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All Sunday School Classes will begin at 9am
Worship will be at 10am in the Sanctuary
St. John’s UCC Communion Dates for 2017—2018
Rev. Bob Macfarlane [email protected]
Loretta Zimmerman [email protected]
Gary & Gloria Crum [email protected]
Roxanne Davenport [email protected]
Amy Stockslager [email protected]
Webmaster [email protected]
Spirit [email protected]
EMAIL ADDRESSES
St. John’s United Church of Christ 1811 Lincoln Way East Chambersburg, PA 17202
Phone: 717-263-8593 Fax: 717-263-9010 Web site: www.sjucc1811.org
Office Hours: Mon.— Fri. from 9 AM — 12PM - 1 PM—3 PM
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Maundy Thursday, March 29 after luncheon
Sunday, November 5, 2017 Maundy Thursday, March 29 evening
Sunday, December 3, 2017 Sunday Easter , April 1, 8:30 am, at labyrinth & during worship
Sunday, January 11, 2018 Sunday, May 20, 2018
Sunday, February 11, 2018 Sunday, June 10, 2018
Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Sunday, July 8, 2018
Each Wednesday During Lent Sunday, August 5, 2018
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A publication of St. John’s United Church of Christ
Chambersburg, PA
Volume 71 No. 20 November 2017
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October 17, 2017
Dear Members & Friends
I write this message to you as I sit in the Library of Yale Divinity School, gazing out from a large clear window upon its cozy academic quadrangle. It is not unlike the academic village which Thomas Jefferson founded in Charlottesville, Virginia some fifty years earlier in 1817.
I am here for a couple of days of Andover-Newton Seminary Convocation, classes, and Alum-ni/ae Board of Directors meetings. It is heartwarming to see the vitality present among stu-dents and faculty, which to me bodes well for the future of what we in the United Church of Christ have always valued - "A learned Clergy, built upon deep spiritual roots."
The 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation is being commemorated here at St John's Church the last two Sundays of October, when on the 31st of October 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door in Germany. I hope that you take advantage of these two Sundays, and even invite a friend or two as well.
SUNDAY, Oct 15
Special Guest: Rev Steve Nance, Reformation Scholar and Hymnody Historian
9 am - All-Church Adult Education Class with Rev Nance; He will also preach at 10 am Worship.
SUNDAY, Oct 29
Reformation Musical extravaganza! We welcome a dynamic duo from North Carolina, "Dust & Ashes,” long time friends of Ernie & Jeannie Welch. They will be lead worship in song at 10 am, and then return at 7 pm in the Sanctuary for an open Concert. PLEASE SAVE THIS DATE, and invite family, friends and acquaintances to either or both of these events. Sue McMurtray is planning a very special collation reception after the 7 pm Concert - offer your help to her if you would like.
Pastor Bob
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CONSISTORY 2017—2018 Trustees
Roger Mellott, Head Trustee 717-264-9443 [email protected]
Jim Moyer 717-263-5134 [email protected]
Jack Mull 717-264-4547 [email protected]
Elders
Mary Moyer, Head Elder, Sec. 717-263-5134 [email protected]
Gary Crum 717-360-9107
717-263-1260 [email protected]
Jerry Thomason, Office Asst.
Treasurer
717-263-5511 [email protected]
Connie Evans 717-264-2069 [email protected]
Harold Collier, President 717-414-6253 [email protected]
Peggy Orr 717-352-8851 [email protected]
Deacons
Cathy Kinton, Head Deacon 717-446-0759 [email protected]
Lisa Fair 717-762-1236
717-729-3758
Jack Davenport 717-263-8350
717-816-5653
Diana Kongkeattikul 717-263-7352
717-552-0610
Ann Osterman 717-264-3076 [email protected]
Calvin Frantz, Vice President 717-264-3066 [email protected]
Interim Pastor
The Rev. Robert Macfarlane 1-508-331-8831 [email protected]
Matthew 25:21
His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few
things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!'
