Middle PA News...

               

1.      Annual Conference Briefing

2.      Heritage Golf Tournament

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

8.   Workshops and Education

9.   The Village at Morrisons Cove

10.  Mark your calendar!

     

1.      Annual Conference Briefing

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.

 

2.      Heritage Golf Tournament

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).

5.       Youth

·         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.

       7.      Disaster Response & Brethren Service Center

·         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.

 

8.      Workshops & Education

·         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

  • 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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