Christ’s Corner on the News

December 2009

 

A monthly publication for the

Members & Friends of

 

Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

100 South Third Street, Lewisburg  PA  17837

570-524-0745        christchurch@dejazzd.com

 

Making Christ Known

As We Worship, Serve & Grow in Faith

 

Advent/Christmas Activities at CELC

 

We “kick off” our holiday season at Christ’s Lutheran with the GREENING EVENT on Sunday, December 6th.  Please come with the whole family at 3:00 pm to help decorate our church in holiday splendor.  At 5:00 pm we will enjoy supper and fellowship together.  By 6:30 pm, with tummies full, we will move to the Sanctuary and listen to a lovely concert by our Children and Youth choirs.

 

Please note that all Christmas Poinsettia orders should be in to the Church Secretary by Sunday, December 6th.

 

Next on the agenda is the YOUNG-AT-HEART Holiday Luncheon and Party, which will be held on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009, at noon. This turkey dinner with all the trimmings is free, but please sign up at the Welcome Center in the Atrium so that we know how many people to expect.  Beverly Hoffman is doing the cooking, so we know this will be a wonderful meal and time together!

 

On Sunday, December 20th, at 3 pm come out to hear a fabulous Christmas Concert with Organ & Brass in our Sanctuary.  The Commonwealth Brass Quintet will perform brass, cymbal and timpani music, along with Shirley on the organ.  Carols will be sung by the audience, accompanied by all the instrumentalists.  Are the Christmas preparations driving you crazy?  Give yourself a mini-vacation from the rush and come out for a relaxing time when you can sit and simply enjoy some of the best music of this wonderful season!

 

On Christmas Eve, December 24th, we will have our traditional Family Christmas candlelight service beginning at 6:30 with a Children/Youth Choirs concert, and the Holy Communion service commencing at 7:00 pm.  At 9:30 pm the late candlelight service will begin with a Parish Choir concert, followed by the Holy Communion service at 10:00 pm.

 

Church Office open ‘til noon on December 24 & 31.  Office closed on December 25 and January 1.

 

FAMILY BINGO NIGHT DATE SET—Please mark your calendars for the Family Bingo Night coming up on Friday, January 15th at 6 pm.  A light supper will be served.  Bring one dollar for bingo prizes.  If you have questions, please call Betty Hook at 522-9618.

 

STEWARDSHIP REMINDER—if you were not able to turn in your yellow Estimate of Giving form in November, please fill it out and mail it or bring it with you when you come to church next time.  You can put it in the offering plate or turn it into the Church Office.  There are additional forms at the Welcome Center or you can get one by calling Sandy Nelson at 523-1849.  The Estimate of Giving form not only asks you to commit to a financial giving plan but also to commit to volunteer for any of many projects and activities at CELC.

 

PREVENTION HEALTH SCREENINGS IS COMING TO YOUR CHURCH! On Monday, December 14th  Prevention Health Screenings will be in the Lower Church Hall at CELC from 9 am to 4:30 pm to offer health screenings.  You or your loved ones can register to receive six high quality, non-invasive, affordable screenings  which can assess your risk for various cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.  These screenings could save your life or the life of someone you love…and they don’t hurt!  You need to register for these tests ahead of time by calling 1-800-460-2860.  Flyers detailing the tests available and the cost of them can be found at the Welcome Center in the Atrium.  The complete wellness screening which includes all six tests, plus a FREE bone density screening for osteoporosis costs $159, payable by cash, check or credit card.  This service is eligible for Flex Account reimbursement, although Prevention Health Screenings does not file insurance claims on your behalf.  Visit www.PreventionHealth.org for more information.

 

TROUT UNLIMITED will again be offering Fly Tying Lessons for nine weeks beginning on Monday, January 11th until March 8th, 2010 from 7—9 pm in the Lower Church Hall.  We will be teaching new-comers as well as old-timers how to tie flies that will catch fish.  All materials will be provided.  We have tool kits for use during the classes.  All you need to bring is your desire to learn how to tie a fly. A donation of $10 to help cover the cost of materials is asked.  This covers all 10 weeks.  For additional information call Tom Cardellino at 523-7097.

