Food Bank
Current needs: canned soup, vegetables, fruit, tuna and canned meats, and canned or boxed potatoes and meal helpers.
Apostles Assistance Fund
Current needs: paper towels, tissues, deodorant, skin lotions, dishcloths, washcloths, and combs and brushes. Financial gifts are also appreciated.
Market Basket
Thinking about Christmas gifts yet? Starting today (for the first three Sundays in November), you can order grocery cards in $20, $25, $50, and $100 increments (depending on whether it is Giant, Stauffers, or Weis). It’s an easy way for you to shop for a gift that is appreciated by everyone. Visit the church office on Sundays to sign up. Cards will then be available the first three Sundays in December. These discounts help Outreach to help others.
Prayer Vigil
The Lancaster Interfaith Coalition is holding a prayer vigil for our country’s leaders in Penn Square in Lancaster City on Monday, November 5 at 6 pm. For more information, please contact Rev. Kuhn.
Christmas in the Country Bazaar– November 10
Our Bazaar is an all-church event, and we are asking each church member to support the Bazaar in as many ways as possible. Please contact:
- Soup: Contact Cindy Williams to help to make soup from November 5-8.
- Bake Pies: Contact Betsy Bischoff to help the choirs bake pies and apple dumplings on Friday, November 9.
- Set Up & Tear Down: Contact Eric to help move furniture out of the classrooms and later back into the classrooms.
- Bake: Bake goodies at your home for the choir to sell at the bake table. Contact Bernie Fickes.
- Sell Items: Contact Clara Kosmela to help sell items or be a cashier.
Time to Make Soup for the Christmas Bazaar!
We are seeking volunteers to help with the following:
- Make Bazaar soup. Please bring a sharp knife with you from Monday—Wednesday:
- Monday, November 5 from 9 am-3 pm: cut veggies and cook chicken
- Tuesday, November 6 from 9 am-3 pm: make chicken corn soup
- Wednesday, November 7 from 9 am-3 pm: make vegetable beef soup
- Thursday, November 8 from 9 am-12 pm: make vegetarian chili
- Help needed on Bazaar day:
- Help in the kitchen stirring, washing dishes, etc. from 9 am-4 pm (in two hour shifts)
- To serve soup, to sell quarts of soup, or to serve as cashiers for the soup line
Please contact Cindy Williams to schedule a time and day to volunteer. You can help in the morning or afternoon, or both! Lunch will be provided.
Bazaar Greeters Needed
Sign up for the “best” job at the Bazaar! Spend an hour at one of the church entrances greeting people and handing them a shopping bag. You can sit or stand, call out good cheer or stay silent. All that is required is a smile and an outstretched hand. Sign up in the lobby today, or call Barbara Achtermann. Leave a message with your name and preferred volunteer time. She will confirm back with you.
Fall Youth Retreat
Youth grades 7-12 have one week left to register for the Fall Youth Retreat at Hartman Center. The retreat begins on Friday, November 16 at 7 pm and ends on Sunday, November 18 at 11 am. This year’s theme features an “escape room” where you will work with other youth to find clues, break codes, and figure out puzzles leading to your “escape”. The $95 fee per person includes other fun indoor and outdoor activities, four meals and snacks, and two nights in the shadow of “the Knob”. Please see Barbara Achtermann for registration, permission, and health forms. The fee may be underwritten, in part, by Church of Apostles, as needed.
Special Worship: November 11
On Sunday, November 11, New York pianist, composer, and vocalist, Deanna Witkowski, will bring special music to our worship services. Witkowski is best known for her jazz arrangements of classic hymns, her sense of swing, and vast harmonic resources. Her work includes 80 sacred music originals and a string of albums featuring rich fusions of jazz, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban music. Join us as we worship God in song though her music.
