CHRIST’S REFORMED CHURCH Tidingscrcucc.org/pdfs/tidings/TidingsSummer 2019.pdf · 2019-05-30 · Tidings CHRIST’S REFORMED CHURCH - U C C Tidings Summer Edition June/July/August

Tidings C H R I S T ’ S R E F O R M E D C H U R C H - U C C

Tidings Summer Edition

June/July/August 2019

Volume 66, Issue 5

Dear Friends,

We have made progress in “paving the way” for your next

period of ministry, but there still is work to be done in order

to be well prepared for your next settled pastor. Here are a

few notes, reminders, and ideas for moving forward:

I. Boundaries. We still seem to be having problems with

boundary violations. Two events last month confirmed that

addressing this is an urgent matter. Your future vitality will be

impaired if these problems are not addressed, and this

interim period is the perfect time to do that.

I suggest that everyone re-read my past Tidings article

related to boundaries. Ask Karen for that article if you have

already recycled the last issue of Tidings. Reflect upon the

examples given, talk to each other about them, and ask me if you are not sure you understand. Another

thing you might want to request from the office is a list of examples of boundary violations that I recently

gave to the Consistory.

II. Conflicts. I have been surprised to learn, quite recently, that there is even more latent conflict,

bubbling under the surface, than I had originally thought. Respecting boundaries will go a long way

toward preventing future annoyances or resentments. To resolve existing problems, the Pastoral

Relations Committee will soon be trained in mediating disagreements. That committee will also soon

produce a chart that describes a conflict resolution process.

III. By-Laws. You recently completed a by-laws overhaul, and you did a great job. You have good by-

laws, but now that you have lived into them for a few years, some tweaking is in order. This is absolutely

the kind of thing that you should do before your next pastor arrives. Ask Karen for a list of proposed by-

laws changes that will make your systems run better and will discourage future conflicts. I suggest that

you discuss these now, so that you are ready to vote on them at the next annual meeting.

IV. A Second Interim. There is a possibility that my time with you might end before your next settled

pastor arrives. If that happens, then I urge you to call another interim minister. A period without a full-

time, trained pastor would be very damaging to Christ’s Reformed Church. The other UCC ministers in

Hagerstown agree with me. So does the Catoctin Association Committee

on Ministry. So does the Associate Conferences Minister.

I urge you to begin thinking about all these things. In the meantime, I will

continue the “paving the way” work that I have been doing since I arrived.

Toward that end, I have written five questions for reflection that appear

later in this issue of Tidings. There are no right-or-wrong answers; I invite

you to read them, pray over them, and talk about them with each other.

In the love of Christ,

Derrick

June 2 Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97;

John 17:20-26;

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

June 9 Acts 2:1-21; Genesis 11:1-9;

Psalm 104:24-35b; Romans 8:14-17;

Acts2:1-21; John 14:8-17, 25-27

June 16 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8;

Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15

June 23 1 Kings 19:1-15a; Psalm 42 & 43;

Isaiah 65:1-9; Psalm 22:19-28;

Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39

June 30 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14; Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20;

I Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16;

Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62

July 7 2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30;

Isaiah 66:10-14; Psalm 66:1-9;

Galatians 6:1-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

July 14 Amos 7:7-17; Psalm 82;

Deuteronomy 30:9-14; Psalm 25:1-10;

Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37

July 21 Amos 8:1-12; Psalm 52;

Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15;


July 28 Hosea 1:2-10; Psalm 85;

Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138;


August 4 Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9, 43;

Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14 & 2:18-23;

Psalm 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11;

Luke 12:13-21

August 11 Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23;

Genesis 15:1-6; Psalm 33:12-22;

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40

August 18 Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19;

Jeremiah 23:23-29; Psalm 82;

Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56

August 25 Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6;

Isaiah 58:9b-14; Psalm 103:1-8;

Hebrews 12:18-29; Luke 13:10-17

We invite all men

of Christ’s

Reformed to bring

a friend and join

us for breakfast.

8:30 am

Social Hall

Saturday, June 15th

Saturday, July 20th

Saturday, August 17th

Don’t forget to tell your father how much

you love and appreciate him!

Women’s Fellowship Circle

The Women’s Fellowship Circle will meet on

Saturday, June 1st at 8:30 am in the Social Hall. This

month our discussion will focus around the reading

found in the May/June issue of

the Upper Room on pages 40-41.

As always, please sign up in the

Parish House Kitchen so we

know to watch for you and

remember that we use the back door to the ATS

building. We will then be taking a break for the

summer months and resume in September.

