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THE LAMPLIGHTER APRIL 2017
In This Issue
• COG News
• Missionary
• Events
• Birthdays/
Anniversaries
• Financial
Our first Chili Cook-Off and Bingo was a success!
Congratulations to the Chili Cook-Off winners: First Place ($25.00 gift card)—Shirl Scott
Second Place—Joyce Hershey Third Place—Ben Travis and Tracy Miller
The Congregational Life Committee would like to thank everyone who made chili and donated sweets for bingo prizes. See inside for details on our upcoming May event!
“The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?” Psalm 27:1, NRSV
BOROUGH OF MOUNT JOY
Press Release ~ March 16, 2017
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Chili Cook-Off
and Bingo Fun
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REDISCOVERING DORMANT DESIRES —Ted Ewing, PhD—
Spring is here! After this windy winter in Lancaster County, the announcement fills me with anticipation. It also reminds me of an enduring lifeline principle. Spring reveals that winter’s seemingly dead landscape was merely dormant. Trees, bulbs, and bushes burst back to life during the warmth of spring. The same is true of human life. Periods of crea-tivity often follow seasons of dormancy.
I saw this illustrated in the life of my friend and mentor, Dr. Roy Naden. Dr. Naden was chair of the doctoral program and a professor of Education at my university in Michigan. He spent his career teaching, conducting research, and chairing committees. He was an energizing instructor and a warm mentor.
During the hours we spent together inside and outside the classroom, I discovered a man who had buried some of his life-giving desires in order to meet the deadlines of his vocation. He was a creative writer, loved to garden, used to be an avid musician, and traveled to perform vocally as a young man. He and his wife Jenny created a lovely backyard garden, but job responsibilities forced other hobbies into hibernation.
He planned to retire shortly after I graduated. I wanted to give him a gift to thank him for investing in me. I gave him How Does a Poem Mean? by Miller Williams and John Ciardi to help him transition “from professor to poet.” I hoped it would sow new seeds of creativity so he could rediscover some dormant desires of his youth.
He chose the Pacific Northwest to plant his new garden. Bainbridge Island was known for making even black thumbs green, so Roy and Jenny’s green thumbs flourished. Their yard became a verdant oasis that would have im-pressed the most ardent of gardeners. During his first year on the island, when he wasn’t digging in his English garden, Roy read his book and began writing poetry.
Soon rhyme schemes, symbols, and sonnets dominated the conversation when I visited. Cafe Nola and the Bain-bridge Bakery became venues where Roy performed his latest works. He wrote poems to his wife, his grandchildren, and a sonnet for each member of his family, describing them in colorful detail. He also rediscovered his long dormant love for music. He taught his granddaughters violin and cello. He began conducting in his church and renewed playing an in-strument himself.
On one of my visits he shared a sonnet describing a rediscovered lifeline. It was entitled, “Lost Friendship.”
It may not be award-winning poetry, but it rewarded Roy. That’s the way lifelines work. They change over time. They work in concert with one another. They can be freshly planted or rediscovered after a period of dormancy. They’re like spring. They may disappear under the weight of winter, yet make a robust return when shown the slightest attention.
Maybe this spring is the time to rediscover some of your dormant lifelines. Maybe you dust off that old guitar. Maybe you play with some phrases and tunes. Maybe you reopen that overstuffed cookbook and recreate an old recipe with new ingredients. Maybe you sit at your laptop and tell a few tall tales. You know what to do. Try something. In the warmth of spring, you may rediscover a desire that didn’t die; it’s just been dormant during winter.
Mount Joy Church of God † 30 E. Main St. † Mount Joy PA 17552 † www.mountjoychurchofgod.org † 717.653.4695
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February 2017—Finances
TECHNOLOGY FUND
Income ...................................... $18,460.26 Expenses .................................. $22,548.00 Balance ..................................... $52,518.33
Income ........................................ $1,156.00 Expenses .................................. $15,600.00 Balance ....................................... $3,408.40 Income ........................................... $655.00 Expenses .................................... $5,400.00 Balance .......................................... $655.00
GENERAL FUND
BUILDING FUND
Missionaries
For April
Steve and Shirley
Mossburg
After his first visit to Haiti in April 2000, Steve
asked God to make his life more available to
serve in missions. He then began volunteering
with Project Help to assist with several work
projects. Steve founded the G.A.P. (Go and
Produce) Ministry for which he still serves as
Executive Director. That organization has
mobilized work teams and effectively served a
variety of ministries in Haiti , including our own
Project Help/Churches of God.
