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Church Staff — Pastor: The Rev. Mary Anne Kingsborough Parish Secretary: Rose Gallagher rosegall@embarqmail.com Youth Director: Bob & Chrissy Null Sexton: Tom Donovan

Parish Office— Hours: 9 AM to 1 PM (Monday-Friday) Telephone: (717) 285-4626 Fax: (717) 285-0668

“Concordia Chronicle” Editor: Rose Gallagher Collating/Folding: Volunteers

Church Council —

President: Don Renfer Vice President: Susan Holmberg Secretary: Amanda Yoder Treasurer: Kathy Ockrymiek Pastor Mary Anne Kingsborough Scott Widdall-Evangelism/ Social Ministry Susan Holmberg-Planning & Review Ronda Knighton -Worship & Music Bob Null, Tim McAdoo - Finance & Stewardship Wilmer Wallace-Christian Formation Don Renfer- PR & Personnel Diana Bachman - Fellowship Chuck Lehman, Bob Castleman- Property/Cemetery

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September 2017 Volume 2017 – No. 8

Time After Pentecost

a newsletter publication of

Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church 3825 Concordia Road, Columbia, PA 17512

Telephone: (717) 285-4626 Fax: (717) 285-0668

Website: http://www.concordiaelc.com

Pastor: The Rev. Mary Anne Kingsborough

Pastor Emeritus: Thomas W. Rundell Office Telephone: (717) 285-3492 · Cell: (717) 495-2728

E-mail: pastormaryanne@embarqmail.com

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Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church

Worship Services • Saturday Evening Worship: 6 P.M.

• Sunday Morning Worship: 9:30 A.M Coffee Time: 10:45 AM

Sunday School will resume on September 17th.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Birthdays & Anniversaries ............ 11 Blessing of the Animals .................... 9 Blessing of the Hunters ..................... 5 Camp News ....................................... 7 Church Council ................................ 4 Condolences ..................................... 4 God’s Work, Our Hands ................... 4 India Mission, Help us buy a cow .... 9 Martin Luther .................................... 6 Mountville Museum ......................... 9 Pancake Breakfast ............................. 5 500th/Reformation events ................. 8 Social Ministry Kits ..................... 6,10 Sunday School Rally Day ................. 5 Thank You (VBS) ............................. 7 Upcoming Events ............................ 5

REMINDER:

Rally Day will be Sunday, Sep-

tember 17th. This will be the first

day of Sunday School!

Information for the Octo-ber .newsletter is due on Monday, September 18. Please email arti-cles to: rosegall@embarqmail.com or place in the wall holder outside

the office, or the Secretary bin in the west narthex. Thank you!

Mission statement "We celebrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ by living and sharing His Word and caring for God's creation."

COLUMBIA FOOD BANK COLLECTION ITEMS

September Baby Food

Place items in the basket in the Fellowship Hall.

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Wedding Anniversary Wishes to:

5-Amanda & Andrew Yoder 6- Paul & Fay Mowrer 8-Rene & Shea Mathis 12-Paul & Cherie Sidoti 13-Bruce & Becky Birk 17-Corey & Kathryn Broughman 22-Timothy & Paula McAdoo 26-John & Tamara Morrow, Jr., David & Barbara Schulteiss 30-Daniel II, & Anna Lenox

If your birthday or anniversary was missed, or is incor-rect, please call Rose in the Parish office.

Happy September Birthday Wishes to:

1-Teri Baker, Evan Lucas 2-Wayne Houck, Leah Bachman, Charlie Lehman 4-Ruth Stehman 6-Ruthann Morrow 7-Bruce Greenawalt 8-Shaun Wilhelm, Jr. 9-Andrew Houck, Joan Schaum 10-Deana Frescatore 12-Jill Corvino, Emily Knighton, Bob Snyder Sr. 16-Nancy Parker 18-Evan Widdall 19-Steven Markle 20-Brandon Gainer, Hope Long, Marcella Steele, Margaret Steele 21-Nathan Fawber, Jr. 22-Gregory Wolf 23-Victoria Straub 24-Michael Dietrich 25-Chad Keller, Joey Snyder 26-Wayne Hoffman 27-Jason Santiago, Jr. 28-Jessalynne Breneman, Blake Kauffman 29-Paul Morgan, Samuel Sparks 30-Abigail Kline Lewis

September

Celebrations

SUNDAY SCHOOL

RALLY DAY

Rally Day will be Sunday, Sep-

tember 17th. This will be the first

day of Sunday School!

