The May Men's Breakfast is scheduled for Saturday 18 May 2024. Please sign up on the Narthex Bulletin board to attend and help with tasks. Set up starts at 7 am. Meal served at 8 am. Jim Richardson spent 23 days in Australia in October 2022 and will share all the weird things he saw. The talk will include a photo odyssey to Australia, the very strange land “down under”.
Save the Date! August 24, 2024 for our Annual Congregational Retreat. More details coming soon….
WE HAVE AN EXCITING NEW MINISTRY!! We are calling everyone to help us supply welcome bags for new residents of the Adams Rescue Mission Men’s Shelter and the Agape House Family Shelter. Items we want to collect, sort and pack at our congregational picnic are: clippers (both fingernail and toenail), cough drops, dental floss, toothpaste, $20 Walmart gift cards, $20 Kennies gift cards, shaving cream, deodorant, Q-Tip’s, baby powder, foot powder, chap stick, emery boards, cotton balls, if you can help with this ministry, there will be a basket in the Narthex, labeled Adams Rescue Mission Welcome Bags. Please purchase travel size items. We are going to pack 5 bags for each shelter to start with, but will have an ongoing need to replenish the bags as they are distributed to new residents. Thank you for your giving hearts!!
Our congregational picnic will be held on June 2nd, following the worship service. The main course will be fried chicken from Kennies. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Call for more information or to sign up to attend and let us know what dish you will bring.
Summer worship schedule: On June 2nd we will begin our summer worship schedule of one service, at 10 AM.
LMC Stitchers meet Monday's at 10:30 AM. Bring your quilting, knitting, sewing, and/or crochet projects and talk while you work. If you would like to learn how to knit or crochet give us a heads up by calling the church office prior to showing up so that we can be prepared. 717-642-5332
The Women’s Bible study meets electronically two Thursdays a month at 7 PM. Interested women contact Dana McDonald at 717-642-6272.
Ruth’s Harvest – We will again be collecting individual serving size food items for children. Throughout the school year, these items will be placed in backpacks periodically and sent home during long weekends and holidays. This gives the children in Fairfield School District access to food that is easy for them to prepare and eat while parents are at work. Items needed are:
1 oz. Animal Crackers and 1 oz. Teddy Grahams
4 oz. carrot cups
1 oz. cereal boxes or cups
1.5 oz. chips or pretzels
2.34 oz. mac and cheese cups
4 oz. mandarin orange cups, 4 oz. mixed fruit cups, 4 oz. peach cups and/or 4 oz. pear cups
2 oz. peanut butter crackers and or 2 oz. cheese crackers
1.5 oz. peanut butter to go and/or Nutella individual serving cups
1.53 oz. oatmeal
1 oz. raisins
3 oz. Ramen noodles
Fruit gummies or Fruit Roll-ups
Pop Tarts
The weekly FUNnFITNESS program takes place on Thursday mornings at 9:00 AM in the fellowship hall.
Mission Opportunity Program -"MOP" meets Thursday mornings at 10:00 - 11:30 AM to roll bandages for third world countries. All are welcome to come and help with this worthwhile cause.
Wires and Wood rehearse each Thursday beginning at 6:00 PM through May.
Faithful Voices choir rehearsals take place on Thursday evenings from 7:00 - 7:45 PM through May
Women's Guild meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 PM, except in January, February and March. All women are in
invited.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Coat Ministry – November thru March there is a box in the hallway of the Education Building for clean, gently used coats. They will be taken to the shelter and given to the homeless in Gettysburg. Warm coats are very appreciated this time of year.
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