“State of the District #7390,”District Governor Patrick J. Rooney
The Reverend Patrick J. Rooney STS retired in February of 2012 having served as the Senior Pastor of historic Christ Lutheran Church (1733) in York, PA. Prior to going to York he had served in Dillsburg and before becoming a Lutheran he was a member of a Roman Catholic religious order for 10 years. He has worked extensively in the human services field including serving as Special Assistant in the Department of Welfare and as President and CEO of a large non-profit entity serving the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled. For almost five years, he also served as the interim Executive Director for two local ecumenical agencies.
In his retirement, Pastor Rooney is an active member of the Rotary Club of York - the 25th largest club in the world. He served as President in 2016-17, has achieved perfect attendance every year and has served on more than 20 club committees. In 2013, he served as Team Leader for the GVSE team to Argentina. He served on the District Conference committee in 2015-16 and was the conference committee chair for 2016-17. He also serves on a number of other District committees. He completed all three levels of RLI and now serves as RLI faculty and as faculty at MA PETS. Paddy is a Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation and a member of the Paul Harris Society. He has received the York Club’s President’s Certificate of Appreciation for Service Above Self and the Avenues of Service Citation. He will serve as District Governor for District 7390 in 2019-20
He has served as a member and chair of the City of York General Authority. He is Chair of the York County History Center and on the Boards of two other non-profit agencies and has previously served on the board of the York County Literacy Council and as President of the York County Council of Churches. He has also served on the Candidacy Committee for the Lower Susquehanna Synod as well as the Ecumenical Affairs committee and the Worship Committee. He is the author of a number of published sermons for three different groups including 10 published by CSS under the title “The Perfect Sacrifice.”
Pastor Rooney is a founding member of the Society of the Holy Trinity, a Lutheran Order and Ministerium, which now numbers almost 300 pastors in the United States and Canada. He served as Dean of the local chapter for 12 years, as Secretary for 3 and in September of 2015 was elected Senior (General Superior) of the Society. He has taught widely across the US and Canada at all 23 of the Society chapters. Pastor Rooney has also taught in the OLLI program at Penn State York and at a number of retreats throughout the United States and Canada.
Pastor Rooney is a native of England and completed his undergraduate studies at St. Mary’s College, London; studied philosophy at Catholic University of America; has a Master’s degree in Counseling from Shippensburg University and completed his Lutheran studies at Gettysburg Seminary. He has been married to Sally for almost 40 years and they have two grown children and one grandchild.
Announcements
Rotary Foundation
Nick Downey spoke to the membership on behalf of the Paul Harris Fellowship Foundation. Nick congratulated and thanked members for the great accomplishment of exceeding the $30k goal, for a total of $33k. The Board of Directors extends a thank you to members. Nick also recognized the following members-
Glenn Frill has reached the impressive level of Paul Harris Fellow +6.
Jamie Alton was congratulated for becoming a Paul Harris Fellow +1.
President Jeremy DeBord was recognized for becoming a Paul Harris Fellow +1.
Finally, the club also thanked Ben Bamford for becoming a first time Paul Harris Fellow.
Rotary Picnic
Christiana Rathman spoke on behalf of the Fellowship Committee, to invite members to the Picnic In the Park, Sunday, September 15, 1-5pm. The picnic will be held in Long's Park, Pavillion #2. Pork Bar-b-q and marinated grilled chicken will be provided, along with drinks. Guests may sign up to bring either a side dish or dessert to share. Tickets are $10 for adults, and free for children 6 and under. Please stop at the table in the back of the room during Wednesday meetings to sign up and purchase tickets.
Public Relations
President Jeremy DeBord commended the Co-chairs of the Public Relations Committee, Christiana Rathman and Jody Kreider for doing a great job with Facebook and social media. President Jeremy encouraged members to continue to sign up for Facebook, like the club page, share posts, tag yourselves in photos, and spread the good news of Lancaster Rotary.
Polio Plus Update
President Jeremy is also proud to announce the recent announcement that Nigeria last week announced they are 3 weeks polio free. With the eradication of polio in Nigeria, this leaves just 2 countries remaining to conquer the disease. Rotarians do much good work internationally as well as locally.
Please Like Us on Facebook
Prez Jeremy DeBord asked for members’ help with social media engagement. Please like the club FB page and share posts on a regular basis. It’s free and very effective to help grow awareness and membership.
