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Sunday, May 3 10:00 A.M. Broadcast of Family Church Service

11:00 A.M. An after-church discussion of the sermon, via Zoom. See below.

Thursday, May 7 7:30 P.M. Youth Group Conjugial Love Class. Invitation to join via Zoom will be sent to the group separately.

Friday, May 8 7:30-9:30 P.M. Virtual Concert for Charity. See invitation from Stephanie Latta below.

Broadcast Family Church Service. 10:00 A.M., Sunday, May 3. Go to:

• Attached is a Sunday School project and the Order of Service.

• If you would like to come to church in person, please contact Brett so he can make arrangements for that within social-distancing guidelines (Brett: 215-421-2487 or brett.buick@).

• At 11:00 A.M. after the service, we can visit with each other about the sermon - through Zoom. Use this link if you would like to join the discussion via video:

Meeting ID is 897 8637 4809. Password is 869435. To join by phone instead: 1-301-715-8592

Warmest Congratulations! We share the happiest news: John and Alexandra Cole welcomed a baby girl into the world this week. Her name is Adah Llywenan (Ā-dah Loo-ěn-an). May the Lord – Creator, Shepherd – watch over you and your family, little Adah, with tender care. “He is [also] called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb” (William Blake). As with other new-baby families recently, the Coles do not need us to bring them meals.

Sincere Condolences: Arthur Judson II, Christopher’s Judson’s father, passed into the Spiritual World today. Our best wishes go out to the Judsons. We take solace in knowing that in our Father's house there are many dwellings and that the Lord is preparing a new home for Arthur even now.

Sincere Condolences: Joseph Duffy, Shanon Weil’s father and Leona Fritch’s uncle, passed out of earthly life on Wednesday. We warmly wish Mr. Duffy and his family peace as he enters the Spiritual World and eternal life. “And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest” (Genesis 18:15).

Book - “Why Does God Let It Happen?” by Bruce Henderson: A friend tells us this book is available through a special offer from the Swedenborg Foundation because of the current times. Go to where you can download it for free or get 50% off by entering the code: WDGLTH50. Now through June 30, 2020.

More on Books: Lisa Childs has been putting Bruce Rogers' translations of the Writings into e-book form (for the General Church). So far, she has finished and gotten onto Amazon the following: Apocalypse Revealed Volumes 1 and 2, Divine Love and Wisdom, The Doctrine of Faith, Married Love (Conjugial Love is about to be submitted as well), and Divine Providence. At present she is working on Doctrine of the Lord, Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture, and Doctrine of Life. – Lawson

And More on Books (Ones Returned to the Library in Error): Are they yours? “The Tortoise and the Soldier” by Michael Foreman and “Farm Boy” by Michael Morpurgo. Please contact Carla at society@ or 610-756-6140. Thanks.

Glencairn Museum Medieval Summer Camp has been Canceled for 2020: Families who have already registered and paid for camp this year will be contacted directly by Glencairn staff and receive a refund. Next year’s camp will be Medieval Camp, and if a child missed out this year, we would love to have them join us in 2021! Best wishes – Amy Glenn and Jahnna Henderson, Glencairn Museum

Isolation Entertainment: The 7th and 8th grades recently produced the “Pandemic Post”. We will share it in a different e-mail and hope the document won’t be too large for your computer to open. Enjoy!

From Berks County Community Foundation: Applications for the Opportunity Tax Credit and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Fund will be accepted online (only) between May 15 and May 31, 2020 for the 2020-2021 school year. For financially needy residents of Berks County who pay tuition for students to attend grades K-12 in public or private schools in Pennsylvania. Go to . Scroll down to Tax Credit Scholarships and click on Click Here to Apply. Or go directly to . Next the applicant must Sign Up if they did not sign up previously; OR the applicant must Sign In if they previously set up an account. If you were previously signed up and do not remember your password, hit the Trouble Signing In link, enter the email you previously signed up with, and then Recover Password. (I am unable to give applicants a password they previously selected.) Attempting to complete the application using Internet Explorer or from a cell phone will not work. We suggest Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, or Firefox. I can be contacted for questions. – Leta Doganes, BCCF Scholarship and Grant Administrator (610-685-2223)

Virtual Concert for Charity: Hey friends!!! I'm going to give a virtual concert via Zoom on Friday, May 8, from 7:30-9:30 P.M. I will be accepting donations for three charities that offer relief related to Covid19:

1) Modest Needs, which gives directly to people who need immediate help to pay rent, buy groceries, etc., 2) Feeding America, which runs food banks to help offset the needs of all the kids not getting school lunches, and

3) Direct Relief, a charity which helps medical workers get the PPE and supplies they need.

