Beginning in June, join us after worship in the narthex for a time of fellowship and refreshments each Sunday during the Summer! Watch for the sign-up poster to host a Sunday.
Lemonade Social
Beginning in June
Author: Church Office
Vacation Bible School Work Sessions
May 10, 17, 31 and June 7, 14
We will be meeting during the Sunday School Hour to work on VBS materials. If you can cut, paint, staple, tape or trace we can use you.
May 10 * May 17 * May 31
June 7 * June 14
On Saturday, June 20th we will be putting all the stations and materials together for the 21st.
If you would like to be a helper during Vacation Bible School, please sign up in the Narthex. All volunteers are welcome and you can volunteer anywhere from 1- 5 days!
VBS will be June 21-25
Parish Picnic
August 30, 2015
On Tuesday evening, May 19th at 7:00 pm., you are invited to gather and share your ideas about what will make an enjoyable parish picnic. We hope you will plan to be part of the group and offer your ideas and participate in the planning process for a picnic.
From the Pastor
April 2015
As I compose this note to you, the last accumulation of snow is departing the parking lot at Holy Spirit. Oh you can still see a few reminders of winter, especially the “March Surprise” storm of a few weeks ago. It won’t be long, perhaps even before this newsletter arrives in your mail, that the snow of this winter will have died.
Died? Yes. For some time it occupied a place in our lives. It limited our travel and connection with others. It kept other living things from prospering. But now that the snow has passed away, new growth is permitted and a new season will take root.
And the seasons go on. We will soon be smelling flowers, planting gardens, and cutting grass. However in a few months they too will be dying. The seasons go on.
Unlike the flowers, the gardens, the grass, and even the snow, the love of God in Jesus Christ does not die. It never dies. The women returned from an empty tomb early on the first day of the week to announce that the promise of God has been fulfilled. Christ is risen they preached!
No matter the season of our lives, the love of God in Christ is present. Whatever the stress, whatever the issue, whatever the strife you may feel during the course of the year, this gospel truth of everlasting love of Jesus Christ never goes away. As we gather for worship and service, let us remember this wonderful gift of God.
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
CLIFTON D. ESHBACH
Pastor
Adult Education
Spring 2015
Adult Education at Holy Spirit Spring 2015
(Adult education happens after Sunday worship, about 11 a.m.)
Once again, there will be a varied selection of topics for us to study together. Bring along an inquisitive mind and a desire to be with your Holy Spirit friends as we engage each other in healthy conversation and learning.
(Not to mention coffee. There will be Fair Trade coffee available!)
April 12 & 19—Lasting Plans, Eternal Care, Pt. 2
In the fall term we discussed how to make your final plans from the perspective of the funeral liturgy. In these two weeks we’ll discuss the same issue, but from the context of the medical and ethical decisions that need to be considered. We will have some guidance from professionals in these fields.
April 26—The GateHouse
Our neighbors just west of us in the women’s facility in Mountville, along with their men’s facility in Lititz, provide exceptional instruction and care for individuals recovering from addictions. Rebecca Hahn, director of the women’s facility will be with us to explain their mission.