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28 Aug

August 28, 2012 |

A giant bubble around the children helped illustrate how God protected Daniel in the lions’ den.

During the week of August 6 -10, International UB church (Allentown, Pa.) held its annual VBS, in partnership with St. John’s Evangelical Congregational Church here in Allentown. This year’s theme was Babylon Daniel’s Courage in Captivity.

The kids enjoyed the acting, games, lessons, worship, and crafts. However, one game made a mark on them. They were covered with a giant bubble to show how God protected Daniel in the lion’s den.

The hit song was “Amazing Grace, My Chains are Gone.” Many were very touched and teary during the singing. At the closing service, Pastor Neville Tomlinson gave a brief message on how the church must prevent re-education of our kids by secular society.

Pastor Tomlinson adds, “One highlight of the month was our first infant dedication (right), which was very moving to us because it was the daughter of our spiritual son whom we discipled over 10 years ago.”

28 Aug

August 28, 2012 |

Dan Paternoster (right), 55, a member of the denominational Executive Leadership Team since 2001, was riding his bike this morning (Tuesday, August 28) when he was hit by a car. He is currently in the ICU at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Mich.

The family reports that he has injuries to the brain, and the prognosis is not good. Dan’s wife, Nancy, and his daughter are with him. Please pray for Dan and his family. The Paternosters are members of Fowlerville UB church in Fowlerville, Mich. Dan is a veterinarian, and an avid bicyclist.

UPDATE 1:55 pm: According to LivingstonDaily.com, Dan was struck from behind by a 2008 Dodge Avenger sedan as he was riding his bike to work on the shoulder of Grand River Avenue. The woman driving the vehicle said “something got her attention” and she was looking to her left when she heard her vehicle strike something. She looked back, and the bicycle was going up in the air and the rider was striking her vehicle, said the sheriff. Speed and alcohol do not appear to be issues. Also, Dan was wearing a helmet.

UPDATE 3:45: A call from Fowlerville church informed us that Dan’s vital signs are good, and he is no longer in a life-threatening condition. However, there has been significant brain damage. He also has many bone fractures and other injuries. You can pray now for bleeding in the brain to stop, and for the overall healing of his body. He did squeeze his wife’s hand when she insisted that he squeeze it, so that’s a good sign.

Mailing address:

Dan Paternoster
4770 Cemetery Road
Fowlerville, MI 48836

27 Aug

August 27, 2012 |

The 8th Annual Tom Ponsot Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on September 15 at Donald Ross Golf Club in Fort Wayne, Ind. (7102 S. Calhoun St.). The late Tom Ponsot was a member of the Zanesville UB church (Zanesville, Ind.) and a member of the camp’s board of directors for many years.

The proceeds will once again support the ministries of Camp Cotubic in Bellefontaine, Ohio. During the past 7 years, the Classic has raised over $26,000, and hosted over 500 golfers.

We invite you to enter a team in this year’s tournament. The cost is $50/person. That includes green fees, cart, snacks, and lunch. There will also be plenty of door prizes and prizes for the winners and various other accomplishments.

Registration begins at 7:30 am with the tournament start time at 8 am.

Camp Director Dave Stephens reports that they will have hosted over 3000 campers from May through August. “Now we move into our fall and pre-winter season with weekend retreat groups here almost every weekend.”

27 Aug

August 27, 2012 |

Bishop Phil Whipple (left) with Calvin and Amy Hodgson.

Cal Hodgson, senior pastor of Heritage UB church (Dansville, Mich.), was ordained on Sunday, August 12, at Heritage. Bishop Phil Whipple conducted the ordination, assisted by Michigan pastors Tim Flickinger and Jeff Reser.

27 Aug

August 27, 2012 |

Seated, l-r: Derek Bostick, Dan Henley, Jim Bolich, and Cherie Finkey. Photo by Matthew Ciccocioppo of the Shippensburg Sentinel.

Four members of the Prince Street church staff (Shippensburg, Pa.) took a pie in the face on July 18. It was all a belated part of the church’s Vacation Bible School, which this year used the theme “Amazing Wonders of Aviation.”

