Volume LXIV November 16, 2014 Number 46 Church Web Page - www.LittleSwatara.org

The Gathering Place Café Contact: gatheringplacecafe.com

Phone: 933-5958

Café Hours: Mon - Fri 6-11am, Sat 7:30-1pm

(Volunteers always appreciated)

GIVING LAST SUNDAY

General Fund 5,416.00$

Building Fund 1,330.00$

Family Assistance 180.00$

Maintenance 75.00$

Sunday School 230.12$

Global Food Crisis 50.00$

SS Christmas Project 35.00$

Mission of the Month 200.00$

Food Pantry 6.00$

Women's Fellowship 55.00$

TOTAL 7,577.12$

Last Sunday’s Attendance

Worship 81 + 102 = 183

Sunday School = 107

GENERAL FUND BUDGET 2014

$248,225

Lebanon Valley Brethren Home Auxiliary Dues

Prayer Concerns

Please call or email the office if you know of someone having a need and they would like to be listed here. We will gladly add them to the list and prayer chain for all to remember in prayer.

Chris Tobias

The Eblings

Curtis Wanner

Jean Eberly sister-Suzie

Jean Myers sister-Dolores & family

Lisa Gagliano-recovery

Faith Byler, friend of Lisa G

Lester Bashore, healing,recovery

Family of - Jolie Shearer Voulopus

Cards/letters of encouragement may be sent to:

Curtis Wanner Dauphin County Prison

501 Mall Road Harrisburg, PA 17111

Please send just a card, or letter, Or an unstamped card/ltr place in

church box 204 and Beryl will stamp and mail off.

There is a

BIRTHDAY BOX on the Narthex Table for

Birthday cards to Darrell Younker until

November 30th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For correspondence:

Bob & Carol Krouse 2481 Pine Chase Circle

St. Cloud, FL 34769*

It is also in the current 2014 directory, but *please note this is the correct zip code.

PASTOR MATTHEW S. CHRIST e-mail - PastorMatt@littleswatara.org OFFICE HOURS: 9-12 NOON -MON, WED,THUR, FRIDAY. TUES AT CAFÉ (SAT. DAY OFF)

POINTS OF CONTACT: Cell: 570-246-8196 Church Office: 717-933-4723 Facebook: Matt Christ Twitter: @MatthewSChrist *in an emergency, contact the pastor on his cell *non-emergency, contact the office and leave a message *counseling is available by appointment Secretary—Charlene K. Anspach, OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Fri, 8:30 am-12 noon E-mail: secretary@littleswatara.org. Substitutes- Dianne Younker & Denise Christ Treasurer—Dianne Younker, phone: 717-269-0803. E-mail: treasurer@littleswatara.org.

Those Volunteering November 2,9,16,23 and 30th.

AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT - Matthew Sanchez (717) 628-1141 VIDEO PROJECTION Glenn Riegel & Mark Myers -(CVLI#502613280; CCLI#157691) ORGANIST Marlene Blatt

CHORISTER 1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 3rd Sunday 4th Sunday 5th Sunday

8:15 Pam Gerberich Richard Frantz Kara Henning Pauline Seiler PamG 10:30 Allen Rebman Pam G Dianne High Pam G Kathryn Ziegler PIANIST Diane Duell Mark Myers Pam G Christine Doig Diane Duell AUDIO Alan Bashore Jayne Diamond Aaron Riegel Todd Rebman Todd Rebman

WORSHIP CENTER

Jennifer Speraw -wk 1,2 Sandra Keeney-wks 3,4 Worship Team-wk 5

EXTENDED SESSION 10:30am (age 2-Grade K) Matt & Leah Blatt Debra Yordy Diane & Tanya F. Bonnie Behney Bonnie B

WELCOME CENTER

8:15 Sharon Dosch Louise Graby Rachel Graby Michelle Snyder Sally Emerich

10:30 Ruthe C./Pat T Sandy Manbeck Dorothy Gensemer Barbara Batz Connie Manbeck USHERS 8:15 10:30

