Bradford Woods Community Church

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

June
2015
Issue

An Epistle from Ed
By Ed Cadwallader, Pastor
I want to sit at the beach. I mean it. I love to just sit at the beach in a version of paradise and listen to
the waves crash and feel the warm breeze. It is my favorite thing to do. Vacation is wonderful and
summer vacation is even better. Time spent in rest and relaxation and having fun with family and
friends is great. All of these things are blessings from God and they are to be enjoyed, if one can. But,
I am reminded that I am not called to live in paradise - not yet. I am called to live on the earth with my
feet planted on the ground in the middle of a war. Satan tries to maintain control over the lives of
people or gain new ground. Meanwhile, the Gospel of the Kingdom advances and saves souls through
the victory of Christ. There is no neutral territory. I love the beach because it seems like rest, and in
reality, it does cause me to think of Paradise Lost and Paradise to Come. But it is not reality - not yet,
anyway.
We are called to watch and pray, stand and resist, proclaim and demonstrate the gospel of Christ. We
are called to love sacrificially until we give up our life of ease and lay it down again in service to God
and others. I realize that by talking this way, God expects me to do what I say. But, I dont want to. I
want to sit at the beach and rest and relax and have fun in a nice place. Who doesnt?
We must be careful that we do not arrange our spiritual lives to meet our physical desires for pleasure
and paradise. God is at work and He calls us to Himself and sends us into the world. There is warfare
there and it is frustrating and frightening. But, Jesus is victorious. We should not be surprised by the
trial that we will face, but we should look to Jesus who endured all things to finish the work that the
Father sent Him to accomplish. He calls us to do follow Him in this.
The beach is nice. But, the battlefield is where God has placed us in the day-to-day and it is where He
meets us if we have the faith to join Him there. Think about it...

Sunday Worship Time Change on June 14

By Cait Kowal, Outreach
We will be gathering at 10:00am in the summertime. The change to our worship
time begins on June 14th and runs throughout the summer. Please also note that
there will not be any Sunday School classes or choir practice during the summer.

Vacation Bible School - July 28-29-30

By Norma Liebenguth, Sunday School Superintendent
Superheroes of the Bible will take over BWCC during the last week
of July! Please consider lending a hand, signing up to donate some
items or giving a monetary contribution to help offset costs.
Children 4-11 will be welcome to attend. Watch for sign-up sheets
and registration information.

Anniversary Announcement
By Shelly Muhlenkamp
Gary and Betty Shumaker will be celebrating their 55th wedding
anniversary on June 12, 2015. Come join the party! It will be held on
Sunday, June 14th at 4 p.m. at Jeff and Shelly Muhlenkamp's house,
13 Seldom Seen Road, BW. For questions, please contact Shelly at
724-799-8275 or shellymuhlenkamp@zoominternet.net.
Bring your square dancing shoes and get ready to have a fun time!
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Recognition Sunday and Potluck Picnic, Sunday, June 7

By Norma Liebenguth, Sunday School Superintendent
Please plan to attend morning worship on June 7th to honor our graduates and Sunday School teachers.
Congratulations to our graduates:
Graduate Level, College:
Ben Dague
Masters, Performance; Concentration: Classical Guitar
Youngstown State University
Ben is currently substitute teaching and working weekends at Aviva. He recently accepted a part-time position as a guitar professor with Hiram Universitys evening program while he searches for a full-time teaching position.
Ben resides in Bellevue.
Carla Porterfield
Masters, Environmental Science and Management
Duquesne University
Carla consults in the areas of environmental science and sustainability. She and husband Matt live in McCandless Twp.
Undergraduate, College:
Halley Bayer
B.S. in Psychology, Minor in Cognitive Neuroscience
Carnegie Mellon University
Haley graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was recognized for College Honors, University Honors, Outstanding Student
Leadership and Athletic Letters for Cross Country and Track & Field. She plans to perform research in consumer
psychology and then enter a doctorate program.
David DiFuccia
Bachelor of Architecture
Virginia Tech
While not technically a member of our church, Cindy Snyders nephew David has enhanced many of our worship services with his percussion talents. He also attended several of our Youth Group summer trips. David is currently interviewing for a position in his field.
High School:
Curtis McIntyre Coltharp (Mac)
North Allegheny
Mac plans to study biology/pre-med at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A potluck picnic follows worship. Please bring a side dish or salad to share. The Hospitality and Christian Education
Committees will do the rest!

