Middle PA News...
3.
300th
Anniversary/Annual Conference
4.
Across Middle PA Church Events
5.
Youth
Events
6.
National
Older Adult Conference
7.
Disaster
Response & Brethren Service Center
9.
The
Village at Morrisons Cove
Annual
Conference is fast approaching! Plan to attend the Annual Conference
Briefing on May 22; 6:45-8:30 p.m. at the Hollidaysburg Church of the
Brethren, 1028 Penn Street (Route 36), Hollidaysburg. Jim Beckwith, 2008
Annual Conference Moderator, will be guest speaker for this event. All
delegates are encouraged to attend and anyone who is planning to attend
Annual Conference.
As
we begin to think spring, the
Heritage Golf Tournament Committee is looking for sponsors for this
year’s tournament. 2008 Heritage Golf Tournament will be held Tuesday,
August 12 at Iron Masters Country Club, Roaring Spring. If you or
someone you know would be interested in being a sponsor this year,
please call our office 814-643-0601 for details. Registration form
online at http://public.juniata.edu/midpa/.
3.
300th Anniversary/ Annual
Conference
·
Bus Trip to Annual Conference: Martinsburg Memorial
Church is sponsoring a bus trip to Annual Conference for July 12 &
13. If you are interested, contact the Martinsburg Memorial church
office at 814-793-2422. Details at http://public.juniata.edu/midpa/
· Food Drive for Conference
Conference
goers are encouraged to bring a donation of healthy, non-perishable
food. Particular needs include: canned fish & meats, peanut butter,
canned fruits & vegetables, hot & cold cereals, pasta &
rice. Donations will be collected in the registration lobby at the
Convention Center. Goal is to collect 3 tons (6000 pounds) of food.
4.
Across
Middle PA Church Events
·
Taize Worship at
Stone Church
Sunday, May 18 at 6 p.m. you are invited to gather at
the Stone Church of the Brethren, 1623 Moore St., Huntingdon for
a Taize worship experience filled with prayer, scripture and a
unique form of music. Short chants or choruses are repetitively
sung and accompanied by a variety of instruments, such as piano,
clarinet, flute, violin, guitar and brass. The songs are expressed
in a few simple words and become a way of listening to God. Much of the
Taizé community music emphasises simple phrases, usually lines from Psalms
or other passages of scripture, repeated and sometimes also sung in canon.
Taize music originated within a worship community in France
and its style of repetition is intended to aid meditation and
prayer. You can also find more information on line at encyclopedia.com.
Please join us for 30-40 minutes of ecumenical, informal worship filled
with meditation and prayer, scripture and song. For more
information, please contact Stone Church of the Brethren at
814-643-3390. Other scheduled services will be June 15.
·
Dinner
Theatre at Bedford Church of the Brethren
Saturday,
May 31. Spaghetti Dinner 4:30-7:30 and Play “A Time so Urgent” at
7:00. A cast from the Everett Church of the Brethren will present a
retelling of the events that led to the formation of the Church of the
Brethren from the women’s point of view. Tickets: Spaghetti Dinner;
Adults $6, Children 6-12, $4 and under 6, Free. Spaghetti Dinner &
Play; Adults $8, Children 6-12, $6, Under 6, Free. Tickets/reservations
are available from Judy Smith at 814-623-2274 or at the door.
· Black Valley will have their Annual Community Memorial Services at Frame Church at 10:00 a.m. on May 25 followed by their Annual Community Picnic at Black Valley at 12 noon (covered dish dinner).
·
Summer Splash
Mark your calendars now! Summer Splash at Lake Raystown Waterpark will be held Wednesday, June 25, 6-9 p.m. Registrations will be sent to youth and advisors in the near future.
·
National Young Adult Conference
NYAC
will take place August 11-15, 2008 at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes
Park, Colorado. Online registration will close June 1, 2008 at www.nyac08.org.
The cost is $325 which includes housing, programming, and meals. Adults
ages 18-35 are invited to explore the theme “Come
to the Mountain: Guidance for the Journey,” based on Isaiah 2:3,
“Many people’s shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the
mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may
teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” Details online
at nyac08_gb@brethren.org
or call 1-800-323-8039 ext. 281.
6.
NOAC
Registration
is now open for “Come to the Water,” the 2008 National Older Adult
Conference (NOAC), held at Lake Junaluska (NC) Assembly, September 1-5.
This popular event offers inspiration, renewal and community for people
age 50 and older. Complete conference information is available at www.brethren-caregivers.org,
where you can register on-line or print a registration form.
