Week of May 24, 2015

Food Bank
The food bank will be closed on May 25th.

Garden Helpers Needed
The garden is growing and so are the weeds! Please stop by on Saturdays between 8-10 a.m. to help remove weeds; someone will be there to garden with you.

Play Ball!
Our baseball team will be playing on our field at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 28th. A second game will follow at 7 p.m. Bring your family to relax and watch the game.

New Beginnings
There will be an end-of-year picnic on Thursday, June 11 at 12 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Come enjoy a summertime favorite—hotdogs! Please bring a side dish or dessert to enjoy with the hotdogs. We will conclude with an old-fashioned hymn sing.

Village Corner Shoppe at Homestead Village
The Gift Shoppe is looking for additional volunteers to designate two hours per month for working in the Shoppe. There will always be two volunteers in the Shoppe. Please call Karen Longenecker at (717) 397-4831 ext. 132 for more information.

Worship
Do you have a passion for Worship? Do you have ideas for Worship? If so, please join the Worship Commission. They meet the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Choir Room, and would love to see you there. Please contact the Worship Chair, Bernie Fickes, at (717) 393-6644 for more information. All are welcome!

Volunteers Needed—Furniture Donation to Honduras
Penn Manor School District has donated the furnishings of Pequea Elementary School for use in Honduras through the direction of Central American Relief Efforts. Volunteers are needed! We expect to fill two shipping containers. Church of the Apostles has been a loyal supporter of education in Honduras—please help as you are able.

On Saturday, June 13 at 8:30 a.m., we will need to disassemble desks for space saving in their container. There will also be tables that will need legs removed for shipping. We will work until everything is ready for loading. Phillips head and Allen wrench bits will be needed.

On Saturday, June 20th at 8:30 a.m., the containers on site will need to be loaded; this work is more strenuous as lifting in required. There will also be a need for some volunteers to keep inventory as we load.

The only way we’ll be able to send this shipment to Honduras is if we can recruit enough volunteers for each Saturday. About 20-25 volunteers will be needed each weekend. Volunteers are being recruited from a variety of groups and Church of the Apostles’ presence has been significant in past efforts. If you can help either or both weekends, please contact Andy Appel at (717) 490-0093 or andyappel@epix.net and specify the day(s) and time(s) you are available. If you have friends or family who may be willing to help, they will be more than welcome! We will be meeting at Pequea Elementary School, which is located at 802 Millwood Road, Willow Street, PA 17584.

Weekly Announcements
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