Treasurer's Report as of 5/31/15

By Pam Hendrickson, Treasurer

Missions
By Jennie Griffin and Jean Hipwell, Missions
The Missions Committee would like to thank everyone who so
generously contributed to the Nepal Earthquake disaster. A whopping total of
$825 went to Brothers Brother to support earthquake relief efforts.
Brothers Brother also sent a thank you letter for our generous donation to let
us know that our gift was greatly appreciated.
Thank you as well for the many books you all donated for the
Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry's annual book sale, to be held in June. We
delivered a massive load of book to them for this sale. Every book you donated
makes a difference for those in need of affordable counseling, tutoring and
parent education.
North Hills Community Outreach also appreciates your continued
donations. The food pantry items requested for the month of June are canned
pasta (ravioli, lasagna, etc.). NHCO is also now collecting donations for its
annual Back-to-School Supply Drive. Every summer, they collect new
backpacks and school supplies and share them hundreds of local children in
need in August. Donations are needed for all ages from preschool through
college. Gift cards for school clothing also are appreciated in June and
July. They especially need: backpacks, book covers, colored pencils,
crayons, erasers, glue sticks, highlighters, loose-leaf paper, markers,
notebooks, pens, pencils, pencil boxes and sharpeners, pocket folders, rulers,
scissors and school lunch items such as PB&J and juice boxes. We will have
boxes set up in the church library to collect these items. As always, thank you
for your continued support and generosity!

Softball Update
By Bob Doak, Coach
Our results are not so good so far in 2015. We won our first game last Sunday and completed the
first half of the season 1-5 with one rainout we'll be making up on Sunday May 31st, playing a
doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m. and game 2 at 2:30 p.m. We lost our pitcher for the year in
the second inning of our first game with a torn shoulder ligament due to a hard fall on his
shoulder trying to make a play in the field. My rotator cuff is partially torn so I'm unable to
participate fully. We have had lots of new players playing in new positions all over the field to
fill voids from our regulars missing.
We'll try and turn things around in the second half and get ready for the tournament in late July. Keeping the team
together with bubble gum and shoelaces!

Sign-Up for the Centennial Committee

By Jane Siefers, Hospitality
The church will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of Bradford Woods on Sat. Sept.12. We will
need a committee to organize and staff the morning greeting for centennial parade participants.
There is a sign-up sheet posted in the library; or feel free to contact the office too, if you like.

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
~Psalm 103:13
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Help Needed for Fall Events:

By Jane Siefers, Hospitality
As by now almost everyone knows, the borough of Bradford Woods is celebrating its 100th year of incorporation, and
this will be capped off by a big celebration on Saturday, September 12, in the Woodlands. This will be
started by a parade forming at the church. At their last meeting, the church council voted to provide
refreshments to the parade participants as they arrive to form up the parade in our church parking lot.
The current concept is to provide coffee, cold drinks and donated muffins either from the deck or
even better from our big tent on the ball field. We will need a committee of church members to plan
and implement this community welcome, so please sign up in the library or let the church office know
if you are willing help out (Jeff Kowal and Jennifer Griffin are already planning to put together a
multimedia show highlighting church history).
And we also plan a special church service to welcome the community back to the church grounds on
Sunday, September 13. We are moving up the Blessing of the Animals to that date! We know it is
traditional to bless animals on the feast day of St. Francis, but last year we and our pets were shivering
under the tent in October. So, at the suggestion of Sister Elizabeth (pastor Eds beloved furry
Sister Elizabeth
daughter), we are following our protestant reformation roots and moving up the date to what we
hope will be warmer weather!
Rally Day, normally the first Sunday after Labor Day, will be the following week, on September 20.

Financial notes from the In lady

By Jane Siefers, Assistant Treasurer
Donation envelopes: numbered donation envelopes are provided to anyone who would like to
use them. You do not need to be a member or a frequent donor to receive a box! Pew envelopes
are also provided for those who would like to use them. Ask Jane if you would like to have
envelopes, but dont currently have a box.
Recorded donations: any donation which can be traced to its original donor is recorded by the
assistant treasurer. This means that if you use a numbered envelope, write a check, or write your
name on a blank envelope, your donation will be recorded.
The In lady: the assistant treasurer (currently Jane Siefers) receives all money coming into the general treasury,
records the donors contribution (if name is known) and deposits the funds into the church bank account. She also issues
quarterly reports to the donors showing their personal contributions. All donations are confidential to the assistant
treasurer. Other church members with fiscal responsibilities (treasurer, trustees, etc.) are given summary figures, not the
donation amounts of any individual.
The Out lady: the treasurer (currently Pam Hendrickson) disburses all money coming out of the church general fund.
She also issues monthly financial reports to the trustees and church council detailing income and expenditures for the
previous month. These are available to anyone who is interested.
Uncle Sams donation policy: per the IRS, to be considered a charitable donation, your funds must be given without
expectation of personal benefit (the IRS has apparently not heard of Life Everlasting, although technically, you cant buy
your way into Heaven). Thats why your free will donation for lunches, for example, is not recorded on your statement.
Also, the church council decided some time ago not to accept directed donations which would provide a charitable
donation deduction to someone who would otherwise not qualify (some non-members wanted to donate to a non-exempt
organization through the church).
Please feel free to contact Jane or Pam with any questions you might have about the church fiscal policies and situations.
And please keep coming (and giving) throughout the summer!