 

OUR ANNUAL MEETING—Can it be possible that this year of 2009 is  winding up and we are already looking forward to 2010?  It’s amazing how time marches on.  Please mark an important date on your calendar for the CELC Annual Meeting, which is scheduled for Sunday, January 24th.  Committee Chairs should also begin thinking about writing Annual Reports for 2009.  The Church Office needs to have these in NO LATER than Monday, January 4th, to be included in the Annual Report.  Please do yourself and your church a favor and get this task done early (if possible) so you can fully enjoy your Christmas/New Years’ holiday weeks without the added aggravation of meeting a nagging deadline!

 

CAMP MOUNT LUTHER is accepting applications for their 2010 Summer Ministry Team Leadership Staff. Prayerfully consider if you would like to work at our local Lutheran camp for a summer of witnessing and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The following positions are open: Assistant Director, Chaplain to the Staff, Craft Director and Head Lifeguard/Counselor.  If you have questions, please contact Executive Director, Chad Hershberger at 922-1587.  Application forms can be found on the Camp Website at www.campmountluther.org.

 

Dear Disciples of Christ’s Church,

 

As the Advent season unfolds and December approaches, I am pleased to write to you regarding a couple of topics, the first of which is the decision made by the attendees at our November 22 congregation meeting.

 

By a vote of 82 in favor with zero hands voting against, we have made a decision to go forward with the process of selecting and hiring a person we will call “Coordinator of Faith Formation”. This individual will be a lay person with specific training in the area of ministry with and to young people and in Christian education.

 

As I tried to make very clear at the congregation meeting, the Congregation Council has demonstrated the correct integrity by making no assumptions about how this vote was going to go – there has been no “back alley” start to the search process going on. Now the Council must decide upon those whom, in addition to me, will be a part of the search process. When that group in named, the searching will begin.

 

I am very excited about our future, and the part that this next staff person will play in the building of this future. The implications of this decision should be obvious, but in case they are not, let me be clear about them. We will all need to support this next staff person; the need to fund the position is the beginning. Next there is the matter of our personal involvement with the ministries in these areas. The Coordinator is not to become the person “we hired to do the ministry so that we don’t have to”. The Coordinator is obviously to be involved, but hardly involved alone. I envision a growing ministry that will become a feature of our congregation going forward. For all of us, a very exciting future lies ahead.

 

A second matter I will address concerns an opportunity to dialogue with our Synod Bishop, Robert Driesen, regarding the actions of August’s Churchwide Assembly in the area of sexuality and ordination eligibility. At our November 19 meeting of the Congregation Council, I proposed that such a time of dialogue be created, and the consensus of the Council was that this would be useful for those with interest in this topic.

 

With the Bishop’s calendar being a very busy one, I contacted the Synod Office quickly, and I am pleased to announce that Bishop Driesen will be with us on Sunday, January 10, at 2 p.m. in the Lower Church Hall.

 

As the months have gone by since the Assembly, it has seemed to me from numerous conversations that our congregation reflects the reality of our denomination as a whole, with considerable division of opinion on this subject. It also has seemed to me that during the several years of church wide discussions that led up to August’s decisions, the attention of Christ’s Church was often elsewhere on other matters. For those who can make our January 10 dialogue, I recommend this opportunity to you.

 

I look forward to worshipping with you in the wonderful Advent and Christmas seasons of December!

 

Yours in Christ’s Service,

 

 

 

Music Ministry News

 

A most blessed Advent and Christmas to you ALL. There really isn’t any one season that speaks to me spiritually and musically more than another.  However, Christmas music certainly has a sparkle of its own, doesn’t it?  From the time the children began their work for the Greening Event and Christmas Eve, I could see that all that glitters was gold. Then the Mens’ Choir and Parish Choir began their preparations and I was hooked once again on the mystery and miracle of the season.  I pray that, whatever emotions we bring to this 2009 season, the Spirit of our Lord and Savior, brought humbly before us long ago, will find its way into our hearts.

The Greening Event is coming up on Sunday, December 6th.  The Church School children, Choralier and Youth Choirs (plus instruments and soloists) will present a program at 6:30 pm in the Sanctuary.  ALL children should be in the Sanctuary for rehearsal NO LATER than 6:00 pm that evening!

 

Sunday, December 20th at 3:00 pm Ms. Shirley and the Commonwealth Brass Quintet will present a program of Advent and Christmas music.  There will be brass, cymbals and timpani, organ selections and carols to sing accompanied by all the instrumentalists.  It’s the last Sunday before Christmas…come, relax, enjoy.

 

A blessed holiday to everyone!

