11/10/2024

Events This Week:

   Sunday:   

        10:00 AM Sunday School

        11:00 AM Morning Service

        11:00 AM Children’s Church 

    5:30 PM Kids’ Club

        6:00 PM Evening Service

        Song Leader: Ray Bauder          

   Wednesday:

        7:00 PM Prayer Meeting  

    Thursday:

        No Bible Study for the Winter 

Announcements

• Looking to serve? Consider these ministries:

• Nursery - see Donna V.

• Kids’ Club - see Christy B.

• Nursing Home - see Ralph V.

• Annual ladies’ Christmas party:
  Dec. 9 at 6:00 p.m. See Cindy
  Gerwig with any questions.

• If you are interested in
  participating in Operation
  Christmas Child, see Heather O.
  with any questions.

• If you are interested in singing in
  a special choir number for
  Christmas, the 1st practice is
  after this morning’s service. See
  Donna V. with any questions.

Looking Ahead

• Craft Day: Nov. 16

• Ladies’ Christmas Party: Dec. 9

• Christmas Caroling/Cookie
  Exchange:  Dec. 15

Children’s Ministry Volunteers:

Nursery and Toddler Room:

• Barb Brown

• Trudy Bauder

Children’s Church:

• Heather Oesterling

Next Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024:

Nursery and Toddler Room:

• Adrienne Kniess

• Heather Oesterling

Children’s Church:

• Caleb Farone

9/15/2024

Events This Week:

Sunday:

10:00 AM Sunday School

11:00 AM Morning Service

11:00 AM Children’s Church

5:30 Kids’ Club

6:00 PM Evening Service

Song Leader: Pastor Chris

Wednesday:

7:00 PM Prayer Meeting

Thursday:

6:00 PM Ladies’ Bible Study

Children’s Ministry Volunteers:

Nursery and Toddler Room:

• Heather Oesterling

• Adrienne Kniess

Children’s Church:

• Caleb Farone

Next Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024

Nursery and Toddler Room:

• Barb Brown

• Trudy Bauder

Children’s Church:

• Luke and Heather Vogel

Looking to serve? Consider these ministries:

• Nursery - see Donna V.

• Kids’ Club - see Christy B.

• Vet. Dinner - see Jodi M.

• Anyone interested in donating gifts, baskets, or gift cards for the Vet. Dinner, see Heather O.

• Thank you Don and Zoe Peffer for presenting your ministries in Brazil and with Ready Yourself Youth Ranch.

8/11/2024

EventsThis Week:

Sunday: 10:00 AM Sunday School

11:00 AM Morning Service

11:00 AM Children’s Church

6:00 PM Evening Service

Song Leader: Barry Peffer

Tuesday: 7:00 PM Board Meeting

Wednesday: 7:00 PM Prayer Meeting

Thursday: 6:00 PM Ladies’ Bible Study

7/14/2024

Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader: Pastor Roberts     

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

 this Thursday at 6:00 PM. Learn about the book of James and learn about yourself and your faith.

Worship Hint for Families

        Many observant Jewish people today still so revere the name of G*d that they will not spell out even his title. The third Commandment forbids the taking of the Name in vain. Both Peter and Paul quote Joel 2:32 when they note that “…whoever calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.” Peter goes farther when he presses the point about Jesus, that “…there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12

  We are given license to preach Jesus and to pray in Jesus’ name, but there are not many other legitimate uses of THE NAME. Guard it, cherish it, revere it, don’t use it lightly, but USE it.  “…There is salvation in no one else.”

Announcements

·        Please check the coat rack in the foyer for anything belonging to you, including coats and hats. The shelf will be getting cleared off soon.

·        The church bulletin will be showing a new look soon.

 July 12, 1536 in church history:

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch scholar and the first editor of the Greek New Testament, dies in Basel. 

Christianity Today          

07/07/2024

Workday this Saturday, July 13th. We’ll be starting at 8:30 a.m., come as you can. There will be plenty to do for everyone. See you then.

Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader: Ray Bauder      

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Thursday

 Ladies Bible Study at 6:00

Worship Hint for Families

        The old gospel song I Love to Tell the Story rejoices in the many wonders and glories of God through Jesus Christ. To proclaim him, to glorify him by ascribing to him all the wonderful and beautiful things of life, is a privilege and delight. Try it!

  Feel the exultation of kindred spirits when talking of the Lord with another believer. Know the awesome responsibility and thrill of sharing news of Christ with an unbeliever. If you think you don’t know a lot, tell what you know. God is big enough and interested enough to make up the difference.

   “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.”

6/30/2024

There’s a workday coming up! Join us on Saturday, July 13th. We’ll be starting at 8:30 a.m., come as you can. There will be plenty to do for everyone. See you then.

