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A publication of St. John’s United Church of Christ Volume 68 No. 7 July/August 2014

Tim enjoys many hobbies such as swimming, hiking,

gardening and biking. Most of all though he loves

spending time with his 2 grandsons! When you are at

the church, stop by to introduce yourself to Tim.

As we recently learned when Jamie started, we only have to learn to know one new person. Tim has to

Welcome our new custodian, Tim Sheeder!

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As I am on sabbatical, I wanted to share with you a prayer that sounds like it could be made by a pilgrim on the way of Jesus. It was

written by Glen E. Rainsley and is found in the UCC Book of Worship)

O God of Love, we are wayfarers in the world,

prone to erratic changes of course, losing sight of our goals,

to becoming so discouraged by the journey that we will hitch a ride on anything that comes along.

Help us on our way, O God.

If we change our course, let it be not in self-interest,

but in order to share the love of Christ with another sojourner.

If we lose sight of our goals, let our quest bring us as your curious people to honest searching of our

faith.

If we become weary and discouraged and forget that You are with us,

let it lead to recognition of our need for you.

As we travel in a world that seems a trackless, hostile wilderness, we ask that Your Spirit sustain, encourage, and enable us to go on.

In the name of Jesus Christ, who walked before us. Amen



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Greetings and God bless you from our Skillet group and camp ministry! I want to start this edition by saying thank you to all who have made my first year a blast! There have been some challenges, but they have certainly been outweighed by the joys experienced through our youth program. With that being said it's time to look to the future and start thinking about what we can do to make our youth programming even better! One of the strongest points of feedback

that I've received had to do with the level of communications that exist within our youth program. I completely agree that we have to be better about working together and about communicating which is why what I'm about to say next is so incredibly important. This August I will be working to put together a youth ministry team!! My goal is to get more

people involved who can bring diverse and helpful gifts to our program. If you are interested in youth ministry, have the time to give in service, or you just want to be more involved in the life of our church this is a perfect opportunity because we need your help!! Right now I am tentatively planning a meeting to be held on August 19, 20, or 21 so mark your calendars and keep an eye on the bulletin and church calendar for the finalized date. I am excited about this

new effort and I think that having a ministry team surrounding our youth will only breathe even more life into what we already do!

Psalm 145:4-5 reads, "One generation will praise your works to the next one, proclaiming your mighty acts. They will talk about the glorious splendor of your majesty; I will contemplate your wondrous works.". The point here is that our young people will learn

their faith from their community and that means all of us. I hope that you will consider attending in August and I hope that you will consider giving of your time to support our youth ministry program. Whether you are a parent, grandparent, lay person, or anyone with a gift to offer to our young people you will be perfect. One of my primary goals for youth ministry at St. John's is to leave the youth program in a place where it has the foundations to succeed for years after I have been called somewhere else. Fortunately we have time until I will be called away, but this means empowering YOU and it means all of us working together for the future. If you have any questions, or if you're interested in participating in the meeting listed above,

please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you all for the help you've provided so far, I look forward to more incredible ministry to come!

Blessings and Peace,

Jeff Kardisco, Youth Director


mailto:[email protected]


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Music Notes... Hello, and Happy Summertime to you all! I hope you're all enjoying those lazy afternoons when it's too hot out to work. As you have probably noticed, things are a little bit different here at St. John's this summer: Pastor Mark is on Sabbatical with Pastor Gloria McPherson "subbing" for him, and we've gone to a single 9:30 a.m. "blended" service. This is a good thing - both groups of worshippers, Contemporary and Traditional, singing and praying together, and lots of music! Goodness, it will be like having a Festival Service every Sunday! You will be seeing Choir members helping out the Praise Team, some guest musicians, some new songs (and some "oldies" too). On July 20th the Summer Singers will be singing their hearts out, and I will be taking advantage of the opportunity to visit my mother in Northern California one last time. In August I'll be bringing a dear friend and co-teacher, Katherine Seager, to provide special music. Kate received her BA in voice from WVU, and her MA in voice from Bowling Green University. She is a lyric soprano with a high C that can shatter glass - really! And most of the targeted exercises I use to warm up the choir I stole from her! If you attended the Pentecost Festival Service, you heard Guz playing CLASSICAL music with me - specifically, a bit of quiet, meditative music based on the Pachelbel Canon in D. We received so many complimentary comments on that, we decided to do it again for August 3rd's Communion Service. I'm thinking Bach... Musically Yours, Lani



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St. John’s Church Camp—Ft. Loudon, PA It’s where FAITH and FUN go hand in hand.

