Palm Leaves August 2018 - Palm Schwenkfelder...

Inside this issue:

Youth News/Pastor Nick’s Birthday Pics

2

Choir News 3

Calendar 4

Trustees’ Tidbits 6

Relay for Life Pics 7

Caspar’s Corner 8

Washington & Confirma-tion Pics

11

Special Points of Interest:

Youth News Senior Choir Senior Bell Choir Junior Bell Choir Pastor Nick’s Birthday Pics

Washington Meeting House Service Confirmation Pics Relay for Life Pics

Caspar’s Corner Flower & Bulletin sponsorship Trustees’ Tidbits Chow-Chow Making

Brown Bag Lecture Summer Music Lineup Gedächtnestag at Kraussdale

Palm Schwenkfelder Church

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AUGUST 2018

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the Perkiomen, I wished I was back in! So let me share with you the little reminder from a couple of years ago in these hot days of summer.

I don’t think it is a co-incidence that most of the activities I choose for my regular exercise have me in or around water, where I also find that same sense of calm and refocus. It turns out that I am not alone in that experience, and there have been some studies done on the phenomenon.

Wallace J. Nichols, in his book Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Health-ier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do (Little, Brown and Com-pany, 2014.) explores the “remarkable effects of wa-ter on our health and well-being.” Washington Post writer Nicola Joyce com-ments that “Blue Mind” refers to “the neurological, psychological, and emo-tional changes our brains

Before I write my newsletter articles, I often look back at previous years, and today had a lovely reminder from an article I had written in 2016. It also happens that I just came off the Perki-omen Creek with my pad-dleboard in a bit of a heat wave in the first week of July. In and on the water was refreshingly pleasant, but getting out and into the sun, and especially on blacktop was a vivid re-minder of those hot sum-mer days growing up in North Carolina, when you could see the heat radiating

up from the roadways and parking lots and just wanted to get out of the heat. And as soon as I was out of the water, and the shade of the trees beside

experience when we are close to water.”

In my own experi-ence, I would describe it as that thing that happens when I get out on the paddleboard, go for a bike ride around Green Lane Park, hit the pool at the YMCA, or am at the beach. At first there are a million and one things on my mind, a sense of feel-ing overwhelmed and stressed clouding my ability to be fully present. But when I get out on the water or in it, that sense of being overwhelmed and stressed, the million and one things filling my mind, after about five minutes, stop being overly present, so that I can breathe and be more

Pastor‘s Pause ————A Little Reminder

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Y O U T H N E W SY O U T H N E W SY O U T H N E W SY O U T H N E W S

August BirthdaysAugust BirthdaysAugust BirthdaysAugust Birthdays

A Very Happy Birthday to…

Jovia Kinsler (8/13), Nicholas Pence (8/19), Job Kinsler (8/30) Happy 18th Birthday to Kaitlyn Mundy (8/22)

Please notify the church office if someone has been missed or if a date is incorrect.

Welcome back to Sunday School!! We’re looking forward to another amazing year at Palm!

A Special Date to Remember

September 23rd – Day of Remembrance Combined Sunday School - Meet at Kraussdale Meetinghouse

Photos by Lee

Schultz

Save the Date!!

September 9th Is Rally Day!!

“What’s Your Favorite Bible Story?”

Bring a Covered Dish to Share and an Item for Open Link

If you know of any Palm youth who have graduated high

school and are continuing on to higher education, such as

College or Trade School, please submit their name and

school address to the church office (or home address if

they are commuting) and they will receive cards and

treats throughout their school year.

C o l l e g e C a r e P a c k a g e s

P a s t o r N i c k ’ s B i r t h d a y

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One Ringy Dingy…

The Junior Bell Choir is looking for a few new ringers for the 2018-2019 season. New members are always welcome, youth in 3rd grade and

older. We start practices promptly at 6:00 on Wednesday evenings and

play in church on the 3rd Sunday of each month. Practice will begin

Wednesday, September 5th. No previous musical experience is required. Contact Beth Croll ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

Do you find yourself humming along with the car radio?? Do you sing to yourself in the shower??

