the envoy september/october 2019 vol. 11, issue...

The Envoy September/October 2019 Vol. 11, Issue 9/10

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The Mission of the Edgeboro Moravian Church Family is to Love God, Grow in Christ and Share the Holy Spirit through worship, fellowship, discipleship,

ministry and evangelism.

Pastor: Rev. Dan Miller

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Emergency Contact Phone: 7747-REVDAN

(Call, Text, Leave Message—It will be received on all his electronic devices.)

Administrative Assistant: Mary Ann Lynn Organist & Senior Choir Director: Gayle Justice Custodian: Greg Clugston

Dear Edgeboro Friends and Family,

Did you have a good summer? I hope so. And if you’re not sure, you have through September 22nd to change that – the

official last day of summer.

I think we, as a church, had a good summer, too. We helped the kids at Northeast Community Center’s (formerly Northeast

Ministry) summer camp make tie-dye t-shirts. We hosted a fun-filled week of Vacation Bible School for 58 kids with the help

of many volunteers. We went to an Iron Pigs game together and witnessed a victory. We cleaned out the church of many

things that were accumulating in the corners of the building. We hosted a rummage sale that raised over $1,000 for

Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering. We had a new little library and a kindness rock garden installed on the Elm St. side of the

building by Girl Scout Troop #8417, which regularly meets at the church on Wednesday evenings. We had two outdoor

worship services plus others that had us doing some things outside the norm. We have known Paul Silwamba for a full

calendar year. We sent individuals to Camp Hope (See the report inside this newsletter.). Most recently, we hosted our

annual Ice Cream Festival, which raised $1,800 for the church and, more importantly, draws hundreds of church members,

neighbors, and friends together in fellowship.

There are some great things to look back on from this summer, but now we look ahead.

On September 8th, youth Sunday school begins again at 9:15am with Rally Day. Later that day, all Moravians and friends are

invited to the Bethlehem Area Moravians (BAM) Picnic at Advent Moravian Church, 4:00-7:00pm.

Then on September 15th, something new! The first Moravian Day of Service will begin here at Edgeboro with a lovefeast at

10:30am. After the lovefeast, we will then split up into different service events (Litter clean-up, serving lunch at the Salvation

Army, making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, making various craft projects, and collecting items for the neighborhood

donation drive). Please sign up in advance for the service event you would like to participate in. A letter went out to the

congregation in mid-August with more details. Go to edgeboromoravian.org to view that letter and sign up. (Note: There are

ways you can help even if you’re not around on September 15th – see the aforementioned letter for details.)

This and Sunday School classes, confirmation classes, lovefeasts, dart baseball, sugar cakes, candles, mints, meals and

sandwiches to make, Halloween open house, the putz – all of this is coming in the fall, and more, because who knows what

will come up that God will call us to do! Whether you have been a part of these things before and are eager to return, or

you would like to try something brand new (new to you or new to the church), come be a part of what’s going on here at

Edgeboro this fall!

Serving with you,

Pastor Dan

The Joyful Noise Offering for July was for Iglesia de Pentecostal. The amount collected

was $104.23

The Joyful Noise for August was for Salvation Army .The amount collected

was $108.17

Thank you for your generosity!

Joyful Noise Offering


Moravian Women Northern Province Invites you to its

65th Anniversary Thanksgiving

Service and Banquet

Saturday, September 28th, 2019 10:00 am

Central Moravian Church

Bethlehem, PA 18018

Contribution $25.00

Registration Deadline:

September 13, 2019

To Register Contact:

[email protected]

Fall Schedule

We will resume our fall

schedule on Sunday

September 8th which is

9:15AM Sunday School (All

ages), 10:30AM Worship. On

that day, we will install the

Sunday School teachers and

celebrate Rally Day.

On September 15th, we will

have our Children’s Lovefeast

and Day of Service.

Salvation Army Lunches

On one Sunday about every other month from

approximately 10:00am-2:00pm, a group from

Edgeboro travels to the Salvation Army (521

Pembroke Rd.) to share lunch with guests

that arrive. All are welcome to attend to eat

lunch, prepare the food, serve lunch, get to

know everyone, and clean up. On average,

100 lunches are served each time. Please

come at any time for any length of the four-

hour timespan. The next dates Edgeboro will

be at the Salvation Army are September

15th, October 20th, December 15th and

December 22nd.

Hearing Assistance Devices for Worship?

Hearing difficulties can be a hard barrier to over-

come in worship for many individuals. We would

like to enhance the worshipping experience for

those with hearing difficulties.

