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Church Staff — Pastor:

The Rev. Mary Anne Kingsborough

Parish Secretary: Rose Gallagher

rosegall@embarqmail.com

Youth Director: Bob & Chrissy Null

Sexton: Tom Donovan

Parish Office— Hours: 9 AM to 1 PM (Monday-Friday)

Telephone: (717) 285-4626

Fax: (717) 285-0668

“Concordia Chronicle” Editor: Rose Gallagher

Collating/Folding: Volunteers

Church Council —

President: Bob Null

Vice President: Tim McAdoo

Secretary: Susan Holmberg

Treasurer: Mark Moritz

Pastor Mary Anne Kingsborough

Cheryl Milbourne-Social Ministry

Wayne Hoffman -Evangelism

Gary Houck-Planning & Review

Bob Castleman -Worship & Music

Tim McAdoo-Finance & Stewardship

Kathy Ockrymiek-Christian Formation

Don Renfer - PR & Personnel

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February 2015 Volume 2015 – No. 2

Epiphany/Transfiguration/Lent

a newsletter publication of

Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church 3825 Concordia Road, Columbia, PA 17512

Telephone: (717) 285-4626 Fax: (717) 285-0668

Website: http://www.concordiaelc.com

Pastor: The Rev. Mary Anne Kingsborough

Pastor Emeritus: Thomas W. Rundell

Office Telephone: (717) 285-3492 · Cell: (717) 495-2728

E-mail: pastormaryanne@embarqmail.com

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Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church

Worship Services Saturday Evening Worship: 6 P.M.

Sunday Morning Worship: 9:30 A.M

Sunday School & Coffee Time: 10:45 AM

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Adult Forum, Music .......................... 9

Ash Wednesday ................................ 7

Birthdays & Anniversaries .............. 11

Chili Cook-off ................................... 7

Church Council ................................. 4

Condolences ...................................... 6

First Communion .............................. 8

Lent ................................................... 7

Opportunities..................................... 8

Reminders, Scouts, Property ........... 10

Thank You .................................. 4,5,6

Information for the March.newsletter is due on Tuesday, February 17.

Please email articles to: rosegall@embarqmail.com or place in the wall holder

outside the office, or the Secretary bin in the west narthex. Thank you!

Mission statement "We celebrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ by living and sharing His Word and caring for God's creation."

COLUMBIA FOOD BANK

COLLECTION ITEMS

February…

Hot and Cold Cereals

February Events

Chili Cook-off

February 15 4-6 PM

Sign up in the west narthex!

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Wedding Anniversary

Wishes to:

14-Robert & Valerie Snyder

16-Ken & Sharon Swezey

23-Bruce & Teri Baker

February

Celebrations

Birthday Wishes to:

1-Kelly Fisher, Megan Kingsborough

2-Natalie Houck

5-Mike Battaglia, Leah Peters

8-Whitney Kline, John Malehorn

9-Bob Castleman, Kayla Grier,

Michael Kline, Diana Bachman

10-Charles Ogle

11-Cynthia Dougherty,

Dylan McFadden

12-Gary Ament, Kim McFadden

13-Dan Schultheiss

14-Derrick Matthews

15-Barbara Schultheiss

16-Hunter Long, Dick Mowrer

17-Avery Dombroski

18-Justin Manning

21-Sharon Fisher, Richard Amey

Jessica Harrigan

22-Patrick Dombroski

23-Ava Corvino

24-Meagan Dougherty

25-Jordan McFadden, Brittany Raines

27-Kelly Gallagher,

Bonnie Kresge-Bates

28-Jessica Wagner,

29-Jackson Walker

If your birthday or anniversary was

missed, or is incorrect, please call Rose in the

Parish office.

Communion Record

Complete one Holy Communion

Record Card for 2015, and place

it in the offering plate. Cards

are available in the pew rack.

It’s ok to put more than one

name on a card. This informa-

tion is only needed once per

year.

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REMINDERS:

Pick Up: 2015 Envelopes

Calendar

Christmas Cards

2014 Annual Statements

Sign Up: Chancel Flowers

Sanctuary Lamp

Coffee Time

Bread

Ushers List (front narthex)

Please contact the office if you wish to have your statement mailed.

Property Announcement

All cemetery decorations will be removed from the cemetery during

the first week in March. If anyone has a decoration on a gravesite

they do not want discarded, they must remove it prior to these

weeks.

Boy Scout Troop 90 (Affiliated with Concordia ELC)

Churches have had a long relationship with Boy Scouts and Girl

Scouts. Recognizing our scouts and their leaders on February 8th gives

everyone present a boost. Scouts’ participation in a worship service is evi-

dence that many youth are on the right track.

Please welcome our Scouts on February 8th!

In November, Troop 90 took a break from their 2-night cold weather camp-

out to assist the Cub Scouts Pack 159 with their Food Drive. During the

drive, 2300 pounds of nonperishable food items were collected and do-

nated to the Columbia Food Bank.

(Our scouts meet every Tuesday night at 7PM in the Fellowship Hall.)