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Lutheran World Relief Kits

Social Ministry Committee will be collecting for Lutheran World Relief Ingathering until September 17th. Please make as many complete kits as possible and put in the box in the west narthex. Any question contact Barb Widdall at 989-6615.

Each School Kit:

• Four 70-sheet notebooks (280-300 sheets total) of wide- or college-ruled paper approx-

imately 8" X 10½"; no loose-leaf paper

• One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the oth-

er

• One pencil sharpener

• One pair of blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)

• Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; secure together with a rubber band

• Five black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink); secure together with a rubber band

• One box of 16 or 24 crayons

• One 2½" eraser

Include the Personal Care towels for September:

• One light-weight bath-size towel (20” X 40” to 52” X 27”), dark color recommended

(Can be found at Walmart.)

We would like to assemble kits on Sunday, Sept. 17th. Collection date is Oct. 14th.

Please contact Barb Widdall if you can help.

Special welcome to Miss Abbie Wood, who will be joining our staff as a part-time organist.

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Pastor Mary Anne’s Message …

Dear Friends in Christ,

As some of you know the Lutheran Church across the globe will be cele-brating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation this year. Concordia is celebrating, along with the rest of the Church, with special events the last weekend in October. Please reserve Saturday evening, October 28th and Sunday October 29th on your calendars NOW! The influence that the Reformation had upon the Church and Christianity cannot be overstated enough.

Now Martin Luther loved to talk about faith and the Bible. He had a large home that he and his wife Katie would open up to students and visi-tors and friends to gather around the table and talk about issues of faith. He published some of these discussions in a series called “Table Talks”. In honor of Martin Luther’s “Table Talks” we will meet at Nick’s Bistro in Marietta at 6:00 pm on the first and third Wednesdays of the month to eat and talk about issues of faith like forgiveness, belief, war and peace, etc.

I hope you can make it! Feel free to invite a friend. I pray that this casual atmosphere will allow some of you to attend who might not normally come to something like this. If you know you are coming please call me or the church but feel free to come even if you haven’t let me know; we will have a large table reserved in the side room. Our first Table Talk will be held September 6th. In Christ,

Pastor Mary Anne Adult Sunday School: Yes there will be Adult Sunday School this year starting Sep-tember 24th. We will be studying the fascinating character of Simon Peter.

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Church Council Information

The council minutes will continue to be posted on the Bulletin board

in the west narthex. There is also a copy in the purple Council

Minutes binder on the counter in the office. Council meets on the

2nd Thursday of each month except July. Visitors are welcome.

2017 Officers: President: Don Renfer Vice President: Susan Holmberg

Secretary: Amanda Yoder Treasurer: Kathy Ockrymiek

Pastor Mary Anne Kingsborough

(See the committee chairs and liaisons on the back cover.)

Condolences

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Adele King on Au-

gust 13th. Services were held here at Concordia on August 19th. Please

keep Tracy, Josh, and Jared, and their family and friends in your prayers.

May the hope of resurrection embrace them all.

Our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Janet Blumenschein,

who passed away on August 16th. May the sure and certain hope of the

resurrection be with the Blumenschein and Sheets families. Services were

held here at Concordia on Tuesday, August 22nd.

God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday

September 10th — Immediately following Coffee Time Come join us for a time of service and fellowship! We will join with Luther-

ans across the country to promote outreach ministries in our community!

Following a shortened worship, we will embark on various projects. Some

people may stay at the Church to tie quilts, assemble LWR Kits or work on a

project for our shut-ins. Others will do some outside work helping some of

our members with yard work. The children will participate in their own pro-

ject! There is something for everyone to do! Come and participate by do-

ing God’s work with your hands!

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

Blessing of the Animals October 1st at 2PM. Please bring all pets for a special blessing! Concordia’s

Annual Blessing of the Animals will be held on Sunday, Oc-

tober 1st at 2pm by the Parking Lot. Bring your friends and

family (fur and feathers are welcome)!

