BDRA 2015 issuu

Brethren

Disaster Relief

Auction

"Bear One Another's Burdens."

Galations 6:2

th 39 Anniversary

Nigerian Photos Courtesy Of Brethren Disaster Ministries

Lebanon Valley Expo Friday & Saturday, September 25 & 26, 2015

Partnering with our Nigerian Brothers and Sisters in Christ

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WELCOME

Tom Fritz

Bob Bingaman

On behalf of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction, thank you for being part of our 39th year auction.

A review of the 2014 auction performance reflects generous support from those who participated. Consequently, as a result of the appeals from the Church of the Brethren (COB) and international communities for humanitarian relief for the people of Nigeria and the members of the Nigerian Brethren Church (EYN), the Auction Board of Directors allocated the total proceeds of the 2014 Auction to the COB Disaster Ministries for use not only for domestic disasters but for the relief efforts in Nigeria.

The auction team is grateful for your continued support. Because you provide substantial resources for the auction, we are able to partner with local congregations and disaster response agencies to support disaster relief as needed.

All the events and things that you’ve come to expect at the auction will again be awaiting your review. Something new this year is the 5K Race on Saturday morning for the young and young-at-heart.

We invite you to come and join the entire auction team for a time of renewing friendships, reflecting on times past, and working and sharing together as we prepare for the financial needs that will enable us to respond to the disasters that have already happened and those we know lie ahead.

We look forward to seeing you in a few weeks.

Tom Fritz, Bob Bingaman, Co-Chairpersons BRD9920

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2015 BRETHREN DISASTER RELIEF AUCTION TEAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bob Bingaman, Co-Chairperson ............................... 717-577-1675 Tom Fritz, Co-Chairperson .............................. 717-823-2745 Bonnie Brinkman, Secretary ............. 717-898-3385 Evie Dehmey, Treasurer ..................... 717-426-2478 164 Vinegar Ferry Rd., Marietta, PA 17547 Duane Bahn........................................ 717-495-4792 Jayne Baldwin ................................... 717-741-2307 Mike Baldwin ..................................... 717-741-2307 Sally Bingaman .................................. 717-581-5651 Jim Boyer ........................................... 717-259-9846 Kurtis Brubaker ................................. 717-445-4812 Dory Crater......................................... 717-944-1271 Earl Dehmey ....................................... 717-426-2478

Charlene Fahnestock ......................... 717-664-2740 Dale Fahnestock ................................ 717-757-4312 Earl Fahnestock ................................. 717-664-2740 Elsie Fahnestock ................................ 717-757-4312 Carol Farmer ...................................... 717-367-4408 Dave Farmer....................................... 717-367-4408 Larry Hollingshead ............................ 717-817-4033 Lucille Hollingshead .......................... 717-993-3624 Richard Kramer, Jr. ............................ 717-464-6237 Lowell Landis ..................................... 717-413-3981 Duane Ness ........................................ 800-842-9207 Marty Witman .................................... 717-653-5358 Mark Zimmerman .............................. 717-626-0605

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS ARRANGEMENTS:

Chris Keller 717-279-7389

HEIFER AUCTION:

ARTS & CRAFTS:

Julie Miller 717-665-6396

HOSPITALITY:

AUCTION RELIEF:

Bob Bingaman 717-577-1675

AUCTIONEERS:

Larry Hollingshead 717-817-4033

BAKED GOODS:

Ruth Ann Barr 717-625-4918

CHILDREN'S AUCTION & ACTIVITIES:

Carol Farmer 717-367-4408

CHILDREN’S STORE:

Marsha Heisey 717-361-0999

COIN AUCTION:

Dale Fahnestock 717-757-4312

ENDOWMENT FUND:

Richard Kramer, Jr. 717-464-6237

FARMER'S MARKET:

Dave Krape 717-757-2842

FOOD:

Dave Lennon 717-327-3568

GIFT OF THE HEART KITS: Larry & Lucille Hollingshead 717-817-4033

Robert Lentz 717-821-5616

Bonnie Shay 717-272-8969 INFORMATION: Sally Bingaman 717-581-5651 INTERCHURCH Mike Baldwin COMMUNICATIONS: 717-741-2307 KICK-OFF BANQUET: Sally Bingaman 717-581-5651 NORTH HALL AUCTION: Earl & Charlene Fahnestock 717-664-2740 POLE BARN AUCTION: Dean Fahnestock 717-766-4860 PUBLICATION: Mark & Marilyn Zimmerman 717-626-0605 QUILTS: REGISTRATION: SHARE-A-MEAL: THEME BASKETS:

Becky Eisenbise 717-367-4610 Bob Bingaman 717-577-1675 Nancy Fahnestock 717-665-4798 Dory Crater 717-944-1271 BRD2939

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2015 BRETHREN DISASTER RELIEF The Emergence and Growth of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN) (Church of the Brethren in Nigeria)

REV. PROF. MUSA A. MAMBULA, PHD It all started when the Church of the Brethren General Mission Board gave permission to H. Stover Kulp from the Coventry Church in Pennsylvania and Albert D. Helser from Ohio to travel to Africa, the Dark Continent, as missionaries in 1922. Little did they know that their decision and the risk taken by these two faithful men of God would germinate, grow, and spread in a phenomenal way as seen in the astronomical expansion of the Church today. This simple beginning with pains and risks in far away Nigeria became what has been a surprise in the growth of the biggest Church of The Brethren in the world.

Kulp and Helser, who arrived in Lagos on December 29, 1922, continued on their journey after they received permission from the British colonial administrator to settle in the village of Garkida, located in the northeastern part of the country. It was there in Garkida that they began their mission work and first worship service with the first four converts under a tamarind tree on March 17, 1923.

One year later on April 17, 1924, the communion service of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria was held while the first four Nigerian believers were baptized in 1927 at Waka by imersion. A small beginning of the Church of the Brethren in 1923 with only four converts has now grown into a huge indigenous African denomination referred to as Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria Lardin Gabas. They moved slowly and purposely from Garkida to explore through tireless efforts some

unknown parts of the northeastern region to work with the natives for evangelism.

By 1974, when the Church of the Brethren mission in Nigeria was preparing to finally hand over power to indigenous leaders, the membership was 18,000. The earliest set of Nigerian leaders ordained were: Madu B. Mshelia in 1955, Thlama Wakawa, Mallam Gwanu,Mallam Karbam, and Ari Pabur Mai Sule Biu in 1956. Reverend A.P Mai Sule Biu had tremendous impact due to his zeal and passion for mission and evangelism in the history of EYN. He served for fifteen years as the first Chairman at Tarayar Ekklesiyoyin Christi A Nigeria (TEKAN), translated as The Fellowship of Christian Churches of Christ in Nigeria. This body, founded in 1955, established the Theological College of Northern Nigeria (TCNN) in 1959, where I was privileged to serve as the provost for six years, from 2003 to 2009. Today, the number of ordained ministers has risen to about 700, while communicant members have grown from 18,000 from 1974 to about 500,000 in 2014. It should be noted however that, about 1.5 million worshipers gather at the various EYN congregations every Sunday.

EYN has over the years witnessed the power of the Holy Spirit as true and faithful followers of Jesus Christ, who are called to know, live and share the gospel message of the Love of God, repentance and forgiveness, grace and peace. EYN members have learnt to stand with those who are at the margins, loving even their enemies and praying for those who persecute them as expressed in Roman 12:9-21.

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AUCTION DEDICATION: The Church however, has faced some unprecedented challenges, attacks and persecutions since July 2009 to date from Boko Haram, the Islamic Jihadists. EYN has lost over 8000 members including 8 ministers killed, 44 districts destroyed, 278 local churches burnt and destroyed with 1390 local church branches either deserted or burnt down, 356 pastors and 346 assistant pastors have been displaced along with 1390 evangelists. A total number of 700,000 communicant and non-communicant members of EYN Church have been displaced. About 1674 EYN worship centers have so far been destroyed while 178 of the 276 girls abducted on April 14, 2014, from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok were members of EYN. The Nigerian Church deeply appreciates with gratitude the support and prayers of the Church of the Brethren in America, Mission 21, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), other Christian denominations and individuals within and outside Nigeria who have encouraged and contributed to the resilience of the EYN Church to bear with perseverance the sufferings and hardship they are going through. Indeed, EYN members have undergone extraordinary pressures beyond their powers of endurance; but if not for the Grace of God, they would have given up hope for survival. Thanks be to God. We in EYN Church believe that these trials and persecutions are only to test our faith and resilience to see whether or not it is strong and pure. Yes, our faith is being tested by these circumstances as fire tests gold and purifies it--and our faith is far more precious than mere gold. As the Apostle Peter says, if our faith remains strong after being tried in the test tube of fiery trials, it will bring us much praise and glory and honor on the day of the return of Jesus Christ our risen Lord and Saviour.

Rev. Prof. Musa A. Mambula, PhD, is the EYN National Spiritual Advisor.

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The Threads of Friendship

JOHN MINNICH One of the strongest and lasting forces on earth is that of a God-empowered friendship. In the lives of Jonathan and David, we have common threads exhibited by both men that wove together a tapestry of friendship lasting beyond death. Jonathan was a prince, a leader, a supreme warrior, excellent bowmen, and exhibited great faith in God. The first thread of friendship we see in him is leadership as he leads one thousand soldiers in wiping out a Philistine garrison. What makes this such a courageous feat is the fact that the Philistines had all the weapons of war and the Israelites had sticks and clubs! The Philistines controlled all the metallurgy of the land, and the only swords available were the ones of Saul and Jonathan.

David and Jonathan shared the same tapestry as superb leaders.

Another friendship thread is God-ordained bravery.

This occurred when Jonathan and his armor bearer attacked another garrison of Philistines. They went in the name of the Lord and after several soldiers had been destroyed, the earth began to quake and a rout ensued.

God is just waiting for His people to exercise faith in Him. As we have courage to trust Him for the outcome, we will see His power demonstrated even though at times it may not be according to our plan. This was the same God of power that enabled David to topple Goliath. When Jonathan saw David returning with the head of this giant, he loved him as a soldier loves a soldier, as a brave man loves another brave man. First Samuel 18 says the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved David as himself.

Another friendship thread was selflessness. Jonathan loved David so much that he gave his own royal robe, armor, sword, bow and belt. This was tantamount to him acknowledging that David was successor to the throne. It was a friendship emblem of sacrifice. Jonathan was about 28 years old when he met David on the battle field, and it is believed that David would have been about 18 at this time.

Another friendship thread was one of protection.

Jonathan’s was a love which bore up under all opposition, for he soon found that Saul, his father, in his evil heart, hated David. Both Jonathan and David had spears thrown at them by Saul. We find Jonathan interceding to his father on behalf of David. His love and loyalty for David put his own life at risk, much like Jesus has done for us.

Yet another friendship thread found in both of these men was respect for authority. King Saul told his followers to kill David. Jonathan rebuked his father and recalled David's faithfulness to him in killing Goliath. So we see that Jonathan was also a loyal son and didn’t reject his own father. How many children today are at permanent odds with their parents and refuse to reconcile. Jonathan even said that Saul did nothing without discussing it with him.

Another friendship thread is that of loyalty. The loyalty of Jonathan is of epic variety. During a time when Jonathan used a lad and shot three arrows passed him as a signal between himself and David, the tears and love

they shared was of total abandonment. This was one of the last times they would ever be together. So the parting was especially tearful and painful.

One of my favorite friendship threads is encouragement. Saul was desperately trying to find David, but only Jonathan knew his hiding place. This turned out to be the last recorded meeting of these two powerful friends and demonstrates a succinct lesson of encouragement and blessing. We learn from this episode that David needed Christian camaraderie. The deepest saints and the strongest leaders need Christian comrades to strengthen their hands in God. David was deep, David was strong, and David needed Jonathan. Don't ever think that a person is so strong that he does not need to be strengthened in God. The mark of Christian maturity is that you build into your life the intention and the occasions to strengthen someone's hand in God. Whose hand are you going to strengthen in God today? Jonathan also blessed David by reminding him of the promises of God. We strengthen each other's hands in God by reminding each other about the promises of God that are especially suited for each other's needs. How many opportunities does God give us each day to offer a word of encouragement, a sincere compliment or a text of blessing?

Another friendship thread of Jonathan was diligence.

Weaving these common threads required effort on Jonathan's part. He could have propped his feet up in the palace, enjoyed his massage and offered a brief prayer for his friend who was running for his life! So we conclude that active, compassionate friendship involves conscious effort. It is intentional. You don't just do it on the fly; you get off your duff, stop whining and make it happen.

God’s work requires effort on our part to be effective.

What a blessing it is that He desires us to be part of His amazing plan!

While Jonathan's life ended in tragedy, he was able to let his imprint on the lives of others, especially David.

What imprint are you leaving? David's lament over the death of Jonathan, the “Song of the Bow,” is found in 2 Samuel, chapter 1. Here we see how close the threads of Jonathan's friendship were woven into the fabric of David's life. Some threads were darkened by difficult times. Some were golden with amazing memories. Their tapestry of friendship was truly an inseparable bond!

May God help each of us to manifest these characteristics of Jonathan and David and, in so doing, weave our common threads in the tapestries of those whom God brings close to us! May God be praised!

John Minnich is a member and Sunday School teacher at White Oak Church of the Brethren. He also gives Bible studies at various churches and Brethren Bible Institute. He is a heart technologist at Lancaster General Hospital and is a national speaker on heartrelated topics.

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Port-A-Potties

Cattle Auction

Pole Barn Auction

EXPO MAP

Pole Barn Display

Train Rides Arena Arts and Crafts

Woodworkers

Children’s Activities

Flower Sale

Fundraiser For Nigeria Crisis

Disaster Ministries

Main Hall Auction BRD2937

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2015 DISASTER RELIEF HEIFER COMMITTEE Chairman: Robert R. Lentz 11 Brookside Circle Myerstown, PA 17067 (717) 628-1913 or (717) 821-5616 (Cell) Co-Chair: Terry Shuey 2003 Mt. Zion Road Lebanon, PA 17046 (717) 933-8995 Earl Dehmey 164 Vinegar Ferry Road Marietta, PA 17547 (717) 426-2478 Mark Henry 10411 Mount Zion Road Glen Rock, PA 17327 (717) 235-3480

Luke Hershberger 32 Fox Hill Road Shippensburg, PA 17257 (717) 423-6148 Tim Showers 181 Market Drive Fredericksburg, PA 17026 (717) 865-6713 Randy Kleinfelter 4545 Hill Church Road Annville, PA 17003 (717) 867-1080 Doug Patches 136 Horst Drive Lebanon, PA 17046 (717) 673-0796 Donald Landis 1025 Hemlock Circle Manheim, PA 17545

Donald Bashore 320 Golf Road Lebanon, PA 17046 (717) 865-7900

Wally/Jake Walmer 310 West Park Avenue Myerstown, PA 17067 (717) 866-6928

Elvin Molison 2244 Smith Station Rd. Hanover, PA 17331-8585 (717) 637-8131

Rhoda & Ken Reist 104 Fox Road Lebanon, PA 17042 (717) 272-5527

Sandra Lentz, Treasurer 11 Brookside Circle Myerstown, PA 17067 (717) 628-1913

Michael Kunkle 296 Fredericksburg Rd. Jonestown, PA 17038 (717) 865-2846

Lowell L. Landis 144 N. Charlotte Street Manheim, PA 17545 (717) 665-7040

Mark Brandt 45 Fish Hatchery Rd. Shippensburg, PA 17257 (717) 532-3082

Scott & Kelly Reazer 835 Melody Lane Lebanon, PA 17046 (717) 450-3112

Mike Balsbaugh Box 471 Schaefferstown, PA 17088 (717) 949-6534

Martha Roop 1413 E. Cumberland St. Lebanon, PA 17042 (717) 274-6056

Glen Kuhns 1316 2nd Avenue Chambersburg, PA 17202 (717) 263-0968

Mike & George Ungemach 200 Chestnut Hill Road Palmyra, PA 17078 (717) 838-4523

Tim & Kendra Nagle 1768 Blacks Bridge Road Annville, PA 17003 (717) 222-6140

Glenn Shenk 502 West Newport Road Lititz, PA 17543 (717) 626-7449

Brandon Keller 940 Church Road Womelsdorf, PA 19567 (717) 507-9167

The Disaster Relief Heifer Committee is asking for your support.

Maybe you would be able to donate a dairy heifer or calf to be sold at the Heifer Auction on Friday, September 25. All proceeds go to help others who have suffered a disaster of some kind.

If you are not able to donate an animal but would like to help, we would also accept monetary donations. Checks may be made payable to Disaster Relief Heifer Fund and mailed to Bob Lentz.

You may contact one of the following Committee members if you have any questions or need more information.

Bob Lentz 11 Brookside Circle Myerstown, PA 17067 717-821-5616

Terry Shuey 2003 Mt. Zion Road Lebanon, PA 17046 717-933-8995

We would appreciate any support you are able to donate. Hope to see you at the Heifer Auction this year at the Lebanon Valley Expo.

Thank You, The Heifer Committee BRD6336

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DISASTER RELIEF BOOKLET COMMITTEE

Throughout the years our committee has dedicated this booklet to Honor and Glorify God. We remain steadfast in our goal of showing God’s love to those in need. Please support the advertisers who helped make this booklet possible by patronizing them.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Duane Bahn Bob and Sally Bingaman Jay and Joyce Brandt James Brubaker Harold Eckert Nancy Fahnestock Dave Farmer J. Robert Hollinger David Lechlitner Landis Myer Nancy Shonk Mark & Marilyn Zimmerman, Chairpersons If you wish to obtain an ad space for the 2016 Brethren Disaster Relief Auction Booklet, send your ad and check payable to Disaster Relief Auction by June 1 to Mark & Marilyn Zimmerman, 716 W. Lexington Rd., Lititz, PA 17543 e-mail: mkzimm@dejazzd.com or call 626-0605 AD SIZE 1/8 page 1/4 page 1/2 page Full page

B&W $80.00 B&W $100.00 B&W $150.00 B&W $245.00

PRICES Color $100.00 Color $125.00 Color $190.00 Color $300.00

* Brethren Disaster Relief Auction, Inc. or the advertisers are not responsible for composition errors, mistakes or misprints.

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717-577-1675 Disaster Relief Auction Record Total Amount Over Past 38 Years

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Auction Address: 80 Rocherty Rd.

ACCEPTING VISA AND MASTERCARD

The total amount of money raised during the previous thirty-eight annual Disaster Relief Auctions from 1977 through 2014 was over $14,000,000. Results by the years as follows:

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

$11,714 15,085 19,594 25,018 37,725 95,927 103,243 125,000 162,000 209,149 259,853 252,458 330,000

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338,301 327,372 335,068 343,329 370,802 635,934* 670,208 ** 585,893 ** 611,720 462,000 693,320 738,000 695,153

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

*Includes House ** Includes part of endowment fund

502,000 557,750 634,500 580,515 497,274 458,203 437,557 451,498 424,865 506,825 452,069 453,521 BRD2940

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“Partnering with ECHO, a Christian sustainable agriculture educational farm in Florida, gives Juniata students a chance to discover practical ways that hunger issues are being addressed in many parts of the world.”

—David Witkovsky, M. Div. COLLEGE CHAPLAIN

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/JuniataCollegeCampusMinistry BRD2772

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 “GIFT OF THE HEART” SET-UP - East Hall.............................................................................................. 8:00 AM BAKED GOODS ....................................................................................................................................... 9:00 AM FARMERS’ MARKET............................................................................................................................... 9:00 AM SHARE-A-MEAL TICKETS ...................................................................................................................... 9:00 AM HEIFER AUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 11:00 AM ARTS & CRAFTS - Arena ..................................................................................................................... 11:00 AM BLOOD DRIVE ........................................................................................................................... 1:00 to 9:00 PM “GIFT OF THE HEART” KIT BUILDING - East Hall ......................................................................................1:00 PM CHICKEN BAR-B-QUE DINNER............................................................................................................... 3:00 PM AUCTION - Main Hall ............................................................................................................................. 5:00 PM SILENT AUCTION - Main Hall ................................................................................................Closes at 6:00 PM THEME BASKET AUCTION - Southeast Hall .......................................................................................... 6:30 PM

HEIFER AUCTION

Baked Goods

11:00 AM

Arts & Crafts

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 BLOOD DRIVE ........................................................................................................................ 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM BREAKFAST .............................................................................................................................................. 7:00 AM 5K RACE ................................................................................................................................................... 8:00 AM BAKED GOODS .......................................................................................................................................... 8:00 AM FARMERS’ MARKET.................................................................................................................................. 8:00 AM SHARE-A-MEAL TICKETS ......................................................................................................................... 8:00 AM OPENING DEVOTIONS AND CONGREGATIONAL SINGING - Main Hall ...................................................... 8:30 AM AUCTION - Main Hall ................................................................................................................................ 8:50 AM ARTS & CRAFTS - Arena .......................................................................................................................... 9:00 AM FOOD STANDS .......................................................................................................................................... 9:00 AM POLE BARN AUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 9:30 AM COIN AUCTION - Center Hall .................................................................................................................. 10:00 AM QUILT AUCTION - Main Hall ................................................................................................................... 10:00 AM FREE CHILDCARE................................................................................................................. 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM CHILDREN’S AUCTION - Southeast Hall................................................................................................. 11:00 AM SILENT AUCTION - Main Hall .................................................................................................Closes at 11:00 AM

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A Bag with Holes--Haggai 2:1-9 CRAIG SMITH “The latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts; and in this place I will give prosperity” (v. 9).

