WELCOME
(Please complete your Gold Welcome Card at this time so it is ready to place in the offering plate later. Please put all gold cards, completed or not, into the offering plate.)

Invitation to Worship

Prelude:  (this is a gift of music and time for quietness)

Meditational Thought:
" In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are used for noble purposes, some for ignoble  If you  cleanse yourself from the latter, you will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, and useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work"  2  Tim. 2:20-21

Hymn:                       "Heart with Loving Heart United"                     420

Responsive Reading:                                                               I John 1:5-7
Right: This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you:  God is light.
Left:    In Him there is no darkness at all.
Right:  If we claim to have fellowship with Him, and yet walk in the darkness,
Left:   We lie and do not live by the truth.
Right: But if we walk in the light,
Left:   As He is in the light,
Right: We have fellowship with one another,
Left:   And the blood of Jesus, His son, purifies us from all sin.

Prayer

Sharing our Tithes and Offerings:
"What you do when you don't have to, determines what you will be when you can no longer help it."                             Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936
Offering
Song:                       "Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us"                       355
Prayer

Scripture:                           I Thessalonians 4: 1-10                      NT   204

Special Music                                                                Back Row Singers

Message:                              Maintaining Covenants              Pastor Marla

Hymn:                            "God of Grace and God of Glory"                366

Sharing Announcements, Joys and Concerns

Song:                                 "O Lord, Hear My Prayer"                         348

God's people in prayer

Blessing:                                                                            Hymnbook   757



POSTLUDE & HANDSHAKES ALL AROUND

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

PAUL ROTH IS ASKING FOR PARTICIPATION to concluding the financial campaign to rescue the John Kline Homestead in Broadway, VA. They have reached $326,00 of the $425,00, leaving $99,000 to go by December of 2010.  If you would like to contribute toward this  project, please put a contribution in one of the brown pew pocket envelopes and label it "John Kline Homestead."  Checks should be made out to "John Kline Homestead Trust."  A letter about the project is on the Hall Bulletin Board.

AS IS THE CUSTOM, the Sunday School Department will be presenting Bibles in September to all children/youth going into 3rd & 9th grades. Please let Francine Moody know of anyone in these grades by August 31st.

AS OF AUGUST 1ST a Pretzel Container has been placed on the usher's table for the deposit of change. This container will be auctioned off at the Disaster Relief Auction in September at the Lebanon County Fairgrounds on September 24 & 25.  If anyone would like to contribute to the Sonbeam's Class's Theme Basket -"A Day at the Beach," you are welcome to add an item that you think would be helpful at the beach to the basket in the Sonbeam's Classroom at the back of the sanctuary.  Gloria will be putting one called "A Book Lover's Basket" together. If you would like to add to that one, see Gloria Ramirez with your item. Thanks!

THE BRETHREN HOME VILLAGE AT CROSS KEYS WILL be hosting the 50th Annual Chicken BBQ and Auction on August 21st from 9:00-4:00. The Ice Cream Booth has been assigned to the Carlisle Church of the Brethren. Times to serve ice cream are between 10 and 4, with 3 persons for 3 shifts. A sign up sheet is on the Hall Bulletin Board.  If you have questions, please speak to Evelyn Boyer at 249-5070 or 422-6270.

THE CARLISLE ARTS LEARNING CENTER expresses appreciation to the First Church of the Brethren for the opportunity to exhibit the work of Mary Jane Sausser, Chinese Brush Painter, during the month of August. Contact CALC for more information.

CAMP EDER'S  SENIOR CITIZEN DAY for AUGUST 25 is approaching. Steve Runkle, the Historian will share in the morning, and Laurie Raber, an educator will share in the afternoon.  The day runs from 9:30 to 11:30, followed by lunch. The afternoon session runs from 1:00-2:30pm. Cost is $10.00 per person.


THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
TODAY, August 8:
9:00am     Sunday School Classes
10:15am     Sunday Worship
Creek Hike postponed

TUESDAY, August 10:
5:45pm     Yoga
7:00pm    Christian Ed. Mtng.

