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A Christian friend and mentor of mine named
Ned Green once taught me the following. If one
has the Word without the Spirit, they dry up; if
one has the Spirit without the Word, they blow
up; and if one has the Word and the Spirit, they
grow up. My prayer for all of us at Pine Grove
UMC is that we as a Christian community strive
to grow up in Christ. Thus, if we are to grow in
our Christian maturity, we need to be intention-
al in pursuing a deepening understanding of the
ways of God through the Word (the Scriptures)
as well as through pursing a deepening under-
standing of and relationship with the Person of
the Holy Spirit.
With this in mind, I am offering two exciting
opportunities to grow as disciples of Jesus
Christ. While the emphasis differs, my hope is
that both will help us grow in Christ. One
opportunity is through taking part in a small
group that I am offering on Mondays beginning
August 26th from 6:30-8:00. This study is called
Disciple, and it is a rich opportunity to develop a
strong foundation in the Word of God. This group
study will run through mid-May (not meeting on
Labor Day or a few weeks around Christmas). I
highly encourage you to consider being a part of
this group. The space is limited to 12 people.
Second, I will be leading a new and exciting small
group beginning July 14th and concluding Oct.
27th. This small group will focus on discovering
and living out our identity in Jesus Christ. These
meetings will take place on Sunday afternoons
from 1:30-3:30 and will include viewing and
discussing several transformational DVD’s related
to this topic.
If you desire to be part of either or both of these
growth opportunities, please contact the church
office.
Growing in Christ with you,
PT
Cone the Pine
Wednesdays Bible Study
June 1 Yard Sale
June 2 150th
June 27-30 Creation
July 14 Identity in Christ
July 29-Aug 1 VBS
August 26 Disciple
2523 Pine Grove Road
York, PA 17403
pinegroveumc.com
717-741-2586
www.pinegroveumc.com
June 2 150th Celebration Sunday
June 9 Children, Sons, Fathers
June 16 Do not be led astray
June 23 Pastor Jim Ernest leading worship
June 30 Zachary Vincent leading worship
July 7 Christ like resemblance of God’s children
July 14 Love in action
July 21 Testing 1,2 (Gideon Sunday)
July 28 God is love
August 11 Three witnesses
August 18 Chuck Bruce to lead worship
August 25 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols
The Christians In Action youth
group has been busy over the last
several months. In December we
created a Christmas light show,
and organized a public event
around it. We also attended
the “Jesus” show at Sight and
Sound theater.
The C.I.A. Band learned two new
songs, and performed “Do you
hear what I hear” at Christmas,
and “Chain Breaker” in the spring.
We will soon take a break from
our weekly meetings for the
summer, but that doesn’t mean
we’ll inactive. We will be helping
with the church yard sale and
the 150th anniversary event the
first weekend of June. Then at
the end of June we are going to
Creation, a huge Christian music
festival in the mountains of
western Pennsylvania.
In July, we’ll be helping to
prepare for, and run VBS at the
end of the month. We are hoping
to get together for a, yet to be
determined, fun event in August,
and then will resume our weekly
meetings after labor day.
Look around, and you just might
see us… “in action”.
Blessings,
Kevin Shenberger, Youth Director
C.I.A. Youth Group
Update
It’s a safe place to share our concerns and our happiness and to offer each other support. This is not a Bible Study, and also there’s no homework.
Please join us on Thursdays from 6:45-8:00 at Valarie Fisher’s house at 2425 Home-land Rd. (just two minutes down the hill from the church).
Text Cindy Kalinoski at 717-676-6146 to sign up or learn more.
Beginning Thursday, June 20, we are kicking off another Life Group.
Based on Methodist-founder John Wesley's small group format, Life Groups offer opportunities to grow together as we live out life with God beyond Sunday morning.
for a mechanical lift to be rent-
ed to reach the lights and the
cost of the bulbs themselves.
Also, there may be some ballast
in the lights that could need
replacement as well. Again this
is hard to price out because of
the need to reach the light fix-
tures. (PS when we get this
work done we will remove the
balloon that is stuck in the fan)
It has been pointed out the
lines in the parking lot are fad-
ing to the point of not being
very visible, especially the
traffic flow lanes. The last time
the Greek church had their food
festival, the traffic markings
were ignored and lanes were
parked closed which made
maneuvering to leave the lot
very difficult.
