. MAPLE SPRING CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
by discipling one another through the Holy Spirit and by reaching out to our neighbors.
9:30 am Sunday School Supt........................Pat Shaffer
10:35 am Morning Worship………….Pastor Guy Myers
Worship Leader…………...............Tim McDonald
Preschool church………………....Samantha Kane
Junior Church………………….…....Diane Bridge
Nursery……………...........................Diana Croyle
……………………...Karen Nagyvathy
Organist...……………………….......Patty Shaffer
Pianist ……………………………...Connie Miller
Acolyte………………….……….…Will Poborski
The Walnut Grove Church of the Brethren is our Prayer Partner church for 2017. Ron Barto is the Pastor.
Reminder:.....Prayer Ministry
Participants for Sunday, January 22
th are:
Carol Leverknight & Nancy Dunmyer. We meet in the Pastor’s study from 8:45 to 9:10 am.
Please join us; anyone is welcome to participate in this important ministry.
Pastor Guy will greet at the main door following the service.
Pastor Guy will be in the office Tuesday through Friday 9 to noon.
TODAY
5:30 pm….Children’s Choir.
6:00 pm…Family Night Loni Stankan, Director of Common Grounds Outreach (CGO) will talk about this organization and the various outreach projects associated with it. CGO is dedicated to mentoring youth to serve in their communities and foster life-giving relationships firmly rooted in Christ. Please plan on attending to learn more about this local organization and its availability to our youth.
6:00-7:30 pm…Kidz Klub
WEDNESDAY
9:00 am…Prayer Time in our Prayer Room.
7:00 pm……Choir Practice
THURSDAY
7:00 pm…Board Meeting
SATURDAY
7:30 am…Men’s Prayer Breakfast…Tim Rigby will be the guest speaker
NEXT SUNDAY
The Youth will be serving lunch immediately following the Morning Worship Service.
UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
January 26 7 p.m. COUNCIL MEETS
All members of the congregation are welcome and encouraged to attend our Council meeting.
New Address:
Frank & Mona Blough
1003 Wildflower Ct.
Davidsville, PA 15928
UPCOMING – The Board of Administration will have a retreat on Saturday, March 4, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Our resource leader will be Craig Smith, district executive of the Atlantic Northeast District Church of the Brethren. Please plan on coming that day and keep the retreat in your prayers. Thank You. The Deacon Commission
There is a new
Flower Chart posted in the elevator lobby for 2017. If you would like to dedicate the
altar flowers to a loved one, please sign your name on the date and pick up an envelope. The cost is $15.00 and you just put the money in the envelope and place it in the offering plate. After the Morning Worship Service you may take the flowers home to be enjoyed. Please use the syrofoam cups in the back room to transport the flowers and leave the heavy plastic liners to be reused.
There is a set of plastic liners missing from the
Altar vases. If you have them please return them to the church.
Note: There are Styrofoam cups to put the Altar arrangements in after the Morning Worship Service, please us them. The plastic liners are to stay with the gold vases. Thank You.
Please check to make sure that you have
your coat. Two weeks ago someone took a black coat by mistake. The coat was a man’s coat and the black coat left here belongs to a women. There is a ladies pin on the lapel. Please check your closet and return the missing coat.
Humble Hands – We will resume our weekly meetings on February 7, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. At this meeting we will be crafting Valentines to be distributed to our special loved ones. Please bring a large can of your favorite vegetable, we will assemble Vegetable Soup to enjoy for our lunch. During lunch we will also discuss the upcoming years projects and events. Hope to see you there!
2017 Offering Envelopes are available for pick up in the Church Annex (beside the elevator). If you would like to use Offering Envelopes please
contact Financial Secretary, Mike Seganos (cell 242-6487)
St Francis Sharing & Caring Food Pantry:
The food items for January are Toilet Paper, bar soaps & flour. There is a box in the annex for the donations.
Please note: The church office will be preparing a
2017 Directory. If you have any corrections or additions to the old Directory please call the church office between 9 a.m. and 12 noon. We hope to have the new Directory ready to be picked up the week of Council meeting.
Nursery Schedule for January
1/22 Alison & Kayla Luprek
1/29 Jamie & Ryan Beahr
Thomas Mennonite Church would like to invite us to hear Timotheus Pope who will be speaking at their church this evening at 6:30 p.m.
Congratulations to our mature (70+)members…
January 18 James Miller 74
19 Carole Horner 74
SYMPATHY
We extend our Christian sympathy to family and friends of Michael Baraniak who passed away January 11, 2017. Michael was the brother of Alan Baraniak.
January 8, 2017
Traditional Service 165
$ 338.10 Total cash offering
2,127.00 Total envelope/check offerings
41 Number of envelopes/checks
2,465.10 Unified Budget ($5,090 needed)
10.00 Brethren Disaster Nigeria
245.00 Missions & Service
50.00 Sister in Christ
25.00 Roof Fund
215.00 Building Fund
Received to date
$11,220.00 Roof Fund
4,832.00 Window Fund
16,052.00 Total
$15,974.00 Specials Loan
Paid In Full
PRAYER CHEST
(Located at the top of stairs in annex)
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can; and
Wisdom to know the difference.
We invite you to leave your concerns and prayers at the foot of the cross by filling out a card at the
Prayer Chest