Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 (2 Kings 7)

8:00 AM Ladies’ Prayer NO Retirees’ Lunch

2 (2 Kings 8) 10:00 AM DVPF 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Gloucester City Day

3 (2 Kings 9) 11:00 AM Communion, Puerto Rico Sunday, Special Missions Offering

4 (2 Kings 10) 7:00 PM Ladies’ Crafts at Laura’s

5 (2 Kings 11) 9:00 AM Men’s Bible Study (Roland) Making Sandwiches for SHAN

6 (2 Kings 12) 6:30 PM Embrace

Grace Shower

7 (2 Kings 13) 7:00 PM Grief Share

8 (2 Kings 14) 8:00 AM Ladies’ Prayer

9 (2 Kings 15)

10 (2 Kings 16) Luncheon to Honor Our Graduates Graduation Sunday

11 (2 Kings 17) 12 (2 Kings 18) 10:00 AM Staff Mtg.

13 (2 Kings 19) 14 (2 Kings 20) 7:00 PM Grief Share GHS Baccalaureate

15 (2 Kings 21) 8:00 AM Ladies’ Prayer GHS Graduation

16 (2 Kings 22)

17 (2 Kings 23) 11:00 AM Baby Dedication

18 (2 Kings 24) 19 (2 Kings 25) 9:00 AM Men’s Bible Study (Arvin)

20 (Philippians 1) 21 (Philippians 2) 1:00 PM Ministerium Meeting Here 7:00 PM Grief Share

Summer Begins

22 (Philippians 3) 8:00 AM Ladies’ Prayer 2:00-5:00 PM Youth Pool Party

23 (Philippians 4) Music Festival at Proprietor's Park

Team to Leave for PR Missions Trip

24 (1 Chronicles 1) 11:00 AM Pastor Deb Speaking Youth/Prayer Partner Lunch

25 (1 Chronicles 2) 26 (1 Chronicles 3) 10:00 AM Staff Mtg.

27 (1 Chronicles 4) 28 (1 Chronicles 5) 7:00 PM Grief Share

29 (1 Chronicles 6) 8:00 AM Ladies’ Prayer

30 (1 Chronicles 7)

June 2018

*Regular Sunday Schedule: 9:30 AM Sunday School for All Ages 11:00 AM Morning Worship (Including Kids’ Church) 3:30-5:00 PM Youth

Church Phone No.: (856)456-3364 Church Fax No.: (856)456-3812

District Website: www.chogeast.org National Website: www.chog.org

Pastor Bill e-mail: revwddilksjr@juno.com Pastor Deb e-mail: debconner824@gmail.com Office e-mail: highlandparkcog@yahoo.com Web Site: www.highlandparkcog.org

Highland Park Church of God A New Life Fellowship

“Connected in Christ, Serving in Spirit, Growing in New Life Together”

***********************************************Missions Trip to Puerto Rico***********************************************

Rev. Debra Conner’s Ordination Day! April 28, 2018

May God bless

Pastor Deb and her ministry.

We love

you!

Our church family recognizes God’s call to ministry on Pastor Deb’s life.

And, we celebrate!

Today, we dedicate this child . . .

Gloucester City Day Celebrations Saturday, June 2

The Highland Park Church of God is teaming up with the

Epiphany Church of Gloucester City to make this day successful and to share the love of Christ with our neighbors.

Your help is needed! We are looking for help with set-up, pretzel sales (to benefit our youth trip to IYC), a VBS table and craft, a remote control car race as well as with clean-up. If you can help in any way, please contact the church office

and sign the sheet in the Narthex!

Dear Church Family and Friends, When I watched my first episode of Star Trek on television, I

was hooked. My favorite class in high school English was an

elective class where we read science fiction novels like The

Martian Chronicles. I have always been fascinated by the new discoveries that space

exploration might bring to our world. In one of the Star Trek movies, The

Undiscovered Country, the possibility of the United Federation of Planets and the

Klingon Empire working cooperatively to explore the galaxy was the theme. Many

opposing and evil forces within both groups worked to undermine the effort, but in the

end the two groups aligned together for their mutual benefit. This new reality was the

undiscovered country – breaking new ground together. As I watch the Epiphany

Church grow and expand in its ministries in Gloucester City, I thought back to the

founders of the Church of God in Gloucester City – breaking new ground for the

Kingdom of God. It is important that we continue in that same hunger or zeal to move

into the new and undiscovered future. That motivation must continue to drive our

congregation’s ministry and missional efforts in the community and around the world

as well. As we enter the summer, I ask you to enter into a season of prayer that the

Lord will show our congregation and its leadership those “undiscovered” opportunities

to reach out beyond our walls to share the love of the Lord Jesus Christ in meaningful

and transforming ways. I really delight in the enthusiasm and joy that I see on Pastor

Joe Marlin’s face when new ground is broken for the Kingdom of God in our

community by his congregation. Let us pray together that Jesus will show us new

opportunities for our congregation as well.