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Ministry Chairs 2017-2018
Called to Care—Connie Morrill-Hair
Camp—Lisa Frantz
Caring Cooks—Lisa Frantz
Children & Youth Ministry—Roxanne Davenport
Church & Ministry—To Be Determined
Fellowship—Sue McMurtray
Nursery School—Mary Lou Hendrickson
Outreach—Jim Boyer
Safe Church Compliance—Safe Church Compliance Steward, Bobbie Sponseller
Safe Church Response—Safe Church Compliance Steward, Bobbie Sponseller
Stewardship—Scot Orndorff
Worship/Music Ministry—Gary Crum
Library-Mary Lee Yaukey
Public Relations—Sue McMurtray
Invitational Ministry—Susan Collier
Daily Office Year Three
November 5
Luke 14:12-24
November 12
Matthew 15:1-20
November 19
Matthew 16:1-12
November 26
Matthew 16:13-20
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Do you know these hymns?
Blessed Assurance
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
To God Be the Glory
The Amazing story about the composer, Fanny
Crosby, who was born in Brewster, NY, on March
24, 1820 and died on February 12, 1915. After
being alive for only 7 weeks of age, she became
blind. However, during her lifetime, she wrote and
had published over 8000 hymns. Many of these are familiar to us and many of
them we sing and hear in church many times. She also wrote over 1000 secu-
lar poems.
She spent much of her life in the New York City area. In her later life, after age
60, she made a commitment to Christ to serve the poor and devote the rest of
her life to home missionary work. Her goal was to bring one million people to
Christ.
One of Fanny’s famous quotes was:
“We are traveling on with staff in hand,
We are pilgrims bound for the heavenly land.”
Gary and Gloria Crum
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Fall is by far our favorite season at the Nursery school. Our
Nursery School children are eager to learn about all of the chang-
es that are happening outside. We are reading books, going on na-
ture walks, and appreciating the beauty that God has given us with
the arrival of this season of change.
We had a very busy and successful October. Many of the children experienced their first
school picture. You can view our nursery school children school pictures in the nursery
school hallway near the restrooms. Our nursery school families planned fun fall fest crafts
and activities and the children even found a pumpkin in our pumpkin patch. A big thank you
to the Fayetteville Fire Department for visiting our nursery school children, and teaching
them about fire safety. We began our guest reader program where members of the church
come to read to our children once a week. Please see Linda Zeger if you are interested in
reading to our nursery school children.
Nursery School Sunday was a success with 41 children participating and over 175 family
members filled the church. Thank you to the Nursery School Ministry for planning and or-
ganizing this special day and to all of the church members for welcoming our nursery school
families!
We begin our next fundraiser this month. Stock up on Butcher Shoppe cookie dough and
Big Oak Café coffee for the holidays. The Nursery School Ministry members will be selling
cookie dough for $15/3lb tub, Big Oak Café coffee for $12/lb before and after church services
on November 5th and November 12th. Cookie dough and coffee will be available for pick up
on Thursday, December 7th or Sunday, December 10thin the Kitchen freezer. Also be sure to
check the news in the pews and the back table in the sanctuary for information on our next
restaurant fundraiser.
As we prepare for the upcoming Holidays, we are thankful for all that we are blessed with.
We appreciate those family, friends, co workers, parents, and community members whom
we come in contact with every day and who support our mission here at St. John’s Nursery
school.
We wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
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Marlin Douglas 11/1
Julia Marker 11/01
Frederick Leister 11/2
Shirley Fenstermacher 11/3
The Rev. Bonnie Hoffman 11/04
Marilyn Diehl 11/5
Stacie Smith 11/5
W. Robert Strunk 11/7
Karie Leister 11/7
Gaylord Peters 11/8
The Rev. Dr. Mary Mason 11/9
Sarah Herbert 11/09
Maggie Ryder 11/9
Joanne Slothower 11/10
Nancy Harrison 11/11
William Hughes 11/13
Angela Miller 11/13
Jessica Gabler 11/14
George Diehl 11/16
Mason Leister 11/17
Beth Rensch 11/18
Gerald Shipp 11/22
Dawn Stoudt 11/23
Patty Kegerreis 11/23
Ruth Small 11/24
John Widmann, Jr. 11/29
Douglas Rebok 11/29
Madison Tucker 11/30
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St. John’S United ChUrCh of ChriSt
is proud to announce that we now have a committee of more
than 30 dedicated fellow women and men of St. John’s U.C.C.
who will be at your service if you need to plan a memorial ser-
vice or funeral for your loved one. Details of a service in our
Sanctuary can be assisted and if you desire a formal or informal
reception after your service, we are ready to help with planning
and facilitating all oft he details you need. Whatever your needs
are, please call the Church office to speak with our Office
Manager and Pastor, then you will be directed to connect with
the committee
members that you
will need. At St.