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Pastor Mary Anne’s Message …

Stories of Winter

In his book The Children’s Blizzard David Laskin describes the sudden

blizzard of January 1888 in Nebraska and South Dakota. Temperatures plunged 22 ° in under

five minutes and whiteout conditions occurred so suddenly that you couldn’t see your hand

before your face. It is often called the Children’s Blizzard because so many children died,

sent home early from school only to never make it home. The sudden blizzard conditions

caused eyelashes to web together, freezing one’s eyelids shut, virtually blinding you. It was a

devastating storm which killed 235 people, mostly children, and it lives on in the memories

and stories of the descendents of these pioneers.

My Grosspapa (grandfather) would also tell stories of winter, winter in the countryside of

Canada, north of the Great Plains. Born around the same time of the Children’s Blizzard, he

would tell me he would watch as his older brothers would dig a tall tunnel in the snow from

the house to the barn every winter. These tunnels had to be dug just at the right time; if you

waited too long you would not be able to dig them; too soon and they could collapse on you.

He had neighbors and friends die from the tunnels or the lack of a tunnel. As the youngest of

12 children, the tunnels always seemed so looming and tall to him, but they ensured the safety

of the family as they milked and fed the animals even in the middle of a blizzard. His story is

part of my family story.

We, in PA, don’t have these particular stories of winter, but we do have stories of especially

cold winters, or great Nor’easters that dumped several feet of snow. But we all have stories of

winter in our families and in our Church Family, stories of sadness, tragedy, or awe encom-

passing moments when we seem very small and the walls around us are so high and we are

blinded by the blizzards of life. We face illness or death or change.

That is part of winter, and winter is a part of life. But we are not alone, wandering by our-

selves in the swirls of snow. Our Lord Jesus Christ breaks into our world and our lives, lead-

ing and guiding us through the blizzards and heavy snows. For the first half of this month we

continue in the season of Epiphany, where we listen to the stories of God breaking into our

world through Baptism, healings, callings and his Word.

Then we move into Lent, that wonderful contemplative season which prepares us for spring

and Easter. Because even in the harshness of winter new life waits with God’s grace and

love.

What is your winter story, your family story? How has God led you and your family through

the blizzards of your life? How can the hope of Easter free you from the darkness and cold of

winter? In Christ, Pastor Mary Anne

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Church Council Information

The council minutes will continue to be posted on the Bulletin board

in the west narthex. There is also a copy in the purple Council Min-

utes binder on the counter in the office. Council meets on the 2nd

Thursday of each month. Visitors are welcome.

2015 Officers: President: Bob Null Vice President: Tim McAdoo

Secretary: Susan Holmberg Treasurer: Mark Moritz

Pastor Mary Anne

Committee Chairs:

Cheryl Milbourne—Social Ministry Katie Null—Fellowship

Don Renfer—PR & Personnel

Wayne Hoffman—Evang.

Chuck Lehman—Property & Cemetery

Kathy Ockrymiek—Christian Formation

Gary Houck—Planning & Review

Bob Castleman—Worship & Music

Tim McAdoo—Finance & Stewardship

Other Duties:

Altar Guild-June Waters

Accounts Payable/Payroll-Mark Moritz

Youth Group-Bob and Chrissy Null

If you can be of help to Concordia in any certain area,

please join a committee! See a council member to join.

Dear Concordia Family: Thank you from the bottom of my heart for

your Christmas gift to me, as well as the many cards and expressions

of good will to me this holiday season. Your thoughtfulness is deeply

appreciated. In Christ, Pastor Mary Anne

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Many things I have tried to grasp and have lost.

That which I have placed in God’s hands, I still have.

—Martin Luther

SAINT JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH, SAINT PAUL EPISCOPAL

CHURCH , SAINT JAMES LUTHERAN CHURCH, SAINT JOHN’S HERR ESTATES RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, AND CONCORDIA LUTHERAN

CHURCH MONDAY ADULT FORUM PROGRAM SCHEDULE

2014 – 2015 All sessions, except as noted, will take place in the dining room of the Saint John Herr Retirement Community. Please enter through the Personal Care Entrance

and go down the hallway to the Rotunda. The dining room is on your right. There is plenty of parking.

FEBRUARY 2 “Bible Study with the Bishop”

FEBRUARY 9 “How Do We Celebrate Lent in Today’s Modern World?”

FEBRUARY 16 “New Perspectives, Old Traditions-

-What is Normal in Grieving”

FEBRUARY 18 Ash Wednesday services at all churches

This program runs through May 14, 2015.

this schedule will appear monthly with new updates.

Music at Trinity

Holy Trinity Luth./31 S Duke St.,

Lanc.

Sunday, Mar. 15th at 4pm

Dr. Robert Horton will perform

a concert. Organist and

Choirmaster-

Organ, Piano, Harpsichord Free-will offering, free parking

Highland Presbyterian Church

500 E Roseville Rd., Lanc.

Wednesday, Mar. 18th at 7pm,

Returning Stars Concert

Adele Grabowski—mezzo so-

prano

Amy Hess—viola

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Opportunities!

