New Carlisle Church of the Brethren Newsletter
The Church of the Brethren
Continuing the work of Jesus - Peacefully, Simply, Together
We
are a people of faith who celebrate and share the Good News of God’s love.
Our
doors are open to all who would join us in the journey of faith and life.
Senior
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Andrew J.O. Wright
Associate
Pastor: Rev. Vicki L. Ullery
Pastors
Cristo Nuestra Paz: Jaime & Ramona Rivera
Secretary:
Cathy Semler
Office
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am. - 12:00pm.
Telephone:
(937) 845-1428 / Fax: (937) 845-1615
Pastor’s
Cell Phone / Voice Mail: (937) 546-1196
Church
Email: church@ncbrethren.org
Website:
www.ncbrethren.org
Pastor
Andrew's Email: pastor@ncbrethren.org
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Sunday Worship: 72 Sunday School: 28 Offering: $1634.00 (Budget $2,980.83)
July 17, 2008
THIS SUNDAY
Rev. Rosie Combs
Guest Speaker
July 27
PASTOR Jaime Rivera
Pastor Andrew is preaching
at
Circleville Church of
the Brethren)
August 3
“Celebrating 300 Years
Of Brethren Worship”
(Holy Communion)
August 9
Block Party
August 24
Worship in the Park
TIFFANY LAMPS
Not long ago, I learned from someone “in the know” about the history of
the famous Tiffany lamp shades. Apparently, Tiffany's real business was
stained glass windows. The lamp business started as only a sideline to
make use of the leftover and broken pieces from his windows. That his name
is more associated with the lamps than with the windows is ones of life’s
ironies.
Tiffany’s story illustrates a Gospel truth. Most of us set out to create
great windows in our lives. We follow some great vision of what we want
to accomplish. In reality though what we set out to do or what we set out
to be never comes to pass as we had planned. Dreams get shattered, plans
change, relationships come and go, we change. It seems that in our lifetime,
despite our best efforts we accumulate a mass of broken glass.
The Good News of the Gospel is that our God is a God who works with broken,
discarded pieces. If given a chance, the God of Jesus Christ will take
the rough, jagged edges of our lives and form them into something new,
a new creation.
In the final analysis, maybe it’s not our grand vision that will matter
so much to the world and be remembered. Maybe what matters is what
we allow the Artist to make from all the broken pieces.
The Rev. Herman Hollerith IV, Prince George Winyah,
Episcopal Church, Georgetown, S.C. © The Anglican Digest. Used by
permission.
Pastor’s Corner
For:
July 20, 2008
Scripture Text:
Isaiah 44:6-8
Psalm 86:11-17
Romans 8:12-25
Matthew 13:24-30,
36-43
Reflective Questions:
1. What do the texts reveal
about God?
2. What do you hear God
saying to you
in these Scripture passages?
3. How will you respond?
PRAYER CONCERN (from Jim
Phares)
Charlotte Miller, a visitor
at church on Sunday needs to be spiritually upheld in prayer.
Her father, Jim, lives
in Florida and is having an issue with a heart problems, and complications
with medication.
If you would like to
send Charlotte cards of encouragement her address is:
Charlotte Miller
205 N. Scott St.
New Carlisle, OH 45344
Looking Ahead
This Sunday
July 20, 2008
8:00 - Call to
Prayer
8:30 - Son Rise Breakfast
9:30 - Sunday School
S.S. Nursery: Kevin
Studebaker
10:30 - Worship:
Rev. Rosie Combs
Greeters:
Tony & Jan White
Deacon Prayer:
Karen Gibson
Acolytes:
Pat Krabacher &
Anna
Schmitt
Storyteller:
Shirley Petry
Nursery:
Karen Slattery & Terri Schmitt
Worship Leader:
Diane Moore
11:45 - Coffee Hour
Next Week
Monday (July 21)
9AM - Prayer Group
Tuesday (July 22)
7PM - BCU @ our
church
Wednesday (July 23)
9AM - Ladies Aid
5:00-7:00 - Community
Dinner
6:30-7:30 - Stressed
But Blessed
Thursday (July 24)
5:30 - Weight Watchers
PRAYER CONCERNS
Mary Gibbons - heart
problems (Pastor Andrew’s mother)
Beverly Rath - pulmonary
disease on oxygen, blood in lungs
Jim Miller - heart problems
Kathy Shellhaus - failing
health, daughter of Dorothy Kingery
Kirstie Studebaker -
prayers for a safe time in Brazil
Shirley McOwen
Roy Hixson - Day Spring
Nursing & Rehab Center
Reagyn Semler
Janet Taylor - recovering
from surgery
Bruce Bloom - financial
issues
Sandy Shank
Rock House COB
CONTINUED PRAYERS FOR
Pastor Andrew & family,
Our Church Leaders: Deacons, Church Board, Teachers,
Our Church Families:
Skip Castle, Harold Erbaugh, Linda Fields & family, Roy Hixson, Geoffrey
Hall & family, Dorothy Kingery, Cameron Platt & Family, Carol
Smart, Tim, Cindy & Casey Snapp, Eloise Studebaker, Janet Taylor, Velma
Taylor, Lucille Voelkl, Bill & Martha Welbourne, BJ White, Tim Tipton
Family
Habitat for Humanity,
Hispanic Ministry, World Peace
