Congregational Life
Birth Announcements
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Lawrence, Kendall Blake Matt
and Courtnie
Lawrence announce the birth of their first child, a daughter, Kendall
Blake, born December 17, 2005 at 4:40 PM.
She weighed 8 lbs. 15 oz. and was 23 inches long. Grandparents
include Dickie and Brenda Walton of Powhatan and David and Sandi Lawrence
of Glen Allen. The Lawrences
are members of Clover Hill Assembly of God. |
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Hearn, Sawyer Grant
Dan and Kelley Hearn announce the birth of
their first child, a son, Sawyer Grant, born January 19, 2006 at 2:00 PM.
He weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 inches long. Grandparents
are Dickie and Brenda Walton of Powhatan and Pastor Daniel and Debbie
Hearn Sr. from Montrose, PA. The Hearns attend Harvest Chapel. |
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Engaged
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Yoder-Petersheim
Misty L. Yoder, daughter of Jonathan
& Charity Yoder of Farmville, VA, and Nathan J. Petersheim, son of
Fred & Amelia Petersheim of Oakland, MD, are delighted to announce
their upcoming marriage. The wedding is to be held on June 3, 2006 in
Farmville.
Misty is currently taking the semester off from college where she
was working to get her LPN license and in the future, RN license. At the
time she is working at H&R Block, cleaning houses and planning their
wedding. Nathan
is in the process of leaving the dairy business and moving to VA to work
for CB Buildings (pole frame construction). He will also be working on
their rental home in Buckingham to get that ready for him to stay in until
the wedding and for the first couple months of married life. Misty
and Nathan met in Maryland at a small sport bike rally among friends. A
week later, Nathan called Misty and asked her out. Four months to the day
of their first date, Nathan proposed and Misty was more then happy to say
“Yes!” Misty and Nathan are attending Harvest Chapel in Buckingham. |
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Blankenship-Nice Terry & Sandy Blankenship and Larry & Patricia Nice are happy to announce the engagement of their children Anna Lindsey Blankenship and Timothy Daniel Nice A
spring wedding is being planned |
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Wedding
Announcement
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Mills-Hill Dawn Mills and Aaron Hill were married
December 17, 2005 at the Muhlenberg Lutheran Church in Harrisonburg, VA. Dawn is the daughter of John and Bonnie
Mills of Shepherd, VA. and attended Powhatan Mennonite Church 1996-2003.
Aaron is the son of C. David and Peggy Hill of Harrisonburg, VA. Dawn works in a local day care center and part-time as a lab tech in a local hospital. Address:
Aaron and Dawn Hill
905 Sherwood Avenue, Apt. 3 Waynesboro, VA. 22980 |
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Mast, Susan
Susan passed away December 26, 2005, following a courageous battle with
Muscular Dystrophy. She was born
February 14, 1951, and is survived
by her husband, Omar Mast, and son, Joshua, her parents and two brothers.
Susan and Omar moved to Powhatan from Texas in 1986.
After working on the dairy with Ronnie Moyer for a number of
years they moved to Dewitt and then Amelia before moving to Culpepper
where they currently live.
Susan enjoyed
machine embroidery and custom sewing. Her
scripture sweatshirts reflected her deep love for the Lord and her creative
abilities.
Services and
burial were at Powhatan Mennonite Church.
Youth Sunday School Stretch
Our Youth
Sunday School class, which now involves fifteen students, has undertaken a new
class format which will both focus and broaden student activities.
Each
Sunday’s class work will include two studies; a review of a chapter of Rick
Warren’s Purpose Driven Life
and a chapter study in When Worldviews Collide by Dr. Ergun M. Caner, Dean of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in
Lynchburg, Virginia. Each Sunday,
as a class starter,
students turn to the assigned chapter in PDL and work in their
personal journals, copying the memory verse and answering the life-changing
question at the end of the chapter.
Then the
class turns discusses the assigned chapter in WWC, which they have
studied at home through the week. WWC is a study of the
Christian walk in comparison to world religions and thought systems which
enables students to learn more about our own faith and how to witness
effectively in today’s world. We
discuss key questions and statements in the assigned reading.
Dr.
Caner, author of WWC, came to our
country from Turkey. His father was
a Muslim missionary to the U. S. and his family members were, of course, devout
followers of Islam. When Dr. Caner
was a teen, a school friend witnessed to him over a long period of time.
Caner finally consented to visit the friend’s church and soon accepted
Christ as Lord. At that point his
family disowned him.
The class is open to all youth interested in understanding the Christian
walk and learning more about world religions.
Those who are interested may contact Pres or Carolyn Nowlin, class
leaders.
Jesus” by Jeremy Critcher
| Mark you calendar….
A
time of Spiritual
Renewal & Mission Awareness at PMC
February
24-26, 2006 (Friday-Sunday)
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We are eagerly looking forward to the weekend of February 24 when Richard
and Jewel Showalter will be with us for a time of spiritual renewal and
missions emphasis. Formerly
president of Rosedale Bible College, Richard is now president of Eastern
Mennonite Missions. The
Showalters have served as missionaries in Kenya, Turkey, and Cyprus and as
church planters in Ohio. Jewel,
a gifted writer and editor, has served as a hospital chaplain, speaker and
retreat leader, and teacher at the Harrisburg Discipleship Training
Center. Currently, she assists
in overseeing the Middle East/North Africa program for EMM. Let us pray earnestly for
Richard and Jewel as they prepare for our time together. Services will be held Friday evening, Saturday
morning, Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
-Watch for more details- |
Note: There is a very good article on Eastern Mennonite Mission’s web site, www.emm.org that Richard wrote about missions in China.