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ANNOUNCEMENTS 07/23/17 WELCOME GUESTS!! We are happy that you are with us. Our purpose is to share Christ through our ministries. Please sign the visitors’ card in the pew and place it in the offering plate. Nursery is offered during our 10:30 worship service for children age four or younger. KINGDOM KIDS CHILDREN'S MINISTRY is available for children ages 4-8. They will be dismissed during the 10:30 service “Children’s Song”. REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: All of our homebound members and also prayers of healing for: H. Scott Poole
Lee Curley
Laine Eberly
Chris Bechtel
Elma Groff
Jim Chubb
Evelyn Griffith
Herb Martin
Frank Field
Svea Hoover
Barbara Slothower
Titus Family
Ellen Peters Wagner – Jane Peters’ daughter
*Names appear on this list when we are given permission to print them. They will remain for three weeks unless other instructions are requested. (New names added to the list appear in dark print)
FLOWERS this Sunday are given in loving memory of Dr. Harold Peters by Jane Peters. CHURCH PICNIC GAME COMMITTEE will meet today at 11:40 am, (after second service) in Upper Zwingli, to finalize plans. Church Activities CHURCH PICNIC – today is the last day to sign up for the picnic which will be held Saturday, July 29 at Terre Hill Park, Terre Hill, PA. The picnic will begin at 11:30 am, with the church providing the meat, beverages, paper products and soft ice cream! Bring a dish to share and your chair. Reference next page for more details. REMINDER: All food should be NUT FREE! COMBINED ADULT SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL class continues in Upper Zwingli. This week’s lesson of The Protestant Revolt, is Chapter 6: Upon this Rock. HEARING ASSIST DEVICES are available from our ushers as you enter the sanctuary. If you would like to have a device that is solely for your own use please notify one of our ushers as you leave the sanctuary. We will add labels to the devices to mark who they belong to. Note: There are alcohol pads available for cleaning the ear pieces. DINE AROUND TRIP - No time to sit still, there is another bus trip planned, check this one out. We all like to eat so our Dine Around trips are always a success. Tuesday, October 17, 2017, a trip to Carroll County to tour the quaint village of Westminster, MD and dine at Johansson’s Dining House for a fresh salad, tour Uniontown and dine at Antrim 1844 County House Hotel for our entrée. We will tour Carroll County Farm Museum with a costumed guide as she escorts us through the main house. Craft demonstrations on the grounds, then back to Westminster to enjoy dessert at the Gypsy’s Tea Room. Flyers and sign-up sheet are on the table in the narthex for full details of this trip. Checks should be made payable to Cheryl Weaver, PO Box 528, Blue Ball, PA 17506. Deadline for sign-up and final payment September 22, 2017. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE TITUS AND EBERLY FAMILIES. Checks should be made payable to St. Stephen Reformed Church designating your gifts to the respective families on the memo line of your check, on your church envelope, or in a separate envelope. Contributions to the Samaritan's Fund will continue to be received to help meet other needs as they arise. Thank you for your help. Community Activities BACK-TO-SCHOOL: The Outreach Committee is looking forward again this year, along with your help to provide backpacks with school supplies for the students in grades K-12 who live in the ELANCO School District. Following is a list of items needed and the date of August 7th as the deadline for the drop off. School just let out but this gives us several months to keep a look out for what is needed. The container in the narthex will be there for your convenience. Thank you.
Backpacks Ballpoint Pens #2 Pencils Pencil Sharpener (with top) Mechanical Pencils
Colored Pencils Glue Sticks Crayons Large Pink Erasers Water-based Markers
Highlighters Rulers Spiral-bound Notebook Paper Loose-leaf Notebook Paper
Three-ring Binders Pocket Folders Small Tissue Packets Financial Donation
CURRENT NEEDS - NEW HOLLAND FOOD BANK: This is an ongoing ministry we all can take part in. Bins for donations are located in the narthex and breezeway. Currently there is a specific need for the following: canned fruit, cake mix, soup, crackers, apple juice, laundry detergent (45/50 oz.), pancake mix and paper towels. Any donation is always welcome!
