Congregational Forum

Fall Congregational Forum will follow worship this Sunday October 9. All church members are encouraged to attend. The forum booklet, treasurer's reports, and the slate ballot for affirming leaders are available for pick in the Gathering Area. Two items will require approval by vote: The Financial Plan for 2023 and the Slate Ballot for affirming leaders whose terms will begin in 2023. 

CALENDAR OF CHURCH EVENTS/ACTIVITIES

 Sunday, October 9

9:00 am Sunday School

10:30 am Worship Service – Sanctuary

Following Worship – Fall Congregational Forum – Sanctuary

Tuesday, October 11

9:30 am Ladies Bible Study – Lounge

6:30 pm Leadership Team Meeting – Rm. 145

Wednesday, October 12 

1:00 pm Master Planning Team

Thursday, October 13

6:30 pm Bell Choir Practice – Bell Choir Room

7:30 pm Choir Practice – Sanctuary

Friday, October 14

8:30 am Soup Kitchen – (Casseroles due at church by 8:30)

    Saturday, October 15

9:30 am Food Pantry Open (9:30 am to 12:00 pm)

Sunday, October 16

9:00 am Sunday School

10:30 am Worship Service – Sanctuary

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Children's Sunday School Classes

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

Youth Sunday School Membership Class

Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM in the Youth Room 149

Teachers are Pastor Joel and Dave Witkovsky. We'll be following the "Heart, Soul, and Mind" curriculum. This class is for youth in grades 6-12. Consistent attendance for this important class series is strongly encouraged.

Vine and Branches Sunday School Class

Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM in Room 154. The class will be studying the "Guide for Biblical Studies" curriculum, this fall's series entitled "God's Exceptional Choice."

Lamplighters Sunday School Class

Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM in Room 145. The class is studying Max Lucado's "Begin Again."

Homebuilders Sunday School Class

Sunday mornings at 8:00 AM by conference call, holding class remotely. 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. 

Online Giving is safe, easy, and convenient. Sign up by going to our church website at: www.yorkfirst.org and click on the Online Giving Link or go directly to the Online Giving website at: http://www.osvhub.com/york-first/funds.

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!

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER UPDATE:

Dear Members of the Congregation,

The CDC Board values its relationship with the church and wants to inform you of a personnel change. The Board is pleased to report that Kim Barron-Moore has accepted the role of Acting Director for the Child Development Center following the departure of Carman Banzaca. We thank Carman for her years of service to the CDC. The CDC Board is involved with this transition and its personnel committee is working on appointing a permanent Director in the coming weeks. Feel free to reach out to Kim in the CDC office or Deb Klinedinst, the Chair of the CDC Board, with any questions regarding this transition.

Thank you, 

CDC Board 

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Sunday October 9 - Congregational Forum 11:45 AM : The forum booklet, treasurer's reports, and Affirmation of Leaders - Slate allot are available for pick in the gathering area. 

Sunday October 23 - CDC Sunday

Wednesday October 26 - Trick or Trunk

OUR DAILY BREAD/SOUP KITCHEN - Friday, October 14, 2022

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

Our Daily Bread/Soup Kitchen on Friday, October 14, 2022 (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!

CAMP EDER'S FALL FESTIVAL - 44TH ANNUAL

October 15th, 10:00 am - 3 pm, Meal Served 11am - 3pm, Auction 10:30 am

Join us a day of Family Fun!

Outdoor Event, Barrel Train Rides, Hay Rides, Silent Auction, Kid's Activities, Pork Meal cooked overnight inground brick pits, Craft Vendors, Eder made Apple Butter, Yard Sale Vendors

How can you help? Over 100 volunteers are needed to serve an hour or two (or more),

donations needed for live auction, be a vendor, sponsor an item for fund raising meal

Please click on button for all the information for volunteering, vendor, and sponsorship information. This information can also be found on the bulletin board in the gathering area.

TRICK or TRUNK

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

5:30 to 7:00 pm

It’s that time again to decorate your car trunk for our annual Trick or Trunk event. Cars will be parked in our parking lot so children can walk by, view the trunks and receive a treat. We ask those bringing their car to also provide the treats. SIGN UP IN THE GATHERING AREA ON SUNDAY if you plan decorate your trunk. Thank you!

Car owners should hand out the treats instead of little hands all reaching into the treat bowl. Cars need to be in place by 5:30 pm.

CDC and neighborhood families will be invited to come starting at 5:30 until 7:00 pm. The Fellowship Hall will be open to all with treats and surprises and a place for warming up if it’s cold.



COME AND JOIN THE FUN.

2022 Annual Conference Wrap-Up DVD is available to borrow in the church office. There will be a sign up sheet in the office to take the DVD.

You may want to contact the church office to make sure the DVD is available for pick up.

Denominational news and information is always available by visiting brethren.org

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Church of Brethren News

A big thank you for all the cards, concern, and prayers for my husband and family for the passing of his father. It was greatly appreciated. ~ Karen & Scott Bowman

Directory Change:

P. 22 - Louise Stremmel

New address: 1075 Jessamine Drive, Hartsville, SC 29550

Lehman Center "Wish List"

Items for donation to the Lehman Center are being collected in the basket in the Gathering Area. Due to changes in the food pantry operations, these must be collected separately from food pantry supplies. Here are some items that are needed at Lehman Center. 

Here are some items that are needed at Lehman Center.

Instant pudding (chocolate, banana)

Instant jello (orange, blue, green, grape, cherry)

Can fruit (pears, pineapples, fruit cocktail)

Applesauce (individual or jar)

Can vegetables (lima beans, peas, green beans)

Baby food - all stages

Baby snacks

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 2022 the gift card sales will support The Lehman Center (Children’s Aid Society), New Community Project, Carlisle Truck Stop Ministry, and LifePath Christian Ministries (formerly York Rescue Mission). 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 you check to 3011 Bedford Pl, York, PA 17408 and your cards will be mailed to you. Make your check out to York First Church.

The Education Team would like to share free monthly video links from Teepa Snow. Hoping you will get a chance to watch them and learn something that may be helpful when dealing with those you come in contact with who have dementia.

Teepa Snow’s care strategies and techniques look at what is known about brain function and changes that happen with various conditions and integrate that information with therapeutic approaches. This months link is:

An introduction to Teepa Snow visit:  https://youtu.be/aH9Ok0D6tKc

Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies presents: 

Enjoy family fun Saturday, October 15 from 12 to 4 pm at the Brethren Heritage Festival at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College. Join us in the tent by the Center for children’s crafts including play dough, bicycle-churned ice cream, popcorn from the historic Reist Popcorn coach popper and homemade bread and homemade apple butter. Step into the Young Center and help to quilt. Join the much-loved Family Magic Show by Marty Thomas-Brummé or Janice Holsinger leading the a cappella hymn sing in the Bucher Meetinghouse. Pedal the bike made by the Etown Engineering Club to churn our homemade ice cream. Tour the Bowers Interpretive Gallery, including visual exhibits, displays and sound, where you’re sure to learn something new. GPS address: 450 Campus Road, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 www.etown.edu/youngctr/

“Virtually Amish: Preserving Community at the Internet’s Margins” by Lindsay Ems, on Thurs., October 20, 7:00 p.m., in the Bucher Meetinghouse. Ems is an associate professor of communication and media studies at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her new book, Virtually Amish: Preserving Community at the Internet’s Margins, explores Amish communities’ approaches to resisting the damaging forces of high-tech capitalism. 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 home phone number is

(717) 318-5442, and 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 let hospital staff know that you would like the hospital to contact your pastor.