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader: Ralph Verdu

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

 No Ladies Bible Study this

Thursday, July 4th

Worship Hint for Families

        We are repeatedly told in Scripture, and on occasion we seem to understand that we are not saved by good work, but rather by God’s grace.

   Though it’s not works that save, it is by works that sometimes one may be identified. This is the ase with God as revealed in the Psalms. Those who had no regard for His works came under judgment for disbelief. Likewise, Messiah was to be identified by certain works that only one sent from God could do. Also, the Apostle prays that believers would “. . . please (God) in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work.” Col. 1:10)

  We became who we are through the work of the Savior. We work to show what we have become.   

    Our evening service offers a pleasant time of worship in song and an interesting Bible study that supplements the morning sermon.

     Then, on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. we have a different study that will deepen your understanding of God’s Word, followed by close fellowship in prayer.

6/23/2024

 Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader: Barry Peffer

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

 The Ladies Bible study this Thursday, at 6:00 PM.

Worship Hint for Families

         On occasion we enjoy a look back in church history to see how people have served the Lord in days gone by. Those looks back can be interesting and inspiring. God has used many different kinds of people and events to advance his work on earth.

  Take a few moments this week with your family to wonder what future generations will read about in their history as they look back to your time. What interest or inspiration will they find from reading about how God has used us? Perhaps reflection like that will prompt us to greater effort.

  Make a disciple, do a deed, change a life, be steadfast against the dark forces at work in this world and glorify God. What a legacy that would be!

Pastor Roberts will return for services next Sunday. Please pray for him and his family while they are away.

Join us tonight at 6:00 for our evening song service and time of interaction with God’s Word. You will be welcome!

6/16/2024

Prayer Meeting is an intimate time of Bible Study and close fellowship you would enjoy. Come and refresh yourself mid-week with us. Our current study is in the early chapters of Genesis…a great place to get started!

 Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

NO Evening Worship tonight

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

 The Ladies Bible study this Thursday, at 6:00 PM.

Worship Hint for Families

      Light is a frequent and consistent metaphor for God in scripture. The word “glory” in both Old and New Testaments often refers to light. In some instances, the light is blinding and inspires great fear in those who see it. The shekinah glory of the pillars of fire or cloud that guided the ancient Israelites was light. The Psalmist reminds us that the LORD is our light and Jesus refers to himself as the light of the world.

  On the other hand, those without Christ, alienated from God are still in darkness and will ultimately be cast into outer darkness. Those who do not believe are termed blind, from whom the light is hidden.

Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit Divine!

Thank you everyone who helped with Kid’s Camp, making it a successful ministry.

 Happy Father’s Day

There will be no service this evening.

Celebrate Father’s Day!

6/09/2024

 Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader: Pastor Roberts

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

 The Ladies Bible study this Thursday, at 6:00 PM.

Worship Hint for Families

    A desire for justice is an integral part of our humanity. Even little children recognize injustice. They cry “foul” when something seems unfair. But those children, like many of us who are older, do not as often cry foul on behalf of someone else, though some do.

  Even fewer follow David’s example of rightly complaining about injustice while at the same time confessing his own sin, fully prepared to accept its consequences. And then, hardly anyone cries “foul’ against himself. But it is a thing to consider.  If we truly want justice, we must first admit our own sin, seek forgiveness, and then be first in line to give forgiveness. THEN we may see or be able to obtain the justice we think we need.

Kids’ Camp continues!

Thank you all who have been helping with the ministry of Kids Camp. There will be one more session next week. Come and see what goes on and please continue to pray.

Ø  A music ministry meeting will be held tonight after the evening worship service.

Ø  There will be no evening service next Sunday. Celebrate Father’s Day!

6/02/2024

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader: Ray Bauder

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

 The Ladies Bible study will resume this Thursday, June 6 at 6:00 PM, with a pot-luck dinner at the home of Tracy Farone.

Worship Hint for Families

  Some words from Proverbs 28:5a seem especially apt these days. “Evil men do not understand justice.”  As our society appears more and more evil, their sense of justice gets more and more distorted rather than wring our hands and hope that change comes somehow, look to the second half of the verse. Proverbs 28:5b offers a contrast. “But those who seek the LORD understand all things.”

 Let’s not worry about how wrong unbelievers can be. Instead, learn and know the truth. You’ll be more at peace and you will have something of substance to offer lost people who need hope and direction. Seek the Lord!  

          Kids’ Camp has started!

Ø  There is a session this coming Saturday and one more on the 15th.  Please continue to pray.

Ø  Ask how you can be part of this outreach to our community. Or come by and see what is happening. Rejoice in prayer that we can do this great thing.

Ø  We still need paper towel tubes.

School is nearly done for the summer. Pray for our school-age children that their time off will be profitable and glorifying to God.