well. Thank you.
SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 9 MAY 2013 1 Ministry & Evangelism meeting, 6:15pm Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7pm Bell Choir rehearsal, 8pm 2 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER Christian Education meeting, 5:30pm Low Impact Aerobics/Sculpt, 6:30pm 3 Youth Sunday practice, 6:30pm 3-4 Women s Event at Antiochian Village 4 Laurel Highland Chorale practice, 9:30am 5 NATIONAL YOUTH SUNDAY Book Study after worship Laurel Highland Chorale Concert, 3:30pm 6 Quilters & Knotters, 9am Praise Team practice, 6:30pm 7 Low Impact Aerobics/Sculpt, 6:30pm 8 Social Hall rental, 5:30-9pm Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7pm Bell Choir rehearsal, 8pm 9 ASCENSION OF OUR LORD Som R Angels meeting, 11:30am Low Impact Aerobics/Sculpt, 6:30pm Stewardship & Finance meeting, 7pm 11 Health Screening, 7am-1pm Men s BBQ, 10am-1pm CONNECT Tag Sale, Time TBA Dodge Ball Tournament at Camp, 9am 12 MOTHER S DAY Praise & Worship Service, 10am Book Study after worship 13 Quilters & Knotters, 9am Praise Team practice, 6:30pm 14 Low Impact Aerobics/Sculpt, 6:30pm 15 Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7pm Bell Choir rehearsal, 8pm Newsletter articles due! 16 Low Impact Aerobics/Sculpt, 6:30pm 17 Wedding rehearsal, 7pm 18 ARMED FORCES DAY Run the Plank at Camp, 8am Sanctuary rental, 11am 19 PENTECOST Book Study after worship Board items due! 20 Quilters & Knotters, 9am Praise Team practice, 6:30pm Administrative Board meeting, 7pm 21 Library rental, 9:30-11:30am Low Impact Aerobics/Sculpt, 6:30pm 22 Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7pm Bell Choir rehearsal, 8pm 23 Sanctuary/Social Hall rental, 6-9pm NO Aerobics/Sculpt class! 26 Men s Fellowship meeting, 7:30am Book Study after worship Kid s Connect after worship 27 MEMORIAL DAY (Church Office closed) 28 Low Impact Aerobics/Sculpt, 6:30pm 29 Music & Worship meeting, 6pm Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7pm Bell Choir rehearsal, 8pm 30 Sanctuary/Social Hall rental, 9am-9pm NO Aerobics/Sculpt class! 31 Decorate for Talent Show/Meal, evening
SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 10 LOOKING AHEAD Graduation Sunday - June 2, 2013 We will honor all of our 2013 graduates - Kindergarten, High School, College and Advanced Degrees - on Sunday, June 2nd during the 10 am Morning Worship service. Of course, we hope that all graduates and their families will plan to attend this special service, but we need your help NOW to ensure that we recognize all of our 2013 graduates. Please contact Kim Huet, Chair of Christian Education at 445-8892 or call the Church Office at 445-8853 and tell us about your graduate no later than May 5. SERMON TITLES & SCRIPTURES Sunday May 5 th, 2013 - Youth Sunday TALENT SHOW PLANNED CONNECT will be putting on the SCOB Variety Show/Dinner on June 1 st. Tickets will be on sale beginning Sunday April 28 th for $10/person. This will include a spaghetti dinner and variety show. Dinner will start at 5:30pm with show starting approximately at 7:00pm. You can show up to eat any time between 5:30 and 7:00. We will also auction off baskets. If you are interested in donating an item/basket for auction, please see Melissa Smith. Please see any CONNECT Youth for tickets beginning Sunday April 28 th. There will be a sign-up sheet in the gathering area for any performers. All performers must sign up by May 26th so that there is enough time to put together the line-up. If you have any questions, please see Melissa Smith. Sunday May 12 th - Mothers Day Rev. 22:12-21, Psalm 96, John 17:20-26 Sermon: Interceding for Us Sunday May 19 th - Pentecost Acts 2:1-21, Romans 8:14-17, John 14:15-17, 25-27 Sermon: I will Pour out the Spirit Sunday May 26 th Romans 5:1-5, Psalm 8, John 16:12-15 Sermon: Living Hope MAY ANNIVERSARIES 15 th Doug & Linda Lincoln Welcome to Esme Ruth who was born on April 1, 2013. She weighed in at 6lb. 9oz. Proud grandparents are Brian & Amy Beeghly. 25 th Dave & Julie Stanton 28 th Terry & Kathie Shaffer 30 th John & Holly Shadle
SOMERSET CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGE 11 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: May 2 Charlotte Ream 4 Jordan Sembower, Richard Walker 5 Susan Thomas 6 Rachel Calabrase 7 Craig Schrock 8 Jacob Zehner 9 Eric Hoffman, Buddy Yoder 11 Willard Simpson 12 Josiah Yost, Malinda Mosholder, Crystal Reiber 13 Scott Mosholder, Debbie Yoder 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 20 Erin Beeghly 22 Alan Johnson, Corey Muro 23 Dorothy Spencer 24 Emma Berkey, Caleb Stanton 28 Wilma Miller 29 Tanner Sarver 30 Myrna Burkholder, Pam Schrock, Madison Walker 31 Scott Darr, Brian Mosholder Church Wide Talent Show and Spaghetti Diner Coming in June!!! Stay tuned for details and be working on your talent! May Schedules: EARLY GREETERS: Adult Fellowship/Pioneer HOSPITALITY: 5 Finance Commission 12 19 FBI Class 26 Men s Fellowship WORSHIP HOSTS: 5 Virginia McClintock 12 Jean Walker 19 Adam & Kate Shaffer 26 Michelle Custer & Jessica Schomer USHERS: Brian & Amy Beeghly, Rick & Ami Miller, Eric & Kelly Hoffman, extra: Jeff & Amy Pyle NURSERY ATTENDANTS: 5 Melissa Smith, Alexis Miller 12 John & Holly Shadle, Kathie Shaffer 19 Ginger & Haylee Rohrer, Kim Huet 26 ACOLYTES: Alexis Miller & Emily Saylor DEACONS OF THE MONTH: David & Virginia Hay Judy Custer Mindy Forry You definitely don t want to miss this!
May 11, 2013 Men s Chicken BBQ, Youth Tag Sale Chicken tickets are on sale now!! The tag sale will be inside the gathering area in case of rain! (Address)