Many empty spaces are available on the signup sheets for both flowers and coffee hour.  Please sign up and help us out.

The annual Easter Egg hunt is March 22nd at 2:00pm.  Donations of wrapped candy are being accepted in the Nicholas Room.

Interested in becoming a member?  A new members class will be held on Tuesday, April 1st at 7:00pm.  Please see Rev. Dickey for more information and to sign up.

Calling all kids!  The Kids Crusaders will sign at the 9:30 and 11:00 services on Easter Sunday.  Please come and join the fun!  Children will be allowed to leave with their parents right after performing at the 11:00 service.  The Kids Crusaders will be practicing every Sunday between services downstairs in Fellowship Hall.  Contact Shelly VonKoevering for additional information.

The Coatesville Lion's Club will be having a Pancake With The Easter Bunny on Saturday, March 15th from 9:00am - 12:00pm.

Consecration Sunday Update:

Our congregation’s Stewardship Committee New Consecration Sunday Stewardship Program was a huge success!  We had an amazing turnout and response to the program.  Please visit our Stewardship page for more details.

Consecration Sunday Is Coming!

Our congregation’s Stewardship Committee has selected the New Consecration Sunday Stewardship Program as a way to teach biblical and spiritual principles of generous giving in our stewardship education emphasis this fall.  The program is based on the biblical philosophy of the need of the giver to give for their own spiritual development, rather than on the need of the church to receive.  Instead of treating people like members of a social club who should pay dues, we will treat people like followers of Jesus Christ who want to give unselfishly as an act of discipleship.  New Consecration Sunday encourages people toward proportionate and systematic giving in response to the question, “What percentage of my income is God calling me to give?”  During morning worship at 9:30 am on Consecration Sunday, September 9, we are asking our attendees and members to make their financial commitments to our Church’s missionary, benevolent, and education ministries in this community and around the world.

New Officers And Board Members Elected!

The congregation of Doe Run has met and elected the following officers:

• Elders: Manley Case, Suzanne Graves, Paul Swank;
• Deacons: Kim Campbell, Louise Sapper, Donna Thompson, Betty Prindle, Megan Snyder, Doris Spencer
• Trustees: Tim Tipton, Jeanie Silver, Garth Monaghan, Ed Law, Sherry Woodward. 

They will be Ordained and Installed in worship on July 1 and July 8.  We would also like to recognize and thank all of the outgoing officers for their hard work and their service!  They are:  Elder Steve Werner; Deacons Brenda Reif, Nancy Hensel, Becky Urban, Billie Jo Belcher; Trustees Steve Boulger and Lew Molner.

Welcome New Members! 

The Session of Doe Run Church met to receive five new members:  Lisa M. Last by Reaffirmation of Faith; Shelly VanKoervering by Transfer of Letter from Upper Octorara Presbyterian; Joanne, George and Angela McGinnis by Reaffirmation of Faith.  The congregation of Doe Run would like to welcome you all into our fellowship!

06/13/2007:

• There will be a Congregational Meeting this Sunday, June 17th after the service.  Part of the meeting will be the election of new officers for the Church's various boards.
• Vacation Bible School is coming soon.  Please check the Vacation Bible School page for details of materials that are needed for this year's school.
• A new page has been added to the site to promote Doe Run's Youth Group.  Please check back for future updates, schedules and announcements.

May 9, 2007:

• Mark your calendars!  Sunday, May 27^th will be the start of our Summer Worship hours.  Beginning that day, there will be only one service, which will be held at 9:30am.  This service will be a “blended” service, which will contain elements from both the Contemporary and Traditional Services. 

• The Christian Education Committee will offer a Children’s Church during the Summer Worship Service.  Children between the ages of 4 through graduates of 2^nd grade are invited downstairs after the children’s sermon to watch a “Veggie Tales” video, color, or do crafts.  The Christian Ed. Committee is looking for volunteers to help.  If you can help, please sign up at the entrance of the church.

• On Sunday May 20^th, the junior and senior high vocal and bell choirs from the First Presbyterian Church of N. Caldwell, NJ, will be performing at Doe Run, during both services.  They will arrive on Saturday, May 19^th to set up in our sanctuary and rehearse.  Doe Run will provide a group dinner for the group in Fellowship Hall, later that evening.  We are looking for Church families to each take 2 of the students home for the evening.  The students will return to the Church Sunday morning in time to perform at both the 9:30 and 11:00 services.  Can you help our Church host the 30 young  people, who are coming to perform for us?  We need to have 6 homes for boys and 8 homes for girls.  Please sign up in the narthex, or email editor@doerun.org.  

