What S up for Youth and Young Adults

WHAT’S UP FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS? Langhorne Presbyterian Church TODAY: 125 E. Gillam Avenue, Langhorne, PA 19047

th th Office hours: M-F, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday School resumes: The combined 6 - 8 grades meet in Room 6; 215-752-3200 www.langhornepres.org 9th grade (confirmation) meets in the Youth Lounge; 10th - 12th grades meet in the Chapel. Sharing the Life of Jesus Work Camp Pizza Sale: 11 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. Come eat, fellowship, and support The Reverend William A. Teague, Pastor the 2012 Work Camp trip. WELCOME TO THE LORD’S HOUSE September 11, 2011 Work Camp 2012: Those in 8th grade and above are invited and encouraged to consider joining the 2012 Work Camp trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee with TEAMeffort. Come find He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the out more at our kick-off meeting today, September 11th, from 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, following the second worship service and the pizza sale. See if God might be calling you. in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:1-2 Senior High Youth Group: Meet at LPC, 7 – 9 p.m. Ministry Night. GENERAL INFORMATION: Standard Sunday Morning Schedule (September to June): THIS WEEK: 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service in the Chapel - Music is a mix of traditional hymns, piano, vocal and instrumental solos. Please take a Bible and Hymnal from the Junior High Youth Group: Kick-off night, Thursday, September 15th. Meet at LPC bookcase before the service begins. from 6:15 – 7:45 p.m. 9:45 a.m. Traditional Worship Service and Sunday School Program - Adult choir and traditional hymns mixed with various youth choirs and praise songs. Children As most of you are headed back to school, we want you to know that you are in our accompany parents to the Sanctuary and leave after the Children’s Story to attend prayers! Ecclesiastes 12:1 challenges us by saying, "Remember now thy Creator, in the Sunday School. An usher will be able to direct you to the appropriate classroom for th days of your youth...” Believe me, I know it's hard to remember God in the hallways of your child(ren). Pick-up time for 3-year-olds through 5 grade is 11:15 a.m. Nursery school, on your bus rides, doing homework, or juggling sports or music, but he is there. provided for ages up to three. Connect with Him. How will you be intentional to keep God a part of your life this year? 11:00 a.m. Social Time in Fellowship Hall - bagels, coffee, and a time to visit with old You can. You juggle the rest -- fit God in too. friends and meet some new ones. All are welcome! 11:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service in the Sanctuary - Extended time of praise and worship through music and song led by the Contemporary Worship Team, MINISTRY DAY: Thank you, Jean Belsky, for being our chaperone once again. Thank sermon, and prayer time. Children are welcome. you, youth, for your ministry of helping clients shop, and restocking food on the shelves at Crisis Ministry of Trenton. Thank you for helping and serving lunch at Sunday Large Print Bulletins are available. Hearing Assistance Devices are available in the Breakfast Rescue Mission. Thank you for organizing and preparing senior boxes at Sanctuary. Please speak to an usher for assistance. Project Share. Your ministry of time, your presence and the gift of help through your When the Friendship Pads are passed, please take a moment to enter your name, hands is a great way to show the love of Christ! address, phone number and any other information you would like to share. This allows us to know you visited and is not shared with any other organization. For more information, visit the church website at www.langhornepres.org. BLOOD DRIVE RESCHEDULED: The American Red Cross Blood Drive, which was BICYCLE COLLECTION: The fifth annual used bicycle collection for Bikes for the cancelled in May due to the workers’ strike, is rescheduled for Friday, September 30, World will be held September 24th, 9 a.m.