NURSERY Our nursery is
available during worship, but at this time it is not staffed.
ANNUAL
CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGwill 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 NEEDEDSt. 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 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 SNEAKERSprogram 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 ShopWe
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.
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
OFFERINGSGoing 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).
Meals-on-Wheels –no-slip slippers, journal books,
sugar-free candy/snacks, and thermal socks.
Ruth’s Harvest – Single
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 SternerUtz Terrace:Stephanie BeyerTree 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!
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: