CALLING OF LEADERS – GIFTS DISCERNMENT PROCESS

Sunday, September 22nd

All church members who are in worship this Sunday will be invited to contribute names for positions of church leadership and deacon service. You may view forms with descriptions and instructions by clicking the link below. If you are a church member who will not attend in person this Sunday, you are welcome to send names via email to secretary@yorkfirst.org within the week. Thank you.

CALENDAR OF CHURCH EVENTS/ACTIVITIES

Sunday, September 22

9:00 am  Sunday School

10:30 am  Worship Service – Sanctuary

Calling of Leaders-Gifts Discernment Process

Monday, September 23

6:00 pm   Education Team – Anna Mow Room

Thursday, September 26

6:30 pm  Chancel Choir Rehearsal – Sanctuary

Saturday, September 28

10:00 am  Food Pantry Open 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Sunday, September 29

9:00 am Combined Sunday School Class – New Community Project Presentation

10:30 am  Worship Service – Sanctuary

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Additions and updates for prayer list or calendar of events are welcome by contacting the church office.

Special note for all Ministry Teams: Please notify the church office with any upcoming meetings or events for your team so we can add these dates to the calendar.

In addition to this prayer request list contained within each Friday's e-newsletter, we also have a "prayer chain" email list. We occasionally send immediate prayer requests to those who have opted in to receive the prayer chain and are committed to praying for each concern as they come. If you would like to be added to the prayer chain list, please notify the church office by email at secretary@yorkfirst.org or by phone (717) 755-0307. If you have a prayer request and desire it to be sent to this group, feel free to contact the church office anytime. Thank you!

Sunday School News

Children's Sunday School Classes

9:00 AM in Rooms 151, 152, and 155. Children grades PreK (age 4) and up will have class lessons. Children ages 3-4 and younger are welcome to attend nursery care.

Youth Sunday School Class

9:00 AM in Room 149. Teacher Dave Witkovsky. This class is for youth in grades 7-12.

Beginning a series of studies on Women of the Bible.

Vine and Branches Sunday School Class

9:00 AM in Room 154. Teacher Joel Gibbel. The class is following the "Guide for Biblical Studies" curriculum entitled "Worship in the Covenant Community."

Lamplighters Sunday School Class

9:00 AM in Room 145. Teacher Deb Klinedinst. The class will be studying the series "Undistracted" by Bob Goff.

Homebuilders Class

Mondays - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM by conference call. To join, contact Mike Martin at

717-840-4184 or Caretaker@TwinBrookFarm.com and leave a phone number. The class studies lessons from the "Guide for Biblical Studies" curriculum.  

UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER

Friday-Saturday, September 19-20 - SOPA District Conference, Newville COB

Sunday, September 22 - Calling of Leaders-Gifts Discernment Process

Friday-Saturday September 27-28 - Disaster Relief Auction, Lebanon Expo

Sunday September 29 - New Community Project Presentation, 9:00 AM

Sunday, October 6 - Love Feast, 4:30 PM

BRETHREN DISASTER RELIEF AUCTION

held at Lebanon Valley Expo 80 Rocherty Road, Lebanon, PA 17042

Friday & Saturday, September 27 & 28, 2024

Auction booklets with complete information are located in the gathering area. Please click on the button to view the events for both days.

OUR DAILY BREAD/SOUP KITCHEN - Friday, October 11, 2024

Sign up by calling Sandi Bowser at 717-825-7203 to make a casserole for

Our Daily Bread/Soup Kitchen on Friday, October 11, 2024 (10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)

PLEASE contact Sandi to add your name and number of casseroles,

so we can let Our Daily Bread/Soup Kitchen know how many casseroles to expect.

The pans are located in the church lounge. Thank you!

YOUTH GROUP ACTIVITY

Youth and School Age Children join us for Dodgeball fun!

Please feel free to invite friends and neighbors as you wish.

Sunday at 4:00 pm from Oct. 13 to Nov 17 in Fellowship Hall

Camp Eder Needs You

Our 46^th Annual Fall Fest is camp’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The proceeds go to our camp’s monthly expenses, summer camps, programs throughout the year and most importantly camp scholarships (for those children whose families cannot afford to send them to camp to hear Gods’ word.)

