Please pray!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Family,

 

Please be in prayer for the following individuals and their family:

 

Mike Gayman is scheduled for back surgery late tomorrow morning.

Terry Helm has been transferred to Laurel Lakes in Chambersburg for rehabilitation.

Bill Jones will soon begin his second round of chemo treatments.

 

Thank you for partnering in prayer!

 

“’But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord,”  Jeremiah 30:17

 

For His Glory,

 

Pastor Gary

 

Pastor Gary

 

 

Gary Hornbaker

Shippensburg First Church of God

Pastor of Visitation and Discipleship

Church Phone: 717-532-8421

 

Update and please continue to pray!!!!

Dear Family,

 

We are praising God for a service of hope and celebration today as we remembered Anna Wiser and the person she was/is, even in the midst of our sorrow and loss.

 

Amy Culbertson’s grandmother went home to be with Jesus yesterday afternoon. Services will probably be next week in Allentown.

 

Randy Shenk came home from the hospital on Saturday.

 

Heidi Coy’s son, Bennett, came home from the hospital yesterday.

 

Vonnie and Dave Cressler’s great granddaughter, Cora, is no longer intubated.  The MRI did not show any brain damage, which was extremely encouraging.

 

Terry Helm remains in the hospital. 

 

Please pray for continued healing, comfort, and guidance for each of these families. 

 

Thank you for caring and for partnering in prayer.

 

^“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.   For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.”  2 Corinthians 1:3-5

 

 

For His Glory,

 

Pastor Gary

 

Pastor Gary

 

 

Gary Hornbaker

Shippensburg First Church of God

Pastor of Visitation and Discipleship

Church Phone: 717-532-8421

 

Please pray!

Dear Family,

Please be in prayer for Terry Helm who is in the hospital with pneumonia.

Thank you for partnering with us in prayer.

For His Glory,

Pastor Gary

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Prayer Request

Dear Family,

 

Amy Culbertson shared the following and asked us to join her in praying:

 

“Please pray for my family in the coming days as my grandma, Julia Holman, has been declining, and hospice staff has been called in. She lives in a nursing home in Allentown.  She is 101.   My grandma helped to raise me and is very special to me.” 

 

Thank you for joining us in prayer!

 

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”  Psalm 23:4

 

 

 

For His Glory,

 

Pastor Gary

 

Pastor Gary

 

 

Gary Hornbaker

Shippensburg First Church of God

Pastor of Visitation and Discipleship

Church Phone: 717-532-8421

 

SFCOG Prayer Update

Hello Church Family,

 

Please join me in praying for the family of Anna Wiser, who went home to be with her Lord and Savior on February 18^th at the age of 93. She was a longtime member of our church, and involved in various ways around our community, such as with the Cumberland County Farm Women and their refreshment stand at the Shippensburg Fair, and owning and operating a Tropical Fish Store for 25 years.

 

Her obituary can be found here: Anna M. Wiser Obituary February 18, 2025 - Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home and Crematorium, Inc.

 

He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!”

Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.”

--Revelation 21:5-7

 

Pastor Rodney Bistline

Shippensburg First Church of God

seniorpastorbistline@shipfcog.org

 

Please pray!

Dear Family,

Please pray for Randy Shenk who was taken to the hospital this afternoon with pneumonia.

Thank you for partnering in prayer!

In Caring,

Pastor Gary

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Please pray!

Dear Family,

 

Mick Martin asks that we would pray for healing for his nephew, Beau Martin, who lives in NC.  Beau fell off a roof while on a job assignment.

 

“Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.” Psalm 30:2

 

For His Glory,

 

Pastor Gary

 

Pastor Gary

 

 

Gary Hornbaker

Shippensburg First Church of God

Pastor of Visitation and Discipleship

Church Phone: 717-532-8421

 

Living Stones visit to Celebration Villa is postponed

Dear Family,

The Living Stones planned visit to the residents at Celebration Villa this week has been postponed due to residents' illness.  Another date will be scheduled in March and shared once determined.

Please pray for all who are battling illnesses.

Thank you!

For His Glory,

Pastor Gary

Please pray!

Dear Family,

Please pray for Cora Wren Rutledge who was born Saturday, February 8, 2025.  She is the daughter of Grant and Shyann Rutledge, granddaughter of Brian and Julie Kane and great granddaughter of Dave and Vonnie Cressler.  Cora Wren has been diagnosed with a form of Acidemia, an inherited metabolic blood disorder and is currently in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. 

