July / August 2017

the Cedar Chips

Pastor’s

Corner

Summer is my favorite active time. Many things can get done when the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and the breezes are blowing. Many things happened and days went by. I feel like I am walking side by side next to God every day with questions and wonders. Altogether with everything going on in this world, how can God handle all my asking, concerns, and puzzles? Feeling exhausted at times, I told myself that I was ready to get away for a few days. I told myself that God always stayed alert and awake for me. God does not need a vacation when I moan and groan for one. But most of all God wants me to pause to enjoy God’s actions and to get my battery recharged. Yes, God was very thorough when making me. My body physically, emotionally, and mentally can handle so much. This brought to my mind a saying of Albert Einstein I read while strolling in Princeton another day, “A difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” To live wisely I must learn my limit then. One obvious experience I learned for my-self was that I could tell when the anti-inflammation med I took was wearing off. The shingles nerve pain crept back in and I knew it was time to take another dose. My illness and limit give me more compassion towards others. God’s words proved right-fully that there would be no test beyond what I could handle. I give God thanks for each

step of my day God refines me to who God wants me to become. Let’s give thanks to-gether because God does the same to you. “Surely, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.” Psalm 54: 4. “God is Good! Life is Precious!”

Signed Pastor Kris

Our Vision

Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church seeks to glorify God

through nurturing spiritual growth, developing faithful discipleship,

and serving our community.

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PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN

Envelopes will be placed in the pew racks to receive the Presbyterian Wom-

en’s Summer offering. This offering will help with the various Presbyterian Women’s Missions including the Women’s Retreat.

PEACH FEST & FAMILY FUN DAY

AUGUST 19 7:30 AM—1:30 PM

This year’s Peach Fest & Family Fun Day will be held on August 19 starting at 7:30AM to 1:30PM with activities held inside and outside our church building. The activities will include:

Kitchen open from 7:30 AM to 1:30 AM. The menu to include – Pancakes, Sausage, Egg Casserole, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Or-ange Juice, Coffee, Lemonade.

Children’s Games will be held outside in the Basketball Court area, to include: Sack Rac-es, Egg Carry Race, Tag Team Races, Hoola Hoops and Water Balloons. Guest Clowns will mingle with the children and will also provide free face painting for the children. A fire truck from Garden Spot Rescue will be here. Tickets will be given to the children for free ice cream. Adults will be charged for ice cream.

Bake Sale: Sign up-sheets will be available for Peach Pie donations and other baked goods.

Books & Jewelry Sale – Donations accepted for books and jewelry.

Live Music will be performed by Phyllis Sands 11:00 a.m. to 12 Noon and Grace Notes Band 12:15 p.m.—1:30 p.m.

Flea Market – Tables available for inside sales at a rental cost of $15.00. Outside ta-bles will be provided by the sellers and at a rental cost at $10.00 per table. Contact Barb Zook for more information to reserve a table and to inform Barb by July 14 to reserve a table for inside sales and for outside table space.

Silent Auction – Please volunteer to donate4 items for the silent auction. Items may in-clude themed gift baskets, gift certificates, puzzles, toys, home décor items, etc. Contact Barb MacMaster for the Silent Auction par-ticipation.

Beverages will be served throughout the day. 20% of proceeds goes to Missions in Action in-cluding Clean Water for Peru.

Come to our Peach Fest & Family Fun Day event for a wholesome, joyful day of activities. Bring family, friends, neighbors and lots of children for a great day.

Presbyterian Women’s Salad & Dessert Supper Supper will be held on Monday, September 11 at 6:30 p.m. Bring a

salad or dessert and join us. Please sign the sheet on the bulletin board (coming in Aug.) if you plan to attend. Everyone welcome!

September Cedar Chips

Please submit any articles by August 21, 2017

Sunday School Update

Adult, Beginners and Chil-dren’s Sunday school clas-ses will resume classes on Sunday, Sept. 10th. This is the first Sunday after Labor Day.

Peach Fest & Family Fun Day Calling All Crafters

We plan to have a table of handmade crafts and needlework. We need knitted or crocheted items of all kinds. Dishcloths made with cotton yarn are popular. We would also like to have pothold-ers, placemats, table runners, and wall hangings. Use your imagination and create something dif-ferent. Let Jane Downes know if you plan to do-nate any items. Any kind of crafts are welcome.

