St. Bartholomew’s United Church (ELCA)

1204 Grand Valley Rd.

Hanover, PA 17331

(717) 632-1952

April 21, 2024 Announcements

 

TODAY

  9:30 am – Worship Service

10:30 am – Trash Pick Up

10:45 am – Sunday School

                   

THIS WEEK

Monday – Worship Committee 7:00 pm

Tuesday – Office Closed, Prayer and Care Gathering (Zoom) 7:00 pm

Wednesday – Choir 4:30 pm, Bells 6:00 pm

Thursday – Yoga 9:00 am, Women of the Church 10:30 am

Friday – Lasagna Dinner Prep 9:00 am

Saturday – HOPE Practice 9:00 am, Lasagna Dinner 5:00 pm

 

NURSERY Our nursery is available during worship, but at this time it is not staffed.

 

THANK YOU!

·         To everyone who came out and helped with the work day last Saturday!

 

·         To those who donated to college student care packages.  With the $260 we assembled and shipped 8 packages consisting of snacks and encouragement.  Gratitude was received immediately.

·         We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all who graciously attended and supported our recent fundraiser at Hoss's. Your participation and generosity made a significant impact, and I am delighted to share that we received tremendous support from 30 groups who utilized our designated code throughout the evening.  Thanks to your collective efforts, we successfully raised a commendable $473.90 to go towards the cost of the family camp. Your dedication to our mission is truly inspiring, and we are profoundly grateful for your continued support. Once again, thank you for your unwavering commitment and generosity.

We are excited to let you know that we have another fundraising event on the horizon. While the details are still being finalized, please keep an eye out for forthcoming announcements. Thank you.  Sonya

 

Music Task Force We would like to create a task force along with Marlene to look at the current and future music program at St. Bartholomew’s. Please consider sharing your thoughts by signing up on sheet in hallway.

 

YOGA CLASSES are held weekly on Thursdays 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.  A new Yoga recording will be released to the website monthly and available on the 2^nd Thursday of each month.

 

MOTHER’S DAY Our Women of the Church honors mothers with names of those we wish to remember or honor in our bulletin on Mother’s Day. A donation of $1.00 is appreciated for each name given.  Order forms and envelopes are available in the hallway.  Deadline for orders is May 5^th.  There will also be a small potted plant for all mothers to take home on Mother’s Day.

 

LASAGNA DINNER Please join us for a lasagna dinner on Saturday, April 27^th.  Dinner will be served from 5 pm – 6:30 pm.  A gluten free pasta option will be available.  All are welcome to attend.  Donations will be appreciated.  All proceeds will go towards the Investing in the Future Fund.  There is a sign-up sheet in the hallway. Deadline to sign up is April 21^st.   Feel free to invite your friends and family!  If you are able to help out with this event, please see Lisa Dickensheets.

 

Women of the church will meet on Thursday, April 25^th at the church at 10:30 a.m.  We are using the March/April Gather magazine for study and sharing.  Please pick up a magazine from the shelf in the hallway and bring it with you.

 

WATER WALK   Join us during the Sunday School hour as we raise awareness for the millions of people who do not have access to clean drinking water. Bring a bucket and join us on a walk on April 28^th at 10:45 a.m.

 

The Littlestown Area Municipal Band, under the direction of Ben Messinger, will present a Spring Concert on Sun., April 28, 2024. The concert will begin at 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 53 West King St., Littlestown, PA. The concert will pay tribute to Ken Koontz and Jim Rodgers and will feature alto saxophonist, Peyton Small. Selections include: Fanfare For The Common Man, Chorale Prelude: Be Thou My Vision, Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Band, Amazing Grace, A Charlie Brown Celebration, The Waltzing Cat, Bright Eyes, Camp Meetin’, Bill Bailey, The U. S. Field Artillery March, and Basses On The Rampage, A free will offering will be accepted.

 

CONVERSATION AND COFFEE Bring your coffee/beverage and chat with the Pastor and church family. The next one is scheduled for May 1^st at 10:00 a.m. 

 

A movie night will be held on Saturday, May 11^th from 6:00-8:30 pm.  There will be two movies, one for older youth (TBD) and one for younger youth (Joseph, King of Dreams). Pizza and snacks will be provided.  A sign-up sheet is in the hallway. There will be a special Joseph themed Sunday School activity on May 19^th.

