Food Bank
Needs: Specifically—cereal, macaroni & cheese, fruit, pasta, crackers, peanut butter, and soup.

Market Basket
Don’t forget to pick up your grocery card order and order for next month. Grocery cards are available from Giant, Stauffers, and Weis. Our discount helps to feed the homeless downtown.

The City
If you have not yet joined Church of the Apostles on The City, we ask that you please sign up at your earliest convenience. COA has begun to use this application to communicate with our members and those in ministry, so it is very important that you be a part of the discussion. More information regarding training will follow shortly.

Preschool Anniversary
Next Sunday, April 24^th, the Apostles Community Preschool will be celebrating its 50^th year anniversary with a reunion luncheon. The luncheon will be held in the Fellowship Hall after the 10:45 am worship service. Former and current preschoolers, teachers and board members are invited to attend this special event as well as church members.

Apostles Academy of Arts and Sciences Recital
You are invited to attend the Apostles Academy of Arts and Sciences Recital being held on Sunday, May 1^st, at 3 pm. The recital will feature students of various instruments, including piano, strings, trumpet, and woodwinds. It will also include an art showcase by featured students of Steve Wilson’s Art Studio. Please come out and support the arts!

Race Against Racism
It is almost time for a fun, healthy event that promotes unity and understanding in our community! Sign up for Race Against Racism. Walk or run 5K on Saturday, April 30^th at 9 am; a kid’s run will follow. All fitness levels are welcome! Register as an individual at www.ywcalancaster.org/news-events/feeds. Wear your church t-shirt to represent our congregation. Please contact Kristi Newport at kbnewport@gmail.com or (717) 371-8406 if you have any questions.

Vacation Bible School
A Vacation Bible School meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 19 at 7 pm in room 304. Everyone is welcome to join us as we plan for Vacation Bible School (June 19-23 in Rader Park). New ideas are always welcome!

Wishing Well
During the month of May, COA will be holding a pajama party in the Well! We will be collecting children’s pajamas to support Conner’s Comfy PJs, a foundation begun by the Holland family in Lititz who lost their son, Conner, to cancer at the age of five. They collect comfy pajamas for children in oncology wards undergoing treatments for cancer. As always, thank you for your generous and consistent giving to support our many outreach ministries. If you have any questions about Wishing Well ministries, please see Jane McCartney.

Lancaster Association Spring Meeting
The Lancaster Association Spring Meeting will be held today at 3 pm at Trinity, East Petersburg with Christine Baer, Congregational Resource Developer for Church World Service, as our speaker to inform us on refugee resettlement in the Lancaster area.