We may also be privy to a special serenade from my son, Phoenix, who has used this quarantine to hone his beautiful cello playing! I have a standard set list, but if you have any requests, please send them to me by tomorrow—Fri., May 1, and I will try to learn them! [Sorry the Note Home couldn’t go out yesterday, as this makes it a rush.]

If you would like to attend, please e-mail me, and I will tell you how you can make donations through my Paypal account, and send you an e-mail invite right before the concert so you can join in. I will also be recording the concert for a watch-later option if you prefer. Thank you so much! Hope to see your beautiful face!!! – Stephanie Latta

Need Housing? Our cottage will be open for a new tenant starting July 1 or thereabouts.  It is available for a walk-through anytime.  If you are interested, just call Mary and Curtis [McQueen].  It has a living room, kitchen, side room, bedroom, and bathroom, all squeezed into 380 square feet.  Neighbors are nice, too!

We are Looking for a Bunk Bed! If anyone is getting rid of one that is still in good condition, we’d love to know. Thanks! – Dandridge and Tamar Cole

A BIT MORE

With our children and recent babies in mind (and especially with Adah having a Welsh middle name), we share these verses from a Welsh lullaby. The beautiful melody can be found on the internet if you don’t know it.

All Through the Night

Sleep my child and peace attend thee,

All through the night

Guardian angels God will send thee,

All through the night

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,

Hill and dale in slumber sleeping

I my loved ones' watch am keeping,

All through the night

Angels watching, e'er around thee,

All through the night

Midnight slumber close surround thee,

All through the night

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,

Hill and dale in slumber sleeping

I my loved ones' watch am keeping,

All through the night

While the moon her watch is keeping

All through the night

While the weary world is sleeping

All through the night

O'er thy spirit gently stealing

Visions of delight revealing

Breathes a pure and holy feeling

All through the night

Angels watching, ever round thee

All through the night

In thy slumbers close surround thee

All through the night

They will of all fears disarm thee,

No forebodings should alarm thee,

They will let no peril harm thee

All through the night.

ANNIVERSARIES

Love of the sex... is the universal of all loves, for it is implanted by creation in a human being’s very soul, from which is the essence of the whole man, and this for the sake of the propagation of the human race. This love especially remains because, after death, a man is a man and a woman is a woman, and there is nothing in their soul, mind, or body which is not masculine in the male and feminine in the female. Moreover, the two have been so created that they strive for conjunction—in fact, for such conjunction that they may become one. Conjugial Love 46

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Congratulations and Best Wishes to:

APRIL

George and Jan Cauffman

on the 4th – 33 years

MAY

Tom and Sandie Capparell

on the 1st – 28 years

Cade and Caelwen Cole

on the 1st – 21 years

Michael and Gail Short

on the 4th – 29 years

Peter and Roxanne Genzlinger

on the 6th – 19 years

Paul and Nina Schorran

on the 9th – 33 years

Elijah and Amanda Heiter

on the 14th – 9 years

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Penn and Leesa Cooper

on the 15th – 38 years

Jeff and Gayle Britland

on the 16th – 21 years

Arne and Emily Bau-Madsen

on the 17th – 50 years

Hugh and Janina Brown

on the 20th – 48 years

Eyvind and Marcia Boyesen

on the 22nd – 57 years

Roger and Kathy Schrock

on the 25th – 46 years

R.C. and Christine Storch

on the 25th – 18 years

Ariel and Erin Powell

on the 25th – 7 years

Tyler and Katrina Long

on the 30th – 11 years

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