Wednesday by 10:00AM Newsletter Deadline 15th of each month
“Reaching, Loving, and Serving to Create Disciples for Jesus Christ”
www.winterstownumc.org
Answer: A, B and D (See John 4:4-7ff.)
Pastor - Mitch Galloway 717-244-1334
Day Care Director - Abby Streett 717-246-8017
Secretary - Lorrie Cubbage Treasurer - Amy Smith
Sr. Choir Director - Sandra Gingrich Organist - Nancy Forry
Praise Team Leader - Rick Marks SonBeams Choir - Sandra Gingrich Young Life Choir - Sandra Gingrich
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Traditional Worship 10:30AM
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PASTOR
What is Lent? Lent is a season of the Christian Year where Christians focus on simple living, prayer, and fasting in order to grow closer to God. When is Lent? It's the forty days before Easter. Lent ex-cludes Sundays because eve-ry Sunday is like a little Easter. Basically, it's about one-tenth of a year (like a tithe of time). Mardi Gras is the day before Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday. This year it's from March 1 (Ash Wednesday) to April 16 (Easter), 2017. Mardi Gras? What does that have to do with JESUS?? Mardi Gras means "Fat Tues-day." It refers to the day before Lent starts. Since Lent always starts on a Wednesday, the day before is always a Tues-day. And it's called "Fat" or "Great" because it's associat-ed with great food and parties. In earlier times, people used Lent as a time of fasting and repentance. Since they didn't want to be tempted by sweets, meat and other distractions in the house, they cleaned out their cabinets. They used up all the sugar and yeast in sweet breads before the Lent season started, and fixed meals with all the meat available. It was a great feast! Through the years
Mardi Gras has evolved (in some places) into a pretty wild party with little to do with pre-paring for the Lenten season of repentance and simplicity. (This day is also known as Shrove Tuesday, or in PA Dutch country as Fastnacht Day.) Oh well. But Christians still know its origin, and hang onto the true Spirit of the sea-son. So the real beginning of Lent is Ash Wednesday? Yes. Ash Wednesday, the day after Mardi Gras, usually begins with a service where we recognize our mortality, repent of our sins, and return to our loving God. We recognize life as a precious gift from God, and re-turn our lives towards Jesus Christ. We may make resolu-tions and commit to change our lives over the next forty days so that we might be more like Christ. In an Ash Wednesday service, usually a minister or priest marks the sign of the cross on a person's forehead with ashes. Why ashes? In Jewish and Christian history, ashes are a sign of mortality and repent-ance. Mortality, because when we die, our bodies eventually decompose and we become dust/dirt/ash/whatever. Repent-ance, because long ago, when people felt remorse for some-thing they did, they would put ashes on their head and wear "sackcloth" (scratchy clothing) to remind them that sin is pretty uncomfortable and leads to a sort of death of the spirit. This was their way of confessing their sins and asking for for-giveness. Where do the ashes come
from? On what we now call Palm Sunday, Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem while people waved palms and cheered him on. Less than a week later, Jesus was killed. The palms that were waved in joy became ashes of sorrow. We get ashes for Ash Wednes-day by saving the palms from Palm Sunday, burning them, and mixing them with a little oil. It's symbolic. What do Christians do with ashes? At an Ash Wednesday service, folks are invited to come forward to receive the ashes. The minister will make a small cross on your forehead by smudging the ashes. While the ashes remind us of our mortality and sin, the cross reminds us of Jesus' resurrec-tion (life after death) and for-giveness. It's a powerful, non-verbal way that we can experi-ence God's forgiveness and renewal as we return to Jesus. So what is LENT? At Jesus' baptism the sky split open, the Spirit of God, which looked like a dove, descended and landed on Jesus, and a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, My Beloved, with whom I am pleased." Afterward, as told in Matthew 4:1-11, Jesus was sent into the wilderness by the Spirit. Where he fasted and prayed for 40 days. During his time there he was tempted by Satan and found clarity and strength to resist temptation. Afterwards, he was ready to begin his ministry. Maybe Jesus needed some time with God to sort through the major changes happening in his life. Maybe he needed to get away from family, friends
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United Methodist Women
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Growing Friends 2
Birthdays & Anniversaries
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Volunteers of the Month
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Calendar 7
News & Notes 9
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and the familiar routine in order to see God (and himself) more clearly. Perhaps he wanted some inten-tional time with God as he searched for direc-tion and answers like you. Like Jesus, we may need to take some serious time to pray and listen for God.
will continue on Friday as well so all chil-dren will be able to participate.
Center Wacky Week, March 6 - 10! Monday is favorite sports attire – a
chance to wear their favorite sports team.
Tuesday is Beach attire theme. Wednesday children can dress up as
their favorite cartoon character or wear anything with a cartoon character on it.