Can you carry a tune in a bucket?? Would you like to learn how to carry a tune without a bucket?? If you meet any of

these requirements, you belong in the Senior Choir!! Come join the fun.

Rehearsals every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., beginning August 29th.

The United Schwenkfelder Choir will begin rehearsing for its 89th season on Monday

evening, September 10th at the Central Schwenkfelder Church in Worcester, PA. This non-

denominational choir, representing membership in over 30 churches from Montgomery and

Bucks Counties, will present a program of traditional and contemporary Christmas music at

2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 2nd. The Choir is always ready to welcome

new members.

UNITED S C H W E N K F E L D E R

CHOIR

S e n i o r C h o i r

The Senior Handbell Choir will start again on September 5th. We wel-

come new ringers. Our practices are generally Wednesday evenings

from 6:30 to 7:15 PM and we share our music in worship on the 4th

Sundays of the month September through April.

S e n i o r H a n d b e l l C h o i r

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(Yeakel Road and Hosensack Road, Palm, PA)

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June 2018 June Year to Date Operating Cash on Hand Start of Month/Year $18,403.19 $ 64,361.86 Operating Income Received $20,376.56 $134,122.15 Operating Expenses $20,275.80 $179,980.06 Operating Cash on Hand - 6/30 $18,503.95 $ 18,503.95

The Trustees take the security of our Church very seriously and we are working on an upgrade to our current security system, including the ability for certain key people to unlock the church doors remotely.

While making this change, the Trustees feel it is prudent to tighten up who has the ability to unlock the church.

Our church incurs an expense for each swipe card and fob issued used to unlock the two main doors of our church.

We are asking everyone who currently has a swipe card or fob to contact Dan Ferry, our Church Administrator, before September 1st.

You can either return your card or fob to Dan, or ask to continue to have user access via your current card or fob.

Please understand that having had a swipe card or fob in the past does not automatically guarantee that you will be granted the same permission going forward as we will now have the ability to remotely unlock.

In early September we will be deactivating any unaccounted for swipe cards or fobs.

In advance we thank you for your assistance with the changes in our church se-curity, and please feel free to speak with any of our Trustees should you have questions.

T r u s t e e T i d b i t

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Mark Your Calendar! It’s Time to Make Chow Chow August 24th & 25th

The Ladies’ Aid will need many hands to help wash & count jars & to chop fresh vegetables on August 24th, 9:00AM – noon. The monumental task of canning will start at 8:00AM on August 25th. This endeavor is no small task and will take many hands. Please save these dates and consider helping with this Ladies’ Aid spon-

sored project. Contact Carol Carlin-Woodward if you are available to help.

Donations of new or used pint canning jars are needed

(no wide mouth or mayonnaise jars).

A Little Reminder (Cont.) me a drink”, you would have

asked him, and he would

have given you living wa-

ter.’ The woman said to him,

‘Sir, you have no bucket,

and the well is deep. Where

do you get that living water?

Are you greater than our

ancestor Jacob, who gave us

the well, and with his sons

and his flocks drank from

it?’ Jesus said to her,

‘Everyone who drinks of this

water will be thirsty again,

but those who drink of the

water that I will give them

will never be thirsty. The

water that I will give will

become in them a spring of

water gushing up to eternal

life.’

fully aware of God’s pres-ence.

I have always felt drawn to water, and I do not be-lieve that it is a coincidence that the sacrament of Bap-tism uses water as its symbol of claiming, blessing and cleansing. I also don’t be-lieve it is a coincidence that Jesus refers to himself as Living Water. I hope that we might all find some time to reconnect with our Blue Minds, but even more that we all may drink deeply from the Living Water of Jesus Christ. A Samaritan woman came

to draw water, and Jesus

said to her, ‘Give me a

drink’. (His disciples had

gone to the city to buy food.)