 

SHIRLEY SMITH

Director of Music Ministries

 

The Fine Arts Committee Presents a Concert of

 

CHRISTMAS BRASS & ORGAN MUSIC

 

Featuring our own SHIRLEY SMITH, ORGAN

and THE COMMONWEALTH BRASS QUINTET

 

Sunday, December 20th at 3:00 pm

 

The Commonwealth Brass Quintet includes our own William Kenny on French Horn.  The rest of the well-known group includes: Dale Orris, Trumpet, of Winfield; Michael Trego, Trumpet, of Mifflintown; Robert LaBarca, Trombone, of State College; and Rick Benjamin, Tuba, of Lewisburg.  For 30 years this quintet has been one of the premier chamber music ensembles of the Central Pennsylvania region, having performed for artist series, music conferences  and brass workshops.  The group will be augmented by two percussionists on several numbers.  The concert will be held here at Christ’s Lutheran Church and is FREE and open to the public.  A reception with refreshments will follow.

 

OTHER HOLIDAY CONCERTS IN OUR AREA--

 

St. John’s UMC in Sunbury—“Glorious Impossible” Cantata December 5th at 7:00 pm & December 6th at 3:00 pm

            Our Church Secretary, Lee Troup, will sing a solo at the Saturday, December 5th performance

 

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Northumberland—Service of Lessons & Carols December 6th at 4:00 pm

 

Buffalo Valley Singers & Buffalo Valley Brass—Annual Christmas Concert Dec. 12 at 7:30 pm & Dec. 13 at 3:00 pm

            St. John’s UCC, Lewisburg

Christian Education News

Sunday School is off and running!  These are the classes that are currently meeting during the Sunday School hour at 9:15 each Sunday morning:

 

WORM Sunday School—Kindergarten through 4th grade

5th & 6th Grade Class—5th and 6th grade children

Confirmation Class—7th and 8th grade youth

Senior High Class—9th through 12th grade youth

Lectionary Class—Adult Members (Meets in Lower Church Hall)

 

ATTENTION PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN AGES 0-5!

There will be a Nursery Class for children ages 0-3 and a Preschool Class for children ages 3-5 starting very soon.  Look for an ad in the Good News or Newsletter or for information which will be sent to you by mail when these classes for “our little people” will be starting.

 

Communion Classes are being offered for any interested parties in the congregation.  For information on you or your child taking First Communion Classes, please see Pastor Henderson.

 

YOUTH SUNDAYS have started and are taking place at the 10:30 am service on the second Sunday of the month.  This year’s schedule is as follows:

 

December 13, 2009—5th & 6th Grade Class                        March 14, 2010—Confirmation Class

January 10, 2010—Confirmation Class                               April 11, 2010—Senior High Class

February 14, 2010—WORM Sunday School Class                        May 9, 2010—5th & 6th Grade Class

 

SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFERING—This year’s Sunday School Offering will be going to the Donald Heiter Center.  We are going to collect the money for the whole Sunday School year and then give them a check in the late Spring to help them prepare for their upcoming summer programs.

 

ADVENT DEVOTIONALS—Advent Devotionals are on the table by the Chapel.  There will be items available for families, young children and older school-aged children.

 

Please take note that there will be NO SUNDAY SCHOOL on November 29th due to the holiday weekend.  There will also be no WORM Sunday School Class on December 6th because of practicing for the Greening Event.  All classes will resume as usual on December 13th.

 


COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL NEWS

 

During the month of November we learned about the first Thanksgiving and how we can be truly thankful in our daily lives.  We celebrated brown day by playing in chocolate pudding and we made some very colorful turkeys in the month.

December brings much excitement as we get ready for Christmas.  The children will be making ornaments for our classroom tree and homemade gifts for our families.  Before we enter into our Christmas vacation, we will be having a family time together where the children will present a small program for their families and each family will be decorating a gingerbread man together.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our Pampered Chef fall fundraiser!

We still have openings available in our Tuesday/Thursday am and pm three year old classes and in our afternoon four/five year old class (either three days: MWF or five days: M-F).  If you know of anyone who may be interested, please have them call Beth Fauble at 716-2397.

We wish you a Very Blessed and Merry Christmas!

Social Ministry News

 

In the month of October, CELC has again demonstrated that your generosity knows no season:

 

U CROP WALK had three people from CELC walking: Shirley Wittes, Maurice Herman and Dick Jarrett.  They raised $2865 including a $500 grant from the Kunkel Trust . Thanks to all who made this happen!

