The Meetinghouse News october2017

The Meetinghouse News team is crippled. And if a key member of the October 2017 team is injured – or just doesn’t show up for the game – the whole team suffers. The teamWinter is an etching, spring a watercolor, fails to score.summer an oil painting and autumn amosaic of them all. A healthy church has a lot in common with a finely oiled sports team. Church shouldn’t ~Stanley Horowitz be just a spectator sport with a few players entertaining the crowd. Church – especially Church Is a Team Sport a small church – relies on each person actively doing what he or she does best. by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson Church is a team sport.Most sports teams have a star player. Get the Let me ask you: what’s your role in yourball to him and he’ll score. Get him up at bat congregation? What are you doing to movewith two men on base and he’ll hit them the ball forward? What have youhome. The sports commentators keep been askedto do that might further yourextensive statistics on each player that effectiveness as a willing servant of thethey’ll pull out during a lull in the play. It’s Head of the Church.all about the numbers — each personplaying to advance his own career, to Some of you are wonderful, indispensableincrease his averages – at least that’s the team members that help your church doway it seems sometimes. Christ’s work! Thank you! But your pastor longs for the day that others will submit toBut once in a while you see a team that the discipline of being faithful members of aplays together with a kind of magic. It’s not team, a team that has the goal of glorifyingabout one person scoring big, but it’s every God and bringing people to Christ.team member doing his utmost to move theteam forward to win the game – to get the Dear friends, it’s time to suit up together!ball across the line, to score. Game on!Each player on the field or in the court has arole to play. And when each plays that rolewell and aggressively — keeping his eye onthe ball – the whole team benefits. Whenone player just goes through the motions, the

need to bring is milk, juice and a snack to share - all other items are provided.Important Dates Harvest Home will be coming on  October 1 - Church BBQ  October 1 - Fellowship Group - 6 October 21. Sign up sheets to help or donate pm food items will be out soon. YOUR HELP  October 21 - Harvest Home IS NEEDED............as this is one of our Dinner major community outreach programs.  October 29 Heritage Sunday Please sign up or call Leni Hughes at 732-  November 11 - Holiday Boutique 308-0650 for more information.Fellowship Group Membership and OutreachReturns this month with a meal and a Louie The Membership and Outreach CommitteeGiglio lecture!! Don't know who he is? will have a busy fall.Then you best come and find out!!! Tony Calcaterra and Bill Sauer will be selling BBQ ribs and chicken after churchPot Luck Meal at 6pm followed by a video (noon – 2pm) on October 1st . Proceeds willof Louie Giglio, followed by a time of be sent to Hurricane Harvey Relief efforts.discussion about the video. Please support Tony and Bill with this outreach on October 1st.Remember its a Pot-Luck meal, socoordinate with Cindy so everyone doesn't Marge and Laurie Nelson are leading thebring a dessert or a salad. Holiday Boutique planning for November 11th with support from RoseAnn. RoseAnnYou will be amazed at what you learn!! For is assembling baskets and 26 vendor tablesa teaser, I'll add \"if the earth was a golf ball\" have been booked. Tell your friends and neighbors to hold the date on their calendars.See you that evening for food andfellowship.Committee ReportsChurch LifeCoffee Servers Needed - Regular coffeehour will resume September 17. Please signup for a Sunday in Old Scot's Hall. All you

