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Community Yard Sale

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Community Yard Sale

Saturday May, 3, 2014 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Mark your calendar now for this annual event which benefits our youth group’s mission trip to New Jersey. This is a big event and it takes all of us to make it a success. It’s a fun day with food, music, a kid’s fair and plenty of bargains waiting to be scooped up by savvy shoppers. It’s a great way to reach out to our neighbors and introduce them to Holy Spirit. Here’s several ways for you to get involved and help out.

1. Reserve a space and sell at your own table all those items that have been cluttering up the garage or the clothing the kids have outgrown!

2. Don’t have enough items for your own space but want to get rid of some things? Donate them to church’s table. We will be accepting donations on the last three Saturdays of April from 9:00AM until 12:00PM, and Sundays after church. Children’s clothing and toys, household items, sports equipment and small appliances in good working order are all good sellers. Please do not bring plush toys, adult clothing or exercise equipment, none of which have sold well in the past.

3. Sign up to help set up, clean up, man the church’s table, direct traffic control, oversee the kids fair or participate in several other jobs that need to be done to have a successful day.

4. Tell your friends, neighbors and co-workers about the yard sale and invite them to come.

5. Pray for warm temperatures and blue skies on sale day.

If you have any questions about the yard sale please contact the church office: 717-394-6771

God’s work. Our hands. Part 2

Sunday, September 7, 2014
We will be packing school kits and personal care kits to send around the world.

“God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America — one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. On Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, the nearly 10,000 congregations of this church gather to serve communities in ways that share the love of God with all of God’s people. – See more at: http://www.elca.org/dayofservice#sthash.qWdCElyI.dpuf

Holy Spirit will again be participating in this event by packing school kits and personal care kits for Lutheran World Relief.

Remember to wear your yellow shirt that day.

Yellow: Wear it and Share it!

From the Pastor

April 2014

I’m not one to use a lot of superlative adjectives to describe something. “Great” and “Awesome” is about as far as I usually go.

But there is an exception to everything.

The emphasis that is placed on the need for, and the value of, attending worship during Holy Week is something that requires the use of adjectives. Words like “significant,” ‘magnitude” and “sacred” should be used frequently to describe the importance of the worship experiences of this week.

The week from Passion Sunday through Easter Day is the most significant week of the year for Christians. The magnitude of hearing the passion story has an impact upon us as we strive to live out our call to serve in the name of Jesus. Hearing the sacred readings of salvation history during the Easter Vigil provides a connection for us that we are part of an eternal, divine neighborhood of saints who are loved by a God who never stops to reach out, pick us up, love us and encourage us with the saving power of grace.

This is what we worship during Holy Week. And experiencing all of it gives considerable assistance to us in our understanding of God’s grace, the love of Christ, and the strength of the Holy Spirit to serve.

I look forward to serving you and worshipping with you during this week.

Clifton D. Eshbach,

Pastor

Holy Week at Holy Spirit

The most significant week of the year for Christians takes us from the heights of cheers and palm branches, to the depths of death upon the cross…

HOLY WEEK at Holy Spirit

The most significant week of the year for Christians takes us from the heights of cheers and palm branches, to the depths of death upon the cross, and back to the new fire, rebirth and celebration of the resurrection. Fully enter into magnitude of this time by being present for each of these times of sacred worship.

The Sunday of the Passion – April 13th, 9:30 a.m.

We begin with the Gospel procession with palms and transition to hear of the events of the Passion of our Lord.

The Great Three Days

The Triduum: one service over three days,

Maundy Thursday – April 17th at 7:00 p.m.: On the night before his death, we hear how our Lord Jesus provides the example of humble service through the holy meal, washing feet and leaving a great commandment to love. We transition to his arrest and trial with the stripping of all worship appointments.

Good Friday – April 18th at 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m.: The service continues as we hear the story of the death and burial of Jesus and venerate the cross on which held the salvation of the world.

The Great Vigil of Easter – April 19th at 7:00 p.m. This year Holy Spirit hosts the culmination of the Triduum. The service of light leads us to hear stories of salvation history, to a remembrance of our baptism and the celebration of the first Eucharist of the resurrection.

The Resurrection of Our Lord

Easter Sunday – April 20th at 9:30 a.m. Our patience and mediation during Lent and the three days is rewarded with the glorious words and songs of resurrection. Let the celebration begin!