SATURDAY, August 14:
8:45am     Yoga Class

SUNDAY,  August 15:
9:00am    Sunday School
10:15am    Sunday  Worship
Minute For Mission - Samaritan Fellowship
Food Bank Sunday
Articles, schedules, etc. for Sept. Newsletter Due
UPCOMING EVENTS
August 16:  Exec. Bd. At 6:30m
August 19:  Moody Bible Study Group at the Church at 7:00pm
August 21:  Cross Keys Brethren Home Chicken BBQ & Auction
Helpers are needed for the Ice Cream Booth. See
Sign Up Chart on Hall Bulletin Board.
August 22: Evening  Sing Along with Pastor Jim, 6:45 (not 7:15)
with snacks following.  BYOLC - Bring your own lawn
chair.
August 25: Deacon Picnic Meeting at the Wampler's Home
August 26: Friends' Night Out for Supper at Miseno's  at 5:30pm
August 28: Church of the Brethren at the Senator's Game Night

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD invites you to come hear
National Spokesperson Lejla Allison share her amazing testimony
of how  a shoe box changed her life in 1993 while growing up in
war-torn Bosnia.  She will be at the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian
Church at 16950 Main Street in Spring Run, PA at 6:30pm.

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NIGHT with the Harrisburg
Senators playing is Saturday, August 28th. The game starts at
7:00pm.  Group tickets are $9.00 for box seats.  $2.00 from each
ticket will benefit  Southern PA District C.O.B.  Please sign up
ASAP. The secretary will call in our ticket order on August 16th.






PRAYER CONCERNS

Our Congregation:
Our congregation and its mission
Donna Scott, health concerns
Virginia McCoy, health concerns
Marian Griffie, cancer treatments
Dale, health concerns, Verna George, having surgery
Sympathies to Donna Scott, on the loss of her sister, Elaine Cornman
Mary Jane King, recovering from rotator cuff surgery
Tim Thomas, frequent headaches

Homebound:
Reba Peiper, Donna Scott, Virginia McCoy, Ruth Boyer

Other Requests:
World Peace
For relief of disasters around the world
All those looking for jobs or who have lost jobs
The church in Haiti, as it ministers  to all those in distress
Marriages and families to be strengthened
Joey Sudo, child of Rita's friend, recurring brain cancer
Charles Ditmer, brother of Russell Ditmer, heart surgery
Justin Freeman, back surgery recovery
Nick Finkenbinder, Gloria Ramirez's grandson, serious decision-making
Karen Reeder, continuing health concerns
Holly Lehman, Betty Gish's granddaughter, who fell off a deck, and has
many injuries
Margaret Kubicek, Debbe Stansbury's mother, who is soon to be under
Hospice Care
Family of Tom Mahoney, Rita Young's friend, who recently passed away
Bob Baldwin, undergoing treatments for throat cancer


TUNA COUNT        July - 50       August ?      Goal - 50

If you have a prayer concern, call Paul & Blanche Shenk (243-4249) so that we may join in prayer with you.  You may also fill out the back of the gold attendance card  or the back of the blue card in the pew.


PLEASE ADD MARY JANE KING'S Aug. 27th Birthday to the list in your August Newsletter. It was inadvertently missed from the list.  Thanks!

MUSIC & WORSHIP COMMISSION would like to add new songs to the "Blue Song Book," and are really looking to you for suggestions and additions. If you have any favorites(we would really like to add some new contemporary pieces) , let us know. Use the God Card in the bulletin and add the name of the songs. We will find the music and seek permission to reproduce.


We are called to be…
A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SHARING THE   LOVE OF GOD.


Serving You This Week:
Organist    Marian Griffie
Pianist   
Ushers    August- Galen George, Robert Weigle,
Dale Miller, Eldon Myers
Flower Delivery                Nancy Stuck   
Hospitality              Glenna Trimmer

This Week   
Next Week
Head Usher                 Gene Roth            Jesse Donnelly
Song Leader      Dave Wampler    Allen Roth
Sound Room    Mike Strickler    Mike Ditmer
Special Music           Back Row Singers    Nelson Steffy &
Jim Abe
Worship Greeters    George & Alverta Bobb    George & Alverta Bobb
Worship Leader                   Gloria Ramirez                 Ike Tritt
Lawn Care               Dale Miller &
Craig Wert    Bernie Koontz &
Dick MIller
Farewell Greeter                 Mike Lebo               Gloria Ramirez
Worship Nursery    Dave Marks    Francine Moody

Attendance    Sunday School 26    Worship 87   

GRANDPARENT'S DAY IS SEPT. 12, and Music & Worship plans to acknowledge our "Grands." You can help by providing pictures of your grandkids (baby to adult) and their special artwork. A box will be located in the narthex for your submissions (please make sure it is identified so we can return items to you). You can also e-mail photos to Rita Young at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

A SPECIAL THANK OU TO PAUL MILLER, for the donation of the two planters by the front door, which have been placed in honor of his wife, Esther Miller.