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April 2021
Church Council will be help monthly meeting in April 11th
ATTENTION MILLCREEK: APRIL DATES AND ACTIVITIES Our Congregation Council elected officers for terms through January 2022. Nancy Deiter was elected Lay Leader/President Scott Johnson was re-elected Vice President Debra Buffington was re-elected Recording Secretary Stephanie Seldomridge was re-elected Treasurer Thank you to everyone who makes the ministry of Millcreek Lutheran Church possible and be sure to pray for your elected congregational leaders! NO SWEET SECOND SUNDAY
 WEATHER ALERT
In case of bad weather, please listen to WLBR 1270AM for notices of cancellation of church services. Channel 8 will only show church cancellations if there is a major snowstorm on a Saturday, but you can check online at WGAL.com which has a less restrictive posting for church services than the on-air part of their operation. Monthly Church Breakfast
Everyone is welcome to join us for our monthly church breakfast at Country Fare Restaurant in Myerstown at 8:00 am on the Second Saturday of each month. Just come and enjoy good food and fellowship. MONTHLY BREAKFAST ON APRIL 10TH
RELAY FOR RELAY FOR LIFE UPDATE I have signed us up for the new year of Relay. Last year's relay ended without actually having our relay event. Of course, we have no idea how this year will go either, but if you are interested in signing up for the team or just want to learn more, please let me know. In the meantime, you can sign up at acs.org. The 2021 relay will be scaled back to a 6 hour event on Saturday May 15, 2021 from 4 pm - 10 pm. That is as much as I know right now. Coming for Valentine's Day--
Order a Valentine's gram for anyone...details in the bulletin.
Prices starting at $1.
There will be daffodils coming in mid-March. Watch the bulletin for ordering information.
minipots $7
daffodil bunch $10
tulip bunch $15
gift of hope $25--daffodils delivered to cancer patients or caregivers
Also a soup sale is coming in the near future.
Watch the newsletter and bulletin for more information and fundraisers as they become available. Deb Tice RECYCLE ALUMINUM CANS for the American Cancer Society. Please place any bags of ALUMINUM (NOT STEEL) cans at the kitchen entrance to the church. COLLECT DIMES in a bottle (or any container with any change) for Relay for Life. Collect pull tabs from soda cans, etc. for the dialysis machine at the Ronald McDonald House. A container is on the table in the narthex. Thanks as always for your support!! Debbie Tice, Rachel Mock, Theresa Sites, Jen Rosengrant, Steph Seldomridge, Donald & Donna Collins, Lauren Sweitzer, Bill & Mary Shaak, Shurie Shaak. Donations to American Cancer Society are always welcome. AMAZON SMILE PROGRAM Music Ministry Thanks to all who support and make the music at Millcreek! Any questions--Contact Deb Tice via phone at 717-926-4273 or email at MusicDirector@millcreeklutheran.com
Deadline for the May Parish Echo newsletter is April 15th. ACOLYTES April 4-EASTER 9 AM SERVICE-Morgan Hoffman April 11-Brady Keath April 18-Baylee Marderness April 25-Morgan Hoffman Please remember, if you are unable to acolyte on your scheduled Sunday, call a replacement. If you cannot find a replacement, please call the church 610-589-2570, or Linda Sheetz at 717-866-4273 as soon as possible.
Please sign up to sponsor flowers and bulletins. Cost of flowers is $25 and cost of bulletins is $10. Contact Linda Hauck Sheetz or sign-up on the list in the narthex. Please note: we have purchased flower vase carriers for you to transport your alter flowers home. They will be marked "Property of MLC". Please bring the vases back the following week for the next person to use.
COLLEGE ADDRESSES Part of Evangelism’s ministry is keeping in touch with our college students. We need their addresses while in college in order to do that. Please respond ASAP by calling Dara Wolfe at 717-866-5909 or email reded4evr@comcast.net. Thank you.If you give us their e-mail addresses, the Parish Echo will be sent to them via e-mail.
The Evangelism Committee Next meeting is currently scheduled for March 10, 2021 at 2 PM at the church. This may be subject to change. Evangelism Committee Other Evangelism Activities: 1) Providing drivers to transport members to medical appointments. Dotti Hoglund is now the contact person. She can be reached at 717-228-8177 (cell) or 610-655-7692 (home). We’d like to re-build our list of volunteer drivers for this program and we need your help! 2) Collecting used ink and toner cartridges and old cell phones to be recycled after taking to Jubilee Ministries. Place in bin in hall leading to multi-purpose room. 3) Collecting new and lightly used small tools and building supplies (nails, tiles, electrical outlets, etc.) for Habitat for Humanity. Place smaller items in the bins in the hall leading to the multi-purpose room. To arrange for pick up of large items (cabinets, furniture, light fixtures, sinks, etc.), contact the Lancaster Lebanon Habitat ReStore at 717-293-0250 ext.4.
