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 July 24, 2011 Worship Service at Woodcrest Retreat 10:00 A.M. Prelude Call to Worship Song - This is the Day Offering Jr. High Sunday School Class - skit Mildred Wenger - Keyboard Marlene Martin Lena Brown - Children's Story Song - Because He Lives Youth - skit Phil, Glen, Steve - song/reading Paul McCosby - jokes Darlene McCosby - nature "lesson" Lillian Weber - poems Song - How Great Thou Art Closing

July 31, Sun.-Rod Redcay, with REAL Youth Ministry will be sharing during the service, and bringing the morning message. His focus is campus ministry at Cocalico High School and Middle School. July 31-Aug 4 Sun.-Thurs - 6:30-8:00 PM Community Vacation Bible School in the Adamstown Grove for preschool through 5th grade. Spread the word, and invite others. There may still be need for some helpers, registration, snacks, etc., or even just coming out to interact with parents sharing ice cream on Thursday night, see Darrell Gockley. Also, please consider praying for this great opportunity to share God's love and truth in the community closest to church. Aug. 6, Sat.-Outdoor Gospel Concert at Woodcrest Retreat. The groups, Breakthrough and Jim & Wendy Althouse will be sharing an evening of gospel music. A freewill offering will benefit the Childrens Summer Camp. Bring lawn chairs. Chicken BBQ meal served from 4-6 p.m. Call 738-2233 to reserve $8 meal tickets. Concert will be held indoors in the event of inclement weather. -All announcements for the July 31st bulletin should go to Sylvia Eberly. Call her at 336-3901, or email cefamily@dejazzd.com. -With MCC, help drought-stricken East Africa -MCC is appealing for donations to support its response to the drought and food crisis in East Africa that has left about 11 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Please consider a gift to help fund initial efforts in Ethiopia and Kenya to provide supplemental food for at-risk groups, and to support food-for-work projects. To donate, visit mcc.org or contact your nearest MCC office. We encourage you also to pray for people in the region. -Our next coffee house for a cause will be to assemble school kits. While the date has not yet been set, I wanted to give you advance notice in order to take advantage of the back to school sales. Items needed for school kits are: Spiral Notebooks 70-80 pages, Pencils, Erasers, Rulers, 12 count box Colored pencils. A sign up sheet and Coffee House date will be posted in the next couple of weeks.

Next Week: Greeters Song Leader Message Sunday School Nursery Church Nursery

Jim & Betty Martin Jim Martin Rod Redcay Cindy & Falicia Steve & Darlene

-Movie Night Date: Aug. 5 (after VBS in the Grove) and Aug. 19. There will be no movie night in July. Happy Birthday! Jim Musser on Wed. and Victor Opalko on Sat.

Offerings: The offering for July is for Home Ministries: Reading churches & Missionary Retirement fund, and budgeted items. Offering last week was $3,359.00. Attendance last week was 100. July 27, Wed.- Mens Bible Study at the church, 7 p.m. July 28, Thurs.- Jr. Youth will meet from 7-8:30 p.m. at the church