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Southern Pennsylvania

District

Church of the Brethren

For God so loved the A Message from our District Executive
world that He gave
His only begotten Here it is a week before Thanksgiving Day, and I am writing an
Son, that whosoever article for the December newsletter!
believeth in Him
should not perish, but
I don’t want to rush into Christmas without taking time to truly be
have everlasting life.
thankful for my blessings.
John 3:16
Thanks be to God for His touch through all of this. And thank you

CONTENTS to the nurses and staff at York hospital for their care during my
visit. I do want to thank all of you for your prayers, cards, visits,

and thoughts during my recent hospitalization and ongoing recov-
District Executive ery. It is really sobering when a doctor tells you that you didn’t
Message…………..Pgs. 1-2 realize just how sick you were. Currently, the healing is taking
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Greeting from
District Board normal is. Thanks to those in the district who are picking up some
Chair…………..…..….Pg. 3
——————————–— of the duties that I can’t yet get to.
December Meetings &
Events…….…………..Pg. 5 I am thankful that through technology, I can do almost all my DE
———————————- work while being homebound. And I am thankful for my wife,
Mark Your Dawn, who has served as nurse and Uber driver through this time.
Calendars…...……..Pgs. 6-7
——————————— I am also thankful to the CDRC Commission for their sponsoring a
Africa Great Lakes & District Prayer meeting at Carlisle. If anything is going to be done
How to Help……….Pgs. 8-9 in our district and denomination, it must be undergirded in the
prayers of the people. Thank you to Carlisle CoB for hosting this
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Church News…...Pgs. 10-12 event.
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Thank you to Amy Weaver for her serving as our Office Manager.
News Around the You may not know this, but this will be her last Newsletter as she
District……...…..Pgs. 13-15 has resigned to take a position in Gettysburg. I will miss her enthu-
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siasm and willingness to learn about the Church of the Brethren. I
Children's Aid hope you will join me in wishing her nothing but the best as she
Society…………Pgs. 16-19
moves on from us. As of this writing, we have not hired a new
Office manager so things will be a little different for a while.

DECEMBER 2022 Please be patient as we try to cover the bases. As always, I can be
VOLUME 40, ISSUE 6 reached through email or my cell phone.