Sign Up!! Sign up sheets are on the bulletin board for Theme Baskets (take tag that is with the signup sheet) and Silent Auction Items. Also for Baked Goods and Help.

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Children’s Little Library

Cedar Grove’s Children’s Little Library is open after church on Sun-days. The Children’s Little Library

is in the Nursery and children can borrow a book to read. Gently used children’s books can be donated for the children’s programs of the church. Please put them in the box for books in the vestibule.

Vacation Bible School

July 16-20 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Calling all kids (grades K thru 6th) to come experience

the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of a unique culture at Passport to Peru VBS, where kids will discover how much God loves the world. Passport to Peru will be filled with incredible Bible-learning adventures, cultural experiences, team-building games, unique treats, and cool faith-building songs—all amazing standout activities that help faith grow in real life. Plus, we’ll help kids discover how to see evidence of God in everyday life – something we call God Sight-ings. Please register by calling the of-fice at 354-5573 by June 10.

Books, Balloons and Animal Crackers! 10:00 a.m.—12 Noon

On Wednesdays the library will be open. All children welcome to a summer of free books and special story time with refreshments. Children’s Little Library is also open after church on Sundays. The Library is in the Nurse-ry and children can borrow a book to read. Themes: July 19—”Happy Birthday, Everyone!” July 26—”Splish, Splash!!” August 2—”Rubber Duckie Day!” August 9—”Under the Shade Tree” August 16 & 23—To be Announced August 30—Library Open, no program!

VBS MISSION PROJECT

Pour Out God’s Love – As part of

the Passport to Peru VBS, our church will partici-pate in an Operation Kid-to-Kid™ mission pro-ject that gives kids the opportunity to help chil-dren in remote villages of Peru have access to safe, clean drinking water. This year, hundreds of thousands of children attending VBS will raise money to help dig wells in small jungle villages throughout the rainforests in Peru. Not only will donations fund effective wells, but the dollars will also allow teams to share the life-changing mes-sage of God’s love and forgiveness. A $5 dona-tion can provide water for an entire year for a child in a remote Peruvian village. Please consid-er joining the children who will be attending our VBS program and make a donation to this mis-sion project. A ‘Clean Water for Peru’ display will be available in the church lobby for your donations. Join the VBS children and together we can ‘pour out’ donations that will touch thousands of kids in Peru!

You and Yours are Invited to PK Party

(PK stands for PorK or Pastor

Kris – Pick One)

Saturday, August 5, 2017 from 12 Noon to 10:00 PM at Pastor Kris’ home - Come with your appe-tites for smoked pulled pork, Thai pork, and more... Live music and more... Food and Enter-tainment for All Ages including kid station to make crafts You are welcome to bring lawn chairs, side dish/dessert and your musical instru-ments!

Donations accepted for:

Children Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation in memory of Tori Jones who taught us how to love and how to live.

Children’s Miracle Network in honor of Mikey Zook, 13, who will need a new heart eventually.

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Stewards' of God’s Gifts

"You may say to yourself, " My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today." - Deuteronomy 8: 17-18 (NIV)

All that we have and all that we are is a gift from God. Think of your friends and family, your tal-ents, skills and abilities, your treasures – these are all gifts from God. As God's children, we aren’t really owners of anything, we are merely “Stewards” of the gifts God has blessed us with.

Summer is coming, and while you're taking that long-awaited vacation, the church will be here for you just as we are all year. Expenses don't take a summer break, so we need your sup-port as much as ever. Please remem-ber to send in or drop off your offering even when you aren't here.

The 2017 flower chart

Cost is $25.00 per week. Checks payable to “Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church” and mark “Flowers”. Fill out an envelope, include pay-ment and put in box at the bulletin board. If you would like the flowers on the week you provided them, pick them up after the 10:00 a.m. church service.

**Please note: If you have the flowers on a Sunday do not take the flower liners. There are white Styrofoam cups under the commun-ion table for you to put them in.

