Mountville Church of the Brethren The New Vision Volume 33, No. 5 Inside This Issue Regular Features 2 - Bits ’n Pieces 4 - Monthly Offering Report 4 - Health Ministry Corner 6 - Birthdays & Anniversaries 6 - Members & Friends 7 - May Calendar 8 - May Servers 8 - Just for Kids Around the Church 2 - Mountville Responds to Crisis in Nigeria 2 - Adult Sunday School 3 - Jazz Quartet Joins Us . . . 3 - Graduate Recognition 3 - Hot Dog Challenge 4 - Congregational Forum Outcomes 4 - COVT Quarterly Update This ‘n That 6 - It’s Messenger Renewal Time! All are invited to participate in our Adult and Children’s Sunday School Classes at 9:00 a.m. & Coffee Hour at 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Service begins at 10:15 a.m. with Children’s Worship for ages 3 through Grade 4. Nursery is available for younger children. Our Staff: Becky Fuchs – Pastor John Hess – Director of Music Gloria Hess – Organist Amy Boshnaugle – Puppet Ministry Jackie Sands – Secretary George Schwert – Custodian Mountville Church of the Brethren is located at the corner of College, Hoover, & Clay Streets in Mountville, PA. If you have further questions regarding the Mountville Church, please feel free to call the church office at 717-285-5122 or 717-285-7424. www.mountvillecob.org May 2015 Worship Opportunities in May May 3 We will receive new members through baptism and reaffirmation of faith. Becky Fuchs will preach Chopping Down Icicles based on 1 John 3:16-24. Plan to be present for this very special time in the life of our church family. A covered-dish luncheon will follow worship. May 10 On this Mothers’ Day we will be treated to the special music of Temple Avenue, a jazz quartet. Becky Fuchs will preach Called to Improvise based on Psalm 98. Puppets will be in worship. We will collect the Two Cent Offering. May 17 Graduate Recognition and Teacher Appreciation. We will honor our graduates from high school, college, graduate school and technical schools in our worship. We will also say a sincere thank you to all those who have been serving as teachers in our Education and Children’s Worship programs. Becky Fuchs will preach The Cure for Neck Strain based on Acts 1:1-11. May 24 Join us as we celebrate the birth of the Christian Church. Becky Fuchs will preach. We will serve bread and cup communion as part of our observance of Pentecost. Bits ‘n Pieces Thank you for "best wishes" cards, the beautiful flowers and most of all thank you for all your prayers. Love, Ruth Harper We express our sincere sympathy to the family of Kenneth Myers who died on March 23 at Calvary Fellowship Homes. Ken is survived by a son and daughter-on-law, Louis and Dorothy Myers, 2865 Pickwick Drive, Columbus, OH 43221. We extend our prayers and sympathy to Daryl and Karen Strine following the death of Daryl’s mother, Miriam Strine on April 11. Dear MCoB Youth, Thank you so much for the care package you sent. It helped me get through my studying. It was very thoughtful and I really appreciated it. Joel Musser Mountville Responds to Crisis in Nigeria We received a thank you from the Nigeria Crisis Response Team, acknowledging the $15,890 received from Mountville. Here are excerpts from that letter. Thank you for your generous support of the Nigerian Crisis Response. With this gift, you are walking in solidarity with Nigerian people who have been left homeless, hungry, and in mourning by the escalating violence of the terror group, Boko Haram. With more than 3 million people affected, and over 170,000 members of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) displaced, the need is great. Together we are providing shelter, feeding the hungry, and building peace. Together we are the hands and feet of Christ for “such a time as this” (Esther 4:14). We encourage you to visit the Nigeria blog site www.brethren.org/nigeriablog for weekly stories, EYN devotions, and reports from church leaders and volunteers in Nigeria. Finally, please pray for peace in Nigeria. Your prayers serve as a lifeline of grace to comfort and strengthen our Nigerian sisters and brothers during this painful crisis. In Christ, Nigeria Crisis Response Team, Carl & Roxanne Hill, Roy Winter, Jay Wittmeyer Adult Sunday School News, Topics, Schedule The combined Guide to Biblical Studies and Seekers Class will conclude on May 17, the final Sunday of our spring semester of adult studies. The group will gather again on September 13, following summer vacation. Discussion topics for May include: May 3 – Peacemaking and Non-violence May 10 – Doing Justice May 17 – Living in the Presence of God Classes begin at 9:00 a.m. in Room 102 on the lower level. Everyone is welcome. -2- Hot Dog Challenge Summer time brings a new challenge for the Columbia Area Food Bank. Many children do not get breakfast and lunch without school in