 

Thank you for partnering in pray!

 

“Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.” 3 John 1:2

 

 

For His Glory,

 

Pastor Gary

 

Pastor Gary

 

 

Gary Hornbaker

Shippensburg First Church of God

Pastor of Visitation and Discipleship

Church Phone: 717-532-8421

 

Praise and Prayer Requests

Dear Family,

 

We praise God for the birth of Bennett Lee Kaiser (4 lbs. 13 ozs., 18’ long) yesterday to Heidi Coy.  Both mom and baby are doing well.  Greg and Kathy Coy are the proud grandparents.

Please pray for:

healing and comfort for Dave Bodah who had teeth removed today and is experiencing pain.

healing and discernment for Bill Jones as he has two doctor appointments next week.

healing and strength for Lewese Peck as she recovers from hand surgery.

strengthening for Margie Shoap as she rehabs at Cumberland Crossings after a hospital stay.

peace and comfort for Claire Gutshall who is scheduled for a tonsillectomy tomorrow.

 

““See now that I myself am He!  There is no god besides me.  I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.” Deuteronomy 32:39

 

For His Glory,

 

Pastor Gary

 

Pastor Gary

 

 

Gary Hornbaker

Shippensburg First Church of God

Pastor of Visitation and Discipleship

Church Phone: 717-532-8421

 

Community Night Cancelled 2/12

Hello Church family,

 

Due to the Winter Weather Advisory and the potential timing of snow and sleet, we will be cancelling our Community Night activities this evening (Awana, Youth Group, Young Adult Group, Adult Bible Studies, and Choir Practice).

 

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,

    I will be joyful in God my Savior.

The Sovereign Lord is my strength;

    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

    he enables me to tread on the heights.

--Habakkuk 3:18-19

 

 

Pastor Rodney Bistline

Shippensburg First Church of God

seniorpastorbistline@shipfcog.org

 

Paise and Prayer Request

Dear Family,

 

Let us celebrate with Matt and Erin Hower as God blessed them with a granddaughter this morning.  Their son and daughter-in-law live in VA.

“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him.”  Psalm 127:3

 

We also celebrate the homegoing of Lane Stern’s dad, Herbert, who went home to be with his Heavenly Father, Lord, and Savior.  Herbert was a man of God who lived his life well for Jesus.  We ask that you pray for the Stern family as they grieve their earthly loss.

            “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His faithful servants.”  Psalm 116:15

 

For His Glory,

 

Pastor Gary

 

Pastor Gary

 

 

Gary Hornbaker

Shippensburg First Church of God

Pastor of Visitation and Discipleship

Church Phone: 717-532-8421

 

SFCOG services cancelled 2/9

Hello Church Family,

Unfortunately the church parking lot and many of our side streets are completely icy and the temperature forecast does not indicate that things will thaw very soon, so we have made the decision to cancel services this morning. 

I pray you will take some time in the word, perhaps reflecting on Habakkuk and the waiting on the Lord in worship. 

"For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay."

—Habakkuk 2:3

Blessings,

Pastor Rodney 

Correction

Dear Family,

 

Rob Weber’s appointment on Monday was with his medical team at York, not Hershey as I previously mentioned.  Sorry for my error.

 

For His Glory,

 

Pastor Gary

 

Pastor Gary

 

 

Gary Hornbaker

Shippensburg First Church of God

Pastor of Visitation and Discipleship

Church Phone: 717-532-8421

 

Please pray !!!!!!!!

Dear Family,

 

Please join us in praying for the following:

 

Kevin Breneman’s Celebration of Life Service was yesterday.  Pray for comfort for John and Lois and the family.   John and Lois would appreciate visits and

you are welcome to share a meal with them as well.

Heidi Coy (Kathy and Greg’s daughter) as she progresses through her final weeks/days of pregnancy.

.
Bill Jones has a biopsy tomorrow in Hershey.

Barry Negley, Shirley’s brother, is home from the hospital and is recovering.

 

Lewese Peck fell down basement steps.  She is sore and is scheduled for surgery on her right hand on Tuesday.

 

Rob Weber is being challenged by fatigue and other concerns.  He had a follow up appointment with his medical team at Hershey on Monday.

 

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10

 

For His Glory,

 

Pastor Gary

 

Pastor Gary

 

 

Gary Hornbaker

Shippensburg First Church of God

Pastor of Visitation and Discipleship

Church Phone: 717-532-8421