 

Family Camp Registration

FAMILY CAMP St. Bartholomew’s is again inviting our families with children to attend Family Camp at Camp Nawakwa, July 14 -19.  (Please note: this year camp ends on Friday at 6:30 pm.) Our church council has approved funding for half of the cost of members attending Family Camp.  You might also choose just to attend Family Camp for a few days to try it out.  If you are interested in attending, registration is available at lutherancamping.org or by clicking on this link:                                         

More information regarding Family Camp is available on their website.

 

Monroe S.E. Gobrecht Memorial Award   Any youth members of St. Bartholomew's who are attending or will be attending post-secondary education are reminded that a minimum of 10 hours of volunteer service are required, with 5 of those hours helping with worship services. There are other requirements that need to be met for this scholarship award. Youth members should have documentation of service hours and should NOT wait until the last minute. There are MANY opportunities to volunteer throughout the year at church. Applications for the scholarship are now available next to the bulletin board outside of the church’s office. Deadline to submit application is June 30^th.

 

APRIL’S SPECIAL ENVELOPE OFFERING will help with costs of sending St. B’s youth to retreats like Alive, the middle school retreat at Camp Nawakwa held in September.

 

COMMUNITY AID Our Community Aid partner number is 20061.  If you provide this number to Community Aid when dropping off clothing items, household goods (excluding furniture), electronics, and toys to our local store, St. Bartholomew’s will receive $.13/lb.

 

Hanover Area council of churches’ needs

PAL – single serve fruit cups, canned mixed vegetables, corn, green beans, bags of potatoes, butter, scalloped potatoes, sugar, milk, snacks, and grocery/shopping bags.

Clothing Bank – Socks, men’s jeans (waist size 30-34), Children and teen clothes (all sizes), Shoes and Sneakers (all sizes), and grocery/shopping bags.

Changing Lives Shelter – Hygiene Products (Shampoo, Conditioner, Soap, Body Wash), Clorox Wipes, Kitchen Trash Bags, and Ziploc Bags (sandwich and gallon). (Please mark for changing lives shelter.)

Meals-on-Wheels – Adult coloring books, colored pencils, Word search books,

compression socks, handkerchiefs, and box tissues.

Ruth’s Harvest – Single Serve of any Chef Boyardee Ravioli, Spaghetti, or other Pasta Entrée. Individual snacks.

 

REPAIR/MAINTENANCE REQUESTS If you find something in need of repair or maintenance in the church, please fill out a Work Order Repair Notice.  Forms are available outside of the office.  Please fill out the request and place it in the Secretary’s mailbox that is located by the bulletin boards outside of the office. 

 

OUR CHURCH FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS

Homewood:  Alan Sterner                 Longview:  Janice Kneller                                        

Tree of Life: Shirley Fritz                  Utz Terrace:  Stephanie Beyer

At Home:  Lisa Dickensheets, Mary Ann Canouse, Pat Bechtel, Karen Amoss, Amber, Lori, Tammy Hershey, Hester Hershey, Diane Buvia, Carroll Wilson, Diana Hnat, Gloria Jean Werner, Asher, Ed Morris, Ron Klunk, Brian and Sara Bolden, Spike, and the family of

Janet Frock.

Note: When a name is added to our prayer list, it remains there for three months. (If you would like a name to be on the list longer than this time, please provide us with a date for the name to be removed at the time of submitting your prayer request).  This helps keep our prayer list current.  Thank you for your understanding.

 

PARTICIPATING IN WORSHIP SERVICES

LIVE STREAM By participating in Worship, including the Children's Message, you will be on our worship live stream on YouTube.

 

 

2024 Worship Helper List:  We are at the time of year when we need to update our worship helper listing for duties during the worship services. Now is the time to ask to be added or deleted from the list of helpers (worship assistant (prayers), scripture reader, worship sound, screen presenter/streaming, children’s message and acolyte.).  This is for the second half of the year (July – December).  Please contact the church office to add or delete your name from these lists. (By April 30^th.)  Thank you all for your participation in our worship services!

As Earth Day approaches on Monday, St. B’s has thoughtfully considered creation care for decades. Chief Seattle (c. 1780 – 1866) was a leader of native peoples in present-day Washington state. He converted to Christianity and is attributed for writing a letter on ecological responsibility and respect of Native Americans' land rights. He said, "Preserve the land for all children, and love it, as God loves us. As we are part of the land, you too are part of the land. This earth is precious to us."  The Evening Sun, May 2, 1991, Page 14   - Sarah Myers Hallinan, Church Historian

180th Anniversary of St. B's