Follow Jesus, Fish for People // Chili/Soup Cookoff Details, New Directors
Happy New Year Friends,
This has been a weird week with the snow and cold weather. If you missed Sunday’s Snow Day message, you can see it here. The basic encouragement was from Matthew 4:12-23 where Jesus called his first disciples to “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” In a sense, Jesus is the unifying net cast across the sea of the world to draw people in. When we follow him, he transforms us into people who gather others up into his redemption plan. That’s the baby step to take: “Follow Jesus and Become a Gatherer.”
With the snow changes, we moved our Chili/Soup Cookoff and Kent Vandervort Retirement Party to this Sunday. See the details below and join in the fun!
We want to hear from you
In this year of “embracing unity” we want to hear GodStories from you and your ideas for how we can "embrace unity” in the year 2026. Give us your feedback here.
Gratefully Yours,
Josh
PS If you haven’t saved the link, don’t forget that we are sharing devotionals with Living Word and you can find digital copies on their website here.
The Main Announcements
Here’s the main announcements for this week:
Vision Sunday on February 1
Celebrating Kent and Ronnie Vandervort
New Directors
Vision Sunday & Chili/Soup Cook Off on February 1
[Rescheduled] Vision Sunday is a look back at the year before (2025) and a look ahead at the year to come (2026). We’ll hear stories of God’s work in our Sunday morning services. And we’ll gather both campuses together at our Annual Chili/Soup Cook Off on Sunday Night from 5:30-7:30 at our Stillmeadow Lane Campus.
And, to make it even more interesting, our judges for the chili and soup will be officers from Northern York Regional and York City Police forces!
Go to stillnaz.com/visionsundaycookoff to sign up for what Chili or Soup or Side you’d like to bring!
Celebrating Kent and Ronnie Vandervort
At our Chili/Soup Cook-Off, we will be honoring Pastor Kent and Ronnie for their many years of service at Stillmeadow. Kent has retired from his role as Administrative and Leadership Pastor and shifted to serving as bookkeeper for Stillmeadow.
Please bring a card with a gift card or cash as a “Thank You!” for the almost 30 years of service to God’s kingdom through Stillmeadow.
New Directors Announcement
We are pleased to announce new leader positions within our congregation.
The Children’s Ministry Team has expanded with Tara Strauser serving as Children’s Director, Kayla Meyers as Elementary Director and Trudy Gunnet as Preschool Director.
The Adult Discipleship Team has added Jonathan Boyer as Prayer Director.
And Worship Ministries is grateful to welcome Michael Caufield as Worship Director.
Grow
Celebrate Recovery
Dealing with a hurt, habit, or hang-up? Wednesday @ York City Campus. Meal 5:30 pm. Groups begin at 6 pm. Sign up at stillnaz.com/celebraterecovery.
Family Nights Spring Semester Begins February 10
A night for the entire church family to engage in growth and unity through generational opportunities. Children, youth and adult gatherings are available. We will have corporate prayer nights on February 24, March 31 and April 28. Find more information at www.stillnaz.com/familynight.
Find ways to serve at stillnaz.com/serve.
Day2Pray: February 24 Join us in praying from midnight to midnight, serving our community through prayer. Grab a prayer guide and sign up at the welcome desk.
You can find the prayer guide and submit a prayer request at stillnaz.com/prayerrequest.
Give
Tithe and World Evangelism Fund
When we tithe (give 10%), we contribute to God’s mission through the local church body. And when we give to Nazarene World Evangelism Fund, we contribute to God’s work around the globe. Let’s meet our 2026 WEF goal of $68,000 together!
Give at stillnaz.com/give or text “Give” to 1-855-974-3801
New Giving Platform
In 2026 we are switching online giving platforms from ShelbyNext to ChurchCenter. We already use ChurchCenter for our groups, family ministries check-ins, and directory! Just go to stillnaz.churchcenter.com/giving to start giving online through Church Center. Watch this video for an easy explanation.
Condolences to…
Brenda Knaub and family, whose husband, Jim Knaub, passed away on January 17.
Melissa Thompson and family, whose sister, Patricia Shearer passed away on December 31.