Turn the pages of
your calendar…Lent is coming. The Lenten Lectionary
Preaching Seminar will be held January 14th
from 9-12 p.m. at Bellevue
Presbyterian Church. The leader will be Rev. Dr.
Robert Young. Please Register for this event
by sending an email to
Kathy@donegalpby.com
The Congregational
Ministries Department is partnering with the
Parish Resource Center to offer you a Stewardship
Workshop on Saturday April 17th from 8:30am - 3:30pm
at the First United Methodist Church in Lancaster,
PA. Save that date and be early to register.
By being one of the first 25 to register from our
presbytery, you will receive a $20 scholarship.
This will reduce the cost of the workshop from $45
to $25 (if your church is a member of the Parish
Resource Center) or from $55 to $35 (if your church
is NOT a member of the Parish Resource Center).
See the website event:
http://www.parishresourcecenter.org/lancaster/events.php
The
Committee on Preparation for Ministry
needs someone to take minutes at their meetings. The
committee meets on the following Mondays from
12:30-4:40pm at Highland Presbyterian Church in
Lancaster: January 4, February 1, March 8, April 5,
May 3, June 7, July 12, August 2, Sept. 13, Oct. 4,
Nov. 1, and Dec. 6. If you have secretarial skills
and would like to help out, please contact the
chairperson of the CPM, Rev. Daniel Moore, at
pastor@guinston.org.
If you would like to have your secretarial skills
included in our Skills Database, please
use
dpres
for the master password and go to:
http://www.donegalpby.com/database/skilladd.htm
Here is the link to the 2010 Mission Giving
Form:
http://www.donegalpby.com/documents/Mission_Remittance.pdf
Here is the link to the 2010 Per Capita
Remittance Form:
http://www.donegalpby.com/documents/PerCapita_Remittance.pdf
Ruthann
C. Dwyer (Director of Pastoral Services) at
Philhaven invites you to a one-hour program to
introduce you to Philhaven’s work first-hand.
Come, learn, be inspired!
Your advice and feedback are welcome. This is
called “Treasures in Clay Tours” They are
offered as follows:
Tuesdays 2:00 – 3:00 pm Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23 and
on Thursdays 8:00 – 9:00 am – Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 11
Please
RSVP to Laura Wolgemuth via phone 717.270.2487 or
lwolgemuth@philhaven.org
Website
is:
http://www.philhaven.org
Location is: 283 S. Butler Road, Mt. Gretna, PA
17064
Ruthann’s phone is: 717.270.2446
Join us Mon.,
January 11 through Fri., January 22 for our Lenten
Fair. Ash Wednesday is
Feb. 17 and Parish Resource Center consultants are
already preparing displays, copying handouts and
preparing for conversations with our subscribers
about preparation and study for Lent and Easter.
Tracey Marx, PRC Consultant, will host
A Way to Pray: Contemplative Prayer for the
Lenten Journey , Fridays in Lent (Feb. 19,
26; Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26) from 12:30 - 1:30 pm.
A preview session will be held Friday, Jan. 22 from
12:30-1:30 pm. There is no cost to our
subscribers, but registration is required.
More information and registration will be available
on our website
http://www.parishresourcecenter.org/lancaster
after December 14.
Hours for the Lenten Fair:
Monday & Tuesday 9am-8pm; Wednesday, Thursday &
Friday 9am-5pm; Saturday 9am-12 noon. Stop in
anytime! Call 717-299-1113 for more information.
S.P.I.R.E. MEETING (Spouses
and Survivors are cordially invited)
Date:
Monday, January 11, 2010
Place:
Moravian Café, Moravian Manor, Lititz
Time:
11:30AM to 1:30PM
Program:
Fellowship, food, look to the future, and a CD
lecture from Professor William Cook of the New York
University of Geneseo on the subject, “Defining the
Christian Life” Information sent by:
Rev. David Birch - DIRECTIONS:
From Lancaster, go North on Rt. 501 to Lemon Street
in Lititz. Turn left and go 2 blocks to the Manor.
Park wherever you can.
The 2 hour restrictions are
for students at the High School.
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