West York Church of the Brethren Loving, Building, and Nurturing the

Community of Christ

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Ted Schmittel

WORSHIP IN SONG

PRELUDE Purer in Heart Janet Jones

*PRAISE MUSIC

Shout to the North Step By Step More Love More Power

CHILREN’S STORY Pastor Greg Children dismissed for Children’s Church

WORSHIP IN PRAYER Pastor Greg

WORSHIP IN THE WORD Pastor Greg

Submitting to God’s Vision Nehemiah 2:9-20

OUR RESPONSE Be Thou My Vision #562 WORSHIP IN GIVING Pastor Greg

*BENEDICTION Pastor Greg

*Please stand as you feel comfortable.

West York Church of the Brethren Pastor: Gregory L. Jones 5101 Darlington Road, York, PA 17408 pastorgregjones@gmail.com Phone: (717)792-9260; Prayer Line: (717)792-8816 Pastor: 717-308-7499

E-mail: westyorkcob@verizon.net Web Site: www.westyorkcob.org Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/westyorkcob

Morning Worship November 15, 2015

For your children

Crib and Toddler Nursery Service is available up to age 3.

Special children’s bulletins are available in the foyer.

This Week’s Calendar

Monday

Newsletter Deadline

Bible Study - 9 am

Care and Share Women’s Group - 7 pm

Wednesday

Day of Prayer for Children and Youth

Bible Study Discussion Group - 7 pm

AA meeting - 8 pm Thursday

Choir Rehearsal - 6:30 pm

Praise Team Rehearsal - 7:30 pm

Welcome to all who are visiting with us today. Please sign the sheet on the table in the narthex.

Thank you.

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TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY FOR:

Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes

Donations for Thanksgiving Baskets

Christmas Items for Children’s Aid Society to sell at

Christmastime in Loganville

Opportunities to Serve

Special Announcements

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The Gifts Discernment Team is looking to fill the following positions on the Leadership Team for 2016:

Church Clerk Education Team Chairman Treasurer StewardshipTeam Chairman If you are willing to serve in one of these positions, please contact a Discernment Team Member (Tom Ausherman, Joyce Whitcraft, Wanda Keefer) or Pastor Greg. PLEASE PRAY ABOUT THESE POSITIONS AND IF YOU FEEL GOD CALLING YOU TO SERVE!

2016 Church Directory There is a revised form to update the information for the 2016 Directory on the narthex table. We are asking everyone (members and friends) to please complete the form and return it to the church office by January 10, 2016. Thank you!

We will be going Christmas Caroling at the Brethren Home for the residents on Sunday,

December 6th from 6-7 pm. We will meet in the lobby by the gift shop. We will also be going for

pizza at Infinito’s in Hanover at 4:30 pm for those who want to join us. ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US!

DO YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?

We are looki g for hildre a d adults ho play a i stru e t to pro ide spe ial usi as a group i De e er. Please see Pe ie Ja o s ASAP so e a set a i e to eet to pra i e. This as a

o derful addiio to our Christ as ele raio last year!

Today’s Important Reminders

November 16 - Newsletter Deadline

November 18 - Day of Prayer for Children and Youth

Food Pantry

November 26 - Thanksgiving

Office Closed

November 27 - Decorating church for Christmas Season

November 29 - 1st Sunday in Advent Poinsettia Orders Due

STATISTICAL INFORMATION for November 8, 2015 Attendance: Giving Sunday School: 38 General Fund: $3,275.00 Worship: 100 Received to Date: $145,053.45 101.52% of Budgeted Giving

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November Special Offering Our special offering for November is

“Stewards” This offering will go to the Property & Grounds Ministry Team.

Brown envelopes are in the narthex.

Poinsettia Orders The form for ordering poinsettias is on the table in the narthex. Deadline to order is Sunday, November 29th.

Mark Your Calendar! We will be decorating the church for the Christmas season on Friday, November 27th at 6:30 p.m. Please notify Linda Zumbrum if you can help.

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Our New Sermon Series: Leading Against the Storm:

Lessons on leadership from the life of Nehemiah Join us during November for this new sermon series.

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE!!

Let us know what you think of the new site! (Adjusted for phones & tablets)

www.westyorkcob.org

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West York Church of the Brethren has

made 2015 the Year we read through the

Bible. Sign the sheet on the narthex table for

copies of the Bible Study Companion for the

months November and December. IF YOU

HAVE PICKED UP COPIES FROM THE TABLE, PLEASE

MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST SO BARB

CAN MAKE YOU A COPY EACH MONTH.

For those participating in the read through the Bible

plan for 2015, you may join a small discussion group that

meets Wednesday evenings at 7 pm. If you cannot

attend, you are invited to join the online discussion at

www.facebook.com/biblestudycompanion.

