Secretary, Building Reservations
Manager, and Nursery
Coordinator:
Youth Ministries Director:
Kathy Statler
Pastor Cam Smith
Office Phone Number:
717-597-7314
Office Phone Number:
717-597-5892
Home Phone Number:
717-643-1013
Home Phone Number:
717-447-7809
Cell Phone Number:
717-860-6442
Cell Phone Number:
717-884-1408
Growing, Caring, and Serving In the Name of Christ
Monday—Friday
6:00 AM—12:00 Noon
Leave a message after hours on
the answering machine. You
may call my cell phone number
(for emergency purposes only.)
Sometimes the hours need to
change. Please call the church
office to make sure someone is
there especially if inclement
weather. If it is calling for bad
weather, the church office is
closed. Office staff works from
home.
[email protected]
Tuesday & Thursday
7:00 AM—3:30 PM
[email protected]
First United Methodist Church
Pastor Stacy A. Crawford
P O Box 303, 45 N. Washington St.
Greencastle PA 17225
Parsonage Phone Number: 717-597-4216
Wednesday Nightlight
5:30—6:15 PM
Light supper in the FLC.
Parents must accompany
children.
6:15—6:40 PM
Worship in the sanctuary
6:45—8:00 PM
Small groups meet
according to their schedule
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8:30 AM
Traditional Worship service
Bulletin Announcements
11:00 AM
Praise and Worship service
Due Monday morning by 8:00 AM
Newsletter Articles
2nd & 4th weeks
Due the 12th day of the month
10:00 AM
1st, 3rd & 5th weeks
5th Sunday of the month
One combined church service
Meets Sunday evenings
10:00 AM
Classes for all ages
Don’t you hate when people and things try to control you? Even in
March there is bitter winds that conceal activities and keep you locked
indoors when you’d like to be out and about. Unless of course you get the
coverings that are sufficient to let you go out and enjoy the winter sunshine.
It seems the trimmer and more moveable the material is, the more expensive
it is. But it does allow you to “break out” and move.
Sometimes a persons soul does some “wintering.” There are hurts and
slights that bring a coldness between relationships and make us hide our
true selves behind walls as we wait ‘til the weather gets better. And
sometimes that is slow in coming. Sometimes the weather even gets inside a
person like pneumonia. I’m talking about bitterness.
In Hebrews 12 it says “Make every effort to live in peace with all men
and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no
one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause
trouble and defile many.”
Then the Scripture goes on to warn about the repercussions of not
making moral life choices and not having a good “heart-set” of godliness.
You see if we keep the holiness of God in mind and how far He came to
save us, it will be harder for us not to forgive others. If we realize it is Christ’s
righteousness, not our own that we walk in, it is harder to hold onto a slight.
We get bitter when we can’t forgive, when we get the sewage drain clogged
with pride. It was the person who said “God, have mercy on me, a sinner”
who went home justified, not the guy thanking God for how good he,
himself was.
We need to beware of bitterness. Is there anybody in your church
fellowship you can’t stand or that you would not sit with at a church meal?
Why not? What prayers need prayed? Jesus said, “the world will know we
are His by how we love one another.” Love involves commitment, decision,
sacrifice. I know it’s hard to forgive. But do it. Pray for a heart to do it. Pray
for a heart to pray for a heart to do it. We all want good fruit. But if the tree
has roots that have been poisoned by bitterness what’s the fruit going to taste
like? Will it even be edible? Is your love, joy, peace, patience and all the
rest infected by bitterness? Matthew 18 tell us how to deal with a brother
who sins against you. You say, “But he doesn’t deserve forgiveness!” Well
you don’t deserve freedom either, but Jesus wants to give that to you. They
are not getting away with anything when you move them off your plate on to
Jesus’. “But if I pray to forgive them won’t Jesus forgive them to?” Yes we
must believe He can change their hearts to receive it. But why would you
withhold that from them? Perhaps like the unmerciful servant, further on in
that Matthew chapter, you have forgotten that all the abundance you have
is a very expensive gift bought by a very awesome sacrifice. In the bitter cold
of this world, the Christian can play because Jesus has given us his garments.
Jesus’ Word in Isaiah 61:3 says He gives us “a garment of praise or instead of
a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of
the LORD for the display of his splendor.”
Good roots equals splendor to display in the fruits. Put on His garment. I
saw the soft, thin, bendable fabric of a coat to use in bitter cold that can keep
you so comfy warm. But I could not afford it. When it comes to grace and
forgiveness and a heart that is clean, nobody can afford it. But I still have
that garment of praise. My Daddy bought it for me, by the blood of His son. If
I remember that and I pray I do, how can I ever be bitter?
