St. Bartholomew’s United Church (ELCA)

1204 Grand Valley Rd.

Hanover, PA 17331

(717) 632-1952

July 21, 2024 Announcements

 

TODAY

  9:30 am – Worship Service

10:45 am – Sunday School

                   

THIS WEEK

Tuesday – Prayer and Care Gathering (Zoom) 7:00 pm

Thursday – Yoga 9:00 am, Women of the Church 10:30 am

Saturday – HOPE Practice 9:00 am

 

NURSERY Our nursery is available during worship, but at this time it is not staffed.

 

CONDOLENCES to the family and friends of Lorraine Bolden who passed away on Saturday, July 13^th.  Please keep them in your prayers.

 

PASTOR STEVE will be on vacation from July 22 through August 11.  For pastoral emergencies from July 22-28 please call Pastor Stan Combs at 717 578-6851.

 

YOGA CLASSES are held weekly on Thursdays 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.  A new Yoga recording will be released to the website monthly and available on the 2^nd Thursday of each month.

 

CONVERSATION AND COFFEE Bring your coffee/beverage and come chat with your church family. The next one is scheduled for August 7^th at 10:00 a.m. 

 

Women of the church Women of the Church will be held at Margery Erickson’s home at 202 Bankert Rd.  Hanover PA on Thursday, July 25^th at 10:30 a.m. for conversation, bible study and following that time with a “Pot Luck” picnic. If you can, bring some summer food like salads, veggies, snacks and sweet treats, or just come.   All women are welcome to this special time.  There is a sign-up sheet in the hallway which will help Margery prepare. Please call Margery at 717-451-4279 with questions.  Directions are located by the sign-up sheet. If you need a ride, please call Marlene at (717) 637-0185.

 

TUBING Join us after worship on Sunday, July 28^th to go tubing on the Pequea Creek with Sickman’s Mill Tubing (671 Sandhill Rd. Pequea, PA 17565, 1½ hrs. away from church).  Pack a lunch to eat in the car or before tubing.  Youth under the age of 12 need an adult to accompany them.  This event is open to everyone, though children under the age of 3 may be challenging.  The church will pay for any of our youth members to attend this event.  Cost is $25, cash only, per person.  Katrina Kaintz and Amy M. Gobrecht will chaperone the youth over the age of 12.  The church will have snacks and water on hand for after tubing.  More information can be found on the signup sheet in the hallway. You can also find information at  www.sickmansmill.com  Please RSVP by 7/24.

 

BACK TO SCHOOL BLESSING and scholarship presentation will be during our worship service on August 4^th.  All students should bring their backpacks.

 

Adult night out will take place on Tuesday, August 6th at Scoops of Satire (Bryan’s Ice cream shop) 110 Broadway.  Inviting all adults to join us for some fellowship and ice cream. Sign-up sheet is in the hallway or email Katrina at stbschristianed@comcast.net

 

CHURCH APPRECIATION BRUNCH  Please join us for an appreciation brunch in the social hall on August 11^th after the worship service.  There is a sign-up sheet in the hallway so we may know how many people to prepare for.  All are welcome!

 

SAVE THE DATE Middle school Alive retreat at Camp Nawakwa is September 27th-29th. This is open to all rising 6th graders to 8th graders. The theme for this year is “Fingerprints”- you are a unique gift from God. If any student is interested in attending, please let Katrina know.

 

SUMMER MUSIC leaders are needed while our choir and bell choir take some much deserved time off.  If you are able to help with providing music, both vocal or instrumental, during the summer there is a sign-up sheet in the hallway.  Please see Marlene Shilling with any questions. Marlene is on a well-deserved vacation for the month of July.

 

JULY’S SPECIAL ENVELOPE OFFERING The special offering this month has been designated to help fund a new ministry of St. Bartholomew's called "Loads of Love".  This is an event where our congregation would go to a local laundromat and pay for the people there to wash their clothes - maybe once per month.  It is surprising how expensive washing laundry can be for those at the lower economic scale.  This ministry would be one small way to help those most in need.

 

Hanover Area council of churches’ needs

PAL – Canned mixed vegetables, corn, green beans, peas, carrots, bags of potatoes, scalloped potatoes, sugar, salt, milk, snacks, tea bags or iced tea bags, butter, vegetable or olive oil, spray oil, and grocery/shopping bags.

Clothing Bank – Newsprint (for wrapping delicate household goods), Men’s jeans (waist size 30-34), Children and teen clothes (all sizes), Shoes and Sneakers (all sizes), white garbage bags (13 gallon), and grocery/shopping and reusable bags.

Changing Lives Shelter – Hygiene Products (Shampoo, Conditioner, Soap, Body Wash), Clorox Wipes, Kitchen Trash Bags, and Ziploc Bags (sandwich and gallon). (Please mark for changing lives shelter.)

Meals-on-Wheels – Handkerchiefs, no-rinse bathing wipes, bath gloves, no-slip socks, journal books, Puzzles (no mini pieces, 300-500 pieces at most.) 

Ruth’s Harvest – Single serve fruit cups, single serve cereals, single serve granola bars.

 

COMMUNITY AID Our Community Aid partner number is 20061.  If you provide this number to Community Aid when dropping off clothing items, household goods (excluding furniture), electronics, and toys to our local store, St. Bartholomew’s will receive $.13/lb.

 

REPAIR/MAINTENANCE REQUESTS If you find something in need of repair or maintenance in the church, please fill out a Work Order Repair Notice.  Forms are available outside of the office.  Please fill out the request and place it in the Secretary’s mailbox that is located by the bulletin boards outside of the office

OUR CHURCH FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS

Homewood:  Alan Sterner                 Longview:  Janice Kneller                                        

Tree of Life: Shirley Fritz                  Utz Terrace:  Stephanie Beyer

At Home:  Pat Bechtel, Carroll Wilson, Ron Klunk, Spike, the family of Janet Frock, Tawnya Peterson, Sandra Sterner, Jane Yeater, family & friends of Charlie Svec, Nancy Magid, the family of Lorraine Bolden, and Asher Brown & family.

Note: When a name is added to our prayer list, it remains there for three months. (If you would like a name to be on the list longer than this time, please provide us with a date for the name to be removed at the time of submitting your prayer request).  This helps keep our prayer list current.  Thank you for your understanding.

 

OUTDOOR WORSHIP Outdoor worship services will be offered the first Sunday of the month thru Sept. at 8:30 a.m. in the pavilion area. Bring a chair. If the weather is not suitable (rain, mist or drizzle) the service will be canceled. There will be no outdoor worship on August 4^th.

PARTICIPATING IN WORSHIP SERVICES

 

2^nd Sunday Family  August – Bowersox Family    September – Raubenstine/Miller Family

 

LIVE STREAM By participating in Worship, including the Children's Message, you will be on our worship live stream on YouTube.

 

OFFERINGS Going out of town? Out of checks? No worries! St. B’s can now accept online payments through PayPal (if you have an account) using our QR code. Here’s how it works: Scan the QR code, if prompted, grant your account access to use QR code payments through the PayPal website or app. This makes it easy for you to contribute virtually using PayPal.

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The St. B's Bells are always looking for more Ringers.  If you would like to try ringing even for just a day you could participate in this one day clinic.  Some of St. B's current Ringers will be going and will be carpooling to the location.  If you would like to attend or have questions please see Erin Porter.