Calvary Weekly Connection

October 25, 2020 – October 31, 2020

JOIN US THIS SUNDAY Sunday, October 25 @ 9 AM OCTOBER 25th @ 5PM for Outdoor Worship & ZOOM WORSHIP by Phone Communion

1-646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 647 829 181# Bring a blanket or Password: 082013 chairs; family groups may sit together. by Computer ZOOM WORSHIP Masks and social Device distancing required. https://zoom.us/j/647829181?pwd=dHlMM09HSmFQ Stay afterward for cUZ3bEorMUNwRUNkZz09 fellowship around a pit Meeting ID: 647 829 181; Password: 082013 fire, roasting marshmallows & making ‘s’mores.

During the worship service, Calvary’s Be sure to tune in for an by KAUFFMAN’S Staff Parish Relations Committee & our exclusive message that will congregational family will recognize Tuesday, October and celebrate Pastor Tamie’s be broadcasted to Calvary worshippers during our 9AM 27th, 2020 ordination. 2:00 to 6:00 PM th Zoom service on Nov. 8 ! $8.50pp

Walgreen’s Parking A TWO PART TESTIMONY OF GOD’S LOVE, GRACE & PROVISION! Lot, Shillington, PA. Stories by Jamie Minick & Williamson “Yaya” Jacques Proceeds support shared during Zoom worship on October 18th, 2020. Good Shepherd Mission My name is Jamie Minick. For those of you who do not know me, my husband Tom in Puttur, India and I are members of Calvary United Methodist. I am most often referred to as Tyler Includes half chicken, or Taylor’s Mom. Although many who meet me guess that I am a teacher, I am a potato, roll and Licensed Professional Therapist, who has spent the past 20+ years in child applesauce. welfare. For the past 9 years, I have been blessed to serve as the Assistant Branch Contact Jen Razz for Director at Bethany Christian Services of Central PA. Bethany Christian Services is a pre-sale tickets 484- global, non-profit family strengthening organization, serving children and families 529-6850 or walk up throughout Central PA in programs including Fostercare/Fostercare Adoption, the day of the BBQ. Domestic Adoption, Pregnancy Counseling, ReNew (Recovering Mothers with Questions? Call Jen Raszkiewicz @ 484- Newborns), Safe Families for Children, Post Permanency Services, Counseling, 529-6850. Equine Assisted Therapy Programs, and Refugee Services. ~cont’d pg. 3

EASTER EGG DROP OFF:

The Easter Egg hunt was not able to happen as planned this year, but that didn’t stop Calvary from celebrating! Calvary kids received Are you on your special Easter egg deliveries to still deck or porch? participate in the egg hunt, but safely in their own homes!

Are you Are you in your living OUTDOOR WORSHIP: room or dining room? alone or Calvary has taken many with opportunities to safely worship Are you in your family outdoors, when the weather has favorite chair or recliner? or permitted us to do so. Although we cannot connect with one another friends? under the same church roof yet, Calvary worshippers have had the opportunity to worship together under the sun this summer & fall!

FINANCIAL UPDATE –

Giving Through Week 42

Current Year thru 10/18/20 Received YTD $216,177 Email or mail in your candid photo showing where Annual Budget $320,000 you worship on Sunday morning to the church office %Rec’d to Date 67.6% @ [email protected] Last Year thru 10/19/19 Received YTD $242,677 Nov. 20 & 21 Annual Budget $308,162 Run the Glen ~ %Rec’d to Date 78.7% a Trail Run Series

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Profits from this series will go to support Gretna Glen operations. Page 2