This year’s charity was a local food pantry. As an incentive, this year they offered to throw a pizza party for the kids if they met the goal. By day 3 of the 5-day VBS, the goal was met. So, to motivate them further, they told the kids that for each $100 raised, they would get to put a pie in the face of a church staffer. In this order:

  • $200: Derek Bostick, vacation Bible school master of ceremonies.
  • $300: Dan Henley, pastor of youth and worship ministries.
  • $400: Jim Bolich, senior pastor.
  • $500: Cherie Finkey, director of children’s ministries.

By the end of VBS, the kid had raised $825. Which meant four pies in four faces.

Who, among the 100 children attending, would get to throw the pies? They decided it would be the kids who brought the most friends to VBS.

Although VBS was held June 10-14, these four staffers wouldn’t all be together until July 18. So that’s when the pie-throwing occurred. The staffers sat in chairs on the sidewalk behind the church. Pies were thrown, and with each one, the children roared with laughter.

27 Aug

August 27, 2012 |

James E. Reiber (right), 74, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Born in New Castle, Pa., he worked as a Fixed Wing and Helicopter Mechanic in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1978. He married Karen Sue Cassidy in 1972, and she passed away in 2009.

Reiber was ordained as a United Brethren minister in 1997, when he was pastoring Mill Chapel UB church in Reedsville, W. Va. At the time of his death, he was a member of Union Chapel United Brethren church in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Surviving are five children, including son Gary, who is senior pastor of Union Chapel UB church in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Funeral Details

Visitation: 4-6 pm Monday, August 267, 2012.
Funeral service: 6 pm Monday, August 27.
Visitation and Funeral location: Union Chapel United Brethren Church, 12628 Coldwater Rd.

Rev. Wayne Goldsmith will officiate at the funeral. Burial will be in New Castle, Pa. Memorials may be made to the Union Chapel United Brethren in Christ Church.

27 Aug

August 27, 2012 |

Through the generous gifts of donors, Project Compassion is able provide children infected with HIV/AIDS with a clean place to live where they will be cared for, comforted, loved, encouraged, fed, and educated. 98% of these children have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS and many of the children themselves will not live beyond their teen years.

If you’d like to know more about this program, contact Global Ministries by email or call 1-888-622-3019.

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20 Aug

August 20, 2012 |

Joe Abu, senior pastor, Zion United African Church, Philadelphia, Pa.

Bishop John Pessima (right) is the bishop of the United Brethren in Christ Church in Sierra Leone, West Africa. When he came to the United States in the fall of 2011, some United Brethren churches invited him to speak. That was a blessing to the ministries in Africa and to their partners here in the United States.

As the representative of the UB Church in Sierra Leone to our partners in the United States and Canada, I am excited to announce to you that Bishop Pessima is scheduled to be here again in late October through November, and will be delighted to be your 2012 Thank Offering. Of course, you can invite him to preach or speak about Sierra Leone, too. He will be all yours!

Since I will travel to Sierra Leone for a leadership conference in early September, I kindly suggest that you contact me as soon as possible if you are interested in inviting the bishop speak at your church or group. First come, first served. I need to have all of this set up before leaving. This is my contact information:

Joseph C. Abu
172 W. Shelley Dr.
Claymont, DE. 19703
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 267-240-9942.

20 Aug

August 20, 2012 |

Doug and Ruth Weber, after many years as missionaries in Ecuador, recently relocated to the United States. Doug wrote on his blog about attending a re-entry program for missionaries returning to the USA after living overseas for many years, and how they go through five stages: Settled, Unsettled, Chaos, Resettling, and Settled. He explained hos this process related to their own experiences as a family. Read his August 18 post, called “Through the Chaos.”

15 Aug

August 15, 2012 |

Huntington University will offer an accelerated pre-pharmacy track starting in the fall of 2012 to give students a head start on earning a doctorate degree.

Students will take 2-3 years of pre-pharmacy study at Huntington and then directly enter a four-year pharmacy doctoral program at another institution. In all, students will earn their doctorate degrees in pharmacy up to two years faster, without first having to complete a bachelor’s degree. A Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree is required to practice pharmacy in the United States, and the accelerated route is becoming more common among students.

The university is also launching a new bachelor’s program in pre-athletic training this fall, and is developing a master’s and doctoral-level program in occupational therapy.