1st Sunday, Marvin Luckenbill Robert and Wendy Lingle Mike Dosch Samuel Forry, Matt Blatt 2nd Sunday, Andrew Brubaker Matthew Sanchez, Jeremy Platchek Christopher Brubaker James and Gerald Bowman 3rd Sunday, Mike Graby Kenneth Duell, John Ziegler Rachel Graby Buddy and Debbie Seigfried 4th Sunday, Dorinda Kauffman Richard and Derek Yenser Carl M. Kauffman J.R. Yenser, Richard Dundore 5th Sunday, Dorinda Kauffman Richard Yenser, Richard Dundore Carl M. Kauffman J.R. and Derek Yenser

NURSERY (Infants & up to age 2 ) Doris Keeney (717)933-4972

1st Sunday, 8:15 - ___________

9:15 - Carol Peace 10:15—Jody,Amanda,Lindsay Rhoads

2nd Sunday, 8:15 - Mike &Carol Peace

9:15 - Dianne High, Karen Sanchez 10:15 - Karen Weinhold/ Karen Sanchez 3rd Sunday, 8:15 –Shelley & Alexis Yenser 9:15 - Debbie Seigfried/Chris DeMille 10:15 - Nolan/Doris Keeney 4th Sunday, 8:15 - _____________ 9:15 - Nolan, Doris Keeney 10:15 - Nolan, Doris Keeney 5th Sunday, 8:15– Joe & Brenda Brubaker 9:15 - Nolan & Doris Keeney 10:15 - Sue Hartranft/Dianne High

NOVEMBER EVENTS

16, Noon, Spiritual Nurture Meets

2:30-7pm S, Violin Recital

6-7pm, “Triple J @ the Café”

18, 7pm FH, Transitional Mtg

21, 2-6pm Bethel Food Pantry

23, Thanksgiving Sunday

Newsletter Deadline

25, 12:30-5pm FH, 50 Plus Meets

6-7pm Den Mtg

26, 7pm Community Thanksgiving Service at

Salem Lutheran Church, Bethel

NO Choir Practice

27, HAPPY THANKSGIVING FH,K reserved

30, First Sunday of ADVENT

DECEMBER

2, 7pm, Leadership Mtg

4, 9am, Women’s Fellowship Mtg

6, 9am WF Brunch @ Blue Mtn, Shartlesville

7, II ADVENT

4pm, Scout Pack Party

6-7pm, “Triple J @ the Café”

8, 6:15am, 50 Plus Bus Trip/return 8:15pm

9, 12:30-5pm FH, 50 Plus meet

6-7pm Den Mtg

10, 7pm at LVBH—Worship w/Pastor Matt

12, 3-8pm K,FH reserved

13, 9am, Children’s Program Practice

14, III ADVENT

9:30am, Children’s Christmas Program

19, 2-6pm, Bethel FOOD PANTRY

20, 10a-4pm FH reserved

4:30 FH reserved

21, IV ADVENT

10:30am, ONE SERVICE

WLBR Broadcast Sunday

6-7pm, “Triple J @ the Café”

23, 6-7pm Den Mtg

End of yr Ministry Team Minutes Due

24, 7pm CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE

25, MERRY CHRISTMAS

9-2pm FH,K reserved

30, 12:30-5pm FH, 50 Plus Meet

31, NO CHOIR PRACTICE

New Year’s Eve

Mission of the Month for NOVEMBER

Need a church

mailbox or a

newsletter? Call

the office

or leave a

note for the

secretary with a

phone number

Exercise Class is

every Mon &

Wed @ 8:45am,

in Fellowship Hall

Li t t le Swatara

Church of the Brethren

Pastor Matthew S. Christ

8:15am & 10:30am Service

GATHERING MUSIC

WELCOME...ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO WORSHIP “God is good all the time...All the time God is good” PRAISE MUSIC projected “ Come, Now is the Time to Worship”

WORSHIP VIDEO “ Just As I Am” JOYS & CONCERNS PASTORAL PRAYER HYMN “ I need thee every hour “ #555 TITHES AND OFFERINGS Musical Offering— 10:30—SR. CHOIR “Look at the World” CHILDREN’S MOMENT MESSAGE “This is who I am” Scripture: Acts 3: 1-10 HYMN “ My Jesus, I love thee” #522

MUSIC FOR THE JOURNEY 10:30—SR.CHOIR “Songs of Peace” BENEDICTION

Baby Congratulations !

