Moving the clocks forward
Good morning Church,
Just a reminder that the clocks move forward one hour this Saturday night before you go to bed. I would not want anyone to miss church because of a time change. Look forward……to a great service.
Pastor Tony
Community Day Requests
Hello everyone! I want to thank you once again for your commitment to the community surrounding our church. You are God’s hands and feet!
I come before you again to ask you to continue our ministry of outreach. On March 31st we will be hosting the second annual community day at the church from 11am until 1pm. During this time we will have egg hunts, games, crafts, food and more. Alas, I am one person and I would need to become Ocho the Octopus (our VBS mascot) if I were to do this on my own. I need your help.
Areas of need include games, food, crafts, set-up and tear down. If you are able to give any of your time on the 31st or the 30th please let me know. There is a sign-up sheet at church for you to express your preferred area of service.
Also, I am looking for donations. We do have some hot dogs frozen, but we will be looking for about 2 dozen more. Also we will need hot dog buns, ketchup, mustard, 2 cases of water, 2 cases of soda, and snack packs of chips. I also have a sign up sheet for these items.
Lastly, the Easter egg hunt. We do have more than 2,000 eggs that I would like to fill. I need your help. These eggs get filled with small, individually wrapped candies. I will have a donations container set out for any candy that would be donated. If you are interested instead of getting a bag of eggs to fill, please let me know. I have them counted out in sets of 150 that I can easily give to you to purchase candy and fill.
I want to say thank you once more. You are an amazing body of people who are doing what God has called us to do. I pray that we continue to live out His great commission.
In His Service,
Jess Nordai
2nd Annual Community Day
Rosedale will be hosting its SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNITY DAY on March 31, 2012 from 11:00am until 1:00pm.
We will have an Easter egg hunt (2000+ eggs) starting at 11:15 with staggered starts for the ages groups. Children will be split into the following groups
- 0 – 2
- 3 – 6
- 7 and over
There will also be food, crafts, games and more! Please join us for this opportunity for springtime fun. We look forward to seeing you and your children there! If you have any questions feel free to contact the church office at 717/939-3740.
The rain date for Community Day is April 7th.
Progressive Dinner
It was just said the other week, “It’s been awhile since we’ve had a progressive dinner.”
That time is here again. There is a progressive dinner scheduled for March 17th from 4:00pm – 9:00pm. This was a fantastic time of friends, fellowship and food last year. I know this year will be the same!
At this time, I am looking for hosts/hostesses who are willing to open their home and share their favorite course with their church family. If you are interested in opening your home for this adults time of fellowship or if you would like to attend, please contact Jess Nordai.
I hope to see everyone there!
Announcing the New Worship Media Ministry Team!
Rosedale’s Video Projection System is on the way!
…but wait– there’s more!
While the Video Projection System promises to give Rosedale many exciting new ways to minister, the System itself brings several new ministry opportunities to Rosedale as well! These new ministry impacts are such that we’re reorganizing how we do both video and audio tasks! Yes, together they make up the new Worship Media Ministry!
The following are Worship Media Ministry areas that will need addressed as we move into this new chapter in our Church’s life. Interested in several areas? No problem! Only able to help every other week? No problem! We’ll work together to find the participation level that’s right for you.
Design
- Critcal Need: Creating video presentations for worship songs.
- Critcal Need: Creating weekly video “announcement loops” for display before Sunday services (would include birthdays and anniversaries).
- Critcal Need: Creating themed video presentations for holidays and special services.
- Creating video Scipture and Responsive Reading ‘”slides” as needed by service requirements.
- Creating graphics, logos, or other copy as needed.
- Develop new ways to use media within worship services., within the Church building, and for events.
- Develop new ways to use media on Rosedale’s website.
Operations
- Critcal Need: Running video presentation software and related video equipment during Sunday Morning Worship and other activities.
- Running sound board and related audio equipment during Sunday Morning Worship and other activities.
- Photography of people, Church building, and events.
- Videography and interview of people and events.
- Administration of Rosedale’s website’s media content: video, pictures, and sound.
Now don’t fool yourself into thinking you have to be an artist, graphic designer, or computer tech to help in these areas (though those things certainly won’t hurt)! The Media Ministry Team will work together to best utilize our God-given gifts for His glory in creative and technical ways! If you feel God has given you a gift related to anything creative or technical in a presentation environment, then the Worship Media Ministry Team just may be for you! See Josh for details or to sign up!
Youth Spaghetti Dinner February 11th
The youth will be sponsoring a “All you care to eat” Spaghetti dinner at the church on February 11th from 6-8 pm. The donation for the dinner is $7 for adults and $5 for children. You may purchase tickets from any of our teens or pay at the door the night of the event. Please let Darlene or Marquis know if you are coming so they can properly plan for the event. Lets help support our teens as they plan to go to festival of life in Boston!
M & M Breakfast Jan. 21
Due to weather conditions we will NOT be having the men’s breakfast this morning(1/21/12). This will be moved back into February. If you have any questions please feel free to call me. I will update the M & M page later today with a small part of the devotion for today. Thank you all for your time and may God bless.
Ben
Operation Overboard Wish List
This year’s Vacation Bible School, Operation Overboard is scheduled for July 16 – 20. That is approximately 190 days away! I can hardly believe that VBS is so close. I’m gearing up for another great year of ministering to the children of our community.
I wish my excitement alone could make this program happen, but that is not the case. I need everyone’s help. I need people in all facets of VBS. Even if you cannot make it to the program each night, I can use you! I’ve attached a wish list of items for Operation Overboard.
This list includes items that are needed for decorating, crafts, recreation, the returning Pre-School program and the Bible story. Snack donations will be requested closer to VBS. If you are able to purchase or give a donation towards any of the items, it would be greatly appreciated.
I’ll update the list monthly so that everyone can see our progress. With the congregation’s help, this year’s Operation Overboard will be a huge S P L A S H!!!
Wanted
Divers who want to discover the Word of God with children!
Would you like to spend a whole week at Operation Overboard, July 16 – 20, teaching the ocean insights for being a follower of God? At Operation Overboard we will help children dare to go deep with God in their faith through drama, crafts, games, science activities, music and hours of fun!
Sign up for a Vacation Bible School leadership role and join us in the excitement at Operation Overboard: Dare to go Deep With God. Contact Jess Nordai to sign up or with any questions you may have.
Looking to 2012
Good morning church family,
I hope everyone is recovering from the busy Christmas season and the pain for some of going back to work. Every year we think about the new year with the hope that it will be better in some way than the previous one . Every year we promise ourselves that we will change what needs to be changed, make right what needs to be made right. Is this year going to be different for you? Are you really going to stop making bad choices? Are you really going to entrust your life to the only one that can change you from the inside out?
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he [she] is a new creation; the old is gone, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Just like a new year coming in, if we are in Christ, the old should be going out of our lives and the new creation that God is working on should be coming in. The only way that this new year will bear results of God working in our lives is when we know there needs to be change, we allow God to make that change. Change is not good if God is not in it. Change is not good if we know the change is not going to please God because in our haste, we make poor choices. 2012 is a brand new year, start it out by putting God first! I pray that each one of you find the new year to be all that God intended it to be for you and your family. Apostle Paul says it best- “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:9-11
Happy New Year !
Pastor Tony