The Samaritan woman said

to him, ‘How is it that you, a

Jew, ask a drink of me, a

woman of Samaria?’ (Jews

do not share things in com-

mon with Samaritans.) Jesus

answered her, ‘If you knew

the gift of God, and who it is

that is saying to you, “Give

Photos By

Lee Schultz

R e l a y f o r L i f e

Schwenkfeldianna, vol-ume 1, number 2, goes into detail about 5 early Schwenkfelder Ministers: George Weiss, Balthasar Hoffman, Christopher Kriebel, Christopher Schultz and Christopher Hoffman. The first Schwenkfeldianna, vol-ume 1, number 1, was dedicated to Christopher Schultz.

This Caspar’s Corner begins an occasional se-ries about other Schwenkfelder Pastors, some with much we know about them, some with very little informa-tion we know, at this time. Some of the infor-mation we know is from the 1923 Genealogical

Record of the Schwenk-

felder Families (GR), some from the 1879 Ge-

nealogical Record (1879), some from the minutes of General Conference meet-ings, some from Schwenk-

feldian, some from other sources of information. This series will look at the Schwenkfelder Pastors chronologically and will not include those covered extensively elsewhere. Most of the Pastors to be presented were pastors of Schwenkfelder churches, a few served other churches in other denominations.

George Kriebel, born November 3, 1732; died December 1, 1805; son of Caspar and Susanna (Wiegner) Kriebel; mar-ried by Rev. Balthasar Hoffman October 11, (or possibly April 4), 1758, to Anna Anders, born April 8, 1736, died June 4, 1822; daughter of Balthasar and Anna (Hoffrichter) An-ders.

George Kriebel came to Pa. in 1734 with his par-ents. He bought land in Lower Milford Twp., in 1765. He was naturalized April 10, 1755, and is bur-ied in Kraussdale Schwenkfelder Cemetery. George Kriebel was well educated and was chosen to serve the Schwenkfeld-ers as a spiritual leader, or

what we could call a Minister today. We do not have record of the year he was elected as Minister, but we do know he was well respected and filled the position very acceptably. He served as a trustee of the

Schwenkfelder parochial schools for a number of years and subscribed $30 to the agreement to sup-port the schools when first established in 1763. When some of the teach-ers in these schools be-gan to teach doctrines contrary to the Schwenk-felder tenets, Rev. Krie-bel was selected to act as teacher, in which capac-ity he served from 1781 to 1789. He was impris-oned for a time in the Easton Jail for not com-plying with the Test Act (see Caspar’s Corner #71 for more information).

Caspar’s Corner – Schwenkfelder Ministers, Part 1

He was frequently en-gaged as a conveyancer and in settling differences in his community. After retiring from the school room as a teacher, he continued his interest in education by visiting the schools from time to time to give words of encour-agement and advice, sometimes delivering ser-mons to the pupils, cop-ies of which are still in existence, and also writ-ing letters to the pupils commending them for their industry and schol-arship. That Rev. Kriebel was a man of great influ-ence in the affairs of the Schwenkfelders, espe-cially after the death of Rev. Christopher Schultz, Sr., is shown by the many papers and letters written by him that are still pre-served. He participated in nearly every Gedächtni-stag celebration from 1788 through 1803. His years of service as pastor of the Upper District are listed in different places beginning as early as 1787 and ending as late as 1805. In the General Conference minutes of October 26, 1798, George Kriebel mentions that he is the only Pastor in the Upper District, but not enough persons from the Upper District are in

(cont. p. 10)

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George Kriebel was well

educated and was chosen to

serve the Schwenkfelders

as a spiritual leader, or what we could call a Minister today.

This Caspar’s Corner begins an occasional series about other Schwenkfelder Pastors… (it) will look at the Schwenkfelder Pastors chrono-logically and will not include those covered extensively elsewhere.