Saturday, June 1st

8:30 am

ATS Social Hall (Back Door)

Weekly Lectionary

Readings

Page 2 Tidings

Inside this issue:

June/July/August Birthdays 4

June/July/August Anniversaries;

HARC Hike; Summer Office Hours

5

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!;

Graduate/Recognition Sunday

6

Questions for Reflection, Prayer & Discussion 7

June 2019 Calendar 8

July 2019 & August 2019 Calendar;

HersheyPark Tickets

9

2019 Graduates; Prayer Group;

Student Loans

10

For the Young and Young@Heart 11

7th Sunday of Easter /Graduate Sunday

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Scripture Text: Luke 24:44-53; Psalm 97;

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon Theme: The Ascension of Jesus

Pentecost Sunday with Communion


Scripture Text: Acts 2:1-21;

Psalm 104:24-35; John 14:13-17, 25-27

Sermon Theme: Relational Theology

and the Holy Spirit

Trinity Sunday


Scripture Text: Romans 5:1-5 & John 16:12-15

Sermon Theme: Relational Theology

and the Trinity

2nd Sunday after Pentecost


Scripture Text: Genesis 1 & 2; Psalm 8;

Romans 8:19

Sermon Theme: Eco-Theology

3rd Sunday after Pentecost


Scripture Text: Isaiah 65:1-9; Psalm 16;

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon Theme: Separation and the Pit of Sheol

4th Sunday after Pentecost

with Communion

Sunday, July 7, 2019

Scripture Text: Amos 5; Luke 10:1-11, 16;

Psalm 30

Sermon Theme: The Dust from Our Sandals



Scripture Text: Amos 7; Psalm 82; Luke 10:25-37

Sermon Theme: Who Is My Neighbor?



Scripture Text: Amos 8:1-12; Psalm 52;

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon Theme: Learning from

Strangers



Scripture Text: Luke 11:1-13; Psalm 85;

Matthew 6:9-13

Sermon Theme: The Lord’s Prayer

Page 3 Volume 66, Issue 5

July Birthdays Andrew Mazzocchi

Linda Strite

Cindy Murray

Kelly Spigler

Stephanie Seward

Linda Punt

Cora Bussard

Bradly Jennings

Tom Yeargan

Kathleen Lucas

Julie O’Connor

Linda Waring

Brian Duffey

Sam Barkdoll

Carolyn Fisher

Charles Linebaugh

Alexander Scholl

Vivian Harbaugh

Katie Mollo

Derek Eichelberger

Tracy McCauley

Nicholas Spigler

Spencer Martin

Kathy Sayler

Joyce Powell

Charles Roelke, Jr.

Diane Baird

Cheryl Henry

Earl Lowery

Lois Henry

Christine Lohr

Amanda Mills

PJ Everett

Ryan Flurie

Ella Andrews

Robert Corderman

Bryce Miller

Kim Winebrenner

Glendora Moul

Leda Baer

August Birthdays Cara Wagaman

Lilly Yeargan

Jacquelyn Bowers

Emily Seward

Delores Wise

Kaylor Hockman

John Bowers

Becky Sweeney

Shirley Day

Emily Everett

Bill Shank

John Smith

Andrea Fazenbaker

Doris Stanley

Tiffany Bloyer

Branda Yeargan

Kelly Bedard

Michael Davis

David Morris

Kelley Lutman

Linda Mason

Garrett McCauley

Doris Pittenger

Paxton Miller

Faith Mentzer

Todd Michael

Susan Henderson

Josh Miller

Richard Viands, Jr.

Page 4 Tidings

If you don’t see

your birthday or

anniversary

listed, the

church office

doesn’t know

about it. Please

call the office so

we can make a

record of it.

Thanks for

helping to keep

our files current.

June Birthdays Doris Saum

Jeffrey Crampton

John Spigler

Brandon Barkdoll

Brett Barkdoll

Londyn Bofenkamp

Ed Diehl

Nicholas Shirey

Jim Stout

Abigail Michael

Colin Everett

Dorothie Stout

JoAnn Viands

Mary Jane Shank

Jennifer Bofenkamp

Shannon Lang

Cynthia Doering

Amy Miller

Cassie Bedard

Bob Westley

Shirley Monnier

Judy Bowman

Debra Howard

Betty Martin

Karen Gearhart

Kim King

Daryl Barkdoll

Debra Eichelberger

June/July/August Birthdays We wish all a very happy birthday.

