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.
September 7, 2014

Prayer 8:15 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Worship Service 10:00 AM
Prelude
Call to Worship Adin Frey
Hymn of Praise Derek Sauder
Offering William Horning
Worship in Song Worship Team
Message: Matthew 19:16-24 "Obstacles" Mike Wenger
Hymn of Response
Sharing Time/Pastoral Prayer Phil Horning
Benediction

Today:
Greeters Phil & Kelly Horning
Sunday School Nursery Michelle & Liz
Church Nursery Chrystle & Stacey
Fellowship Meal, all are welcome!
The offering for the month of September is for EMM and budgeted items.
Offering for last week: $2,625.86
Attendance for last week: 102

Next Week:
Greeters Darrell & Loretta Gockley
Song Leader
Offertory
Message Phil Horning
Sunday School Nursery Carolyn & Shelby
Church Nursery Steve & Darlene
Sept. 7, Sun.- Everyone is invited to the "Back-to-School" ball game at Brubaker
Park today between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Sept. 8, Mon.-Ministry Team meeting at 6 p.m. and the Board of Elders meeting at
7 p.m. Thanks for your prayers for these meetings. If you have questions,
encouragement, suggestions etc. for our church, or if you have something you
would like to discuss or present at one of these meetings, please share that with the
Ministry Team. Your input is welcomed.
Sept. 10, Wed.- Jr. Youth, JGA and JBA will be meeting at the Bowmansville
Mennonite Church from 7-8:30 p.m.
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. School kits are the project this month. 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.
Sept. 27, Sat.-We are having a stand at the Brecknock Fall Festival and there are
signup sheets ,for food and people to man the stand, on the table in the narthex.
Happy Birthday! Randy B. Sauder on Sat.
-The Missionary Messenger is a bi-monthly magazine for all ages (published by
EMM) containing many stories of how God is at work around the world. Our
church provides subscriptions for anyone who wishes to receive this publication. If
you would like to have your name added or removed from the subscription list,
please let Darlene McCosby know no later than Sunday, Sept. 28
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-Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society upcoming events- Hazels People Field
Trip-Explore Lancaster Mennonites in transition through the Lancaster Mennonite
Historical Societys upcoming field trip on the making of Hazels People 40 years
ago. Visit filming locations, hear from actors, and reflect with us on whether we are
still Hazels people. A light lunch is included. For more info, visit lmhs.org.
Films in the Field-Come to the 1719 Hans Herr House & Museum for a series of


Films in the Field. Each Sat. in Sept., watch a Mennonite film and hear from
someone involved in its creation. The films are: The Radicals, Sept. 6; Hazels
People, Sept. 13; The Silence at Bethany, Sept. 20; Pearl Diver, Sept. 27; All films
start at 7:30 p.m., tickets cost $5 at the site on the same day. Visit hansherr.org for
more information. Community Hymn Sing-Come on Sun., Sept. 14, 3 p.m., to the
1719 Hans Herr House and join others in singing favorite hymns in the oldest
surviving Mennonite place of worship in the Western hemisphere. Admission is
free, but registration is required. Call (717) 464-4438 to save your place.
Volunteers needed-1719 Hans Herr House and Museum, located in Willow Street,
needs volunteer tour guides and help in the gift shop. We are looking for help on
weekdays and Sat.. Please call 717-464-4438 to sign up to volunteer!
-We are looking at an MDS work week the third or fourth week of February
2015. Those wishing to contribute toward expenses may do so throughout the year
using the offering envelopes. Please designate the contribution to MDS 2015 Work
Week.
August 2014 Offering Report -Total Offerings: $15,778.07
Designated Esther Snader 200.00
Designated MDS 15 work week 220.00
Designated Building fund 200.00
Designated China trip 35.00
First fruits giving 1,512.30 (District Bishop Fund/Lanc Menn Conf)
Budgeted funds 10,480.00 (Insurance, Ministers, Operating, Gehmans
Missions, Youndt property purchase, Youth)
Freedom Gate Groceries 3,130.77