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES

Adult Sunday School class - A Guide For Biblical Studies: The Christian Community Comes Alive - A study in Acts on people in

the early church, witness of Saul & Peter, sharing the gospel by Peter, Paul, Barnabas, Timothy & Silas. (Tom Whitcraft)

“Seeking Amazing Grace” Adult class - Study of 1 and 2 Peter (Larry Marshall)

BIBLE STUDIES

Monday Morning Bible Study - Studying the book of John.

Care and Share Women’s Group - Meets Mondays at 7 pm. A new Bible study, “Overcoming Worry”.

Bible Study Discussion Group - Meets Wednesdays at 7 pm. Discussion on “Reading through the Bible” Bible study.

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Carlisle Truck Stop Ministry Cookie Bake

Big Hands, Little Hands

On Saturday, December 5th, we are looking for adults to help the children and youth with baking cookies and bagging them. If you are able to help with the baking, please sign up on the sheets in the narthex. If you can’t help with the baking, we could use donations of baking supplies butter, eggs, vanilla, chocolate chips, and decorating sugars, etc. . If you want to make your own cookies, bring them to the church by 9:00 am on December 5th, and the children and youth will bag them. Please let Brenda know what kind of cookies you are donating so we have a variety to give. Any questions, contact Brenda Myers.

The Child Education Center is selling Rutter’s Fundraising Coupon Books from now until December 1st. The books are $10.00

each and include the following coupons: free regular side; free fresh baked cookie; free regular hot dog; $1 off any sandwich; free regular fountain or frozen beverage; free small espresso bar beverage; $1 off any basket meal; $7 off Ultimate Car Wash. The coupon books will arrive in time for Christmas and would make great stocking stuffers. There are forms for ordering the coupon books on the table in the narthex. Thanks for your support!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!!

New Year’s Eve 2015 at

West York Church of the Brethren

More details to come!

Friends of Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community

Mabon & Smith Violin & Piano

Saturday, November 21st at 7:00 pm Nicarry Meetinghouse (Free event)

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Chick-fil-A Fundraiser November 23rd & 24th 5-8 pm each day 340 Eisenhower Drive, Hanover ONLY Just say “The Brethren Home”

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Cross Keys Village Christmas Bazaar Saturday, November 28

8:30 am to 3:00 pm Nicarry Meetinghouse

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Saturday, December 12: Escorts are needed from WYCOB

for the Professional Artists Series. Please let Nancy Ausherman know if you can

help.

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To receive a text message alerting you to special updates and announcements concerning the West York Church, text @westyork to (717)842-4542 or @westyork to 81010. If you have questions, talk to Pastor Greg.

Bermudian Women’s Fellowship Annual Christmas Party

Tuesday, December , at : pm

The Gathering Place, Bermudian Church of the Brethren

The Bermudian Women’s Fellowship is inviting the ladies of WYCOB to join them for their annual Christmas Party.

Featured guest: Nancy Shoap, author and speaker

Nancy will share her testimony of how God accomplished the plans and purpose He had for her life. See poster in narthex

If you would like to atend, please let Pennie Jacobs know by NOVEMBER nd so she can give a count to Bermudian.

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The Newsletter can now be viewed on our church website. Check it out! Let Barb know if you no longer need a printed

copy of the newsletter.

Giant gift cards for CAS will be sold in the

narthex Sunday, December 6th between 9:30 and 10:00. If you are unable to be at church that day, please call Nancy Anthony.

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ANYONE WHO WISHES TO PURCHASE GIANT GIFT CARDS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS MUST PURCHASE THEM

DEC. 6TH OR CONTACT NANCY ANTHONY BY DEC. 6TH.

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The 5% profit from the sale of Giant Gift Cards since January 2015 is $1,038.50. This money is given to Children’s Aid

Society. Thank you for your continued support. **************

Christmastime in Loganville at Codorus COB Saturday, November 21st 8 am to 3 pm

The Lehman Center will offer crafts and baked goods to benefit their crisis nursery.

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CAS continues to ask Prayer Warriors to pray for: -Carol and her son as they parent together to provide Mia with a stable home environment. -Peace for the City of York. Pray that young people will turn away from violence. -The churches in the District will open their doors, hear, and support the campaign efforts for CAS. -Children and their families burdened with added stressors and problems during the holiday season.

GIRL’S GOING INTERNATIONAL CHOCOLATE CANDY SALE

The girls that are pla i g a i ter aio al trip to Gree e, Spai a d Italy are agai ha i g their ho olate a dy sale. This fu draiser is to help ofset osts for

their trip. We ha e oth pea ut uter a d o o ut i ilk or dark ho olate. Ea h pie e is $ . — ½ doze is $ . — hole doze is $ . . If you supported this a dy sale i Mar h,

you k o they ere deli ious. Deadli e for orders is / / . Deli ery ill e / / , just i i e for Christ as. Please see Mariah or Deo a S h itel if you ould like to order so e a dy.

