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Our Church at Work
FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 22, 2007
Phone numbers have been removed to insure privacy.
Contact the church office at 784-9271 for more information.
Hearing assistance available: The sanctuary is equipped with a hearing assistance system. Please ask one of the ushers for a receiver.
Offering envelopes to benefit Native American Ministries are located at the rear of the sanctuary.
Food Drive 2007: Remember your non-perishable food donation. Drop off points are located in the basement social hall of the church and both entrances of the Lighthouse. Every can will make a difference in someone’s life!
Attention Graduates and their families: We want to share in the joy of your graduation. Please contact the church office if you have a graduate in your family. (784-9271; lightstumc@towermicro.net) We will pick a Sunday to honor your accomplishments. Information that will be in the church newsletter should include name of graduate, parents, school, and future plans plus any honors or awards.
Tickets for Sale: Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees tickets 2007 games. All Monday Night games: May 7, May 28, June 11, June 25. $36 for each set; there are 4 tickets for each game. Section 128 Row D. Contact Bob Riley. Proceeds benefit Lightstreet Athletic Association.
Blank VHS tapes needed. We routinely tape Sunday and many special services for our shut-ins. Please consider donating blank VHS tapes for our VCR system. Donations can be placed in the church lounge. Any contributions are greatly appreciated.
The scheduling of Lighthouse events may be scheduled through:
Primary - Russell Kressler -
Secondary - Sue Zukowski -
It’s that time again. Your Loving Choices Annual “Walk in the Park.” For many of you this ministry is familiar and near and dear to your heart. For others, this may be the first time that you have ever heard of Your Loving Choices.
The ministry is a non-profit, non-denominational, Christian organization promoting life as given from God; offering loving support to those facing unplanned pregnancies, providing education about the life-giving options of adoption and parenting, conveying God’s healing to those traumatized by abortion, and advocating abstinence as the only true prevention of sexual crisis.
All of Your Loving Choices services are free and confidential. The center is located at 904 Market St. in Bloomsburg, and has been serving the community for 16 years. Throughout the 16 years of ministry, over 1000 clients have been seen … Over 1000 lives directly touched with God’s love.
Area community members and churches like ours are the sole supporters of Your Loving Choices Ministry and that is why I am encouraging you to become a walk participant for this year’s “Walk in the Park.” All proceeds go solely toward the operational costs of the ministry.
The event will be held on Saturday, May 5th at the Bloomsburg Town Park. Registration begins at 9:00 am and the opening ceremony will follow at 9:30. There will be refreshments and children’s activities, as well as music for entertainment. A former client will be giving her testimony of the blessing Your Loving Choices has been to her. All participants will then venture on a lovely 2-mile “Walk in the Park.”
Please consider joining me by supporting this ministry as a walker or by sponsoring someone else who will be walking. Please see me or call me if you are interested in participating or by being a sponsor. Thank you. Serving in Jesus Name, Cheryl Dent,
Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Bloomsburg is sponsoring a bus trip to Sight & Sound Theater in Lancaster to see the new show "In The Beginning". We have 10 seats remaining.
When: Friday, June 22nd
Departure Time: approximately 10:30 A.M.
Lunch Time: 1:30 pm, Willow Valley Restaurant
Show Time: 3:45 P.M.
Cost includes show ticket, lunch buffet, bus seat.
Adults: $85.00
Teens: $61.00 (age 13-18)
Child: $43.00 (age 3-12)
Payment is due by May 10th. Make check payable to Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. Please call Kathy for reservations and any questions.
Attendance April 15: Worship – 169 (8 am – 56; 10:30 am – 113) SS – 109
THIS WEEK
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 6:00 PM in the Lounge.
Mon., April 23, 6 pm – To all crafters: The House of Hope girls are coming here to work on crafts with our youth and adults. We are going to be making crafts to decorate patient's doors at the Grandview Nursing Home. We will also be taking the HOH teens to Grandview Nursing Home to hang the door decorations when they are completed. If there is anyone interested in helping with this project or any other projects done with the House of Hope, contact Erika Burkhart or Lori Farver.
Play & Pray every Thursday. Preschoolers and Caregivers please join us for Fellowship and Fun! Play & Pray, a Christian playgroup, meets every Thursday from 9:30 am – 11:30 am at The Lighthouse. For information, please talk to Andira Dodge, Angie Klock or Kristin Busch.
No Choir Practice April 26 or May 3. The next practice for the Chancel Choir is May 10.
Chancel Choir (10:30 service): practices May 10 and 17 at 7:00 pm; sing for the final time this season May 20.
The choir for the 8:00 service: practice May 17 at 6:15 pm, and will sing on May 20.
All singers at all levels of talent are welcome to join our groups. We have so much fun while singing praises to our God. Consider joining us.
NEXT WEEK
Sun., April 29, 2PM to 4PM – Salt ’n’ Pepper Shakers Youth Group for grades 7-12.
Fri., May 4, 9:30 am at Good Shepherd UMC, 5th and Iron Sts., Bloomsburg – May Friendship Day. Theme, “Friend: Under God’s Wings.” Speaker: Ginger Hock, Chaplain of Bloomsburg Hospital. Ginger has worked with unwed mothers from the Women’s Center. $1.00 donation. Sign-up sheet on table in back of sanctuary, or call “Genny”. Reservation deadline April 26.
May 4-5: TIME TO PARTY! The youth group is hosting a lock-in at the church on May 4th and 5th and we need your help. One way you can lend us a hand is by donating your leftover Easter eggs for our scavenger hunt. We could also use other donations and LOTS of volunteers. If you want to help make this lock-in a success please contact Ellen Withrow. Our theme is seeking God and one way to do that is in each other. So, show us God's love and help us out.
All youth in Grades 7-12 and their friends are welcome. Please RSVP to Ellen. Participants and their parents will need to sign a Covenant. See Ellen to obtain a copy. Not attending? Here's how you can help: 1) Pray for the youth and their leaders during this activity 2) Donate fruit--sign-up in the back of the sanctuary
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