Lᴉfepoint Journal Rooted in Grace, Growing in Love 339 LWE, Chambersburg, PA, (717) 504-8789 Page Volume 10, Issue 8 August 2018 RELYING ON GOD by Chuck Lawless Isaiah 31:1 THEY DO NOT LOOK TO THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. None of us needs look far to find people and countries who rely on themselves rather than on God. In some cases, entire cultures deny there is a God at all. Others speak about God but give little attention to Him. Most rely on their political prowess or their military might rather than on God to press into the future. What they don t realize is that today s power is fleeting particularly compared to eternity. Their weapons will perish, but the God of creation will remain. Hence, this reminder to God s people in Isaiah s day remains relevant: Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the abundance of chariots and in the large number of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel and they do not seek the Lord (Isaiah 31:1). This same concern hits home for any of us who rely on anything other than God. It s easy to do, too, even while we speak of the significance of relying on God. Our actions betray our words when we say we re relying on Him, but we re instead leaning on our education... our training... our position... our dollars... our politics... our personality... our looks... our church attendance... or anything else other than God. Most of us do it we don t automatically look to the Index Holy One of Israel first. Indeed, we often reveal what our real gods are when life smacks us in the face and the enemy seems to be winning. If we turn to Egypt first, we ve turned in the wrong direction. ACTION STEPS: Monitor your heart today. Learn where you first turn when life gets hard. Seek the Lord all day long. PRAYER: God, I am seeking You alone. Grant me grace to stay focused there. Pages Daily Devotion 1 Ministry Information 2 Total Offering to date 3 What s Happening 3 Our Family 4 Calendar 5 For Our Kids 6 Office Hours Mon-Fri 9AM-1PM brethrenfel@hotmail.com thebrethrenfellowship.com
Page 2 MINISTRY INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLEASE CONTACT Pastor Randy at 814-310-1077, Frank Keath 717 816-4394 or Chris Hall 717-496-1831 Contact Pastor Randy for quicker response by text, unless an emergency. Membership (Deacons) Baptism and Baby Dedications (Deacons) Anointing and Prayer Group (Deacons) Personal Counseling (Deacons and Pastor Visitation (Deacons and Pastor Individual and Family Worship Guidance (Deacons) Benevolence Fund (Deacons) Marriage (Deacons and Pastor Funerals (Deacons and Pastor Licensure/Ordination (Deacons) CONNECT WITH ANY DEACON OR THE NAMES LISTED ABOVE AS NOTED: Sally and Chris Appleby 717-263-7778 Jesse Crusey (717) 263-9323 or (717) 377 5177 Chris Hall (717) 496-1831 Steve Dunn (717) 414-7260 Rosemary Gower (717) 496-8593 Frank Keath (717) 816-4394 Wendy Lee (717) 372-9414 Chad and Tricia Murray (717) 597-5096 Cindy Pryor (717) 349-0087 Karen Statler (717) 369-3831 CURRENT DEACONS TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Head Start Wednesday Night Bible Prayer Ministries Season To Serve (Older Adults) Sunday Children s Ministry Youth Ministry (6th-12th grades) WWJD (K-5th grades) Worship With Junior Disciples Fifth Sunday Fellowship Breakfast UPWARD Basketball Women s Bible Studies Men Bibles Studies VBS CURRENT MINISTRIES WE HAVE: Office Hours are Monday Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Office Telephone number 717-504-8789 Office Email: brethrenfel@hotmail.com For quicker response please text Pastor Randy or Deacon contacts
