SUNDAY SCHEDULE


9:00 AM - Sunday School Classes for all ages - click here for more information

10:30 AM - Worship, Sanctuary


THIS SUNDAY IN WORSHIP
October 13, 2019

SCRIPTURE LESSON:
Luke 17:11-19
2 Timothy 2:8-15

    MESSAGE:
“Remember and Give Thanks”


Contents :

This Week


Upcoming Events


Children's Ministry Schedule


J.A.M. Choir News


Online Giving


Thank You


Directory Changes


Notes from the Console

 
Last Week


Contacting the Pastor 
Happening This Week
Congregational Forum following Worship this Sunday-
October 13, 2019 - Plan to attend this semi-annual meeting following the worship hour. In addition to affirming leaders for the coming year and receiving reports from ministry teams, an important item of business will be the building project(s) as presented by the Master Planning Team. All members should plan to attend. Forum Packets are available for pick up on the table in the Gathering Area, along with Treasurer's Report, the Affirmation of Leaders - Slate Ballot, and information about the proposed building proje ct from the Master Planning Team.

Camp Eder FALLFEST & Live Auction - October 19, 2019 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM - Live Auction with Larry Schwartz, pit roasted pork & turkey meal - Adults $12. Kids (12 + under) $ 8., 4 + under free, silent auction, apple butter, Strawberry Hill Nature Center, vendors, Eder's Fallfest Fries & Sandwiches, kid's games & prizes, candy treasure hunt & bounce house, food court & bake sale, live music with Werner Family Bluegrass Band, face painting by Elizabeth, Michael Peluso glass demo, bee keeping demo, fiber arts demo, and more.  PIES, PIES, PIES - SING A SONG of sixpence a pocket full of rye, four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. Pies for the Fall Fest are what we need, So get out that rolling pin and do a good deed. Cherry, apple, blueberry or peach - it's all for the Fest! So remember - no blackbirds are needed - because it's all for the best. I do hope your pies will have fruit and not blackbirds! FALL FEST IS APPROACHING at Camp Eder. So any pie is acceptable that needs NO REFRIGERATION.  The Festival is held on
October 19 at Camp Eder. We are in need of 30 pies. Can you do it? Lets really roll out the dough $$$. Bring to the church lounge on Friday, October 18 by noon.  Any questions, contact Kathy Kovacs at : 717-309-0678.
The following resources are available on the table in the Gathering Area:

  • This week's e-news and the October calendar, which can also be viewed here
  • October Church of the Brethren Newsline Digest
Click for Calendar of Events, Friends to Remember in Prayer, & Sunday School
Upcoming Events
Trick or Trunk - October 23, 2019 (Wednesday ) - 5:30 PM, Come join us for this annual community event! Volunteers are needed to decorate your trunks and distribute candy/trinkets to the children, assist with light snacks in Fellowship Hall, direct cars and participants in the parking lot, and assist with cleanup. Signup sheets are available in the narthex. Come on out, and invite anyone with children to join us!
There is a basket in the narthex for anyone who wants to donate candy.
CDC Sunday - October 27, 2019 - The last Sunday in October, we will welcome many staff persons, children, and families who are part of the Child Development Center which operates in our church building. Expect many visitors, and a special time of worship focused on the children and recognizing those who serve as teachers in the CDC. Some of the children will sing for us during worship, artwork will be on display, and more! Please plan to attend and greet the many people who are part of the CDC program. It will be a great day to celebrate all that they do!
Children's Ministry Schedule
Thank you to all who assist with Children's Ministry. Your time, energy, and dedication are appreciated. If you need to make a schedule change or would like to serve as a teacher or in the nursery, please contact Michele Gibbel (717)318-5442 or mgibbel@yahoo.com     
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND REQUEST FOR TEACHERS:
Beginning in September, we have started a second Sunday School class for our children. This means that we are in need of additional teachers and helpers. We now have a class for PreK-1st Grade and a class for 2nd-6th Grade . Ideally we would like teachers to serve several weeks in a row to allow for continuity and to provide the best for our children. Helpers can be that extra set of hands and eyes and could be part of a more rotational schedule. If you would like to teach or be a helper, please contact Michele Gibbel or Diane Gibble. Thank you!  
J.A.M. Choir News