Camp Kum BaYah* (gr 3-5) July 13 - 19

Camp Noah (K-2) July 14—18

Camp River Wild (gr 6-8) July 20-25

*Note: Camp Noah and Kum Ba Yah will basically be run as two separate camps.

Vacation Bible School - Weird Animals August 3 thru 7, 2014

Ages 3 to Grade 5 completed Register at stjohnschambersburg.org

Prayers for a safe and spiritual experience!!



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1st Tony Miller 3rd Joanne Shew, Karen Besore 4th Kenneth Plummer, Tina Smith, Logan Stepler 5th Marco Dereef, Kelly Ann Hoover 6th Keith Culbertson, Jeffrey Baltozer, Jack Patterson 7th Rodney Byers 8th Suzanne Knepper 10th Robery Archibald, Linda Zeger, Sophia Sweetser 11th Betty Koontz, Barbara Strite, Kimberly Rzomp, Kyle Myers, Jacob Myers 12th Renee Byers 13th Bill Slothower, Barbara Fisher, Elizabeth Nutter, Michelle Powers, Atley John Van Why 14th Michael Osterman, Cassandra Rzomp 15th Lauren Sprenger, Amber Wishard, Alexis Reichelderfer 16th Charles Reicheldcerfer 17th Julie Olson, David Hoover 18th Nancy Rotz 19th Sandy Domer, Samantha Ruzicka 20th Atley Grace Rebok 21st Connie Stenger, Tiffany Zullinger 22nd Jenna Young 23rd Alma Graham, Jerry Angulo, Maurice Marotte, Kevin Woy, Jennifer Smith 24th Edna Scubelek 25th Kirk Johnson, Kiana Smith 27th Karen Sigler, Tyler Sprenger 28th Jill Bard 29th Jackson Tucker 30th Deanna Statler, Stacey Johnson, Jessica Brown 31st Ryan Brown Jr.



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1st Betty Monastra 2nd Arlene McFate, Anne Johnson 3rd Ian Armstrong 4th Maxine Rife 5th Bernie Houser, Peggy Orr, Doris Olson 6th Eric Herzog, Adam Olson 7th *Dorothy Baylor, Carl Bigler, Jean Cook, Lynann Funk, Karli Kegerreis, Sean Collier 10th Carol Foltz, Jason Noel 11th Andrew Johnson 12th Karen Johnston, William Mull 14th Rodney Rotz, James Stoudt 15th Christine Pensinger, Kirk Zeger, Gabriel Sollenberger 17th Joyce Patterson, Eric Wadel 18th Jane Jacobs, Erin Wadel 19th *Harold Leister, Jerry Thomason 20th Alma Bassler, Charles Powers, Matthew Walker, Karlee Metz 21st *Donald Sailer, Ann Osterman, Kimberly McMullen, Susan McNew, Dwight Sollenberger 22nd Robert Dilling, Holly Pefley 23rd Dolores St. Clair, Sarah Young, Cooper Miller, 24th Connie Kaiser, Wayne Statler, Alexis Kump, 25th Jena Bard, 26th Dona Kegerreis, Dana Harriger 27th *Luella Flowers, Carolyn Eckenrode, *Kitty Ingram Nicole Van Der Grinten 28th Eric Hoover, Aleeya Leister 29th Joann Brechbill, Austin Bard, Jonathan Woy 30th Becky Sirpis, 31st Kenneth Horn, Elizabeth Widmann *Dorothy, Harold, Donald, Luella and Kitty are currently homebound members of our congregation. They would love to hear from you on their special day!!