 

U Blanket Sunday raised $922 which includes a matching grant from the Kunkel Trust.

 

U The Holy Sew ‘N’ Sews group has made 30 health kits, 42 school bags, and 21 quilts  which have been sent to World Relief.

 

U Three Sew ‘N’ Sew members attended the quilt/craft auction at Camp Mount Luther on November 7.  We donated six regular quilts, 1 baby quilt, 1 lap robe and a set of stuffed Strawberry Shortcake dolls.  $171 was raised for the Mount Luther fund from CELC’s donations.  Of course, the three Sew ‘N’ Sew members spent a few dollars too.  It was a nice “well spent” afternoon.  We would recommend that when next year’s auction is held, that more of you might enjoy the ride out to the mountains and to participate in a very pleasant and worthwhile affair.

 

U The Prayer Shawl Ministry has knitted 10 lap robes, 118 prayer shawls and 8 quilts which have been distributed locally.  There are still prayer shawls available for those who need them.

 

U A new project for the Prayer Shawl Ministry is knitting small white shawls for children being baptized in our church.

 

U 2010 BEEF PROJECT—It seems far off in the future, but information on the 2010 Beef Project has arrived.  The canning equipment will be in Milroy February 15-18 at the Great Valley Antique Center.  We will be collecting money to purchase meat in January.  Look for a special envelope for this purpose in your January newsletter.  In 2009, with a matching grant from the Kunkel Trust, we sent $1200.  We hope to send a group of workers to the cannery.  More information will be coming in January.

 

U On Wednesday, December 9th, Young-At-Heart will be serving up their annual Holiday Luncheon at noon in the Lower Church Hall.  Be sure to sign up in the Atrium to reserve your spot!

 

Many thanks to all the generous donors and volunteers who support Social Ministry programs at CELC.  We couldn’t do it without you!

 


HAPPY DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS TO:

Robert Myers              12/04/1924                Margaret Spielman    12/12/1924

MaryAnn Dale            12/20/1925                Betty Grenoble          12/23/1921

 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO:

John & Dorothy Arbogast, Jr.   12/22/1950

Bill & Virginia Mutschler         12/24/1950

Ralph & Janet Laird, Jr.            12/30/1945

 

HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY TO:

Richard & Amy Cooper           12/29/1984

 

A special gift from Adelyn & Mark Elliott has been received at CELC in honor of Ken & Kathy Kaufmann’s 40th wedding anniversary and also for Kathy’s commitment to the Upper Susquehanna Synod’s  taskforce on hunger.

 

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,

and ransom captive Israel,

that mourns in lonely exile here,

until the Son of God appear.

Rejoice!  Rejoice!

Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.

 

An Advent Meditation from our Church Secretary, Lee Troup:

The hauntingly beautiful melody of this Advent hymn has always been one of my favorites. The tune is throught to have been a 15th century processional for Franciscan nuns, but may also originate in 8th century Gregorian chants. The inspiration for the text comes from the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14: “…Look, the virgin is with child and shall bear a son and shall name him Emmanuel,” which is echoed in Matthew 1:23 and translated by him: Emmanuel means ”God is with us.” Strange how such a poignant melody has been married with the joyous message which announces to the captive, mourning nation of Israel that her Deliverer is soon to come to her.

Emmanuel is called twice, “O Come, O Come”, which emphasizes the powerful desire of Israel to see God act in her behalf.  How many times in history has the Jewish nation suffered under the thumb of an oppressor: under Egypt, under Assyria, under Babylon, under Persia, under Greeks, under Rome, under Islam, under one or another brand of Christianity (how painful for us to contemplate!), under Russian pogroms, under Hitler’s Third Reich, and the list continues even today in the perpetually unsettled Middle East? Israel still implores her Messiah to come, as Christians continue to cry out for the Second Coming of Christ.

Our Emmanuel, the Lord Jesus Christ, HAS come to us as the Babe born to Mary more than two millennia ago, and we continue to celebrate His Coming in Advent/Christmas, our most joyous holiday season of the year. We Christians have had so much time to get to know Jesus well and to grow in understanding of His saving work and “the reason for the season”. But Israel still waits for Him. Other verses of the hymn above implore Him by many names: “Wisdom from on High”, “Branch of Jesse”, “Key of David”, “Dayspring”, and “King of Nations”.  It is a wonderful thing to consider in these dark days that we and our Judeo-Christian brethren are both waiting for the same event on the prophetic calendar. We all crave for the Lord to come, to fix up our broken world, to bring final justice and peace, to mend hearts and souls and to free His people from all influence of the Evil One—“Satan’s tyranny” as the hymn puts it.

