Church guide

We welcome Josh Fulmer & his wife Gloria to Hempfield Church of the Brethren as Josh accepted our call to Director of Youth Ministry on May 19, 2019! We look forward to seeing how Christ continues to lead us as we seek to follow Him.

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Please join our brothers and sisters from Friendship Community this Friday @6:45pm.

We will hold our Good Friday Breakfast at 6am tomorrow. Invite a friend and join us as we hear from Vivian Ziegler from Brethren Village. At 7pm tomorrow night, we will hold our Tenebrae Service. As we look to the redemptive work Christ has done on the cross, we will unite in this service of 'shadows'. We will meditate on the story of Christ's passion, extinguishing candles as we contemplate, and ultimately find the joy that is ours as we anticipate the victory of Sunday morning. Join us on Easter Sunday at 8am & 10:15am as we celebrate our Risen, Resurrected Savior, Jesus Christ as one body!

Please join us this Saturday at 10am!

Our sister Laura Meiser will bring the word today from Philippians 2:1-10 as we continue to follow and learn from the Servant King, Jesus. For our Global Prayer Sunday, we'll lift Syria in prayer (https://www.prayercast.com/syria.html). Jerry Barger and Doug Hinton will sing Ain't No Grave. Please join us at 8 or 10:15 as we pray, praise, and hear from our Lord Jesus Christ!

Today, Pastor Geoff will bring the message of The Servant King's Job as we continue to study, follow, and listen to Jesus, the Servant King. Please join us as we worship through prayer, Scripture, Special music & Irish melodies (10:15am) to lift the name that is above all names, Jesus Christ our Lord! “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope.” Isaiah 42:1-4

https://epmc.iflocal.com/?fbclid=IwAR2xtmv9RwIsH1yfbLojyD25NFjQ0qwyRLk9oz0JExW6CEtbeZru-YkxH3A For those interested in the IF gathering, check the link below from East Pete Mennonite.

Good morning! Please join us at 10:15 for Kevin Zurin's licensing service. Kevin will be giving the message today from Psalm 23: God's Blessing for Us. What a joy to celebrate with God's people as we are transformed by His Spirit! The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want...Psalm 23:1

Due to the weather conditions, Friendship Community's Expressions of Love and Praise Worship Service is cancelled tonight. Stay safe, stay warm, and find a way to bless someone near to you!

Please join us today at 8 or 10:15 as we look at the early church in Antioch and see how their example continues to impact us. February 3: Celebrate with us as District Executive Pete Kontra facilitates Kevin Zurin's licensing service @ 10:15. March 3: Our brothers and sisters from Friendship Community will lead us in worship @ 10:15. Join us as they bless us through word and song. Remember Pastor Geoff's sermon from last week? Take a look at the picture and hear the words of Abraham, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” ....Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns...Gen 22:8,13

Good morning my Jesus-following, neighbor-blessing, Bible-reading, prayer-lifting, peace-seeking, Spirit-filled brothers and sisters in Christ! It's 38 degrees outside and the big, bad storm that was to be blew on through! The roads are wet, the church is warming up, and we want to see you! So come on you body parts of Christ! Get up, get out, and let's get our praise on! The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. Isaiah 61:1a Be blessed today. If you're not feeling it, then be a blessing!

In the event of inclement weather, you can receive information about service cancellations in a variety of ways: 1. Via text if you have signed up with the church office for this service 2. On our church website at www.hempfieldcob.org 3. On the radio stations WJTL FM 90.3 and WDAC FM 94.5. We will try to post here as well to keep you informed if the predicted storm hits! Continue to pray for one another, read James 2:14-26 to prepare for Sunday, and find a way to bless one or two neighbors this weekend!

Please join us tomorrow as we look at Matthew 5:13-16: Jesus, the Light of the World, calling his followers to be the salt and light of the world! Services at 8am and 10:15am. Invite a friend, family member or coworker.

Tonight, 7pm at Hempfield Church of the Brethren: You're invited to join us tonight for Christmas Eve as we look to the Light and LIfe of all humanity coming into the world! There will be times to worship through praise songs, special music, hymns and choir songs, Scripture, children's time, a brief meditation by Pastor Doug and candle lighting service. Join family and friends, brothers and sisters, and invite another person to come and be together this Christmas Eve!

Yesterday, Pastor Geoff shared the Parable of the Lighthouse found below. Take some time to read through it again and remember to let your light shine this week...."let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16 The Parable of the Lighthouse On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur there was a once a crude little life-saving station. The building was just a hut, and there was only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea, and with no thought for themselves, they went out day or night tirelessly searching for the lost. Many lives were saved by this wonderful little station, so that it became famous. Some of those who were saved, and various others in the surrounding areas, wanted to become associated with the station and give of their time and money and effort for the support of its work. New boats were bought and new crews were trained. The little life-saving station grew. Some of the new members of the life-saving station were unhappy that the building was so crude and so poorly equipped. They felt that a more comfortable place should be provided as the first refuge of those saved from the sea. So they replaced the emergency cots with beds and put better furniture in an enlarged building. Now the life-saving station became a popular gathering place for its members, and they re-decorated it beautifully and furnished it as a sort of club. Less of the members were now interested in going to sea on life-saving missions, so they hired life boat crews to do this work. The mission of life-saving was still given lip-service but most were too busy or lacked the necessary commitment to take part in the life-saving activities personally. About this time a large ship was wrecked off the coast, and the hired crews brought in boat loads of cold, wet, and half-drowned people. They were dirty and sick, and some of them had black skin, and some spoke a strange language, and the beautiful new club was considerably messed up. So the property committee immediately had a shower house built outside the club where victims of shipwreck could be cleaned up before coming inside. At the next meeting, there was a split in the club membership. Most of the members wanted to stop the club's life-saving activities as being unpleasant and a hindrance to the normal life pattern of the club. But some members insisted that life-saving was their primary purpose and pointed out that they were still called a life-saving station. But they were finally voted down and told that if they wanted to save the life of all the various kinds of people who were shipwrecked in those waters, they could begin their own life-saving station down the coast. They did. As the years went by, the new station experienced the same changes that had occurred in the old. They evolved into a club and yet another life-saving station was founded. If you visit the seacoast today you will find a number of exclusive clubs along that shore. Shipwrecks are still frequent in those waters, only now most of the people drown. Author unknown

http://www.buchfuneral.com/obituaries/Brenda-S-Groff-Wright?obId=3824018#/celebrationWall Brenda Wright's Service of Remembrance & Celebration will be held this Saturday, December 1. Visitation will be from 1pm-2pm, with the service starting at 2pm.

Celebrating w/members: Connie Metzler is in the Spotlight for PA College for her schooling and work in the field of nursing and dementia. You can read her bio/profile here: https://www.pacollege.edu/pressroom/people-of-pa-college-onov-2018/?bblinkid=124057985&bbemailid=10492543&bbejrid=797497842

Encourage someone today! :-)

Getting ready for VBS!!