Week of February 12, 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!

Valentine Ministry Reminder
There are still a few names remaining in the Valentine Basket located in the Narthex. If you haven’t already chosen a name and sent a “Valentine surprise” to one of our college students, would you consider taking a heart from the basket and sending a Valentine? All the information needed is included on the heart. You will definitely help make someone’s day much brighter.

Lunch with the Pastors
The next lunch and conversation with Rev. Kathy Kuhn and Rev. Heather Giffen will be held at 12 pm in the Parlor on Sunday, February 19. Please RSVP to the church office at (717) 392-5718 if you plan to attend.

Ash Wednesday Service
Ash Wednesday service will be held on March 1 at 7 pm. Focusing on the theme “Wherever You Are, We’ll Meet You There” and acknowledging where we are in life, we will acknowledge our mortality through the distribution of ashes and how we fail to live as Christ did. Join us as we seek to find God in those dark places and learn all there is to be taught through the experience.

Wishing Well: Conner’s Comfy PJs
We will be having a Pajama Party in the Wishing Well from mid-February until the end of May to collect children’s pajamas in memory of Conner Holland, a little boy from Lititz who, at the age of five, lost his battle with cancer several years ago. During his chemo treatments, he expressed his wish that every child undergoing cancer treatments should have cozy pajamas to wear. The Holland family began Conner’s Comfy PJs, a collection of pajamas for children in local oncology units of hospitals. They are asking for pajamas for boys and girls ages 12 months to 18 years. They especially need pajamas for teens. Please consider participating in Conner’s Comfy PJs by purchasing jammies and putting them in the Wishing Well by May 24^th. Information is posted on two posters: one above the Wishing Well and one on the Outreach bulletin board in the Narthex. Thank you for helping children who need a boost of love and comfort during their illness.

Heritage and Horizons
The spring 2017 session of Heritage and Horizons will begin on March 7 and continue for five Tuesdays through April 4. The five-week series costs $15 for the entire series, or for as often as you choose to attend. Sessions will be held from 9:30 am—11:50 am and includes a 20-minute break with snacks and refreshments. Dr. Lee Barrett, Professor of Theology at the Lancaster Theological Seminary, will present five sessions on the topic “Can the United States Still Learn Something from the Protestant Reformation?”, along with other speakers who will discuss “How We Treat Our Elders,” “The Meaning of Growing Older,” “African Safari,” Shakespeare and the Folger Shakespeare Library,” and “J.P. McCaskey: Lancaster’s Music Man.”