April 2018 newsletter

 House-to-House

 Family of Hope House Church           April 2018

   

    RISE heart;  thy Lord is risen.  Sing his praise 

                                        Without delayes, 

    Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise 

                                        With him mayst rise : 

    That, as his death calcined thee to dust, 

    His life may make thee gold, and much more just.

    Awake, my lute, and struggle for thy part 

                                        With all thy art. 

    The crosse taught all wood to resound his name

                                        Who bore the same. 

    His stretched sinews taught all strings, what key 

    Is best to celebrate this most high day.

    Consort both heart and lute, and twist a song 

                                        Pleasant and long : 

    Or since all music is but three parts vied, 

                                        And multiplied ;

    O let thy blessed Spirit bear a part, 

    And make up our defects with his sweet art.

            I got me flowers to straw thy way ; 

            I got me boughs off many a tree : 

            But thou wast up by break of day, 

            And brought’st thy sweets along with thee. 

The Sunne arising in the East, 

Though he give light, and th’ East perfume ; 

 If they should offer to contest 

 With thy arising, they presume. 

            Can there be any day but this, 

            Though many sunnes to shine endeavour ? 

            We count three hundred, but we misse : 

            There is but one, and that one ever.       - George Herbert, c. 1633

Notes, Prayers and Praises

• GUY AND MARGIE VLASITS are looking forward to living in a new house to be built next to the Lodge they’ve recently sold. Their temporary address will be 1260 Park Drive, Harrisonburg, 22802.
• APRIL BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS to Mary Ellen Overholt 4/5, Bertha Swarr 4/13 and Cathy Atwell 4/19!

April Lectionary Texts 

1   Isaiah 25:6-9  Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24  Acts 10:34-43  Mark 16:1-8

8   Acts 4:32-35  Psalm 133  1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31

15 Acts 3:12-19  Psalm 4  1 John 3:1-7  Luke 24:36b-48

22 Acts 4:5-12  Psalm 23  1 John 3:16-24  John 10:11-18

29 Acts 8:26-40  Psalm 22:25-31  1 John 4:7-21  John 15:1-8

April services, worship at 4, meal at 6 pm

1 Location: Park Place, second floor meeting room                              564-3716

Worship and sharing: Harvey Yoder

Bible Study: Paul Swarr                                    light salad/fresh fruit meal

8 Location: Guy Vlasits 1260 Parkway Drive                           269-6706

Worship and Sharing: Lewis and Mary Ellen Overholt

Bible Study: Elly Nelson                                                      Carry-in meal

15 Location: FLRC, 273 Newman Ave. (ground floor)               432-0531

Worship and Sharing: James Stauffer

Bible Study: Dick Dumas                                               Finger Food Meal                                          

22 Location:  To be determined                

Worship and Sharing: Kent Palmer

Bible Study: Lewis Overholt                                               Carry-in Meal

29 Location: Susan Campbell 1361 Lincolnshire Dr, 22802    564-1524                 

Worship and Sharing: Susan Campbell

Bible Study: Harvey Yoder                                                  Carry-in Meal