ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S
UNITED CHURCH(ELCA)

News & Announcements

Last Updated 11/2/2024


8t. Bartholomew’s United Church (ELCA)

1204 Grand Valley Rd.

Hanover, PA 17331

(717) 632-1952

November 3, 2024 Announcements

 

TODAY

  9:30 am – Worship Service – All Saints

10:45 am – Sunday School

                   

THIS WEEK

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

Wednesday – Conversation and Coffee 10:00 am, Choir 4:30 pm, Bells 6:00 pm

Thursday – NO Yoga

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

 

ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING will be held on Sunday, November 10th after the worship service.  The agenda will be: the 2025 budget and election of new council members.  A copy of the proposed budget is in the hallway, copies were also included in October’s newsletter.  If you have any questions regarding the proposed budget, please see Glenn Gobrecht or a council member.  Information regarding the new council member nominees is in the back of the church. 

 

DEVOTIONAL WRITERS NEEDED St. Bart’s is joining St. David’s UCC and St. David’s Lutheran to put together a devotional for this Advent season.  We are looking for people to write a devotion based off of selected scriptures.  The devotion should be between 300 and 400 words and emailed to our church office (stbartchurch@comcast.net) by November 12th.   (If you are unable to email, you may leave a hard copy for our secretary.) Inspired writers should sign up on the sign-up sheet in the hallway.  Don’t forget to take your scripture reminder note with you!  Here is the list of scriptures that St. Bart’s is responsible for:  Psalm 119:176, Psalm 25:4, Numbers 24:17, Jeremiah 23:5-6, Psalm 111:9, Psalm 84:5, Luke 2:15, Isaiah 9:6.  Thank you for participating again this year!

 

SHARING WITH OTHERS A free will offering will be available on Sunday, October 27 and November 3 for the victims of the hurricanes.  Your donation will be given to ELCA Disaster Response designating hurricane Helene and Milton. Your donation will be appreciated. Thank you!

 

PowerPoint Volunteers We are in need of persons willing to create the PowerPoint presentations for worship services.  If you are not comfortable presenting in worship, that is fine. If interested see Ruth Neiderer, Amy Gobrecht or Erin Porter. Please consider helping out!

 

homewood auxiliary Membership dues are now being collected for the Homewood Auxiliary.  Please see Gloria Baummer for more information.

 

WOOD SPLITTING will take place on Saturday, November 2nd at 8:00 a.m. If you need wood, or want some exercise, come on out and give us a hand!  (Rain date will be Sat,

Nov. 9th at 8:00 a.m.)

CONVERSATION AND COFFEE Bring your coffee/beverage and come chat with your church family. The next one is scheduled for November 6th at 10:00 a.m. 

 

INGATHERING School kits and blankets will be dedicated on Sunday, November 10th.   Please bring all items by November 3rd if possible.  We are asking the children to meet in the overflow room and carry all we have collected to the front of the church on that Sunday morning as we begin the service.

 

Women of the Church WELCA (Our women's group) will meet on the third Thursday, on November 21st, 10:30 a.m.  The meeting will be held at Marlene Shilling's residence: 1058 Bear Crossing at Spiritrust Lutheran; the village at Utz Terrace. The date change is due to Thanksgiving Day falling on our regular meeting date.  Please bring your Gather magazine if you have one, and some food if you have something on hand to share.

Parking is limited so carpool if you can.

 

Youth movie and craft night November 23rd beginning at 5:00 pm. We will be watching “The Star”. Join us for pizza, cookies, and popcorn as we get ready for the holidays with a holiday craft followed by the movie. Sign-up sheet is in the narthex.

 

THANKSGIVING EVE SERVICE St. B’s will be hosting this year’s Thanksgiving Eve Service on Wednesday, November 27th at 7:00 pm. Hope to see you there!

 

DECORATING THE CHURCH we will be decorating the church on Friday, Nov. 29th. There will be pizza at 5:00 p.m. followed by the decorating. All are welcomed to help!

 

Youth lock-in Friday, December 6th into Saturday, December 7th. Youth are welcome to join us at 5:30 pm for pizza and then we will be making a holiday gift to give to the members of our congregation. Younger children are welcome to join us for pizza and the holiday gift making. Youth in 5th grade and older grab a sleeping bag and friend and join us as we continue getting in the holiday spirit into the night. Sign-up sheet is in the narthex.

 

LOOKING AHEAD Please mark your calendars and hope you can join us!

Dec. 8th Sunday 9:30 a.m. - Children’s Christmas Pageant during worship

Dec 15th Sunday at 3:00 p.m. - Christmas jazz music by the Jazz Berries with light refreshments

Dec 24th Tuesday - 6:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Family Worship, 9:00 p.m. Candlelight Service

 

LITTLESTOWN AREA MUNICPAL BAND’S Fall concert, conducted by Ben Messinger, will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 53 West King St., Littlestown, PA, on Sunday, November 10th at 3:00 p.m. 

 

GOT SNEAKERS program ends this Sunday.  If you have any sneakers to be included, call Darrell Raubenstine at 717 870-1506.