• May 20^th  is also Sunday School Sunday, with the Sunday School children participating in the 11:00 service.  At that time, the children will also be receiving their attendance awards. 

§   The Nominating Committee would like to remind you that we are beginning our search for people to fill the open positions on the Church’s various boards and committees.  If you are interested in serving, please contact us at nominating@doerun.org.

May 1, 2007:

• The Mission Study Committee would like to remind everyone that this is data gathering time for them so that they can honestly represent the congregation's desires in their composition of a Mission Study document.  The Mission Study document is the first major step in the search process for a new Pastor.  The Mission Study document, as dictated by the Presbytery, is focused around how the church plans to achieve the Great Ends of the Church in its present and future ministry.  Please fill out and return your surveys at your earliest convenience.  If you need copies of the survey, they are available in the Nicolas Room and on the Mission Study page of this website, and can be deposited in the offering plates, given to the committee members, or placed in the box in the Nicolas Room.

• The Chicken BBQ is going to be held on Saturday May 5^th from noon until 4:00pm.  Tickets are $8.50.  All proceeds from the ticket sales will go to the Church’s General Fund, and be used to help reduce the Church’s deficit.

• The Christian Education Committee will be offering a Children’s Church during the summer worship services.  Children between the ages of 4 years old through graduates of 2^nd grade are invited downstairs after that weekly children’s service to watch a Veggie Tales video and color, or do crafts.  Volunteers are needed to help, so if you can help please sign up at the entrance of the church.

April 13, 2007:

§         We have a new member in our church family!  Emma Sheila Reed was born to Bob and Liz Reed on Monday, April 9 at 8lbs and 13ozs.  The whole family is doing well!  Congratulations and God bless!

§         Mission Study will be the focus this Sunday.  The Mission Study committee has asked Rev. Dickey to do the sermon on the "Great Ends of the Church" as dictated in the Book of Order.  In doing preparation for this "teaching" sermon, Rev. Dickey will be using a PowerPoint presentation within her sermon at both services, using our newly purchased screen and projector.  This presentation will be background for two coffee klatches to be held (one at 11:00 and one at 12:00 noon) by the Mission study committee.  They ask that worshippers at both services stay after and meet downstairs to give voice to ideas and feelings concerning the future ministry of Doe Run.  This is a data gathering time for them so that they can honestly represent the congregation's desires in their composition of a Mission Study document.  The Mission Study document is the first major step in the search process for a new Pastor.  The Mission Study document, as dictated by the Presbytery, is focused around how the church plans to achieve the Great Ends of the Church in its present and future ministry.  Please plan to attend one of the coffee klatches and give them the feedback they desire.  They also wish for each member to fill out both of their questionnaires that have circulated the past couple of Sundays. They are available in the Nicolas Room and on the Mission Study page of this website.  Completed surveys can be deposited in the offering plates, given to the committee, or placed in the box in the Nicolas Room.  

April 11, 2007:

§         It is with great sadness that we announce that a former long time member, Kay Bartholomew, died in Indiana on March 27^th, at a nursing facility near her daughter.  Please keep Kay and her family in your thoughts and payers.  May God bless you Kay, you will be missed. 

§         We are pleased to announce that Ella Davis has agreed to take on the publication of the newsletter!  Welcome aboard Ella, we look forward to working with you!

§         And a special thanks to everyone at Doe Run from Jeff Sapper for all of your thoughts, prayers, kind words and concern, regarding his recent hand surgery, they are greatly appreciated!

§        On April 15^th, the Mission Study Committee will hold two information gathering sessions.  The first will be at 11:00 am, following coffee hour and the second will be at 12:00pm, following the second service.  You are invited to come to one, or both sessions to ask questions and express your thoughts and ideas.  Please bring your completed survey(s) with to discuss and turn in.  Your participationa and input are very important, as we begin our information gathering process.  This is the first step in the process, as we work toward forming a PNC and beginning the process to find a new full-time minister.  Please see the Mission Study page for more information

March 16, 2007:

·        This year for lent, the Sunday School classes are doing a good deed mission. We will be assembling health kits.  These kits will be sent to the Church World Service to be distributed here and around the world (i,e, kits were used for Katrina victims).  Each week of lent we will be collecting an item for the kit (see below).  The cost of the kit is $2.  If you would like to contribute items, or money, to this mission, please see Kim Boulger.