Joys & Concerns
Sympathies to Carl Boltz and family on the death of his father-in-law Alistair Grant.
Dave Heckel and his wife celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.
September Birthday Table
Jess May
3-Sep
Scott Morrison
4-Sep
Eleanor Isaacson
7-Sep
Brad Reynolds
7-Sep
Keith Falco
8-Sep
Dick Hendricks
8-Sep
Rick Oppenheimer
8-Sep
George Grove
10-Sep
Graham side
13-Sep
Bob Beers
15-Sep
Rashyna Banzhof
17-Sep
Steve Knaub
18-Sep
AJ Weisensale
19-Sep
Steve Kadushin
21-Sep
Jeremy DeBord
24-Sep
Dave Nace
24-Sep
Malcolm MacDougall
25-Sep
Josh McManness
26-Sep
Linda Dodge
29-Sep
Duty Roster
Transmitter Reporter:
Andy Fletcher
Invocation:
Gene Hostetter
Pianist:
John Saeger
Song Leader:
Sam Mecum
Registration:
Harry Flick, John McGrann
Greeter
Keith Falco
Sergeant-at-Arms
Reid Spangler
Visitor Introductions:
Sally Bures
Joys and Concerns
Paul Lynch
Speaker Introduction:
Pres Jeremy DeBord
Help Keep the Club Calendar Updated
All Rotarians – especially committee chairs – are encouraged to help keep our new Club Calendar full and updated with the great things that our Club is doing in the community. Please submit any items you would like added to Kathy by e-mailing her atRotaryClubofLancaster@gmail.com. Examples include the schedule of McCaskey Mentoring Sessions, Committee Meetings, Power Packs or Salvation Army Bell Ringing. If it’s happening, let’s get it on the Calendar for all to see! Your help will keep us all updated with what’s going on within the Club AND will showcase our very active Club to the Lancaster Community and to prospective members. The Club Calendar is available atwww.LancasterRotary.org
Thirty (30) minute attendance at Committee meetings
Bring a guest to a Rotary meeting
Attending or volunteering at certain designated events
Attending a meeting at another Club, such as the following nearby Clubs:
CLUB NAME
ID
LOCATION
MEETING TIME
Denver-Ephrata Area
5340
American Legion, 300 Cocalico St, Ephrata
Thursdays at 7:30 AM
Donegal
5333
Gus’s Keystone Restaurant, 1050 W Main St, Mount Joy
Tuesdays at 7:30 AM
Elizabethtown
5338
Funck’s Brewery
28 S. Market St.
Elizabethtown
Fridays at 12:15 PM
Hershey
5344
Hershey Lodge & Convention Center, 325 University Drive, Hershey
Mondays at 12:00 PM
and
Wednesdays at 5:30 PM
Lancaster Hempfield
5348
Heritage Hotel, 500 Centerville Road, Lancaster
Tuesdays at 7:15 AM
Lancaster Penn Square
82495
Federal Tap House, 201 N Queen St, Lancaster
Wednesdays at 5:30 PM
Lancaster Sunrise
50590
Bent Creek Country Club
620 Bent Creek Drive
Lititz, PA
Thursdays at 7:30 AM
Lancaster-South
24701
Oak Leaf Manor, 2101 Wabank Rd, Millersville
Wednesdays at 7:30 AM
Lititz
5350
General Sutter Inn, 14 E Main St, Lititz
Every Tuesday at 6:00 PM and every Thursday at 12:00 PM
Manheim
5352
Teen Central, 15 S Wolf St, Manheim
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Mount Joy
5357
The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St, Mount Joy
Tuesdays at 12:15 PM
New Holland
5359
Garden Spot Village, 433 S Kinzer Ave,
New Holland
1st, 3rd, 5th Wednesday at 7:30 AM - 2nd & 4th at NOON
Paradise
5361
Bird-in-Hand Restaurant, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird in Hand
Mondays at NOON
The Transmitter is published weekly. Submissions for Announcements and Committee changes/additions are due to the editor via email by 5:00 p.m. the Thursday after the meeting for publication & delivery on 5pm Friday before the meeting. Email to: asfletch@ptd.net
Executive Administrator: Kathy Hainley, 717.581.8811 Email to:
rotarycluboflancaster@gmail.com
Rotary Club of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, PO Box 1387, Lancaster, PA 17608
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