 

NOVEMBER’S SPECIAL ENVELOPE OFFERING is for Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  This group sponsors leadership training and job skill training for women in this country as well as many places throughout the world. They also support Lutheran World Relief with thousands of quilts, school kits and personal care kits.  St. Bartholomew’s effort is a part of that outreach.

 

THANK YOU!  The Chicken BBQ and Pie Sale raised $3877.53, to benefit St. B’s Investing in the Future Fund and Community Outreach Committee.

 

Christmas Gift Blessings and JJ's Toy Shop We will be collecting new and unwrapped gifts for our local youth in our area. Gifts will be for youth from 3 years old to 14 years old. Please see below for a list of some examples that New Hope Ministries and Hanover Area Council of Churches will be collecting for the Christmas Gift Blessing and JJ's Toy Shop. We will be collecting gifts up till Sunday December 1st, 2024. We will have two boxes, one in the overflow room and one outside of the church office.

 

Chutes & Ladders, Candy Land, Memory, Operation, Trouble, Monopoly, Twister,  Connect Four, Battleship, Jenga, Yahtzee, Taco vs Burrito, Uno, Any Board Games, Puzzles, Cars, Trucks, Trains, Kitchen Play Sets, Mega Bloks, Animal/Dinosaur figurines, Play-Doh sets, Baby Dolls & accessories, Legos, Baby Dolls, Barbie Dolls, Animal/Dinosaur figurines, Kids Crafts, Educational toys, Skateboard, Basketball, Soccer ball, Baseball/bat, Football, Tote bag, Hair accessories, Journal, Earbud headphones.

 

CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SOLDIERS Help bring some extra holiday cheer for those who are not home with their families.  One of our members works with a local organization, For the Love of a Veteran.  We are asking our congregation to help fill out Christmas cards to be included in care kits.  The cards are in boxes located in the back of the sanctuary.  Detailed instructions are next to the cards on what you can do to help.  Once you have completed your pack of cards, please bring them back to church and place in the designated basket located on a table in the overflow area.  Please have all cards returned by November17th.  If you have any questions, call or email Erin Amoss – 717-634-8185 or L_bolts@yahoo.com 

 

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.

 

Hanover Area council of churches’ needs

PAL – Canned vegetables, sugar, Ziploc bags (sandwich & gallon sizes), and grocery/shopping bags.

Clothing Bank – Men’s jeans (waist size 30-34), Shoes and Sneakers (all sizes), grocery/shopping and reusable bags, dryer sheets, and baggies (snack size).

Changing Lives Shelter – Hygiene Products (Shampoo, Conditioner, Soap, Body Wash), razors (men’s & women’s).

Meals-on-Wheels –no-slip slippers, journal books, sugar-free candy/snacks, and thermal socks.

Ruth’s HarvestSingle serve fruit cups, single serve cereals, mac & cheese cups, canned veggies.

 

INCLEMENT WEATHER In case our worship needs to be cancelled due to weather conditions, the cancellation announcement will be on our Facebook page.  A link to our Facebook page is located on our website; at the bottom of the home page. (You do not need to have a Facebook account to view the top few posts.) An email will also be sent to everyone that is currently on our email list. If you miss these announcements, you may call any council member for information or the pastor.

 

OUR CHURCH FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS

Homewood:  Alan Sterner     Utz Terrace:  Stephanie Beyer     Tree of Life: Shirley Fritz      

At Home:  Pat Bechtel, Asher Brown & family, Laura Hardy, Stacey Saltzgiver, Ron Klunk, Hester Hershey, Kae Wetzel, Tawnya Peterson, Evelyn Spotts, Donna Imes, Michael Krumrine, Katie Bynaker, Tom and Laurel Bell. 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.

 

PARTICIPATING IN WORSHIP SERVICES

     Scripture Reader 

Worship Asst

Ch. Message

   Acolyte

  3 – Sue Krumrine

Allen Gobrecht

Pastor Steve

Keegan Groft

10 – Need

Erin Porter

Glenn Gobrecht

Ashlyn Trone

17 – Liz Mickley

Emily Beyer

Pat Berwager

Olivia Bryan

24 – HOPE

Faye Gobrecht

Faye Gobrecht

Van Bryan

 

Worship Sound

Screen Presenter/Streaming

 

 

  3 – Brian Butters

Erin Porter

 

 

10 – Barry Berwager

Ruth Neiderer

 

 

17 – Shaun Saltzgiver

Amy Gobrecht

 

 

24 – Amy Gobrecht

Heather Bair

 

 

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

2025 Worship Helper List:  We are at the time of year when we need to update our worship helper listing for duties during the worship services. Now is the time to ask to be added or deleted from the list of helpers (worship assistant (prayers), scripture reader, worship sound, screen presenter/streaming, children’s sermon and acolyte.).  This is for the first half of the year.  Please contact the church office to add or delete your name from these lists. (By Nov. 10th.)  Thank you all for your participation in our worsip services!

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S UNITED CHURCH(ELCA)

Community Outreach

Our Community Outreach Committee has put together an extensive list of local resources that provide assistance for a variety of needs. This list can be found by clicking on this link:

Please check it out! You never know when you or someone you know may benefit from one of these services.

Other Useful Links

  • Nawakwa
  • The Lower Susquehanna Synod
  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America


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