The most common way of doing this is purchasing

personal hearing assistance devices which each

have a set of discrete earphones and a small wire-

less receiver which connects directly into the

sound system of the church - meaning you will no

longer have to rely on the sanctuary's speakers for

sound, instead everything that would normally

come through the sanctuary's speakers will come

directly through your earphones where you can

control your own volume.

Before purchasing any devices, the church would

like to know if any devices similar to the one

described above would be needed or used. If you

think having a personal hearing assistance

device available to use at the church would

help improve your worship experience, please

speak with a member of the Joint Board as

soon as possible. Thank you!

mailto:[email protected]

Servants in September

Elders

1 Andrew Miller

8 Val Hoff

15 Tom Pheiffer

22 Mike Long

29 Robyn Balsai

Sacristans

1 John Bauman & Peggy Leith

8 Bob & Elley Silfies

15 Brad & Mary Williamson

22 Craig & Tammy Baer

29 John Bauman & Peggy Leith

Ushers

1 Brent & Kyle Sergent

8 Art Sergent & Family

15 John & Rosie Bauman

22 John & Diane Knox

29 Bob & Elley Silfies

Greeters

1 John & Rosie Bauman

8 Holly Haines

15 John & Diane Knox

22 LaRue Jones

29 Ruth Zaun

Sunday Worship Schedule

September 1

Communion

9:15 AM Adult Sunday School

10:30AM Worship

September 8

Installation of

Sunday School Teachers

Joyful Noise

9:15 AM Sunday School Rally Day

10:30AM Worship

4:00-7:00PM BAM Picnic (Advent Moravian)

September 15

Children’s Lovefeast

Day of Service

9:15 AM Sunday School

10:30AM Lovefeast & Day of Service

September 22

Day of Service Recap


10:30AM Worship

September 29


10:30AM Worship

Date Toddler Room Infant Room

September 1 Penny Sergent Carole Schachter

September 8 Sherri Hoff Karen and Woody

Werner

September 15 Cheryl Kindt Karen and Woody

Werner

September 22 Justine & Jen

Hoff

Karen and Woody

Werner

September 29 Gaye Eldridge Karen and Woody

Werner

Our Worship Attendance

for July

2018 2019

69(SS) Week 1 63 (SS)

62 (SS) (C) Week 2 45 (OW) (SS)

43 ( SS)

(OW)

Week 3 50 (SS)

75 (SS) Week 4 48 (SS)

68 (SS) Week 5

B= Baptism

C = Communion

OW=Outdoor Worship

SS= Summer Service

Nursery Schedule

Servants in October

Elders

6 Myra Jones

13 Robyn Balsai

20 Mike Long

27 Val Hoff

Sacristans

6 David & Sharon Bond

13 Ron & Carol Freyman

20 Michael & Myra Jones

27 David Bond & Linda Lindemuth

Ushers

6 LaRue Jones & Ruth Zaun

13 Rod Sergent & Earl Kunsman

20 Eric Smith Family

27 Eric Smith Family

Greeters

6 Bucchin Family

13 Linda Lindemuth

20 Sally Abruzzese

27 Jane Williamson

Sunday Worship Schedule

October 6

Holy Communion

Joyful Noise


10:30 AM Worship

October 13


10:30 AM Worship

October 20


10:30 AM Worship

October 27

Anniversary Lovefeast


10:30 AM Worship

Date Toddler Room Infant Room

October 6 Robyn Balsai Carole Schachter

October 13 Lisa Courtade Karen and Woody Werner

October 20 Tim & Hope Karen and Woody Werner

October 27 Val Hoff Karen and Woody Werner

C = Communion

B = Baptism

OW = Outdoor Worship

SS= Summer Service

Nursery Schedule

Our Worship Attendance

for August

2018 2019

80 (SS) Week 1 68 (SS)

85 (SS) (C)

Week 2 82 (C) (SS)

76 (SS)

(OW)

Week 3 64( SS)

(OW)

95 (SS) (B) Week 4 61 (SS)


Birthdays

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

4) Nelson Hoff

6) Thomas Balsai

Deborah Hepler

LaRue Jones

7) Daniel Shaffer

Andrew Miller

9) Brent Sergent, II

10) Paul Messman

11) Nikole Raskovic

Elizabeth Pretti

12) William Burkhardt

Grace Fenner

Stephen Kish

Martin Talpas, Jr.