·
July 20-26, September 14-20, November
16-22, 2008 in Chalmette LA. If
you can help call Ron Dilling 814-224-5165 or David Flumerfelt
814-674-8087. “We are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.” Ephesians
2:10.
·
Disaster
Response has set up trips to New Windsor to volunteer at the service
center every 2nd Tuesday of the month. Call Jennie Ramirez at
814-652-2634 if you would like to go and help.
·
Urgent
Need! Recent
floods across the central US again highlight the need for CWS Emergency
Clean-up Buckets. Flooding in Arkansas prompted a request for 96 CWS
Emergency Clean-up Buckets, which was fulfilled at a value of $4,320.
Assembling kits is a great project for any church or community group.
More information on CWS Emergency Clean-up Buckets is available at: http://www.churchworldservice.org/kits/cleanup-kits.html.
·
Deacon Ministry Training Event on May 31 at Frederick (Md)
Brethren-Baptist Church; 1-6 p.m. Registration deadline is May 16.
Keynote speaker for the event is Jay Gibble, former Executive Director
of Association of Brethren Caregivers. The Denominational Deacon
Ministry’s purpose is to equip and support deacons for service in
their congregations. Deacon ministry remains a vital and significant
expression of our denomination’s caregiving ministry to individuals
and families. “Let the greatest
among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. For
which is the greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves?...I
am among you as one who serves.” Luke 22:24. Visit www.brethren.org/abc/deacons/index.html
for more details. Kim Witkovsky from Stone Church is planning to attend.
If you are interested she would love to share transportation.
·
35th Annual Brethren Bible
Institute Summer Term July 21-25, 2008 on the Campus of
Elizabethtown College. Sponsored by the Brethren Revival Fellowship and
is intended to provide systematic instruction in the Bible for any
person 16 years of age or older. For application forms, write: Brethren
Bible Institute, 155 Denver Road, Denver, PA 17517 or call the District
Office 814-643-0601.
Upcoming
Courses
Bethany Theological Seminary Graduate
Level:
·
The
Prophets: Jeremiah
– Robert W Neff will teach May 2-3, May 23-24, June 6-7, and June
20-21, 2008 at The Young Center at Elizabethtown College.
·
Other
courses being scheduled: Introduction
to Preaching, History of the Christian Church 1, and Micah and Isaiah.
TRIM
(TAL) Courses
Online
courses taught by Susan Jeffers:
·
Biblical
Greek June
9-August 15, 2008
·
Matthew
September
15- October 24, 2008
·
Ezekiel
February
16-March 27, 2009
Online
course taught by Josh Brockway
·
From
Jesus to Reformation: A History of Christianity
September 2- October 28, 2008.
Onsite
Course
·
Church
Leadership and Administration
will be taught by Randall Yoder, November 13-16, 2008 at Stone Church of
the Brethren in Huntingdon, PA.
ACTS
Courses
·
Intro
to Old Testament
will be taught by David Banaszak, September 9, 16, October 7, 14, 28,
2008 at the District Center.
·
Brethren
Life & Thought
will be taught by Frank Ramirez, January 13, 20, February 3, 17, 24,
2009 at the District Center.
Please call the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center at 717-361-1450 to register or SVMC@etown.edu
10.
The
Village at Morrisons Cove
Ř
There will be displays by different
area artists throughout the coming year at The Village.
Some of the proceeds from sale of the art goes to The Village
Auxiliary. Stop by and see
these works of art!
·
May 2008
Photographs by Charlotte Welsh, Williamsburg
·
May-June 2008
Paintings by Linette Beck, Hollidaysburg
·
June-August 2008
Paintings by Eleanor Barker & Evelyn Bookhammer
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Curve Baseball Game- June 22
11.
Mark your calendar!
May
22 Annual Conference Briefing,
Hollidaysburg COB
June
25
Summer Splash, Lake Raystown Resort
July
6-12
Song & Story Fest, Camp Brethren Woods, Keezletown, VA
July
12-16
Annual Conference, Richmond, VA
Aug.
3
Anniversary Sunday Church of the Brethren
Aug.
11-15
National Young Adult Conference, Estes Park, CO
Aug.
12
Heritage Golf Tournament, Iron Masters, Roaring Spring
Sept.
1-5
National Older Adult Conference, Junaluska, NC
Sept.
26-28
District Conference/Heritage Fair, Camp Blue Diamond
Oct.
18
Good Samaritan Banquet
Keep up to date on the District
Calendar
http://public.juniata.edu/midpa/
Church
Events Across Middle PA
May
16-17
Evangelistic Service, John Pine, Altoona Juniata
May
31
Dinner Theatre, Bedford
June
14
Strawberry Festival, Black Valley
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