Altar Flowers & Bulletins

It is always nice to see fresh flowers on our altar on a Sunday morning.

So, please sign up now for your date for altar flowers or bulletins.

The sign up list is located in the church narthex.

Altar Flowers are $37.50 a week.

Bulletins are $12.00 a week

Questions or dedications, call the office at 717-273-3912 or email ststephcfc@comcast.net

Our flowers are supplied by ‘Crazy for Daisies’

July 2019 Steeple

Don’t forget to join us on Sundays for our worship service at 9:30 a.m.; Normal worship schedule will resume in the Fall!

See you in the pew!

IN THIS ISSUE OF THE STEEPLE:

--An article by the Church Council

President, Paul Weidman

--Music News & Views from Music

Director Steve Suk

--Monthly Worship Team Schedule

--Church Activity Calendar

FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENTS:

--Opportunity to teach children’s Sunday

School Class

--Upcoming events here at the church!

--Mt. Gretna Bible Festival!

--Mt. Lebanon Camp Meeting!

Any articles or information for

the next monthly Steeple should

be submitted to the church

secretary’s office via email or

mailbox a week in advance of the

last day of the month.

St. Stephen’s Christian Fellowship Church 1100 Hunters Chase Lane

Lebanon, PA 17046

WORDS FOR REFLECTION:

Church Council President’s Comments

Greetings,

Summer is upon us and hopefully things are going well.

Vacation Bible School was a big success! It was wonderful to see all the children

having a great time learning, crafting, singing, snacking, and playing. Thanks to all

who helped to make this VBS a big hit for the children!

There are several other exciting things being planned for the future. On July 14th at

6:30 pm, we are holding a special service for Dave Barry. Dave is Bruce Barry's

brother and has been a member of St. Stephen's since birth. Dave likes to sing the

old time hymns from the heart. Dave lives in a group home and isn't able get to

church on Sunday mornings. This is our way of being able to share some special

time with Dave. Please come out and join us.

We are again holding Singspiration in August! Also, planning for Rally Day in

September is in the works.

We are also working on Sunday morning Sunday School for all ages starting this

fall.

It may be summer, but things are still happening at St. Stephen's.

May God Bless you with a refreshing summer,

Paul Weidman

Music News and Views – July 2019 By Steve Suk

Civil War Music: The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)

Of all the songs written during and about the War, perhaps none is as strongly identified with the

Union cause today as Julia Ward Howe's stirring "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." For over 138

years this song has been a fixture in patriotic programs and is still sung in schools and churches

across the nation.

In the early days of the War, the song "John Brown's Body" was wildly popular. Although in its

original incarnation it had nothing to do with the notorious abolitionist leader hanged at Harpers

Ferry on December 2, 1859, it became inextricably identified with him and acquired new verses that

were sung by Federal troops and Union sympathizers alike. The tune was borrowed from an old

Methodist hymn, "Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us?" by William Steffe.

In November of 1861, Julia Ward Howe, the daughter of a well-to-do New York City banker, was

touring Union army camps near Washington, D.C. with Reverend James Freeman Clarke and her

husband, Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, who was a member of President Lincoln's Military Sanitary

Commission and a fervent abolitionist. During the course of their camp visit, the group began to sing

some of the currently popular war songs, among them "John Brown's Body." In one of those rare

flashes of inspiration that leave their mark on the history of a nation, Reverend Clarke was moved to

suggest that Mrs. Howe pen new lyrics to the familiar tune. She replied that she had often thought of

doing just exactly that.

The following morning, as Mrs. Howe later described it, she "awoke...in the gray of the early dawn,

and to my astonishment found that the wished-for lines were arranging themselves in my brain. I lay

quite still until the last verse had completed itself in my thoughts, then hastily arose, saying to myself,

'I shall lose this if I don't write it down immediately.'"

Mrs. Howe's lyrics first appeared on the front page of the Atlantic Monthly in February of 1862.

Editor James T. Fields, who paid her $5 for the piece, is credited with having given the song the name

by which it is known today.

After the war, Mrs. Howe was active in the women's suffrage movement. In 1868, she founded the

New England Women's Club and was one of the founders of the New England Women's Suffrage

Association. She was much in demand as a lecturer. Although she continued her writing, nothing she

produced ever achieved the popularity of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." She died on

October 17, 1910, at the age of 91.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;

He is trampling out the vintage where grapes of wrath are stored;

He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,

His truth is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.

