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Adult Education at Holy Spirit

Adult education happens after Sunday worship, about 11 a.m.

Adult Education at Holy Spirit

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!)

Schedule

October 4: Radical Hospitality

October 11: A Morning with an Assistant to the Bishop

October 18: Congregation Meeting

October 25: All Hallow’s Eve Party

November 1:  Intentional Faith Formation

It’s time to get together for a new season filled with

awesome occasions for learning!

 

Medical Equipment “Bank”

Donate items to be used by members of the congregation.

Medical Equipment “Bank”

The Care Team is in the process of establishing a medical equipment “bank.” The team is looking for donations of wheelchairs, walkers, potty chairs, crutches, and other similar items.  The items would be available to members of the congregation to “check-out” at the time that they need a certain piece of equipment, and then return when finished using it.

If you have items to donate, please call

Pat and Judy Cauler at 333-5219.

Thank you!

 

H.O.T.S Food Drive

Saturday, November 7th
Drive-Thru Drop Off

H.O.T.S. Food Drive!

Drive-Thru

Saturday, November 7th  1-2pm

Our H.O.T.S. Youth are planning a Food Drive event for November 7th and they need YOUR help! The youth will be actively participating in collecting your donations between 1pm and 2pm on November 7th.  We ask that you please drive up to the front doors of the church, and our youth (and adult helpers) will greet you at your car to collect your donations of non-perishable foods. If at all possible, we encourage you to please drop items off during this hour so that the youth can see and be involved in the actual collection process.  If you are unable to be at the church between the hours of 1pm and 2pm on November 7th, we would be happy to accept your donations during the week prior. A donation box will be placed in the Narthex for this purpose.  All donated items will be delivered to the Hempfield Food Pantry following the event. We appreciate your support!

 

HEMPFIELD AREA FOOD PANTRY MOST NEEDED LIST:

  • peanut butter and jelly
  • canned meats: tuna, chicken
  • canned meals: ravioli, spaghetti
  • canned vegetables
  • canned fruits
  • parmalat (boxed milk)
  • pasta and rice
  • breakfast cereal
  • dried beans
  • juice boxes
  • canned soups

 

 

SEPTEMBER

The days of intentional rest and refreshment appear…

The days of intentional rest and refreshment appear to be behind us. Amusement parks have cut back the hours when they are open. The summer camping season at Nawakwa and Kirchenwald is over. We have even begin to wonder when the 2016 calendars will be available.

We have entered September. It is the traditional time when we return from our respective travels and come back together. We return to worship, to participate in Christian education, to serve in the various ministries of this congregation in a more consistent manner.

Throughout the pages of this newsletter you will find a place to serve, to learn, to fit in. You are part of a community which attempts to set its sights high on proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed.  And there is a place for you in accomplishing that mission. So read on! Come back here every week to worship. And go out into the world every day to serve. And invite, invite, invite. Invite someone who you know who would benefit from the words of forgiveness, the real presence of Christ, and the inspiration to serve. Your effort to invite is an expression of the invitation of Christ himself.

“Whoever welcomes you, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.”  Matthew 10:40

 

From the Pastor

September 2015

My goodness, there is a lot to read this month! As you page through this newsletter, you will find numerous activities, and ministries for you to be a part of in the coming months. I’m willing to suggest that there really is something for everyone in this edition.

A couple weeks ago, I offered an opportunity, some might say challenge, by asking who is going to step up next to participate in various aspects of our life here at Holy Spirit. I wonder who it will be.

But I can’t just leave a statement like, “who will step up” out there on its own. During the course of this season the adult Sunday School class will be studying ways to step up by digging deeper into the meaning of the five congregational themes of radical hospitality, passionate worship, extravagant generosity, risk taking mission and intentional faith formation. These classes will put some substance onto the call to “step up.”

And beginning on Wednesday, September 16 at 9:30 a.m. we will begin a new weekday morning Bible study small group (The Study in the Study). We’ll begin by discussing your hopes for such a class, and then set a plan for the group.

So keep reading. And step up. You’re activity is important and necessary for your proclamation of the Gospel.

 

Clifton D. Eshbach

Pastor