WHAT S HAPPENING Prayer Walking and Bible On Wednesdays Page 3 We continue our Prayer Walk through August on Wednesday evenings. We have been Prayer Walking within our church, communities, and schools. Each week we will be Prayer Walking one of these places as we pray for our church, neighborhoods, schools and all those attending the schools, our congregations and those living in our communities. We hope you will join us. At the last week, we will recount our experiences and miracles we have seen from our prayers. Our Wednesday Bible study group is studying a DVD series called Life Changing Prayer. Please join us for Bible or Prayer Walk on Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Our church is going to assemble school kits at the Cumberland Valley Relief Center, 4225 Molly Pitcher Hwy, Chbg. on Wednesday, August 22 from 9 to 11 a.m. If you can help, please sign up on the sheet on the bulletin board in August. If you want to car pool from the church meet at the church at 8:30 am.-not until signup sheet is on the bulletin board. Youth Group Youth Group continues FaithFoodFunFellowship, from 6:30-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday evenings. Hang-out with Jacob Kegg at Youth Group. Youth sign-up for the Youth Trip to Hershey Park on August 8. Sign -up sheets are on the church bulletin board and in the gym. For the Kids of Chambersburg If you love ice cream, a new fundraiser is being held by For the Kids of Chambersburg Purchase Bruster s Bucks Coupon Book for $12 and receive a Brusters s Bucks Coupon Book (a $35 value). All proceeds go to help other non-profits that help children in need. Booklets are available from FTK Committee members, after the worship service. Total offering to date: $174,186.11 Total Special Offerings to date: $ 2066.00 Construction Donations: $135,202.00 Steady plodding brings prosperity; hasty speculation brings poverty. Proverbs 21:5
Page 4 OUR CHURCH FAMILY THANK YOU S The family of Menno Landis would like to thank our church family for all the prayers, phone calls, visits and cards during this difficult time. AUGUST BIRTHDAYS Jeffrey Diller Kyle Diller Margaret Diller Brianna Dunn Louise Forsythe Dorothy Geiman Jen Horst Daulton Horst Orlena Kuhn Wilma LaRose Ed Lawyer Genevieve McNew Nelson Myers Isis Ott Kira Reichard Madison Rhone Duane Statler Ashley Seibert Laura Shetter Hunter Shover Tanya Wells AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES Roy and Saundra Angle Chris and Sally Appleby Richard and Vivian Bowers Ron and Kathy Burge Ronald and Tina Collins Jesse and Joann Crusey Bill and Orlena Kuhn Roger and Bev Henneberger Jeff and Wanda Reichard Don and Wendy Stahlman CHANGES TO YOUR INFORMATION If your address, telephone number, cell phone number or email has changed please let the church office know so we can keep in touch with you. You can email Mona at brethrenfel@hotmail.com or place a note in the church mailbox. If you haven t received a birthday card or anniversary card, please let us know the correct dates for our records, so you too can receive cards. August August 8 August 28 UPCOMING CALENDAR SPECIAL EVENTS Pastor Randy will be preaching on Evangelism Youth trip to Hershey Park Chairs of the Leadership meet at 6:30 p.m.
August 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 6:30p-Property Team 6:30p-Worship and Music Team 9:00a-Gifts Discernment 12:30 HOG Yoga 14 12:30 HOG Yoga 6:30p-Outreach 6:30-Finance 6:30-Deacons 6:30p Chairs of Leadership meeting 6:30 Youth Group Park Newsletter Articles Due 6:30 Youth Group 9 Chambersburg District First day of school 23 Kitchen, Chapel reserved 31 a=a. m. p=p. m. HOG Yoga is held in the Chapel served Page 5 Page 5 5 9:00a-Sunday 12 9:00a-Sunday 19 9:00a-Sunday 23 9:00a-Sunday 6 7:30a-430p Gym 7 7:30a-430p Gym 13 7:30a-430p Gym 20 21 12:30p-HOG Yoga 27 28 12:30 HOG Yoga 1 7:30a-430p Gym 8 Youth at Hershey 15 6:30 Youth Group 22 9-11a CV Relief Ct 29 6:30 Youth Group 2 7:30a-430p Gym 16 6-8p-Spanish 30 12-5p Gym, 3 7:30a-430p Gym 4 6-8p-Spanish 10 11 6-8p-Spanish 17 18 6-8p-Spanish 24 25 11a-3p-Gym re-
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