July 2019

Our Worship Team List

Lectors:

Ushers: Greeters:

July 7

Paul Weidman

July 14

Joy Weidman

July 21

Brian Weidman

July 28

Kim Weidman

July 7

Devin Gill & Sarah Gill

July 14

Bruce Barry & June Barry

July 21

Kaitlyn Day & Melody Gipe

July 28

Stephanie Bossler & Joanne Krall

July 7

Steve Gipe & Melody Gipe

July 14

Ken Shank

July 21

Stephanie Bossler

July 28

Linda Focht

Counting Teams:

July 7 Team #4 Cindy Klingler

July 14 Team #5 Johan Berger

July 21 Team #1 June Barry

July 28 Team #2 Brian Weidman

Communion Usher Schedule: DATE: USHER 1: USHER 2:

July 7 Johan Berger Devin Gill

August 4 Janet Light Dan Light

September 1 Melody Gipe Stephanie Bossler

October 6 Erin Frantz Tyler Frantz

November 3 Bruce Barry June Barry

December 1 Johan Berger Devin Gill

January 5 Richard Rights Helen Crawford

7/01 David Barry

7/03 Julie Class

7/05 Susan Ziegler

7/06 Johan Berger

7/09 Blake Gipe &

George Miller

7/10 Loren Earhart

7/12 Mason Welch

7/26 Lori Nolt &

Diane Suk

7/09 Tyler & Erin Frantz

CENTRAL PA FOOD BANK

Please consider supporting the food bank’s efforts by providing the most needed items:

Peanut Butter (to go size)

Shelf Stable 100% Fruit Juice

Canned Chicken and Tuna

Single serve Macaroni and Cheese

Shelf Stable Milk 8oz

Almonds

Individual Fruit Cups 4oz (peaches, pears, mixed fruit)

MT. LEBANON CAMP MEETING 2019

July 14th—July 21st

23 Mt. Lebanon Drive, Lebanon, PA 17046

3 Miles North of Lebanon on Route 343

Sunday Evening Concerts:

*Concerts begin at 6pm;

July 14th & 19th begin at 7pm*

July 7th—Amazing Grass

July 14th—Gaither Style Homecoming

Concert

July 19th—“Ministers of Music”

August 4th—Keystone Band of

Rehrersburg

August 18th—The Hagans Family

August 31st—Lore family Singers

**For more information about all the

events at the camp meeting, check out a

brochure in the Narthex**

UPCOMING EVENTS

Singspiration – August

Rally Day – September

**Look for information regarding these

activities in the coming weeks!**

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Our Website:

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updates on news around

the church and church

information.

Check us out at:

http://saintstephenscfc.org

Also, if you have any

information for the website

or monthly Steeple see that

our secretary receives it as

early as possible!

Looking for Fall Sunday School Teacher(s) for

Pre-K-Kindergarten Class

Please contact Erin Frantz if interested in

volunteering (ecmf001@gmail.com or 717-376-9460)

NURSERY SCHEDULE

**NO nursery schedule for summer months;

nursery will still be provided**

Sept. 9th Kristie Hilbert & Lindsey Welch

Sept. 16th Jill Barr & Kim Weidman

Sept. 23rd Kaitlyn Day & Steph Bossler

Sept. 30th Joanne Krall & Erin Frantz

Oct. 7th Janet Light & Amy Cannistraci

Oct. 14th Cindy Klingler & Joy Weidman

Oct. 21st Bruce & June Barry

Oct 28th Brian & Kim Weidman

Mt. Gretna Bible Festival 2019

Worship Services: Fridays at 7:00 pm in June,

Sundays at 10:00 am in July and August

July 7th—Piercing Word

July 14th—Men in Harmony

July 21st—Ron Susek

July 28th—Massed Choir

July 31st—Brothers in Grace

August 3rd—Handbell Festival

August 7th—The Hymns of Charles Wesley

August 11th—Pastor David Kieffer

August 18th—Susquehanna Chorale

August 25th—QuintEssentially Bass

**All programs begin at 7:00 pm in the Historic Tabernacle (3rd

St. & Glossbrenner Ave., GPS Address: 41 Boulevard St.

Mt. Gretna, PA 17064)

JULY PRAISE SERVICE

“Old Time Religion”

July 14th, 6:30 pm

Special Guest: Dave Barry

July 2019

Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.

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Camera Club

(SH)

6:00 pm

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11 12 13

Worship

9:30 am

Church

Council

7:00 pm

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18 19 20

Worship

9:30 am

Praise Service

6:30 pm

21 22 23 24

25 26 27

Worship

9:30 am

28 29 30 31

Choir Practice

7:00 pm

Choir Practice

7:00 pm

Worship

9:30 am

SH-Social Hall

CR-

Conference

Room

ST. STEPHEN’S CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH

1100 Hunters Chase Lane

Lebanon PA 17046

717-273-3912

Email: ststephcfc@comcast.net

Website:

www.saintstephenscfc.org

July 2019

Special thanks goes out to

everyone who helped with

VBS! Also, the children

raised $122.25 in nightly

offering for the Capital

Area Therapeutic Riding

Association!