Dear Concordia Friends. as you may know, I have the opportunity to go on mission trips with my cousin, Terry Ortman. Most recently, we have been in Zimbabwe for three weeks. In October, we will be going to Visakhapatnam, India. There we will be working with the ministers of Christ the King of Kings Ministries. This organization operates an orphanage as well as a public school. My cousin year-ly works with these gentlemen and I am excited to be able to join them this year. One of the resources my cousin and I would like to be able to give them this trip is an additional dairy cow or two to make the orphanage more self-sustainable. If you feel you would like to donate to this cause, I would gladly accept a donation of any amount as every dollar counts! Please place your donation in an envelope found in the narthex. The envelope has a cow on it to make it disguisable. You can give it to me or place it in the offering plate. If you would like to write a check instead of giving cash, please make the check out to Macedonia Ministries and I will see that you get a receipt for tax purposes. Below you will find a short synopsis about Christ the King of Kings Ministries. Thank you in advance for your blessings on this endeavor as well as your generosity. Carol McD.

Christ the King of Kings Ministries WHO WE ARE Christ the King of Kings Ministries Welfare Association is an indigenous non-profitable or-ganization based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, which is dedicated to reaching the unreached with the good news of Jesus Christ, making disciples, and extending care to the needy.

ORPHANAGE Situated in the remote village of Ava Somavaram, which is 45 kms from Visakhapatnam City, "Two Worlds Children's Home" is the abode for abandoned or orphaned children. These children are clothed, fed, educated, and loved and are the future of India. It is joy and delight to Christ the King of Kings Ministries to serve these kids, who come from various religious faiths and economic background.

SCHOOL Christ the King of Kings Ministries is dedicated in educating the future generation of India. There has been a Considerable change in the literacy rate and is just because of Christian voluntary organizations which are working in different states of India. The literacy rate grew from 18.33 per cent in 1951, to 28.30 per cent in 1961, 34.45 per cent in 1971, 43.57 per cent in 1981, 52.21 per cent in 1991, 64.84 per cent in 2001 and 74.04 per cent in 2011. During the same period, the population grew from 361 million to 1,210 million. Two Worlds Public School which is part of Christ the King of Kings Minis-tries is serving the local community through the school program. In addition to being clearly taught God's plan of salvation, local children have a chance to learn to read and write English, which will greatly expand their opportunities for the future.

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“Freed and Renewed in Christ” is the theme used by the Evangelical Lutheran

Church in America’s (ELCA) churchwide organization in its observance of the

500th anniversary of the Reformation that began with the 95 theses that Martin Lu-

ther first made public on Oct. 31, 1517.

“500 Years of God’s Grace in Action” is a tagline that has been incorporated with

the theme into a single graphic representation.

NEWS RELEASE PLEASE SAVE THE DATE!!

Concordia observes the 500th anniversary of the Reformation Columbia PA (ELCA) Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church will observe the 500th anniversary of the Reformation on the weekend of October 28 and 29, 2017 As a church that believes the good news of Jesus Christ provides the freedom and the courage to boldly participate in what God is up to in the world, ELCA members from across the country will observe the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation in October 2017.

Saturday, October 28th at 6PM

Movie and Game Night

A Luther movie will be shown in the Fellowship Hall for all

adults attending. There will be games upstairs for all the

children! Soft pretzels and root beer will be served.

Sunday, October 29th after Worship

Reformation Anniversary Dinner & Entertainment

Bring your favorite German dish! (Recipes will be available.) Beginning in October, there will be a sign-up sheet

for all events, in the narthex.

The church has been in reformation since it’s birth on Pentecost. As a congregation of the ELCA, Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church has continued ministry and outreach in West Hempfield Township for 158 years. More information about the ELCA is available at ELCA.org.

From Reformation 500 Sourcebook, copyright © 2016 Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission.

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Upcoming Events Sun., Sept. 10, 24 Mountville Museum—1-4pm

And every 2nd & 4th Sunday through Dec.2017

Sun., Sept. 10 God’s Work, Our Hands!

Sun., Sept. 17 Sunday School Rally Day

Sun., Sept. 23-24 Blessing of the Hunters

Sun., Oct. 1 Blessing of the Animals—2pm

T-F-S., Oct. 19-21 Synod Event host by Concordia

Sun., Oct. 28 Reformation Saturday; Movie & Game night 6pm

Sun., Oct. 29 Reformation Sunday! Dinner after worship

500th Anniversary of the Reformation!