Even secular people today are watching television programs and motion pictures and are fearful of the coming apocalypse (predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar) supposedly coming upon the world December 21, 2012. But God’s people are looking ahead with joy to a different future: our Emmanuel WILL come to us someday soon, and, in the words of the hymn, “Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death’s dark shadow put to flight.”  Hallelujah!  What a Savior!                        

 

 


Visitation Ministry—The Visitation Ministry at CELC has been functioning for over two years.  We now have 18 members who work with Pastor Henderson on visiting.  Most members visited one or more people that they had been assigned to each month. Others follow up on post-hospital care by visiting or by phone calls and some do Lay Eucharist Ministry, bringing the Sacrament to those homebound and those in nursing facilities.  Our meetings are bi-monthly, usually the first Tuesday of the month.  We will meet again at 1 pm on January 5th in the Parlor. If you are interested in learning about or joining this team, please call Kathy Kaufmann at 524-4347 or the Church Office. If you would like to visit with members of the congregation who are homebound or in facilities, please check the list on page 8 of this newsletter.  You may already be visiting a relative or neighbor in a nursing home and can also drop by and say hello to one of our church members.  The addresses are included in case you wish to send a Christmas card.  As most of us know already, we receive more from this ministry than we give.  A very Blessed Christmas to all!

CELC Members Homebound or in Nursing Facilities:

BUFFALO VALLEY LUTHERAN VILLAGE NURSING CENTER

889 FAIRGROUNDS ROAD, LEWISBURG, PA  17837

Mary Keyser                            Room B12                  524-9456

Joyce Vought                                                              523-8187

 

ELMCROFT OF LEWISBURG

2421 OLD TURNPIKE ROAD, LEWISBURG, PA  17837

Fern Elliott                              Room 135                  524-4823

Mildred Keister                       Room 165                  524-9428

 

HERITAGE HOUSE   50 NORTH THIRD STREET,

LEWISBURG, PA  17837

Fay Hassinger                         Apartment 212          524-0921

 

KRAMM’S HEALTHCARE & REHAB

743 MAHONING STREET, MILTON, PA  17847

Bobbi Keister                                                              524-7342

 

RIVERWOODS 3201 RIVER ROAD, LEWISBURG, PA  17837

Irene Ammon                         Room A105                524-2012

Mary Finck                              Room E411                524-0301

Charlotte Holtzapple             Room F519                523-0463

Phyllis Lane                            Room A128                524-0171

 

HOMEBOUND—

Mary Ann Dale                       222 Front Street, Lewisburg, PA  17837                              524-0145

Arthur & June Flick                346 Timberhaven Drive, Lewisburg, PA  17837                 523-6486

A. Harriet Hess                       469 South 19th Street, Lewisburg, PA  17837                     524-9553

Lucille Kline                            317 Noll Street, Lewisburg, PA  17837                               523-3160

Anne Payne                            270 Ridgecrest Circle, Apt. 82, Lewisburg, PA  17837       523-6397

Cecilia Rothermel                  348 Timberhaven Drive, Lewisburg, PA  17837                 523-0604

Louise Royer                          73 South Hill Road, New Columbia, PA  17856                538-5723

Marie Schiebel                       Devitt House, Apt. 312, 340 JPM Road, Lewisburg            524-2906

Mabel Smith                           30 South 18th Street, Apt. 101, Lewisburg, PA  17837       523-7557

Martha Swartzlander             Devitt House, Apt. 104, 340 JPM Road, Lewisburg            522-7054

Geraldine Tarman                 131 South 18th Street, Lewisburg, PA  17837                     523-0252

 

Memorials Received for:

 

Lorma Doebler: from Ernest & Shirley Gromlich.

Elinor Smalley (Keith Smalley’s mother): from Anna, Mark & Adelyn Elliott.

Marlin Tressler: from Diane Dooris, Audrey Zuch, Bob & Rachel Mull, Peggy & Charles Ledig, Julia Tressler.

Catherine Libby: from Ernest & Shirley Gromlich.

Donald Glass: from Joe Keller, Ernest & Shirley Gromlich, Audrey Baylor, William & Lois VandenHeuvel (designated to Prayer Shawl Ministry), Donna L. Derk, Dick & Cindy Skelton.