Volume 66, Issue 5 Page 5

June Anniversaries

Steve & Becky Lohr

Dave & Sophia Bedard

Lawrence & Mary Ann

Springer

Richard & Mary Jo

Manspeaker

Michael & Ranelle Flurie

Michael & Becky Sweeney

Mike & Joyce Flynn

Charles & Evelyn Roelke

John & Linda Strite

Jim & Dorothie Stout

July Anniversaries Dave & Debra Eichelberger

Alan & Deborah Gladhill

John & Paula Kessler

George & Lorraine Barkdoll

August Anniversaries Daryl & Sarah Barkdoll

Bill & Sandy Shank

Doug & Sherry Schweinhart

Don & Shirley Day

June/July/August Anniversaries We wish all a very happy anniversary.

Summer Office Hours

Special office hours for the summer

months will be from 9:00 am to 3:30

pm. These hours will start June 24th

and will return to the regular schedule

on August 23rd.

July Ministry Teams/

Consistory Meetings

There will be no formal meetings of Christ’s Reformed

Church ministry teams in July. There is also no scheduled

meeting for the Consistory in July. If any teams need to

meet during July, they may schedule their own individual

meeting. The next Ministry Teams Meetings will be on

Monday, August 5, 2019, at 7:00 pm in the Church School

Auditorium.

Staff Vacations

The following dates are the known

vacations/study leaves for the

following staff members.

Karen Stamper:

July 8-12

August 1-2

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September Tidings

Deadline

August 16, 2019

Our love and

sympathy to:

Recognition

Sunday

June 2nd

During the 11:00 am

Church School hour on

June 2nd, our recognition

event may include presentations by some

of our children, recognition of our faithful

teachers and an Ice Cream Social. This

will also be the last day of Church School

for the summer.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Graduate Sunday

June 2nd

We will have a day of

recognition for the accomplishments of our

young people. During the worship service, we

will recognize members who have graduated

from high school or college. Please see the

article on page 10 to see more about them and

their future plans.

Christ’s Reformed Church Phone No: 301-733-4144

Fax. No: 301-733-4145

Van Reservation Line: 301-739-1745

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.crcucc.org

TIMES

Morning Worship 9:30 am

Social Time 10:40 am

Church School 11:00 am

CHURCH STAFF

Rev. G. Derrick Hodge Interim Pastor

Moira O’Brien Director of Music

Cheryl Wilson Organist

Branda Yeargan Program Director

Margaret Bussard Custodian

Karen Stamper Office Manager

Our Church

Family,

Thank you so

much for all the

prayers, cards

and food that was

given to us during Mike’s recent

illness. We appreciate you all so

much especially the Shank/Kelley

Family.

~ The McCauley Family

Volume 66, Issue 5 Page 7

There are no right-or-wrong answers. Talk about these questions with each other.

1. Congregational Leadership. To what extent do we wish for the congregation

to be led by the faithful servants who have kept things going for this long and who

understand how things work, versus to what extent do we wish to open-up the

leadership of the congregation to newer folks who may not know how things are

done? If a group of leaders is dedicated, works hard for the congregation, and is

experienced, shouldn’t it remain in office and hold most of the authority?

2. Transparency versus Discretion in Communication. What sorts of

conversations and decisions should be shared with the entire congregation, verses

what should be discussed only by the consistory? And what should be shared with

the entire consistory, verses what should be discussed only among two or three

top leaders? Do we want broad participation in decision-making, or do we need to

be more discrete, so that we can make sure information is not shared too broadly?

3. Pastoral Leadership. What kind of relationship does the congregation want

with its pastor? What does it mean to be in covenant with him or her? To what

extent should the congregation trust the pastor and allow him or her to lead,

versus to what extent should the lay leadership monitor the work of the pastor and

provide regular oversight and correction? What should be the role of the Parish

Relations Committee?

4. Conflicts and Dissatisfaction. How should the lay leadership respond if one

or two people or families threaten to leave the church and take their money with

them, unless a certain policy is enacted or decision made? Since the congregation

does not want to lose a single member, how should the leadership respond?

5. Cumbersome Processes versus Efficiency. Should the congregation always

pay attention to lines of authority, follow the by-laws and processes of the

congregation, and respect everyone’s right to participate in decision-making, or

are there times in which it is more efficient to simply get things done, without

worrying about honoring boundaries or following cumbersome procedures?