HAGGAI IS THE LITTLE BOOK with the big prophecies. It records a bitter and trying time for God’s people.

Discouraged by the inferior nature of the rebuilt temple, many elders in Israel groused about the diminished glory of this bigger-than-life structure. Solomon’s temple sparkled with silver and gold and exuded the opulence worthy of a divine edifice. Like a bag with holes, this holy extravagance had fallen through their grasp and crumbled on the ground. It was both a lost hope and a crushed dream all rolled into one. And, as temple matters went from bad to worse, an earthy, glory-less replica was being roughly fabricated in its place.

Some seasons in life can feel this way; some are this way. These are times filled with sadness, missed expectations, and a longing for what once was. It is in these less-than-sparkling moments that we can allow discouragement to take over and consume our thinking. In these periods when it seems like all hope is lost, it is easy to be pulled into the downward spiral of half-empty impressions of God. Yet, the promises of God, the prophecies from the Word of God, are not held in a bag with holes. Nothing

falls through and escapes the notice of God. The promise here is that the latter splendor will exceed the former. It may not appear this way right now. It might seem like the shimmer is lost and the glitter is gone, but God’s spirit is still at work. Peace, shalom, is on the way. God’s plan of prosperity, blessing, and life is in motion. The second temple, and later the inner glory of Messiah, will outshine Solomon’s silver and gold. Messiah will be the treasure.

Soon the veiled glory will be revealed.

A bag with holes may drop our dreams, but never God’s.

God of glory, restore my faith in you. Help me release all that has fallen to the ground. Lift my eyes to see the splendor that is to come.

Craig Smith is the District Executive for the Atlantic Northeast District of the Church of the Brethren.

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Share-A-Meal

The Thirty-First Annual Share-A-Meal Program will be sponsored by the Disaster Relief Auction on September 25 and 26, 2015.

We invite you to participate in the following ways: *Donate meals by being a host/hostess.

You may not know the names of your guests. *Purchase a meal ticket for yourself and your friends. *Tell others about Share-A-Meal and encourage them to participate. *Tickets will not be auctioned.

The tickets are sold at the Share-A-Meal booth on the days of the auction, (Friday beginning at 9:00 AM and Saturday beginning at 8:00 AM) Tickets are $20.00 each.

You will experience good food, make new friends and enjoy warm fellowship.

THANK YOU for supporting Share-A-Meal and helping to make this, the 2015 auction, a success. May God richly bless you as you serve.

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I wonder if God feels like we did when we reject His best efforts to establish a relationship with us? The Bible tells us the story of God's love and His efforts to establish the same relationship with us that He had with Adam and Eve. It is true that love must have an object of that love, and we are the objects of God's love. But even though He wants what is best for us, we think we know better. Our rejection must hurt Him deeply. But thank God, he doesn't ship us off to the farm!

Galatians 4:4 reminds us that, "When the time had fully come, God sent his Son," God sent His Son not to condemn or punish us but to be the way for us to become sons and daughters of God--a gift that is freely given for you and for me. I admit that there are times when I chaff under God's leading. Sometimes, he calls us to go and do things or love people that in our flesh we would not care to do. He does it not to punish us, but to bless us and cause us to grow in Him. We come together these days to work to relieve suffering by raising funds. But the Auction is more than just another fund raiser. It is a way to demonstrate to the world and to each other that God has loved and blessed us and we in turn want to reach out just like God has reached out to us. May God bless our efforts and may you be blessed if, when you hear the call of God, you respond in love.

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REV. DR. WILLIAM WAUGH Two kittens now live in our house. We had tried with two "kittens" six months ago, but they proved to be non sociable to say the least! The first inkling might have been the "Free Kittens" sign along the road. The sign had been up before, and I had stopped to check them out. There was only one available, and it was a female. I passed. When the sign went up again, I stopped, and this time there were two females. Dawn and I went to pick them up and the owners assured us that they were nine weeks old, and they had played with them so they were sociable.

Wrong! The only times that we could get near to them was to feed them. They refused to be held, didn't play and frolic like kittens do, and tried to destroy furniture.

My wife's disappointment of not having any cute cuddly kittens was hard to bear. We had a Facebook friend who had a farm, and she said that if we wanted, we could bring them to their farm. Within fifteen minutes, we had them in a box and took the "demon cats" to their new home in Berks County! I might add that since I had the task of corralling those two, my right hand was severely scratched and bitten, primarily by the one we had named Squeak.

We found out that Squeak ran away from that farm that winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eve and was never seen again. Even though I think animals are precious, I didn't mourn the loss. Her sister, Paws, remained and eventually had her own litter of kittens. We could have had our pick of the litter. but didn't want to relive our experience.

To make a long story short, we bought two kittens, and they are doing all the cute "kittenly" things, and my wife is happy. I like them too. I don't think they will be going to the farm. We hope that our experience with these two will be like our cat back in Greensburg that lived with us twenty years. We look forward to those times when a cat curls up on your lap and purrs contentedly.

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Joyful in Giving and Living

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know why I am so joyful?”

As a child, I remember a hymn we would sing with words by Oswald J. Smith. The words to the first verse are: “There is joy in serving Jesus, as I journey on my way, joy that fills the heart with praises, every hour and every day.” As Christians, we witness to our faith in many ways in word and deed, but it should always be with a sense and spirit of joy. The Apostle Paul said in Philippians 4:4, “Rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say, Rejoice.” Paul lists joy as a fruit of the Spirit. Jesus himself said, “These things I have spoken to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be full.”

And I would always respond, “Why are you so joyful?”

There are plenty of things in this world which try to rob us of our hope and joy: hatred, violence, prejudice and all sorts of disasters. But we are gathering together at this auction to bring relief, help, hope, comfort, and hopefully joy to those who are victims of disasters. When we serve those in need, it should always be with a spirit of joy and not just obligation. Paul said, “God loves a cheerful giver.” Methodist founder, John Wesley, said it well, “Sour godliness is the devil’s religion.”

Somewhere along the line in the past, some stuffy stoics stated the unscriptural teaching, that joy or laughter is contrary to God’s will. The great Puritan leader, Alexander Cruden who published the famous Cruden’s Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments in 1769, which I have used as a resource, one time wrote, “To laugh is to be merry in a sinful manner.” I like Cruden’s concordance but not his counsel. Laughter in New England society in colonial times could actually result in a fine. People who smiled too much were suspect of secret sin. I am glad the days are over when Christians equated piety with sobriety.

Warren would then say, “I know who I am and I know where I am going.”

Warren had learned how to rejoice in the Lord despite his infirmity.

Warren knew the words of Jesus to be true: “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

May others who see us as Christians witness a joyful people….a people who radiate joy…and who display joy, the fruit of the Spirit, in our everyday lives. May we be filled with the Holy Spirit instead of a downcast spirit because there is indeed joy in serving Jesus. May you know the love of Christ in your life and show the joy of the Lord as you serve Him. Bob Kettering, Pastor of the Lititz Church of the Brethren, 1998-2015, is currently serving as Moderator of the Atlantic Northeast District.

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The agnostic philosopher of the late 19th Century, Frederich Nietzche, one time said to the Christians of his day: “You are going to have to look more redeemed than you do, if we are to believe the message of redemption.” I am convinced that the way we come across to people with our expressions of joy will often do more to win people to Christ than what we say. Our lives need to express joy, and our worship needs to be joyful as well.

It does not matter whether your worship is traditional or contemporary in style, it should be joyful. It is the joy of the Lord which will carry us through the tough times in life. Nehemiah said, “The joy of the Lord is my strength.”

Warren Hilbert was a member of the Harrisonburg, Virginia, Church of the Brethren. For fifteen years, Warren lay in a bed in his home, paralyzed from the neck down. But he always had a joyful countenance about him. Every time I visited him he would ask me, “Do you

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2015 THE AUCTION

RELIEF FUND 2015

Over $2,300,000 has been disbursed for grants and programs since its founding. The Auction Relief Fund is a disaster response effort of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction (BDRA). Since the early 1990s, a portion of the funds from the BDRA is allocated to be used by local Church of the Brethren congregations and related agencies to meet the disaster response needs in the ANE and SoPa districts.

Grant applications may be submitted by a Church of the Brethren congregation or related agency to the BDRA. Guidelines and applications have been established in awarding grants that respond to church and community needs and are available on the BDRA website.

Grants given to relieve church and community disasters are utilized to support expenses of volunteers from our Districts serving on demominational disaster relief projects. No grant applications were processed since last year.

The BDRA urges all congregations to become more involved in ministry to those in need in our communities. Thanks to all who participate in this worthy effort by making purchases each year at the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction so that funds can be made available for use by our congregations and Church of the Brethren related agencies.

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Brethren Disaster Relief Auction 2015 “This is large work I’ve called you into, but don’t be overwhelmed by it. It’s best to start small. Give a cool cup of water to someone who is thirsty, for instance. The smallest act of giving or receiving makes you a true apprentice. You won’t lose out on a thing.”

--Matthew 10:41-42 (The Message) Dear Sisters and Brothers, It may come as a surprise to learn that Church of the Brethren involvement in disaster response has not always been at the core of who we are as a people. You are no doubt familiar with dates such as: 1941 – The Brethren Service Commission was established with disaster response as an integral part of its guidelines.

1960 – The Emergency Disaster Fund was created to provide funding for the church’s response to disaster projects and relief efforts.

1973 – The Annual Conference established disaster response guidelines for any formal disaster response within the districts of the church.

1979 – Children’s Disaster Services (formerly Disaster Child Care) was formed as a way to support and care for children in communities affected by disasters.

But these are not the earliest Church of the Brethren responses to disasters. In 1917, the very heart of the church was shaken by the news of the Armenian genocide. Knowledge of such atrocities was a greater burden than the Brethren could tolerate.

The 1917 Annual Conference voted to set aside existing guidelines for missions in foreign lands in order to provide funding and support for the Armenian people affected so horrifically by the violence and displacement. A temporary committee was named to lead the relief effort. In addition, delegates also approved secondment of staff to the American Committee for Relief in the Near East, to ensure that funding and support for the Armenian people would be carried out without interference.

A crowd of displaced people gather to receive bags of maize (corn) and other relief goods in a distribution at an EYN church in Jos, Nigeria. Help for funding this food distribution came from the Church of the Brethren in the United States. Staff of Rebecca Dali's nonprofit aid group CCEPI purchased and prepared the sacks of grain and other materials that included buckets, mats, and blankets.

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There was no intent to establish permanent missions or churches as was our practice, because the Armenian people were already a devout Christian community. From 1917-1921, our church of approximately 115,000 members contributed $267,000 to the effort–an equivalent of $4.98 million in 2015 dollars, using the Consumer Price Index computation.

In this 100th anniversary year of the Armenian Genocide, the bonds of Christian fellowship forged by our Brethren predecessors continue to influence the traditions of both the Church of the Brethren and the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church.

This is evidenced in our understanding of what is good and required of us as people of God: “to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8).

The fact of Brethren responding to human tragedy has not been changed by the passing of years. Last year’s abduction of the Chibok girls (most of whom are Brethren) connected the Nigerian crisis to the heart of the American Brethren. One child deeply touched by the story said, “The Chibok girls could be my sisters.” The church in earnest entered into a season of prayer and fasting. Meanwhile, the leadership of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) and our Global Mission and Service staff prepared for the Nigerian church’s response to the death, destruction, trauma, and hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons within Nigeria.

Our Mission and Ministry Board, upon hearing the plan for the EYN response, acted with courage and boldness. In October 2014, the board committed $1.5 million dollars ($1 million from denominational assets and $500,000 from the Emergency Disaster Fund) to start the relief effort in Nigeria. In the months since, individuals and congregations have given over $1 million to the Nigeria Crisis Fund, with gifts continuing to come in.

In a time when many question the relevance and vitality of the church in the United States, I want to shout from the highest hill: “Thanks be to God for the generosity, compassion, and love the Brethren have shown for the people of good faith in Nigeria–just as they did 100 years ago for and with the Armenian people!”

As once again we heed Christ’s call to start out with a cup of cold water, let us join our hands together and invite others to gather on the journey as we "Continue the work of Jesus.

Peacefully. Simply. Together."

My thanks to each one of you for participating in this Disaster Relief Auction. Your joined hands are witnessing to the world the love and the light of Christ through word, action, and deed.

May God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit be with you.

Yours sincerely,

Stanley J. Noffsinger General Secretary, Church of the Brethren

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Busy Hands in Quiet Service

TRACI RABENSTEIN During this time of year as the Easter season comes to an end, I find myself reflecting quite a bit on my childhood. Easter was an exciting time at our house, as my father, who served as a Deacon at the church, would be busy getting the details for Love Feast and Communion pulled together. Our congregation at the time held Love Feast on Maundy Thursday, and there were many things that needed to be tended to during the course of that week following Palm Sunday. The great thing was that my sister and I would get to go along to the church to help in the set-up for the service. It always amazed me, and still does, at not just the amount of work it takes to set-up for this service, but the quiet and reserved way the deacons did it.

Picture the tabletops in their upright positions behind each pew. Covering those tops were crisp white table runners. The table setting was a mix of drinking glasses for water, white napkins, and white candleholders, which also served as the place holders for the bread and the small cup of grape juice. Once all would be set up in the sanctuary, they moved onto the areas where feet washing would occur.

Off in another room where the women would eventually move to for feet washing, grey tubs would be set out as the Deacons would bring buckets of hot water to fill them. Two folding chairs would be set up to hold small white basin bowls filled with warm water along with small bars of soap. White aprons were laid out on every pew, waiting to be used later in the evening as they would be wrapped around each waist and dry each foot. The choir loft would be set up in a similar manner for the men.

From downstairs, the smell of simmering beef broth cascaded upstairs and filled in every nook and cranny of the church. The soft clinking of cream colored bowls could be heard as the women began to fill each serving tray. My sister and I were given the tasks of putting a silver tablespoon, a handful of oyster crackers, and a couple of tablespoons of ground beef into each bowl. Later on in the evening, we would help serve the bowls of soup, once the women would pour a ladle full of that wonderful broth into each bowl.

reserved manner. The effects of their quiet labor of love allowed for so many brothers and sisters to come to the table and partake in one of the Church of the Brethren’s most reserved and beloved rituals. These busy, yet quiet hands served a few purposes scripturally, but the one that most resounds with me is the greatest commandment that Jesus left us, to “love one another.”

It is the same sentiment that brings so many brothers and sisters out to the Auction. Whether it is to provide items to be sold, to be one of the many “busy, quiet hands” that volunteer to help set up or tear down the auction, to help sell goods during the auction, or to be one of the many folks who come to purchase those items; it’s all done in the spirit of “loving one another.” It is the same spirit that sends many “busy, quiet hands” that volunteer to help during and after disasters occur, and they can be that support to others because of the provisions that are lovingly contributed during this annual event.

May we remember that, as we quietly serve others, we simply live out what Christ told us to do in John 13:34 -- “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”

Traci Rabenstein is serving as the Moderator of the Southern PA District Church of the Brethren.

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Lydia....a God-fearing Woman Acts 16:11-15.... The Message Putting out from the harbor at Troas., we made a straight run for Sarothrae. The next day we tied up at New City and walked from there to Philippi, the main city in that part of Macedonia and, even more importantly, a Roman colony. We lingered there several days. On the Sabbath, we left the city and went down along the river where we had heard there was to be a prayer meeting.

We took our place with the women who had gathered there and talked with them. One woman, Lydia, was from Theodora and a dealer in expensive textiles, known to be a God-fearing woman. As she listened with intensity to what was being said, the Master gave her a trusting heart and she believed! After she was baptized, along with everyone in her household, she said in a surge of hospitality, If you're confident that I'm in this with you and believe in the Master truly, come home with me and be my guests. We hesitated, but she wouldn't take no for an answer (Acts 16:11-15).

happen to her business when she took a bold step of faith and accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. So strong was the message to her spirit that I doubt anything would have stopped her from receiving His love and forgiveness.

What a refreshing and exciting encounter with Jesus!

What a witness to her household! Can you picture in your mind's eye this evangelistic prayer meeting and the response that took place? I am sure it became the talk of the town.

From her story there are several things we should consider:

We should also understand how many people she knew in her business, some who were probably of royalty and customers for her purple cloth, which was of highest quality. Her circle of influence reached far and wide and so did her witness.

She was blessed with the gift of hospitality as well and many received an invitation to her house for church, for food and fellowship. It is thought that Luke and Timothy were also guests in her home.

~Do we listen to the Word with intensity? ~God gave her a trusting heart-He does the same for us

Lydia was a prominent business woman, a seller of purple cloth; who not only had the gift of hospitality, but a ready and receptive heart for the word as shared by Jesus.

~Can others see that our household believes?

We know that the church at Philippi met in her home.

Sometime later Paul refers to those believers as his "joy and crown." That is quite a compliment and a tribute to Lydia and to the commitment she had made to her Lord and Savior.

~As people of faith, how are we helping others come to know Christ?

Because her heart had been opened to hear the word, I don't believe she was at all worried about what would

~Are we seekers of the truth?

One closing thought-because her home became a haven for Christians and those who were seeking, the Word did not die on those shores. People came and went, but God's word stayed and grew and grew. Oh that we would be like Lydia!

Won't you make a start today to share the "good news?"

S. Joan Hershey Florin COB

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We can certainly acknowledge that she represented the "new woman", that is, the business woman who was very successful BUT more importantly, she represented the "new convert" to the faith. That was far more important to her than any business deal.

~How do we show our hospitality?

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Wholesale & Retail Bedding, potted flowering and vegetable plants.

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PAVILION Friday

3:00 PM

CHICKEN BBQ DINNER Saturday

7:00 - 9:30 AM

BREAKFAST BUFFET

Saturday 11:00 AM

HAND-ROLLED CHICKEN POT PIE

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OUTSIDE EATERY • HAMBURGERS • FRESH CUT FRENCH FRIES • FRESH SQUEEZED LEMONADE/ ORANGEADE • CHEESE STEAK

• ICE CREAM • FRESH COUNTRY SAUSAGE • MILKSHAKES • ICED COFFEE

INSIDE EATERY Fri. 9AM - 9PM • Sat 9:30AM - 3PM • VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP (Fri.) • HAM & BEAN SOUP (Fri. & Sat.) • CHICKEN CORN NOODLE SOUP (Sat.) • HOT DOGS • CHICKEN SANDWICH

• FRESH FRUIT CUP • PORK BBQ • HAMBURGER BBQ • PIES • DRINKS

Thank you to all the Churches that volunteer their time and talents to make a successful Auction.

Money donations are accepted to help with the expenses of the food supplies.

If you are interested in helping or make a donation,

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Can God Use Me?

SHARON BRUCKHART He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. "I Thessalonians 5:24" Back in early 2011 when God called me to move to Alabama to serve with We Care Program, I wondered how I, a country bumpkin, would be able to minister to women in prison. I’ve been so blessed to grow up in a Christian family with godly examples to follow. I’ve never known abuse (I have been spanked many times because I was a very mischievous child but I know the spankings were given in love) of any kind, I’ve never experienced abandonment, I don’t know what it is like to not feel loved. How could I identify with and minister to women who have suffered all kinds of abuse, abandonment and all sorts of other issues?

Now I’ve served with We Care nearly four years and as I look back over these years, I am reminded over and over that indeed, “He who called you is faithful…”

God has used my life experiences and the feelings that came with them to enable me to better identify and understand what the women have gone through or are experiencing.

Years ago when I asked my dad why the field corn sometimes just blew over in a bad storm but stayed rooted while other times it was uprooted by the storms strong wind. I never dreamt that someday God would give me a spiritual application to use to explain faith to incarcerated women. Dad had explained that corn planted during a more wet spring would have a more shallow root system where as corn that was planted during a dryer spring would have a deeper root system. I have shared that story many times and explained that a deeper root system helps the corn to withstand the wind that comes with the storm. As Christians, dry times should encourage us to push our roots deeper into God’s Word, holding fast to the hope that He gives. When storms come in life, no matter how far we feel we are being “bent over,” we will not be uprooted if our roots of faith have grown deep and anchored themselves in the Rock of Ages.

In the many times that I have used this “farming” analogy, I have seen looks of confusion (what does corn have to do with faith?) change to looks of a light bulb being turned on. “Oh, now I understand, I need to be like the corn and put my roots down deep….”

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God has even used my singleness to bring honor and glory to His name. Most of the time, the women assume I am married and when they find out that I am not, they ask all kinds of questions. The fact that I have never been married, never been with a man…

“Chap, that’s amazing!

I didn’t know that women like you still exist! I don’t think I could do that!” Most of them did not grow up with godly examples of marriage or family so for them, going after what or who they wanted was a very normal thing. I have been able to share with them my desire to wait on the Lord to show me His perfect will regarding this area of my life and how God has shown Himself to be faithful. And now that God has brought a godly man into my life, the women are experiencing this new part of my journey as well; they are learning what a Christian dating relationship looks like, the importance of a commitment to purity and most of all, the importance of keeping God at the forefront of the relationship.

God has used many other of my life experiences and feelings to enable me to identify and relate and minister to the women; these are just two examples of how God can use me even in the prison setting.

If I had not believed that God was faithful, I would have missed out on knowing and loving hundreds of women that God has used to make my life so much richer. Listening to their stories, sharing in their sorrows and frustrations and tears, sharing their joys, teaching and discipling ….they encourage me as much if not more than I am ever able to encourage them.

God is faithful – He is using me and He can use you too.