13) Barbara Peters

15) Veronica Campanella

17) Rita Young

19) Anne Hosterman

22) Leah Henry

24) Todd Schwepfinger

27) Laurie Schwepfinger

28) Myra Jones

29) Renee Shelbo

30) Eric Smith

Children 7) Karlie Harrell

8) Ruthie Rae Ammon

10) Thea Bannon

13) Asher Koren

24) Quinn Burkhardt-McGoff

Lachlan Burkhardt-McGoff

27) Joseph Scalise

30) Benjamin Miller

SEPTEMBER

ANNIVERSARIES

1) Jeremiah & Jessica Beller

4) Richard & Cynthia Grebs

5) Stephen & Sheryl Moller

8) John & Marcia Madison

Garrett & Kathryn Podhyski

17) Ron & Carol Freyman

19) Pat & Nancy Zulli

25) James & Jessie Bucchin

Gary & Sherrie Rohn

In this section you will find infor-

mation about fellowship events,

correspondence received during the

month and birthday and anniver-

sary dates!

Annual Bethlehem Crop Walk Sunday, October 13, 2019

The Walk starts at 1:15 p.m.

under the Hill to Hill Bridge

Please plan to help us

with this important event!

WALK WITH US Join with people around the world by finding sponsors and

walking the 6 mile (10K) course with us, with shorter dis-

tances marked for those who need it. It’s an easy pace

with lots of companionship and support. Please contact

the church office if you’d like to participate in this im-

portant event

SUPPORT THE CAUSE If you can’t walk, please consider sponsoring our walk to

help fight world hunger by designating a special offering

for the “Crop Walk” or donate online by visiting

edgeboromoravian.org. Donations of any size are welcome.


Birthdays

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS 1) Kay Gariepy 2) Lacey Bacon 4) Joyce LeWando Arthur Sergent Brent Sergent Tamara Baer 5) James Buss Jennifer Minnich 6) Dennis Wilson 9) Jessica Beller Traci Milheim 10) Helene Boyle 12) Claire Hahn 13) Darlene Borst Spencer Smith 14) Michael Becker Erik Gross 16) Andrew Giesler 18) Donna Hendley Karen Werner 19) Scott Pretti 21) Harold (Kyle) Borowski Paula Horn Paulette Moll 22) Anita Fazakas Peter Raskovic Carole Schachter 23) Robert Frank Rachel Schachter 25) Joseph Courtade 26) Terry Smyser Craig Neiman 27) Bradley Miller Betty Stewart 28) Michelle Volkert Penny Sergent 29) Justin Peters Brittany Lilly 30) Jameson Gillen 31) Aleace Walrath

Children

2) Harmony Hoff

7) Namelia Duro

8) Robert Engelbrecht

Callen Walrath

Hailey Walrath

13) Dane Mohap

14) Aidan Fetcho

16) Toni Frank

20) Sophie Terry

23) Chase Hudson

OCTOBER

ANNIVERSARIES

1) Thomas Shafer and Christine

7) Stephen & Katy Kish

12) John and Diane Knox

Christopher and Amy Dreisbach

19) Scott and Anita Jones

22) Hope and Tim Harrell

26) Heather and Ryan James

Thomas & Gilda Pheiffer

30) David and Sharon Bond

In this section you will find infor-

mation about fellowship events,

correspondence received during the

month and birthday and anniver-

sary dates!

MOSS COLLECTING

We need 20-something crates of moss for our Putz. Join us on Saturday, November 2nd at 8:30a.m. in the church parking lot. The rain date is November 3rd. We will carpool and caravan to the secret moss collecting spot. The drive is beautiful, the hotdogs taste better in the woods than anywhere else, and you will discover how many types of moss there are in Pennsylvania! Make this a yearly tradition. You will not regret it!

New addresses

Charlie McDonald 36 W. Goepp St. St. Bethlehem, PA 18018

Deb Smith Nobles 1141 N. 26th St. Allentown, PA 18104

Rachel Schachter 8 Todd Pond Rd. Lincoln, MA 01773

Carol Saeger 1330 Jacobsburg Rd. Wind Gap, PA 18091

Karen Gehret

506 Delaware Ave, Apt B2 Bethlehem, PA 18015

Bob Silfies’ cell #610-392-1095 Elley Silfies’ cell #610-393-3792 Peggy Leith’s cell #610-349-3667

Camp Hope 2019

The 2019 Moravian summer camp season at Hope Conference & Renewal Center (Camp Hope) is completed.

