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Keeping in Touch
Newsletter
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November 15, 2006
Eastern
Regional Conference, Churches of God
www.erccog.org
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Conference News
Home
Mission Council Investments:
The Home Mission Council is looking for some investors who have the
interest in a double return. You earn a fair rate of interest and
assist in the building of the Churches of God. You may invest with
the Home Mission Council. Your money will earn the following rates
through April 30, 2007: 2.5% for 1 year, 2.75% for 2 years, 3.5%
for 4 years, 3.75% for 6 years, and 4% for 8 years. There is a .5%
bonus for investments of $100,000.00 or more. In addition, your
investment will help build the Kingdom. You select to compound your
income, receive a check every 6 months, or a monthly check for
investments of $10,000.00 or more. We currently have investments
totaling $3.8 million. We currently have 26 active loans totaling
$3.1 million.
News
from the
Church
of God Home
Needed - Worship Service Leaders:
Chaplain William Groff is in need of pastor's who would be available
for worship leadership on Sunday afternoons at the
Church
of God Home.
The service begins at
2:30
p.m.
and conclude by
3:15
p.m.
The calendar for 2007 must go out by November 15, so any pastor who
would like to lead in our worship service, please contact Chaplain
Groff (wgroff@churchofgodhome.org
or 717-249-5322 x3022) at the
Church
of God Home.
Thank you.
LeTort Manor:
If you haven’t been to the
Church
of God Home
in a while (since 1992), you might not be familiar with LeTort
Manor! Many people are not aware that the COGH has a lovely, warm,
friendly, retirement community. If you’ve been thinking that the
house is too big, and the yard is too large and the cleaning is just
too much, it might be time to call Alexandra (Alex) Hensel at
249-5322, x. 3085 to discuss your move to a LeTort apartment. Get
out of a rut and off the mower and enjoy a new beginning at the
Church
of God Home.
Come join your
Church
of God Home
family.
News
from
Doubling
Gap
Center
“Serving Others” Volleyball Tournament at Doubling Gap:
Join
Doubling
Gap
Center’s
annual “Serving Others” volleyball tournament held in the
gymnatorium on Saturday, November 25. Talk to your family and
friends and organize a team for this year. The tournament is open
to anyone and is a great opportunity for your youth group or church
family to spend the day together at camp.
All tournament proceeds benefit
Doubling
Gap
Center’s
current expansion project. For a registration form, tournament
format and guidelines contact the camp at (717) 776-5281.
Registration deadline is November 15. Spectators are welcome to come
and support those participating in the tournament. Food and drink
will be available for purchase throughout the day. Thank you for
your consideration and support of this event and the ministry here
at
Doubling
Gap
Center!
Got winter blues? Try YoliJwa’s Winter Retreats!
Looking for some fun, fellowship and something to boost your
faith? Come one, come all to YoliJwa’s Youth Winter Retreats.
These weekends offer a mid-year check in campers’ lives and serve as
an opportunity to show a first-time friend around YoliJwa. The
Junior Blast, for grades 3-5, will be venturing to the
Holy
Land
in search of the Savior from December 1-3. Junior High Breakaway
weekend offers grades 6-8 a “Faith Challenge” from December 8-10.
Cost for the Junior Blast and Junior High Breakaway is $64 and runs
from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. Grades 9-12 will spend
time in worship, serving others, honoring our troops and hanging out
with friends at the Senior High Bash from December 15-16. Cost for
this overnight event is $32 per camper. This retreat will begin
Friday evening and ends Saturday afternoon. Consider giving a
weekend retreat as a gift to a camper you love! Need a brochure?
Download one from the camp’s website,
www.campyolijwa.org,
under the “Online Docs” page. Brochures also available from your
local
COG
or the Camp office.
Come to Doubling Gap’s annual Winter Picnic!
Everyone is welcome at Camp’s Winter Picnic, an
ALL-AMERICAN
event on
February 11, 2007
from
3-7 p.m.
Enjoy winter sports, all-American games, a picnic supper and the
all-American cakewalk! Hot dogs, potato chips, dessert and
beverages provided. Each family is asked to bring one dish (in a
disposable container) to share as follows: last name starting with
A-I salads (fruit, vegetable); J-R vegetable side (potatoes,
broccoli, corn); S-Z pasta side (lasagna, macaroni & cheese,
salads); Wear your red, white and blue for a Patriotic treat. More
information coming to your local Church of God in January!
WANTED: Wilderness Leaders:
Camp YoliJwa is seeking several adult leaders (individuals or
couples) with the following skills to direct one week of established
Youth Wilderness (grades 10-12) camp:
Experience with overnight wilderness trips (hiking, canoeing,
biking) Desire to plan & lead 10-15 youth on off-site adventure
trips Ability to teach campers outdoor skills, such as, setting up a
campsite, packing for overnight trips & outdoor cooking Provide
spiritual leadership through Bible study, prayer & daily devotion.
Does this remind you of someone in your church? If so, give the
Camp a call at (717) 776-5281. We would love to talk to them.
*Pray:
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Pray for your lost relatives, friends, and neighbors.