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CHECK THE HALLWAY BULLETIN BOARD FOR INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING:

Dementia Care Support Group (Providence Place - Dover) Veterans’ Memorial Garden (Spring Grove High School) Hospice Volunteer Training (SpiriTrust Lutheran) 2 Employment Opportunities with Human Life Services

Healing Hearts Support Group (3rd Thursday of the month)

Lighting of the Woods - Saturday, November 21st Help prepare Camp Eder for the Christmas Tree Festival.

Cover the lodges in Christmas lights and various decorations. Help is needed to decorate both indoors and outside.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided. ********

5th Annual Christmas Tree Festival December 11th to 13th

Christmas Tree Decorating Contest, cookies and hot beverages, Christmas Carols shared at the campfire, a moving candle-lit reading of

the Nativity story. Come and experience Camp Eder covered in Christmas lights, vote on your favorite tree, and worship at one of the

Candlelight services. (More information to come)

The Wellspa Spiritual Care a d Edu aio Depart e t a ts to let our hur h k o he a e er is i the hospital. PLEASE ide ify our hur h at registraio a d ad ita e i to the hospital. A ordi g to HIPAA regulaio s, if you pro ide this i for aio to the hospital, our hur h ay e oiied of the ad issio .

When Grief Colors the Holidays How to Manage the Absence of a Loved One

During the Festive Holiday Season Monday, November 30, 2014

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm York Hospital, Education Pavilion 1st Floor, Classroom 10 A/B

See the poster on the narthex bulletin board for more information.

Prayer Requests Praise: The children and youth of our church

New Concerns: Carol Woolcock (Ruth Hershey): surgery for cancer Unspoken prayer requests Freddie Kemfort (Wanda Keefer): returned home, but still has health concerns James Williams (Willie & Connie Emory): mass on his liver Karen Winemiller & family (Raymond Kearney): death of father and mother is sick as well Tom Ausherman: recovering from fall at home last week Family of Hope Parente (Mike Parente): following her death (she and her husband have 4 young children) Marlet Naill (Karen Phillips): hospitalized with cellulitis in foot and infection in his knee Members of congregation (Beth Marshall): prayerfully consider joining the choir Church members to respond to the need for leadership openings in the church

Ongoing prayer concerns: Romaine Andrews: back pain, Melinda Avey: multiple sclerosis, Bob Breeden: health issues, Jean Brown: recovering from kidney procedures, Ray Dentler: health concerns, Lillian Grove: recovery from spine surgery, Lois Hinson: recovery from knee procedure, Ron Horn, Sr.: health concerns, Cindy Lepley: cancer, Kathleen Lloyd: health concerns, Charleigh McDowell: tumor in abdomen, Merl & Sue Messinger: health concerns, Arlene Miller: cancer, Reda Miller: recovery from surgery, Scott Miller: health concerns, Nancy Patterson: health concerns, Merle Senft: recovery from stroke, Bob & Sherril Smith: health concerns, Holly Verbjar: struggle in recovery from car accident, Joyce Whitcraft: health concerns, Bob & Mary Wildasin: health concerns, Lorraine Yohe: recovery from neck surgery Kume Mutah and the other Chibok girls & their families: abducted from school in Nigeria The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria Ted & Julie Smoker & family: doing mission work in Guatemala

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If you have a prayer request you would like to share with the church, please fill out a prayer card (found in the narthex)

and give it to Pastor Greg or the Worship Leader.

Numerous individuals who are grieving the loss of loved ones The Leadership Team

SERVING TODAY: Pastor: Gregory Jones Worship Leader: Ted Schmittel Music Coordinator: Beth Marshall Organist: Janet Jones Pianist: Judith Wallace Guitarist: Brendan Malloy Acolyte: Levi Keefer Greeters: Connie & Willis Emory Power Point: Landon Eshbach Sound Board: Sean Grove Head Usher: Dave Miller Children’s Worship: Linda Fulmele; Genie & Shawna Grove Nursery: Wendy & Bill McDowell Children’s Story: Pastor Greg

SERVING NEXT WEEK: Pastor: Gregory Jones Worship Leader: Tom Whitcraft Music Coordinator: Beth Marshall Organist: Janet Jones Pianist: Linda Zumbrum Guitarist: Brendan Malloy Acolyte: Alana Grove Greeter: Cindy Heist Power Point: Nathan Keefer Sound Board: Merl Keefer Head Usher: Dave Miller Children’s Worship: Linda Fulmele; Genie & Shawna Grove Nursery: Heather & Tom Fluke Children’s Story: Joyce Whitcraft

GREETERS: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE READY TO SERVE BY 9:30 A.M. ON THE SUNDAY YOU ARE SCHEDULED TO GREET.

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Thank you for your most recent donation to Logos Academy (keyboard and speakers). We are very blessed to have such wonderful partners like you in our community. Each donation makes a positive impact on our school, and allows us to see how God is using others to be a part of what He is doing here. We extend our deep appreciation for partnering with us in serving the children of York. Your generosity is much appreciated! Thank you again, for blessing our school. Deborah A. Lilley, Logos Academy