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS THIS WEEK’S EVENTS… Today Saturday
8:15 am 9:30 am 10:30 am 11:30 am
Early Worship Service Sunday School Worship Service Church Picnic – Terre Hill Park FUTURE EVENTS…
Tuesday Saturday Wednesday Wednesday
08/01 08/05 08/09 08/16
7:00 pm 7:30 am 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
Property Committee Meeting Men’s Breakfast at Yoder’s Finance Committee Meeting Officers Meeting
NEXT SUNDAY – July 30, 2017 SERMON: “The Animals are a Comin” By: Dr. Timothy Witmer Scripture: Genesis 7:1-16 GENERAL FUND OFFERING FOR July 16, 2017 Attendance:
Early Service Late Service
83 189
$3,225.00 $9,845.90
Amount received for General Fund only
$13,070.90
Church Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. Telephone (717) 354-7871 Fax (717) 355-2565 Church Office Email: [email protected] Website address: ststephenpca.org
Lee Curley
Laine Eberly
Chris Bechtel
Elma Groff
Jim Chubb
Evelyn Griffith
Herb Martin
Frank Field
Svea Hoover
Barbara Slothower
Titus Family
Ellen Peters Wagner – Jane Peters’ daughter
*Names appear on this list when we are given permission to print them. They will remain for three weeks unless other instructions are requested. (New names added to the list appear in dark print)
FLOWERS this Sunday are given in loving memory of Dr. Harold Peters by Jane Peters. CHURCH PICNIC GAME COMMITTEE will meet today at 11:40 am, (after second service) in Upper Zwingli, to finalize plans. Church Activities CHURCH PICNIC – today is the last day to sign up for the picnic which will be held Saturday, July 29 at Terre Hill Park, Terre Hill, PA. The picnic will begin at 11:30 am, with the church providing the meat, beverages, paper products and soft ice cream! Bring a dish to share and your chair. Reference next page for more details. REMINDER: All food should be NUT FREE! COMBINED ADULT SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL class continues in Upper Zwingli. This week’s lesson of The Protestant Revolt, is Chapter 6: Upon this Rock. HEARING ASSIST DEVICES are available from our ushers as you enter the sanctuary. If you would like to have a device that is solely for your own use please notify one of our ushers as you leave the sanctuary. We will add labels to the devices to mark who they belong to. Note: There are alcohol pads available for cleaning the ear pieces. DINE AROUND TRIP - No time to sit still, there is another bus trip planned, check this one out. We all like to eat so our Dine Around trips are always a success. Tuesday, October 17, 2017, a trip to Carroll County to tour the quaint village of Westminster, MD and dine at Johansson’s Dining House for a fresh salad, tour Uniontown and dine at Antrim 1844 County House Hotel for our entrée. We will tour Carroll County Farm Museum with a costumed guide as she escorts us through the main house. Craft demonstrations on the grounds, then back to Westminster to enjoy dessert at the Gypsy’s Tea Room. Flyers and sign-up sheet are on the table in the narthex for full details of this trip. Checks should be made payable to Cheryl Weaver, PO Box 528, Blue Ball, PA 17506. Deadline for sign-up and final payment September 22, 2017. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE TITUS AND EBERLY FAMILIES. Checks should be made payable to St. Stephen Reformed Church designating your gifts to the respective families on the memo line of your check, on your church envelope, or in a separate envelope. Contributions to the Samaritan's Fund will continue to be received to help meet other needs as they arise. Thank you for your help. Community Activities BACK-TO-SCHOOL: The Outreach Committee is looking forward again this year, along with your help to provide backpacks with school supplies for the students in grades K-12 who live in the ELANCO School District. Following is a list of items needed and the date of August 7th as the deadline for the drop off. School just let out but this gives us several months to keep a look out for what is needed. The container in the narthex will be there for your convenience. Thank you.
Backpacks Ballpoint Pens #2 Pencils Pencil Sharpener (with top) Mechanical Pencils
Colored Pencils Glue Sticks Crayons Large Pink Erasers Water-based Markers
Highlighters Rulers Spiral-bound Notebook Paper Loose-leaf Notebook Paper
Three-ring Binders Pocket Folders Small Tissue Packets Financial Donation
CURRENT NEEDS - NEW HOLLAND FOOD BANK: This is an ongoing ministry we all can take part in. Bins for donations are located in the narthex and breezeway. Currently there is a specific need for the following: canned fruit, cake mix, soup, crackers, apple juice, laundry detergent (45/50 oz.), pancake mix and paper towels. Any donation is always welcome!
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS THIS WEEK’S EVENTS… Today Saturday
8:15 am 9:30 am 10:30 am 11:30 am
Early Worship Service Sunday School Worship Service Church Picnic – Terre Hill Park FUTURE EVENTS…
Tuesday Saturday Wednesday Wednesday
08/01 08/05 08/09 08/16
7:00 pm 7:30 am 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
Property Committee Meeting Men’s Breakfast at Yoder’s Finance Committee Meeting Officers Meeting
NEXT SUNDAY – July 30, 2017 SERMON: “The Animals are a Comin” By: Dr. Timothy Witmer Scripture: Genesis 7:1-16 GENERAL FUND OFFERING FOR July 16, 2017 Attendance:
Early Service Late Service
83 189
$3,225.00 $9,845.90
Amount received for General Fund only
$13,070.90
Church Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. Telephone (717) 354-7871 Fax (717) 355-2565 Church Office Email: [email protected] Website address: ststephenpca.org
