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ANNOUNCEMENTS

 CALENDAR OF EVENTS: AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

    Monday, August 3: 6:30 p.m.: Full Board Meeting

    Sunday, August 16: 10 a.m.: Outdoor Church, Pavilion

                                                  No Sunday School

    Saturday, August 22: Church Reserved

    Friday, September 11: 11:30-12:30 p.m.: Community Meal

    Thursday, September 17th – Monday, September 21st:  

                    Jenn (Church Secretary) will be on Vacation

    Sunday, September 20: 10 a.m.: Outdoor Church, Pavilion

                                No Sunday School & Church Picnic follows

 

  SPECIAL MUSIC: AUGUST 16: Bob Ritchey & Josh Hill   

                                          23: Doug, Kaitlynn & Allison Snyder

                                             30: The 69ers

 

OUTDOOR PAVILION CHURCH SCHEDULE: August 16 & September 20.  Service will start at 10:00 AM and there will be no Sunday School on those days.

 

RESERVED PARKING: If you need to reserve a parking spot at the Pavilion for Outdoor Church, talk to Jill Miller or Den Yoder.

 

CHILDREN’S TIME for Outdoor church are August 16: Dave Miller; September 20: Dave Miller.

 

 

 

 

ON AUGUST 23RD, The Chiz Rider Ministries will be doing the entire Sunday morning service here at Pine Glen. Chiz Rider is from State College, Pa. His website is www.chizrider.com    He is the person who diagnosed the problems with our old Sound Control Board and did some repairs and charged us $121.00 to get us going again on 1-08-26. In March, we purchased a new control board from him, and he charged us $309.00 for the parts and labor only to install the new control board.  There is a minimum fee of $50 for him to come. We will place the Caring & Sharing jar on the tables in the narthex to take up a love offering for him.  He plays the trumpet and will mix traditional hymns with the more popular praise music and a couple of patriotic tunes. He will also include a 10-minute sermonette for us.   

 

LOVE OFFERING FOR THE CHIZ RIDER MINISTRIES: The M&W Comm. decided to use the 2 Caring & Sharing Jars for you to put your love offering in. The jars will be on the 2 tables in the narthex. The jars will be there before the service starts and then emptied and put out again on the same 2 tables in the narthex for those who want to wait until after the service is over to give their love offering. If you want to write a check, make your check payable to: Pine Glen Church of the Brethren. Our Treasurer will write 1 check to Chiz Rider Ministries to cover the total amount of all the checks in the offering jars. This service is August 23, 2026.

 

NEWSLETTER ITEMS ARE DUE FOR SEPTEMBER: Please

have all items in by August 23rd.

 

COMMUNITY MEAL: Friday, September 11 from 11:30-12:30 p.m.

The menu will be Grilled Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Homemade Tomato Soup, & Dessert. Come out and enjoy a great meal and fellowship.

 

NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES will be starting on Sunday, September 6th. We will have a class for 7-12-year-olds. The teacher will be Doris Miller and Assistant is Sonja Miller. The class will meet in the room beside Junior Church room. Young Adult Class, the teacher will be Megan Morrison and Assistant is Barb Berryman. This is a chance for parents of young children and other adults to enjoy a Sunday School lesson. The class will meet in the room beside Ladies Class.

 

SOUP SALE: The Kitchen Committee will be selling soup to be picked up on Saturday, September 19th from 9-11 a.m. We are selling Chicken Noodle and Ham & Bean Soup. Cost is $10 per quart. Order forms are on the tables in the Narthex.

 

THE CHURCH PICNIC will be held on September 20 after outdoor church at the Pavilion. The Work and Win class will be providing water and paper products. Please bring a prepared dish to share.

 

PIANO TUNING: We are having the piano tuner come to Pine Glen to tune our pianos in late October.  If you need your piano tuned, contact Den Yoder. The cost for tuning is approximately $75 per piano. We have availability on schedule for 2 more pianos. 

    

THE MUSIC & WORSHIP COMMITTEE is organizing a Help-in-out Team. If you would like to join our team just talk to Jill or Den. We have folks who would like to go to church but they need help getting from their vehicle to the sanctuary. They might need something carried or help with a walker or wheelchair or some other assistance. We want to have a team that we can count on to assist these people "in or out" of the sanctuary to their vehicle. If you are somebody that needs assistance to and from the sanctuary let Jill or Den know so we can have somebody assist you.

 

 

EXPLORING BAPTISM & MEMBERSHIP CLASS:  Pastor Connie is planning a class exploring baptism and church membership.  The class will meet during the Sunday School hour in the Homebuilders Classroom. This class is designed for anyone who has questions about baptism, joining the Pine Glen congregation, or would simply like to learn more about Brethren beliefs and practices.  If you are interested, please speak with Pastor Connie. 

 

THE LADIES OF PINE GLEN will be getting together on the second Wednesday of the month to work on quilts and other projects. We will be meeting at 9 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

 

ONE CALL NOW: If you want your name to be put on our One Call Now list, write your name and phone number on a piece of paper and put it in the Church secretary’s mailbox beside the office door.

 

PASTOR’S DON’S ADDRESS: 127 Waterfall Drive, Johnstown, PA 15906.

 

CHURCH DIRECTORY 2027: I’m working on the Directory for next year, I will be needing any new or updated names,  addresses, phone numbers, email address. Anyone that has any changes, please email Jenn at jennlk1997@gmail.com, call the church office 717-899-6297, or text or call my cell 717-513-5993. Thanks

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Jesus knew that this evening, this meal, was the last time he and his twelve disciples would gather as a group. He wanted his followers to remember, in the difficult days ahead, why he had come and what he had taught them. When the disciples began to argue about which of them was more important, Jesus decided to make his lesson plain: Taking a towel and a basin of water, this great teacher knelt beside the first disciple-and did not stop until, like a lowly servant, he had washed the feet of each one there. By including the service of feetwashing in our love feast, Brethren imitate Jesus’actions and honor his lessons. No person ought to be greater than another, Jesus taught. Love has no need to prove status or position; love simply gives-and keeps on giving. A symbolic, cleansing act, feetwashing prepares us for the meal and communion that follow. It reminds us that in God’s sight, everyone needs loving attention, and everyone can offer that service to others. First we humbly accept attention and care from the one who washes our feet. Then we in turn wash someone else’s feet. After each act of feetwashing, the two people embrace and share a simple phrase of blessing.

In receiving this emblem of God’s cleansing grace, we remember that as followers of Jesus, we can help distribute God’s blessing to others-through steady, loving service, symbolically washing the feet of the world.

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