Singing this Sunday! Children ages 4 to 6th grade J.A.M. (Jesus And Me) Choir is practicing Sundays from 9:50 am to 10:10 am in the basement choir room. For those children in Sunday school you will be escorted to the choir room and return to the Sunday school room to meet your parents after practice each week. J.A.M. Choir is scheduled to sing in worship every 2nd Sunday of the month. We will be singing, moving, using puppets, and playing musical instruments. Join us every Sunday as we make music for our Lord!
Parish Resource Center Events

Church leaders and anyone else who is interested - click below or visit their website at parishresourcecenter.or g to view some of the many upcoming events through the Parish Resource Center in Lancaster - an organization that provides many class and study materials in addition to programs that serve to build up leaders and the church's witness. Take a look and see what may interest you or benefit us all!
Anyone interested in attending the below workshops at PRC and want to car pool
see Diane Gibble.
Explore Christian Response To Immigration (Oct. 15 7-8:30)
Children and Music Awesome Worship (Nov. 11 7-8:30)
If you wish to begin contributing to the church using online giving, please visit our website at: yorkfirst.org and click on the Online Giving link or go directly to the Online Giving website at:  www.acionlinegiving.com/4706 .
For assistance setting up your account, call Donor Support at:  800-348-2886 – Option 2 – Online Giving Questions? Contact Sheryl Leaman if necessary, and thank you for your support!
Dear First Church Friends , Spencer and I are so very thankful for all your prayers. I felt loved and lifted up to God. I'm home now and feeling good. I have very little pain, and I'm following my surgeons instructions. Spencer is home taking care of me this week, so I'm very thankful for that, too. We're waiting to hear back from the lab and praying for a clean, cancer free result. Please keep praying for us. We send you our love and gratefulness.  Feeling Very Blest, Chris and Spencer Ginder
DIRECTORY CHANGES

 P. 17 - John & Ruby Minnich's new address: 3470 Carlisle Road, Dover, PA 17315
Add Cell phone numbers: John’s Cell (717) 818-8911, Ruby’s cell (717) 968-0464
       
P. 22 - Carmon & Thessa Sollenberger's new address: 6460 Common Circle, Apt. 105,
West Palm Beach, FL 33417
Event at Elizabethtown College ~ Ann Hostetler presents “A Life Revealed in Letters: Insights from the Correspondence of John A. Hostetler” on Tuesday, October 15th,
7:30 p.m., at Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Hostetler, professor of English at Goshen College and editor of the  Journal of Mennonite Writing , will discuss changes in her father’s thinking and interpretation as he emerged from an Amish family, gained higher education, and became the leading cultural interpreter of the Amish in the second half of the 20 th century. For more information, call 717-361-1470 or visit www.etown.edu/youngctr/events .
Notes from the Console," Article 12, By Mike Frock

The Offertory this week is an arrangement of the hymn “Jesus Paid It All.” This sounds like a quintessential Good Friday hymn, and indeed it is located in the Celebration Hymnal under the section The Life of Christ: Suffering and Death. However, the core of the lyrics is that one is unable to attain salvation through personal strength, but only through the blood of Jesus. While this hymn is certainly appropriate for the Easter season, the lyrics also provide a message that is not limited to one day, week, or season. In fact, this piece comes from a September/October issue of The Organist, and not a March/April issue which is their usual Lenten/Easter issue.
 
The Postlude this week is a piece titled “Rigaudon” by Jean-Baptiste Lully. A Rigaudon (or Rigadon, or Rigadoon) is a type of French Baroque dance in duple meter. This form originated as a type of seventeenth century folk dance and became a popular court dance under King Louis XIV. Lully (1632-1687) was born in Florence, Italy, but lived and worked in France, and was more of a French composer than an Italian composer. He was a dancer, instrumentalist on guitar and violin, and composer of both instrumental and vocal music. Lully worked in the court of King Louis XIV, and it is not surprising that he composed much dance music. He is credited with creating the French overture, the comédie-ballet, and the French opera. Moreover, Lully is remembered as a master of the French Baroque style. 
LAST SUNDAY IN WORSHIP
Scripture Lesson:    Lamentations 1:1-6,3:19-26  
Message:       “Afflicted with Hope”
Worship Attendance: 90
CONTACTING THE PASTOR
Pastor Joel Gibbel can be reached most mornings in the church office Monday - Thursday from 9:00 AM to noon. Afternoons and evenings are often set aside for visiting those in need, for meetings, and for other pastoral duties. Pastor Joel is also available for Pastoral Counseling by appointment. 
If you need to reach the pastor outside of office hours, his home phone number is
(717)318-5442, and his cell 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.
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