Sharon is a member of White Oak COB and a Missionary Chaplain at the WeCare Program in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Custom Wood Products • Sales & Service •

New & Used Lathes - Planetary Sanders Planetary Sander: sands bows & bent pieces We also handle lathe tooling, accessories and abrasives

Centauro Copy Lathe • Available in 6 models

Planetary Sander

Contact: Harvey Nolt • 250 Peters Road • New Holland, PA 17557 • 717-354-7578 • Fax: 717-354-0242

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A Heart for Volunteering

MICAH DIFFENDERFER "Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whosoever hath this world’s goods and seeth his brother hath need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" (1 John 3:16-17) Volunteerism is something I was taught from little on up.

My parents have spent several years volunteering in different ways and places. As such, it was ingrained in me to use my time to help others when possible. That’s not to say that volunteering has to be learned on your parent’s knee. The giving of our time to help others in need is part of the principles of Christianity that we learn from the Bible. Volunteering has benefits for those who volunteer and for those who are being helped. It can be a quiet but impactful way of spreading the gospel to the lives of unbelievers as they see Christ’s love in action through the volunteer.

Some of the ways that I have invested in my community include ten years as a volunteer firefighter, helping with tornado clean up, and helping with the Manheim flood recovery. In addition, I have participated with numerous disaster relief projects with Brethren Disaster Ministries. One advantage of volunteering through BDM is that most costs are covered, leaving little for the volunteer to pay, thereby making it easier for any and all to volunteer to help others. BDM trips are usually rewarding times of hard work, good fellowship, and good food while seeing new parts of the country.

On one trip to Minnesota, I helped to insulate an attic,

which truthfully was not the most fun job I have ever done on a BDM project. On the other hand, we do have fun times on trips, such as the time we took a break and went bowling in the evening. When the owners of the bowling alley found out we were volunteers helping to rebuild their town, we were treated with free games that night. As I have gone to different recovery sites around the country, it has been a blessing to meet many different people serving the Lord and helping others by using their time and talents.

It is also a blessing to see God work in the lives of those serving, such as when some volunteers take the time to teach other volunteers new skills or how to do a better job on the task before them. I myself have learned how to do a better job of spackling drywall during the Manheim flood recovery, as well as improving many other skills. Although disaster relief is one of the main ways I choose to volunteer, it is not the only way to volunteer in your community. Some of the many ways one can volunteer include visiting the elderly and lonely, helping out busy young moms by babysitting or helping with household chores, helping at thrift stores, libraries, schools, Church Bible school outreaches, or youth programs.

God can use one who offers up their time in many different ways. In whatever way one chooses to volunteer, it is a real blessing to be the hands and feet of God. Micah Diffenderfer is a member of White Oak Church of the Brethren and a BDM Volunteer.

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717-273-6065 34 EVERGREEN ROAD (NEAR LEBANON FAIRGROUNDS) BRD2783

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CHECK OUT: Apple Dumplings, Bread, Cakes, Candy, Cookies, Cupcakes, Pastries, Pies, Pretzels, Rolls, and MUCH MORE. Also this year: GLUTEN FREE, and NO SUGAR ADDED ITEMS.

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Come Join Us For Our 101st Anniversary Celebration Lititz Church of the Brethren 1914-2015 Following in the footsteps of Jesus Sunday Morning Worship Traditional 9-10 AM Contemporary 9:15-10:15 AM Sunday School 10:30-11:30 AM 300 West Orange Street, Lititz, PA 17543 (717) 626-2131 â&#x20AC;˘ www.lititzcob.org

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Favorite Hymn GLEN ZIEGLER There is something about the sound of an old familiar hymn coming across the meadow that truly is refreshing to the soul. As a boy growing up on the farm, this is what we often heard from our neighbors. It was such a beautiful sound. I don’t remember what they were, but it took me back to the joy music brought to my dad, even though he was not a singer. He loved to hear singing, but for himself, this was not his gift. He would often joke with his children that he would get up and lead singing if we had no chorister.

I chose the old familiar hymn “What a Friend we Have in Jesus,” one that I appreciate myself and one that Dad would have enjoyed. It is a beautiful hymn and has such a message of comfort and love. For many of us today, we lose the old hymns to the new choruses. With the hymns of the past, most of them carry a very strong message with them. So many times, for time restraint, we would tend to skip a verse or two, in which we totally lost the writer’s message, even though we wouldn’t skip a paragraph in a book we are reading. So many times, we don’t know what was behind the hymn, or what was on the mind of the writer. I for one will often sing a song, verse after verse, paying more attention to the notes, and miss the real message. At my home congregation, when we have a hymn sing, we will have a hymn story, which gives us a break in singing, resting our voices at the same time, which is interesting and then of course sing the hymn.

I have been blessed over the years to be part of a church family who still enjoys a cappella singing--there is something about hearing that four-part harmony. I was also blessed to be part of the chorister team within our church, being involved in leading congregational singing since the age of sixteen. I still enjoy it, but due to some health restraints, I am not involved as much, but find this is my opportunity to come alongside some younger people and get them involved. If we want to continue good congregational singing, we need to encourage it.

I find it quite interesting when I hear a prominent radio ministry talk about wonderful old hymns and make comments about how special they are and the message they carry, but no one sings them because no one knows them. I am a bit amused by that because we no doubt sang it very recently. Yes, the message is still important.

“A man who has friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother” (Psalm 18:24). What or who is more encouraging than a true friend? This song indicates to us that there are no situations in life that He is not there and willing to carry us through. He never has forsaken us, always protecting and being there to comfort. As we read the words of the song, we find this Friend is there and available, but He wants us to ask. The song refers to many of life’s circumstances and the Lord being there for us. We sing the phrase, “Take it to the Lord in prayer,” but do we? In the song, we see the many happenings of life, the trials, the troubles, the discouragement, only to find that He knows all about our burdens and our pain. Many times, the

burden I bear is because I didn’t take it to Him in prayer.

I had some times of discouragement in life and went to Him last. I thought I could handle my life. Have I used my experiences of the past to reach out and be supportive of others? As the Lord brings us through experiences, it prepares us to come alongside and encourage others. We can always understand others and reach out to them when we have had that same loss or experience. My wife Reba and I lost a little girl at birth, and we were certainly able to bring comfort to others. Later, I experienced the death of my wife, and of course it left me with the opportunity to be there many times to encourage and be supportive for others in the same situation, but I always find it hard to answer the question of when does it get better. I know that God is good, and as the hymn says, He knows all of our sorrows and cares. I ask myself, will I be, will you be, the hands and feet of Jesus, our faithful friend, as He gives us life in our journey here to reach out to others.

Glen Ziegler is a Deacon in the White Oak COB.

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A Prayer for Our Cities JOSHUA BYTWERK The sun is hidden just below the eastern skyline. Soon it will appear, shifting the array of colors to a whole new pallet. This morning like the ones that have come before it seems bleak even though the colors are brightening.

Heart attacks and depravity have made inroads into our joy and swept us off kilter and unbalanced. Tears streak my face, and I cannot tell if it’s the cold, oncoming wind or actually the overfull contents of my heart that cause them. Sometimes we don’t win.

Though the sky is beautiful, the surroundings are truly the average terra firma of any small, urban community.

Vacant stores in a strip mall, gravestones laid out in orderly formation, some of them sitting above departed friends of mine, construction equipment waiting for the work crew still hours away. I’m not sure why I’m here except to give hearing to what’s inside. Sometimes we can’t find ourselves. There’s just too much. Sages have warned us that hearing must include God and others.

Yes, but it must also include ourselves. It may be I am here to find what I would say to God if the double mindedness St. James warned against could be divided and pared down to a single reasoned prayer.

And so this morning I have taken off in the predawn to meet, William Paul Young at his Shack. I have my city. It is not a remarkable city if compared to any number of others. It has 20,000 souls or maybe a few more. It boasts a thriving number of blue-collar service folks who spend their days serving those who earn greater salaries.

I can picture the senior citizens in hundreds of kitchens, possibly our town’s largest population, up as early as I am, sleep fleeing from their eyes. Poverty has struck here, on one hand caused by the lower middle class that just can’t seem to make enough. On the other, industries once present have moved on leaving locals unemployed and embittered. Beyond it all, the local nuclear generating station chugs away, blowing its endless streams of clouds that disperse before they can block the rising impending brilliance.

This is a town where it’s good to meet God. No idealism can easily pull our feet from its muddy urbania. No shallow theology can thrive in its brown sighted factory remains. Hope must be strong and deeply rooted if it will survive here. Our hearts must come strong like some young athlete driving the lane, braving the onslaught of defenses on his way to the rim. When you find a single thought that is worth mentioning in the midst of this world, it becomes a cry of the heart, a prayer with soul.

As I walk and as I watch, the complexity simplifies and some of the weighty matters burdening my soul seem to lose their baggage. I’m never sure what does this other than the discipline of intentionally seeking the One who has promised to meet in this way. His burden is light and his yoke is easy, or so He has said. And somehow in the walking, this promise is proved yet again. My selfish be-sodden heart, vexed with its eternal list of difficulties finds itself set free to express and to feel again. Painful

circumstances, real and imagined, are littering the path I have made through the grey.

At one point a boxer gives chase. This is a little concerning as mini-urbania is full of dogs that are defensive in nature and armed with attitude. But Noah, as I later learn his name to be, catches up to me barking fiercely only to warm one of my hands with a playful lick. We make friends and I move on as he goes back to his nowcalling mistress.

At some point in this hour jaunt, my heart cry becomes solid and gains a unity worthy of effort. I place it out there, speaking into the heavens. My heart is broken and the complexity has faded to the place where all that is left is what maybe should leave a heart wounded. This outcry is the right set of words, and I am ready to speak them.

It’s always amazing to me how long it takes me to find the one prayer I need to pray. It takes effort and time, the action of walking, and the authentic context of real life for my soul to emit something worthwhile. But in the end it is worth it. I speak the words and there is a resounding, silent affirmation. Peace flooding the soul and a crystalline conduit for communication opens. The one prayer gives birth to the many. Names and faces fly through my mind. Broken friends, hurting neighbors, lost people seeking a way… they flood my mind. Each of them is remembered and my heart, no longer ensconced in its self-misery, can lend its cry to others rather than only revealing myself.

Joy creeps back in like a stealthy prankster who has been seeking a place to ambush me all along. All fruits of the Spirit are kept at bay until honesty in spirit can be restored. But when that one prayer is found, and it is spoken and lifted high, then freedom is restored for all the flourishing fruits of the heart to return. The parched land has become a garden again with blooming and potential breaking. My heart, once as desensitized as any other by the hurts and disappointments of the week, is now free to hear, see and respond. For freedom I have been set free.

Joshua Bytwerk he is Co-Pastor at Parker Ford COB.

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KICKOFF DINNER 2016 You are invited to a great experience of fellowship, entertainment, and food at the Kickoff Dinner of the Disaster Relief Auction.

June 11, 2016 • 6:00 PM

Family Style Dinner at Yoder’s Restaurant in New Holland

The Jim Brady Trio $30.00 per person Tickets available at the Share-A-Meal booth.

OR Purchase tickets from Landis and Candy Myer - 717-354-0179 or Sally Bingaman - 717-581-5651 A free-will offering will be received.

We look forward to seeing you.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO OUR WEB SITE:

www.brethrenauction.org The Jim Brady Trio In the summer of 2014, Jim and Melissa felt the time was right to answer a new call and to embark upon a brand new ministry. Thus came the announcement that Jim would be leaving The Booth Brothers to join his wife in forming The Jim Brady Trio. With the complete support of long time friends, Ronnie and Michael Booth, Jim and Melissa began the search for just the right ministry partner. They found him in the form of multi-talented singer/musician, Tim Parton.

Like Jim and Melissa, Tim has spent the past several decades traveling with some of the industry’s most gifted and talented individuals. He toured with legendary Speer Family, as well as Gospel Music icon, Vestal Goodman, in addition to The Lesters, Gold City and Legacy Five. He is an extraordinary producer and arranger and has been regularly featured on the popular Gaither Video Series. “We can’t think of a nicer guy to have on our team,” Melissa shares. “He has such a smooth, warm, mellow voice and is such a great producer and arranger. We feel very blessed to have him as the third member of The Jim Brady Trio.”

Jim and Melissa Brady are living proof that God’s ways are higher than ours, and that He is always working for our good and His glory. “God has brought so many opportunities our way as a result of Jim’s time with The Booth Brothers,” Melissa states. “Had Jim chosen to sing with Ronnie and Michael for the rest of his life, I would have supported him 100 percent, but God had other plans.”

Obviously, those plans include lots of great music and a great future for The Jim Brady Trio!

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2015 QUILT AUCTION PREVIEW SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 • 10:00 A.M. Life is a patchwork quilt of God’s perfect design.

“A quilt is pieces of fabric woven by the hands and minds of many; which becomes an Heirloom, a Masterpiece or a priceless Treasure.

Quilts express thoughtfulness, love, kindness, warmth, comfort—dependent upon the viewer. Quilts are a form of art which can be appreciated by all regardless of age, profession or position in life.

Everyone can recognize the craftsmanship and many long hours spent completing the Masterpiece.

A quilt is a windowpane through which one sees the craftsman.”

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QUILT NAME TYPE John Deere Quilt and Play Mat Pieced Country Grapes Applique Log Cabin Pieced Country Rose Applique Kaleidoscope Pieced Country Love Applique Multi Blocks Pieced Twisted Irish Chain Pieced Storm at Sea Pieced Beary Patch Pieced Triangles Pieced Friendship Braid Bed Runner Pieced Simply A Pleasure Table Runner, Pieced Placemat, and Coasters Set Triangle Frenzy Swirl Table Runner Pieced Hourglass Crib Quilt Pieced “Be” Pieced Star of Hope Pieced Dublin Steps Pieced “Downton Abbey” Double Pieced Wedding Ring Radiant Jewel Pieced Triple Barnstar Pieced Memories of Home Pieced House Among the Trees Pieced Rhapsody in Blue Pieced Country Lotus Applique 1895 Vintage Scrap Quilt Pieced Vintage Whole Cloth Whole Cloth 1900’s Vintage Farm Life Pieced Vintage Farm Life Pieced Trip Around the World Pieced Hearts and Vines Applique Lone Star Pieced Farm Animals Embroidered Log Cabin Star Pieced Cross Stitch Tulips Embroidered Hummingbirds Applique Boston Commons Pieced Kaleidoscope Pieced Falling Leaves Pieced

COLOR Blue Brown/Green Purple Multi Navy/Burgundy Purple/Green Multi Multi Blues/Greens Browns/Pink Multi Polka Dots Blue/Yellows Fall Orange/Gold/Green

SIZE 33 x 33 108 x 118 106 x 116 108 x 117 102 x 117 92 x 111 72 x 90 85 x 85 64 x 76 41 x 51 37 x 42 22 x 62 13 x 23

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Purple/Lavender/Green Multi Multi Red/Green Blue/Gray/Tan Blues/Red-Violet

17 x 47 37 x 42 57 x 71 40 x 40 87 x 88 93 x 103

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Aqua/Browns Multi Multi Multi Blues/Salmon Burgundy/Green Multi Muslin Blue Tan Brown Burgundy/Blue Blue/Rose Green/Brown Brown Multi Multi Green/Gold Multi Black/Gold

48 x 64 84 x 84 61 x 61 69 x 79 Single Bed 95 x 108 78 x 78 72 x 80 73 x 78 76 x 78 38 x 38 33 x 34 31 x 31 40 x 49 88 x 100 101 x 116 100 x 119 98 x 116 67 x 95 95 x 107

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Size Brings Privilege… and Responsibilities Cross Keys Village Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community in New Oxford is one of the largest employers in the area, and we’re part of the economic engine of the region in other ways, too. We buy a lot of products and services as an organization, besides what is spent by everyone who works, lives, volunteers or visits here.

What we do as an organization is perhaps an even greater service to the community and region, though.

Nobody else nearby offers as many nursing beds. Our residential living and personal care services are as excellent – and varied – as you’ll find, and they help lots of people enjoy more fulfilling lives.

All of these blessings come with responsibilities. Our existing villagers and residents have rewarded us with their trust, and many of them have entrusted us with a part of their life savings in the form of a village entrance fee. To all of them, we owe a promise of financial stability. In order to remain attractive to today’s and tomorrow’s retirees, we also need to constantly grow and expand our services. The construction of the Harvey S. Kline Wellness Center a few years ago added a valuable asset to the village, without which we could not have found residents for the Harmony Ridge Apartments or the new Bridgewater Country Homes.

More recently, we have become acutely aware that our region needs additional services and resources in the field of Memory Care. While Cross Keys Village has long been a pioneer in this specialized area, we are being proactive in the face of the growing number of individuals who are experiencing memory loss--and also the growing number

of caregivers, who need some dedicated support of their own. In the fall of 2014, we started a comprehensive and far-reaching program of Memory Support Education, offered at no cost to our team members, our residents, their families and friends, as well as to groups, agencies, and health care organizations in our vicinity. Before the end of 2015, we will break ground on a state-of-the-art Memory Care Residence in which we will be able to offer residents the very best care in the best adapted environment.

Another exciting goal on our agenda in 2015 is for Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community to become a greater education and consulting resource to the churches and agencies of the Southern Pennsylvania District of the Church of the Brethren.

With so many knowledgeable team members working in our community, sharing our expertise with our Church of the Brethren friends and neighbors is the least we can do.

Our Mission Statement and Core Values have been periodically refreshed since we opened our doors in 1908 with the goal “to provide a comfortable home and spiritual influence.” Yet our founders would undoubtedly endorse our current Mission Statement as “A Brethren ministry dedicated to enriching the lives of older adults,” and our current Vision “to be a leading innovator offering older adults a life infused with quality and purpose.” We take this opportunity to salute Brethren Disaster Relief, our venerable sister agency, as we both continue on paths characterized by tradition and innovation.

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Welcome to the

FARMERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MARKET WEST HALL

Friday 9-9, Saturday 8-3 Produce, fruit and canned goods Items offered (as available) include: Pumpkins, Gourds, Sweet Potatoes, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Sweet Corn, Green Beans, Tomatoes, Spinach, Radishes, Onions, Peppers, Turnips, Red Beets, Apples, Pears, Apple Cider, Pickles, Chow Chow, Pickled Beets, Jelly, House Plants and Mums.

All of the proceeds from donations and all profit from purchased produce go directly to disaster relief. All staff members are volunteers.

Contact: Dave Krape (717) 757-2842 or jdkrape@gmail.com to donate or if you would like to help to sell. Helpers are needed for set-up Thursday afternoon, and for sales on Friday and Saturday.

Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market Food Safety Guidelines All canned goods packaged and donated to the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction for resale, must follow these food safety guidelines: - Use jars manufactured specifically for canning purposes, such as Mason, Kerr or Ball, with new lids and rings.

- Use City or Borough water or USDA approved bottled water.

- Label jars with the name of the product and its ingredients.

- If you need assistance with transportation of your donation, or have any questions, please call any committee member. We will be happy to assist you as we work together to help people in need and to bring Glory to our God. Dave Krape 717-757-2842

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At the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction Gift of the Heart Kit Assembly 1:00 PM Friday, September 25, 2015 in the East Hall

There are disasters happening around us every day: tornados, tsunamis, floods, hurricanes, etc. With the overwhelming burdens the victims face, it is our calling from God to help those in need. When victims lose everything, even children miss the simple items we take for granted in every day life such as a piece of paper, a pencil, and other basic school supplies. These items are provided in the school kits that will be assembled this year at the Auction. It shows others that we, as Christians, care about children’s educational needs.

2014 Statistics • 12,000 school kits assembled • More than 200 volunteers participated Our 2015 Gift of the Heart Kit goals are even more ambitious. Monetary donations are needed to purchase supplies to create help kits. Volunteers are needed to assemble the kits at the Lebanon Valley Expo during the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction.

This can be an enriching, spiritual event in which individuals, families, and groups are welcome to participate.

Monetary donations can be made to: Brethren Disaster Relief Auction c/o Evie Dehmey 164 Vinegar Ferry Road, Marietta, PA 17547 Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to participate.

Event contact: Larry or Lucille Hollingshead 717-817-4033 or 717-993-3624

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Spotswood volunteers ‘come eager to work’

JANE YOUNT It’s essential for outsiders going into severely damaged and traumatized communities to gain the trust of disaster survivors and local partners. Such is the case in Spotswood, New Jersey, where Brethren Disaster Ministries (BDM) set up a Hurricane Sandy recovery project in January of last year.

Picture the environment into which BDM volunteers have entered. “Super Storm” Sandy was produced by the rare convergence of a monster-sized hurricane with a Nor’easter blizzard that crippled the Garden State for weeks in the fall of 2012. For more than two years now, the experience of many survivors has been filled with frustration, delays, and red tape. They are nowhere near fully recovered. Sandy damaged 650,000 homes, and thousands of families are still waiting for help.

By God’s grace, the volunteer project leaders representing BDM have carefully and gradually built trust and developed valuable relationships that go a long way to foster recovery.

Appreciation for this relationship was expressed by general contractor Jason Card in a letter to the Monmouth County Long Term Recovery Group (MCLTRG), in which he stated, “I have worked with other organizations and not one can compare to what the Brethren bring to the table. The work ethic and skill set they possess exceeded my expectations and have always exceeded the client’s expectations...from the 20-year-old home from college, to the 70-year-old grandmother of 12 – they all come eager to work!”

