ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
MAYTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Keith Smith, Organist and Choirmaster
Vicki McConnell and Charlie Johns, Junior Youth Ministry
Diane Leonard, Parish Secretary
Becky Fleckenstein, Parish Sexton
10:30 AM
THE FLOWERS ON THE ALTAR
…are given in memory of John and Norm Leas. By Connie Simmons
THE BULLETINS
…are given to the Glory of God. By Steve Johns
RUMMAGE SALE WRAP-UP
On July 5, 6, and 7, our church held a rummage sale to benefit the youth ministry. As a result of a lot of giving and hard work, exactly $1,000 in profit was realized! Thanks to all who donated items and who bought others’. Thanks also to our sale organizers, sellers, and dismantlers including Sheri Hafer, Vicki and Daniel McConnell, Sue, Bob, Katie, and Spencer Frank, Ann and Willy Weller, Samuel and Gabrielle Thomas, Paul and Harry Rehkugler, Angelica Mohr and helpers from the Mount Joy Presbyterian Church whose thrift shop “inherited” what we didn’t sell.
THANKS
...to Dick Baker, for mounting our VBS sign.
...to Chris and Mark Harnish, for their work in replacing an old metal drain cover with a concrete one, The cover serves to inhibit water seepage into the social hall.
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S
TODAY 10:30 am Contemporary Communion
Noon ACFLB
MONDAY 6:00 pm Social Ministry Committee outing to
Mount Gretna Jigger Shoppe
6:30 pm Praise Band Rehearsal
SATURDAY 7:00 pm Glenn Miller Show at AMT
NEXT SUNDAY 10:30 am Traditional Service
Happy Birthday #97 to
Lillian Johnstin!
Noon After Church For Lunch Bunch
VBS NEEDS…
Clear, plastic soda bottles with caps - 1 and 2 liter size
Grocery bags – paper and paper-type egg cartons
Fish to decorate with…plastic, plaster, wood, stuffed, paper
Please place in the “pool” in the parlor as soon as possible.
SERVING GOD’S PEOPLE TODAY
Lector – Jack Frank
Head Usher – Ryan Boccagno
Altar Care – Ginny Zimmerman
Greeters – Alice and Rose Leas
Flowers – Connie Simmons
Bulletins – Steve Johns
Offering Counters – Shirl Reich, Ruth Sweitzer, Pat Vogel
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LILLIAN!
Next Sunday, our second oldest member, Lillian Johnstin, turns 97. You can visit her or send a card to: Moravian Manor, Herrnhut Community
300 West Lemon Street, Lititz, PA 17543.
GLENN MILLER SHOW
Those who bought tickets for the Glenn Miller show at the American Music Theater are asked to come to the church parking lot at 6:00 PM on Saturday evening to either board the van or car pool for the 7 PM curtain. Twenty-two are going along and the van holds 13. Questions? Talk to Connie Longenecker,
ANNA MOVES!
Our senior member, Anny Houseal, who broke her wrist two weeks ago, has moved to Longwood Manor. She welcomes visitors from her church family and plans to stay an active participant in our community of faith…especially after her wrist heals. Her address is Anna K. Houseal, c/o Longwood Manor, P. O. 610, Maytown, PA 17550.
SOCIAL MINISTRY FUN OUTING TO GRETNA
Pastor will start to pick up Maytown people at 5:45 PM tomorrow night, for the trip to the Jigger Shoppe. He will then swing by the church at 6:00 to see if anyone is waiting there, and finally stop in Mount Joy at Gladys Ney’s to pick the borough’s people. He will pick up Betty and Jan along the way at their homes.
WOODY’S FOR CRABS AND SHOPPING
Our annual “Pilgrimage” for crab at Woody’s Restaurant in Northeast MD will occur on Sunday, August 12th. If you’d like to go along on the van, sign up by August 5th. There are only 12 seats available on the van, so sign-up soon if you want to occupy one. We leave after church, around 11:45 AM, dine at about 1:30 PM, walk around Northeast window shopping, antiquing, and ice cream cone licking for an hour or so, and get back home by 6:00 PM or so. We go “Dutch” and share the cost of gas.
DID YOU PICK UP YOUR NEWSLETTER?
…if not, please do so. It awaits you in your elevator mailbox.
WHITEWATER RAFTING!
Pastor is trying to put together another whitewater rafting adventure on the Lehigh River. This time, he’d like us to go on a “dam release day” which offers a faster, more exciting ride…but which is not a dangerous rapids.
We need at least 20 people to get a group discount, which is about $50 per person – plus $7 more for a box lunch. Teen members of St. John’s will have part or all of their cost subsidized by the church. Everyone age 8 and above can go along. Friends of teens can go too, if there is room, but they must pay the full price and we must have adequate adult supervision.
There are two dates that are possible – Saturday, August 18 and Saturday, September 15. The date that gets the biggest support will be the one chosen.
If interested, you must sign-up before July 22nd and indicate the dates that you could go, not just the one you prefer.
These are very popular trips so we must act quickly if we are to have a chance to get on the river.
If you have never done this before, you really should experience it. It is perfectly safe and loads of fun. Sign up today!
SERVING GOD’S PEOPLE NEXT WEEK – July 22, 2007
Lector – Glenn Bachert
Acolyte – Kaycee Shirk
Head Usher – Ryan Boccagno
Altar Care – Ginny Zimmerman
Greeter – Louise Baker
Flowers – The Vogels
Bulletins –
Offering Counters – Shirl Reich, Ruth Sweitzer and Pat Vogel
NEW OFFICERRS ELECTED
The Congregation Council met on July 2nd and elected the following slate of officers for our church:
President – Pat Vogel
Vice President - Cliff Hafer
Secretary - Linda Sipling
Treasurer - Shirl Reich
Financial Secretary - Karen Sweitzer
Asst. Treasurer - Jim Leonard
Thanks to all for their willingness to serve!