December 2019

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Pastor’s Column Let’s talk about the kindness and severity of God, on the one hand, and the greatness and fallenness of man on the other hand. As you can see, we’re looking at both of ends of the spectrum in a couple of ways: God and man are at opposite

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December 29, 2019

WITHIN THE FELLOWSHIP: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Michael Nowling 2nd; Joy Amstutz, Cathy Connor, Chelsea McDonald 3rd; Jack Heebner 4th; Darlene Leidy, Marie Miller 5th; Dave Doran 8th. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Jerard and Pam Gordon 6th. THE SERMON TITLE this morning is Done. Christmas is over. It is done. It cannot be undone.

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The Making of a Civilized Society

My wife, Pat, posed an interesting question to me a couple of weeks ago: What distinguishes a civilized society from a barbarian society? The question was prompted as she read a book about Michael Rockefeller, the 23-year-old son of Nelson Rockefeller, who disappeared off the coast of Dutch New Guinea

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December 22, 2019

WITHIN THE FELLOWSHIP: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Debbie Bandura, Patricia Martindell 27th; Sue Lindner 28th; Karen Brunner, Carol Curcio, Joyce Derstine,  Carol Godshall 29th; James Mylin, Yvonne Shoemaker 30th; Karen Parry 31st; Nicole Peck, January 1st. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! John and Elaine Greene, Ken and Nicole Peck 27th; Jeff and Lori Maxwell 28th;

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December 15, 2019

WITHIN THE FELLOWSHIP: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Vanessa Martindell, Peg Mower 20th; Sylvia Mahoney, Alyvia Shelton, Genie Smedberg 21st; Alison Grater, Lori Maxwell 22nd; Steve Bandura, Ally Hager, Millie Hughes, Isaac Inyang 24th; Nicole Moyer 25th. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Ken and Wanda Ritter 19th; Harold and Sylvia Holloway 20th. THE SERMON TITLE this

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December 8, 2019

WITHIN THE FELLOWSHIP: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Riley Peck, Brent Talbot, Sr. 6th; Karlee Fretz, Cheryl Hall, Mary Beth Musselman, Jeff Schatz, Tracy Shelton 7th; Nelda Metzler, Francis Weiss 8th; Matt Connor, Denise Kulp, Karen Mirabela, Steve Myers, David Reich 9th; Derek Freed, Stephen Tyson 10th; Connie Smith 11th. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Mark

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Hour of His Return

The Hour of His Return

Editors Note: This column was originally published in January of 2011.  Since that time, Cliff Lee retired from baseball, Harold Camping passed away, and May 21, 2011 came and went like any other day.  While some of the particulars in this piece are dated, the overarching message about the Second

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