The trustees are open to all
who would like to assist in com-
pleting these projects. Please
let either the pastor or the trus-
tees know of your interest. We
have been blessed with several
donations that have bought a
new dishwasher for the parson-
age, have paid for the painting
of the stained glass window
outside, and have had the floors
in the Friendship Center,
kitchen, and upstairs bathrooms
stripped and waxed as well as
the lobby carpet shampooed.
In closing, the funds are low and these projects seem out of
out front need to be power
washed and freshened. There
are several items that need to
be sanded and refinished in the
sanctuary. If anyone would like
to assist please see Sue Shoff to
make arrangements.
There have been concerns
about the sound system in the
sanctuary and we have had
Activations Inc. come in to
assess the problems. Steps are
being taken to rectify the
issues. One issue is the use of
the microphones. When anyone
is using the microphone it must
be at the level of your mouth
and you must speak directly
into it. The cutting in and out of
the sound is from being close or
away from the microphones.
We are faced with three very
costly jobs that need to be
attended to in the near future.
The first is the skylights and
roof in the lobby. The skylights
are beginning to lose their seals
and need to be replaced. We
have had a patch job done on
the worst one but that will only
hold out for a short period of
time. The bid received was for
$4000.00.
The second is that the lighting
in the Fellowship center is
becoming poor mainly due to
light bulbs burning out. This
becomes costly due to the need
The trustees wanted to share
that just because the summer is
upon us, there will be no
stopping in getting the house-
hold chores done around Pine
Grove Church. We will be
having guests all year and that
means we move on with
keeping things looking good.
Volunteers for various projects
would be most welcomed.
As many have noted, lots of
things can be done ourselves. It
is only the big ticket items that
need a craftsman to do the job.
Many thanks to Frank Oberdick
for his painting of the outside
doors and railing. If you haven’t
noticed, please take a moment
to do so. We had a successful
work day in April that cleaned
and got our outside appearance
looking more presentable. If
you open our outside shed you
will see Bob Muller’s hard work
and how much room is there
when it was reorganized. (you
can actually find something.)
Some things to be done and
volunteers welcomed are sham-
pooing the carpets in the class-
rooms downstairs, stripping and
waxing the floors outside of the
church office and the bath-
rooms downstairs, and the
stairwell by the music room.
The outside shed needs new
siding applied. The old siding is
deteriorating and flaking off in
large sections. The church signs
reach but we are not a people of fear but a people of faith. We are told repeat-edly in the scriptures do not be afraid for the Lord your GOD is with you. May we step out in faith and call on the Lord not only for His leading in caring for His house of worship but also in calling those around us to come and worship together.
Sue Shoff
Message from the Trustees
Monthly Financial Report
“Time Lab” VBS, July 2019
Birthdays: Ed Shoff 6/1, Shal Dehoff 6/6, Donna Lentz 6/9, Gretchen Bierman 6/11,
Paul Lingg 6/16, Ken Bushong ll 6/18, Rosemary Givler 7/6, Dave Miller 7/6, Linda Wise
7/15, Chuck Bruce 7/26, Kayla Klein 7/29, Prett Greenplate 8/5, Leah Klein 8/7,
Bill Olewiler 8/9, Tim Klein 8/12, Valarie Fisher 8/14, Lois Lightner 8/20,
Samantha Muller 8/28, Dean Wise 8/30
world upside down. One
who existed outside of time.
We’ll do just that as we
embark on Time Lab VBS!
We’ll journey back in time
to discover that Jesus, our
forever faithful, loving,
caring, promise-keeping
Lord, has been with us
always! Join us for this epic
journey, July 29th through
August 1st.
Wouldn’t it be amazing to
travel back in time and
witness epic events in
history? Imagine the thrill of
meeting great heroes of
faith like Abraham, Moses,
or Gideon. Or the fun of
experiencing life in ancient
cultures like Rome. Or the
fascination of watching
famous inventors make
discoveries that change
the world.
Now imagine traveling
through time and meeting
the most important man
ever – a man who was not
just a man but who was also
God! One who turned the
Our Easter candy sale was
a success. We made 437
pounds of candy with a
profit of $3993.62. A big
thank you to everyone for
all of your help.
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MISSIONS
June– York Habitat
July– NENA
Aug– Pioneers
Sep– Shares of Ministry