Nursery Care is being provided every week, during the

worship service, for children from birth through and including

Kindergarten age [unless you are providing the Nursery Care,

then an older child/children may accompany you]. Thank

you to all who are volunteering their time in the Nursery.

Your help is still needed each month.

Our donations have been overwhelmingly good,

but we still need willing workers to help with this project.

Ebenezer’s Closet is open

The second Thursday and Saturday of each month. The

next closet days will be Thursday, February 11, 6:00 to

8:00 p.m. and Saturday February 13, 10:00 a.m. to noon.

Pastor: Rev. Kevin Fruchtl Phone: 1-610-334-5130 e-mail: kfruchtl@ebuccnewtripoli.org

Church Administrator: Linda Rinker Office Phone: 610-298-8000 e-mail: lrinker@ebuccnewtripoli.org

Newsletter Editor: Linda Rinker Office Phone: 610-298-8000 e-mail: lrinker@ebuccnewtripoli.org

“Newsletter

Deadline:

The 15th of each

month”

Directors of Music: Brad & Barbara Lizotte Phone: 610-377-7553 Preschool Director Debi Wanamaker Phone: 484-223-9006 e-mail: dawwjw@aol.com

Christian Ed. Director Tammy Rex Phone: 610-737-3583 e-mail: tsrex@ptd.net

Ebenezer UCC Tidings Ebenezer United Church of Christ, 7293 Decatur St., New Tripoli, PA 18066

Phone: 610-298-8000 Fax: 610-298-8296 E-Mail: lrinker@ebuccnewtripoli.org

Website: ebuccnewtripoli.org

February 2016

December 20 183

December 27 72

January 3 116 Baptism

January 10 77

GREETERS & ACOLYTES

Greeters should report at 9:30 a.m. to their assigned location.

DATE ACOLYTE(S) GREETERS

February 7 Tommy & Zachary Creighton Carl & Gloria Wertman (L)

February 14 Matthew Dunstan Roy & Dolores Dengler (L)

February 21 Chris Benson Richard & Becky Snyder (L)

February 28 Morgan Werley Stanley & Sandra Czapkewicz (L)

BUDGET INFORMATION

Monthly Report for the Newsletter

Financial information for the period of December 1 — December 31, 2015 .

Income current period $ 48,282 Operational Income

current period**

$ 46,617

Income 2015YTD $ 254,775 Operational Income

2015YTD**

$ 249,376

Expenses current period $ 23,381

Expenses 2015YTD $ 254,340

Net Income current period $ 24,901 Net Operational Income

current period**

$ 23,236

Net Income YTD $ 435 Net Operational Income

YTD**

$ (4,964)

Food bank donations current period $ 165

Food bank donations YTD $ 919

**From this point forward, Operational Income will also be included on all reports. Operational

Income shows the unrestricted funds – those actually able to be used to pay regular church

expenses.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Girl Scouts 6:30 -8:00 p.m.

2 Crafters 9 a.m. to noon Cubs 7-8:30 p.m. AA 7-8:30 p.m.

3 Girl Scouts 6:30 -8:00 p.m.

4 Adult Choir

7 p.m

5

6

7 WORSHIP 10:15 A.M.

BREAKFAST

BOWL

8 Girl Scouts 6:30 -8:00 p.m.

9 Crafters 9 a.m. to noon Cubs 7-8:30 p.m. AA 7-8:30 p.m.

10 Girl Scouts 6:30 -8:00 p.m.

NOON SERVICE (ASHES NO COMMUNION)

7:30 SERVICE

(ASHES AND COMMUNION)

11 Adult Choir

7 p.m

EBENEZERS CLOSET

6 TO 8:00 pm

12

13

EBENEZERS

CLOSET

10 a.m. to noon

14 WORSHIP 10:15 A.M.

15 Girl Scouts 6:30 -8:00 p.m.

16 Crafters 9 a.m. to noon Cubs 7-8:30 p.m. AA 7-8:30 p.m.

17 Girl Scouts 6:30 -8:00 p.m.

Lent Suppers and Services; 6

to 7:30 pm

18 Adult Choir

7 p.m

19

20

21 WORSHIP 10:15 A.M.

22 Girl Scouts 6:30 -8:00 p.m.

23 Crafters 9 a.m. to noon Cubs 7-8:30 p.m. AA 7-8:30 p.m.

24 Girl Scouts 6:30 -8:00 p.m.

Lent Suppers and Services; 6

to 7:30 pm

25 Adult Choir

7 p.m

26

27

28 WORSHIP 10:15 A.M.

29 Girl Scouts 6:30 -8:00 p.m.

February 8 – Roy Dengler, 3436 Main St., Emerald, PA 18080

15 – Mrs. LaRue Weiss, P. O. Box 15, New Tripoli, PA 18066

If you are 80 years or older, or know of someone who is, we would like to include you on

our birthday list. We need your name, month and day (year is optional). Please contact

the office at 610-298-8000.