Interceding,

Pastor Bill

Chapter-a-Day Bible 4-Year Bible Reading Program ~ June 2018

2 Kings 7-25

Philippians 1-4 1 Chronicles 1-7

July 1-6: IYC Indy! July 9-13—VBS July 17, 24, 31— Community Rocks Kids’ Camp at Our Church July 21—CHOG East Unity Picnic at Camp at Cannon Hill

A New Way to Give

TITHE.LY

Download the app from your app store or click the “Give” button on the church website!

(www.highlandparkcog.org)

It is really simple. Just use your smart phone to download the app and set up your giving through that. If you wish to give using your computer, just go to our church website and click the “Give” button on the top right. This will take you to Tithe.ly where you can set up your account.

When making your gift, please indicate any additional information or the breakdown of your gift in the memo line. You will receive an e-mail confirmation for your gift. As with any credit card or e-transaction, there are transaction fees involved. There is a 30 cent per transaction charge plus a percentage fee that the church will pay. Bank account transactions are assessed a 1% fee, and credit/debit cards are assessed a 2.9% fee. (American Express, 3.5% fee.) These fees are paid by the church unless you click to indicate you would like to cover them. Whatever you decide, you will be credited for the full amount of your gift. If you need assistance, please contact the church office!

Sunday, June 17

Grief Share Thursdays 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Thru July 5

Have you lost a loved one, a close friend, or a child? Do you need support in dealing with the loss of someone you love? Losing someone special, a family member or a close friend, can be difficult. The support of others on a similar journey can bring comfort, nurture, healing. We invite you to a 13-week journey called “Grief Share.” The group is meeting in the fellowship hall Thursday evenings at 7:00 PM. It began on April 5, but you are always welcome to jump in at any time. There is no cost to participate. Each week your GriefShare group will watch a video seminar featuring top experts on grief and recovery subjects. After viewing the video, group members will spend time, discussing what was presented in that week’s video seminar and what is going on in our lives. During the week you will have the opportunity to use your workbook for further personal study of the grieving process and to help sort out your emotions through journaling. GriefShare is a nationally recognized program. More information about this program can be found at their website (www.griefshare.org). Please contact Pastor Deb or Don Conner if you are interested in participating. You are cared about and you are loved. We would like to help you through this difficult time.

Wednesday, June 6 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall

As another session of Embrace Grace comes to a close, we would like to celebrate with a young mother who chose love. There will be a shower on Wednesday, June 6, at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall. If you can help by making a pan of ziti, making a salad, bringing rolls or beverages, please sign the sheet in the Narthex. Please also sign the sheet if you plan to attend. We are blessed to have a part-nership in this ministry with the ladies of St. Mary’s church. Thanks to those la-dies, all gifts have been purchased!! Join together and celebrate this new little one!

Mark your calendars! Vacation Bible

School July 9-13

Be on the lookout for

more information!

Graduation Sunday June 10

Celebration luncheon to follow morning worship. We ask that you please bring a dish to share.

Please sign the sheet in the Narthex if you would be

able to help with a specific food item. Thanks!

June 2018 Sermon Topics

June 3:

“The Undiscovered Country (Eph. 2:11-22)

June 10:

“Overflowing with the Fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:14-21)

June 17:

“Putting on Our ‘New Self’” (Ephesians 4:20-5:2)

June 24:

Pastor Debra Conner Speaking

Making Sandwiches for She Has a Name Ministries

Tuesday, June 5

There are lots of exciting things happening at the church and around the world this summer. Please take time to read your newsletter and

your calendar, and keep these things in prayer.

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. John 5:16b

Coming Soon….

FAITH FACTORY! Beginning Sunday, July 15, 2018

In our effort to grow our outreach to children and families, we are designing a new educational program for our children. What has for years been our children’s Sunday School program at 9:30 a.m. will move to “Faith Factory” and will take place during the Sunday morning worship service much like the current Super Church program. Faith Factory will be a time of worship and teaching to build children’s faith in a God who sees them, knows them, loves them and has a good plan for them. The adult Sunday School class has been our biggest class and we are NOT changing that. The adult class will continue to “build their faith” Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. (There will be supervision available for children who come with adults attending class at 9:30.) The junior high and senior high youth will be in service and will receive their “faith building” through a small group Bible study under the youth ministry program. The Sunday morning schedule will be as follows: 9:30 a.m. – Adult class meets in fellowship hall. 11:00 a.m. – Worship for all ages begins. Nursery available for children infant – 4 years old. 11:15 a.m. – Children K – 6th grades will be dismissed to the FAITH FACTORY! 3:00-5:00 – Youth Bible Study / Youth Fellowship A great deal of prayer and planning has gone into making this change. Our hope is that this schedule will make it easier for families to come out on Sunday mornings and worship and learn together. We are looking for leaders, assistants and help with skits from those of you with gifts in acting! If you are interested in participating in this exciting new endeavor, please talk to Pastor Deb TODAY!!!