True to my role, although rather contradictory to my natural character, I took a cautious approach and said “no” to the opportunity. The timing just wasn’t right. What I didn’t see coming in that moment, even though constantly revealed to me, was God beginning to move. You see, God had a far greater plan for service and the impact on many lives. Over the next six months, God kept pointing my eyes back to how our ~Message cont’d from pg .1 ministry could benefit children and families in the area This morning, I have the privilege of sharing a and rather quickly a path emerged. Bethany Christian story of connections that I could have Services has had an office at Little Springs Farm for missed. God was certainly at work to ensure that almost six years now and wow, I have never been so didn’t happen, and we are so grateful. grateful to have been wrong and to watch God reveal His plans to me! The way I can best wrap my head around the miracle of connections is with the imagery that Now comes the best part of this story which happened starts with balls of clay and involves massive right here at Calvary and is one that, when reminiscing amounts of string in the hands of our recently, both Pastor Tamie and I admit, we could have creator. God knows each and every one of us by missed out on! For those of you who guess that I am a name and every hair on our heads, you see, he teacher that might have been prompted by my role in created each of us and has this great plan for our Children’s Church over the years. One Sunday morning lives. I imagine on the day of creation that God after Yaya had joined our church family here at Calvary, took one small ball of clay and went to but before the pandemic, I wrapped up co-leading working. He added courage and bravery, a huge Children’s Church and chatted in the hallway a little compassionate heart, a passion to help empower longer than usual. As I was leaving the church, I crossed others and after a momentary pause he added the paths with Pastor Tamie and a new twist in our strings gift of seeing, truly seeing other people. God led to my introduction to Yaya. It started with a simple lovingly called him son and knew that he would be question from Pastor Tamie, “Remind me what kind of named Williamson and fondly called Yaya. God work you do?” A brief conversation about Bethany, a sat that ball of clay aside and grabbed another, discussion about internship opportunities and a adding her special gifts and talents. In an instant, moment with zero caution later, I would be exploring he began creating and naming each and every one the potential for Yaya to join Bethany in service at Little who has and who will yet to come. I believe he Springs Farm. I am so grateful that we didn’t miss that smiled at his work but didn’t stop there. God took moment and I am so glad that God works out the the string and began weaving a tapestry of details! That morning Pastor Tamie told me that all connections that would link all those that those who get to know Yaya are blessed and influence and lead us down our life paths. These changed. That theme was repeated over again with connections shape and reshape us into who God each call to Yaya’s references. Despite believing what has called us to be. I for one am in awe each time everyone told me from a “head place”, more than 8 I recognize just how God’s plan has unfolded. So months later I couldn’t have imagined just how my today is the story about our balls of clay and our team and I would all be changed. length of string.

Yaya, I have been honored to get to know you and be a My starting point in this story began over seven part of your journey. I am thankful for your service to years ago. I was invited to a meeting at Bethany our Bethany and Calvary Care kids, and I am grateful for with Little Springs Farm, a small family owned the many ways that you have impacted our Bethany horse farm located here in Mohnton. We spoke and our church family. Most of all, I can’t wait to hear that morning about the prospect of Bethany about the new tangles in your string and where God is working with Little Springs Farm. leading you! ~cont’d on pg. 6 Page 3

R E M I N D E R!

25 – Jing Maniaci Rev. Evelyn Kent, D.S. for the South District, will lead Calvary’s Annual Charge 9 Bancroft Terrace Conference via ZOOM on Friday, November 6th at 6:30PM. Charge Conference Shillington, PA 19607 is a time for the whole congregation to come together to celebrate our 25 – Grant Miller achievements and set goals for the next year. We will also vote on the updated list 544 Mohns Hill Rd. of committee members/leaders, Pastor Tamie’s compensation package, & reaffirm Sinking Spr., PA 19608 our Christ Servant Ministers (Craig Caltagirone & Michelle Daniels) and our 26 – Rick Matz Certified Lay Minister, Bob Wagner. 13 Katie Ln. Mohnton, PA 19540 Watch for the Zoom information to be announced soon and please mark you calendars now to participate in this congregational 26 – Teresa Feiler meeting. 3314 Pequot Dr. Sinking Spr., PA 19608

27 – Joann Werner ST 18 E. Fairview Street SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ~ ALL SAINTS DAY Mohnton, PA 19540 & CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION

27 – Joyce Caltagirone During the 9AM online Zoom service, we will be remembering all of our church 38 Hilgert Ave. members & loved ones who passed away during the last year and are now Shillington, PA 19607 living their life eternal with Christ.

