Begin your summer with a “New Beginnings” picnic on Thursday, June 9 at 12 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Hot dogs, rolls, condiments, and beverages will be provided. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. A hymn sing will round out the program.

Does your friend ask for large-print bulletins on Sunday mornings? Do they hesitate when walking in unfamiliar environments, or when coming inside on a bright sunny day? Have you noticed that they have stopped participating in their favorite activities like reading and sewing, or going out to restaurants?

If you have noticed some of these things with a friend or relative, or perhaps yourself, then you should join Parish Life in the Parlor on May 20^th (from 2-3 pm) to learn how a local agency, VisionCorps, may be able to help. Light refreshments will be provided.

VisionCorps provides rehabilitative and educational services to individuals of all ages who are vision impaired living in Lancaster, Lebanon, and Chester Counties. Services include Social Services, Occupational Therapy, and Orientation and Mobility. VisionCorps can also connect individuals to additional resources, such as a Low Vision Specialist.

Training/support sessions for The City will be held on the following dates in the Narthex:

• Sunday, May 1: 10:15 am (after the 9:15 service) – 12:30 pm
• Monday, May 2: 6 pm – 7 pm
• Wednesday, May 4: 6:30 pm – 8 pm
• Thursday, May 5: 6:30 pm – 8 pm

Please remember to bring your mobile devices or tablets with you!  Please also take some time to browse The City before attending a session, and bring a list of any questions you have.

Widows who are looking for others to talk with about the loss of a spouse are invited to join Pastor Kuhn on Wednesday, April 27th in the Parlor from 9:30-11:00 am. Refreshments and snacks will be shared with those who are looking for this conversation. Church members and non-members are welcome.

On Wednesday, April 20 at 3 pm, Rev. Kathryn Kuhn will facilitate a group discussion on the life changes that follow the loss of a spouse. Recognizing that your journeys are all different, we thought this may be an outlet for you to find support and to support others in their respective experiences. We will have coffee and pastries for your enjoyment and hope you will seriously consider attending. Please call the church office at (717) 392-5718 if you would like to join us.

Following a dessert social at 1:00 pm on Thursday, April 14 in the Fellowship Hall, New Beginnings will participate in an adult educational session of “What in the World is This?” (WITWIT). The session will feature lesser-known facts about the world we live in, presented in a multiple-choice format with individual and table competitions. Come, join in the fun, and learn some things you may not have known before.

Church of the Apostles’ Youth Group will be hosting a fundraiser night at Friendly’s restaurant on Centerville Road. The Youth Group will receive 10% of sales that will help fund the youth’s trip to the National Youth Event. Coupons are not needed. Please join us to support our youth!

Let’s Talk: How to Have a Lifelong Conversation about Sex

Sunday, April 3 from 6:30-8pm
Rooms 308-310 (next to the Purple Bears room)

Church of the Apostles
1850 Marietta Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17603

Co- sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster and Church of the Apostles, United Church of Christ

Talking about sex with the young people in your life is not easy!

• Many of us feel uncomfortable even thinking about having that conversation with our children or grandchildren.
• Sexual imagery and messages are everywhere in our 21^st-century culture.
• Yet real, honest conversations are few and far between.
• And while many parents think of a one-time conversation for the tween years, children start learning about sexuality as soon as they’re born.
• By the time many parents are ready to “talk,” kids already have lots of information – much of it inaccurate, misleading, or less-than-positive.

In this workshop, we will explore our discomfort around sex and learn some age-appropriate strategies for turning “the talk” into a lifelong conversation about sexuality and health, whether your children are preschoolers or high-schoolers.

Kelly Gainor, a Community Health Educator for Planned Parenthood Keystone, serving Lancaster, Dauphin, Cumberland, and York counties, will lead this workshop.  Kelly provides medically-accurate sexuality education to students of all ages, and is the coordinator of an LGBTQA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Asexual) youth program, called The Curve which meets on Thursdays in York.  She has a Masters’ Degree in Human Sexuality Education from Widener University and has presented at several sexuality conferences, including the National Sex Ed Conference in New Jersey.

Parents, grandparents, and guardians are invited to attend.  Childcare is available in the Fellowship Hall for all ages from 6:15-8:15.  If possible, RVSPs (for adult attendees + number/ages of children needing childcare, if any) are appreciated ahead of time, and can be sent to Flo Waldron at waldr005@umn.edu.

 Please join us for this important event!