Jesus bless you,
Pastor Stacy
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
10th—Bill & Ellen Needy
24th—Casey & Susan Campbell
28th—Dale & Carla Wright
30th—Jack & Peggy Hays
3rd—Terry Earley, Barb Flaherty, Shana Wolfe
4th—Kristi Florentine, Maci Statler
6th—Marsha Kelso
7th—Laura Lopez
13th—Reese Davis, Shawn Statler, Don Stoner
14th—Cherie Mitchell, Bonnie Wetzel
16th—Ethan Murr, Alyssa Rudy
First Church would like to express our Sympathy to George &
17th—Ann Bowers
Ruth Dopp on the passing of their daughter, Bonnie Poper.
18th—Lanny Carbaugh, Frank Mowen
May God be with you during this difficult time.
22nd—Aaron Cordell
23rd—Ed Bass
24th—Ken Lopez
We would like to thank the congregation for your cards and
25th—Tyler Appleby, Darl Bishop
prayers during this difficult time in our lives on the passing
26th—Chelsea Bishop, Helen Shoemaker
of our daughter. Thanks to Pastor Stacy for his visits.
29th—Marlee Richards, Richie Skiber
~ George and Ruth Dopp
30th—Larry Holbert, Dennis Slodysko
31st—Linda Harbaugh
The Greencastle-Antrim Women’s Fellowship meeting
will be held on Tuesday, March 24th at the Evangelical
Lutheran Church (Memorial Fellowship Hall), 130 N.
Washington St. from 9:30—11:00 AM. Topic: “A
Mission of Travel.” Speaker: Dottie Martin. For more
information, see the flyer on the bulletin board.
Do not forget to Spring forward on
Saturday evening, March 7th.
The Volunteers Sunday school class
will be doing the Easter Egg Hunt on
Sunday, March 29th during
the Sunday school
Palm Sunday
March 21st (FLC)
7:00—10:00 AM
Free will offering
All-U-Can-Eat
Missions Trip Fund Raiser
They waved palm branches as He passed
And hailed Him as their King;
Yet, they knew not of the sorrow
The coming week would bring.
The glad acclaim would soon give way
To jeers and mockery;
In Pilate’s court He’d be condemned
To a cross on Calvary.
But Jesus knew He was the price
In God’s redemptive plan,
The Sacrificial Lamb come down
To die for sins of man.
A mother asked her little girl if she had
been good at church that day. “Yes
Mother,” she replied. “A man offered me
a big plate of money and I said, ‘No thankyou.”’
The centuries have passed and still
He seeks those lost in sin,
Pleading with unyielding hearts
To repent and follow Him.
On this day we shout our praise,
O, let us not delay;
The palm-strewn path of long ago
Still leads to Him today.
~Kay Hoffman
Monthly Duties
Acolytes
1—Olivia Crawford
8—Emily Campbell
15—Esdon Yeager
22—Kyle Hengst
29—Bryce Heinbaugh
Alter Flowers
Kendra Wasberg
Alter Guild
Amanda Heinbaugh
Chair Setup/Take Down
1—Cory Heinbaugh
8—Dave Lutz
15—Jeff Wetzel
22—Mike Cooper
29—Unity Sunday
Greeters Traditional
1—Bill & Mitsie Shatzer
8—Joan Bowman & Evelyn Thompson
15—Kendra Wasberg & Catherine
Thomas
22—Ann Bowers & Dorothy Reed
29—Dave & Jen Swam
Greeters Praise & Worship
1—Julie Rawlings
8—Gail Emery
15—Tom & Rita Bowman
22—Tammy Steier
29—Unity Sunday
Hall Monitor Sunday School Hour
1—Craig Emery
8—Lisa Fetterhoff
15—Cory Heinbaugh
22—Coy Rohm
29—Unity Sunday
Nursery Praise & Worship
1—Andrea Cordell & Gail Emery
8—Amanda Heinbaugh, Julie & Haley
Rawlings
15—Karen Horchner & Tammy Steier
22—Kelly Cooper & Lisa Fetterhoff
29—See under Traditional Nursery
Ushers
1—Paul Ridenour, Lon Barkdoll, Gary
Mitchell, Ray Mowen & Bill Needy
8—Paul Ridenour, Lon Barkdoll, Gary
Mitchell & Ray Mowen
15—Paul Ridenour, Lon Barkdoll, Gary
Mitchell & Ray Mowen
22—Paul Ridenour, Lon Barkdoll, Ray
Mowen & Bill Needy
29—Paul Ridenour, Lon Barkdoll, Gary
Mitchell & Bill Needy
Just to let you know I put four people
back on the schedule. We were short
Coffee Setup/1st Service Hall Roamer
of ushers this year & still are but in
Hall Monitor Praise & Worship Service talking with Pastor Stacy we thought it
1—Denise Gleichman
would be okay to do just two ushers
8—Casey Campbell
1—Scott Yeager
the second thru the fifth Sunday’s. I
15—Coy Rohm
8—Pastor Cam Smith
have been told you do not like it this
22—Bill Hengst
15—Brian Cordell
way so I am putting four people back
29—Cory Heinbaugh
22—Tim Fetterhoff
on each week. You may be doing
29—Unity Sunday
more ushering this way because the
Coffee Take Down
original schedule was worked around
Lay Reader
the other duties you hold. It is going
1—Doug Horchner
to vary week to week. Once I get the
8—Blaine Beam
1—Maggie Rose Crawford
updated schedule done I will send you
15—Joe Fitz
8—Eric Bowman
your dates.