NEW ELECTRONIC SIGN FUNDRAISING

PROJECT:

Our church’s new electron-ic sign is operational to effec-tively communicate our minis-tries to the local communi-ty. The cost of the sign was $29,455. (Includes church

sign, township fees, moving flag pole and electric work). Consider purchasing one or more puzzle pieces. Thank you for your generosity in helping meet the fundraising goal.

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Coloring Page for All Ages!

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Greeters & Ushers 2-Bea Kubany & Vickie Kahler 9-Butch & Ruthie Diem 16-Barbara Smith & Nancy Fiedler 23-Bob & Barb Zook 30-Gary & Carol Seaman Elder On Call: Jane Downes (717) 355-6756 Deacon On Call: Bea Kubany (717) 354-8607 Teller: Elder on Call Helpers: 2-Barbara Smith 9-Wendy Gross 16-Carol Seaman 23-Barbara Masho 30-Bob Zook

July Worship Assistants

Liturgists 2-Gary Seaman 9-Scott Sweigart 16-Bob Zook 23-Betty Ferstler 30-Vickie Kahler Providing Flowers: 2-Bob & Barb Zook 9-To the Glory of God 16-Karen Behrenhauser in Honor of the Baptism of Evelyn Ferstler 23-Harvey & Barbara Overly in Honor of 68th Wedding Anniversary 30-Cheri Patterson in Honor of Braydon’s Birthday Trustee on Call: 2-Dan Hartman 9-Glenn Zook 16-Doug Weaver 23-Bill Kelso 30-Don Oakes

Anniversaries - July 5-Robert & Barbara Zook 6-Joseph & Ruth Py 10-David & Helen Brown 23-Harvey & Barbara Overly

Birthdays - July 3-Allen H. Ruhl 4-Judith Oakes 8-Diana Boley 8-Amelia Collins 10-Vickie Kahler 11-Joey Friel 12-Judy Siegel

16-Scott MacHenry 17-Richard Masho 24-Andrew Smith 26-Barbara Zook 28-Ava Lynn Zook 29-Joanne Hoover 29-Brayden Patterson 30-Sandy Deshong

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August Worship Assistants

Anniversaries - August 16-Louis & Doris Wells 18-Tom & Dale Smith 24-George & Jane Downes 31-Butch & Ruthie Diem

Sept. 5-Jack & Patty Gaudette Sept. 5-Dan & Ginnette Overly Sept. 6-Don & Judith Oakes

Greeters & Ushers 6-Bea Kubany & Wendy Gross 13-Cheri Patterson & Terry Zook 20-Barbara Smith & Nancy Fiedler 27-Glenn & Barb Zook Elder On Call: Robert Zook (717) 656-6322 Deacon On Call: Annette Friel (717) 354-0812 Teller: Elder on Call Helpers: 6-Carol Seaman 13-Barbara MacMaster 20-Barbara Masho 27-Wendy Gross

Liturgists 6-Hymn Sing 13-Bill Kelso 20-Scott Sweigart 27-Carol Seaman Providing Flowers: 6-Ray & Vickie Kahler in Honor of Trey & Emily Kahler’s 1st Wedding Anniversary and Honor of John & Dot Overly’s Anniversary. (John passed on Jan. 21, 2017.) 13-Pastor Kris in Honor of Mother’s Birthday 20-To the Glory of God 27-Cheri Patterson in Memory of Kenny’s Birthday Trustee on Call: 6-Dan Hartman 13-Glenn Zook 20-Doug Weaver 27-Bill Kelso

18-Carol Whitby 27-Sam Schmidthuber 29-Raymond Kahler III 29-Phyllis Hartman

Birthdays - August 3-Robert Herr 10-Wanda Usner 13-Bryan Sweigart 16-Kris Poontajak 17-Ken Eberly

The Cedar Chips Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church P. O. Box 96 4833 Division Highway East Earl, PA 17519

Phone: (717) 354-5573 Address Service Requested

July / August 2017

If you would like to have your sent by e-mail, please contact the church office by phone or e-mail and we will add you to the list. E-mail: cedargrovepc@frontiernet.net

Peach Fest & Family Fun Day

August 19 7:30 am—1:30 pm

Vacation Bible School

July 16-July 20 6:00—8:30 p.m.