Camp Eder Fall Fest Auction is being held at Camp Eder on Sat., Oct. 19, 2024, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Silent Auctions: 10:00-10:45 & 11:00-11:45, Live Auction: 12:00 Noon

Turkey & Pork Lunch: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, Food Court: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Fall Fest is quickly approaching and we need your help to make it a success. Your attendance and donations to the auction are two of the best ways to help raise $$ for camp. We will again we accepting donations for gently used or new items as well as basket donations to be sold at the silent and/or live auction, (see your church office for a basket suggestion list with ideas.) If you are a designer of furniture, art work, quilts, wood products, etc., or know someone that is, please consider donating one of your creations. Please drop off all donations at Camp Eder before Thursday, October 17^th.  

If you need to have any items picked up, please call me.

Thank you for your support, Deona Schmittel (717) 451-3797

WORSHIP CENTER COMMITTEE INVITATION

Do you appreciate your worship experiences and lovely sanctuary at York First Church? Would you like to contribute to the value and significance of meaningful worship without attending any meetings? Do you have an interest in creating beauty within the sanctuary? Then we would warmly welcome you to join our Worship Center Committee, a sub-committee of and supported by the Worship Ministry Team. This committee cares for the Worship Center (in other denominations known as altar, communion table, etc.) as well as the choice of wall hangings and other decorations within the sanctuary for special church holy days and seasons (we have many resources).

If this peaks your interest or you feel a tug (by God or others), please contact the church office or Kim Witkovsky, Worship Ministry Team Chair (witkovskyks@gmail.com or

814-599-7055), for questions, more details and/or to volunteer your time and creativity.

Thank you for your prayerful consideration and we look forward to hearing from you very soon!  

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For assistance setting up your account,

call Donor Support at:  800-348-2886 – Option 2 – Online Giving Questions? Contact Sheryl Leaman - Thank you for your support!

NOTE: Online giving can be used for regular weekly or monthly offerings, special offerings, and capital campaign contributions, as well as many other specific outreach ministries that we sponsor.

LOST AND FOUND

Located at the coat rack outside the Fellowship Hall

If you are missing something and can't find it, please take a look at the items that were found in the church and has been here for a long time. But don't delay because any items not claimed in a few weeks will be donated.

Dear York First family:

We would like to thank everyone for the many cards, calls, words of encouragement, and prayers during Jeff's lengthy illness, surgery, and recovery. All of you are a great blessing to us.

Blessings, Jeff and Melanie Miller 

LOOK WHO'S

CELEBRATING

THIS MONTH

01  Diane Gibble

02  Christopher Logue

07  Jarret Stehr

08  Winnie Fickes

11  John Anderson

14  Terry Wueschinski

14  Marty Reigle                            

15  Marcus Carey

15  Michael Carey

If your birthday is in OCTOBER

and is not on the list below or is listed

incorrectly, please contact the church office.

17  Anna Elise Stoolmaker

19  Helen Stoner

21  Marjorie Schardt

21  Jared Beuschlein

23  Barry Stehr

25  David Gibble

26  Cathy Carson

28  Pat Gibble

29  Dylan Sauder

Since 2011 our Witness Team has sponsored the Cash for Causes program by selling Giant & Weis gift cards. The church receives 5% of sales to support various ministries. For 2024 the gift card sales will support The Lehman Center (Children’s Aid Society), New Community Project, and Carlisle Truck Stop Ministry. You may purchase the cards in amounts of $100, $50, $25, or $10. The cards make great gifts, especially at holidays. Consider donating cards to the Food Pantry or using them yourself any time you shop at Giant or Weis.

If you’d like to support this program, please see Becky Wenger before/after worship service OR mail your check (paid to York First Church of the Brethren) to 3011 Bedford Pl, York, PA 17408 and your cards will be mailed to you.

Upcoming Presentation for The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College:



Sat., Sept. 21st, 3:00 pm - Presents a symposium, “What Does It Mean to Be Church? Anabaptist and Pietist Perspectives,” in the Bucher Meetinghouse. Led by Tony Walsh, director of the Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism at Maynooth University in Ireland, Sam Funkhouser, director of the Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Jeff Bach, director of the Young Center emeritus, the symposium will provide an opportunity for members of various Brethren and Mennonite groups of Plain or mainline identity to discuss their concepts of church. Registration is not required, and lunch will be provided. For details, visit www.etown.edu/youngctr/events or call 717-361-1470.

LAST WEEK IN WORSHIP

If you need to reach the pastor outside of office hours, his mobile number is

(717) 271-4888. You can also email him at pastor@yorkfirst.org. Note that laws prevent hospitals from contacting a pastor without your permission when you are admitted, so you will need to contact the church if you desire a visit or to request prayer.