ARE YOU DOING ALL YOU CAN TO ENRICH YOUR LIFE AND EMPOWER YOUR

INNER SPIRIT?

Do you know what Ebenezer’s adult Sunday School is all about? Take a look.

1. Discussions of Christian behaviors to live by

2. Learning Bible basics, and favorite Bible stories

3. Relating Bible experiences and teachings, to our everyday experiences

4. Voluntary group sharing of thoughts and experiences, and good Christian fellowship

5. Viewing of videos of current, articulate pastors, who share different ideas on

Christian theology

And these are just some of the things we talk and learn about in Sunday School. Come join us

Sunday mornings starting in September from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. in the double rooms on the

first floor of the church across from the restrooms.

AT A GLANCE:

February 28—Family Movie Night; 6:30 pm

March 2—Christ’s Kids; 6:30 to 7:30 pm

March 9—Christ’s Kids; 6:30 to 7:30 pm

March 16—Christ’s Kids; 6:30 to 7:30 pm

March 20—SNL; 11:15 to ??

March 26—Egg Hunt; 1 pm

March 27—Easter Celebration!; 9 to 10 am

March 27—Kids sing during worship; 10:15 am

April 24—Bowling Party; 2 to 4 pm

April 30—German Dinner and Entertainment!

May 1—Sunday School Volunteer Appreciation Day

May 4—CE meeting; 7 pm

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SUNDAY SCHOOL?

January 31—John the Baptist and Jesus February 7—John the Baptist and Jesus

February 14—Valentine’s Day Celebration! All groups will meet for a fun morning in the social hall!

February 21—The Last Supper February 28—The Last Supper

The Middle School Class (6th & 7th grade) will meet in the

room across from the offices. We are learning about Who Was this Jesus Dude??

The Teen Class (confirmed youth through 12th grade) will meet

upstairs each week.

The Adult Class meets every week in the double room on the first floor—coffee and conversation provided!

CHRIST’S KIDS!

For Kindergarten through 5th graders!

Wednesday, February 17

Wednesday, February 24

Wednesday, March 2

Wednesday, March 9

Wednesday, March 16

6:30 to 7:30 pm

Come for lots of fun!

Object lessons

Games

Treats

SNL (Sunday Night LIVE!)

Middle and High School

Youth Group

February 21

6 to 8 pm

March 20

11:30 to ??

*Lunch

*Egg Hunt Prep

*Trip to Independence

Family Fun Center

SOUPER BOWL II

Sunday, February 14

11:15 am to 12:30 pm

Contact Tammy if you’d like to enter your soup in the contest or sit on the

judging panel!

A prize will be awarded to the soup voted “BEST”!

All are welcome to enjoy a hot soup lunch after worship for FREE! Good will

donations are appreciated and will be used to help pay for Christian Ed.

activities and events.

LENT SUPPERS AND SERVICES

WEDNESDAYS

FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH MARCH 16

Dinner is served at 6 pm

Services are from 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Child care is provided and Christ’s Kids is available for kids in elementary school.

Volunteers are needed each week to:

Provide meals and dessert

Clean up

Help with child care (infants up to preschoolers)

EBENEZER’S ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT

Saturday, March 26

1 pm

Lots of candy-filled eggs to hunt!

Prizes to win!

Refreshments for everyone!

Visit with the Easter Bunny!

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

Sunday, February 28

6 pm

FEATURING: “E.T.”

Refreshments will be provided!

All are welcome to bring

comfortable chairs, sleeping

bags, blankets, etc. Come in your

PJs if you like!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS EARLY!

German Dinner and Entertainment!

Saturday

April 30

Dinner will be served 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Enjoy an authentic German dinner—sausages,

sauerkraut, red cabbage, cabbage and noodles,

rolls, plus delicious German desserts!

After dinner (7 to 9 p.m.) enjoy the sounds of our

own Dylan Rex as he sings and plays all of your

favorite oldies on his guitar.

$15/adult

$10/children 3 to 10 years old

Children under 3 are free

Tickets must be purchased in advance. Please contact Tammy

to reserve your seats early!

FROM YOUR WOMEN’S

GROUP:

Winter Meetings:

As in the past, we will not schedule meetings during the

months of January, February, and March, because we

usually end up cancelling them due to inclement weather

anyway. If a meeting becomes necessary, we will schedule it following a Sunday

morning church service.

Save The Date!

