Food Bank
Needs: Specifically—cereal, Macaroni & Cheese, fruit, pasta, crackers, peanut butter, and soup.
Grocery Gift Cards
Are you planning to do a lot of cooking in December? If you order and pay for grocery cards after church today, you will be helping Outreach while you cook. Stores give churches a discount so we can help people in need. Our Outreach Program will be using the money for Saturday Morning Breakfast and the Crispus Attucks meal in December.
New Beginnings
Come join us for a long-time Christmas tradition and carol singing. A “Christmas Banquet” will be held on Friday, December 11th at 12 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The cost is $20 per person. Please make checks out to COA and write “Christmas Banquet” in the memo portion. Checks must be given to Bill Higgs or placed in the “New Beginnings” mailbox in the church office by December 6th. Transportation for Homestead attendees will be provided by the Homestead van. If transportation is needed, please indicate so with your check.
Breakfast with Santa
Bring the little ones to have breakfast with Santa on December 12 from 8:30 am–10:30 am with story time at 9:30 a.m. Breakfast will include pancakes, sausage, juice, milk, and fruit. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 2-10. Bring your camera for a picture with Santa!
Children’s Christmas Shopping
Apostles Community Preschool will be holding its annual Children’s Shopping Room on Saturday, December 12, in conjunction with the church Santa Breakfast. Children will have the opportunity to shop for inexpensive gifts for their family members secretly, with the help of Preschool parents. Times are 8:30 am-12:00 noon. Come and join the fun!
Preschool Pre-registration
Apostles Community Preschool is currently holding pre-registration for church members for the 2016-17 school year. Classes are available for children ages 2-5. Please call Linda Lewis, Registrar, at (717) 392-7437 if you would like to register. In January, registration opens for the general public.
Trinity UCC Concert
Trinity UCC (2340 State Street, East Petersburg, PA) will host a concert featuring the Trinity Church Musicians on Sunday, December 6 at 6 pm. Dessert will be available after the concert. Please call (717) 569-1632 for dessert reservations. A free-will offering will benefit the Trinity Music Ministry and Music for Everyone.
Transportation to Worship
In COA, there are members who are unable to attend worship on Sundays due to transportation issues. However, most of our members live near at least one other member, so we would like to see if we can set up a ministry within our congregation to provide rides—at least occasionally—for those who are unable to drive to church themselves. We envision a process where we would have a list of names and addresses of people who would like a ride to church and what service they prefer to attend. That list could be kept at the Welcome Center and, if you are willing to drive someone, you could find someone on the list and contact them to offer them a ride. You can choose when you are available to drive someone—once, twice, once in a while, or whatever works for your schedule.
If you need a ride, please complete the form or contact the church office and give them your name, address, the service time you prefer, and the frequency you would like to attend worship. If you are willing to drive, stop at the Welcome Center and ask to see the list of requests.
