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Announcements
Today The Rev. Canon Robert Schiesler presides and preaches.
Please include the following in your daily prayers.
Wendy, Jim, Tammy, Zoe, Vanessa, Terry, Wendy, Jeannie, Lynne, Sue, and Bob.
Keeping a Holy Lent 2024
Online: Episcopal Relief & Development is offering daily Lenten Meditations for 2024 season, beginning Feb. 14 to learn and reflect more deeply about their faith.
https://www.episcopalrelief.org/church-in action/worship-resources/let-us-pray/lenten-experience/
Forward Movement; Forward Day by Day Podcasts https://www.forwardmovement.org/Pages/Item/12306/Podcast.aspx
Daily Prayer from Forward Movement
https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/FDMV7144883457
Holy Week Services – The Rev. Canon Robyn Szoke presides and preaches.
-Palm Sunday, March 24, 9:30am, Nativity
- Holy Tuesday, March 26, 7pm, St. Stephen’s Service of Scripture and light.
-Maundy Thursday, March 28, Nativity, 5:30 pm – Agape Meal; 7pm - Service with foot washing, communion, and stripping of the altar.
-Good Friday Service, March 29, 12:30pm, Nativity.
-Sunday, March 31, Easter Day.
Vestry Meeting, Tues., March 19, 6pm, Zoom.
Weekly Devotions
Wednesday March 13, 9am, Zoom
Thursday March 21, 8:30am, IHOP, Mifflintown
Wednesday March 27, 9am, Zoom
Flowers for Easter, March 31.
Donations for Easter flowers will be taken through March 17. If you have an envelope, you can use for the donation, including marking if they are “in honor of” or “in memory of” someone. There are also envelopes at the back of the church.
Collections for Neighbor Helping Neighbor Food Bank
The March items are Cereal, Oatmeal, Rolled Oats, Grits, Cream of Wheat, Deodorant and Razors.
Help fill our community food pantry!
Items that seem to be taken first include canned pasta meals, soups, and macaroni and cheese. Vegetables don't seem to get taken. Also, please don't use this as an opportunity to clear out your pantry if at all possible.
A Concert for the Good Friday Offering, Digital Livestream, Friday, March 29, 3pm
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry invites the whole church to an afternoon of sacred music and collective giving to support siblings in Jerusalem and the Middle East. Recorded at Christ and St. Luke’s Church, Norfolk, the concert will air online at: https://www.facebook.com/episcopalian and https://www.episcopalchurch.org/good-friday-offering/
Match Madness 2024
WellSpan Health, The Josiah W. and Bessie H. Kline Foundation, M&T Bank, and PennState Health and Highmark are partnering this year. 100% of all donations will go to participating organizations and will be eligible to receive a portion of the match. Online donations can be at: https://forbetterhealthpa.org/. Checks can be made payable to the Partnership for Better Health, put your designated charity in the memo line and mail to: Partnership for Better Health, 274 Wilson Street, Carlisle, PA, 17013.
Strengthening Families Program offered by Perry Human Services, Free 7-week program, Tuesday, April 2 – May 14, Central Baptist Church, 29 Pines Drive, Millerstown
This program is for youth age 10 – 14 and their parent/caregiver. Learn how to manage emotions, set goals, avoid peer pressure, make better decisions and create better relationships. Free dinner provided at 5:30 and free childcare available for children under 10. Register by March 14 by contacting 717-582-8703 or dbrubaker@perryhumanservices.org