Steve retired from a 32-year career at General
Electric in 1997. Since then, he has been a self-
employed contractor which has allowed him to
spend many weeks a year in Haiti serving
G.A.P. Ministry. Shirley is a retired bookkeeper
and is gifted in hospitality and encouragement.
She works in accounting, assists with hospitality
services, and is a surrogate grandmother to
missionary kids. The Mossburgs have 4 children
and 7 grandchildren.
Email: [email protected]
For more information, see the missionary
board in the lobby.
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Camp Yolijwa Update
GIVE A HAND! YOU COULD BE A… • Week-long counselor
• Day maintenance helper • Week-long support staff—kitchen or maintenance
Call camp if interested and available in 2017!
MISSION TRIP TO CAMP YOLIJWA? Here’s an opportunity to serve the Lord locally. Volunteer for a week as one of 350 persons who serve on Yolijwa’s
staff. Counselors are needed for every camp week! Applications available at www.campyolijwa.org.
Apply today!
CAMP STAFF
CAMP HOPE June 4-9 For intellectually disabled adults (age 16+)
Call Camp for a registration brochure.
SATURDAY, June 10 ~ 1—5 pm
Carnival Games ▪ Crafts ▪ Pool
Hayrides ▪ Camp Activities As always—Camp’s famous Chicken BBQ
Assistance needed with games: email [email protected]
WILDERNESS CABIN CAMPS
Lookin’ for Adventure? Attend one of our Wilderness Camps!
Programs for Jr. High and Sr. High. Enjoy the experience of staying in our cabins while experiencing
God’s creation.
COUNSEL
CAMP HOPE
HIKE-N- ROCK
OPEN HOUSE
HIKE-N-ROCK-R-THON Saturday, May 13
Hike 6 miles or rock 4 hours to support the camp. You could earn up to a free 2017 week of camp!
June 25—July 1
Need s’more family time?
Come to camp! Enjoy a time
of rest, relaxation and fun!
Programs offered for all ages.
Call the camp for s’more
information! Limited spaces
available!
FAMILY CAMP
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11:30 am
CC2724
May Event—
Save the Date
Coming soon ….Pot
Luck Luncheon and
Talent Show—Sunday, May 7 at 11:30 am. We
would like anyone who has a special talent to
participate in this special Sunday event. A sign
up sheet will be on the bulletin board at the
beginning of April. Elaine Jastron can be
contacted via email at
by leaving a message at 717-
664-0939 with any questions.
Congregational Life
Committee
Want to get involved?
Want to assist with events?
The Congregational Life Committee
would like to have more suggestions
for upcoming activities. Please place
them in Elaine Jastron’s mailbox or
email to [email protected].
Better yet, if you are interested in
joining the committee or assisting in
the implementation of upcoming
events, our next meeting is
Wednesday, April 12 at 6:00 pm in the
church parlor.
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You are
wished
a very
happy and
blessed
celebration!
April 1 April (Brinser) King
April 3 Denise Bixler; Gary and Nikki McNece
April 6 Brian Mutterspaugh
April 9 Melanie Kendig
April 11 Shirley Blough
April 12 Marsha Quade
April 13 Evelyn Knisley (church grandmother) Church of God Home,
Room 107B, 801 N. Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013
April 15 Amanda Mutterspaugh
April 16 David Lloyd
April 17 Don Bell
April 18 Ted Ewing
April 19 Hazel Chapin
April 20 Brian and Amanda Mutterspaugh
April 23 Lois Finley
April 24 Joyce Stauffer
April 25 Chloe Mutterspaugh
April 26 Mae Greider
April 28 Linda Thomas
April 30 Sharon Nissley
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