This sentiment is also shared by Rev. Hillary Johnson Crute, or “Pastor Hillary,” of Trinity United Methodist Church (TUMC), which serves as BDM’s home base in Spotswood, “We were immediately impressed by their professional manner as BDM moved in and utilized the space. Trailers with showers and washing machine, trucks outfitted with equipment, and volunteers who were professionals in their field turned our little chapel into a 24/7 blessing station!”

Card went on to say that the BDM volunteers “are the most polite individuals I have ever been blessed to work with. Half of the battle of dealing with the homeowners is earning their respect and confidence. The Brethren, even with the volunteers changing on a weekly basis, are able to make that transition without a drop of concern from the homeowners, which to me is irreplaceable.”

At TUMC, the bond between this small congregation and the BDM volunteers has gradually deepened. They started out just giving each other space, then they worshipped together, and then some of the BDM project leaders began to assist in leading worship. “When I found out that Steve Keim had marched with Rev. Martin Luther King,” said Pastor Hillary, “I enlisted him to share his experience with the congregation on MLK's birthday.”

The real turning point was when the two groups start-

ed having Wednesday night suppers together. Pastor Hillary shared that “we were learning a lot from the BDM volunteers, and falling in love with a new part of the body of Christ. What is gratifying for me, as pastor, is to see the growth in discipleship in the congregation as they observe so many volunteers from all over the country coming and serving humbly.”

The positive attitude of BDM project leaders also can have a ripple effect, as Card has observed while working with long-term project leader Thom Deily, “Thom forms a personal relationship with each and every volunteer and earns their respect, which becomes apparent to the homeowner and helps put them at ease during this difficult time.”

BDM staff are delighted and encouraged by these thoughtful comments made by our partners. As Pastor Hillary said, “we know that our sojourn together will one day come to an official end, but the footprints of BDM and hundreds of volunteers will remain in our hearts forever!” BDM is discerning the proper time to finish working in Monmouth County, but our journey with this community has been a huge blessing.

Jane Yount is a BDM staff member

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Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Atlantic Northeast and Southern Pennsylvania Districts, “It was terrible – at one point I was tired and couldn’t make it. I just told them to go and I would stay there, but I got helping hands and people carried me ... over the mountains through the bushes to Cameroon.” Vilica was a college student in Mubi, Nigeria and one of hundreds of thousands fleeing for their lives as the city and nearby headquarters of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) were attacked by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in October 2014.

Just as Vilica was helped by her friends, Brethren Disaster Ministries (BDM) is called to be the hands and feet of Christ in a hurting world. BDM’s focus is on rebuilding homes, caring for children, and providing international relief in communities recovering from disaster.

Answering the call to serve, 801 volunteers restored disaster-damaged homes at 3 BDM response sites in 2 states during 2014. The volunteers provided 57,664 hours of service valued at $1.3 million on behalf of 83 families. For nearly 2 years, BDM has been carrying out a major response to Hurricane Sandy, which includes sites in Toms River and Spotswood, N.J. The storm had caused extreme devastation along the New Jersey coast in October 2012. On a smaller scale, last summer BDM called upon volunteers from Illinois and Indiana to assist briefly with rebuilding several homes that were destroyed by a tornado in Gifford, Ill. A significant response by Children’s Disaster Services last year took place after the small community of Oso, Wash. lost 43 residents in a massive mudslide. Responding to the call, CDS volunteers cared for children with intense feelings about the traumatic experience. A mother of a young boy shared she did not realize how important that play time away from the disaster was for him to begin to heal. A major focus of CDS continues to be the Gulf Coast expansion project. The goal is to increase capacity in this disaster-prone area by training regional leadership, connecting with Gulf Coast partners and church groups.

In response to the crisis in northeastern Nigeria caused by Boko Haram, Brethren Disaster Ministries has developed a broad, multiphase response plan to provide emergency food, water and supplies; build shelters and establish care centers for displaced families; support education for displaced children; and hold trauma-healing workshops. The plan being implemented through the EYN Crisis Management Team, with whom BDM is working closely.

Additionally in 2014, BDM continued its response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, and supported international relief efforts in 10 countries spanning Asia, Africa, Central America, Europe, and the Middle East, following floods, landslides, the Ebola outbreak, civil unrest and conflicts.

The apostle Paul wrote that when one part of the body suffers, we all suffer, and when one part is honored, we all rejoice.

By supporting this auction, you have answered the cries of a hurting world. Thank you for enabling Brethren Disaster Ministries to continue this vital work.

In Christ’s Service,

Roy Winter, Executive Director On behalf of BDM Staff - Elizabeth Mullich, Jane Yount, Jenn Dorsch and Kathy Fry Miller

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BrethrenDisaster DisasterMinistries Ministries Brethren Emergency Grants2014 2014 Emergency Disaster Disaster Fund Fun Grants Date

Disaster

1/16/2014

BDM – Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines

1/21/2014

CWS – Coffee Rust Plague in Honduras

$10,000

1/21/2014

BDM – South Sudan Conflict (ACT Alliance)

$15,000

2/7/2014

BDM – South Sudan Conflict (Global Mission Response)

$15,000

3/10/2014

EYN – Northeast Nigeria Church Burnings/Insurgency

$25,000

5/2/2014

Typhoon Haiyan – Tanauan Response

$35,000

5/27/2014

Typhoon Haiyan – Lutheran World Relief Response

$70,000

5/27/2014

Typhoon Haiyan – Heifer International Response

$70,000

6/12/2014

CWS – Afghanistan Floods and Landslides

$35,000

6/12/2014

CWS – 2014 US Spring Storms

$4,000

6/12/2014

Bread of Life – Serbian Flooding

$5,000

6/12/2014

CWS – Balkan Flooding

7/8/2014

Shalom Ministry – Democratic Republic of Congo

$8,200

8/13/2014

CWS – Unaccompanied Central American Children

25,000

8/13/2014

CDS – Hawaii Response, Tropical Storm Iselle

$5,000

8/25/2014

IMA World Health – Ebola Response

$15,000

9/3/2014

ACT Alliance – 2014 Darfur Program – Sudan Conflict

$30,000

9/5/2014

EYN – Pilot Project Response to Violence and Displacement

$20,000

9/18/2014

Proyecto Aldea Global (PAG) – Honduras, Emergency Supplies

9/22/2014

EYN – Response to Violence and Displacement in Nigeria

9/26/2014

Church Aid, Inc. – Liberia Ebola Response

10/1/2014

BDM – Toms River, NJ – Rebuilding Project

$40,000

10/3/2014

Shepherd Society – 50 Day War Recovery in Gaza

$10,000

12/3/2014

Proyecto Aldea Global (PAG) – Honduras, Floods

15,000

TOTAL

Amount

$5,000

$30,000

$4,800 $100,000 $4,000

$596,000.00

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New Year's Response in Pico Rivera, Calif.

KATHY FRY-MILLER Children's Disaster Services volunteers have already been out serving in 2015. There was a partial collapse of an apartment building in Pico Rivera, Calif. in early January, and residents were evacuated to a shelter. Fourteen southern California volunteers served 15 different children, with 52 child contacts, over 3 days.

A team of both experienced and newly certified CDS caregivers provided a caring presence, listening ear, and creative play opportunities for children to express their feelings and stories. They shared Kit of Comfort play materials with the

children. First-time volunteer So San Chan Mitchell said, “I had a very positive experience serving with CDS for the very first time in Pico Rivera. Being a part of these families' lives is a blessing to my own life.”

Project Manager Mary Kay Ogden in Pico Rivera shared that these large blue objects (pictured) are a “KaBoom Playground,” made by Disney and donated to the Red Cross just a few months ago. This was the first time they were used. Calling them “fabulous,” she explained, “They are giant, lightweight, tinker toys. The children created castles, houses, mazes, and even used them to create a softball game.” Volunteer Kathy Davis commented that "The KaBoom set was wonderful! Hours spent creating and recreating each day."

Thanks to all our volunteers that served on this response!

Kathy Fry-Miller is a staff member of Children's Disaster Services

Brethren Disaster Ministries 2014 Response Statistics Volunteers

Workdays

Hours

Value of Hours Served**

Families Served

Hurricane Sandy

453

3,813

30,504

$687,865

20

Spotswood, N.J.

Hurricane Sandy

407

3,362

26,896

$606,505

57

Gifford, Ill.

Tornado

10

38

304

$6,855

6

870*

7,213

57,704

$1,301,225

83

Project Location

Disaster Type

Toms River, N.J.

Total

* This sum includes repeat volunteers. ** Estimated Value of Volunteer Service = $22.55/hour according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Children’s Disaster Services 2014 Response Statistics Volunteers

Hours Served

Value of Hours Served**

Children Served

Ice Storm

7

56

$1,263

38

Oso, Wash.

Mudslide

7

576

$12,989

92

Totals

2 Disasters

14

632

$14,252.00

130

Location

Disaster Type

West Chester, Penn.

* Estimated Value of Volunteer Service = $22.55/hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).

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Hand Crafted Pillar and Scroll Reproduction Mantel Clock

Valley Forge Wall Clock

Howard Miller Schoolhouse Clock

Ridgeway Postal Regulator

All Clocks Donated

by Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clocks, Pottstown, PA

Oak Saint Charles Schoolhouse Wall Clock

Grandfather Clock

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2015 Disaster Relief Auction Preview Apostle's Clock hand made & donated

by Earl E. Forney, Lebanon, PA See pg 86 for article.

Lloyd's Loom Antique Wicker Baby Carriage

Titmouse Hand-carved and donated by Ned Conklin, Woodstock, VA

Disaster Relief Auction Truck Made by Irwin Groff (Repaired from 2014 Auction - Subject to Availability)

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Hand-painted Purse donated by Gem Garden Birdhouse

Up to 4” caliper tree grown by Root’s Nursery, planted on your property, Donated by Root’s Nursery, Manheim PA Cast Iron Stove Lamp

Wooden Hutch

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WE NEED YOUR HELP AT THE AUCTION! The Arrangements Committee needs your help! In addition to volunteers needed to help set-up before the auction and clean-up after the auction, we need volunteers to help collect trash during the auction! The jobs do not require any special training and are not usually dirty jobs, but they are important jobs that must be done and the committee needs your help. Any and all help is appreciated! Individuals, families or groups are welcome and encouraged to help. Come for a few hours, half of the day or a day! If you have any questions, can serve in any way, or would be willing to serve on the committee, please contact Chris Keller, Arrangements Committee Chairman at 717-279-7389 or 4ckak@comcast.net. Thanks for your help!

Auction Set-up is Thursday, September 24, 2015 starting at 8 AM. (Lunch is provided.)

Trash Collection is Friday and Saturday, September 25 & 26, 2015 during the auction.

Auction Clean-up is Saturday, September 26, 2015 as the auctions are ending.

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Arts, Crafts And More...

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ur Arts & Crafts add yet another dimension to the popular and widely attended Disaster Relief Auction. Not only are you supporting our local artists with your purchases, but the Relief Auction itself. What a perfect time to begin your Christmas shopping and provide funds towards relief of world-wide disasters.

All Arts & Crafts items are hand-made and include the following: Floral designs, stained glass, doll clothing, needlework, custom furniture, oil and water color paintings, photography, holiday ornaments, jewelry, note cards, wooden crafts, jewelry from precious stones, large selection of violets, and much more.

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“Home for the Restless Heart” MERLIN HEDRICK I want to go home.” This is a common refrain of many of my older friends. This can mean different things. For some, it means, “I want to go back to where I lived before, to the place that’s familiar and rich with good memories.” That may be the home where they lived forty years and raised a family, or for those with dementia, it may be their childhood home. For others it means, “I want to go to my eternal home.” That place of ultimate peace, love and rest. We have heard the saying, “Home is where the heart is.” But sometimes our hearts are restless and searching for home.

This must have been the case for Abram when he was living in Haran. His restless heart opened him to God’s call to “Go to the place I will show you” (Genesis 12). So he continued the journey his father Terah started and made his way to Canaan. As he went, God revealed more of his plan. Though he was childless, Abram accepted the new name God gave him, “Abraham”, meaning “father of many.” No doubt, strangers who heard the name of this wandering old nomad asked, “So what’s the number? How many have you fathered?”

They must have been tempted to laugh when he said, “None yet, but I’m trusting God.” That’s how it is when we let God lead us in the way of faith toward our heart’s home.

God says, “Will you trust me to see you through, even though you can only see to take the next step?” Peter Becker Community became a reality in the same way.

Around 1960, some Indian Creek Church of the Brethren families started talking about building a “rest home” to serve their members and the surrounding community.

God was in it, and one step led to another. In 1964, a board was named, by-laws written, an auxiliary was formed and land was purchased. Fundraisers paid for the land and then unsecured bonds bought by supporters helped secure the loan needed to fund the initial $750,000 construction project. In late 1969, ground was broken and in the spring of 1971, the planned nursing and residential units were completed. Within six months, we reached our capacity of 72 residents. All this was the result of believers coming together and letting God guide the restlessness in their hearts for a place their older friends could call home. It was not easy, and the

way forward was not always clear, but God proved faithful time and again.

Abraham did not see his promised home come to pass so quickly, but God provided his son Isaac and led him to the land to which his descendants would return many years later. This “Promised Land” came to symbolize the place of rest and peace that had been missing since Adam and Eve disobeyed their way out of life with God in Paradise.

Many times God expands the vision and the blessing he has called us to. In Psalm 95:11, we read that God’s people can forfeit their rest by hardening their hearts.

Since David wrote this Psalm to God’s people living in their promised land, it is clear that the promised rest God offers is greater than a physical place to live. From where does our true rest come? Our answer comes in Jesus who invites us in Matthew 11:28-29 to find rest for our souls in him. God continues to invite us to find our true home and rest in Him. As a faith community, we continue to offer our holy restlessness to the God who goes ahead to “prepare a place” for us.

Peter Becker Community has grown beyond the original vision of the Church of the Brethren families wanting a “rest home” for older adults. We now offer a full range of care to almost 500 residents and are committed to care for each one, even if their funds run out. I see God at work daily, helping us create a community founded on his love and sustained by supporters, volunteers and staff with open hearts that care and willing hands that serve. This is what creates the warm sense of home that so many guests comment on. God is here. It is a wonderful blessing to hear from countless members of this community that this feels like home, that they feel valued and loved and can rest in a deep sense of security and peace.

May we all continue to pay attention to the holy restlessness God places in us which moves us to find our rest in Him. Merlin Hedrick is Director of Pastoral Care at Peter Becker Community, Harleysville, Pennsylvania.

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Building Bridges at Camp Swatara JOEL & LINETTA BALLEW When disaster strikes–when communities are devastated–when people are homeless–the Church of the Brethren responds, rebuilds, and renews all in the name of Jesus. At its heart, Disaster Response ministry is about building structures so that life can go on in the wake of tragedy. In those new houses that are built, families will gather around dinner tables, celebrate life’s milestones, and hopefully grow in faith in God. Camp Swatara is in a phase where reconstruction, renovation, and renewal–in the name of Jesus–is taking place. Thankfully, the work happening at Camp isn’t in response to a disaster, rather it’s in response to the need for faithful investment and stewardship so that the important ministry of Christian witness and nurture can continue to happen for years to come. In the fall of 2014, Camp Swatara began the Building Bridges Capital Campaign, which will help support the growing ministry at Camp by providing infrastructure improvements and renovation of aging buildings.

The first of the projects is complete with the replacement of the camp’s entryway bridge. This link will provide safe and reliable access for generations of future campers who journey to the foot of Blue Mountain for retreats, summer camp, and family camping trips. The work of building bridges will continue with renovation projects for the sixty-plus-yearold West Lodge and the forty-plus-year-old West Retreat building. Each of these beloved facilities is used regularly by summer campers, retreat campers and church groups. While the buildings are structurally sound, it’s time to invest in these spaces so that they can continue to be places where campers gather to sing, youth groups get away to retreat, and church families meet to worship and fellowship with one another in the beauty of creation.

Disaster response is certainly about building. When a project group stands back from their work in the evening, they can look at shingles replaced or drywall spackled, and this can be encouraging and inspiring! But what we can’t see that is being built is why we really do what we do. After the nails are driven and the wires connected, what is really being built is trust, confidence, care and love. Through our Christian charity, others see just a little glimpse of who Christ is, perhaps for the first time in their lives.

If you’ve ever traveled with a work group to a broken down part of town to work on a house for an elderly widow or a young family who otherwise couldn’t afford what Church of the Brethren Disaster Response offers, you’ve seen this. It’s not evident in the shining new siding or the fresh coat of paint – rather it’s in the tears in their eyes and the warmth of their embrace for strangers that they’ve seen Jesus. That’s why we do what we do.

We’ve been thinking about that very question at Camp Swatara as we’ve been “building bridges.”

After a beautiful new bridge is installed, retreat buildings and lodges handsomely outfitted with new roofs, we can certainly look back at the work and the effort and see accomplishment, but that’s not really what the work is about. Why we do what we do is about something much greater and more lasting than any single stone, board, or shingle. When you hear campers voices ringing though the trees, singing, “Lord prepare me, to be a Sanctuary,” you begin to know why. When a church gathers on the West Lodge steps for vespers worship while at camp for their annual retreat, you see what it’s all for. When you walk though family camp and notice that four generations are gathered around a campfire sharing stories of faith and wisdom, you understand why we’re building at Camp Swatara.

Bridges get us literally from one place to another, often crossing otherwise impassable spaces. Bridges link people and places to one another. Bridges make it easier to connect, interact, and relate. Camp Swatara has been a place of bridge building for over seventy years. Summer campers, family campers, and retreat groups from many different places have gathered at the foot of Blue Mountain for the purpose of growing in their Christian faith in an outdoor setting.

Camp Swatara has been a bridge for countless numbers of campers linking individuals with one another, with God’s creation, and most importantly, with Christ. The improvement projects of the Building Bridges campaign will ensure that this important work will continue to witness to future generations.

Visit the campaign website at bridges.campswatara.org or call the camp office at (717) 933-8510 for more information. Join us in building bridges at Camp through your prayer support and your financial gift so that faithful witness and nurture can continue in powerful ways.

Joel & Linetta Ballew are Camp Swatara Administrators

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THANK YOU TO THESE BUSINESSES WHO DONATED TO THE MAIN HALL AUCTION IN 2014 Bomberger’s Store – Lititz Esbenshade’s Garden Center – Lititz GEM Garden – Manheim Lapp’s Wooden Toys – Ronks Martin’s Gallery – Hanover Masonic Village Farm Market – Elizabethtown Outback Toys – Lititz Ridgeway Brass – Harrisburg Scott’s Clocks – Pottstown Sight and Sound Theater – Strasburg Spring Valley Woodworking – Gordonville

Country Housewares – Leola G & G Feed – Manheim Green Hills Discount Grocer – Lititz Longenecker’s True Value – Manheim Martin’s Greenhouse – Manheim Messick Farm Equipment – Elizabethtown Pots by dePerrot – Lititz Rohrer’s Quarry – Lititz Shrewsbury Markets – Shrewsbury Sloan’s Pharmacy – Manheim Wolgemuth’s Auction – Leola

PLEASE SUPPORT THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO SUPPORT THE BRETHREN DISASTER RELIEF AUCTION

If your business would be willing to donate to the 2015 Brethren Disaster Relief Auction contact Earl & Charlene Fahnestock 717-664-2740 Bill & Sharon Pierce 717-664-5537 Gary & Orpha Stevens 717-665-6655 Dale and Elsie Fahnestock 717-757-4312 Kevin and Angela Nolt 717-949-3316

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Special

“MEAL” &

“VACATION” Auction

In the Main Hall Auction Saturday, September 26 between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. (before the Quilt Auction begins)

Fabulous “PYROMANIAC” Gourmet Dinner at the home of Dave & Carol Farmer Gourmet Dinner on Saturday, January 30, 2016 This is a meal you don’t want to miss and you will never forget!

1 Week Vacation in Naples, Florida 2 bedroom condo donated by Mike and Jayne Baldwin Anytime from April 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016

Do you have a special vacation retreat or meal you would be willing to donate?

Please contact the Main Hall Auction Committee at 717-664-2740 to let us know.

We would love to auction your special event!

Be sure to check at the Main Hall Auction for additional events that will be added!

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BRETHREN DISASTER RELIEF AUCTION

COIN PROJECT Do you have spare change around your home that you are willing to donate to the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction?

We will be collecting coins (and any other money you wish to donate) at the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction this year. All money donated will go to disaster relief.

We will also have containers at the Disaster Relief Auction for you to take along home with you and use to collect coins for the 2016 Disaster Relief Auction. These containers will be “Pretzel Barrels” full of pretzels.

Come to the “Coin Auction” area in Center Hall. Pick up a free pretzel container to take home with you - eat the pretzels - then fill that container with coins you collect during the year.

Bring your container with coins back to the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction in 2016.

For more information contact: Dale Fahnestock at 717-757-4312 or Earl Fahnestock at 717-664-2740

A great project for: • Your Sunday School Class • Your Family • Bible School • You and your co-workers

Coins for Others In Need Working together we will watch our spare change grow!!!

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Acts of and Against God ANDY MURRAY We do not normally think of responding to war or terrorism as “disaster response.” Our usual thoughts about disaster are more likely to include chaotic and random acts of nature that create unusual hardship for a particular group of people. Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, fires, floods, droughts-these are instruments of disaster and the folk who are overwhelmed by these catastrophes are the usual object of our response.

Violence, on the other hand, is a result of human choice and to think of it as a disaster, much less a natural disaster, might strain our understanding of the concept.

War or terrorism is also often accompanied by deeply held political and cultural emotions regarding guilt and innocence, making it more difficult to create consensus around a response.

