ANNOUNCEMENTS 07/30/17 WELCOME GUESTS!! We are happy ...
ANNOUNCEMENTS 07/30/17 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 by Ken and Deb Strubel. THANK YOU - Nathan and I want to thank those who have surrounded us with support, prayers, meals, help financially, and love during this dark time in our lives. Thank you for grieving with us. Thank you for taking care of things in our absence. Thank you for giving us space to process and mourn. We cannot begin to understand on this side of eternity why things happened the way they have, but we cling to the hope we have in Christ. - Nathan, Faith and Adelaide Titus Church Activities CONGREGATIONAL MEETING - There will be a congregational meeting next Sunday, August 6 at Noon to consider the Projection Proposal designed to solve the sight line problems in the balcony. An information sheet is available in the narthex following the service. COMBINED ADULT SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL class continues in Upper Zwingli. This week’s lesson of The Protestant Revolt, is Chapter 7: Magnum Opus. WOMEN's BIBLE STUDY will resume in September. Beginning Monday, Sept. 18 at 6:30 pm and Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 9:30 am (Please note the change in times). This year we will be studying the Gospel of John using a study guide by Kathleen Buswell Nielson. Sign-ups and study guides will be available soon!! 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 August 7th deadline for donations is next week. Please help the Outreach Committee again this year, with your gifts of backpacks and school supplies for the students in grades K-12 who live in the ELANCO School District. Following is a list of items needed. The container in the narthex is 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: 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! Bins for donations are located in the narthex and breezeway.
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS THIS WEEK’S EVENTS… Today Tuesday Saturday
8:15 am 9:30 am 10:30 am 7:00 pm 7:30 am
Early Worship Service Sunday School Worship Service Property Committee Meeting Men’s Breakfast at Yoder’s FUTURE EVENTS…
Sunday 08/06 Wednesday 08/09 Wednesday 08/16
12:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
Congregation Meeting (re: Projection Proposal) Finance Committee Meeting Officers Meeting
NEXT SUNDAY – August 6, 2017 SERMON: “The Worldwide Flood” By: Dr. Timothy Witmer Scripture: Genesis 7:17-24 GENERAL FUND OFFERING FOR July 23, 2017 Attendance:
Early Service Late Service
81 164
$3,042.00 $10,172.60
Amount received for General Fund only
$13,214.60
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 by Ken and Deb Strubel. THANK YOU - Nathan and I want to thank those who have surrounded us with support, prayers, meals, help financially, and love during this dark time in our lives. Thank you for grieving with us. Thank you for taking care of things in our absence. Thank you for giving us space to process and mourn. We cannot begin to understand on this side of eternity why things happened the way they have, but we cling to the hope we have in Christ. - Nathan, Faith and Adelaide Titus Church Activities CONGREGATIONAL MEETING - There will be a congregational meeting next Sunday, August 6 at Noon to consider the Projection Proposal designed to solve the sight line problems in the balcony. An information sheet is available in the narthex following the service. COMBINED ADULT SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL class continues in Upper Zwingli. This week’s lesson of The Protestant Revolt, is Chapter 7: Magnum Opus. WOMEN's BIBLE STUDY will resume in September. Beginning Monday, Sept. 18 at 6:30 pm and Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 9:30 am (Please note the change in times). This year we will be studying the Gospel of John using a study guide by Kathleen Buswell Nielson. Sign-ups and study guides will be available soon!! 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 August 7th deadline for donations is next week. Please help the Outreach Committee again this year, with your gifts of backpacks and school supplies for the students in grades K-12 who live in the ELANCO School District. Following is a list of items needed. The container in the narthex is 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: 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! Bins for donations are located in the narthex and breezeway.
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS THIS WEEK’S EVENTS… Today Tuesday Saturday
8:15 am 9:30 am 10:30 am 7:00 pm 7:30 am
Early Worship Service Sunday School Worship Service Property Committee Meeting Men’s Breakfast at Yoder’s FUTURE EVENTS…
Sunday 08/06 Wednesday 08/09 Wednesday 08/16
12:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
Congregation Meeting (re: Projection Proposal) Finance Committee Meeting Officers Meeting
NEXT SUNDAY – August 6, 2017 SERMON: “The Worldwide Flood” By: Dr. Timothy Witmer Scripture: Genesis 7:17-24 GENERAL FUND OFFERING FOR July 23, 2017 Attendance:
Early Service Late Service
81 164
$3,042.00 $10,172.60
Amount received for General Fund only
$13,214.60
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