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Fellowship Ministry has planned a St. John's family & friends event to see GODSPELL at Totem Pole Playhouse on AUGUST

24th, the 3PM matinee. Fellowship Ministry will provide refreshments prior to the show at 2:00PM under the theatre

tent. Discounted GODSPELL tickets are on sale now for $35.25 each before & after the service plus during office hours. Purchase your tickets now before they are sold out. GODSPELL - the Broadway musical based on the Gospel of St. Matthew comes to vibrant life on the Totem Pole stage complete

with a children's chorus and local church choirs in this joyful family-friendly production.

THANK YOU for your generosity in supporting the "Act of Kindness" Project sponsored by the 3rd -5th

Grade Sunday School. We raised $250.00 to benefit the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter. The children put their hearts into this mission experience by making their rainbow loom bracelets & key chains for the congregation sale. They chose to help the furry friends at Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter.



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July

July 6 - Matt 22: 1-14

July 13 - Matt 23: 29-39

July 20 - Matt 25: 14-30

July 27 - Matt 25: 31-46

August

Aug 3 - John 1: 43-51

Aug 10 - John 3: 22-36

Aug 17 - John 5: 30-47

In Sympathy

Wilma Johnson (age 85) passed away June 1, 2014.

From the Book of Common Prayer



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Men’s Breakfast at Chris’s

Country Kithchen. July 3 and August 7

@ 7:00 AM

Ladies’ Breakfast at Bob Evan’s.

July 15 and August 19 @ 8:30 AM

St. John’s Ladies Luncheon St. John’s Ladies Luncheon group does

NOT meet in June or August. However, we have always had a “Summer Reunion” the 2nd Wednesday in July-this year July 9th.

Beverly Peters is asking for YOUR ideas—where might we go??? Please call ASAP so we can continue our tradition at 263-5553.



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Upcoming Events @ St. John’s UCC June 29 - August 31 Blended Worship at 9:30 in the Sanctuary. July 3 Men’s Breakfast @ Chris’ Country Kitchen July 4 Independence Day!! - Church office is closed July 9 Women’s Luncheon – Summer Reunion July 13 - July 25 Camp Season at St. John’s Camp July 15 Women’s Breakfast @ Bob Evans July 16 Potluck dinners will resume Sept 2014 July 20 Summer Singers at our Worship Service. August 3 - August 7 Vacation Bible School August 18 Pastor Mark returns from his Sabbatical.

EMAIL NOTICES

Did you know that St. John’s sends out an email at least once a week with re-minders of the coming Sunday’s service and other special events?

If you would like to be added to this list, send your email to [email protected].

CHANGE IN DEADLINE! The deadline for submission of ar cles and informa on for inclusion in the "Spirit" has always been early in the month for publica on the following month. The dates have also varied from month to month. We have decided

to make a change in that process and the deadline for submission will now be the 15th of every month and the "Spirit" will be published the end of every month. This will make it easier to remember when informa on and ar cles are due the 15th...every




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$350.00 Fruitbelt Farmworker Christian Ministry

$168.07 Chambersburg Meals on Wheels

$280.11 Homewood Foundation

$224.09 Women In Need

$140.05 Occupational Services, Inc.

$210.08 SIM Missionary (Jon & Amanda Fielder)

$168.07 SCCAP’s Franklin County Circles Initiative

$280.11 Homewood Foundation

$210.08 Honduras Vetrinarian (Dr. Scott and Diane Karper)

$56.02 Operation Concern

$84.03 Maranatha

The “First Fruits” Offering is a ministry of St. John’s which is organized by our Outreach Ministry Team. They have set up a schedule of worthy local organi-zations and then they see that we, as a congregation, are informed of the needs of those organizations. So far in 2014 we have collected: January 2014 $411 for the Community Food Pantry at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fayetteville February 2014 $725.25 for the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund March 2014 $449.50 for Franklin County Legal Services April 2014 $613 for Women In Need May 2014 $350 for Fruit Belt Ministries June 2014 $388 for Habitat for Humanity



