Gehman Mennonite Church

Physical address: 127 Witmer Road, Reinholds, PA 17569 Mailing address: PO Box 842, Adamstown, PA 19501

717-484-4548 www.gehmanmennonitechurch.org Ministry Team Phil Horning - Lead Pastor - (church: 717-484-4548) (home:717-484-0998) Glen Martin - Associate Pastor- 717-484-2162 Steve McCosby - Deacon - 717-336-8275

Lets walk with Jesuspersonally, locally, and globally. October 14, 2012
Prayer Sunday School Worship Service 8:15 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM

Prelude Call to Worship Darrell Gockley Hymn of Praise Doug Musselman Offering Marlene Martin Worship in Song Worship Team Sharing Time/Pastoral Prayer Phil Horning Dave & Delores Shirk - Missionaries to Guinea Bissau Message: John 10:27 "God Speaks" Phil Horning Hymn of Response Doug Musselman Benediction Today: Greeters Mary Ellen Musser Sunday School Nursery Michelle & Karen Church Nursery Kelly & Bethany Next Week: Greeters Jim & Betty Martin Song Leader Sylvia Eberly Offering Abby Horning Scripture Reading Lucy Hollinger Message Josef Bertold Sunday School Nursery Sylvia & Carolyn Church Nursery Lydia & Chrystle Offerings: The offerings for October are for Friendship Community, Landis Homes, and Philhaven and budgeted items. Attendance for last week was 129. Offering for last week was $2,860. Oct. 17, Wed.-Sewing Circle at Bowmansville Mennonite. Bring a covered dish to share for lunch. We'd love for you to join us! The projects for MCC are Hygiene Kits and Christmas Bundles. A list of the contents for both bundles, will be found on the bulletin board in the narthex.

Oct. 19, 20, & 21, Fri. & Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-We invite your prayers and participation in our church's annual Spiritual Renewal Services. This year our resource person is Josef Berthold, who serves as pastor at West End Mennonite Fellowship in Lancaster, and is also involved in various church plants. A snack will follow the Fri. & Sat. evening services. Sun., Oct 21, the youth group will provide a lunch as a fund raiser. Oct. 23, Tues.-Keith Graber Miller presents Transformations in 20th-Century Mennonite Peacemaking, a talk about J.R. Burkholders influence as an ethicist, church leader, and social change agent, at 7:30 p.m., at Elizabethtown Colleges Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Burkholder will attend and offer comments after the lecture. Copies of Prophetic Peacemaking: Selected Writings of J. R. Burkholder, the 2012 Brown Book Award winner edited by Graber Miller, will be available for sale and signing following the program. For more information, contact the Young Center at 717-361-1470 or visit www.etown.edu/youngctr. Nov. 3, Sat.-The Women's Fall Fellowship will be held at Mellinger Mennonite Church from 8:45-12. Elizabeth Soto Albrecht and her daughter Yentli will share about keeping the faith and mother- daughter relationships. More info to follow. -There is interest in a new members/baptism class in the near future. Contact Pastor Phil if you would like to participate in this bi-weekly class or have interest in baptism and/or becoming a member of our church or have questions about this. -If you would like to be added or deleted from the current greeter schedule please talk to Dorothy. -The Missionary Messenger is a monthly magazine published by EMM for the purpose of inspiring readers with stories of God at work through EMM. Our church pays the subscription cost for those interested in receiving this publication and our group renewal date is approaching. Please inform Darlene McCosby by October 14th if you wish to have your name added or deleted from the subscription list. -No Youth Bible Study on Oct. 17th. But Thur. Oct. 18th we will be going to WJTL Youth Group Night. Meet at church at 5:45 p.m. We should be back around 9:30 p.m. Happy Birthday! Daniel Horning on Mon., Olivia Good and William Horning on Sat.