John’s we are all
family.
Dear Friends,
Thank you for the lovely flowers. I enjoy looking at them as I sit and sit and sit! I am
planning to join you again ASAP.
Fondly,
Linda Z
Thank you…...
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YOUTH HAPPENINGS November
3 Youth set up Operation Christmas Child “warehouse” in Fellowship Hall 6pm
5 Operation Christmas Child “warehouse” in Fellowship Hall after worship
10 Family Games Night in Fellowship Hall 6-8 pm
12 Older Youth meeting in the Youth room *6 pm
* this may change
17-19 Older Youth Retreat at Hartman Center
26 Older Youth meeting in the Youth
room 6 pm
Operation Christmas
Child Project
The YoYo’s are sponsoring Operation Christmas Child Project this year.
You can fill your own box as has been done in the past or shop our “OCC Ware-
house Store” to get items at a bulk rate, much lower than any store. This should
enable our church to reach the youth goal set at 100 boxes this year!!! The
“Warehouse Store” will be open on Sunday November 5th after worship. One stop
Shopping and Packing before you even leave church!!! Shipping costs are $9.00/
box so cash donations towards this are also welcome.
More YOUTH H APPENINGS page 10...
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St. John’s UCC
NEW
Photo Directory
is now on our
calendar!!!
Life Touch Family Photography will be here to begin compiling
our congregation’s family photos for our new directory on
November 14th, 15th
and 16th. Monday, November 13th, 2-
9 pm has been added to accommodate more members. You can
select your photo time from 2 pm to 9 pm on either day in
15-minute time slots. A committee volunteer will be in the
Church lobby before and after each Sunday service to make
your appointment time. Please stop by to make and confirm
your day and appointment time beginning next Sunday. We
want to have our new directory ready for family photos for
Christmas and more importantly, ready for the arrival of our
new Pastor. We hope to have 100% of our members included in
this important project, “It won’t be complete without you!!
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Christmas is just Around the corner….
Why not give them a St. John’s logo shirt?
Orders for St John’s Apparel, sponsored by the Children and
Youth Ministry team, continue to be accepted. Although the
actual Shirts have been taken down, photos and an order form
are on the lobby bulletin board. Orders for Christmas must
placed by November 30th. Questions can be addressed to
Roxanne Davenport @ [email protected]
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For the past seven years teams from St John's have joined with members of First UCC
Carlisle in participating in outreach mission trips. These trips have provided housing
construction and repair help to families in regions in need. Our groups have gone to Biloxi,
Mississippi to help with home repair following Hurricane Katrina; we've done housing recovery
in New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy and worked most recently in a depressed area in the
Appalachian mountains of Eastern Kentucky doing carpentry and framing work, forming and
pouring foundation walls, as well as home cleanup for future rental.
During all of our trips to different regions of the country we enjoyed opportunities to
experience the local culture which included meals and walking tour of New Orleans, as well as
storytelling and bluegrass music, and exploring some of the back country hiking trails in coal
country.
There are opportunities for all skill and energy levels as we respond to our call to love one
another by helping others including support responsibilities to "hold the fort down". If you're not
comfortable working on site there are other areas of need including cooking for the group or just
keeping the living facilities in livable order. We have also been able to provide for some of the
social needs of the community including helping in soup kitchens, and providing for the needs of
homeless people, especially on the Biloxi trips. The folks that have been able to participate have
had very fulfilling experiences and would love to encourage more people to participate. With
that in mind please give some thought to places that may be in your heart to go serve and offer
some suggestions along with times of the year that may work best. The groups in the past have
found that one week works best, staying relatively close to home to cut down on travel time.