Once again we are working hard to prepare Anniversary of the Reformation. We willfor the “Journey to Bethlehem” Drive have our 11:00 worship service outside atThrough. Pat Herzceg hosted a work day on Old Scot’s Burial Ground. This is OldSaturday, September 23rd. We still need Tennent’s original site. It is located onhelp with set up, actors, hospitality, and Gordon’s Corner Road in Marlboro.clean-up crew. Consider inviting yourfriends and family to participate in this Home-Bound Communionoutstanding community outreach. Ministry The Communion Ministry needs four pastThe committee is grateful to Nancy Dieker and present Elders and Deacons to reach outfor all her hard work investigating multiple and share fellowship and serve communionadvertising options – predominantly those to our home-bound members on Sundaythat are at no charge. This information will after worship. There is a sign-up sheet onbe useful for advertising all future church the bulletin board as you enter Old Scotsevents. Hall on the left. Please speak to Pastor Doug about this special ministry.We would love to hear from you! If youhave an suggestion for outreach please Youth Ministriescontact Tony, Marge, Pat or Sue. The OTC Youth Fun Fair/Youth FriendlyMission Committee Flea Market was held on Saturday, September 9th. 9 Youth and several familyPeace and Global Witness Offering members participated. All who came couldEphesians 2:14-17 teaches us that through participate in a variety of games of skillChrist, we have been made into one body. including activities with my parachute. ItIt's a sentiment repeated throughout the New was great fun with free prizes and aTestament. We are called to put aside our wonderful way to get the youth exciteddifferences, to put aside our hostilities - to about Rally Day the next day. The GOAL oflove one another. being VISIBLE to the community also went well. WE THANK OUR CHURCH We're calling on you to join us this FAMILY FOR ALL THEIR DONATIONS. Sunday, October 1st to celebrate The Flea Market profited $100 so far. $75 Worldwide Communion. went to Eda to begin reimbursing her for the sofa expenditure for the ‘NEW Older Youth’By promoting this offering, you join in work room makeover…$25 went towards foodthat provides safety for people fleeing expenditures and helped out with the pizzaviolence, hope for people working to end that was ordered for the youth stayinghostilities in areas torn by conflict, and overnight. The food concession profitedsupport for peacemakers with congregations. $35 for Hurricane Relief. After the event, Kayla, Charlotte, Angelina, Isaiah, and IWorship went to the Dollar Tree to purchase items for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance PersonalHeritage Sunday Hygiene Kits and a Disaster Clean-upPresbyterians celebrate the tradition that Bucket.grounds their faith on Reformation Sunday.Reformation or Heritage Sunday is on Those staying overnight got to go to BelmarOctober 29th. This Sunday marks the Beach to see ‘JAWS’! They also enjoyed theoccasion in 1517 when Martin Luther posted surf, the sand, and the moon. We evenhis 95 theses on the church door inWittenberg, Germany. 2017 is the 500th

survived the sleepover at Old Scot’s. It was October 22an AWESOME adventure! Liturgist – Sara Jane Nixon Greeter – RoseAnn ThompsonRally Day went well! The Confirmand Head Usher – Eda CruzFamilies met with Doug, Leni, Sarah, and Ushers - Charles Buda & Sara Hughesme. Welcome Dakota and Trevor! TheSunday School participated in Worship with October 29 - Heritage Sundayour talented Linda Sauer then met with their Liturgist – Linda Sauerteachers for a bit before assembling Personal Greeter – Pat HerczegHygiene Kits and making a “GOD BLESS Head Usher – Bill SauerAMERICA” Patriot’s Day Craft. Ushers - Linda SauerA sign-up for the Crop Walk will be madeavailable for participants. The date is Final ThoughtsSunday, October 15th…at 2 PM…assembleat 1:30. Michael Cruz (SR.) will walk with \"The sweet calm sunshine of October, nowthe participants. Warms the low spot; upon its grassy moldEda and I will be meeting with the OlderYouth on Sunday, October 29th at 6PM in The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen boughtheir new space. drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold.\" - William Cullen BryantWorship AssistantsOctober 1Liturgist – Charles BudaGreeter – Sarah ShawHead Usher – Eda CruzUshers - Sara Hughes & Marge NelsonOctober 8Liturgist – Sara Jane NizxonGreeter – Virginia CampbellHead Usher – Mike DiMaioUshers - Sue DiMaio & Nancy DiekerOctober 15Liturgist – Eda CruzGreeter – Carole McLeanHead Usher – Bob McLeanUshers - Gary Weiss & Renee Naden