session. Can we help? Worshipful Jazz Quartet Joins Us on Mother’s Day On Sunday, May 10, our guest musicians will be “Temple Avenue”. Temple Avenue is a jazz quartet that combines young energy and creativity with respect for the music's traditions. Known for its fresh interpretations of jazz standards and its inventive, exciting soloists, Temple Avenue features three Temple University music majors. They're saxophonist Seth Ebersole of Mohnton, bassist Jack Synoski of Hazelton and drummer Austin Wagner, a Manheim Township graduate. The fourth member is pianist Colin Mekeel, another Manheim Township graduate who attends HACC's Lancaster Campus. Bring a mother or bring a friend to enjoy our special musical guests on May 10. Graduate Recognition Please contact the church office, 285-5122 or [email protected], with the names of those from our congregation graduating from school, college, training program, etc. There will be a time of recognition for these individuals in the 10:15 a.m. worship service on Sunday, May 17, 2015. -3- The greater need to provide for families in June, July and August is the perfect outreach for us at Mountville COB. In the past we have collected hot dogs for the food bank and they were able to divert their funds to buy more fresh fruit and veggies. During the month of May, we will again provide the food bank with as many 1 lb. packages of hot dogs as we can. We hope to give at least 200 lbs, if possible. In the past, we have been know to give even more! Just bring your hot dogs at any time during the month of May so we can deliver them to the food bank in early June. Please place them in the freezer or refrigerator and we will give you a running count each week in the bulletin. Thank you, Outreach Team Congregational Forum Outcomes Renovations Scheduled The final actions of our snow-interrupted Congregational Forum occurred on March 15 with the approval to proceed with installing air-conditioning in the Fellowship Hall and Kitchen, and new lighting in Fellowship Hall. The contract with the firm installing the air-conditioning has been signed. They are proceeding with the permit approval and planning the installation. Work dates have not yet been established. They will be publicized as soon as they are known. Forum requested that illustrations of possible lighting fixtures be provided before installation, and those options are currently being explored. Leadership Team has appointed a Renovation Coordinating Committee of Dell Boshnaugle, Harry Light, and Tom Musser to oversee the project. Questions or concerns regarding the project may be directed to the committee or any member of the Leadership Team. Forum approved the use of “Continuing Our Vision…Together” capital campaign funds and $30,000 from the Endowment Fund to finance this project. Continuing Our Vision… Together Quarterly Update For January through March of 2015, MCOB received COV contributions totaling $55,978.97 from Mountville members and friends. These generous contributions to our latest capital campaign have made it possible to reduce the principal owed on our church’s debt to approximately $488,000. We celebrate this excellent progress. March 2015 Offerings For General Fund $ 26,018.48 Continuing Our Vision $ 3,162.97 Designated $ 14,977.00 Health Ministry Corner: High Blood Pressure May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month according to the National Institute for Health, and that means it's time to find out what your blood pressure is and what you can to to prevent or control high blood pressure, if you have it. High blood pressure is dangerous! It can lead to heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease, and you might not even know you have it, because you usually don't have any symptoms. The good news is that you can get your blood pressure checked every month right here at Mountville Church of the Brethren by your Parish Nurses! They can even give you helpful information about blood pressure. More good news is that high blood pressure can be controlled and even prevented by making some simple changes in your lifestyle such as: Maintaining a healthy weight; Eating less salt and sodium (salt causes your body to retain fluid, which makes your heart work harder to remove that fluid); Limiting your alcohol consumption; Being physically active; Eating more healthy - which includes more fresh vegetables and fruits, low fat dairy products, foods with less saturated fat and cholesterol, and more whole grains. Take control of your blood pressure! -4- May Birthday Blessings & Anniversary Wishes Birthday Blessings to: Happy Anniversary to: 1 Dell Boshnaugle Carey Taylor 4 Kevin Wolford 5 Gretchen Brock 6 Michael Graham Jeff Harmes 7 Tess Wolford 8 Margo Smith 12 Brenda Yoh 13 Art Thomas Betsy Thomas 14 Bryce Eberly Walt VanderHeijden 