Please be in contact with any member of the Outreach Ministry team with your ideas or
concerns.
2017-18 Outreach Ministry Team Members and Contact Info:
Jim Boyer (Chair) 717-756-1235 [email protected]
Mary Moyer (Vice Chair) 717-263-5134 [email protected]
Chani Wolfe (Secretary) 717-372-4792 [email protected]
Linda Barton 717-264-3836 [email protected]
Greg St. Clair 717-2632739 [email protected]
We are hoping to get more people involved in this very fulfilling activity.
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Ladies Breakfast
Tuesday, November 21st @ 8:30 AM
at Bob Evans Restaurant,
1131 Wayne Avenue
Men’s Breakfast!!!
Perkins Restaurant 1324 Lincoln Hwy E Thursday, November 9th at 7am.
Come start your day off right with
some good friends, good food and fellowship!! We will con-
tinue to meet the first Thursday of every month.
Two perfect opportunities
to get to know fellow
St. John members.
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Orders are being taken for poinsettias which will decorate the Sanctuary for the
Christmas Eve Service. These flowers will be delivered to our home bound
members during the holidays.
If you would like to donate and/or deliver a poinsettia, please complete the form
below and return it to the church office by Sunday, December 1, 2017.
Cost - $7.00 each
Donors name:_____________________________________________
(as it will appear in the bulletin insert)
Phone number: ____________________________________________
I would like to order ______poinsettias to be placed:(Please pick one)
_____ In memory of:______________________________________________
_____ In honor of:_________________________________________________
_____ To the Glory of God_______
______I will be available to help deliver flowers to the homebound.
Please include your payment with this form and return it to the church office by Monday,
December 5, 2016. Make checks payable to St. John’s UCC.
Christmas
Poinsettias
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Family Game Night
Friday, November 10th, 6—8 pm
Join us for a night of family fun as we play board games, Human Hungry
Hippos, Cardio Tic Tac Toe, and who knows what else! We’ll start with
pizza and board games as everyone arrives then get wild!! Bring a
snack/dessert to share, drinks and favorite games. Don’t forget to wear
your sneakers! Everyone is invited! Please let Roxanne know if you are
attending so enough pizza can be ordered! (717-860-3945)
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Called to Care Healing Service
November 12th 10 a.m. Worship
“He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
(Psalm 147:3 NLT)
The Called to Care team invites you to attend
a healing service onNovember12th.
We each stand in need of healing…we have broken bodies,
hurt minds, and wounded hearts or spirits. We also live in a world
that needs healing—from our local community,
to our country, and to the world at large. Please join us for a
service that will be centered on the need for and the availability of
healing through prayer and God’s grace. The scriptures,
children’s message, sermon, blessing of the prayer shawls, and the
opportunity to individually share our healing needs is open to all
who worship with us.
Please join us.
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Older Youth News
The Older Youth group are planning some Random Acts of Kindness around
Chambersburg so look out! You don’t know where you might see them!
A Youth Retreat at Hartman Center is happening November 17-19th.
Join the fun and
fellowship as we get together with other youth from our conference to experience the
“wider church”. Interested youth need to be 13 or older. Registration and more
information is available from Roxanne Davenport (717-860-3845). We will leave
Chambersburg on the 17th at 4:00 and return on the 19
th around 3.
MORE YOUTH
HAPPENINGS
HELP!!!
Items the Youth need to borrow for November:
Hula Hoops
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Five ladies “braved” the rainy weather and celebrated
Halloween at Longhorn Steakhouse on the SECOND WEDNESDAY
of October. Each was asked, “Which candy bar would you want
to find in a basket of treats?” Those answers became part of a
game called, “Candy Quiz.” That small group was able to fill a
large grocery bag with items for OSI’s “Token Store.”
Cracker Barrel Restaurant on Wayne Avenue was chosen
for November’s luncheon, Nov. 8th. We will be “THANKFUL” if our
group is larger. Bev needs to
have a number for Cracker
Barrel. Call Bev @ 717-263-
5553 if you can join the ladies.
BUT REMEMBER
November 8th is also the tea at
Hickory Bridge Farm.
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