22—Dave Lutz
15—Julie Rohm
29—Brian Cordell
22—Susie Stevens
Kathy Statler
29—Amanda Heinbaugh
Food Pantry
Raisins, Instant Pudding, Gelatin,
Nursery Traditional
Manwich & Laundry Detergent
1—Jodi Plum & Kendra Wasberg
8—Coy, Julie & Connor Rohm
15—Shana Wolfe, Monica & Caitlin
Eshleman
22—Jen Swam & Catherine Thomas
29—Lucy Witmer, Gail Emery & Olivia
Crawford
March 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
2
8:00 AM Bulletin
announcements due
3
6:30—7:35 PM Body &
Soul
7:00—9:00 PM Chri-Fi
Bk. Club (125)
4
5:30—8:00 PM Wed.
Nightlight
6:30—8:00 PM N.T.
Bible Study (126)
6:45—8:00 PM Band
of Brothers (125)
6:45—8:00 PM True
Women (114)
8:00 PM Praise Team
practice
5
9:00 AM Craft/Tea
group (Parsonage)
10:30 AM Prayers for
the Church & Its
Mission
6:30—7:35 PM Body &
Soul (FLC)
6
7
9
8:00 AM Bulletin
announcements due
10
6:30—7:35 PM Body &
Soul
11
9:30 AM UMW (120)
5:30—8:00 PM Wed.
Nightlight
6:30—8:00 PM N.T.
Bible Study (126)
6:45—8:00 PM Band
of Brothers (125)
7:00—8:00 PM Wed.
Worship (sanctuary)
8:00 PM Praise
Team practice
12
Newsletter articles
due
9:00 AM Craft/Tea
group (Parsonage)
10:30 AM Prayers for
the Church & Its
Mission
6:30—7:35 PM Body &
Soul (FLC)
13
14
15
5:30—8:00 PM Human
Trafficking
Awareness Youth
Rally (Central
Presbyterian
Church)
16
8:00 AM Bulletin
announcements due
17
6:30—7:35 PM Body &
Soul
18
5:30—8:00 PM Wed.
Nightlight
6:30—8:00 PM N.T.
Bible Study (126)
6:45—8:00 PM Band
of Brothers (125)
6:45—8:00 PM True
Women (114)
8:00 PM Praise Team
practice
19
9:00 AM Craft/Tea
group (Parsonage)
10:30 AM Prayers for
the Church & Its
Mission
6:30—7:35 PM Body &
Soul (FLC)
20 First Day of Spring
21
7:00—10:00 AM
Pancake Breakfast
(FLC)
22
6:00 PM The Family
Project (FLC)
23
8:00 AM Bulletin
announcements due
24
6:30—7:35 PM Body &
Soul
7:00 PM Ad Council
(114)
25
11:30 AM Prime
Timers
5:30—8:00 PM Wed.
Nightlight
6:30—8:00 PM N.T.
Bible Study (126)
6:45—8:00 PM Band
of Brothers (125)
7:00—8:00 PM Wed.
Worship (sanctuary)
8:00 PM Praise
Team practice
26
9:00 AM Craft/Tea
group (Parsonage)
10:30 AM Prayers for
the Church & Its
Mission
6:30—7:35 PM Body &
Soul (FLC)
27
28
29 Palm Sunday
30
8:00 AM Bulletin
announcements due
31
6:30—7:35 PM Body &
Soul
1
6:00 PM The Family
Project (FLC)
8 Daylight Saving
Time Begins
6:00 PM The Family
Project (FLC)
10:00—11:00 AM
Easter Egg Hunt
during Sunday
School
6:00 PM The Family
Project (FLC)
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
What’s Happening At Youth Group? We are working through a series called
“WHO IS YAHWEH?” The series is based on the simple yet complex
questions about God. We are discussing how God is Creator, He is personal,
He is both transcendent and immanent, He is omnipotent, omniscient, and
omnipresent, and more! These are BIG concepts; but we tackle them in a way
that makes sense for us in our little minds through the process of both large
group and small group discussion. Come on out Sunday night’s 6-8pm!
THE FAMILY PROJECT Even if you missed the beginning, come on
out! Your family can learn to love and honor God more than ever
before! For ages 15 and up. Sunday night’s 6-8pm!
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS YOUTH RALLY
SUNDAY, MARCH 15 5:30-8PM
Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery where people profit from the
control and exploitation of others. Victims of human trafficking include children
involved in the sex trade, adults age 18 or over who are coerced or deceived into
commercial sex acts, and anyone forced into different forms of "labor or services,"
such as domestic workers held in a home, or farm-workers forced to labor against
their will. SIGN UP AT THE YOUTH BULLETIN BOARD. PARENTS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!
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