A note of Thanks...

POINSETTIAS Order your plants now for display in the sanctuary! Christmas Poinsettia Sale—Red/White or

Marbled Blooms $6.50 per plant. Sign up sheet in the narthex.

Plants may be taken home after the Christmas Eve Service. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TRANSITIONAL MEETING

November 18, 2014 @ 7pm

If you are new to the church and the committee you have agreed to be

part of in 2015, this meeting is for you! At this meeting you will re-

ceive a booklet to help with procedures and other general information

you may need to know in the year ahead. After this meeting, your

committee may be meeting in another area. Please check with your

committee head person.

OFFERING ENVELOPES

If you have never received but would like 2015 Offering

Envelopes please put a note in mailbox 45. If you currently

receive them, but would NOT like them, please also put a

note in box 45 stating this wish.

Need A Gift? 2011 Church Cook Book - $15 Little Swatara Flavors Cookbook- $4.00 1976 Inglenook (hardcover)-

$5.00 all available from Women’s Fellowship

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have any changes to the current Directory for next year, please give them to the secretary by December 14th. **We also need new College student addresses or updates (especially for care packages).

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Please save clear gallon jugs (ice tea/oj/etc.) - for luminaries at Christmas Eve Service. A box will be in the Kitchen stairwell for collection. Thanks The Music & Worship Team

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Community Thanksgiving Service

Wed. November 26, 2014 7pm

Salem Lutheran Church, Bethel Please bring a can of food for the Food Pantry

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Got Music??

We would like to form a Praise and Worship Team. If you have an instrument and would like to join this team to par-ticipate on Sunday mornings or at the café evenings (at

some point), please contact Pastor Matt or Pam Gerberich. We would love to have you!

The Missions and Evangelism Team is planning to set up

CPR and AED certification/ re-certification training here at church if there is interest in this type of training.

There would be a fee for the course. If you are interested in this please let us know by filling out the form below and placing it in mailbox #153. We will con-

tact those who are interested to plan dates and times for training.

If you have any questions, please see Jamie Wise.

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Yes, Jamie I would be interested in attending this training.

Name: ____________________________________ Phone Number:_________________________________ Please check the course in which you are interested: _________ CPR and AED certification (first time) _________ Re-certification for CPR and AED

(Please put in Box #153)

See Bulletin Board for more information

NEEDED Sr. High class Sunday school teacher. Contact

Christian Education Team if you are interested

Quilters. If interested in joining please meet downstairs in the ladies aid room Thursdays at 8am.

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CAMP SWATARA NEWS October 28 Board of Trustees Meeting November 1 Family Camp Closing Workday 7 Annual Contributor’s Dinner December 19 Camp Staff Christmas Reunion

The Women’s Fellowship would like to thank you for all the Redner tapes given to help fund projects. A reminder if

you must tear off the bottom, please make sure it is after this information:

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YOU SAVED: $4.81 **********************************************

# OF ITEMS: 17 Today’s 1% Save-A-Tape Total $39.23

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (MAY TEAR OFF BELOW HERE)

Otherwise they cannot be returned for credit. Please continue to save and drop in the box in the quilting room.

Thank you very much!

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OPERATION CHRISTMAS

CHILD

Monetary Donations may be placed

in the box on the Narthex table for

shoebox postage.

LOST a green beaded necklace and a beige hooded coat. If found please put near

mailbox coat rack.