There is a sense in which even many “natural” disasters have a human-made component. Sometimes it is a decision to build in an area prone to natural catastrophe.

Sometimes it is the result of criminal neglect. The Johnstown Flood in 1889 killed more than 2000 people and did more than 400 million dollars in damage (current dollars). It was the result of both too much rain and shortcuts taken to build a recreational reservoir.

Sometimes a disaster is made much worse by neglect that may not be criminal but is all too human. A federal judge ruled that "monumental neglect," related to the maintenance of protective levees, added to the suffering caused by Katrina. Indeed, nearly every disaster has a human component whether related to greed, neglect or just bad decisions.

What disasters have in common, whether natural or manmade, is that unthinkable suffering overtakes people, and the care and help of others is desperately needed to help moderate that suffering. Sometimes those who suffer from cultural or political violence bear some guilt in creating the violence. More often, in contemporary violence, the victims are innocent and the suffering goes on long after the violence has ceased.

Armed conflict nearly always has a disproportionate effect on the poor. Reduced health care, limited availability for adequate nutrition, loss of housing, loss of educational opportunities, loss employment opportunities all conspire to multiply the degree and duration of the suffering. Armed groups in civil conflicts increasingly target civilians, and death from disease and famine are more common among those who have the least resources to resist. For these reasons, the hardship and suffering caused by war is often more acute, more enduring and more difficult to respond to than natural disaster. Those hardships, however, must still be understood as a result of disaster.

The Church of the Brethren has an important history of responding to disasters of all kinds, especially those that are created by the failings of humankind. Brethren Volunteer Service and Church World Service grew in

large part out of a response to the suffering caused

by World War II. Heifer Project was the response of Brethren to the famine brought on by the Spanish Civil War. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the A r m e n i a n Genocide. More than a million and a half men, women and children were systematically displaced, starved and killed. Responding to the genocide was politically controversial and dangerous since the major power responsible denied that it even happened. The Church of the Brethren, however, was there. Our General Secretary, Stan Noffsinger, remembered the response in a recent letter to congregations: “The 1917 Annual Conference voted to set aside existing guidelines for missions in foreign lands in order to provide funding and support for the Armenian people affected so horrifically by the violence and displacement. A temporary committee was named to lead the relief effort. In addition, delegates also approved secondment of staff to the American Committee for Relief in the Near East, to ensure that funding and support for the Armenian people would be carried out without interference. There was no intent to establish permanent missions or churches as was our practice, because the Armenian people were already a devout Christian community. From 1917-1921, our church of approximately 115,000 members contributed $267,000 to the effort–an equivalent of $4.98 million in 2015 dollars, using the Consumer Price Index computation.”

We have a long history of seeing disaster as not only "acts of God" but also acts against God. The response of Brethren Disaster Ministries to the tragic events that have overtaken our brothers and sisters in Nigeria is not only the right thing to do, it is consistent with a long and proud history of disaster response by the Church of the Brethren. Now our Church in Nigeria joins Greely, Spotswood, Toms River, Tanauan, Darfur, Gaza, Mutarule and so many others as a place where each of us, through our gifts and our work, can respond to human distress. We can be deeply grateful that our Church helps to connect us personally to both suffering and hope.

Andy Murray, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, is the 2016 Annual Conference Moderator, Church of the Brethren.

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Children’s Auction—Eleven years!

CAROL FARMER As the saying goes, time flies when you’re having fun— and we do have fun with the Children’s Auction and activities. Each year seems to go faster.

Eleven years have passed since we began offering items exclusively for children in their own auction. We have been pleased with the growth and success of the Children’s Auction and the Children’s Activities and are grateful for all those people who have helped to make it work so smoothly.

This year we will be having most of the children’s activities in the Southeast Hall on Saturday the 26th. The face-painter and balloon artist will be there to share their talents with the children. Please see the posters for times. At 11:00 am the Children’s Auction will begin, also in the Southeast Hall. All items in the Children’s Auction are brand new, and most are donated by families and businesses. Children (5-12) can secure a bidding number that matches their parent’s. Only kids with bidding numbers can bid in the Children’s Auction-with adult supervision. We’ve had adults try to sneak in bids in the past—but we caught them!

Following a short break after the Children’s Auction, the Puppet and Story Works will present a show at 12:45 pm, about the difference between magic and miracles. You and your children will not want to miss this very entertaining and interesting show.

Of course, we will still have the pony rides and barrel train.

Please check the posters for the times. The train will have a

new depot sign at the former location of the children’s activities white tent. The Children’s Store will be packed and ready for children of all ages on both Friday and Saturday with gently used toys, books and videos—a great place for parents and grandparents to pick up a few items as gifts. Come early and stay late, so you and your children don’t miss anything at the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction.

Our goal for the Children’s Activities remains to help the children have a positive, lasting impression of the Auction and use it as a teaching tool for the future Disaster Relief Auction participants. We want to make sure this is an enjoyable experience for the kids, and so that no child leaves the auction without something, when the Children’s Auction concludes, any child who has not bid and received an item is invited to stay and receive a free gift.

The Children’s Auction and Activities—Still Cool after eleven years!

Carol Farmer is a member of Stevens Hill COB and serves on the Children’s Auction Committee and the BDRA Board of Directors.

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Brethren Service in China who helped to teach the Bible. Known as “Bible women,” these Chinese women often learned to read and write as they helped the missionaries with the Chinese language. These lectures grew out of a course that Jeff Bach and David Kenley taught about the Brethren in China. Students in the class did research in the extensive materials about the Brethren in China at the Young Center.

Sharing these stories and many others about Brethren service is an important part of the work of the Young Center as we teach, write and share programs with the public. As Brethren in the Atlantic Northeast District and Southern Pennsylvania District prepare for another disaster relief auction in September, the need for aid across the nation and around the world is as great as ever. The suffering of Brethren in Nigeria, along with other Christians and moderate Muslims there call out for compassion and aid. As Brethren and others prepare for the disaster relief auction, supporters can be confident that this auction continues the long story of Brethren response to human need that reaches people in our own country and elsewhere. People who participate in the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction keep extending hands with cups of cold water and many other supplies, offering aid in the name of Christ in countless new settings.

Jeff Bach is Director of the Young Center at Elizabethtown College.

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JEFF BACH With multiple natural disasters in our own country and grinding wars and insurgencies around the world in the past year, the need for service to the suffering seems greater now than ever before. Brethren are no strangers to serving those in need in the name of Jesus Christ. Brethren have acted on their faith in Christ and his teachings many years before the big “boom” in Brethren service after WWII. One example of Brethren service a century ago was the mission to China. From the beginning, the missionaries wanted to help to alleviate hunger and disease, to witness to peace and to share education, all while sharing the gospel. In the earliest years after the first station was organized at Ping Ting in 1910, missionaries taught some women to read, offered help to opium users and food to the hungry. When medical staff, such as Dr. O. G. Brubaker and Dr. Fred Wampler arrived in 1913, the missionaries in China responded to famine and to pneumonic plague in 1918-1920. The medical service expanded in later years to include hospitals and clinics, as well as training of Chinese nurses and physicians.

During struggles between neighboring provinces in the 1920s, during the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, and ultimately during the civil war in China in the 1940s, Brethren sought to witness to the way of Jesus, to treat those who suffered from war, to feed the hungry and to share their faith. During the worst years of the Japanese occupation, thirteen Chinese Brethren and three American missionaries gave their lives in witness to Christ. As the civil war concluded with victory for the Communist forces, Brethren missionaries attempted to expand their service in agricultural projects, even as it became clear that the new government would send home all international Christian workers.

In November 2014, three students from Elizabethtown College, Bella D’Ascanio, Cesar Vera and Caitlyn Whirt, gave presentations about Brethren workers in China at the Young Center. Bella spoke about Nettie Senger, who helped Chinese women supplement their incomes through home-based textile production.

Cesar described the final years of the Brethren missionaries as they were forced to withdraw while attempting to offer agricultural aid after the revolution in 1949. Caitlyn examined the work of Chinese women

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Lebanon Valley Brethren Home

"What's not to like" responded Don and Ruth Hack, when asked why they liked living at the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home. Don and Ruth have been living in a duplex for a decade and not a day goes by that they regret their decision to move to LVBH. Don thinks the earlier you move here, the better. Don and Ruth enjoy the independence their duplex offers them with the security of knowing there is help on campus if they would ever need it. Don and Ruth are quick to give praise to Lebanon Valley Brethren Home. Between the bank, convenience store, pharmacy, fitness center and gift shop they have everything they will ever need within such a short distance of their house.

Don, a former Derry Township police officer, and Ruth, a former secretary for the Milton Hershey School, have been married for sixty-one blissful years. They have two children, three grand children and one great grandchild.

Don and Ruth have lived around the Hershey area the majority of their life. Don played football for Hershey High School and Ruth went to Middletown High School.

They first met through a mutual group of friends while hanging out after a football game.

“We do absolutely everything together, she is my best friend" Don said, when asked what they enjoy doing in their free time. They enjoy watching sports together, working out three times a week in the Paul and Carol Boll Wellness Center and taking long walks, hand in hand

through their neighborhood.

Since they have moved in, Don and Ruth have both enjoyed volunteering at the Home’s famous yard sale and Chicken BBQ. Don, known for being a former police officer was asked to help with parking for the big event and has done so for ten years. They are constantly reminded of why they enjoy living here. "The Lebanon Valley Brethren home is filled with people who love coming together to volunteer at all of the different events. It makes for such a caring community."

When asked what advice they might give to future residents, Ruth says "Do it, don't wait. Move in as early as you can and enjoy the independent lifestyle that we have been a part of for over ten years." Ruth says that her children love that they have moved here. It puts their mind at ease, knowing they are surrounded by such beautiful people and a caring community. Their children know they are in good hands and have help should the need ever arise.

Lebanon Valley Brethren Home is a Continuing Care Retirement Community located at 1200 Grubb Road in Palmyra, Pa. For more information please log onto our website at www.lvbh.org or contact us at 717-838-5406.

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Former Dairy Farmer’s Woodwork is a Cut Above the Rest SUE BOWMAN SOUTHEASTERN PA. CORRESPONDENT LEBANON, Pa. — Earl E. Forney of East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, is a man who has worn many hats. Not only has he been a dairy farmer, a minister and a truck driver, but in his “retirement” he is now known for being an a c c o m p l i s h e d woodworker. Most of his creations become gifts or are donated to good causes such as local churches or the Brethren Relief Auction.

of the creations he fashions from wood have religious themes and/or find their way into churches. Most of his work has remained local in Lebanon and Lancaster counties, though his bettertraveled pieces include the wall plaque he made for his aunt, Mary Houser, in Canton, Ohio, as well as works relayed to granddaughters living in Connecticut and New Mexico.

Kauffman’s United Methodist Church in Nor th A nnville Township, where son Glen Forney and family attend, displays a plaque with Isaiah 40:31 about eagle’s wings as its theme.

Forney estimates that he has created 20 such plaques through the years. It provides him with a unique form of ministry that puts his talents to good use.

Forney’s original occupation was as a dairy farmer in South Annville Township, with a herd of 36 Holsteins to keep him busy. He sold the farm in 1971 and became a truck driver, working for Photo by Sue Bowman Jonas P. Donmoyer, Inc. of Ono, Pa. until his retirement in 1992. His Forney fashions most (Above) Retired from farming and truck driving, and still an trucking work took him of his creations from all over the northeastern active minister, Earl Forney, of Lebanon County, poses with an part of the country. assortment of the many wooden baskets and customized cases walnut, maple, oak or spruce, which he buys Noted Forney good- he has created in recent years. locally at Home Depot naturedly, “I used to or Lowe’s. Since he complain about getting up at 5 a.m. to milk, then I became a truck driver and had almost never uses paint to add contrasting colors to his creations, when he needs more exotic woods to create to get up at midnight!” accents, he picks them up from several lumber suppliers While he was farming and later trucking, Earl Forney in Dauphin County. He relies on patterns ordered from also served a higher calling. Forney has been a minister catalogues to develop the outlines for his works. Rather in the Church of the Brethren for 50 years. He started out than assemble “one of a kind” works, Forney is more as a self-supported minister at the Midway Church of the likely to make multiple copies. As he notes, when Brethren in South Lebanon Township from 1958 to 1963 working with thin woods, it is easier to cut through two and has continued to serve that same congregation in to three layers at the same time. the ministry ever since.

Earl does his work in the single bay of a garage Earl got into woodworking as a hobby about two years building at his home, where his scroll saw enables him to after his retirement from trucking. Not surprisingly, many do the intricate cuts — sometimes several hundred of

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assembled. These large pieces stand over three feet tall and are made to look like old world cathedrals. They are distinguished by the 12 disciples on a rotating platform that circles them through the lower level of the clock, while a figure of Christ watches from an upper level.

Forney proudly displays one of these clocks on a table in his living room.

In terms of sheer numbers, his most prolific works have been the hundreds of baskets he made ranging from small favor-sized ones to larger market-style ones. He has also done inlaid name placards and numerous personalized pieces designed to honor newlyweds and retirees.

Earl Forney is the father of three children — son Glenn of Annville, and daughters Marie Nelson of Lancaster and Debra Forney of Cleona. He was widowed in 1988 and later went on to marry his current wife, the former June Himmelberger, who he met when she was the paymaster at the Donmoyer trucking firm; he quickly added, tongue in cheek, that she “didn’t do him any special favors” when he was on the Donmoyer payroll.

Five grandchildren and soon-to-be four great grandchildren complete the Forney clan.

What’s next for this busy and talented gentleman? Earl reports that he “got himself a computer” and, while he still considers himself a novice, he’s able to use it for his intended purpose, which is as an encyclopedia. With all those members of the younger Forney generations close by, it’s likely he’s only a few lessons away from expanding his computer horizons. For a versatile guy like Earl Forney, the sky’s the limit!

Photo by Sue Bowman (Above) This Apostle’s clock shows the many intricate scroll saw cuts executed by its maker, Earl Forney. One of four such clocks he has made, this one stands over three feet tall and graces the Forney living room.

them in a single piece — which distinguish his handiwork.

He points out that things can get a bit cramped in his shop, so he keeps everything on rollers and just brings out the saw or other pieces of equipment as they are needed. “If I’d be a real woodworker making my living at it, this set-up wouldn’t be too good,” said Forney, yet he obviously makes wise use of the space available. He has often brought some of his projects into the basement to work on during the cold weather months, but has decided to take this winter off from his long-time hobby.

Forney estimates that, to date, he has fashioned eight lecterns for three local churches and he has a ninth one destined for Kauffman’s U.M. on his agenda. His only non-church lectern was done for the Ono Fire Company, and features an inlay of their fire truck on the front.

He is also noted for the four Apostle’s clocks he has

Photo by Sue Bowman (Above) Kauffman’s United Methodist Church in North Annville Township, Lebanon County, displays this personalized plaque of Isaiah 40:31 presented to them by Earl Forney.

Clock made by Earl E. Forney will be auctioned. See pg 67 for details.

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Andrew Kinsinger Chainsaw Woodcarver from Ephrata, PA, and hopefully other woodworkers from the Lancaster and Lebanon area will be attending the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction this year.

Come and watch as they demonstrate their talents.

Many of the items made will be sold at the Main Hall Auction.

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Heifer Committee Tributes

The Legend of a Humble Servant: Amos Balsbaugh, Jr. 1933-2014 I think it was best said by the members of the family asked for his folder with his conas they honored him at a memorial service after his val- tacts and made phone calls from iant battle with cancer for several years. Amos was a his recliner at home. On his good member of the Disaster Relief Auction Heifer Committee days, he would ask his wife, Yvonne, for 35 years and was primary in consigning many ani- to drive him to a few places, so he mals to keep the Committee very active and a vital part could personally deliver the paperof the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction. “He was also work. Each year his goal was to get active in encouraging new members to join the one more heifer than the year Committee,” says Bob Lentz, current chairman of the before. Last year, he was recogCommittee. nized by the Committee for being Amos looked forward every year to going out and the committee member who conmeeting with farmers in the area as part of his lifetime signed the most heifers to the sale. work as an insurance agent and also to tell them about He was not able to attend the wrap-up dinner, but I the Disaster Relief Auction and then invite them to be a could not wait to go home and tell him. part of the auction by donating one of their animals to The Heifer Committee is one of the best organizations the cause. He would follow up with delivering and pick- I have ever been involved with. They are a group of ing up the paper work. His goal was to make it as easy men, women, and youth who that range from 81 years as he could for the farmers. He would keep a list each old to probably 18 years old, and each has a respect for year of the contacts he made and the responses he the other’s talents and will find a job matched to their received. You can bet if you said, “not this year, maybe abilities. Many thanks go out to the Committee for how check back next year,” he would be back next year. If they have respected and honored Amos. As his health you said no, he was OK with that too and still invited you declined and it became apparent that he might not be to come to the auction and possibly purchase an animal. able to help another year, they postponed moving to Amos saw that the halters and animal numbers were at the computer system for bidders’ numbers to allow the auction each year before the animals arrived. When Amos one last year as the Heifer Auction Clerk. Thank he was able, he was there from the time the animals you, Heifer Committee! arrived to help check in, wash the animals, clerk the In the past, Amos was often at the kick-off dinners and sales and stay till the animals were loaded on the trucks even helped to serve at some of them. He also helped and headed to the new owners. to flip pancakes for the Disaster Relief Auction breakWhen his health and age didn’t allow him to be as fast. When we were not busy working, he liked nothing active, he was more than happy to involve the next gen- more than talking to other attendees and mostly sitting erations and step aside to allow them to help. Last year down to enjoy the auction. Amos’ dedication and comwhen he was not strong enough to visit farmers, he still mitment to the Auction will be greatly missed.

Megan Rose Walmer 1988-2015 Megan Rose Walmer was the twenty-six-year-old daughter of John (Wally) and Rose Wenger Walmer.

She was a wonderful daughter, fiancée, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin and friend. She died very unexpectedly on January 22, 2015, from a blood clot in her lungs.

Megan was a 2007 graduate of Eastern Lebanon County High School, a 2010 graduate of Elizabethtown College, and she held a Master’s Degree in Christian Leadership. She was employed by Wenger’s of Myerstown as the Marketing manager, and she served on the company’s leadership team. She was also a member of the company’s ownership group. Through her work, she was an active member of the S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College.

She was an active member of her community, serving with the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction Heifer Committee, the COBYS Family Services Bike and Hike Committee and The Wenger Foundation as event organizer for the annual Praise Dinner.

Megan truly enjoyed her time working with the Heifer Committee.

Those three days each September were treasured days that she got to spend with her dad in the barns at the fairgrounds. She appreciated the friendships that began in the barns and flourished throughout the years. She enjoyed washing the animals prior to the sale, sharing stories and jokes with the more seasoned committee members over ice cream and sharing in the hard work for the benefit of those less fortunate.

While we have listed her accomplishments, we cannot begin to describe the heart of the woman that Megan had become. We believe she would have continued to honor God with her gifts and talents here on earth. But in His perfect timing, He chose to call her Home. We are very grateful for the twenty-six hears of life, love and memories that we were able to share with Megan.

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The Heifer Committee suffered an unusual number of member losses in the past year, both young and old, and they wish to recognize them.

Heifer Committee: Bob Henry Remembered 1934-2015 When Bob came to his first Disaster Relief Auction in 1987, he was someone who came to enjoy the festivities. He saw that the work being done was something worth while. The following year he came back and started helping out. Although he worked, no one remembers exactly what he did that year. He was known as a person who would jump in and help where he was needed, not taking credit for things he had done, but giving the glory to God. In 1989, he along with his wife, Ruth, became the first Disaster Auction coordinators for the Pennsylvania Southern District. Since that time, he served well over a decade on the Heifer Committee. He raised lots of heifers for the auction. Without seeing the identifying papers, others on the heifer committee could tell you which heifers came from the Henrys because they were always clean and tame. Knowing the Henry heifers were there always brought excitement too, because Ruth

would bring delicious sugar cakes for the workers.

Bob was also known for helping out in the Pole Barn Auction, the East Hall Auction, and even in a few years, found his way into the kitchen, peeling and slicing onions for cheese steaks and sausage sandwiches.

So even if you didn’t know Bob, if you attended the auction you probably saw him doing something somewhere. In April 2015, Bob was hospitalized for several days. On May 1, Jesus took him home to be with Him. Bob will be remembered for his love of God and his family, his servant’s heart, as well as his kind and loving spirit. His legacy of love and service to others is an inspiration to everyone who knew him. Bob will be missed at the auction, but his legacy will carry on!

Another Humble Servant: John C. Mummau 1936-2015

He would receive monetary contributions from individuals or churches to use toward the purchase of animals to be sold at the auction. His widow, Dorothy, comments on how John would come home and talk about how many animals he got that day. Come sale time, John would help gather up the heifers from our area and spend time getting the

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We have to believe that it was God’s perfect timing for John. Let the hope of Heaven encourage you as you walk along the path of life with God. John will be greatly missed as part of the Committee family.

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The Disaster Relief Heifer Auction held yearly in September was a special joy for John. He thoroughly enjoyed helping acquire animals for this sale. John was a very enthusiastic Committee member. He enjoyed going to local farms to get heifers for the auction, and he would get all excited when he was promised a heifer consignment from a new farmer in his area.

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The Gift of Community LOWELL FLORY Whether it be placing drywall, caring for a traumatized child, or assembling hygiene kits, disaster relief is one way that Brethren live out two of their deeply held values: community and witnessing through service. The following two articles by Lowell Flory, which appeared in Bethany Theological Seminary’s Wonder & Word magazine, offer reflections on these traditional Brethren values.