CAMP KIRCHENWALD Margie Kriss YOUR SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHURCH NEED YOU! We are in need of a Sunday School Kindergarten teacher. Talk to those that teach now and find out how they always get more than they give! We have not had a staffed nursery during worship for several years now - we need a scheduler and volunteers. Lay readers are needed to serve during worship, as we have lost a few over the past year. Most times you are only listed to read 2-3 times per year. There is a sign-up sheet on the narthex table outside the office, or contact Linda Sheetz at church or at 717-866-4273 for more information. Thanks in advance. Ushers, male and female, are needed as well. There is a sign-up sheet on the narthex table. If you presently help to usher, it is not necessary to sign up—you will be kept on the list. I need someone to assist me as head usher in the event that I cannot be at church. If interested, please see me, Brian Webber. Thanks. Give all of these needs some prayerful consideration as we move forward. We also need your presence in the pews for worship.
Can you help a senior citizen in need of assistance 1 - 2 hours a day, 2 days a week, with the possible expansion to 5 days a week? Duties would be to make sure the senior takes her medicine and eats her meals, light laundry, and the occasional trip to the hairdresser. The helper must be female. Payment for services will be negotiated with the family. If you are interested or know someone who might be, please call Sue at 717-949-3857 or Kathy at 610-533-3022.
THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS
Military Personnel
MARCH BIRTHDAYS 1 Brian Webber 2 Stephanie Tice 3 Bethannie Breidigam Kaitlyn Sweigart 4 Gary Sharp Lauren Sweitzer 7 Molly Strickler Nancy Deiter 10 Brady Keath Earl Kreitz 12 Sandra Leidich 13 Beth Tice 14 Jan Griffe Christine Essick Kyle Beckhardt 17 Dan Hogeland Arianna Robertson 20 Scott Schware 21 Eileen Sites Dustin Strickler 24 Andrea Sites Yvonne Sweigart Kendra Sites 26 Devon Yiengst Sierra Tschudy 28 Richard Singer Matthew Jones 29 Earl Bressler Jr. Emily Beckhardt 30 Barbara Potteiger Teresa Scipioni APRIL BIRTHDAYS 1 Leslie Chadwick
Melissa Brightbill 3 Josh Weidman 4 Gabrielle Sallade 5 E. Charles Kaufman Anna Mae Light Colin Baker 7 Garrett Strickler Laura Zartman 8 Roy Hoglund Cole Pennington 9 Donald Long Matthew Griffe Kaila Harris 10 Donna Miller 13 Conner Pennington Ashley Weidman 14 Kerry Strickler Jessica Freiwald 15 Debra Hogeland 19 Elizabeth Horne 20 Bryan Breidigam Amanda Leibig 21 Kyle Rosengrant 22 Brooke Stettler 23 Lyndsey Beckhardt 25 Lois Zimmerman 26 Breah Strickler Alyssa Keath 27 Jamie Keener 28 Baylee Marderness 29 Lisa Martin 30 Jeffrey Sholly If you want to be included on the birthday list, please submit your name to use by placing a note in the Newsletter mailbox in the church office, calling 610-655-7692, or emailing to Newsletter@millcreeklutheran.com. Also if there is a name that should be removed from the list, or a correction made, please use one of the above ways to notify us. Thank you. Spang Crest All activities still continue to be on hold for the residents at Spang Crest Nursing Home through the month of January. In December, the Christmas parties were not held as in past years with outside volunteers helping. However, a Santa sleigh in-house program was provided for residents. The gifts were graciously donated from the Lutheran congregations of the county. Millcreek donated two gifts-one being for our own member resident, Betty Gibble. Please continue to pray for all the residents and caretakers at Spang Crest and all nursing facilities for their continued safety through these challenging times, and pray that 2021 will bring better things and health their way. Thrivent Financial News If you are a Thrivent Financial member, you are eligible to apply for a $250 grant for a church community project. This grant could be for the schoolbags or personal care kits that we do each year. It’s a great way to get extra funds for these worthwhile projects. It’s exciting to learn that a Thrivent member from our congregation applied for one of these $250 grants for the High School Sunday School class quilt project and that the application was approved! They are making quilts for the pediatric unit at Reading Hospital. This money will be used to purchase materials for this project. Thrivent members are allotted two of these $250 grants each year for community type projects. There are Thrivent members in our congregation, so let’s see what we can do to gain some worthwhile monies for some of our church community projects. Thrivent members should contact their Thrivent representative for more information about this exciting program. |
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.