Sunday School Rally Day - Sept 17

Join us for Rally Day on September 17th. We will cele-

brate the start of Sunday School with balloons, cupcakes

and crafts! Children will sing songs upstairs and then

move downstairs for snacks and activities. Looking for-

ward to seeing you there!

Blessing of the Hunters

Saturday & Sunday, September 23rd and 24th will be Blessing of the

Hunters. All hunters will receive a special blessing and Blessing Tag

for them to carry.

Concordia Community Pancake Breakfast

As part of our continuing mission with God in caring for His creation, WE serve

a monthly FREE pancake breakfast for our community members in need of a

good breakfast and fellowship. We offer this breakfast on the first Saturday

of each month from 8:30 – 10:30. If you wish to help in this ministry,

come and see how it’s done and be ready to sign up in 2018!

The next Community Pancake Breakfast will be held

Saturday, Sept. 2nd from 8:30-10:30AM.

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Preface: Martin Luther nailed the Ninety-five Thesis on the door of

Wittenberg Church on All Hallow’s Eve, Oct. 31, 1517 (500 years

ago). The Lutheran Church is one of the largest denominations in

the U.S. as a result of the 95 Thesis.

Summary from Conrad Berendoff’s The Church of the Lutheran

Reformation, a Historical Survey of Lutheranism.

By David Zimmerman, Concordia’s Church Librarian

Martin Luther was born in 11/10/1483 into a lower middle-class family whose

parents wanted him to become a lawyer, a good way to climb to a higher

class. He went to Latin school in Erfurt, began studying law in 1505. One

night after almost being struck by lightening, he vowed to go into the mon-

astery. He lectured on the Bible at the U. of Wittenburg, obtaining a Dr. of

Theology Degree. During the above occupations, the wheels in his head

were turning on how the Catholic Church could be reformed. Luther did

not question a great deal, but would not accept the indulgences – how

the money was spent. Some clergy pocketed money that the people paid

to stay out of purgatory. He nailed the 95 Thesis on the door on the Church

at Wittenburg and was later claimed a heretic and the rest is history.

To learn more about this book and other books of its kind, please ask your

librarian, David Zimmerman. There will be more about this book and others

in next month’s Newsletter.

Social Ministry will continue collecting for personal care kits by collecting

nail clippers and light-weight bath-size towels (20” X 40” to 52” X 27”), dark

color recommended. (Can be found at Walmart.) That should give us

what we need to put kits together for the Ingathering.

Place items in the narthex. (See page 10 for information on School

Kits.)

Anyone wishing to donate communion wine may purchase Manischewitz

CONCORD GRAPE WINE, 1.5 LITERS and place it in the Sacristy. You can

turn in your receipt at the office if you would like to add it to your state-

ment of giving as a donation.

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Thank You

Special thanks to: Chuck Lehman for repairing the glass window above the en-

trance, Ken and Gary Houck for replacing molding by front door, Tammy Walter for

weeding the vegetable garden, Carole Daley for continual care of the flower

beds. (We continue our summer battle against the weeds. :)

Special thanks to: Chuck Lehman for painting the front entrance of the church,

Ken Houck for weeding the side of the church, the walk, and the rest of the memo-

rial garden, and Fred Greenawalt for mulching all the flower beds, and pruning

trees and edging beds!

Home Comunion Help-Thank you so much for our new Helpers: Carol McDonald,

and Sara and Roy Rothrock!

Ushers!

On the WEST Narthex Bulletin Board, we have an Usher’s Signup Poster

for the whole year. Please sign up! We still need more people to sign

up for September and October.

PLEASE LET US KNOW! We must make an appeal to you to CALL the church

office if you or a member of your family is

admitted to the hospital.

CAMP NEWS!! Baseball for Camp!

The York Revolution and the Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central PA are teaming up on Saturday, September 16 as the Revolution take on the Lancaster Barnstormers. 50% from each ticket sold through this offer will go back to the Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central PA! Tickets are $8.00 each. For more event info, please contact: Amanda Lewis at 717-801-4496 or ALewis@yorkrevolution.com

October 1, 3-5:30 pm Capture the Flag Spectacular at Kirchenwald

Review your camp map, paint your face, and practice your cone zone celebration dance. Invite your friends and family (parents, too) to join you in this CTF summer reunion event. Play alongside familiar faces from your week at camp, plus campers from every other week of the summer. Campfire worship to follow.