Waynesboro Church of the Brethren Newsletter
April 12, 2020
From The Pastor's Desk
Life has been quite strange the last couple of weeks. It’s difficult to imagine not meeting as a body of believers on Easter Sunday. However, that’s where we find ourselves on Easter 2020. This can be depressing to digest. But it doesn’t change the story of Easter. In fact, the resurrection of Jesus may be even more inspiration considering our present state. Can you imagine the hopelessness of Jesus’ followers after He died that Friday night and the Saturday that followed? The disciples were so paralyzed with grief that they totally forgot that Jesus told them many times He would die and rise again. So as the women carefully walk to Jesus’ tomb to prepare His body for permanent burial their desperation and sorrow are turned to joy as they witness the stone rolled with an Angel sitting on it. And the Angel tells them, “You are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; He is risen as He said. Go quickly and tell His disciples.” As the women turn to go back to Jerusalem, they see Jesus, alive and walking around. Immediately their sorrow is turned to joy and they tell the disciples that they’ve seen the Lord. History is filled with times that God intervened on our behalf. We see this when we consider the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ that God sacrificially gave His only Son to us, that we may have eternal life with God. In God’s intervention He gives us something we can’t get for ourselves. Today, as we live with uncertainty and fear, we who know Jesus can take comfort in the fact that the tomb is empty. In this God intervened and He will have the final word. My hope for you this Easter is that even in our absence from one another we can still feel the joy of that first Easter Sunday and know that our hope is in that empty tomb! Happy Easter! -Pastor John
EASTER FLOWER TRIBUTES
In Memory Of: Presented By:
H. Elmo & Eileen Angle Brian Angle Joann Baker Greg & Angie Baker Ted & Louise Biss Paul & Margie Behnke Nancy Hess Creager Max Creager & Family Jere Hovis & Carrie Blough Emily Hovis Ed Kercheval Barbara Kercheval & Family My Husband Carlton “Bud” Malcolm Charlotte Malcolm H. Max & Rosalie Snowberger The McFerren Family C. Daniel Mumma Harold & June Mumma Juanita Paterno Tom, Barb, & Andrew Paterno John Poffenberger Carolyn Poffenberger My Mom, Mrs. May Potter Janet Smedley Llewellyn Smith Mary Smith & Family Joseph L. & Joyce G. Bock Rich & Libby Stainbrook Joseph L. Bock, II & Thomas M. Bock Rich & Libby Stainbrook Robert & Laura Tressler and Infant Son Rich & Libby Stainbrook Mr. & Mrs. Guy W. Paugh Ron & Mary Ann Stitely Our Parents - Dr. Verne & Mrs. Pat Van Breemen, Calvin Evans, Sr. & Lois Jane Evans Joyce Van Breemen Ted & Louise Biss Ron & Carolyn Wolff Kathryn Oller Ron & Carolyn Wolff In Honor Of: Presented By: Jordan, Ali, & Katie Behnke Paul & Margie Behnke Our Children & Grandchildren Dan & Sue Bock Our 19 Great-Grandchildren Harold & June Mumma WOMEN’S MINISTRY MISSIONS FOR 2020
JANUARY - Always a planning month only
FEBRUARY - Food Drive for Community Services MARCH - School Lunch Fund Mission APRIL - Living Last Supper Drama MAY - Missionary Speaker JUNE - Sweet Grace Blankets Mission JULY - Pajamas/Book Mission AUGUST - Self-Defense Awareness Workshop SEPTEMER - Foster Care Speaker OCTOBER - Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Box NOVEMBER - Make Candy for a Donation DECEMBER - Miscellaneous NOTE: Dates and times will be noted at a later date in the church newsletter as well as from the pulpit DEACON
HOSPITAL VISITATION APRIL Tuesday: Bonnie Hoffman Friday: Sue Bock UNDERSHEPHERD
VISITATION APRIL Susie Miller Carolyn Poffenberger Barb Wolff 
Please remember our SHUT-INS & OTHERS with special needs: Lucille Barkdoll, Norma Biser, Al Guyer, Earl Hovis, Mildred Hull, Dot Luty, Edith Snader, Paula Ringer, Bill Kercheval, Edith Lampe, John Carson, Dave Hockenberry, Lucille Barkdoll, Pauline Anthony, Jackie Ridge, Joanna Helfrick, Lucille Pryor
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