Another Record Set in Adult Class

By Norma Liebenguth, Sunday School Superintendent
Its a record-breaker! Pastor Eds popular Adult Sunday School class hit another record Sunday with 23 in attendance!
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Worship Leaders and Acolytes

Jareds New Address

If you would like to volunteer to be a worship leader, please contact

Pastor Ed. Thank you for your service.

By Cait Kowal, Outreach

June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28

Ann Brehm, Mac Coltharp, acolyte

Melanie Verbaarschott, Beth Muhlenkamp, acolyte
Jenn Hudak, Chloe Coltharp, acolyte
John Liebenguth, Vanessa Verbaarschott, acolyte

Jared Riley has a new address. He could use all

the support and encouragement he can get while at
training. Feel free to write to Jared as he is
looking forward to hearing from his church
family! Write to him at: PV2 Riley, Jared; 232
MED BN, D Co. Class 45-15; 3820 Williams
Way JBSA; Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234.

May Happenings

Warm weather means more time on the deck!

Rich Faust and sons Stark and Eisen check out the treats.

Our famous chef Amy Atkinson serving her signature

Apple Pie in a Cone

Serving up smiles!

Record breaking Sunday school class

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4836 Wexford Run Road | P.O. Box 421

Bradford Woods, PA 15015
(724) 935-3135

Serving Bradford Woods and surrounding North Hills communities.

Visit our website: www.bradfordwoodschurch.org | Contact us: bwcc@consolidated.net

ICCC Mission Statement

Bradford Woods Community Church is a member of the ICCC (International Council of Community Churches) whose
mission statement is: As people devoted to following Christ we are committed to community, to treasuring diversity, to
living our faith in service and love.

Events for the Month of June:

June Birthdays

June

1 Braeden Swann; 6 Hannah Ptak;

9 Marisa Ashbaugh, Molly Coltharp and
Jared Riley; 12 Dave Tessmer;
13 Charlie Kurz; 15 Tanna Lammers and
Derrick Schmidt; 16 Jean Arndt and
Betsy Wehner; 18 Carla Porterfield and
Terri Sobotka;19 Kathy Grieser; 23 Samantha Hendrickson;
25 Suzanne Thoma; 26 Amy Muhlenkamp;
27 Greg Hipwell, 29 John Liebenguth

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Prayer Concerns and Praise

Baltimore riot victims, Joel Bonzer,
Joseph Bossman, Cathy Carter,
Kevin Croney and Family,
The Davenport Family, Jody Dentici, Diane Dilanni,
Christine Feagin, Martha Finley, Kevin Frederick,
Katherine Gardner, Laurie & Joe Gillespie,
Doug Ice, Karen Kimberly, Ron Liguori,
Denise Massaro, Nepal earthquake victims,
Carol OBrien, Jeff Prady, Jennifer Rihtarchick,
Jared Riley, Myleigh Smith, Doris Stokes,
John Valley, and The Waldron Family

Recognition Sunday/Communion, 11:00 a.m.

Potluck/Picnic Lunch, 12:00 p.m.
Trustees Meeting, 6:00 p.m.
Church Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m.

Ongoing through the 7th:

Adult Sunday School: Sunday, 10 a.m.
Morning Worship Service: Sunday, 11 a.m.
Youth GRAPE: Sunday, 7 p.m.
Choir Practice: Monday, 7 p.m.
AA/NA: Every Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
Ongoing after the 7th:
Morning Worship Service: Every Sunday, 10 a.m.
Youth GRAPE: Every Sunday, 7 p.m.
AA/NA: Every Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
(Note: there will not be Adult Sunday School, or
Choir Practice after the 7th)

Coffee Hour and Ushers

Please help with preparing coffee, a cold drink and an

(optional) refreshment is all thats needed. Ushers greet
new guests, hand out bulletins, and collect contributions
in the collection plates during service.

If you are new to our congregation, please pass your information to Caitalyn Kowal in the church office, regarding your
address, phone number, email address, etc. so we can keep our records up to date and keep you up to date. Thank you.
Please help us with our mailing list costs. If you could view this newsletter via email or online, please
contact us at 724.935.3135 or bwcc@consolidated.net.
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