Celebrate the New Church School Year
by Cheryl Goode
Rally Day—or it could be called Christian Education Sunday, is the kick-off Sunday for our educational year. It is our chance to welcome everyone back from summer and revitalize our Sunday school classes.
This year on September 9th, Sunday school classes will meet in their respective classrooms from 9:40-10:40 a.m. This is a time to share fellowship, a time to share in our learning and study, and a time to renew our mutual commitment to one another. What we as Christians have in common though, is not just a commitment to learning and study, but a commitment to our faith.
For study this year the adult classes will be using the Present Word curriculum, and books of their choice. The elementary students
will be using the Faith Alive: Kid Connection curriculum. Middle school students continue with the Faith Alive: Walk with Me curriculum. Our High School students continue to learn with Pastor Alex at Senior High Youth Fellowship Sunday evenings and to assist the elementary teachers on Sunday mornings.
In years past we have celebrated with a Jazz Picnic in front of the church on 3rd Street. This has been well received, with food, fellowship, and games for the children. It has promoted fellowship with those outside of our church as well. I am excited to say that this year we will have our 11:00 a.m. worship service on 3rd Street with a picnic lunch to follow. What a wonderful way to worship! Outdoors in God’s creation! We ask that you bring
ID Card Assistance To Be Offered
by Debbie Olson
Many people in the Harrisburg area do not have an official identification card. This makes it difficult for them to apply for many things. Pine Street Church will offer assistance to those people to obtain official cards. If you know someone who needs an ID card, bring him/her to our attention. We will help the individuals get to the PennDOT building, perhaps assist them during the process, and return them to their homes, etc. This may take a couple hours of your
Summer Adult Forums
August 5
Youth Mission Trip Pine Street youth
August 12
Games of Faith Joanne Smith
August 19
Prison Ministry
Dr. Charles ‘Buz’ Myers
August 26
Militant Christianity: Saints, Angels, and Martyrs in Sparkling, Colorful Glass
Ken Hays
September 2
Singing the Faith: A Look at Our New Hymnal Ron Poorman
All forums are held at 9:40 a.m. in Fellowship Hall
Share Your Produce
During the summer months we will again share produce from our gardens. If you have an abundance of produce from your garden, please bring it in and leave it on the Mission Table in the Gathering Place. If you like something you see on the table, feel free to take it home with you –hopefully there will be bags available for you to use. Any produce left at the end of the fellowship time after the 11:00 a.m. service will be taken to DDB.
Reading to Children
We will again be reading to children at Hansel & Gretel Early Leaning Center this summer. This year we will go on Tuesday mornings at 10:00. Please look for more information in the Gathering Place at the Mission Table or contact Laura Messner at 8349652.
News From Our Church Family
RALLY DAY
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a parasol to keep you shaded from the sun. Plan B, if the weather does not permit us to be outdoors, will be to have worship in the sanctuary and the picnic in Fellowship Hall. The cost for the picnic lunch is $9.00 per adult and $5.00 per child age three through twelve Children three and under are free. Sign-ups will begin August 5, 2012 at the Welcome Center.
Please join us on Rally Day to renew and revitalize our commitment to one another and our faith.
ID CARDS
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time. Anyone interested in helping facilitate this initiative can sign up at the Welcome Center in the Gathering Place. Or contact Debbie Olson (533-4548) or Joanne Alwine (545-1588).
Trustee Notes for June
Renewed the agreement with the American Red Cross to use the Boyd building as an emergency shelter.
Established the “Don Clapper Memorial Fund” for those gifts received in his honor. The fund is to be used only for the repair and maintenance of the organ.
Approved a request from the Property Committee to contract for repairs to the slate roof of the church for approximately $2400.
Expressed appreciation to the Property Committee for the planning and supervision of the sanding and finishing of the church floor. Appreciation is also given to the many volunteers who moved the pews--multiple times. This volunteer effort was a significant saving to the church.
Approved the plan developed by the Property Committee to reset the pews to 35” to allow easier entry and more leg room.
On May 23 Margaret Mielke was recognized at the 2012 Blood Donor Services Annual Awards Presentation of the Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank for having donated 33 gallons of blood.
Approved an agreement with the Bryn Mawr Trust Company manage one of the church’s endowment funds.
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August, 2012
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Wednesday August 1
Psalms 65, 147:1–11
Judges 3:12–30
Acts 1:1–14
Matthew 27:45–54
Thursday August 2
Psalms 143, 147:12–20
Judges 4:4–23
Acts 1:15–26
Matthew 27:55–66
Friday August 3
Psalms 88, 148
Judges 5:1–18
Acts 2:1–21
Matthew 28:1–10
Saturday August 4
Psalms 122, 149
Judges 5:19–31
Acts 2:22–36
Matthew 28:11–20
Sunday August 5
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Psalms 108, 150
Judges 6:1–24
2 Corinthians 9:6–15
Mark 3:20–30
Monday August 6
Psalms 62, 145
Judges 6:25–40
Acts 2:37–47
John 1:1–18
Tuesday August 7
Psalms 12, 146
Judges 7:1–18
Acts 3:1–11
John 1:19–28