Wonder & Word, Fall/Winter 2012 Community. For as far back as any Bethany Seminary alum can likely recall, learning in community has been a core feature of the Bethany experience. That’s probably natural—after all, Brethren have long held that we study scripture in community and discern God’s will in community. Although in different curricular forms over the decades, Bethany has extended this principle of learning in community to all its approaches to developing ministry knowledge, skills, and perspectives. From most of the alumni/ae with whom I visit, the consensus opinion is that putting this principle into practice has been a hallmark of a Bethany education. . . .

Powerful as community is, it can have a shadow side.

Desire to maintain the very necessary sense of cohesiveness to make the community strong can drift toward divisiveness and polarization from outsiders not part of the community. . . . This is an understandable human tendency we have all observed. We probably don’t need sophisticated sociological studies to make the point, although there are lots of them out there. In the world of church and religion, this is a dynamic Brian McLaren calls the “autoimmune disease of hostility to the other.”

One of the ultimately irresolvable dilemmas of life is how to be appropriately attentive to self and also attentive to other. At the community level, it becomes a balancing act between maintaining group identity, cohesiveness, even conformity and being open to the possible validity of differences in others. Without both, we miss the opportunity to experience the richest form of community.

The social climate in which we live these days doesn’t do that very well. Therein lies one of Bethany’s greatest continuing opportunities and obligations. Can we be a place that unapologetically forefronts its identity in core testimonies of the Church of the Brethren but brings into that conversation the broadest sweep of differing understandings of those testimonies? Can we be a place where the community of conversation brings us to places of common commitments that transcend points of difference? Can we expand and enhance our well-established understanding of a learning community to include this perspective?

We have anecdotal evidence that [Bethany] has, in fact, done that fairly well from time to time. It is our continuing challenge to be a place where God’s shalom and Christ’s peace are made manifest in who we are and what we do. It is our opportunity to test whether our best practice of community can become both a gift to the church we serve and the church’s gift to a world that in our day finds too much self-assurance in hostility to the other.

How Do We Witness?

Wonder & Word, Spring/Summer 2014 St. Francis of Assisi is often credited with the proverb “Witness for Christ each day, and if necessary, use words.” Researchers differ about whether he actually said that, but it is a thought-provoking line whatever its source.

In the leadership course I’ve enjoyed teaching at Bethany for more than a decade, we utilize a well-documented and validated inventory from the book The Leadership Challenge for assessing the leadership practices and commitments of students as leaders. The first of those practices is Modeling the Way. . . . To walk the talk, to practice what we preach, to clearly show a match between our rhetoric and our reality establishes the degree of credibility on which all our actions are trusted or questioned. That premise squares closely with the deeply ingrained Brethren historical commitment and practice that our word is our bond, that what we say is what we do—“Brethren is as Brethren does,” to parody a line from a popular movie some years ago.

But wait! To say we walk the talk, to practice what we preach, to match reality with rhetoric—those all presume there is some talking or preaching to which our actions are compared. When we dig into the underlying source on which our leadership inventory is based, we discover a pairing of two commitments that make up Modeling the Way. It includes not just setting an example but also “finding your voice.”

So it is with our witness. Living out our beliefs with integrity is indeed essential, and too many self-styled prophets often forget that. But witness also involves articulating those beliefs, giving voice to the Word and the values and the testimonies in which our practice is rooted. There is good research to show that action coupled with clear proclamation of why we’re taking action is more influential than either one alone. It is the convergence of those two commitments that establishes credibility, and credibility is the foundation of leadership and the foundation of effective witness. . . .

Our Church of the Brethren journey has often been viewed as placing emphasis on witness in the same way the St. Francis quote does. While quiet action is still an extremely powerful witness, we can also witness in other ways. The Bethany experience seeks to affirm what has been our uniqueness while stretching us to a broadened understanding of what witness can be.

Lowell Flory, who has served the denomination as moderator, General Board member, Brethren Benefit Trust board member, and trustee and administrator for the Seminary, retired from Bethany in April 2015.

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Linda Kreider attended Mechanic Grove COB and was the clerk at the Main Hall Auction for many years before she passed away suddenly soon after the BDRA last year. Linda started the Golf Tournament at Mechanic Grove many years ago with “Grow Money”! It started small but has grown over the years and helped to raise a lot of money for the BDRA. At the Shenandoah BDRA in May 2014, two children (approximately 6 & 8 years old) had $10 “Grow Money” from the 2013 auction. They bought a simple planter and planted some flowers in it. It sold for over $400 at the auction in 2014. The joy on their faces as their planter was being sold brought more joy to everyone watching! It was a simple thing even children can do to help with disaster relief.

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Good Useable Items for Pole Barn Auction Our motto is: If you have not used it in the last year, please consider donating it to the auction. Thank you for your time, and hope to see you at the Pole Barn Auction.

Here are a few suggestions: TOOLS: Power tools, hand tools, lawn and garden items, and other miscellaneous items.

FURNITURE: Tables, chairs, chests, and other good useable items.

SMALL ITEMS: Good useable home and garage items, bicycles (complete), collectibles, mostly anything of value.

NEW ITEMS: Most anything.

LARGER ITEMS: Cars, trucks, tractors, motorcycles, trailers and other items in working condition (Some items will need titles. Please call ahead, all items need to be checked in).

No large appliances, older TVs, or tires.

Please only donate items that will sell.

No yard sale or flea market junk.

Items may be checked in at Pole Barn on Thursday and Friday from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm during the week of the sale only. All items must be checked in, no drop offs. Please direct any questions to Dean Fahnestock (717) 766-4860 or (717) 360-4428.

Come join us.

Thank you, The Pole Barn Committee

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Theme Basket Registration Please complete a form for each theme basket you are donating.

I am / We are willing to: ________

Donate money to Theme Baskets. Make check payable to: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Disaster Relief Auctionâ&#x20AC;?

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Make a theme basket Baskets should be brought to the Southeast Hall on Friday, September 25, between 8:30 AM and noon. Please wrap basket in clear, non-color cellophane.

Contact Person __________________________

Phone # ________________________________

Address ________________________________

Email __________________________________

City ___________________________________

State/Zip________________________________

Basket Theme ___________________________ Donated By _______________________________________________________________________ Name of Church ___________________________________________________________________ Basket Value (min. $35) for auctioneer use only

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Content (must be new or collectible items) please be specific: _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

Email this form to : jwdmcrater@comcast.net Or mail a copy to : Dory Crater, 310 Ironmine Road, Middletown, PA 17057 Please feel free to email and/or call Dory @ 717-944-1271 with any questions.

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WELCOMES YOU Jeffrey B. Rill Senior Pastor Cindy E.L. Lattimer Associate Pastor J. Calvin Wenger Pastor of Caregiving Alix Sable Associate Pastor

SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES 8:00 a.m. Chapel (Traditional) 10:15 a.m. Sanctuary (Traditional) 10:15 a.m. Morning Psalm (Contemporary) 10:15 a.m. Maranatha Multi-Cultural Fellowship 9:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:15 a.m. Praise Kidz! 4 years thru 3rd grade 7:00 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Breakfast

Emery A. DeWitt Director of Music Jamie Nace Director of Children’s Music

1601 Sunset Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17601 Phone (717) 397-4751 • PRAYER LINE: (717) 397-1888 • FAX NO. (717) 397-0853 E-MAIL: lancob@comcast.net • WEB SITE: www.lancob.org

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Living with a Vision

JOHN SNADER The vision statement for Brethren Village is simple: enriching each life touched by our ministry. Each Team Member working at Brethren Village seeks to enrich the lives of Residents through an actively engaged process by which their physical, intellectual, spiritual and emotional needs are met. It is through this process that people feel cared for. It is also through this process that people feel valued and appreciated. A life that is enriched can certainly be described with the terms caring, valued and appreciated.

As each individual is unique and has their own needs, we endeavor to find opportunities to meet those needs, sometimes in creative ways. By listening to one another, we frequently find new dimensions to people and, with it, a new opportunity to enrich their life. This recently happened to me and, from it, I learned a wonderful lesson.

In addition to my responsibilities at Brethren Village, I am also an adjunct professor at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, where I teach in the graduate health administration program. As part of my classes, I like to bring in some guest speakers who give graduate students a real-world view of the healthcare delivery system. In preparing this semester’s syllabus, I was hoping I could find a physician who could share their perspectives of practicing medicine in the age of managed care. Although there is no shortage of physicians who meet this criteria, it is sometimes difficult to find one who is willing to devote the time and travel to attend my Tuesday evening class. Assuming that I had been unsuccessful, I plan on covering the material solo.

Around the time the course was commencing, I was having a conversation with our Residential Life Administrator, who shared with me a delightful conversation she had with a Resident who has lived at Brethren Village for approximately six years and who is a “retired” pediatric physician. What I learned is that his “retirement” was only from day-to-day practice.

He continues to be the school physician at one of the School District of Lancaster’s inner-city elementary schools. Additionally, I learned that he shared with the Administrator some feelings of emptiness in his continuing desire to be intellectually and emotionally engaged with the world outside of our campus. As I listened to the Administrator’s description of this Resident, I couldn’t help being struck by the coincidental intersection of his and my predicaments: he was looking for an intellectual growth opportunity and I was looking for a speaker. I quickly made some inquiries of the Administrator and, with a few follow-up phone calls and visits, had him on the schedule to lecture to my class.

I give guest speakers broad latitude to cover a range of topics that are tied to their specific role in the healthcare delivery system and their perspectives of it. This Resident covered many of the practical issues facing a physician practicing in today’s healthcare environment. But it was the depth of his humanity and

caring that he was able to convey to the class that made his lecture memorable and impactful. Perhaps it was the depth of his experience – he’s been a practicing physician for 56 years – that gave his remarks the power of wisdom as much as a sharing of knowledge. He connected well with the students and it was clear that they valued and appreciated not only his insight but his warmth, humor and gentleness. What was planned to be an hour-long presentation stretched to more than two hours and elicited both questions and, at its conclusion, applause. It was clear that the Resident enjoyed himself and it was equally clear the students enjoyed him.

It was our drive to and from Philadelphia that evening that I began to see a new dimension to that vision statement of Brethren Village. It does not move in only one direction. It is not just about Brethren Village Team Members enriching the lives of Residents it’s also about Residents enriching the lives of Team Members and others. What I witnessed and experienced was my effort to enrich this Resident’s life while, at the same time, he was enriching mine. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening that resulted in a class instructed, lives enriched and, to my personal enrichment, a new friend discovered.

When we think about our life purpose, enriching those whom our lives touch is both noble and practical. We have such a great opportunity to enrich those we encounter with kindness, caring, compassion and joy. In taking those steps, both great and small, to enrich the lives of those we meet we find that we are blessed with equal enrichment. That fuels our desire to continue the enrichment cycle, which continues on and on and on.

Brethren Village continues to see its vision statement as central to our organization and our continuing commitment to provide high-quality services to seniors. We were blessed with a good year of strong occupancy, generous philanthropy and dedicated, hard-working Team Members who enriched the lives of Residents who, in turn, enriched their lives.

We welcome you to stop by and see us! Please feel free to call, click or visit us at the addresses below.

Best wishes for a successful Auction!

John N. Snader, FACHE President and Chief Executive Officer Brethren Village 3001 Lititz Pike P. O. Box 5093 Lancaster, PA 17606-5093 (717) 569-2657 – Telephone www.BVVirtualVillage.org www.bv.org

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Called To Maine MONIKA NOLT One might ask, “What made you and your family decide to leave your house, your job, and your family and move to Maine to be part of Brethren Volunteer Service?”

Quite simply, God extends an amazing offer--follow me.

When we were asked to step out of our comfort zone to give a year of our time to serve in Lewiston, the answer, though not easy, was, “Yes.” After all Christ has done for us, who are we to say, “No”? So, Zach and I and our seven- month-old son, Jaden, moved to Lewiston, Maine.

It’s been such a blessing serving the last eight months here. As we reached the halfway mark of our term, we were asked to stay for another year. Again our answer was “Yes.” This time it went beyond the simple call to follow.

You see, following God has led us to people--people who are in need of love and friendship and, ultimately, a Savior.

Some of our out-of- state guests said that they cannot believe how we can live in this city. To them, Lewiston looks depressing and rundown. (It may be true that things are not kept up in this part of town. It does not fit the mold of our Lancaster county expectations.) Despite all that, for us, we see the people. We see the elevenyear-old boy who is medicated for anger issues. He may have fits of rage, but only wants a father figure to show him love. He wants a man who is willing to spend time with him rather than to call the cops on him.

ing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you . . . I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did unto me [Jesus].“ My desire for you through this short article is that you will allow God to open your eyes to the pain, to the struggles, and to the needs of people around you. We are ALL called to reach out to people and to be the hands and feet of Christ. Serving is not a 9-5 time slot; it is 24-hour availability. Jesus was a beautiful example of what it means to serve. Who do you see? What are the needs in your community? Where is God leading you? For us, at this time, we are called to the people of Lewiston, Maine.

Monika Nolt is a member of White Oak COB, but currently attends Lewiston COB.

We see the thirteen-year-old Muslim girl who has proclaimed Jesus as her Savior. Secretly, she hides it from her family while trying to fit her newly-found belief into her Muslim culture. She daily contemplates if Jesus is worth the cost that she has to pay.

We see the twenty-year-old who has to serve a year of community service for committing domestic violence. He was picked on by his brothers, abandoned by his father, and ignored by a mother who is just trying to make ends meet. Though he is loud, obnoxious and many of his outlandish stories hold little truth, this is what it has taken for him to be noticed. The reality is that sometimes negative attention is better than no attention.

We see the young couple with an infant, struggling to stay ahead of the bills. They have lost almost everything due to a fire in their apartment building. They have few family or friends in town and are looking for someone to include them on holidays.

We see the man who has come to this country seeking asylum (protection granted by a country to someone who is a political refugee) and recognize his challenges to learn English, to adapt to the culture, and to get the proper documentation so that he will be able to work.

201 Church Ave., Ephrata 733-2472 G. Tomlinson Stradling III, Lic. Supv.

30 North Ninth St., Akron 859-1230 Daryl E. Steele, Lic. Supv.

We see hurting and lonely people who really need to know that there is a God who cares. Jesus can be shown in many ways: a caring friend, a Bible study, assistance with paperwork, or an open door.

Matthew 25:37-40 says “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?

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Bunkertown 52 Bunkertown Rd., McAlisterville Ph. 717-463-3572

Free Spring 670 Free Spring Rd., Mifflintown Ph. 717-463-3192

Tuscarora 16953 Rt. 333, Port Royal

Farmer’s Grove 2 miles N of Honey Grove on Rt. 75

Three Springs 944 Three Springs Rd., Blain Ph. 717-536-3631

Dry Run 18778 Main St., Dry Run Ph. 717-349-7609

Lake View Lake Meade Community Center East Berlin

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17 Ridge 1095 Ridge Rd., Shippensburg Ph. 717-423-5228

16 Huntsdale 170 Church Rd., Huntsdale Ph. 717-486-5029

15 Newville 16 Carlisle Rd., Newville Ph. 717-776-9456

14 Wolgamuth 276 Old York Rd., Dillsburg Ph. 717-432-2749

13 Bermudian 279 Bermudian Church Rd., East Berlin Ph. 717-292-1861

12 Upper Conewago 391 Mummert’s Church Rd. Abbottstown

11 West Shore 6921 Wertzville Rd., Enola Ph. 717-795-8573

10 Carlisle 1340 Forge Road Ph. 717-243-4984

Sugar Valley 2305 E. Winter Rd., Eastville Ph. 570-725-3708

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33 Chambersburg 260 S. 4th & Liberty Sts., Chambersburg Ph. 717-264-6957

32 New Freedom 15660 Country Club Rd., New Freedom

30 Black Rock 10 mi. SE of Hanover 3864 Glenville Rd. Ph. 717-637-6170

29 Pleasant View on Rt. 24, 3 mi. South of square in Red Lion 10384 Winterstown Rd. Ph. 717-244-6323

28 Mechanicsburg 301 Gale St., Mechanicsburg Ph. 717-766-8880

27 Yorkana 88 Main St., Yorkana Ph. 717-757-6761

26 New Fairview 1873 New Fairview Church Rd. 3 mi. South of York off Powder Mill Rd. Ph. 717-741-2378

24 West York 5101 Darlington Ave., York Ph. 717-792-9260

23 York Second 869 E. Princess St., York Ph. 717-843-5108

22 York Madison Ave. 645 Madison Ave., York Ph. 717-854-1885

21 York First 2710 Kingston Rd., York Ph. 717-755-0307

20 Faith Community, Brethren Home 2990 Carlisle Rd., New Oxford Ph. 717-624-5253

19 Knobsville Rt. 522, 6 mi. north of McConnellsburg at 221 Knobsville Rd. Ph. 717-987-4331

18 Shippensburg 253 E. Garfield St., Shippensburg Ph. 717-532-6526

47 Trinity COB 10610 Wayne Hwy. on Rt. 316 - 11⁄4 mi. N of Waynesboro Ph. 717-749-2041

46 Brandts 8003 Brandts Church Rd. S. of St. Thomas Ph. 717-369-2652

45 Codorus 1129 Dunkard Valley Rd. Dallastown Ph. 717-428-2374

44 Falling Spring Hades Church Rd. 3 mi. north of Shady Grove

43 Rouzerville 11942 Old Rt. 16, Rouzerville Ph. 717-765-4170

42 Waynesboro 117 S. Church St., Waynesboro Ph. 717-762-3835

41 Shanks 1175 Shanks Church Rd. Greencastle

40 Upton 8490 Warm Spring Rd. Greencastle on Rt. 995, 1 ⁄2 mi. north of Upton

39 Pleasant Hill 9002 Orchard Rd., Three miles NW of Spring Grove Ph. 717-225-5838

38 Mt. Olivet 1876 Turkey Bird Rd. Newport

36 Greencastle 36 S. Carlisle St., Greencastle Ph. 717-597-3553

35 Hanover 601 Wilson Ave., Hanover Ph. 717-632-2267

34 Gettysburg 1710 Biglerville Rd., on Rte. 34, North of Gettysburg Ph. 717-334-5066

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17 Mt. Zion Road 2087 Mt. Zion Rd., Lebanon Ph. 717-933-4926

16 Puerta del Cielo 1250 Schuylkill Ave., Reading Ph. 610-698-7155

1 Lewiston, ME Two Shawmut St., Lewiston, ME Ph. 207-946-5084 Brunswick, ME Fellowship 142 Pleasant St., Brunswick, ME Ph. 207-729-8393 Sanford Project, ME Fellowship 81 Smith Rd., Lebanon, ME Ph. 207-974-6745 2 Brooklyn First, NY 358 60th St., Brooklyn Ph. 718-439-8122 3 Haitian First of New York 1783 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn Ph. 347-713-3033 4 Long Run 2218 Long Run Rd., Lehighton Ph. 610-377-8100 5 Nuevo Amanece’r 501 Williams St., Bethlehem Ph. 610-882-3840 6 Schuylkill 347 Sweet Arrow Lake Rd. Pine Grove Ph. 570-345-4962 7 Little Swatara 31 Rehrersburg Rd., Bethel Ph. 717-933-4723 8 Mohrsville 1542 Shoey Rd., Mohrsville Ph. 610-926-5167 9 Springfield 920 Passer Road, Coopersburg Ph. 610-282-1834 10 Amwell, NJ 40 Sand Brook-Headquarters Rd. Stockton, NJ Ph. 609-397-4842 11 Quakertown 455 Trumbauersville Rd., Quakertown Ph. 215-536-7510 13 Indian Creek 821 Main St., Harleysville Ph. 215-256-9330 14 Grace Christian 30 W. Mt. Vernon St., Lansdale Ph. 215-393-1381 Hatfield 1333 Cowpath Rd., Hatfield Ph. 215-855-3064 15 Wyomissing 2200 State Hill Rd., Wyomissing Ph. 610-374-8451 Iglesia Los Cielos Abiertos Project Wyomissing, PA Ph. 484-525-9035

18 Myerstown 51 W. Stoever Ave., Myerstown Ph. 717-866-5517 19 Cornerstone Christian Fellowship 515 Cumberland St., Lebanon Ph. 717-279-5683 20 Annville 495 E. Maple St., Annville Ph. 717-867-2972 21 Lebanon 400 Locust St., Lebanon Ph. 717-273-7111 Lirio de los Valles Fellowship 400 Locust St., Lebanon Ph. 717-272-1186 22 Richland 215 S. Race St., Richland Ph. 717-866-2541 23 Hanoverdale 577 Hershey Rd., Hummelstown Ph. 717-566-8821 24 Ridgeway Community 525 N. Progress Ave., Harrisburg Ph. 717-545-4542 25 Paxton 6445 Lyters Lane, Harrisburg Ph. 717-564-9455 26 Harrisburg First 219 Hummel St., Harrisburg Ph. 717-234-0415 27 Palmyra 45 N. Chestnut St., Palmyra Ph. 717-838-8100 28 Midway 13 Evergreen Rd., Lebanon Ph. 717-273-4832 29 Hershey, Spring Creek 335 E. Areba Ave., Hershey Ph. 717-533-7192 30 Mt. Wilson 1261 Mt. Wilson Rd., Lebanon Ph. 717-867-1433 31 Heidelberg 222 Old Mill Rd., Newmanstown Ph. 717-949-3478 32 Cocalico 225 S. Cocalico Rd., Denver Ph. 717-336-3555 33 East Cocalico 4 Bunker Hill Rd., Reamstown Ph. 717-336-7616 34 Pottstown 371 N. York St., Pottstown Ph. 610-323-8181 35 Coventry 946 Keen Rd., Pottstown Ph. 610-326-5426 36 Parker Ford 20 Rinehart Rd., Pottstown Ph. 610-327-2266 37 Providence 1202 S. Township Line Rd., Royersford Ph. 610-948-6575

