Week of August 16-22, 2020
As we seek to continue to keep connected as a church family, below you will find several ways to participate in worship, prayer, and service with others from HBIC. We invite you to join us in any of these various ways this week!

There's also some important information in this week's e-mail, so be sure to scroll the whole way through!

We continue to pray that you will experience the riches of the Lord's presence during this time in which many of us are not able to be present with one another!
-- HBIC Pastoral Staff
COMMUNION SERVICE - AUGUST 16

The pastoral staff will be leading a Sunday Morning Communion Service on Zoom... In place of our pre-recorded and in-person worship services this week, we will gather together virtually on Sunday morning for an online Communion Service, beginning at 9 am.

We hope you'll join us for this special service filled with scripture readings, prayer, songs of praise, a brief meditation, and a chance to share in communion together! (Please note: you'll need to plan ahead to provide the bread and juice for your household.)

If calling in by phone, the number is 929-205-6099, and the Meeting ID is 833 0934 5332.

If you have any questions, contact any of the pastors! See you on Zoom!
NEW "WORSHIP THROUGH SONG" VIDEO COMING AUGUST 16

We realize that all of our church family may not be able to join us for the Communion Service on Zoom tomorrow, August 16, so we also wanted to provide a worship resource on our HBIC YouTube Channel for that day. We're delighted that Pastor Esteban and Priscilla will be blessing us with another video of worship music!

The Worship Through Song video will go live on the HBIC YouTube Channel tomorrow, Sunday, August 16, beginning at 7 pm. Look for an email tomorrow with an accompanying lyric sheet for the Worship Through Song video.
PASTORAL LOVE GIFT

As has been announced, we recently accepted Esteban Nieves’ resignation; Pastor Esteban and Priscilla will be moving to the West Chester area, where he will be serving at a church, and Priscilla will be pursuing her education.

Sunday, August 30 will be Pastor Esteban's last Sunday serving at HBIC. Our church and community have been greatly blessed through his gifts, service, and ministry among us. We greatly appreciate these two years we have had together and are grateful for all that he has done.

We will be more formally thanking Pastor Esteban for his service to the church at our services on August 30th. The congregation is invited to contribute toward a love gift that will be presented to him that day. Contributions toward the gift can be given (by August 26), either online or mailed to the church, marked for love gift.

Pray for Pastor Esteban as he begins serving at a church in the West Chester area in September, and pray for Priscilla as she begins a Graduate Assistantship at West Chester University. We pray that the Lord will continue to bless and keep them!
Since we do not have a weekly worship service bulletin during this time, we are including a Schedule for the Week in this weekly email.

The following will be taking place during the week of August 16 to 22:


If you'd like to participate in any of these and need more information, contact Pastor Hank or Pastor Brie.
AUGUST 23 WORSHIP SERVICES

After tomorrow, the remaining Sundays in August and September are scheduled to be held in-person at Lingle Park at 9 am and 11 am. We look forward to these special times to gather in person with those who are able to attend.

We will be gathering with the following safety protocols:
  • masks are to be worn for the entirety of the time gathered with the church
  • there will be attendance limits for each service
  • you will need to register in order to attend (to help with the size of each service and to help with contact tracing if that becomes needed at any point)
  • if children attend, they are to remain with their parent/guardian
  • place your seating at least 6 ft. from others
  • hand sanitizer will be available
  • no handshaking and hugging
  • if you know you have been exposed to Covid-19 or if you have any symptoms of illness, please do not attend

Below there are two buttons, one for the 9 am service and another for the 11 am service. Click on the button of the service you would like to attend, which will take you to the brief registration form. Please fill it out completely and hit submit. You should receive an email response letting you know that you are registered. (If you have any problem, feel free to contact Pastor Brie by phone or email.)

You'll help the staff by submitting your registration by Saturday, August 22 at noon, and the sooner the better!

(NOTE: The address for Lingle Park is 1130 Pleasant Rd, Harrisburg 17111, not far off Union Deposit Rd.)
HBIC IS HIRING!
HBIC has announced the opening of the full-time position, Pastor of Worship and Communication. You can view the posting of this position on our website by following this link and then clicking "Employment Opportunities". We invite you to spread the word of our position to anyone you know who may be interested! Please also join us in prayer as we discern the best fit for this position for our congregation. Thank you!
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER WORSHIP SCHEDULE

For the months of August and September, we will continue to hold Sunday morning in-person worship services at Lingle Park in Harrisburg. We have the park pavilion reserved for most Sundays in August and all Sundays in September. (The park pavilion was not available to be reserved for tomorrow, Sunday, August 16. We will be holding a virtual Communion Service on Zoom tomorrow.)
AUGUST IS HBIC'S "SABBATH" MONTH

And here's more about what we mean by this...

