July 2019 newsletter

House-to-House

 Family of Hope House Church                                  July 2019

Virginia Mennonite Conference Assembly Convenes July 18-20 at Lindale and EMS   

All delegate sessions are being held at Eastern Mennonite School this year, but the public evening sessions will be held at the nearby Lindale Mennonite Church as follows:

Thursday evening (gathering at 6:45 p.m., service at 7:00)

“Sowing Gospel Seed, Seeing Transformed Lives”

Willard Eberly (former worker in Italy)

Richard and Margaret Keeler (former workers in Trinidad)

Alfonso Alvarado (Latino church-planting, USA)

Jason Wagner (Prison chaplain, USA)

Dini and Klementina Shahini (Education leaders, Albania)

Jacob and Hosanna (Discipleship, worship, and media ministries, South Asia)

Aaron Kauffman, VMMissions President, will also share reflections on the past 100 years, and vision for the future. 

Friday evening message: (gathering at 6:45 p.m., service at 7:00)

“Cultivating the Soil in Adverse Conditions” Kevin King, Director of Mennonite Disaster Service

What should the church do when we are facing the droughts, fires, floods, hurricanes and winds of change?

Morning Bible Studies at Eastern Mennonite School will be led by Sarah Ann Bixler, who will also lead a workshop on “Christian Formation throughout the Life Course” Friday afternoon. 

She will be teaching spiritual formation classes at Eastern Mennonite Seminary starting this fall.

Notes, Prayers and Praises

• OUR SPECIAL PRAYERS for Kent Palmer as he begins treatment for prostate cancer, and for Harvey Yoder’s full recovery from his dual bypass surgery at the University of Virginia Medical Center July 5.
• VIRGINIA MENNONITE CONFERENCE ASSEMBLY will feature a Mennonite Women Prayer Breakfast, Saturday, July 20, 2019 6:45-8:15 a.m., at Eastern Mennonite School. Breakfast will be catered by A Bowl of Good and the program features the Tobin sisters. To register call or email Gloria Lehman: 540/421-2122 <glorialehman67@gmail.com>
• JULY BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS, Lois Rivera-Wenger, Billy May 7/30!
• MY COINS COUNT Drive is on until the October 4-5 Relief Sale.

July Lectionary Texts

7   2 Kings 5:1-14   Isaiah 66:10-14   Psalm 66:1-9  Galatians 6:7-16 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 

14 Amos 7:7-17  Psalm 82   Deuteronomy 30:9-14  Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37

21 Amos 8:1-12  Genesis 18:1-10a  Psalm 15  Colossians 1:15-28

Luke 10:38-42

28 Genesis 18:20-32   Psalm 138   Colossians 2:6-19   Luke 11:1-13

July services, worship at 4, meal at 6 pm

7 Location: Park Place meeting room, 2nd floor                         432-0531

Worship and sharing: James Stauffer

Bible Study: Paul Swarr                                                              Chili soup  

              

14 Location: Lewis & Mary Ellen Overholt   Heritage Haven    432-7277                                              

Worship and Sharing: Elly Nelson

Bible Study: Dick Dumas                                                  Brown bag meal                   

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

Worship and Sharing: Lois Rivera-Wenger                                          

Bible Study: Kent Palmer                                              Brown bag meal                                                     

28 Service Cancelled in favor of our attending a 7 pm presentation at 
VMRC's Detweiler Auditorium by Lewis and Mary Ellen Overholt 
on their years of service in Berlin, Germany.