38 Skippack 520 Collegeville Rd., Collegeville Ph. 610-489-6707 39 Green Tree 1078 Egypt Road, Oaks Ph. 610-666-6700 40 Ambler 351 E. Butler Ave., Ambler Ph. 215-646-1190 41 Philadelphia First 8707 W. Cheltenham Ave., Wyndmoor Ph. 215-836-5083 Philadelphia Geiger 2543 W. Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia Ph. 215-229-2967 42 Germantown 6611 Germantown Ave., Philadephia Ph. 215-848-6501 43 Drexel Hill 3601 Garrett Road, Drexel Hill Ph. 610-305-2551 44 Wilmington, DE 27 Belmont Ave., Richardson Pk., Wilmington Ph. 302-656-5912 45 Jennersville 653 W. Baltimore Pike, West Grove Ph. 610-853-2578 46 Conewago 7035 Schoolhouse Rd., Hershey Ph. 717-838-2823 47 East Fairview 1187 Fairview Rd., Manheim Ph. 717-665-4873 48 Swatara Hill 2943 E. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown Ph. 717-944-3331 49 Chiques 4045 Sunnyside Rd., Manheim Ph. 717-367-4726 50 West Green Tree 740 Green Tree Road, Elizabethtown Ph. 717-653-5367 51 White Oak 1211 N. Penryn Rd., Manheim Ph. 717-665-5216 52 Middle Creek 351 Middle Creek Rd., Lititz Ph. 717-733-4222 53 Lititz 300 W. Orange St., Lititz Ph. 717-626-2131 54 Mohler 21 E. Mohler Church Rd., Ephrata Ph. 717-738-2753 55 Harmonyville 2037 Harmonyville Rd., Pottstown Ph. 610-469-6439

Atlantic Northeast District

77 Source of Grace Project 476 Huntington Ave. #2 Hyde Park, MA 02136 (meeting) PO Box 365096 Hyde Park, MA 02136 (mailing) Ph. 857-417-7988

76 Potters House Project 1305 Illinois Ave. Bay Shore, NY 11706 Ph. 631-273-1211

75 Veritas Project 852 Silver Spring Plaza Lancaster, PA Ph. 717-572-5914

73 Light of the Gospel Project 10 Brownell St., Staten Island, NY Ph. 718-704-7584

71 New Beginnings 2111 Cider Press Rd., Manheim Ph. 717-664-3917

69 Mechanic Grove 1392 Robert Fulton Hwy., Quarryville Ph. 717-786-2723

68 Mountville 60 Clay Street, Mountville Ph. 717-285-5122

67 Lampeter 1900 Lampeter Rd., Lampeter Ph. 717-464-2050

66 Alpha and Omega 708 Wabank Lane, Lancaster Ph. 717-394-3021

64 Conestoga 141 E. Main St., Leola Ph. 717-656-2493

63 Lancaster 1601 Sunset Ave., Lancaster Ph. 717-397-4752

62 Hempfield 1186 Stevens St., Manheim Ph. 717-898-0181

61 Stevens Hill Community 3131 Turnpike Rd., Elizabethtown Ph. 717-367-7299

60 Elizabethtown 777 S. Mount Joy St., Elizabethtown Ph. 717-367-1000

59 Florin 815 Bruce Ave., Mount Joy Ph. 717-653-1202

58 Akron 613 Main St., Akron Ph. 717-859-2156

57 Ephrata 201 Crescent Ave., Ephrata Ph. 717-733-1229

56 Blue Ball 1005 Main St., Blue Ball Ph. 717-354-7990

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Camp Eder Fall Festival is one of the largest and most exciting fundraising events of the year for Camp Eder. This October 17th will be the 37th Annual Fall Festival for the Camp, complete with a live auction, craft vendors, live music, demonstrations, a children’s activity area, and the ever-popular pit-roasted pork and turkey meal with fixings. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend this exciting community event. Our overnight Apple Butter crew made over 1,000 pints of apple butter in copper kettles over an open fire in 2014!

Each spring, Camp Eder hosts an annual Golf Tournament at Mountain View Golf Course; this year’s event will take place on May 16th at Mountain View Golf Course in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. Contact Camp Eder for more details.

This December, the Camp Eder Staff are excited to invite the community to our 5th Annual Christmas Tree Celebration in celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Come this December 11th, 12th, or 13th to see Christmas lights, enjoy cookies, music, and the candlelight services held each night around the campfire (accessible to everyone). You’ll also be able to cast your vote for your favorite Christmas trees, each decorated by different organizations or individuals from within our community. Our Christmas Tree Festival brings hundreds of people to see Camp Eder covered in lights and nearly one hundred Nativity displays. Without any pressure of fundraising or advertising, many people are moved by the peaceful atmosphere of this wonderful event.

It’s clear that no matter the age, background, ability or interest, Camp Eder has something for everyone. Whether spending a week in the summer camp program or simply spending an afternoon with friends and family at a wedding in the historical chapel on top of the mountain, Camp Eder is sure to make an impact on your life.

You can reach the Camp Eder Office at 642-8256, or visit online at www.campeder.org.

Alan Patterson Executive Director of Camp Eder

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ALAN PATTERSON Sitting quietly on Mount Hope Road, just outside of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, is Camp Eder, a small Christian camp and retreat center serving our community and beyond as an agency of the Southern Pennsylvania District Church of the Brethren.

Established in 1958, Camp Eder sits on over 400 acres of beautifully wooded and orchard property that makes for a perfect and peaceful outdoor experience for all.

Hosting a variety of programs throughout the year, Camp Eder offers Summer Camp programs for children of all ages, Senior Citizen’s Days for our wise friends, Scrapbooking Retreats for the creative, and many other activities for folks from a variety of backgrounds. Three main lodges serve as the primary retreat facilities; wagons, cabins, and camp sites are also utilized for groups seeking to get away from the business of life. The nearly forty-foot climbing wall, challenge course, swimming pool, hiking trails, and many other facilities offer plenty of recreational opportunity.

In the spring, Camp Eder and Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve join together to offer a wonderful Outdoor Education experience to the students from local schools; over 400 fifth graders get the invaluable experience of taking the classroom outside for a time of intense learning and activities.

From early June thru early August, the Camp Eder Summer Camp experience is underway, averaging over forty campers each week. Camp weeks are generally divided by age group, but many specialty camp experiences are also offered, such as horse camp, photography camp, outback camp, dance camp, swim camp, and many more. In addition to these exciting activities, all campers get to experience basic Bible studies, nature classes, cooking over a fire, arts and crafts, hiking, wall climbing, swim time, and plenty of relationship building, forming many friendships which will last a lifetime. During the summer months, Camp Eder also becomes home to a group of Adams County 4H campers and to the annual PA Tourette Syndrome Alliance Conference.

In the winter, Camp Eder continues to be an exciting place with weekend camping programs offered to children of all ages. The twice-a-year women’s scrapbooking retreats continue to be popular and exciting for all who attend. New retreats are being developed each season to meet the needs of growing families with busy schedules.

Senior Citizen Days are held throughout the year (contact Camp Eder for dates) and consistently bring more than eighty individuals for this great time of fellowship and activity, proving that camp is not just for the children among us.

The Senior Citizen Days offer a morning and an afternoon program, featuring a variety of activities including (but not limited to) historical & educational presentations, entertainment, crafts, nature classes, hymn sings, and much more. A light breakfast and a substantial lunch are also served to those who attend these enjoyable events.

Although Christian-based and Church of the Brethrenaffiliated, Camp Eder programs and events are offered and open to all. Lodges and facilities also offer accessibility to individuals with specific needs.

As a not-for-profit organization, Camp Eder relies heavily upon volunteers and donations to manage the high cost of these events and programs. There are a number of fundraising events that happen throughout the year to help offset these management costs.

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Friday, September 25, 2015 - 3:00 PM

Dinner $7.00 Includes: Chicken Leg and Thigh, Baked Potato with sour cream or butter, Applesauce or Cole Slaw, Choice of Drink and Homemade Cupcake Served to you by Conestoga Church of the Brethren.

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Myerstown Church of the Brethren “Ministry For God Through Faith, Vision, and Action” 51 West Stoever Avenue Myerstown, PA 17067 Sunday School Worship

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167 Years of Caring DENNIS W. GARRISON Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2 NLT) In 1848 Wendell Henry donated a tract of land for the construction of a limestone meetinghouse in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This structure became the first meeting place for what is now the Hershey Spring Creek congregation. Originally part of the Big Swatara congregation, Spring Creek was organized as a separate entity in 1868. That original meetinghouse still stands, but was only used for worship until 1886 when a larger structure was built to house a growing congregation.

During its 167 years Spring Creek has had a history of “sharing each other’s burdens.”In his book, A History of the Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, former pastor Jack Breidenstine notes, “The church’s understanding of mission began as a sense of responsibility to care for those at home.” That sense of responsibility included caring for widows, assistance for those in the congregation who had experienced significant injury and were unable to work, and funeral expenses, just to name a few. A sense of responsibility for our own is still very much a characteristic of the congregation as we assist one another through our Family Outreach Ministry, Agape Care ministry, the work of the Deacons, the Visitation Fellowship, prayer ministry, and through the many individuals who privately assist others in need.

Throughout its history, Spring Creek has been supportive of the denomination’s relief efforts as well.

From its inception, the congregation enthusiastically supported “Heifers for Relief” (which is now Heifer Project) with donations of heifers, chicks, rabbits, bees and numerous other creatures. Following World War II, Helena Kruger, one of Spring Creek’s own, was supported by the church in her relief work in Austria. For many years, Spring Creek was a collection and packing center for relief clothing which was then sent to Church World Service at New Windsor for distribution.

When a tornado struck several years ago just down the road in Campbelltown, Spring Creekers were there assisting with cleanup. More recently, Spring Creek’s involvement in disaster relief work has included groups going to New Orleans to work with the Brethren Disaster Ministries projects following hurricane Katrina, supporting financially the building of two homes following the earthquake in Haiti, and

ongoing financial support for our brothers and sisters in Nigeria through the Nigerian Crisis Fund. Spring Creek members have also served as disaster child care workers and the Spring Creek Quilters have donated several quilts for the Disaster Relief Auction.

Locally, the congregation has supported the Ecumenical Food Bank in Harrisburg and our local Hershey Food Bank and Outreach ministry with financial resources and with volunteers. The congregation was a founding partner church in the establishment of Love INC of Greater Hershey and is continuing to support this ministry’s work financially and with volunteers. When our parsonage was not being used as a residence by our pastors, the congregation gave its use to Love INC as a place away from home for families of patients at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. This ministry has saved these families thousands of dollars they may have had to spend on hotels and has also given them a quiet and supportive place to stay during a traumatic time in their family’s lives.

As we look forward to another Disaster Relief Auction, Spring Creek will be there through donations of auction items, volunteers and our attendance at the auction. It is always great to see so many from the congregation there.

Spring Creek’s mission statement is “Welcoming, Worshiping, Growing, Sharing, and Serving – Together for Christ.” We seek to be faithful to that mission both locally and in the world as we “share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.”

May God richly bless the efforts of the 2015 Brethren Disaster Relief Auction as we serve one another and our neighbors in the name of Christ.

Dennis W. Garrison is Senior Pastor at the Hershey Spring Creek Church of the Brethren

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My Favorite Hymn

In Memory Of Lucina Ann (Lucy) Eshelman Brubaker 1948-2015 NANCY BULLOCK SHONK Lucy was a musician, mezzo-soprano, violinist, pianist, an international folk dancer and sang in the choir at Florin COB just to name a few of her musical talents. She taught music in the Hempfield School District for 27 hears, so to say that Lucy had a “favorite Hymn” would be difficult when music played an important and integral part in her life.

Lucy played the violin from middle school on and “Meditation” from Thais (Massenet) was one of her favorite pieces. During Lucy’s college years at Manchester College she sang with the A Cappella Choir. During the choir’s annual spring tour “When I Survey the Wondrous Christ” was always the final signoff for their programs.

Lucy and her husband Dave were part of A Song for the Nations Choir which toured Eastern Europe, a very enriching experience in Lucy’s life.

“Be Thou My Vision” was a significant hymn in Lucy’s life and brought special meaning to her. She endured eye problems most of her adult life and at one point she needed eye muscle surgery to correct her visual alignment.

All members of Lucy’s family were musically inclined

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and made a recording of their favorite Christmas carols, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” being one of those favorites.

Teaching lower elementary students can be very damaging to the vocal cords and one summer Lucy had vocal cord surgery requiring three weeks of absolute silence.

“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent” had significant meaning to Lucy during this recuperative period and a challenge to a very social person.

So to say Lucy had a favorite hymn would be difficult when all music was a favorite to her, whether it was arranging music for a children’s choir or notes for a musical instrument, it was all favorite music. It was an honor to have been a friend of Lucy’s and to have known this Godly woman. She is greatly missed but we know she is singing, dancing or playing a musical instrument in Heaven.

Nancy Bullock Shonk is a Member of Florin COB

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ENDOWMENT FUND UPDATE The Endowment Fund of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction was established in order to support the continuing success of the Auction. The intent is to utilize investment earnings from this fund to underwrite expenses of the auction, including rental of the fairground buildings, necessary equipment, tents, chairs and other like necessities. However, at the discretion of the Board, principal may be invaded for extrordinary causes related to providing disaster relief. This Endowment Fund was established in 1994 and contributions made to date total $785,000. The Endowment Committee and the Executive Committee of the Auction do not actively solicit Endowment Fund donations; we do, however, accept financial gifts from individuals, foundations, or organizations who wish to designate monetary gifts for endowment purposes. Anyone considering or wishing to make a donation to the Endowment Fund should speak with a member of either the Endowment Committee or the Executive Committee.

Endowment Committee Richard Kramer, Jr. 717-464-6237

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When Jesus Said “Go” . . .

JORDAN & REBEKAH KELLER When Jesus said, “Go ye into all the world,” does that actually mean leave your home? Does that mean leave your parents, your siblings, and your friends? Does that mean leave your job, your neighborhood, and your church?

When Jesus says, “Go,” He sometimes means across the street, and other times He means across the globe.

When Jesus said “Go” to six families from various counties in Pennsylvania, He meant across state lines into what was known as the “spiritual wasteland of the northeast.” When Jesus said “Go,” He was calling these six families to Maine, the way life should be, but often isn’t for many of the residents.

The Brethren Revival Fellowship had a vision for starting churches in this state and Lewiston, Maine, was the first target. The reason for this was that the Lewiston Housing Authority--a low income housing project--was accepting of the Brethren Volunteer Service program and was asking for people to stay longer than for the normal one year service term. This idea planted the seed for church planting in Maine.

In 1981, these families left what they knew as home and traveled the many miles to begin the first Church of the Brethren in Maine. It wasn’t easy to leave. People left working farms, established businesses, newly remodeled homes, and heartbroken relatives. Despite the challenges, the six families heard the call and obeyed the command to “Go.”

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Eventually, all the families found new homes and new jobs in this cold state. They found a place to worship too, at least temporarily, in the basement of a fish market. The quest for finding a permanent building to hold their services in eventually led them to a Jewish synagogue in downtown Lewiston, where they still meet today. The six families settled down in the surrounding towns and continued to raise their young children.

Through much prayer and direction from the Holy Spirit, they gained a foothold in this new area and became a lighthouse in a dark land. Their purpose was to live lives that showed Jesus Christ to all they met and to train up

godly generations to walk in their steps.

The church now has around twenty households represented, faithful attendees from the community, and new people walking through their doors. Many lives have been touched through their friendships, their giving, their services, and theri various ministries. Although not everyone has stayed, the numbers continue to grow and now include grandchildren of the original founders. Some specific ministries of the church include prayer meeting, youth group, Oasis (a women’s group), Vacation Bible School, Sunday school, and worship services.

The Lewiston Church of the Brethren is turning thirtyfour-years-old this year. They are growing and thriving and yet, are in a state of transition. The first generation has carried the torch and has earnestly contended for the faith. They are now training the younger generation to continue to shine the light of Jesus Christ in a brighter Maine than it was thirty-four years ago. It is our prayer that we would be “steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”

When Jesus says “Go,” I ask you to listen to that call.

Hey, you never know what will come of it, or what the impact your obedience will have. Jesus has a plan, and He is willing that none should perish, but that all should come to repentance and have eternal life through Him. Where do you fit into that plan? Listen for the call, whether it is to cross the street, state lines, or the globe.

Go be salt and light!

Jordan Keller is second generation pastor on the ministry team at the Lewiston Church of the Brethren, Lewiston, Maine, and is a member of the Brethren Revival Fellowship (BRF) Committee.

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Are you downsizing and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take all your possessions with you? â?&#x2013; Consider dona ng your â&#x20AC;&#x153;SPECIALâ&#x20AC;? items to the BDRA (please no yard sale le overs) Do your children think it may be me for you to give up your car keys? â?&#x2013; The BDRA would be happy to sell your car and the money would help those in need.

Do you have an ques you loved and used, but no longer need? â?&#x2013; There may be some younger people who would love to have them in their home. Let us sell it at the Relief Auc on and give your treasured items a new home!

Do you have a vaca on home that someone else may enjoy using for their family retreat? â?&#x2013; We all love a vaca on and the use of your home will be a wonderful opportunity for someone else to enjoy it and raise money for the BDRA as well.

Are you a good cook and enjoy hos ng people in your home? â?&#x2013; Offer a special meal for us to auc on and share your talents with those to come to your home!

Do you have some special sports memorabilia someone else would enjoy? â?&#x2013; Sports memorabilia sells great! We would love to have some at our auc on to sell!!!

Is your re red tractor just taking up space in your barn? â?&#x2013; Your tractor would probably be happy to have someone take it out of re rement and exercise it regularly.

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A Volunteer’s Observations Serving with Brethren Disaster Ministries

BOB LANE My wife and I rediscovered our faith and started attending Indian Creek Church of the Brethren about 6 years ago. I was baptized in the Indian Creek 2 years later.

Very early on I was invited to go with a group of 15 from Indian Creek Church of the Brethren to Chalmette, La. for a week of volunteering with Brethren Disaster Ministries (BDM). That week was one of the most significant events in my life and I really fell in love with BDM. I love everything about BDM. I love the mission and good work we do, I love everyone I have served with, I love the way being out on BDM makes me feel physically, mentally and spiritually. I love and respect the BDM Project Leaders that I have served under and who helped to “bring me along”: John and Mary Mueller, Tim Sheaffer, Jim White and Thom Deily – I am in awe of their personal sacrifice and dedication that goes far beyond what most can do or even comprehend.

They are truly God’s servants and set the example of selfless service for all who have the opportunity to serve with them.

A little over two years ago I attended BDM Project Leadership training and planned to get deeper into BDM service. I completed my 4 weeks of “in the field” training in Toms River under Tim’s leadership during October 2013. By month’s end I was exhausted, my failing hip (replaced several months later) and difficulty sleeping (apnea) pretty much wore me down till I had nothing left to give but I hung on to complete the month. This is nothing special or extraordinary in BDM service. I could not allow myself to falter and let down Tim and his leadership peers. After all, these folks give up months and years of their lives to serve BDM full time – my little “outing” was hardly anything of legend compared to what these men and women are doing.

This leadership and motivation by example is not just a trait of BDM project leaders. I have seen it many times – in fact virtually every time I go out with BDM. I remember on one occasion catch-

ing a glimpse of a volunteer as he tried to hide his hand, swollen to twice its normal size from arthritis – not wanting to step back and give it a rest. I saw it when we had a blind man go with us.

He had many challenges above the normal hardships of being away from home and familiar surroundings – but he went, he served and he has been out with us on other occasions.

I have yet to serve with anyone who had less than a great experience, even when there were health issues. I have never served with anyone who said they would not go back.

BDM efforts in the United States are mostly aimed at individual homeowners who have lost the use of their primary home and do not have the resources to repair it.

Oftentimes these folks were un- or under-insured, have been scammed out of their insurance money, or incurred other financial problems that prevented them from returning to their home. These folks are always lower income, often elderly and frail – physically and mentally. It is not uncommon to be working on a house for someone who is still living in their car two years after Super Storm Sandy. BDM’s basic goal is to restore them to a home that is safe, dry and secure.

Some think that homes near the Jersey shore are second homes, fancy vacation homes and the like. There are many of those type houses, but those are not the ones BDM is involved with. Our typical rebuild home is a small bungalow type structure on a slab. Oftentimes they were very basic cottages dating back to the 1920s. Typically they lack insulation, heat and air conditioning. One house I worked on had jalousie type crank open windows typical of a porch – not exactly airtight. As folks got older these homes became their lowest cost housing option.

By plan, BDM only comes on site after a Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG) is in place. This is a very important strategy. It is the LTRG that “vets” the clients. They validate the need, secure any available grant money, client money and materials as well as handle the permitting process.

The highest compliment I can receive is the referral of friends and family. Thank you for your trust.