"August Sabbath" doesn't mean that it's a month off for our staff (though some of the staff will be on vacation for some of the time). Each year we take a break in August from everything except our Sunday worship services, things like meetings, Wednesday evening gatherings, etc. It's an annual break that gives our staff and all of our volunteers some time for rest and refreshment, as well as some time for planning as we gear up for a new school year.

Everything's been different this spring and summer, with most of the church's gathering being done virtually. But one thing that will remain the same is that we will continue with our August Sabbath tradition. We will have Sunday morning worship services only (both in-person and online most of the month), no other regular programming or meetings.

As always, pastoral staff will be available for you throughout the month, except during some vacation time for some of them (the vacation schedule is noted in this Journeying Together email each week). You can reach out to the pastors anytime by phone or by email.
BIBLE QUIZZING

HBIC's Bible Quiz Team will soon begin their practices for the 2020/2021 quizzing year!

If you are entering 6th grade or above and are interested in joining the Quiz Team or in learning more about Bible Quizzing, please contact our head coach, Keegan Asper. He'd love to talk with you about the possibility of joining!
VBS INDIA WELL PROJECT UPDATE

Our virtual VBS offering project for this year is raising funds for a well project in Manipur, India, where the Veinos and their ministry, Northeast India Health and Education Fund (NIHEF) have built a medical clinic. Clean water saves lives!

We're happy to share that to date, $3704 has been given to this VBS Offering Project, plus $1000 in generous matching funds, for a current total of $4704! Thanks to all who have contributed!

Giving to the project is still open, as funds are still needed for NIHEF to be able to complete the well project, with storage for the pumped water, sinks in the clinic, etc. You're invited to join our children in giving to this India Well Project! You can click on the link below to get to the church's online giving page, then select India Well Project, or mail a check to the church marked Well Project or VBS.
CANCELED HYMN SING

This year's Annual Hymn Sing at the Historic Ringgold Meeting House is canceled. The Ringgold Meetinghouse Committee is hopeful the hymn sing will occur next year on Sunday, August 29, 2021, at 5:00 pm, so please mark your calendars for this event. If you have any questions, please contact Frank Kipe at 301-824-3689 or at frank@kipe.com.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
NEEDS PHOTOS!

During the last couple of months, we've been working on an update to the church directory, which we'd like to roll out this fall.

Over the years, many people have shared that they'd be helped by having pictures in our church directory. So we are putting out a request... Please send a recent photo of you or your family (preferably in color; black & white also accepted) to Pastor Brie. We'll use these in-house, in a printed version and a pdf version of our HBIC Church Directory. Thanks for your help! If you have any questions, contact Pastor Brie.
MISSION OF MERCY
IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS

Mission of Mercy's Mobile Medical Clinic has a revised start date - they will be returning to Harrisburg on Thursday, September 3!

Mission of Mercy is looking for additional volunteers to work with them as they resume providing medical care for many in Harrisburg who struggle to afford the services they need.

As they prepare to return to ministry using our CE Room and our parking area along Greenwood Street, Mission of Mercy is in need of nurses, people to help with registration, and people to help interpret. If you can give a day to serve on the first and/or third Thursday of the month, contact Pastor Carmen to let her know of your interest.
YOUTH HIKE

All HBIC youth are invited to join us Saturday August 29th at 2:30pm for a hike followed by ice cream! The cost is $3, we'll be hiking at Governor Dick in Mt. Gretna and then having ice cream afterwards at the Jigger Shop. Look for an email to come with more details or email Pastor Brie.
OUR DAILY BREAD

The Sept/Oct/Nov Issue of the Our Daily Bread devotional booklets arrived at the church office this week!

You can contact Pastor Lynda to get a copy in either of these two ways:

1) Have one mailed to you... Send her an email, or leave a phone message on the church phone, ext. 105. Be sure to include your mailing address.

2) Make arrangements to pick up a copy from the church office when one of the pastors will be there.

Our Daily Bread is a helpful resource for spending time in God's Word.