Your congregation was represented this year by 9 campers and 8 weekly staff members (plus one summer staff

member):

Campers:

Fishing Camp: Treyton Messman

Jr. High Conference: Emma Lisson, Rylie Baer, Nela Collier, and Josh Testa

Pre-Primary Conference: Michael Giesler

Primary Conference: Addison Giesler

Sr. High Conference: Andrew Miller and Owen Minnich

Weekly Staff:

Pre-Primary Conference: Shannon Swingle, Dean

Primary Conference: Andrew Miller, Counselor

Jr. High Conference: Shannon Swingle, Rachel Schachter, Louie Velez, Counselors

Sr. High Conference: Pastor Dan, Music and Counselor, Pastor Paul, Counselor, Shannon Swingle, Counselor

Summer/Year-Round Staff:

Charlie McDonald, Administrative Assistant and Store Clerk

Camp Hope 2019 by the Numbers

205 Campers

89 weekly staff

34 non-Moravian campers and staff

26 congregations who sent campers (out of 40)

24 congregations who sent weekly staff

18 Moravian pastors on weekly staff

14 campers who attended 2 different camps

11 Moravian congregations represented by neither campers nor staff members

8 campers who also served on weekly staff for different camps

8 Moravian camps

7 summer staff who are not Moravian (and 5 who are)

5.5 weeks of Moravian camp

5 hard-working weekly staff who served at 2 different camps

3 international campers and staff at Sr. High Conference

3 much-appreciated weekly staff who served at 3 different camps

1 camper who attended three different camps

1 successful year!

We are grateful for your support of this Moravian outdoor ministry. The new Center Director will be setting the

dates for the 2020 camping season soon, and will post them on the camp website (camphope.org) as soon as they are

ready. In the meantime, if there is anything we can do to help you promote camp to your congregation, please let us

know.

Bethlehem Area Moravians ANNUAL PICNIC

Sunday, September 8: 4 - 7 pm Advent Moravian Church

3730 Jacksonville Road Bethlehem, PA 18017

Fellowship opportunities! Games for the kids!

Bring a chair, bring a friend! Sponsored by the Bethlehem Area Moravians (BAM) Ministries Committee and BAM Congregations (Advent, Central, College Hill, East Hills, Edgeboro, & West Side) We look forward to seeing you at our

annual BAM Picnic! Join us for lots of good food (a catered supper will be served at 5:00 p.m.), lots of good conversation, and time to play and enjoy the beautiful grounds at Advent. And as a special treat, please see the following invitation to all our Instrumental musicians:

Instrumentalists of all ages and abilities! Pull our your woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument and join the pickup BAM Band! We will gather at 4:15 p.m. and play chorales from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. before supper under the direction of Allen Frank. If you have your own, please bring a music stand or a lyre as well as your green and blue chorale books. We will have extra copies of the chorale books if you need them.

Edgeboro/West Side Dart Baseball Team

Looking to try something new this fall? Dart baseball has been in Bethlehem for nearly

90 years! Players are of all ages (beginning at age 12) and all skill levels from this

congregation and other local congregations. Our team is absolutely willing to teach you

how to play. Come see for yourself! The season begins on Monday, September 9th.

Warmups begins 7:00pm with the match beginning at 7:30pm. The season continues each

Monday night from fall to spring (break for the holidays). Contact our team captain,

Steve Kish, if you have any questions.


Ice Cream Festival Wrap Up 2019 Edgeboro Historians need to ring in on whether 2019 was the hottest festival ever, certainly in

recent history (last 20 years). We may have set a record reaching 92 degrees! Neighbors, friends,

families, and fans (like Steve Samuelson) of our festival came to eat and enjoy the many shaded areas

thanks to our large tent and a few trees.

Paula, Johanna, and Peggy kept the kitchen going, while John, Art, Nelson and Marty roasted flipping

our burgers and dogs. Thank you.

A busy set up crew: Steve, Tom, Dan, Carol, Johanna, Peggy, Ben, Mike, Ron, Luke, Paul, Marty, Nelson, Steph,

Hallie, Spencer, Art – many ran home for a shower. Thank you. *

The clean up crew cleared the church yard: Art, Dan, Paul, Luke, Joe, Arohn, Josh, Sue, Becky, Johanna, Paula, Beth,

John, Jim, Eric, Steph, Hallie, Spencer, Kathy and others too. Thank you. *

*Deep apologies to those I missed. Thank you.

The servers, many. A shout out to Anita, Steph, Spencer and Hallie who worked both shifts. Thank you.

