Food Bank
Needs: Beans, rice, canned vegetables, Hamburger Helper meal mixes, potatoes, canned meals, soup, grocery bags. Packers: Mary Ellen Bachman, Dawn Dougherty, Bernie Fickes

C.A.R.E. Calendars
Andy Appel is selling 2016 calendars between services and after the second service. All the proceeds will be used to purchase rice and beans to feed the hungry as Honduras is in its third year of drought and the area we serve is largely comprised of subsistence farmers. The calendar pictures are prints of paintings done by Honduran sisters (ages 6 and 8) especially for C.A.R.E. A tax letter will be sent to you, if requested. Thank you for helping this project become a reality.

Ecclesiastical Councils today at Willow Street UCC
This afternoon, Kenno Korssa (Member of St. Peter’s) and Liza Garcia (Member of Willow Street) will defend their ordination papers at 3 p.m. at Willow Street UCC. If you need a copy of the ordination paper, please speak with Pastor Kuhn.

Neighbors In Need Special Mission Offering
There will be a special offering on Sunday, October 4 for Neighbors in Need (NIN). NIN is a special mission offering of the UCC that supports ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States. One-third of NIN funds the Council for American Indian Ministry (CAM). Two-thirds of the offering is used by the UCC’s Justice and Witness Ministries (JWM) to support a variety of justice initiatives, advocacy efforts, and direct service projects through grants. Neighbors in Need grants are awarded to churches and organizations doing justice work in their communities. These grants fund projects whose work ranges from direct service to community service like our own Seeds of Hope Garden, which we received a grant for several years ago to other ministries. Funding is provided through donations to the Neighbors in Need offering. The special offering envelope for October 4^th can be used for your NIN offering. Thank you for considering a donation support these ministries.

New Beginnings
New Beginnings will meet on Thursday, October 8^th at 1 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. We will begin with a dessert social at 1 p.m. At 1:30 p.m., Jack Oliphant will present a program which will help us understand the relationship between math and music. Please mark your calendar and join us.

Heritage and Horizons
Mark your calendars for the new series of Heritage & Horizons lectures on: Tuesdays September 29, October 6, October 13, October 20, and October 27. It is our 29^th year of providing adult learning opportunities, and we have a variety of interesting speakers coming to make presentations. Sessions will be held in the sanctuary at 9:30 a.m.—10:30 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. —11:50 a.m. with a 20-minute refreshment break. The registration fee is $15 for each person for the entire five-week program.

Special Service on October 18
Please mark your calendars as we are having only one 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday, October 18 for the purpose of hearing the trial sermon of our candidate for the Associate Pastor’s position, Rev. Heather Giffen. Immediately following the service, there will be a congregational meeting led by the Lancaster Association Committee on Ministry for us to vote on extending a call to Rev. Giffen. This is a very important service and we hope you will choose to be part of it. Watch for a letter from the church giving more information about Rev. Giffen and multiple opportunities for you to meet her prior to the vote.