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Why are we giving to Puerto Rico again? The devastation of the hurricanes through Puerto Rico is still felt today. With a mass

exodus from Puerto Rico churches have closed, businesses have shut down and the

ability to rebuild has been stalled. Without properly securing structures and rebuilding

sustainability facilities, more loss will be incurred in the 2018 hurricane season. Our

brothers and sisters need our help!

What’s needed? - Work Teams (or individuals)

- Funds for Rebuilding Projects

- Home Depot Gift Cards

- PRAYER, PRAYER, PRAYER

Where do we give? Through your local church! The rally date for collection is June 3rd (June 1st is the start

of hurricane season)! Checks can be made payable to the Highland Park Church of God (PR Trip in memo) and placed in the offering plate. Special envelopes will be in your bulletins on May 27 and June 3rd.

Who do we contact? See Don Conner for details. This missions trip will be June 23 through June 30.

IYC 2018

Thank you CHURCH for making this trip possible for us! We are very close

to being fully funded and on our way! We appreciate your generosity and

sacrificial giving to make a way for our students to experience the

Church of God International Youth Convention.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR US!! Please pray for our youth: Julie &

Richie Barton, Trinity Booth, Dalton Graham, Will Horton, Barbara Kutz, Nick

Nuciforo, and Destiny Wilkerson. Pray for their leaders, the conference

leaders, worship leaders, speakers, event coordinators…. We want God to

use this time to work in a powerful way to bring about LIFE CHANGE. Following is our schedule to help you

target those prayers! THANK YOU!!

Sunday, July 1, 2018:

7:30 a.m. – Meet at church, travel to Anderson, IN, youth staying at the University

Monday, July 2, 2018

University tour

Travel to Indianapolis

Register/Settle In

Convention Begins! First Worship Service at 7:00 p.m. (On Track with Faith: Speaker Samuel

Rodriquez, worship leader: Zealand)

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Student Conferences in the Morning

IMPACT Indianapolis (Youth will be serving at Gleaners Food Bank, assisting shoppers, handing out food

and stocking shelves.)

8pm - Worship (On Track with Purity: Speaker Tim Ross, Worship Leader Iron Bell Music)

Wednesday, July 4

11 am – Worship (On Track: Joy: Speaker Nick Vujicic, Worship Leader David Crowder)

2:30 Emerging Leaders Gathering

4:30 – Concert

8:00 – Worship followed by Silent Walk & Communion (Jim Lyon & David Crowder)

Thursday, July 5

10:00am - Worship (On Track with Focus—Speaker: Danielle Strickland, Worship LeaderDavid Crowder)

NOON – Launched out to be on mission!

Friday, July 6

9:00 a.m. – Start trip back home!

9:00 p.m. – Approx. pick up time at the church.

Unity Picnic

Church of God in the East

July 21, 2018

10am-4pm

Camp at Cannon Hill Lunch 11am-1pm

Worship 2pm

But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever,

the purposes of His heart through all generations.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD. . . Psalm 33:11-12

If your church has a worship team,

choir or drama team that is

interested in participating in the

worship service or you are willing

to bring a dessert, please contact

Cindy Kumpel by July 9th.

Suggested donations:

$10 adults $5 kids under 10

Meal includes: baked chicken,

herb-red roasted potatoes, green

bean almandine and more.

R.S.VP by July 9th to Cindy Kumpel,

856-939-4797 or ckumpel@aol.com

This year at Vacation Bible School, we will be learning about Jesus from eternity past to eternity future. All time travelers age 4 years thru those leaving 6th grade are invited! The time will be from 6:00 PM until 8:30 PM with games, snacks, singing, crafts and much, much more. Please plan to bring your children and any other children that you feel might enjoy this experience. Rewards will be given to those who bring friends! Completed registrations can be given to Vicki Kumpel, left in Sandy's office door, or mailed to the address below. Come join us as we learn of Jesus’ love during this summer adventure.

PLEASE SIGN UP EARLY IF POSSIBLE!

NAME________________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH______________________ ADDRESS_________________________________________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER (____)____________ M F GRADE COMPLETED___________ CELL NUMBER (____)____________ ADDITIONAL CELL NUMBER ( )_________________ IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, PLEASE CALL _______________________________, AT (____)_____________________________. PLEASE LIST ANY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CARE FOR YOUR CHILD, HEALTH ISSUES OR ANY ALLERGIES: _______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ I understand that photographs/videos may be taken during VBS and images/photographic likenesses/video clips may appear in media publications produced by the Highland Park Church of God. By registering my child/children for VBS, I hereby give permission that photos/videos containing his/her image/likeness may be used for publicity or general information purposes, including publication on the church web site or within other publicity which may be seen by the general public. The Highland Park Church of God will not seek any further permission nor provide any notification before using such media and efforts will be made to protect private information of all children.

Signature of Parent/Guardian:____________________________________________ You may send registrations to: Highland Park Church of God 111 Baynes Avenue, Gloucester City, NJ 08030 or email to highlandparkcog@yahoo.com

VBS 2018 ~ July 9-13