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G e d ä c h t n e s t a g a t K r a u s s d a l e

Flowers and Bulletins

There are several upcoming dates open for sponsor-ship of our Sunday flowers and bulletins. Dates available for flower sponsorship:

One Bouquet Still Needed— October 14th; November18th

Two Bouquets Available— September 16th

Remaining dates available for bulletin sponsorship are: August 5th, &19th; September 9th, 16th, & 30th

October 7th; November 25th; December 2nd & 30th The cost of bulletin sponsorship is $15. The cost for sponsoring one flower arrangement is $25, and the cost for sponsoring both arrangements is $50.

Due to inclement weather in July, the worship service for Due to inclement weather in July, the worship service for Due to inclement weather in July, the worship service for Due to inclement weather in July, the worship service for

Kraussdale had to be changed. We will now have our Kraussdale had to be changed. We will now have our Kraussdale had to be changed. We will now have our Kraussdale had to be changed. We will now have our

Day of Remembrance worship at the Kraussdale Meetinghouse. Day of Remembrance worship at the Kraussdale Meetinghouse. Day of Remembrance worship at the Kraussdale Meetinghouse. Day of Remembrance worship at the Kraussdale Meetinghouse.

Combined Sunday School will be held at 9:00am, Combined Sunday School will be held at 9:00am, Combined Sunday School will be held at 9:00am, Combined Sunday School will be held at 9:00am,

and the worship service will begin at 10:15am.and the worship service will begin at 10:15am.and the worship service will begin at 10:15am.and the worship service will begin at 10:15am.

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The Tragic Story of Bill Howe: Local Civil War Deserter

Presented by Bob Wood August 8, noon

In 1863 Bill Howe, a laborer living in Perkiomenville, enlisted in the Union Army and

rendered heroic service at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Through an unfortunate chain of events, within a year he was hanged by the Federal government and buried in a farm

field in Upper Frederick Township.

S L H C L E C T U R E S E R I E SS L H C L E C T U R E S E R I E SS L H C L E C T U R E S E R I E SS L H C L E C T U R E S E R I E S

attendance at the confer-ence that day to have an election for an additional person to help him, so no action was taken at that time. John Schultz was eventually elected in 1804 or possibly as early as 1802, as a pastor of the Upper District.

In the Schwenkfeldian, 1934, supplement to 1931 volume, pg. 25, in the arti-cle “Unveiling of Minis-ters Tablet at Palm Church”, Rev. Dr. Elmer E.S. Johnson was quoted as saying, “George Krie-bel, a scholar, set apart as trustee and later, too, a teacher in the Schwenk-felder parochial schools,

possessed of lands and wealth nevertheless of an humble and contrite spirit, beloved and honored by his fellowmen, a Christian statesman and gentleman of pronounced conviction and fortitude, a recog-nized pacificator at home and farther afield, a preacher acceptable to young and old, in school and church, he faithfully served as minister in the congregation 1787-1822.” [This ending date of service is an obvious error as he died in 1805.]

Caspar’s Corner is provided

monthly to The Schwenk-

felder Church by the

Schwenkfelder Library &

Heritage Center.

Caspar’s Corner – Schwenkfelder Ministers, Part 1 (Cont.)

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Confirmation

Wa s h i n g t o n M e e t i n g H o u s e

Photos By

Lee Schultz

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

833 Gravel Pike

P.O. Box 66

Palm, PA 18070

PALM SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH

Administrator/Office Phone: 215-679-5321

Fax: 215-679-2650

E-mail: [email protected]

www.palmschwenkfelderchurch.com

SAVE THE DATE!

August 19th — Hosensack Meetinghouse

August 26th — Combined Worship Service

@ New Goshenhoppen UCC

August 29th — Senior Choir Rehearsal

September 9th — Rally Day

Dated Material

Please Do Not Delay

Rev. Nicholas L. Pence, Pastor Barbara Master, Youth Director

Dan Ferry, Church Administrator Kevin Master, Sexton

Ed Bieler, Director of Music Peg Jacob, Organist

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