Community Thanksgiving Meal, 30 Hour Famine, Celebrate Recovery
Dear Stillmeadow Family,
As we enter “Just Mercy Month” and the week of elections, let us remember a central tenet of our faith: incarnation.
Enfleshment is a rough translation of incarnation. God did not heal the wound of the world or deal with the deceptions in the world from a distance, but up close and in person.
John 1:14 says “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Colossians 1:27 says the mysterious good news is “Christ in you.” So, God continues his enfleshment through the church. We are now invited to embody his grace and truth through acts of justice and habits of mercy.
Please take time to pray through the opportunities we are highlighting each week this month. Ask God how he is inviting you to respond and represent his grace and truth in these days. Check out www.stillnaz.com/justmercy for info on Habitat for Humanity, the Foster Care Initiative, Good News Global and the Nursing Home Blessing.
As you respond to his call, engage his word this week. Here’s the reading schedule that includes further exploration of what the Bible has to say…
Weekly Reading (November 4-10)
Monday: Ruth 2:15-23; Romans 12:1-8
Tuesday: Ruth 3:1-7; Romans 12:9-21;
Wednesday: Ruth 3:8-18; Romans 13:1-7
Thursday: Ruth 4:1-10; Romans 13:8-14
Friday: Ruth 4:11-17; Romans 14:1-12
Saturday: Ruth 4:18-22; Romans 14:13-23
In His Hands and In His Time,
Pastor Josh
And check out the services at the Stillmeadow Lane Campus and the York City Campus!
The Main Announcements
Community Thanksgiving Meal
30 Hour Famine!
Celebrate Recovery
Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Sunday, November 24th from 2-5PM! This event is a multi-church event that will be held at our York City Campus (350 Chestnut St.). Invite your friends and neighbors and join us for food and fellowship! Many hands are needed to feed the community a Thanksgiving meal! If you would like to serve you can sign-up HERE.
Youth 30 Hour Famine-November 8 & 9
Did you know that the number of people facing hunger doubled in 2020 and is now 270 million, that one in every ten people in the developing world do not have enough to eat and 6,000 plus kids under age 5 die from preventable hunger related causes daily? Support our youth as they fast, fund raise for world hunger and serve! Youth participants and adult volunteers can register HERE. You can donate to World Vision to end world hunger through a participating teen or by going HERE.
Celebrate Recovery
EJAM Bake Sale!
Are you in need of baked goods for Christmas? We have you covered! Visit our table beside the cafe on Sunday for a bake sale to support our upcoming work and witness trip to Jamaica! Enjoy pies, sandtarts, whoopie pies and more! Sale ends Nov 17th!
Grow with us
No one matures alone. Check out our listing of groups and let us know if you’re interested in one. Contact Karon Kagan (kkagan@stillnaz.com) or Pastor Tabitha Martin (pastortabitha@stillnaz.com) if you’d like help signing up or learning more.
We believe that as followers of Jesus, we are on the pathway of discipleship. This pathway is not linear, but we grow when we gather together, when we take courses to grow in our spiritual formation, when we commit to a lifegroup to practice the mission of Jesus together, when we begin to lead others, and when we pray together. Join our discipleship pathway as we grow with Jesus and one another!
~Life Groups- We are all on a discipleship pathway here at Stillmeadow and we believe we can't do it alone. We have lifegroups of all kinds to deeper our walk as we learn to intentionally share faith and life together in community while practicing the mission of Jesus through conversation, fellowship, prayer, service, and intimacy. You can find a list of our lifegroups at stillnaz.com/lifegroups.
Serve with us
You have been gifted and we’d be honored to serve with you. We’d love to have you partner with us. Click the “Serve” button below for more opportunities.
~JTAG Christmas Choir —If you like to sing or play an instrument, join us for the Christmas Musical Program that will take place in both services December 15th! You can sign up at stillnaz.com/choir. Questions? Email pastorjohn@stillnaz.com.
Pray with us
You can find a guide to prayer and submit a prayer request at www.stillnaz.com/pray. This week, let us pray for…
Our citizens who live in York County, mayors, school boards. The print and broadcast media. The churches of York: members and clergy. All who live in poverty. All who suffer from mental illness.
Give with us
Hurricane Disaster Help-For ways to give, provide Crisis Care Kits, or to be a part of a future work team, please go to stillnaz.com/hurricane.
Habitat for Humanity
York Habitat for Humanity is a volunteer driven, Christian housing ministry that builds safe, decent, and affordable homes in partnership with lower-income York County residents living in substandard housing. Funded mainly by private donations, York Habitat provides a “hand up, not a hand out” by offering qualified families interest free, 30 year mortgages.
Crisis Care Kits
One way the Church of the Nazarene supports people facing natural and humanitarian disasters is through Crisis Care Kits. These are little packs that help meet basic needs. If you’d like to help, you can build kits of your own and bring them into Stillmeadow. You can find the list and instructions HERE.
Quarterly Giving Statement
Stillmeadow accomplishes its mission of Jesus to All Generations through the faithful generosity of God’s people. Because our accountability and transparency are important below is our quarterly income and expense report for the most recent quarter.
Congratulations to…
Mitchell & Leah (Shaffer) George who were married on October 12.
Brady and Karla Rotz who were married on October 5.
Condolences to…
The family of Denny (and Vanessa) Williams who lost his mother Lois Elaine Williams on October 11.
The family of Rich (and Lida) Renoll who lost his mother Nancy Renoll , grandmother to Nate and Brandon, on November 2. Funeral arrangements for Nancy Renoll are as follows: Location: Beck Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 175 N. Main St., Spring Grove, PA 17362 Viewings will take place Tuesday, November 5th 5-7PM and Wednesday November 6th 9-10AM. Celebration of Life service will take place Wednesday, November 6th at 10AM