 

• Ash Wednesday:  One hand towel
• February 18^th:  One washcloth
• February 25^th:   One comb
• March 4^th:   One metal nail file clipper, with file
• March 11^th:  One bar of soap (bath size in wrapper)
• March 18^th:  One toothbrush (in original packaging)
• April 1^st:  Six Band-Aids

March 15, 2007:

·        Mark your calendars!  The PW is sponsoring a basket raffle to help raise funds for the PW missions and projects including the beautiful new kitchen downstairs.  If anyone would like to donate a basket for the raffle, please bring it to church by March 24th which is the evening of the International Dinner. If you have something to raffle which does not fit in a basket (like babysitting services, yard work, a new car, condo in Bermuda....) that is welcome also. The drawing for the baskets is scheduled to be held on April 1^st.  Thank you!

 

·        Just a reminder that about Doe Run’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt.  This year, it will be held on April 7^th at 2:00 pm, at the church.  It is open for children up to 6^th grade, and will be held rain or shine.  We are asking for candy donations.  The candy should be individually wrapped.  There will be a box in the Nicholas Room for your donations.

 

·        Spring is (hopefully) just around the corner, and that means it time to start thinking about getting the Church ready for the Spring and Summer months.  The Trustees would like to invite you to join them for Spring Cleanup Day, on Saturday, April 28^th.  Breakfast will be at 8:00am, and lunch will be provided later in the day.  Come out and join in the fun, and enjoy the fellowship, as we work together to make our Church more beautiful.

 

March 8, 2007:

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Betty Downing.  Betty was a longtime member of our church family, and a vital part of the church for many years.  She will be greatly missed.  Please keep Betty and John, as well of the rest of their family in your thoughts and prayers.

 

Below is a link to the Daily Local News, which has more information on Betty, and the arrangements.

 

http://www.dailylocal.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/DailyLocal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21.pgpath=%2FDLN%2F_Obituaries&r21.content=%2FDLN%2F_Obituaries%2FTopStoryList_Story_112454

 

May God bless you Betty.  Thank you for everything that you’ve done.

 

 March 7, 2007:

Just a reminder that service times for Easter Sunday will be:

 

 6:30 am – Traditional Service

 8:30 am – Contemporary Service

11:00 am – Traditional Service

 

The 6:30 service will be held outside (weather permitting), as is our tradition.  Also, following the 6:30 service will be our traditional pancake breakfast. 

 

 

Just a reminder that submissions for the monthly newsletter are due by the last Sunday of the month.  Submissions can be mailed to editor@doerun.org.

 

 

February 28, 2007:

Service times for Easter Sunday will be:

 

 6:30 am – Traditional Service

 8:30 am – Contemporary Service

11:00 am – Traditional Service

 

The 6:30 service will be held outside (weather permitting), as is our tradition.  Also, following the 6:30 service will be our traditional pancake breakfast. 

 

January 19, 2007: 

There will be a Congregational and Corporation meeting on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 12:00pm (after the 11:00 service). 

 

The Session will be forming the Mission Statement Committee this month.  If you are interested in being a part of this process, please let one of the members of Session know.

 

 

January 8, 2007:

We have hired a new Youth Director and Worship Leader for the 9:30 Contemporary Service.  More details to follow.

 

December 31, 2006:  Today was our Youth Director and Contemporary Service Leader, Kiran Young Wimberly’s last day with our church.  Kiran did so much for our church,  and its members, she will be greatly missed.  We would like to wish Kiran, and her husband Alex, our best, as they move to the next chapter in their lives. 

 

December 14 2006:  Our church is currently in the process of finding a new full time minister.  The first step in that process is to develop a mission statement for the church.  The Session will be forming this committee in January.  If you are interested in being a part of this process, please let one of the members of Session know.

 

December 14 2006:  We are currently in the process of rebuilding and updating our website.  Please check back often for updates.