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Pray for the following pastors and pastor’s widows on November
19: Victor and Barbara Shifler, Harry and Alice Madison, Robert
Weidner, Donald Weidner, Gerald and Janice Shoap, David and
Linda Draper, Realff and Judith Rono, Tim and Cheryl Landis.
-
Pray
for our capacity to find planters and funding to start new
churches.
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Pray for Sable Reichenbach (a friend of
Barbara Harris’s
son, Greg), she was in a very serious automobile accident and is
Hershey Medical Center.
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Continue to pray for Chester Marzolf, Vicki Ruley, Stephanie
Benner, Mark Moss, Sue Bower, and
Keyshaun (grandson of Pastor Walter Dockens).
-
The
Herbert Myers family as they grieve his gain.
*Important
Dates:
-
April 23,24,25: Conference Sessions at Doubling
Gap
Center.
*Staff
Schedule:
-
Ed
will be on visiting a church.
-
Jack will be on visiting a church.
-
Jim
will be speaking at Manheim.
*Something I Learned Studying the History of the Churches of God:
Many
preaching places were never organized into churches. They were much
like house churches. A service was held on a regular basis. They
never reached the point where an organization was effected.
*A
Word of Hope:
Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to
Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had
worked through them among the Gentiles. Acts 15:12
*Prayer:
Jesus: Thank you for working in the midst of your people in the
past. Thank you for still working among your people today. Thank
you for what you will do in our midst in the future. Amen.
Local
Church News
Round Knob’s Looking For...
If anyone has pictures they are willing to share of the following
pastors (with or without families), please email them to
bjfortna@aol.com
or mail them to Pastor Bernie Fortna, 1107 N. Juniata St. Apt. 5,
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648, or call (814) 693-6982 to arrange for them
to be picked up. They will be returned to you. Thank you for your
help.
J. H. Gilbert Paul G. Martin
Christian N. Greider I. Clyde May
L. A. Hartman John William F.
Miles
A. L. Kriner Lance Mills
Harvey B. Lingle William D. Petry,
Sr.
Jonas A. Martin Roy E. Seylar
W.
A. Spies
Mt.
Carmel
Needs Help:
New
Life
Church
in
Mt.
Carmel
needs to demolish an old house on their property. This church
needs help finding a licensed general contractor to oversee the
demolition of the half a double house located at 114 North maple
Street,
Mount
Carmel,
Pa.
17851.
The property is owned by the New Life Church of God. We want to
tear down the house because it is beyond repair. The Church wants
to use the entire property to build a TOTLOT for children ages 3 to
15 to play in. WE need someone who knows how to acquire demolition
permits and oversee the demolition of said building and acquire
building permits in order to build a safe playground for the
children in our community.
BIDS,
proposals, donations and volunteer support and information may be
sent to New Life Church of God 129
West
Second Street,
Mount
Carmel,
Pa
17851
or leave messages at 570-339-0705 or 570-339-5800. Thank You. -
Rodger E. Young, Church Treasurer and Trustee
The Heart of Thanksgiving Cantata:
We're excited about the presentation of the cantata, "The Heart of
Thanksgiving," given on Wednesday, November 22,
7 p.m.
It is composed of music by the choir with drama presentations
between the songs. The characters in the drama will be played by
Laura Parks and Jeff Angum. Presentation of a Thanksgiving cantata
is a first for Blair's Valley...Public is welcome.
Combined Thanksgiving Service:
The congregations of
Harrisburg First, Green Street
and
United
Churches
of God will be uniting in a combined Thanksgiving Worship Service on
Wednesday, November 22, 2007
at
7:00 PM
at United Church of God,
1211
Fairmont Drive,
Harrisburg.
Pastor Rick Hanshaw will bring the evening message. We invite you to
join us. Please bring canned goods for the Ecumenical Food Bank. The
evening offering will go in support of Helping Hands Ministries, an
inner-city ministry that feeds the poor and homeless. Contact the
church office at (717) 652-2418 for directions.
Shiremanstown Has Special Service:
Rev. Israel Cohen from Chosen People Ministries will be at the
Shiremanstown First Church of God on Sunday, November 26 at
7 PM
to present "Christ in the Tabernacle." Rev. Cohen will portray Aaron
the High Priest and talk about how the various items in the
tabernacle pointed to Christ. A love offering will be received for
this ministry. If you have any questions phone (717) 737-7600.
Living Christmas Tree:
The Green Spring—Newburg First Churches of God 60 voice choir will
present the thirty-second annual Living Christmas Tree on November
30, December 1, 2, and 3, 2006. Services will begin at
7:30
p.m.
each evening, with an additional presentation on Sunday, December 3
at 4:30
p.m.
The choir, under the direction of Duane Gipe, will present music
that retells the Christmas story. Their voices will join in song to
uplift the soul and bring praises to God’s great and free gift to
the world - Jesus Christ. The presentation will be given at the
Newburg First Church of God, located one-half mile west of Newburg
and four miles from the
Blue
Mountain
interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (RA Route 641). We
welcome group and bus reservations. For further information, please
call the church secretary at 717.423-6279. If there is no answer,
please leave a message and your call will be returned. Supervised
nursery services are provided.