Tom P. and Gayle J. - your added enthusiasm, ideas, and extra food making carried the festival through. Thank you.

Bill, your ice cream, ice, extra table connection, cups, spoons and whipped cream top off the festival. Thank you.

The work was a bit harder in the heat; everyone went home a little bit more tired and a few pounds lighter!

Hip Hip Hooray. Thank you. ~ Blake M.

MORAVIAN MINTS

Imagine it is Christmastime again (It’s not hard as it seems to come faster every year.). You want to get your neighbor a little something for helping you shovel that last wicked batch of snow. You think immediately of the delicious Moravian mints your church sells. How can you help make them, you ask? Easy! We need stirrers, pourers, meal makers and those amazing ribbon tiers to make it happen. We need an earnest commitment from those wanting to help with this great tradition. If you can commit to any amount of time please let Marcia Horning know through a phone call or email. Please prayerfully consider helping out to make it an amazing year for mints!

Commitment Dates for 2019 MAKING (1-9PM) PACKING (9-11AM )

Mon. Nov 4 Tues. Nov 5 Tues. Nov 5 Wed. Nov 6 Wed. Nov 6 Thurs. Nov 7 Thurs. Nov 7 Fri. Nov 8

Marcia Horning (H) 610.691.3209 or (C) 610.657.0207 or [email protected]

tel:610.691.3209

tel:610.657.0207


Board of Trustees’ August Meeting Highlights

The Girl Scout troop has installed a Little Free Library and a kindness rock garden. The Elm street door has been repaired by Adams Glass. The sanctuary AC unit was repaired by Fritch.

Ask yourself – Are you a faithful giver? We understand that due to work, vacations, inclement weather and sickness it may not be possible to attend church every Sunday. The work of the church continues even when you can’t be here. Thank you for considering becoming faithful in your giving. And if you are already a faithful giver – thanks!

Highlights from Elders Meeting

A motion was made and passed to approve transfer of membership for Betty Grebs from Chapel by the Sea Presbyterian Church to Edgeboro Moravian Church.

A motion was made and passed to approve baptism request for Mila George, daughter of Sarah and Chris George. Mila will be batptized at Edgeboro on November 24. 2019.

A separate motion was made and passed to use the Joyful Noise offering for our International Seminary Student, Paul Silwamba, who recently began the final year of his graduate program at the seminary.

Elders discussed logistics of The Moravian Day of Service on September 15 including how to organize sign-ups for church members who will participate in the ministerial activities planned for that day after a brief worship service.

Beeswax Candles

Calling all returning and aspiring candle-makers! Beeswax candles will be made in the kitchen once again from Tuesday-Friday, October 22-25, 9am-Noon.

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The Christmas Season is right around the corner, and there are many opportunities for service at our

Christmas Putz!

MOSS COLLECTING ~ Saturday, November 2, 8:30am Help us collect moss out in the woods. Great for all ages!

PUTZ RAISING ~ Saturday, November 16

We’ll start at 10:00 am and work until we are done. We’ll order pizza for lunch at 1:00 pm. Please bring a 2-liter bottle of soda, or a dessert, or a bag of chips to share with the group. This activity is open to all ages! Any questions- contact Art Sergent (610-653-

2730) or Robyn Balsai (610-865-1110).

Any HAND MADE CRAFTS have to be in church on or before November 15th. Please clearly label your bags/boxes of items (include your name) and place them on the stage in

Fellowship Hall. Questions – contact Megan Weikert ([email protected] or 610-392-0910).

VOLUNTEER to be a hostess, kitchen assistant or Chr istmas Room assistant. We need people for daytime and nighttime shifts. Training will be provided. Please contact

Terri Long ([email protected] or 610-730-9347) to volunteer.

PUTZ VOLUNTEER TRAINING ~ we’ll have two opportunities for training new volunteers. This is a good refresher for past volunteers. Join us in Fellowship Hall on one

of these dates: Sunday, November 17th from 8:15—9:00am

Sunday, November 24th from 11:30am

Questions? Please contact a member of the Putz Committee: Robyn Balsai, Megan Weikert, Terri Long, Art Sergent, Blake Messman, Peggy Leith,

Tom Pheiffer, Shannon Swingle

Halloween Open House at Edgeboro (Hundreds of people come each year!)

We need:

food servers, craft helpers, greeters, clean-up help

Friday October 25

5:30—6:45PM; 6:45—8:00PM

Call the office, Blake Messman, or sign up in the Narthex



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