Monday, June 6, 2011

June 2011 Newsletter

House-to-House
Family of Hope House Church                                           June 2011

Family of Hope Reunion!

Family of Hope House Church is planning a reunion 12 noon Saturday, August 13, and a Sunday, 12:30 pm August 14 at the Vlasits’ Old Massanutten Lodge, with rooms reserved for out of town guests. Please contact <harvyoder@gmail.com> if you can help add to this growing list of past members and attendees from the past twenty years:

Blackburn, Gail
Bontrager, Sherry
Brainard, Kate
Czecholinski, Laurie and Ron
Dumas, Cande, Josiah
Glunt, Mark and Donna
Good, Dorothy, Ronnie and Jason
Gottfried, Eric and Rosella
Greenawalt, Ted and Kimberlee
Gullman, Dave and Debbie
Hairston, Will and Susie
Harrelson, Charles
Horton, Heather
Ivanitsky, Serge and Dora
Johnson, Bruce and Ann
Kanagy, David
Kreider, Barry and Erika
Lenker, Mark and Marie
Levesque, Trish
Morlan, Becky
Moyers, John
Nafziger, Marj
Patterson, Audrey
Rossen, Judy
See, Adela and family
Sottolano, Chris (need new last name and contact information)
Sottolano, Craig and Jenn
Weaver, Karen
Weaver, Shari
Westfall, Michael and Julie
Underwood, Donnie and Jeanine
Zimmerman, John and Ruth Ann
Zhou, Jack and Bo, Emily and Elianah
FOH Covenanting Statement:
"I support the goals, vision and faith of Family of Hope, will attend weekly services as regularly as I am able, and will use my gifts and offer my encouragement to this church family to the best of my ability. I invite other members to support me--and to confront me  as needed--in being faithful to this commitment."

Notes, prayers and praises

 * GET FOH UPDATES at http://familyofhopehousechurch.blogpost.com.
 * BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS to Sophie May 6/2, Karla May 6/16 and Harvey Yoder 6/30!
 * CONGRATULATIONS TO RANDY MAY on his graduation from Turner Ashby High School June 11!
 * BECKY MORLAN is  the proud grandmother of twins, Lillian Josephine and Logan James, born March 28.
 * ALMA JEAN YODER plans to be in Rochester, NY, June 16-30 to help take care of the new grand-twins born June 3, Maria Irene, 7 lb., 6 oz. and David Samuel, 7 lb., 8 oz. Harvey will also be there for a part of that time.
 * PRAY FOR RACHEL STOLTZFUS, who was at RMH due to a mild stroke May 28-30, and for BERTHA SWARR who is at Oak Lea for more physical therapy.

June services    worship at 4 pm, meal at 6
Theme: “Pure and Simple, The Church of God’s Dream”               
                       
5 Location: James & Ruth Stauffer 1250 Parkway Dr 22802          574-6141
Worship and Sharing: James Stauffer
Bible Study: “Who is the Holy Spirit?” Paul Swarr                                                              
Carry-in Meal

12 Location: Guy & Margie Vlasits 3448 Caverns Drive,,K’town   908-0391
Worship and Sharing: Margie Vlasits                                 
Bible Study: “Pentecost: Old Men Dreaming Dreams” Harvey Yoder              
Communion and annual membership re-covenanting                 Carry-in Meal

19 Location: Rachel Stoltzfus? 1359 TwoPenny Drive 22802         433-3983
Worship and Sharing: Karla May
Bible Study: “Bearing Witness to Our Father’s Love” Dick Dumas
Carry-in Meal

26 Location: Joyce Ulrich 1029 Shenandoah Street Apt 101 22802        246-1013
Worship and Sharing:
Bible Study: Lois Wenger
Carry-in Meal

     “God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, to grow as a community of grace, joy and peace, so  that God’s healing and hope may flow though us to the world.”