Dinner Theater at The United Church of God:
Just imagine you are guests at an inn in Judea, when the Wise Men
who are following the Bethlehem star stop by for dinner and lodging.
You overhear their story and what they think it means. You witness
the Innkeeper’s children steal away the next morning to follow the
Wise Men so that they too may find the promised Messiah. When the
innkeeper and his wife discover the children are missing, they
decide they must try to find them and they all become THE FOLLOWERS.
And on goes the drama of that special Christmas Eve...and you feel a
part of it. Follow the innkeeper and his wife as they go in search
of their missing children and discover the joys they find! Come!
Experience what it might have been like the night Christ was born.
Enjoy a good meal with family and friends. Invite those who would
like to hear it again.
Two performances with limited seating will be presented, Friday
December 8, 2006 and Saturday December 9, 2006, both at 6:30
p.m.
by reservation only. For more information and cost, call
717-652-2418. If no answer, please leave your name, phone number,
the date you wish to attend and the number of guests in your party.
Drive-Thru Live Nativity:
Doubling Gap Church of God is having its annual Drive-Thru Live
Nativity on December 8 and 9, from 6:30-9:00 p.m. The purpose of
the nativity is to celebrate and share The Reason for
the Season —Jesus—to community, friends and others. The church is
located at
50
McCrea Road,
Newville,
PA.
Directions: from Newville take Route 233 North (approximately 6
miles); turn right onto
McCrea
Road
at Ginter’s Mill. The church is located 1/4 mile on the left. For
further information, contact the church at: 717.776.6092 or check
out their website at:
www.doublinggap.org.
Upcoming December Events at the
Penbrook
Church
of God
-
Living Christmas Tree - December 8, 9, 10, 2006;
7:30 p.m.
- A festival of music, lights, voices, drama, and food. Come
celebrate The Spirit of Christmas: Sights and Sounds of the
Season with us this year with our 60 voice choir performing
in a Living Tree structure with dramatic presentation guaranteed
to get you in the Christmas Spirit. Also will be displayed the
Rev. Dr. Jeffery Cartwright’s collection of over 100 nativities.
Child care provided.
-
Craft Fair -
December 9, 2006;
8
a.m.
- Join us as artisans from the region come to fill the church
with wonderful homemade crafts from wooden hand painted porch
decorations to pot pourri! You can truly fill your Christmas
shopping list in one stop! It will take an hour just to take it
in!
-
Breakfast with Santa -
December 16, 2006;
9-11 a.m.
- The entire community is invited! Eat breakfast with your
family and every child gets to sit on Santa’s lap, have their
picture taken, and take home a present! What a wonderful way to
celebrate Christmas as a community.
Unveiling Glory Seminar:
On
March
17, 2007,
here at the Newburg First Church of God, the Unveiling Glory Seminar
will be presented by
Pastor
Don
Dennison. It's an all-day kind of seminar with refreshments in the
morning and a noon-time lunch break. More information to come.
Free:
The Westminster First Church of God has one wooden, unpadded pew
(183 inches) that they would like to give to any church or person
who would like it. If you are interested in this, please contact
Carl Spencer (410-848-5963).
Do You Have…
Pastor Larry Hale is looking for a set of bunk beds. This is NOT a
NEED. I would like to have a set of bunk beds for our hunting
camp. I you have a set that you would like to sell or give away,
please contact me at (717) 512-4560.
Internet Ready Computers:
Ed Maxwell (Glenvale Church of God) is trying to raise a little
money, and has some Internet Ready computers to sell inexpensively.
He has computers from $50 to $150.00 and 17" monitors as low as
$39.00. Please contact him at
edmaxwel@comcast.net or at (717) 275-5028.
Job Openings in the Eastern Regional Conference
The
Swatara
Church of God
of the Eastern Regional Conference located in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania is currently accepting resumes from persons interested
in/and sensing God's call to serve this congregation as Senior
Pastor. For additional information regarding the church and/or to
submit a resume, please contact one of the following ERC Church and
Pastor Commission representatives:
Pastor
Sandra Baney
706
Greider Lane
Dauphin, Pa. 17018
717-921-3241
handsome@usadatanet.net
Pastor
Michael Martin
1295
Piketown Road
Harrisburg, Pa. 17112
717-469-2521
magix@paonline.com
The Newburg First Church of God
is looking for someone to serve as director of their church choir
whose passion is serving the King of kings and Lord of lords. If
you're interested in serving a growing multi-staffed church where
Christ is found, love is felt and lives are changing, contact Pastor
Dale Miller, Jr. at
Newburgmillers@pa.net with your questions or to receive more
information.
Living Faith Looking for Administrative
Assistant:
We are a Lancaster Based church looking for a part-time
administrative assistant. Proficiency in Quickbooks, Microsoft
Excel, Powerpoint, and Publisher a plus. This would be a flexible
position – approximately 15-20 hours per week. Interested applicants
should send inquiries and/or resume to
livingfaithfamily@verizon.net.
Editors: James W. Moss Sr. and Barbara A. Harris
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