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SOPA District Witness and Outreach Commission

Witness and Outreach Commission is inviting congregations, witness chairs in particular, to share a
story of how your congregation is being “Jesus in the Neighborhood”. We’d like to include it in a
future SOPA District Newsletter in order to encourage each other as congregations to keep reaching
out. Send your congregation’s “Jesus in the Neighborhood” story to Beth Nonemaker,

Witness & Outreach chair, at beautiful_one@zoho.com.

One way that West Shore Church of the Brethren is being “Jesus in the Neighborhood”, is through
donating clothing to Community Aid thrift stores year-round. We also slip a Christmas gospel tract in
with the cookies for the Carlisle Truck Stop Ministries outreach in December.

West Shore COB Women’s Fellowship has been sending a little support each quarter to our
missionary, Jen Cook. Several times we’ve hosted a Community Hymn Sing fundraiser for WPFG
Cumberland Valley Christian Radio 91.3 FM and we’ve participated in the Thanksgiving Community
Worship Service sponsored by our local ministerium, which donates non-perishable goods to New
Hope Ministries. We may be small but God keeps using our generosity to bless and reach out to
others.

Send your congregation’s
“Jesus in the Neighborhood” story to:
Beth Nonemaker, Witness & Outreach
chair, at beautiful_one@zoho.com.