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Bev Hosler REALTOR, GRI, ABR, e-PRO

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I was surprised to learn that by design the United States relies heavily on volunteers to help during disasters. A common misconception is that FEMA and State agencies have work forces that will be sent in to do the work of cleaning out and rebuilding. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. These government agencies provide grant money and work in partnership with all of the various volunteer organizations but do not directly control nor supervise them.

Below the Government Agencies are the “Non-Governmental Organizations” or NGOs. Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) sits between the governmental agencies and the individual NGO’s. VOAD is an association of NGOs that works to coordinate the efforts of the NGOs with government. VOAD is all volunteer, not funded by the government.

When BDM establishes a work location there is a lot of planning and consideration that goes into making that commitment.

Generally it takes from several months to a year from the disaster until BDM can set up operations. While this seems a little late, it is a necessary delay. Following a disaster, The Salvation Army and Red Cross are among the primary organizations on the ground, engaged in mass care. After a few weeks or months the insurance companies are writing checks and contractors begin work. The LTRG is getting organized and staffed. At the same time, clients are working with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) to find money to fill gaps in insurance coverage and personal assets. At some point the LTRG will start to identify those who are falling through the cracks and will reach out to BDM for assistance.

As a BDM Area Coordinator in Atlantic Northeast District, I have experienced the challenges of finding volunteers willing to make the significant sacrifice required to commit a week to BDM service. Six years ago our congregation fielded a group of 15. In recent years we are lucky to get 5-8. The reality is that folks are

aging out – advanced age has started to limit their abilities, and they have been forced to curtail some activities. For those of us who remain physically able to do the work and tolerate the living conditions, we have to first make a commitment that we are going to get out of our comfort zone, we’re going to get a few sore muscles and lose some sleep. We may have to forego work and family to make the trip. These conflicting demands are very real and I find myself struggling to make all the commitments to BDM service my heart would like.

Not to put any guilt on anyone – but I will ask you to consider the relatively minor amount of time, pain and sacrifice your week in service to BDM represents in comparison to BDM Project Leaders’ commitment.

I would also ask that you consider the context of others who suffer for their faith. Think about the Brethren in Nigeria, do you think they are a little uncomfortable, that they would rather stay home and take it easy? Americans easily lose perspective on what real hardship and sacrifice is. Our commitment to serve God requires we carefully consider all opportunities to be in his service – BDM is a service opportunity worthy of that consideration.

So why did I write this? I need to do something more than I am doing to help and felt that bringing to you my accounts and experiences might just cause you to consider the examples our Leadership Teams provide in hopes that you would recommit yourselves to BDM service. Give it a thought. Talk it up with friends. Get a “group” together. A BDM week is a great way to spend quality time with family or friends. Dig deep, ask yourself: What else can I do to make a difference? God is calling you.

Bob Lane is a BDM Project Leader and a Deacon at Indian Creek Church of the Brethren.

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Join us for

Opening Devotions At the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction

Saturday, September 26, 2015 Main Hall Auction 8:30 AM to 8:50 AM Led by Glenn Martin from New Beginnings Fellowship

Praise, Prayer and Congregational Singing as together we â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give Thanks to God for the many Blessings He has given us!!â&#x20AC;?

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The Taylors Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 6:00 PM Lebanon Expo Center Lebanon, PA

Buffet Style Meal Tickets: $125 per person—$1,250 per table of 10 guests Contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law. 100% of contributions directly bene it the following ministries: COBYS Family Services, Evangelical Seminary, Friendship Community & On Fire Youth Ministry

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HELP SUPPORT THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NIGERIA CRISIS FUND

Purchase a “wild animal” and support the Church of the Brethren Nigeria Crisis Fund.

This fund will help to feed and find shelter for the refugees that have been terrorized by Boko Haram. These animals are hand crafted by a local member of the Church of the Brethren and will be available in the West Hall at the Disaster Relief Auction.

One hundred percent of these proceeds will benefit the fund.

The stuffed giraffes and elephants will be $20.00 each and are tax deductible.

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8th Disaster Relief Coin Auction Sat., Sept. 26, 2015 10:00 AM Gold, silver, proofs, mint sets, dollars, half-dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies, foreign coins, currency, etc.

______ COINS ______ GOLD --

1910 - $10 Indian Head AU/Unc 1887 – U.S. Constitution Bicentennial Coin Set $5 Gold and $1 Silver Dollar – Box & paper - Pr 1901 - $5 Liberty Head NGC-MS-61 1908 - $5 Indian Head AU 1853 - $2 ½ Liberty Head NGC AU58

SILVER -- Silver Eagles 1 oz., 1878-S Trade Dollar 1882-CC Silver Dollar – GSA MC64 Dollars: Morgan, Peace, and Eisenhower coins Half Dollars: Barber, Liberty, Franklin, and Kennedy coins Quarters: Barber & Washington 1875-S – 20 Cent Liberty Seated coin Dimes: Mercury & Roosevelt MISC. COINS --

Eisenhower, Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea, and Presidents dollars Buffalo, V nickels, war nickels, 1866–3 cent, 2 cent coins Large cents – Single & Group Indian Head and Lincoln pennies Rolls of Wheat pennies – bag lots Foreign coins – bag lots Silver Certificate & U.S. Notes, $1 Hawaii Silver Certificate CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE SPECIAL COINS! WE NEED COINS TO SELL !!!

TO DONATE COINS, CONTACT:

Dale B. Fahnestock 3927 Canada Dr. York, PA 17402 Call: 717-757-4312

Earl Fahnestock 215 Fairland Rd. Manheim, PA 17545 Call: 717-664-2740

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Godfrey Bros...........................................104

Myer’s Furniture, Inc.................................23

Wolf and Kline Property Management.....114

A&D Mfg. LLC...........................................91

Good’s Store.............................................44

Myerstown Church of the Brethren.........107

Wolf Associates Annette Swartz..............112

Accuwrite Forms & Systems...................131

Goodville Mutual Casualty Company.......125

Myerstown Sheds & Fencing.....................95

Young & Young, Attorneys at Law..............32

Ambler Church of the Brethren....................7

Groff & Groff Lumber................................84

New Holland Chain Link LLC.....................16

Zig’s Bakery & Deli LLC.............................29

Balsbaugh Insurance Agency....................62

Heisey Funeral Home..............................110

New Holland Family Restaurant................24

BCF Group................................................29

Hershey and Wagner (Bill Hershey)...........84

Nickel Mine Floor Covering, Inc...............128

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High Brothers............................................32

One Hour Rohrer.....................................108

Bomberger Store, Inc................................50

Hollinger Services, Inc...............................82

Pellman Foods, Inc....................................34

Brethren Mutual Aid Agency......................33

Hondru Auto..............................................42

Penway Construction................................41

Brethren Village........................................20

Honey Butter Products, Inc......................101

Peter Becker Community..........................45

Buch Funeral Home, Inc. ..........................60

Hoover Truck Repair..................................40

Pioneer Woodcraft...................................105

C. M. High, Inc.........................................127

Hoover’s Diesel Service..........................128

Powl’s Feed Service..................................21

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Hostetter Hardware, J B & Sons, Inc..........83

Quality Design & Drafting Services............26

Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home...............62

Jubilee Ministries.....................................84

Red Rose Plumbing.................................105

Charles Ilyes Meats and Vegetables........111

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Cloister Flooring America..........................72

K & K Feed, Inc.......................................115

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Kingsway Realty (Randal V. Kline)..............80

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Country Lane Woodworking......................52

Kline, Kreider & Good Auctioneers.............16

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Cross Keys Village (Breth Home Comm)....53

Koser Building Materials...........................88

S & M Catering.........................................62

Custom Wood Products.............................42

Krest Storage............................................44

Saylor Counter Tops..................................41

D & D Ginder...........................................131

Lancaster Church of the Brethren.............97

Sei’s Catering...........................................15

Delp Monuments......................................70

Lebanon Valley Brethren Home................77

Shirk’s Custom Wood Turning..................130

E M Herr Farm & Home Center................101

Lebanon Valley Expo.................................41

Smith’s Candies......................................128

Eckert, Ted Bldg. & Remodeling................83

Lehman Insurance Agency, Inc................120

Sollenberger Painting................................42

Eldon Martin...........................................110

Lititz COB..................................................47

Spring Creek Church of the Brethren.........99

A Heart For Volunteering, Micah Diffenderfer ..................................44

Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren.....127

Lititz Mutual Insurance Co.......................101

Stiegel Valley Flooring...............................56

Favorite Hymn, Glen Ziegler .....................49

Elizabethtown College...............................63

Little Stream Auto Rentals.........................62

Stradling Funeral Homes.........................100

Ephrata COB.............................................30

Little Stream Vehicle.................................57

TDC Construction......................................95

Ervin H. Martin Woodwork.......................105

Lynden Gallery........................................117

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M. M. Weaver & Sons, Inc........................131

The Hess Agency......................................91

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Maplehofe Dairy Farm Store...................105

The Village Greens (mini-golf)...................83

Family Heirloom-Loom Weavers..............111

Markey’s Roadside Market......................101

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Spotswood Volunteers ‘Come Eager To Work’, Jane Yount ...............................................60

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Martin Appliance.......................................32

U Grow Learning Centers..........................25

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Ferguson & Hassler...................................89

Martin Paving, Inc.....................................19

Visions Safety Products...........................109

Fitzkee’s Candies......................................89

Martin’s Auto Sales - Towing...................101

W. Brett Lowry Well Pump Service..........101

Foxchase Golf Club...................................23

Martin’s Custom Butchering......................32

Weaver Energy........................................124

Franklin Street Garage............................131

Martin’s Fabric Barn................................112

Weavers Store .........................................61

Fulton Financial........................................36

Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe................21

Wenger Chiropractic Group.......................31

Furman Home for Funerals.......................59

Martindale Propane..................................61

Wenger Foundation, Inc. .........................121

Building Bridges At Camp Swatara, Joel & Linetta Ballew ...............................74

Gap Power Equipment..............................35

McCracken’s Feed Mill, Inc........................30

Wengers of Myerstown.............................48

Acts Of And Against God, Andy Murray .....79

Gem Ceramic Mold Co..............................32

Messick Farm Equipment, Inc.................105

White Oak Excavating...............................57

George D. Wolf (Coldwell Banker)..............41

Middle Creek Bldrs...................................52

White Oak Ice Company............................82

Gibbel, Kraybill & Hess..............................18

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Witman Auctioneers, Inc............................71

Gibble Auto Upholstering.........................119

Miller Plant Farm, Inc................................36

Wm. Spence Funeral & Cremation Service...46

EDITORIAL

The Emergence And Growth Of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa A Nigeria (Eyn) (Church Of The Brethren In Nigeria), Rev. Prof. Musa A. Mambula, Phd .......... 4&5 The Threads Of Friendship, John Minnich....6 A Bag With Holes--Haggai 2:1-9, Craig Smith ..............................................15 Southern Pennsylvania District Executive, Rev. Dr. William Waugh .............................23 Joyful In Giving And Living, Bob Kettering ...........................................24 Brethren Disaster Relief Auction 2015, Stanley J. Noffsinger ................................28 Busy Hands In Quiet Service, Traci Rabenstein ......................................30 Lydia....A God-Fearing Woman Acts 16:11-15.... The Message, S. Joan Hershey .......................................35 Can God Use Me?, Sharon Bruckhart .....................................42

A Prayer For Our Cities, Joshua Bytwerk .......................................50 Size Brings Privilege… And Responsibilities, Written By Cross Keys Village Staff ..........57

New Year's Response In Pico Rivera, Calif., Kathy Fry-Miller .......................................65 “Home For The Restless Heart”, Merlin Hedrick .........................................73

Children’s Auction—Eleven Years!, Carol Farmer ............................................80 Brethren Service In China, Jeff Bach ........83

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Former Dairy Farmer’s Woodwork Is A Cut Above The Rest, Sue Bowman ........ 86 & 87 Heifer Committee Tributes .............. 90 & 91 The Gift Of Community, Lowell Flory ........92 Living With A Vision, John Snader ............98 Called To Maine, Monika Nolt ................100 Camp Eder, Alan Patterson ....................104 167 Years Of Caring, Dennis W. Garrison ................................109 My Favorite Hymn: In Memory Of Lucina Ann (Lucy) Eshelman Brubaker, Nancy Bullock Shonk ............................110 When Jesus Said “Go” . . .

Jordan & Rebekah Keller .......................112 A Volunteer’s Observations Serving With Brethren Disaster Ministries, Bob Lane ................................... 118 & 119

SPECIAL FEATURES Andrew Kinsinger ....................................88 Arts & Crafts ............................................72 Auction Lodging .......................................94 Aution Preview...........................66, 67 & 68 Auction Record ........................................10 Auction Schedule .....................................12 Bake Stand ......................................131 & ?

Blood Drive ............................................114 Response Stats ........................................65 Booklet Committee ..................................10 Children’s Activities..................................81 Coin Auction ..........................................123 Coin Project .............................................78 Committee Chairpersons............................3 Chicken Barbeque .................................106 Country Treasures ...................................18 Disaster Relief Fund.................................64 Domestic Response Stats ........................69 Endowment Fund Update .......................111 Expo Fairgrounds Map ...............................7 Farmers Market .......................................58 Friends of Brethren ................................127 Gift of the Heart Kit Assembly...................59 Golf Tournament ....................................115 Grow Money ............................................93 Heifer Committee .......................................9 Heifer Ad....................................................8

Help Wanted ..........................................128 Job Well Done ..........................................77 Kickoff Dinner ..........................................51 Lost & Found .........................................131 Main Hall Auction ...................................116 Make A Gift ............................................130 Matching Funds .......................................85 Meal & Vacation Auction ..........................76 Nancy Jackson Slippers .........................129 Need Your Help ........................................71 Nigeria Crisis Fund.................................122 Opening Devotions.................................120 Food Pavilion .................................. 38 & 39 Pole Barn Committee ...............................95 Pretels & Donuts ......................................77 Quilt Auction Form ...................................37 Quilt Auction List......................................55 Quilt Auction Preview ...............................54 Run Relief Ad ...........................................13 Run Relief Form .......................................14 SERRV .....................................................40 Share-A-Meal ..........................................17 Shenandoah District.................................56 Thank You ................................................75 Theme Basket Registration ......................96 Welcome Ad...............................................2 What Can You Give .................................113 WLBR ......................................................56 Worship Map & Listings .............. 102 & 103

FRIENDS OF BRETHREN DISASTER RELIEF Your generous contributions have helped make our work possible.

Russell H. & Linda C. Adsitt Josie & Nancy Buckwalter David E. & Rebecca R. Fuchs John R. & Mary Sue Groff James & Jeanne M. Heck C.M. High Inc. Glenn A. & Ruth G. Shultz Wayne & C. Shirley Gish Stauffer

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Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren 777 S. Mount Joy St. Elizabethtown

367-1000

E-mail: etowncob@etown.edu Web Page: www.etowncob.org

Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Assistive Listening Devices, Large Print Materials, Accessibility, Child Care Provided, Adult, Children & Bell Choirs Pastoral Team: Greg Davidson Laszakovits Pam Reist, Josh Tindall

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WE HAVE AN URGENT NEED FOR HELP IN THE FOOD DIVISION ESPECIALLY THURSDAY SETUP AND SATURDAY CLEANUP.

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We offer high quality installation along with reliable service that you would expect from the Power System Specialists.

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What can “YOU” do with a pair of knitted slippers?

Nancy Jackson was born in Boston more than 90 years ago and has been a resident of the Brethren Retirement Center in Greenville, Ohio for over 20 years. She loves music, sings in 2 choirs, plays the flute and auto harp, serves on numerous boards and has a Master’s degree in ministry from Earlham College.

Nancy has been totally blind since birth!

Having heard about Brethren Disaster Ministries and the Nigerian Crisis at the Greenville, Ohio Church of the Brethren, Nancy asked “WHAT” she could do to help support the ministry. One of Nancy’s skills is knitting and she offered to knit an afghan for the Disaster Relief Auction in Harrisonburg, VA. She knitted a beautiful intricate work of art that was given to help raise funds for survivors of disasters. There were over 290 stitches in each of the 408 rows and took over 150 hours to complete. That afghan was sold (and resold) several times at the Shenandoah Disaster Relief Auction.

She also knitted a pair of beautiful yellow slippers.

These slippers were sold over and over again and each time the buyer said “Sell it again”! They brought a total of $4300.00 to Brethren Disaster Ministries and that amount was dedicated to the Nigerian Crisis Fund.

After the Shenandoah Disaster Relief Auction the slippers were given to the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction here in Lebanon, PA and we were asked a very simple question -- “Would we do the same thing at our Brethren Disaster Relief Auction “AND KEEP SELLING THEM OVER AND OVER” to raise money to help with the Nigerian Crisis Fund through Brethren Disaster Ministries?”

Will you come to the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction on September 25 & 26, 2015 and help us raise more money for our Brethren in Nigeria??????

Because the Nigerian Crisis is going to be an ongoing project we plan to send these slippers back to the Shenandoah Disaster Relief Auction so they can do it again in 2016.

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SHIRK’S CUSTOM WOOD TURNING FURNITURE PARTS WOODEN WHEEL HUBS

NORMAN N. SHIRK Owner

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Make a gift to BDRA that keeps on giving!

Is there a way that you can make a long-term investment in the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction that keeps on giving year after year? There certainly is. The BDRA has established an endowment account with Fulton Financial Advisors. In the past those funds have been held for long-term investment with the earnings added to auction proceeds to offset current year expenses, thus increasing the net proceeds that could be shared with Brethren Disaster Ministries.

However, the Board made an all important, life-changing decision at our November 2014 meeting to invade the principal of this fund to support the plight of our Nigerian brothers and sisters who are under attack from Boko Haram. These funds combined with the 2014 auction earnings made it possible for us to provide $500,000 to the General Board in support of their efforts to raise more than $2 million for this cause. Presently, we have $516,000 under management (as of 3/31/15; subject to market fluctuations.)

How can I help? By making a contribution to the BDRA Endowment Fund. Because of the nature of our relationship with Fulton Financial Advisors, your contribution can be either cash or gifts-in-kind. Let me show you the advantages of a $25,000 stock donation over a cash donation.

If you make your gift in cash, your Federal charitable deduction will result in tax savings of $8,750 (assuming you are in the 35% bracket and can itemize). That’s a very good deal, but you could do even better. How? By gifting long-term appreciated publicly-traded stock you can increase your tax savings.

For example, assume that you own a publicly-traded stock with a market value of $25,000 that has been held for more than one year. Further assume that you originally paid $10,000 for the stock. Therefore, if you were to sell the stock you would trigger a $15,000 capital gain, and an additional tax of $2,250 (at the 15% long-term capital gains rate). However, if you gift the stock in-kind to the Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction there is no capital gain, and, therefore, no capital gains tax. This, in addition to the potential $8,750 of taxes saved by way of the charitable gift deduction, you also save $2,250 for a total savings of $11,000.

What do I need to do to transfer ownership of a stock to the Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction?

1. If the stock is held in a brokerage account the stock can be transferred electronically from your broker to the Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction’s agent, Fulton Financial Advisors. Merely authorize your broker to transfer a certain amount of stock and provide our treasurer, Evelyn Dehmey, with the name and number of your broker. The Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction treasurer and Fulton Financial Advisors will handle the rest.

2. If the stock is in certificate form and you have a brokerage account, the most efficient transfer method is to deposit the stock to the brokerage account and proceed as outlined in #1 above.

3. If the stock is in certificate form and you do not have a brokerage account, you will need to sign a stock power, have your signature guaranteed, and provide a letter stating your intention to gift the stock to the Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction. All of these documents, along with the stock certificate, will be given to the Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction. Generally the above-described documents are sufficient, although some transfer agents may require additional paperwork.

The Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction and Fulton Financial Advisors are available to walk you through the process. Please contact BDRA Treasurer, Evelyn Dehmey, at (717) 426-2478 or Vince Lattanzio, Manager of Charitable & Endowment Services, at Fulton Financial Advisors at (717) 291-2523.

Thank you for considering a contribution to the Endowment Fund of the Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction!

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NOTICE! BAKE STAND AND PRODUCE STAND WILL CLOSE AT 3:00 PM SATURDAY **********

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REMAINING GOODS WILL NOT BE AUCTIONED. THEY WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.

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Disaster Relief

Auction

Held at Lebanon Valley Expo 80 Rocherty Road, Lebanon, PA 17042 For additional information contact:

717-823-2745 Bob Bingaman 717-577-1675 Tom Fritz

A joint effort with the Southern PA and Atlantic Northeast Districts of the Church of the Brethren.

September 25 & 26, 2015

Friday, September 25 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM 1:00-9:00 PM 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:30 PM

- “Gift of the Heart” Set-Up - East Hall - Baked Goods • Farmers’ Market - Share-A-Meal Tickets - Heifer Auction • Arts & Crafts - Blood Drive - “Gift of the Heart” Kit Building - East Hall - Chicken Bar-B-Que Dinner - Auction - Main Hall - Theme Basket Auction - Southeast Hall

Saturday, September 26

7:00AM - 3:00PM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM

- Blood Drive - Breakfast - 5K Race - "Run for Relief" - Baked Goods • Farmers’ Market - Share-A-Meal Tickets

8:30 AM - Main Hall - OPENING DEVOTIONS and CONGREGATIONAL SINGING

8:50 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM

Save The Date!

NEXT YEAR’S AUCTION September 23 & 24, 2016

- Auction - Main Hall - Arts & Crafts - Arena • Food Stands - Pole Barn Auction - 2:00 PM Free Child Care - Quilt Auction - Main Hall - Coin Auction - Center Hall - Children’s Auction - Southeast Hall

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