Ushers are needed for March. Please sign up if you can help.

Sign up in the west narthex to donate bread or host coffee-time.

If you would like to sponsor flowers or the sanctuary lamp for a future

date, please sign up in the west narthex.

At least one Sunday each month, we would like to offer Transportation

to those shut-ins wishing to attend Sunday services If you can help

with this, please contact Kathy Bachman.

Adult Sunday School meets each week in the lower level classroom.

Our church offers Electronic Giving, which allows you to make dona-

tions on a scheduled, automatic basis. Pick up a form in the narthex

or see office for details.

Please call the office if you wish someone to be added to the Prayer Chain.

Each week we record the Worship Service. If you know of a shut in

who would like to hear the service, please contact the office or Kathy

Bachman.

First Holy Communion Instruction Classes will begin March 8th for children in 1st or 2nd grade (and

older children who were not instructed earlier) who wish to receive the Sac-

rament, and will be held during the Sundays in Lent to prepare the class to

receive their First Holy Communion on Easter Sunday, April 5th, 2015. This

preparation class is taught by Rose Gallagher during the regular Sunday

School hour. Please advise Rose or Pastor Mary Anne if your child will be at-

tending. If you have questions, please contact Rose or Pastor Mary Anne.

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THANK YOU

To our friends here at Concordia, thank you so much for the delicious

cookie and fruit trays. We are blessed to have such a caring congre-

gation. —Mel and Gerry VonStetten

Dear Friends of Concordia, I want to thank you for the delicious cook-

ies and fruit. Also I want to thank the Children of Vacation Bible

School for my special gifts. I thank everyone for my many beautiful

Christmas cards. I really appreciate your thinking of me. —Love to all,

Phyllis Keck

To my friends at Concordia, a special Thank You for the fruit and cook-

ies; they were so very good. Special thank you to the Vacation Bible

School students for their gifts: wonderful work! Thank you again and

God Bless. —Mabel Houck

Thank you for the fruit and the wonderful cookies. I enjoyed all of

them. —Arlene Wimer

Thank you to all my Concordia Friends for all the visits, phone calls, let-

ters and prayers. Special thanks to Social Ministry for the dishes of

cookies and fruit, and for sending the cards. Thank you to all the

Home Communion people for visits and prayers and for Pastor Mary

Anne, her special New Year’s prayer. I appreciate her visits and

phone calls. —David Zimmerman (I would appreciate letters or phone

calls: 806-2047)

Thank you to social ministry and the congregation for the cookie and

fruit trays. I really enjoyed them. --Doris Kauffman

PLEASE LET US KNOW! We must make an appeal to you to call the church office if you

or a member of your family is admitted to the hospital.

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Bible Study—Wednesday nights at 7PM

Bible study will continue through Wednesday, February 11th when we will then

take a break through Lent. We will be studying the church denominations. Bring

your Bibles and questions! All are welcome!

Thank You

Thank you to the congregation for all the prayers, cards and condo-

lences in the loss of our sister Betty. Special thanks to Pastor Mary

Anne for all her visits and support. Thanks also to all who helped with

the service and the luncheon. Charlie Ezren and Family

Special thank you to Cheryl Milbourne and all her helpers who pre-

pared all the fruit and cookie baskets for Christmas!

Thank you all so much for your generous gifts to us! They were greatly

appreciated. —Tom Donovan, Rose Gallagher

Dear Church Family, Thank you for the support for me to go on this

year’s Winterfest. I had a blast learning all about more ways to serve

God. I also learned some new ways to help the hungry. I’m hoping to

share these ideas with our whole congregation. In God’s peace, Love, Evan Widdall

Condolences

We extend sincerest sympathy to Wanda Amand, whose

mother, Grace Rohrer, passed away at the age of 106. If

you choose to send Wanda a card, her address is:

Saint Annes/#111, 3952 Columbia Ave.,

Columbia, PA 17512.

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CHILI COOK-OFF

On Sunday, February 15, there will be a chili cook-off from 4-6

PM in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring your favorite chili.

Prizes will be awarded for Best use of beans, Best Texas chili

(no beans), Spiciest, Crowd favorite, and Best white chili.

Please sign up in the west narthex.

Lenten Family Nights

Soup and bread - 6:15 PM

Evening Prayer - 7 PM

Stories Around the Cross Join us for Lenten Suppers starting February 25th at 6:15 pm! We will

enjoy a light supper followed by a Lenten Service using Holden Eve-

ning Prayer. Our focus will be on “Stories Around the Cross” and will

include dramatizations of those who were around Jesus on the Cross.

You will learn and hear unique perspectives from Peter, Mary, the Ro-

man Centurion and others. The dates are: February 25th, March 4th, March 11th (Community Meal),

March 18th and March 25th!

Mark your calendars! Everyone is welcome!

Ash Wednesday

Please join us for Ash Wednesday worship on

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 7 PM.

Let us begin to prepare ourselves for our spiritual growth

during this special time of the church year.