Week of August 13, 2017 - Church of the Apostles UCC

Food Bank
Needs: Specifically—cold cereal, rice or rice helpers, pasta, crackers, dry soup, and canned items, including soups, fruits, beans, baked beans, tomatoes, and tuna.

Market Basket
During the first three Sundays of each month, you have the opportunity to buy grocery cards in the office after service. You can buy cards for the following month and pick up the ones you ordered last month. Remember, the discount we earn from purchasing cards in bulk from Giant, Stauffers, and Weis provide food for the Saturday Breakfast downtown once a month. Helping others is easy, as well as a wonderful thing!

Confirmation Class Ice Cream Social
Confirmands, their families, and mentors are invited to an ice cream social on Sunday, August 20. Please join us in the Youth Center at 3 pm.

Choir Retreat
The 2017 Choir Retreat will be held on Saturday, August 26 at the McKonly homestead from 9:00 am to noon. This is a great opportunity for each current choir member to bring along someone who may also be interested in becoming a choir member. Please attempt to find at least one person to bring to the retreat. This may be someone who is potentially a new church member or a current member seeking a way to enhance his or her Sunday worship. In addition, a corn roast, still prepared by the Bischoffs, will follow all of Saturday’s events! There is a sign-up list posted in the choir room.

Our present choir is a dedicated group who like to sing and have fun. We can always use more voices, so please consider joining us at the retreat. For directions, or if you have any questions, please see Nathan Sheffer or Cindy Kahler.

Church Directory Photo Shoot
Lifetouch will be at Church of the Apostles to take photos for our new mobile directory and individual/family photos on:

October 16 – October 20: 1-8 pm
October 21: 9 am – 4 pm

We will be providing in-person sign ups in the Narthex for photo shoot appointments on Sundays from September 17—October 8. You can find more sign-up information on the table in the Narthex. If you have any questions, please contact Donna Carr at (717) 475-5285.

Sharing COA Events
Sharing photos and videos from church events on our website and social media pages is a great way to reach our community and share our church’s mission. There are a few ways you can help us do this:

Next time you post a video or photo taken at a COA event to Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, or Instagram, please remember to tag @churchoftheapostleslancaster.
Use our church hashtag #COAUCC on all posts.
Email your photos and videos to michellea@apostlesucc.org.

Thank you for helping us reach our community in every way we can!

Memorial Fund Donations
Donations to the Dawn Dougherty memorial fund have been designated by the family to assist with the church’s sound system upgrade.