Bulletin 2008-09-07

Update on Youndt property Mortgage Interest rate: 4.5%

Gehman Mennonite Church Adamstown, PA Sunday School Worship Service

9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

Order of Worship Call to Worship Psalm 149:1-9 Hymn of Praise Responsive Reading/Offering Worship in Song Dismissal for Children’s Church Sermon: EXHORTATION TO UNITY - I Cor. 1:10-18 Hymn of Response Sharing Time Pastoral Prayer and Benediction

Darlene McCosby

Mel Thomas Darlene McCosby

There will be a fellowship meal following our worship service today, staffed by Marlene, Ed, Steve, Darlene and Debbie. Everyone is invited to participate. Up for a challenge?? A short-term handbell choir is forming to prepare to play for the congregation sometime in November. This group will tackle a bit more difficult music than we’ve tried in the past. If you’re up for the challenge, please sign the sheet on the bulletin board. Join in our first practice following the fellowship meal today.

Greeters Sunday school nursery: Church nursery: Scripture reading: Message: Offerings:

Today: Randy Sauder Roxanne, Sue Lena, Chrystle

Next week: Luke & Ruth Horst Tamarah, Chrystle Loretta & Darrell Loretta Gockley Mel Thomas

Last Sunday: $2,688.00 - Freedom Gate groceries, Susquehanna Valley Pregnancy Services, Sewing Circle September: Youndt Property and Eastern Mennonite Missions

August 2008 offering report Total offerings Designated Youndt property First fruits giving (for District Bishop Fund/Lancaster Mennonite Conference) Budgeted funds

$14,434.75 545.00 1,388.98 8,935.00

(for insurance, ministers, operating, Gehman missions, Youndt property purchase, youth)

Designated Kauffman love gift Freedom Gate groceries Susquehanna Valley Pregnancy Services Sewing circle

590.00 1,286.85 844.46 844.46

Sale price $264,000.00 Down payment 28,221.20 Principal payments 25,010.08 Additional principal payments 29,768.23 Interest payments 28,998.44 Balance due 181,000.49 (Principal/interest payments of $9,001.42 are made Feb. 11 and Aug. 11) Today, 7:00 p.m. - Men’s Bible Study Sept. 10, Wed. 7-8:30 p.m. – JGA & JBA (2nd through 5th grades) & JR. Youth (6th through 8th grade) will meet at Bowmansville Mennonite Church Sept. 13, Saturday – Landis Homes Fellowship Day & Chicken Barbeque Sept. 14, Sunday, 6:00 p.m. - Landis Homes outdoor service Sept. 17, Wed. – Sewing Circle-See info for the relief kit project in your mailbox. Sept. 20, Sat., – Freedom Gate Banquet at 6:00 with seating at 5:30. See David Mohler if you would like to attend and/or sponsor a table. All women are invited to attend the Women’s Retreat on September 26-28. Resource person is Lena Horning Brown. A sign-up sheet is in the narthex. It is important that you sign no later than today if you plan to attend. Please note, there will be two sermons in our Sunday morning, September 21 worship hour. At 9:00 Bishop Carl Sensenig will speak on the theme: “Spiritual Qualifications for a Pastor.” In the 10:00 hour, Bishop Kenneth Martin will address “The Role of the Pastor.” The following Sunday, September 28, ballots will be available for members to submit nominations. Continue to be in prayer for members of the Search Committee and the process for choosing the next pastor. A FALL EQUIPPING INSTITUTE: OUR CHURCH CAN REACH OUT FOR CHRIST will convene at GMC September 22, October 6, and October 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Instructor is David Eshleman who served 12 years as pastor of Capital Christian Fellowship in Maryland. Organized by the Bowmansville/Reading District churches, the event is open to anyone with an interest in reaching others for Christ. Please see the brochure on our church bulletin board for more details. Debbie Mast will be printing the bulletin next week. If you are interested in participating as a Host/Hostess, please sign up on the sheet on the table in the narthex. Also, if you wish to be added to/removed from the Greeters Schedule, please see Shelby Kanagy. Thank you. Happy birthday to Randal B. Sauder on Saturday! The attendance last Sunday was 86.

Bowmansville District Sewing Circle September Project Sewing Circle will meet at the Bowmansville Mennonite Church on Wednesday, September 17 in the morning and afternoon. You are welcome to come for the entire time, or just a few hours as it suits you. The project for this month is RELIEF KITS FOR IRAQ. Over the past five years, 2.8 million people have fled their homes for safer locations within Iraq. While some people are now beginning to return home, many are hesitant to do so and continue to live in crisis situations. In response to requests from three long term partner organizations, MCC is undertaking a $2-million humanitarian crisis response. Part of this effort is the distribution of 20,000 RELIEF KITS. A kit includes the following new items: 4 bars bath soap (4-5 oz. in wrapper) 1 plastic bottle shampoo (13-24 oz; place bottle in resealable plastic bag) 1 squeeze-tube toothpaste (min. 6 oz, leave in box) 4 adult toothbrushes (leave in packaging) 4 new bath towels (medium weight, dark color) 1 hairbrush and 1 comb (remove packaging) 1 fingernail clipper 1 box adhesive bandages (min. 40, assorted) 1 package sanitary pads (18-24 thin maxi or ultra thin) $10 donation to purchase a new bucket and for shipping/distribution costs

Place contents in a box or bag, along with a donation of $10 payable to MCC, designated Iraq Relief Kits. Kits can be brought to the church and Sewing Circle will see they are taken to MCC. If you do not wish to contribute a complete kit, you are welcome to bring several items and Sewing Circle will add what is needed. Cash contributions, designated “Iraq Relief Kits” are also welcome.