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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

29 30 1 2 3 4 5

Summer Singers 10:00am

Nursery School Ministry 6:30pm PraiseTeam 7:00pm

Men's Breakfast @ Chris's 7:00am

Office Closed - Independence Day

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

First Fruit - Pregnancy Min-istries

Summer Singers 10:00am

Women's Luncheon - Summer Reunion 12:30pm Spiritual Council 7:00pm Praise Team 7:00pm

Blended Wor-ship 9:30am

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Camp Kum Ba Yah @ Camp Other 07/13/2014 (All day) to 07/19/2014 (All day)


Camp Noah @ Camp Other 07/14/2014 - 9:15am to 07/18/2014 - 4:30pm

Womens Break-fast at Bob Evans 8:30am Summer Singers 10:00am

PraiseTeam 7:00pm

Library Committee 10:00am

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Camp River Wild @ Camp Other 07/20/2014 (All day) to 07/25/2014 (All day)


Stewardship Meeting 6:30pm

Consistory Meeting 7:00pm Praise Team 7:00pm

27 28 29 30 31 1 2


Praise Team 7:00pm

Please check our website

for updated calendar

information!

www.stjohnschambersburg.org

and www.sjucc1811.org



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ELECTRONIC GIVING

Did you know that St. John’s offers an Electronic Giving program? It’s easy, convenient, safe and efficient. This program deducts your set amount automat-ically from the ac- count you designate each week or month. Call the Office Man-ager, Vicki Wishard, for details or stop in

Time to update the membership

directory!! Please submit all changes regarding mailing

address, phone number and/or email address

to Jamie at [email protected] Or feel free to drop it off at the church office by August 1st. Thank

you!!!




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TRUSTEES Ken Dilling 263-4497 [email protected] Bob Keeney 264-6125 [email protected] Bob Strunk 263-8971 [email protected]

ELDERS Sue Collier 414-6253 [email protected] Connie Evans (Pres.) 264-2069 [email protected] Mary Lou Hendrickson 263-0494 [email protected] Dick Rebok 263-2785 [email protected] Connie Strunk 263-8971 [email protected] Jerry Thomason 263-5511 [email protected]

DEACONS Don Hendrickson 263-0494 [email protected] Donna Hilton (Sec.) 264-7211 [email protected] Paul Kaiser 263-9451 [email protected] Karie Leister 267-0248 [email protected] Cheryl Sollenberger 352-4019 [email protected] Eric Wadel 262-2434 [email protected]

PASTOR Mark Ruzicka 504-2923 [email protected]

ATTENDANCE

DATE WORSHIP June 1 131 June 15 111 June 22 113

GENERAL FUND THROUGH June, 2014

Budget Actual Variance Income $165,042 $120,138 ($44,904 Expenses $181,309 $202,109 ($20,799) ______________________________________________________ Difference ($16,268 ($81,971) ($65,703)



















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Sunday Worship

From June 15 through August 31 St. John’s worship schedule will be as follows:

• One Blended Service at 9:30 in the Sanctuary.

• Junior Church (through grade 2) at 9:30 in the church nursery.

St. John’s United Church of Christ “St. John’s, united as one Church for Christ”

1811 Lincoln Way East Chambersburg, PA 17202 Phone: 717-263-8593 Fax: 717-263-9010

Web site: www.stjohnschambersburg.org and www.sjucc1811.org

Office Hours: Mon.— Fri. from 9 AM — 3 PM

PLEASE NOTE

St. John’s has regular Congregational meetings. As a rule, one is in early June and one is in early November. Notices of these meet-

ings are in this publication and in weekly bulletins. If there are any accompanying documents which are distributed electronically, any member may request that those documents be mailed to them by calling

the

church office BE-

Pastor Mark [email protected] Jeff Kardisco [email protected] Lani Grigsby [email protected] Vicki Wishard [email protected] Jamie Hopkins [email protected]


http://www.stjohnschambersburg.org

http://www.sjucc1811.org







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