CANCER PATIENTS
Cindy Collins, Bertie
Harbison, Anne Nippert, Steve McDermott, Marion Petry, Linda Pettecrew,
Mary Gibbons, Shirley Elliott, Samantha (Sarah Hodges’ sister). Mark Flory-Steury,
Norman Lance, Will Moore, Carly Tomlinson, Danielle Kniess, Clara Large,
Janice Luce, Harold Hunter, Tia Hamlin, Laurrell Flory, Lana Dunham, Becky
Moosbrugger
REMEMBER OUR MILITARY
Andrew Krabacher, Isaac
Krabacher, Benjamin Doggett, George Lemmer, Paul Murphy, Justin Miller,
Anthony White, Curtis Vandermark, David Snipes
REMEMBER OUR SHUT-INS
Brethren Home - NCCOB
Cheer Block, Springmeade - Charline Flora, Eaglewood Sr. Community - Verna
Rose, Dayview Care Center - Anne Nippert, Glenn & Linda Fields, Shirley
McOwen, Patriot Ridge - Ralph Semler, Grand Court - Lucille Dunsky
(Our prayer list continues
to grow. Please help us keep the list updated. If anyone can be removed
or needs to be put on the list, please call the church office at 937-845-1428.)
A Very Wonderful and Special
Country
What
a country this is! To my way of thinking, there is nothing like it anywhere
in the world. I have visited many beautiful lands, but upon returning to
the United States, there is always the feeling that Almighty God carved
out here a very wonderful and special country. ….
We need to recount the stories of the great souls America has produced
and who produced America. We need to tell and retell the stories beginning
with the Pilgrim Fathers, Bibles under their arms, setting forth in little
ships across a stormy sea, driven not by the winds that raged the Atlantic
and caught the sails of their little boats, but by the mighty conviction
that as sons of God no one could make slaves of them. …..
Something within drove them across trackless wastes to an inhospitable
shore, where unhampered by the autocracy of men, they could worship God
in all the dignity of free men.
We, too, need that spirit of freedom in our hearts. We need to recover
the cleanness and manhood and power and might of the United States in our
minds. We must reemphasize morality, decency and honesty. We need more
of God and more of Jesus Christ. Deeply rooted in the American tradition
are the sovereignty of God and the sacredness of human personality. Upon
these two pillars rests American freedom.
—–Dr. Norman Vincent Peale from his sermon
“I Pledge Allegiance”
UNDER THE SEA
SPRINGFIELD MASONIC COMMUNITY
Invites you to join us
for a BIG BAND DANCE
UNDER THE SEA
August 2, 2008
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$10 per person / $15
per couple
2655 West National Road
Springfield, Ohio 45504
Make reservations today
937-525-3007
“Light snacks will be
served”
Our country is at a crossroads.
As the 2008 presidential election draws near and candidates vie for support
of the American people, our commitment to prayer is crucial. We need
leaders who are courageous, upright and will vigorously defend the freedoms
and timeless principles of our Constitution.
While statistics paint
a grim picture of our nation, even now there are communities committed
to fervent prayer, and they are seeing a decrease in crimes, stronger schools,
families and churches. The entire nation can experience the same blessings,
through Prayer!
Be a part of making a
position difference for America! Please join the National Day of Prayer
Task Force in urging Americans to gather in small groups every Thursday
from noon to 12:30. As we come together to intercede for our nation's leaders,
we can be confident that our Heavenly Father will hear our prayers. Visit
NationalDayofPrayer.org for more information on Pray Thursday!
— submitted by Carol Dutton
How Shall We Pray?
Southern Ohio District
Women’s Retreat
September 19—21st, 2008
I Thessalonians 5:17
Program Leader: Jan King
Saturday evening program—The
Talent Show
with Raymonde returns!
Campfire/Vespers—Oakland
Church
Mark your calendars -
registration forms in office
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WEB NEWS
More
news and announcements can be found on the NCCoB website:
http://www.ncbrethren.org/news.htm
The
Tony Campolo @ NCCoB website will remain up for reference and inspiration
at:
http://www.ncbrethren.org/campolo.htm
The
EXP website will remain up for reference and inspiration at:
http://www.ncbrethren.org/exp.htm
A BBQ (Brethren Brass
Quartet)
website will remain up for reference and
inspiration at:
http://www.ncbrethren.org/bbq.htm
The
Jesus Java website website will remain up for reference and inspiration
at:
http://www.ncbrethren.org/jesusjava.htm
http://www.ncbrethren.org/purpose.htm
The
PDL website will remain up for reference and inspiration.
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