Questions for Reflection, Prayer, and Discussion

Page 8 Tidings

June 2019

Activity locations are listed in the Sunday bulletin and on the

Parish House Kitchen bulletin board. If there are other questions,

please call the church office at 301-733-4144.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

8:30 am Women’s

Fellowship

2:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

2

7th Sunday of Easter/

Graduate Sunday

9:30 am Service

10:40 am Blood Pressure

Readings

11:00 am Church School

Closing Program/

Ice Cream Social

3

7:00 pm Ministry

Teams Meetings

4

6:30 pm Scouts

5

11:00 am Lectionary

Reflection Group

12:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

4:30 pm Choir

7:30 pm ITP

6

7

2:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

8

HARC Walk

2:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

9

Pentecost Sunday

with Communion

9:30 am Service

3:00 pm Ballroom Dance

10

7:00 pm Consistory

Meeting

11

9:00 am Parish Nurse

Health Council

6:00 pm Prayer Group

6:30 pm Scouts

12

11:00 am Lectionary

Reflection Group


Meeting

7:30 pm ITP

13

14

2:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

15

8:30 am Men’s

Fellowship

Breakfast

9:00 am UCC

Envisioning Event

2:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

16 Trinity Sunday/

Father’s Day

9:30 am Service

17

18

6:30 pm HCCA Board

Meeting

6:30 pm Scouts

19

11:00 am Lectionary

Reflection Group


Meeting

7:30 pm ITP

20

21

2:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

22

2:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

23 2nd Sunday after

Pentecost

9:30 am Service

30 3rd Sunday after

Pentecost

9:30 am Service

24

7:00 pm ATS Board

Meeting

25

6:00 pm Prayer Group

26

11:00 am Lectionary

Reflection Group


Meeting

2:00 pm Houses of

Worship Holiday

Tour Meeting

7:30 pm ITP

27

28

2:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

29

2:00 pm AA Serenity

Meeting

Page 9

Thursday, July 4 Office Closed

Friday, July 5-8 Youth Mission Trip

Sunday, July 7 4th Sunday after Pentecost

with Holy Communion

Tuesday, July 9 Prayer Group @ 6:00 pm


Saturday, July 20 Men’s Fellowship Breakfast


Tuesday, July 23 Prayer Group @ 6:00 pm


Weekly Regular Events:

Wednesdays @ 11:00 am Lectionary Group

Wednesdays @ 12:00 pm AA Meeting

Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm ITP Service

Fridays @ 2:00 pm AA Meeting

Saturdays @ 2:00 pm AA Meeting

Volume 66, Issue 5

Sunday, August 4 8th Sunday after Pentecost

with Holy Communion

Monday, August 5 Ministry Teams @ 7:00 pm

Tuesday, August 6 Prayer Group @ 6:00 pm


Monday, August 12 Consistory Meeting @ 7:00 pm

Friday, August 16 September Tidings Deadline

Saturday, August 17 Men’s Fellowship Breakfast


Tuesday, August 20 Prayer Group @ 6:00 pm


Sunday, September 1 12th Sunday after Pentecost

Monday, September 2 Office Closed

Tuesday, September 3 Parish Nurse Health Council

Prayer Group @ 6:00 pm

Office Closed

The church office will be closed

on Thursday, July 4th for the

observance of Independence Day.

July 2019 Calendar of Events August 2019 Calendar of Events

HersheyPark

Tickets

Tickets are available through

the office. They are $35 and can

be used for any date this

season. Our church family day

to visit the park will be Wednesday, June 19th. If

you have any questions, see Branda.

May This Be True of CRC

“The church I serve is a large congregation.

Ten years ago I challenged our members:

What if, when people think of our church, they

don’t first think of the size of our membership

but instead of the size of our heart and the way

that we serve the community? What if we were

known not for our average weekly worship

attendance but instead for the hours our

members volunteer to address the needs of

the city? And what if we were known not for

how well we love each other but instead for

how willing we are to welcome and love those

outside the walls of our church?”

~ Adam Hamilton

“Creed: Why Christians Believe and Why”

Abingdon Press 2016

An Evening Prayer Study

Everyone in the church family is

invited to the opportunity for a

bi-weekly time of prayer and

study Tuesday evenings at 6:00

pm in the Strunk Library. The focus will be on

praying for the people that God has put on our

hearts, with our prayers mixed in with some

scripture/devotional study at the same time.

Our time together is lay-led. The next one will

be June 12th at 6 pm in the Strunk Library.

Congratulations to our 2019 Graduates!

Brianna Michelle Kelley Williamsport High School

Brianna will graduate on June 7th and she will

further her education in the fall at HCC. She will be

attending HCC for early childhood education. She

is hoping to become a early childhood teacher or

work with special needs children.

Colin Patrick Everett Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Graduated Magna cum laude on May 10th with

a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science.

He was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant

in the Signal Corp detailed to the Infantry. He

will leave for Ft. Knox, KY on May 27th for 8

weeks and then report to Ft. Benning, GA for

training.

The Budget and Finance Ministry Team

awards Student Loans through the Maude

Alexander Matthews Student Loan Fund.

Members of CRC may pick up applications

from PJ Everett, Chair of the Budget and

Finance Team. If you have questions, PJ may

be reached at 301-667-3362. The deadline

for filing your application is June 30, 2018.

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