July 2008

WE DON’T TAKE A HOLIDAY-

WE’LL BE HERE ALL SUMMER

Sunday Mornings

St. Paul’s 9a.m., 5918 Conover Road, Harney, MD

Mt. Joy 10:30a.m., 2615 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, PA

KIDS – CHECK page 6 INSIDE FOR SOMETHING FUN & NEW!!

FUNERAL

Shirley Clingan went to be with her Lord on Wed June 11, 2008. Her funeral was from Littles' Funeral home on Mon. June 16, with interment in Mountain View Cemetery. Our prayers and compassion go out for the Clingan Family.

CONGRATULATIONS

Danielle Megan Rebert graduated from Gettysburg High School on June 10, 2008. Megan, daughter of Jim and Sue Rebert, will attend Kutztown University, with a 5-year MBA Major in International Business.

THANK YOU

I would like to thank everyone for remembering me with visits, cards, telephone calls, and food dishes. It means so much to have someone doing so much when we are not able, or not at home.

Mary Jane Waybright

WELLNESS WORKSHOP

“Exploring Cellulitis – Causes and Prevention” Tuesday, July 1 at 2:00p.m. Gettysburg Lutheran Retirement Village Fellowship Room, 1075 Old Harrisburg Road, Gettysburg, PA. 17325. If you’re a senior or someone with a weakened immune system and find you have a swollen, red area of skin that feels hot and tender, you may have cellulitis. For more information on this Workshop, call Jan Keefer, Community Life Specialist, 717-334-6204.

RECYCLING BATTERIES

Staples is now accepting all types of batteries, including alkaline (those that are not rechargeable), for recycling.  Gettysburg and Hanover Staples are participating.  You may drop off batteries at the front service desk.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

WISDOM for TODAY

No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.

- Dale E. Turner

The thing about life that so many persons do not suspect is that it gives us something only if we are always giving something of ourselves first.

- Eugene Kennedy, Free To Be Human

~ YOU are Invited ~

Shared Ministry Picnic

Jerusalem Lutheran Church

Bachman Valley Road, Westminster, MD

July 27 – 4:00 p.m.

Bluegrass/Gospel Music by the IRON BRIDGE BOYS

Shared Ministry of the Westminster Conference, DE/MD Synod, ELCA

July 22-26, 2009

Sunday June 29 following Mt. Joy worship is the First Meeting for Parents and Youth to plan for this incredible event – so that our youth may engage this amazing opportunity to join 36,000 young people from across the USA in July 2009. We need to be prepared as registration begins in September 2008. COME AND SEE!

Drivers Needed for MJSP Social Ministry

MJSP Social Ministry Committee strives to fill needs within our parish and community. Are you able to help us fill THIS need?

Are you available to drive others to doctor or other appointments, such as chemotherapy, radiation and visiting family members in hospitals, etc.? If so, you may help us fill a sporadic need. Please call the church office (717-334-8585) with the following information: Name, phone #,

Days of week, time of day you are available. We will add your name to the list. Thank you for your willingness to serve.

Bibles to be in Mt. Joy Pew Racks

At Mt. Joy’s June Council meeting there was a unanimous vote to place copies of the Holy Scriptures in pew racks in response to the ELCA’s Book of Faith Initiative. Lee Ramsburg has graciously offered to fund the project: 96 pew Bibles and a Large Print Lectern Bible will be in place before Fall. Our traditional Sunday scripture readings follow the NRSV translation, which will also be in our pews. Following is background for the use of this translation.

The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Few Bible translations achieve the degree of respect and acceptance enjoyed by the Revised Standard Version over the past half century. The publication of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible in 1990 marked the latest stage in the development of an authoritative English language text, a process that started in England with the translation commonly known as the Authorized or King James Version of 1611. The ongoing task of translation had already resulted in the Revised Standard Version of 1952.

The RSV rapidly found favor throughout the English-speaking world, and in the United Kingdom the translation was quickly adopted by churches, theological colleges, and university faculties as their standard version. In all these places, the RSV was recognized as being authoritative and accurate, impartial in its scholarship, and well-suited to the needs of the Christian community of that period.

