MINISTRY TEAM:
Rev. Michael Beynon Interim Pastor |
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Please note the Congregational Meeting to vote on the 2019 budget has been changed from Sunday, November 11, to Sunday, December 9. The Budget Meeting will coincide with the Election of the 2019 Consistory also on December 9. Please plan to attend this important Congregational Meeting, immediately following the worship service on
December 9.
December 9.
POINSETTIAS - please place orders by
December 2. Orders will be taken beginning November 4. The cost is $6.50 each. Ordering envelopes will be in the narthex. Please make checks payable to Shiloh UCC, thank you. The CHRISTMAS GIFT LIST for Pleasant Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center may be found on the table in the Gallery and in the church office. The deadline to return your boxed but not wrapped gifts is Sunday, November 25. Boxes to receive your gifts may be found in the Gallery and room 100. Thank you for your participation. The Women’s Guild YOUTH FELLOWSHIP FUNDRAISER - Shiloh UCC Youth Fellowship will again be selling Texas Roadhouse gift cards for the holidays. There will be a signup sheet for any denomination from $5 to $100 placed around the church to place your order. We will be selling in the month of November through Sunday December 2. We will submit the orders by the first week of December and they should be available for distribution on Sunday December 9. The Youth Fellowship will receive 10% of the gift card sales. These cards are good at any Texas Roadhouse location and make great Christmas gifts for those hard to buy for people on your list. CASHEWS FOR SALE! Once again the Sunshine Class is making and selling their delicious homemade cashews for their annual fund raiser. The price is $7.00 for ½ lb. and $14.00 for a pound, salted and unsalted are available. Pickup will be Friday, December 7 at the church from 7 – 8 p.m. or Sunday morning. Please place your order by December 2 on the order forms found throughout the church building. Thank you! REMINDER - Don’t forget to bring mittens, gloves, caps, scarves, socks, etc. for the TREE OF WARMTH on DECEMBER 9 at 10:25 a.m. in room 100. These articles will be given to Bell Socialization Services. Please note Bell distributes to families not just children, so adult items are also welcomed. |
SOUP KITCHEN is asking for donations of wrapped candy (examples are Hershey’s Kisses, any snack-sized wrapped candy, or mini candy canes). The Soup Kitchen crew will fill small gift bags with candy and distribute them at Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen on December 20. Starting on December 2, please put candy donations in the boxes labeled “Soup Kitchen” in the church Gallery or kitchen. The deadline for donations is Sunday, December 16. Thank you!
The soup kitchen work crew needs some more helpers. The crew meets to make spaghetti for Our Daily Bread one Wednesday a month from 7:30-9:30 a.m. in the church kitchen. They also go to serve the spaghetti the following day, Thursday, from 10:30-12:30. If you can help on either day or both days, please contact the church office. Adopt –A –Family: The Youth Fellowship is sponsoring a needy family for Christmas this year. If you would like to join us, please take an ornament from the tree in the Gallery. Purchase and wrap the item and attach the tag with the person and the item inside listed and return to the church by December 16. Please place the item(s) under or by the tree. This family also needs daily household items such as: laundry detergent, fabric softener, cleaning supplies, paper towels, paper plates, garbage bags, baggies, Tylenol, storage containers, dish detergent, laundry soap and fabric softener (anything that food stamps do not cover.) They can also use towels, dishcloths, blankets, pillows and sheets. Help make Christmas a blessed time for everyone. Thank you for your support! THE CARLISLE TRUCK STOP MINISTRY COOKIE PROGRAM will be held again this year. As before, please place 6-10 cookies in a Ziploc bag and put in the boxes outside the library on the table or in the kitchen next to the refrigerator. The boxes will be available Sunday December 16 to receive your cookies. We will deliver them to Carlisle for distribution. Thank you for your support. Any questions, please contact Lisa, Kevan Stough or Nancy Sipe. |