3 Wayne & Shirley Smith 4 Brett & Sherri Barto 15 Steven O’Day 17 Ruth Boshnaugle 20 Foster Eckenrod 21 Caitlin Berrier 22 Beverly Ritzman 24 Michael Wagner 28 Mary Jane Winters Mark Yoh 29 Janice Booz Clyde Burkholder 30 Carolyn Berrier 31 Sara Wagner 6 Glenn & Ruthie Bushong Harry & Dorothy Light 11 Jack & Cindy Abel 15 Walt & Kathy VanderHeijden 24 John & Chris Musser 25 Mike & Pey McAllister 28 Lloyd & Bertha Finkbiner 29 Steven & Nancy Hess 30 Jim & Kathy Long Please contact the church office if your birthday or anniversary was missed. Thank you. The Health Ministry Team is providing this list of Members and Friends who are unable to attend church regularly. Merlin & Flora Jean Beam 1400 Enterprise Dr. Lynchburg, VA 24502 434-239-0889 Birthdays: Merlin 2/6 Flora Jean 8/7 Anniversary: 10/9 Ethel Good 3604 Horizon Dr. Lancaster, PA 17601 285-3920 Birthday: 9/26 Olive Kline 203 Greenbriar Circle Lancaster, PA 17603 397-5386 Ruth H. Bushong 3001 Lititz Pike Betty Mowrer Lancaster, PA 17606 Market House 560-4929 Birthday: 10/10 41 S. Poplar St., Apt. 303 Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Mary Diehl 361-2373 c/o Duane Diehl 435 Hamilton St. York, PA 17406 755-3804 Birthday: 3/2 Miriam Sampsel 2401 McKee II 551 Free Mason Dr. Elizabethtown PA 17022 361-5601 Birthday: 10/19 Frances Shaub 3001 Lititz Pike Lancaster, PA 17606 519-0285 Birthday: 4/28 Gene & Barbara Swords 3001 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA 17606 560-0345 Birthdays: Gene 10/25 Barbara 1/31 Anniversary: 8/26 Please remember these persons in your prayers, cards, phone calls and visits. We suggest you contact the church office, 285-5122, with any additions or changes. -5- It’s Time to Renew Your Messenger Subscriptions! It is time again to renew your subscription or start a new subscription to Messenger. Messenger is the Church of the Brethren’s monthly magazine that keeps you informed on what is happening in the denomination. Please fill out the form below and return it to the church office along with your check by Monday, May 17, 2015. Checks should be made payable to the Mountville Church of the Brethren. Call the church office, 285-5122, with questions. Thank you! ------------------------------------Messenger Subscription Name ______________________________________________________________ Street: ______________________________________________________________ City: __________________________ State: __________ Zip: _____________ _____ First Time Subscribers $ 7.25 _____ 1 Year Renewal $14.50 _____ 2 year Renewal $27.00 Payment enclosed. Amount $ __________ *Foreign postage additional A Brief History of Messenger MESSENGER traces its beginnings to 1851, when Henry Kurtz published the first issue of The Gospel Visitor. The next 30 years saw 33 more periodicals begun. Numerous consolidations and name changes occurred in the years leading up to 1883, when the first issue of The Gospel Messenger was published. It was considered the official church paper, though it was not actually owned by the church until 1897, when the church assumed ownership of the Brethren Publishing House. Many years later, in 1965, editor Kenneth I. Morse brought dramatic changes. The paper became a biweekly magazine, took on a completely new look, and shortened its name—to simply MESSENGER. As magazine publishing became increasingly expensive, MESSENGER became a monthly magazine in 1973. It currently has 10 issues annually, with a combined issue in January/ February and July/August. MESSENGER continues to be the official magazine of the Church of the Brethren and is published in Elgin, Ill. Wendy McFadden serves as publisher. [adapted from The Brethren Encyclopedia] -6- MAY SERVERS Ushers Jeff Harmes Worship Leaders Acolytes 3 - Kathy Long 3 - A J Taylor Geoff Hess 10 - John Graham 10 - Alexa Taylor Joel Musser 17 - Linda Bushong 17 - Amanda Ritchie Daryl Strine 24 - Lois Silver 24 - Alex Wolford 31 - Dave Fuchs 31 - Love Simegn Children’s Ministry 3 – Joyce Kerns, Sue Beiler, Joan Boshnaugle, A J Taylor 10 – Kitty Collier, Lois Silver, Lisa Boshnaugle, Amanda Ritchie 17 – Kitty Collier, Steve Hess, Amy Boshnaugle, Love Simegn 24 – Sarah Repkoe, Betsy Thomas, Carey Taylor, Devon Ritchie 31 – Nanette Bushong, Holly Mele, Lisa Boshnaugle, Jackie Hart Thank You Sunday School Crew! -8- LOOKING AHEAD Summer Schedule Begins on May 24. No Sunday School Music for Children begins at 10:00 a.m. Worship for Adults & Children begins at 10:15 a.m. Nursery care available for children 2 years and younger. June 19-21 - National Jr. High Conference, Elizabethtown Please note the deadline for the June 2015 newsletter articles is Sunday, May 10, 2015. Articles received after this deadline will be included in the next issue. Address Service Requested Dated Material Enclosed
© Copyright 2024