SERVICES

AUGUST 2, 16, WEDNESDAY

Men’s Christian Fellowship

9am, Meeting in Various Locations

A continuing study of 1 & 2 Peter. Contact Don Aldrich (610) 299-0713 for information.

AUGUST 3, THURSDAY

Prayer for Revival

7pm, Chapel

An opportunity to pray for God’s hand to be seen in our world.

AUGUST 8, TUESDAY

Widowed Men’s Gathering

1:30-4pm

Join us this month for a narrated bus tour of the local area including stops at several Amish-operated businesses and at Lapp’s Ice Cream. Sign-up at Resident Services, please.

AUGUST 17, THURSDAY

Men’s Breakfast at Yoder’s

7:30am, Yoder’s Restaurant

Food, fellowship and devotional by GSV Meadow View Chaplain Mark Hickson

AUGUST 30, WEDNESDAY

Men’s Christian Fellowship

9am, All groups meeting at Pavilion

Women In Community

will NOT be holding a breakfast in August. Instead, you are encouraged to meet with a woman or two (or more!) you’ve recently learned to know on the day the breakfast would have been held, August 16. Extend / accept an invitation to meet at a favorite restaurant, or at an in-home meal for one or more women. Here’s a suggestion to begin your conversation: Where are you seeing God at work in your community, family or life?

EXPLORE LOCAL CONGREGATION GATHERINGS AT GARDEN SPOT VILLAGE: YOUR MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE

Discover a convenient list of local congregations providing monthly gatherings right here at GSV! Join local churches for spiritual services, communion, and meals.

Check the schedule below, clip, and post this one-time listing.

• Akron Mennonite Church – Lunch in the Concord Room, 11:30am, 1st Thursday monthly

• Anglican Church - Service in the Prayer Room, 2pm, Sundays

• Bangor Episcopal Church – Communion in the Prayer Room, 11:30am, 2nd Wednesday monthly

• The Community Church at GSV – Prayer Meeting in the Prayer Room, 1pm, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays monthly

• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church – Mass in the Chapel, 11am, 1st Tuesday monthly. Communion in the Prayer Room, 10am, on the remaining Tuesdays monthly

• New Holland Mennonite Church – Dinner in the Concord Room, 5:30pm, 3rd Wednesday monthly

• St. Stephens Reformed Church – Communion in the Prayer Room, 10:30am, 1st Thursday monthly

• Trinity Lutheran Church – Communion in the Prayer Room, 10am, 4th Thursday monthly

Return Trip To Ny School Of Urban Ministry

Since its founding in 1984, the New York School of Urban Ministry (NYSUM) has hosted, trained and deployed over 150,000 youth and adults for urban ministry by partnering with inner city pastors, churches and ministries in New York City. GSV residents John & Irene Smucker were founding partners and remain connected to NYSUM today. Our initial trip last year to NYSUM resulted in building relationships with NYSUM staff with an invitation for a return trip.

October 22-26, Garden Spot Village will sponsor a group of residents and staff to travel to NYSUM for a week of outreach. Opportunities will include light construction work at the center, assisting with the food truck ministry to homeless persons in the evenings, visiting the Brooklyn Tabernacle prayer/worship service on Tuesday evening, and sitting in on a class related to urban missions. A $50 donation per participant is requested and will cover the cost of transportation and room and board at the NYSUM center. Sign-up at Resident services.

More information can be obtained from Campus Pastor Chet Yoder.

COLLECTION FOR PACK-A-PALOOZA

AUGUST 1-31

Embrace the Joy of Giving: Items Collected for Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child. For more than two decades, Samaritan’s Purse has been spreading smiles worldwide by delivering shoebox gifts, thoughtfully packed by compassionate individuals like yourself, to children in need. At Pack-a-Palooza, we invite you to join hands with others, pooling your resources to fill these heartfelt boxes and bring happiness to countless little hearts across the globe. Together, let’s make this holiday season truly magical!

PACK-A-PALOOZA ITEMS NEEDED INCLUDE:

• Washcloths & individual bars of soap

• Toothbrushes

• Small combs & hair bands, bows or clips

• Band-Aids

• Small notebooks /notepads

• Crayons, pencils, erasers & pencil sharpeners

• Child sunglasses

• Sewing kits, small tool kits

• Socks

• Marbles

• Simple child’s watch

• Collapsible cups

• Toys – balls, light brown skinned dolls (no hair), jump ropes, trucks, cars, other

** Keep in mind that all items will need to fit inside a shoebox

Mark your calendar, Tuesday, October 17 is Pack-a-Palooza, 9:30am in the Chapel.

If you would like to bless a child by packing your own shoebox, OCC shoeboxes will be available for pick-up, September – October, in the Life Enrichment office.

UPCOMING COLLECTIONS: SEPTEMBER 1-30

Water Street Ministries Winter Clothing Drive