27 – Jacob Stevens If you so desire, let us know the name(s) of loved ones you would like to be 343 Belle Alto Rd. included in the list of those being memorialized. During the service, his/her Wernersville, PA 19565 name will be read aloud and a bell would be sounded in his/her memory.

28 – Charlotte Houser Since we are not currently worshipping in-person, we would greatly appreciate 530 W Reeser Street you sending a photo of that special person, which will be displayed at the time Leesport, PA 19533 your loved one’s name is read aloud. If you would like, please also send to us a short statement about his/her life. (The photos and statement may be 29 – Shane MacMahon emailed to me at [email protected] or mailed to the church 702 Sycamore Rd. at 1 W. Wyomissing Ave., Mohnton, PA 19540, Attn: Janet.) To prepare for Mohnton, PA 19540 the service in a timely manner, please submit the photo and information on or

31 – Jennifer Werner before Monday, October 26th. Thank you in advance for your assistance in 205 Slichter Dr. helping to make the service memorable.

Mohnton, PA 19540 If you submit name/photo/statement, we would be honored if you and your

~ NOVEMBER ~ family members/friends could be present with us online for this important service. Kindly pass this information along to your other family members, as 1 - Shirley Mae Miller well as those who had a significant relationship with your loved one. Topton Lutheran Home 1 S. Home Ave., Rm D205 Topton, PA 19562

Growing through gratitude…

Thankfulness, studies show, has multiple physical, mental and emotional benefits. Psychologist Robert Emmons calls gratitude “fertilizer for the mind” because of its powerful effects.

He admits gratitude isn’t always easy — especially when life throws us curveballs (see the year 2020) — but says it can be most helpful during and after difficulties. Emmons suggests reframing challenges using thankfulness-based language. Ask, for example: Though I wasn’t grateful for the experience at the time, how can I be now? What lessons did I learn, and how did I grow as a person?

Throughout his letters, the apostle Paul reframes his extensive sufferings and urges us to do the same. “Give thanks in all circumstances,” he writes, “for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18, NIV). Page 4

Food Transporters:

Looking for a way to serve that requires a time commitment of less than an hour a month? Calvary needs an individual or couple to transport the food ministry items collected here at Calvary up to Zion E.C. Church, prior to the food distribution on the third Saturday of each month. This delivery could be done on either that Thursday or Friday morning between 8:30 and 10:30. If you are willing to take on this responsibility, contact Jerry Kinsel, Fam. of Pat Fortunato – phone 610-334-4983, for further details or questions. Mother of Mark Fortunato; passed away on 10/16 Appreciation is extended to Ray and Sheila Renninger for having faithfully served in this position. The Mifflin Community Food Ministry is able to Janet Mohn – Awaiting serve the food deprived in our community because of the many individuals brain cancer biopsy results; working together and accomplishing great things. Thank you, Ray and will meet with her Sheila! oncologist next week Jerry Kinsel Rev. Mark Moore – Calvary's MCFM liaison Brother-in-law of Ken Dearstyne, Jr.; recovering well at home following outpatient back surgery MIFFLIN FOOD MINISTRY Fam. of Gloria Renninger – On December 19th, we will be distributing a Mother of Cheryl Neal and holiday meal, along with a small gift bag to Ray Renninger who passed each family member. All items are donated away on Oct. 16th. and are not acquired with any monetary Condolences may be sent donations. We are prepared with gifts to: READY FOR items for adult females as well as all children. However, we still need some Lyle & Cheryl Neal SOME adult men items. Some items we are 10 Pebble Brook Ln. RECREATIONAL requesting are as follows:

Mohnton, PA 19540 BOWLING?  Small hand sanitizers  Men’s body wash Ray & Sheila Renninger 1 Pebble Brook Ln. JOIN OUR SMALL  Shaving cream Mohnton, PA 19540 GROUP TUESDAY  Men’s Deodorant  Small shampoos Visitation with family and EVENINGS STARTING  Flashlights  Throw blankets friends will be held on NOV 3RD AT BERKS Saturday, October 24th  Hand warmers LANES, 6PM, from 9:30 to 10:30 am with $13.25 FOR 3 GAMES Our families are very grateful for these services beginning at 10:30 (PLUS SHOES). ALL small gifts. I cannot express the number of am @ Lutz Funeral Home tears that people get when we hand them a AGES & ABILITIES ARE ‘gift bag’. Last year, an older woman said Bob Steffey – 2 stents WELCOME. to me as I handed her a gift bag, “No, I do placed for heart blockages get a gift.” I said, “Yes, you do. Every JOIN US WHENEVER YOU person receives a small gift.” She said Mary Wooddell – Mother of CAN. COME FOR FUN back to me, “No, I never get gifts.” I said, Kara Highduch; recovering AND FELLOWSHIP. “Well, today you do. Merry Christmas and from surgery for Stage 1 MASKS REQUIRED. God Bless You.” I gave her a small gift bag, full of toiletries. She cried. breast cancer

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~Message cont’d from pg. 3

So as I close today, I want to encourage two things: 1. Watch for the ways God is moving in your life and take a chance so you don’t miss the opportunity He has orchestrated for you. 2. Lead with love – God has given each of us a heart to love so every ball of clay has that gift, please don’t be afraid to cast that love onto others as both of you will be forever changed.

~Jamie Minick

Sharing My Story [Second Message from Sunday, Oct. 18th]

Today I am here to talk to you about my story. A story most of you might already know but might not be aware of the significant impact that it has on my life. Before moving forward, I would like to thank Rev. Pastor Tamie, the congregation, including all members.

As you know, I have been here for almost a year. The purpose of me being here at the Scalise’s place was to find a place to live and start my career as a professional. Even if I did not know where I was going to find work or place to work, I decided to follow my heart. I remember, one day I was in a biblical study with Frank, David, Bob etc.… There was a particular question that was asked and that said: When do you think you experience Jesus? I did not have much to say, but I remember saying that I met Jesus through Tamie. My response might have not made sense, but I know why I said this. I knew being a member of the church was going to impact my entire life, especially my professional career.

It is not a secret that my expectations after my studies at Keystone College was to find work. What if, I tell you now that those expectations are met here at the church, and Bethany Christian Services. To mention

Bethany Christian Services, it is the type of organization with which I began my professional career both as an intern and employee. This something that preoccupied my mind during the whole four years at Keystone College. I want you to understand that. Sometimes people take what they have as opportunity for granted.

Let me tell you, sometimes what you may take for granted is what some people consider the most beautiful, amazing, significant thing that ever happens to their life. I am a living testimony of that.

As I result, I am now working in two different specific programs for Bethany Christian Services: Child Specific Recruitment, and Child Preparation. In the child preparation, Bethany incorporated the equine program in which the horses are used as a therapeutic approach. As Jamie showed in the video, the farm story is significantly important for me as they started it with me. My connection with the church and Bethany is divine. That connection sets me to accomplish a something I promised my community. I am thankful and grateful that this accomplishment is being done through CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH and Bethany.

My final words would be to ask you to stay connected. “It’s obvious that by yourself you can go faster, but together we can farther.” Let us stay together.

Williamson Jacques (Yaya)

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On Tuesday, October 27th at 6:30pm, the youth will be meeting in the church basement for some pumpkin painting, snacks & games. Sorry parents, this one is just for the youth and any friends they'd like to bring! Please contact Rebecca Doran ([email protected]) to let her know if you'll be attending. We look forward to seeing you there!

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