Gehman Mennonite Church

Physical address: 127 Witmer Road, Reinholds, PA 17569

Mailing address: PO Box 842, Adamstown, PA 19501
717-484-4548
www.gehmanmennonitechurch.org
Ministry Team
Phil Horning - Lead Pastor - (church: 717-484-4548) (home:717-484-0998)
Glen Martin - Associate Pastor- 717-484-2162
Steve McCosby - Deacon - 717-336-8275
Lets walk with Jesuspersonally, locally, and globally.
August 31, 2014

Prayer 8:15 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Worship Service 10:00 AM
Prelude
Call to Worship
Worship in Song Worship Team
Hymn of Praise Darlene McCosby
Offering Autumn Sauder
Message: Glen Martin
Hymn of Response Darlene McCosby
Sharing Time/Pastoral Prayer Glen Martin
Benediction
Today:
Greeters Lamar & Michelle Gockley
Sunday School Nursery Karen & Shelby
Church Nursery Kelly & Abby
Worship Service at Sill's Family Campground

The offering for the month of September is for EMM and budgeted items.
Offering for last week: $3,541.34
Attendance for last week: 118
Next Week:
Greeters Phil & Kelly Horning
Song Leader
Offertory
Message TNT Needs Truth-Youth Sun.
Sunday School Nursery Carolyn & Shelby
Church Nursery Chrystle & Stacey

Aug. 28, Thurs.- Jr. Youth will meet at 7 p.m. at the church.
Sept. 3, Wed.-Youth Bible Study will meet at the church, 7 p.m.
Sept. 6, Sat.-at 6 p.m. movie night at church showing "Mom's Night Out".
Sept. 10, Wed.- Jr. Youth, JGA and JBA will begin meeting at the Bowmansville
Mennonite Church from 7-8:30 p.m. JGA and JBA is for girls and boys in 2
nd
-5
th

grade. Jr. Youth is for anyone in 6
th
-8
th
grades. These groups meet on the second
Wed. of each month, September-May. The evenings include a devotional time and a
variety of activities/speakers. Any child in these age groups is welcome to attend!
There is no need to register before the first meeting.
Sept. 13, Sat.-Fellowship Day and Chicken BBQ at Landis Homes 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Benefit Auction begins at 9 a.m. See brochure on the bulletin board for details.
Cookies are needed for the Landis Homes Chicken BBQ by Sept. 12. Sign up on the
sheet in the narthex if you are interested in donating 5 dozen. Contact Mary Ellen
Musser with any questions.
Sept. 17, Wed.-The Bible Released Program for the coming school year will be
beginning. Interested Adamstown Elementary students in grades 3-5 are excused
from school for one hour each Wed. for Bible instruction and scripture
memorization. If you enjoy sharing Gods Word with children and are available 11
a.m.-1 p.m. on Weds., please considering joining others in our church family by
serving as a volunteer (Contact Sylvia or Darlene for more info.). Please pray that
God would use this time with the students to have an eternal impact in their lives.
Sept. 17, Wed.-Bowmansville District Sewing Circle will meet in the morning and
afternoon. Everyone is invited to help with comfort knotting, quilting, or sewing on
a sewing machine. You are welcome to stay for the entire day, or just a few hours as
it suits you. School Kits are always in need for children whose lives have been
uprooted due to war or natural disasters. The following items may not seem like
much, but will make a big difference to them, as they attempt to bring some
normality back into their lives by resuming their studies. A School Kit includes the
following new items:4 spiral or perforated notebooks (8 X 10 ; 70 sheets), 1
ruler (flat, flexible plastic; indicating centimeters and inches), 12 colored pencils in
packaging. Sewing Circle will provide a pencil eraser and 8 unsharpened pencils for
each kit. Items can be brought to the church and Sewing Circle will see that they are
taken to MCCs Material Resource Center. Thank you!
Sept. 20, Sat.-No Longer Alone Ministries: Dream Ride, be a rider, be a sponsor.
For more info visit www.dreamrideprojects.org or call 717-390-4891.
Sept. 21, Sun.-Mark your calendar for some inspirational singing by the Gap Male
Chorus on Sunday evening, at 7 p.m. here at Gehman Mennonite Church. You will
be blessed by the message of the music!

Sept. 21, Sun.-A hymn sing led by Aaron Groff, Lititz, will be held in the 1855
Allegheny Mennonite Meetinghouse, 39 Horning Road, Mohnton), at 2 p.m. If you
have a copy of the 1927 Church Hymnal, please bring it with you. For more
information, e-mail jgsen@windstream.net or call 717-278-8459.
-The nursery schedule is being updated. If you would like your name added or
deleted from the current schedule, please talk to Shelby. Thank you!
-Middle School and High School Students: Would you be interested in joining our
mentor program? The goal of this program is to match up MS/HS students with
adults in our congregation who will invest time in getting to know you, pray for
you, encourage you and have fun with you! If you are interested in being a part of
this program, please talk to Kelly Horning.
-Would you enjoy helping young girls to have fun and grow in faith in Jesus?
We need JGA leaders. JGA (Jr. Girls Association) is for girls in grades 2-5, and is


one of a series of monthly programs for children and youth run in cooperation
between Bowmansville, Gehman, and Red Run Mennonite Churches. JGA meets at
Bowmansville Mennonite Church from 7-8:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of
the month during the school year. Interested? Please contact Pastor Phil.

Happy Birthday! Karen Sauder on Mon., Austin Sauder on Wed., and Clair Mast,
Dean Hoover, Harvey Horning, and Noumeth Panyanouvong on Fri.