 

 

 

 

 


NEWS & NEEDS FOR GROUP WORKCAMP 2010 VOLUNTEERS—Group Workcamp is coming to Mifflinburg, PA July 11-17, 2010. First Lutheran Church in Mifflinburg is sponsoring a location for Group Workcamps. They have raised $20,000 to bring Group Workcamp here. Rather then financial help they are asking for lots of volunteers to help them with hosting this group of 450+ participants. Our congregation would like to get involved in helping them with the many volunteer needs they have. This is a great way to see what our youth have been experiencing when they go off to workcamp. There are many simple ways to help with one little task: help a day or several, jobs for young and old! A list of all the volunteer jobs are available on a hand out. Stop at the Weis card table and take one home to think about how you might like to help! Sign up sheets are available each Sunday at the Weis card table. Be watching the bulletin each Sunday as we will be asking for donations of small items each month. That is a really easy way to help! Come on, get involved! Any questions see Pam Baker, Betty Hook or Laurie Slear.

 

The 'Gift Bag Committee' will be collecting items to place in a goodie bag that will be given to each camper when they arrive for camp in July.  Each month we will feature an item that we will be collecting.  A clearly labeled collection box, will be placed in the Atrium on Sundays and outside the Church Office for the rest of the week.  For the month of December we will be collecting new tubes of ChapStick. Your help with this endeavor is greatly appreciated.  The campers especially look forward to their goodie bags as a way to start their week of service.

 

Donald Lee Glass, Sr.

February 14th, 1936—October 27th, 2009

 

On Saturday, November 7th, 2009 we bid a sad but fond farewell to our dear brother in the Lord, Don Glass, at his Memorial Service held here at Christ’s Lutheran Church. We will all miss him deeply, but rejoice in his promotion to Heaven, that he has been released from the physical suffering he experienced in recent years and has been reunited with his beloved wife, Jane, both together in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ.

               

Don was born on February 14th, 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky, a son of the late Marion and Priscilla Jane (Bell) Glass.  He was married to Jane Ann Lindig, who preceded him in death on May 12th, 2002.  Don served in the Air Force and was employed by American Home Foods in Milton. He was an active volunteer with Evangelical Hospice, Meals on Wheels, Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross.  Don was a member of Masonic Charity Lodge 144 in Lewisburg, Masonic Lodge 370 in Mifflinburg, and Tall Cedars Lodge 65 in Sunbury. He also was an active member of Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.

 

He is survived by one son, Donald L. Glass, Jr., of Silver Spring, Maryland; one daughter, Donna Glass, of Lewisburg; two sisters, Barbara Noffsinger, of Clearwater, Florida, and Mary Purden, of Tampa, Florida, along with two grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents and eight siblings.

 

A Masonic Service was held at 7:30 pm on Thursday, November 5th, at the John H. Shaw III Funeral Home in Lewisburg.

 

Marlin John Tressler, Sr.

May 5th, 1924—October 28th, 2009

 

Marlin John Tressler, Sr., aged 86, of Adams Avenue in Lewisburg, passed away on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at his home.  He was born on May 5th, 1924 in Rebuck, a son of the late John and Bartha (Rebuck) Tressler.  Marlin was married for 66 years to the former Julia Koltalo, who survives.

 

Marlin graduated from Trevorton High School in 1942 and also from the University of Pennsylvania.  He served in the Air Force during World War II.  He retired in 1989 from Moore Business Forms where he worked as a plant accountant.

 

In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Marlin Jr. and Lynne Tressler, of Westminster, South Carolina; two daughters and one son-in-law, Sandra and Joseph Buckley, of Tarpon Springs, Florida, and Susan Snyder of New Columbia; six grandchildren: Scott Carter, Thomas Carter, Matthew Tressler, Megan Godwin, Crystie Fritz and Timothy Snyder; six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Margaret Portzline of Bloomsburg.

 

Marlin’s funeral service was held at the John H. Shaw III Funeral Home on Monday, November 2nd, with the Rev. William S. Henderson officiating.

 


A special thanksgiving has come to CELC via telephone from Randy Arbogast.  Randy has been in and out of the hospital several times recently.  He would like to thank the Prayer Shawl Ministry for giving him a shawl and also for visits made by Emmy Gearhart.  Thank you to the congregation as well for their prayers and to Pastor Henderson for his time, care, prayers, and the strength he gave to Randy at his time of need.