* POSTLUDE
MINISTERS ALL GOD’S CHILDREN
Interim Pastor Rev. Dr. Peter C. Bower
Organist/Choir Director Melissa Ray
Guitarist Brandon Ray
Church Address: 1668 State Route 56
PO Box 154, Spring Church, PA 15686
Church e-mail: http://boilingspringschurch@yahoo.com
Church Telephone: (724) 478 – 1523
Church website: www.bspchurch.com
Offerings of your gifts mailed to the post office address above OR online gifts via PayPal on our church website are gratefully appreciated . . . THANK YOU!!!
PRAYER CONCERNS: Please keep these people in your prayers: our sisters and brothers in Christ of the Matyazo Sub Parish in Rwanda, those touched by the Coronavirus; for healing of political divisions in our country; Lois Conn, Dorothy Huselton, Bernice Bittinger, LaRue Householder, Pat & Bob Musick, Carol Townsend, Karen Townsend, Doug Stewart, Joe Klonowski, Florence Benninger, Bob Felgar, Virginia Callen, Bill Sloan, Connie Davis, Josh Dunmire, and Bill North.
Contact the church secretary for any prayer requests you would like noted during our services.
http://boilingspringschurch@yahoo.com
PASTORAL EMERGENCIES: contact Peter Bower via e-mail at zpcbower@aol.com or (412) 621 - 0367.
Communicate with each other regarding:
* How everyone is surviving emotionally and spiritually?
* What needs are people experiencing?
* In what ways can our prayers for others lead to action for others?
* In what ways can we “shake hands” by touching hearts of neighbors near and far?
Please contact Dianna Sloan, moderator of the Deacons, regarding people about whom you are aware who could use a helping hand from the Deacons’ Fund.
EVERY SUNDAY – Deacons welcome contributions to our Food Basket . . . during the ongoing pandemic, the need is great!
TODAY, 31 October @ 12:15 pm - HALLOWEEN PARTY -- ALL (ages) welcome! Costumes are encouraged but not required! If you can donate candy for the treat bags, cookies or cakes for the cake walk, please contact Alicia Kavulic.
WEDNESDAY – Evening Prayer (Vespers) @ 6:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, November 7 – All Saints’ Sunday
9:45 a.m. – Children’s Sunday School AND
Adult Education Class Come join us!
11:00 a.m. – Corporate Worship
“When we break bread together at the Lord’s table,
we bring bread for others’ home table.”
As many of you know, the Deacons collect donations for our local food bank which are then delivered each month to the local distribution center (the Ford dealership in Apollo) on the 3rd Monday and the 3rd Wednesday whereupon they are made available to the local community.
One way to link our worship with our service is that we ask that each month when we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, you donate a different canned good, November 7 (next Sunday) with canned fruit. We (the deacons) shall post a notice in the church foyer to indicate what item we would like you to donate each month when we celebrate the Lord’s Supper. . . Thank You!
--Dianna Sloan, Moderator of the Deacons
NEXT WEEK’S REVISED COMMON LECTIONARY TEXTS:
Isiah 25:6-9 Psalm 24
Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44
In preparation for next Sunday, read the appointed biblical texts which are God’s gift to all the baptized. The text which will provide the basis for the sermon is boldfaced.
The more preparation we all can bring to Sunday morning, the more intentional can be our response: “Thanks be to God!
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UPDATE Regarding AUPC–BSPC: Conversations and Plans
At the most recent joint session meeting of Apollo U.P. and Boiling Springs Pres., it was decided to establish a 4-person leadership team (2 members from each congregation) to oversee ongoing conversations and planning.
The sessions plan to convene together soon to develop a mission statement that would serve the new united church (if it was established).
Regarding the location of a new, united church: understandably, everybody holds emotional ties to their church building, but now is the time to step back from “heart” attachments to a building and allow a more objective, reasoned (“head”) decision about the location of a united congregation / new church. To make an informed, rational decision, there first needs to be an objective assessment of the assets and liabilities of all real properties (buildings and grounds) of both current churches, including costs of operation, up-to-date maintenance records, anticipated repair or replacement needs, accessibility issues, home/building inspection reports, and lots more.
Of most importance is knowing what functions or activities are needed to fulfill the soon to be developed mission statement. The purposes and goals of a new, united church will re-direct the focus toward the future which then determines which building and grounds will best support the ministries and programs of the new, united church.
Brief reports by all of the task forces also were given: each group is at various stages of progress in their work. The goal is to blend the “final” reports of all the task forces into a “Plan of Union” to present to each church’s session for recommendation to their congregation for discussion and vote. NOTE: all joint conversations and joint planning can come to fruition in a new, united church ONLY if BOTH congregations vote to do so, and there is considerable amount of work still to complete before reaching that decision time.
Also, two (2) Christmas Eve Services (Friday, 24th of December) were scheduled for this year: an outdoor service in the BSPC pavilion at 5:30 p.m., and an indoor service at AUPC at 7:30 p.m.