-noon, at Pennswood Village in Newtown. If 2011. As a result of the strike, there is a great need for blood. If you did not get a chance you have a no-longer-wanted bicycle in repairable condition, please consider donating it. to sign up in May, there will be tables in the Chapel and the Narthex on Sundays in Bikes for the World will ship donated bicycles to community development programs in September. Please sign up and state the times good for you on that date. Third World countries, where they are reconditioned and distributed at modest cost to low income people in need of reliable transportation. A $10.00 donation toward shipping MUM SALE RESCHEDULED: Let the LPC Men’s Group help you spruce up your is requested. For Contact George Kurz, 215-579-6874 or [email protected]. yard. Buy some fall flowers at their Annual Mum Sale on September 17th and 18th in the Scout Cabin parking lot. Proceeds will benefit various international and local mission NEW WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY: On September 27th Cherished Connections is endeavors. Questions? Contact Rein Clabbers, 215-485-8585 or [email protected]. beginning a new women’s Bible study on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in Room 6 at 7:00 p.m. A Grand New Day: It’s Not Too Late to Begin Again is a Women CHURCH POT-LUCK PICNIC: Sunday, September 18th, 5 p.m. in the Church Grove. of Faith study, facilitated by Lisa Wiltbank. Cherished Connections Bible study is open School has started, vacations are over, so let's get together for food and fellowship and to all women. Please join us and bring a friend. Study books are available for purchase at kick off the new program year! Sign up is on the bulletin board in Fellowship Hall, to the meetings. Contact Kay Brown with any questions, 215-752-3200. indicate what you can bring to share for the meal. You can also call Kay Brown in the church office, or e-mail [email protected]. Plan to attend! Let's get our whole church WEEKDAY BIBLE STUDY: Men and women who want to participate in a daytime family together! Bible study have that opportunity on Wednesdays from 10:00-11:30 a.m. in the Church Library. The study is a Kerygma study entitled, “Discovering the Bible.” This is a basis SHARE YOUR GIFT OF MUSIC IN PRAISE: Alleluia Bells, our handbell choir, introduction to the Bible as a whole, exploring people, events, ideas, and places in the rehearses on Tuesdays, beginning September 13th, from 7:30 – 9 p.m. Westminster Choir Bible. Contact Kay Brown in the church office for more information. is open to youth in grades 6 - 12. It rehearses in the Chapel on Sundays following the 9:45 worship service, beginning September 18th. Chancel Choir meets on Thursday RED BADGE WELCOMERS TRAINING: All Welcomers who have been contacted evenings in the Sanctuary from 8 - 9:30, and is open to high school students, college age and any other individuals interested in this very important ministry are invited to attend a students, and adults. Chapel Choir (grades K- 2) and Geneva Choir (grades 3 -5) meet on one-hour training session in the Chapel on Thursday, September 15th from 7:30-8:30 Thursday evenings as part of the Faith Acts program. The rehearsals are in the p.m. in the Chapel. Please try to attend this session, so we can soon be up and running at Sanctuary, and begin on September 29th. If interested in joining any of these choirs, all worship services. Contact Alex Jacoski at 215-750-1196 or [email protected]. please contact Holly Waterson at 215-702-7096. PRAYER CONCERNS: MEN’S PRAYER AND SHARE: The Men’s Prayer and Share Group meets Saturdays  Our nation, the president and his administration at 7:30 a.m. in the Youth Lounge. We will begin a six-week video series on September  Those in our congregation who are sick, hospitalized, grieving, or in need of a job 17th hosted by Chuck Colson and Robert George, “Doing the Right Thing.” This series of  Our sister church - Masvingo Presbyterian in Zimbabwe, Africa conversations which took place at Princeton University will explore ethics and some of  Ann Marie (Pignato) Biddle, serving in Afghanistan the most important and challenging issues of the day. All men are welcome! Call Chris  All men and women actively serving in the U.S. military and their families Casten with any questions, 215-579-8558.  Parents: for wisdom and strength to parent in consistent and Godly ways  Neshaminy School District teacher contract negotiations DATE CHANGE: Our Ladies Nite Out (Sole/Soul Therapy) with Kathy Benjamin, th  The work of Promised Land Ministries in Guatemala originally scheduled for October 14 has been changed to February 10, 2012. We will  The Hunting Park Christian Academy and its ministry in North Philadelphia still meet for a night of food and fellowship on October 14th at 7 p.m., but keep your  People worldwide as they recover from disasters shoes and boots polished for February with Kathy Benjamin.