Our next Penny Party is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 2016! Start saving your

pennies now!

WOMEN OF THE CHURCH MEETING DATES

January – No Meeting February – No Meeting March – No Meeting

April – Meeting 7:00 p.m. May – Meeting 7:00 p.m. June – Meeting 7:00 p.m.

July -- No Meeting August -- No Meeting September – Meeting 7:00 p.m.

October – Meeting 7:00 p.m. Nov. – Meeting 7:00 p.m. December – Meeting 7:00 p.m.

EARLY COMMUNION

CLASS

With Pastor Kevin

Saturday, January 9

9 to 11 am

For children 7 years and up—

children must be accompanied by an

adult.

Contact Tammy if you are

interested in attending.

A sincere thank you to the Women of the Church for all you do for our church throughout the year. At the end of 2015 on top of all the other projects they do for Ebenezer and the community, they contributed

$6,000.00 to our General Fund. So anytime you help the Women of the Church out, rest assured, your time, talent or monetary donations are going

to a good cause.

Ebenezer United Church Of Christ

Approved Consistory Meeting Minutes

November 17, 2015

Call to Order:

The meeting was called to order by President, Ed Maurer at 7:00 PM

Opening Devotions and Prayer: Pam Delligatti

Attendees: Scott Becker, Chris Rex, Ed Maurer, AnnaLou Fritzinger, Nia Fratrik, Pam Delligatti, Bambi Snyder, Josh Serfass, Kevin Geist

Absent: Susan Bentley, Robert Oxford

Guests: Ken Kistler

Approval of Minutes: The minutes from October 27, 2015 were accepted as written with a motion from Scott Becker and a second from Josh Serfass.

Treasurer’s Report: No report available for meeting.

Old Business:

Preschool: Breakfast with Santa, card shower for vita and food pantry. They have 2 students returning to preschool this year. Preschool asking if maybe next year they can do a program in the morning and the afternoon. Thinking program would have enough students to provide morning and afternoon service. Debbie would then be considered a full time employee and what benefits would need to be provided. There would need to be someone in the office all day for phone calls and leaving people in and out of building. Thoughts were to get cameras instead of having people in office but then still no one in office to answer phones. Ken is checking into the process of being in all day for teaching.

Candy Sale: questioning if Richard is doing candy sales if not should preschool do it for proceeds for preschool?

Property: # of us worried about the painting in the church. Wondering if this is professional doing the painting worried about the mural being done. Was told the mural isn't being touch it's the cracks in the walls being patched up and repainted. This is being done by volunteer except for the expense of supplies.

Budget: 3% raise, Linda, Tammy, treasure, music: Pastor Kevin asking for reimbursement on mileage instead of a % raise. He hasn't submitted mileage in many years would prefer mileage stipend since it would be non-taxable. We figured out that it would be about $1500.00 for mileage stipend for Pastor Kevin. We put a vote in for stipend for PK and the vote was not agreed with the whole consistory panel. Ed will write letter on budget.

Miscellaneous: We talked about having a jr. consistory member to attend the meeting and have their opinion about things but not be able to vote.

Do we want the consistory to visit the sick? New business: Pool put in by the renters which will increase the insurance. Not sure if there was a permit to put the pool up. Will need to check with the township. Come to an agreement that the pool should come down since this isn't a permanent residency for them and a huge liability. Stewardship: Welcome wagon: Baskets full of goodies, map of the area etc for people who have moved into the area. Baptism: Jan drafted a letter to invite families to come back every three months after a baptism to keep families coming to the church. And stay active within our church. Consistory members to join December 13, 2015 Christmas worship. Consistory members will be doing a song during the worship service Please let Pam Delligatti know if you will be attending the service. There are several Christian Ed members on consistory talked at the Christian Ed meeting they need extra rooms for during Sunday school services. Classes are getting bigger every year and we are running out of rooms. We need to clean out the double room downstairs. Need some volunteers to clean out rooms. We have a lot of extra items that we are not using that we can keep on storing in different rooms of the church we need to clean house and get rid of some of the stuff that we are not using. Meeting adjourned at 9:10 PM Bambi Snyder

“SAVE THE DATE”

EBENEZER CAR SHOW

Saturday, September 24th

Details will come later

NEXT M&M PROJECT

Beginning in January our M&M project will be the Snack Pack program in the Northwestern Lehigh School District so it’s very close to home!! This program, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Allentown West-Western Lehigh County and the Lowhill Food Pantry, provides (2) meals and healthy opportunities will follow.

Watch for the M&M tubes in early January and let’s

help our closest neighbors in need!!

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Ebenezer United Church of Christ

7293 Decatur Street

New Tripoli, Pa 18066-0024

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