Now, with all the Bible's literal accuracy and dignity preserved, the NRSV has taken RSV’s place. Dramatic archeological discoveries shed new light on our understanding of ancient languages while, no less dramatically, our own use of language changes, too. The most broadly representative translation team yet assembled worked with these changes to bring us the NRSV -- a translation as literal as possible. Key changes include: - Replacement of archaic words; - Revision of English words that have changed in meaning; - Correction of confusing word order; use of common-gender words where intended; Improvement in the sound and clarity of text when read aloud. Accurate, understandable, and reverent. A new standard for all -- the NRSV. (cont’d on Page 8)

Our Pew Bibles will include the following: Complete text including subject headings. Printed on high quality Bible paper. Durable hardcover binding includes foilstamping. Red Hardcover. White page edging. Published by Zondervan Publishing House

The ELCA’s BOOK OF FAITH INITIATIVE

Open Scripture. Join the Conversation.

What is the Book of Faith?

The Book of Faith is an initiative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Book of Faith initiative invites the whole church to become more fluent in the first language of faith, the language of Scripture, in order that we might live into our calling as a people renewed, enlivened, and empowered by the Word.

The Bible is a book of faith

The Bible is the written Word of God that creates and nurtures faith through the work of the Holy Spirit and points us to Christ, the incarnate Word and center of our faith. The Bible invites us into a relationship with God, making demands on our lives and promising us life in Christ. The Bible tells the stories of people living their faith over the centuries and, through its demands and promises, forms us as a people of faith.

The language of Scripture is our first language of faith

The Bible teaches us about God, about the world, and about ourselves. We become renewed, enlivened, and empowered as the language of Scripture forms our hearts, our minds, our community conversation, and our commitments.

We have a calling as the people of God

Part of our calling is to know, hear, share, and be rooted in Scripture. We are renewed, enlivened, and empowered by the Word

As we live into our calling as people who are formed by Scripture, we become renewed in our faith, enlivened through the Spirit, and empowered through the cross of Christ to serve God and neighbor.

The first year of the Book of Faith initiative centers on inviting everyone to join the conversation, to make a commitment, and to become part of the initiative.

Mt. Joy May 15, 2008 Council

Attending: Pastor Faye, Bonnie Brown, Pat Johnson, Fred Kehne, Rodney Wolf, Michele Weikert, Kathryn Weikert, and Judy Miller. Travis Dutterer absent due to family illness.

Cemetery Association: In the Rules and Bylaws governing the Mt. Joy Cemetery letter (H) to show that the ‘grounds will be maintained by the cemetery association. (H) plants remaining after a holiday will be removed by the caretaker. Concerning planting – “no planting in the cemetery unless approved by the cemetery assoc.”.

Property: Cabinets Back Sunday School Room. L.Bowers took measurements

Roof replacement to begin in August

Paving to begin in September

Youth: Gathering in New Orleans July, 2009. 36000 youth allowed. Approx. $300 registration plus transportation. High school students and those just graduated can participate. 1 adult/5 youth. 7/22 thru 7/26/09

First Aid Stations: Hospital donated 3 blankets.

Chicken dinner w/basket auction Nov. 1. Baskets to be ‘filled.’

Next meeting June 11, 2008, at 7:00 PM

July meeting July 17, 2008 at 7:00 PM

St. Paul’s May 21, 2008 Council

Attending: Shirley Staley, Glenn Fream, Pastor Faye, Kristina Rodgers, Bonnie Little, Walt Dayett, Evelyn Parrish, Mike Hohenstein, and Guy Kump

Property: Wall & window behind pulpit, roof – has been completed and paid, total $2,310.00. Contractor reported stone work on base of church needs repaired in spots. New spouting in the back of the church was installed as part of the $2, 310.00. A new drain line for the spouting in the back of the church is needed and will be installed by council members in the future. Also checking to see if anything can be done with the back wall in basement of church where it is blistering.

8 foot fiberglass ladder will be purchased for church use.

Constitution Re-writing –Shirley Staley is working on final draft.

Congregational Meeting – June 1 to revisit the paving of the driveway of Mountain View Cemetery.

Next Meeting Date – Wednesday, June 18, 2008 7:00 pm

July Meeting Date – Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:00 pm