Thursday is stripes/plaid/pattern attire. Friday is hat day! Should be a fun
week! Anything to end winter on a fun note and get ready to welcome spring!
March 7 & 8 - Preschool Daycare Parents - be sure to see Miss Carla and/or Miss Joyce to schedule a parent teacher con-ference. Conferences will be held these two days in the morning and afternoons. If a particular time does not suit we can also do over the phone conferences be-tween 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. If your child is enrolled in Preschool Program you do not have to schedule a conference consider-ing you had met with Miss Randi/Miss Brenda in January. March 13 - 15 is KDG Registration for Red Lion School District - make sure you've been in contact with your local elementary school about enrolling your
Happy March! We are ready for Spring! Our themes for our younger children this month include: STU; 15 & 16; Wacky Week; St. Patrick's Day; Spring; What Moves Things; Rainbow Colors; Dr. Seuss. Vision Screening: ForSight Vision will be at our school to offer vision screenings to all students on Wednesday, March 1 from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. We encourage you to bring your child to Growing Friends during this time frame for a free eye check up. Parental permission slips with donation envelopes were sent home the last full week of Febru-ary - be sure to return these to have your child participate on Wednesday, March 1. If your child does not have a permission slip they will not be checked. All donations will be given to them that Wednesday morning. Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Thursday, March 2 we will celebrate by wearing PJ's and crazy socks, reading special stories, watch-ing a Dr. Seuss movie, playing games, cre-ating a special art project, and of course having a special visitor! The Dr. Seuss fun
child for the upcoming KDG school year. St. Patrick's Day Fun will be Friday, March 17. Children are encouraged to wear green and have crazy hair. They will be on the look out for Jeffrey the Leprechaun all day. We will have special snacks this day: our morning snack will be all green items (celery, grapes, jello) and for afternoon snack we will have shamrock shakes for the whole center. Tuesday, March 28 - Red Lion School District has a 2 Hour Delay - School age children will get on the bus at 10:45 a.m. Our 3's Preschool Program Class will be held from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Reminder for our preschool program parents that they can bring in a packed lunch since this class will be held during lunch time. Hope everyone has a great month - it's sure going to be busy here! Thank you for all you do - we are so blessed with a full house here at Growing Friends!
Much Love and Appreciation ~ Miss Abby
GROWING FRIENDS
sponse magazine. Jessica reported on an article about a UMW unit in Hickory, NC who is working to help stop human traf-ficking in their area. Lois Arsenault, Mem-bership, Nurture and Outreach, reminded us that she is still collecting box tops for education and labels for Neighborhood Center. Valerie Mee, Spiritual Growth, informed us that she has nine in the read-ing program. Ten were in the program last year, but one dropped for 2017. It is not too late to sign up for the reading program for this year. Sandie directed the planning of future meetings and events. Lots of discussion centered around the Mother-Daughter Banquet, Christmas Party, rummage sales etc. Finally we voted on paper bal-lot. There will be a spring rummage sale at the fire hall May 4 & 5 with set up on May 3. Other events will be published later. Valerie Mee and Kate Anderson present-
United Methodist Women met Monday, February 13, 2017 in the conference room with 12 members present. Sandie Rock, co-president, presided over the meeting. She opened
with prayer and led in the Purpose. Kate Anderson gave the secretary's report from November and December. At the December meeting there was no business due to the Christmas party at Lion's Pride Restaurant. Debbie Shultz, treasurer, gave the treasur-er's report. We met our pledge of $660.00 in 2016, plus we gave $3,500 to the church for help where needed. We voted to give $500.00 to the church now for Lines to Con-nect. Jessica Shelley, Education & Interpretation, passed a birthday card for us to sign for Daniel Godwin who is serving in Ecuador as a missionary for the United Methodist Church. She also gave a moment with re-
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Town Crier
ed the program "A Community in Action Against Human Trafficking." We are naive to think it is not happening here, for it is! It is a common form of slavery with 20% of the victims being children. Women can be traffickers too. A shocking fact is that it is a 9.8 billion dollar industry! Valerie and Kate also had a hands on activity for us decorat-ing jars for our thank offering. Valerie pro-vided the jars, and Kate and Val helped us be creative in making them beautiful! Our evening concluded with delicious re-freshments following the theme of Valen-tine's Day. We were served red velvet cupcakes, strawberries with a dip, various snacks and beverages provided by host-esses Dianna Henry and Sandie Rock. We enjoyed fellowship around the tables. Coming up on March 13 will be the annual Call to Prayer and Self Denial Service. The title is "Abundant Health for Women and
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Friends of Michelle Hertzog Boser are holding a comforting afternoon at our church on Sunday, March 12 from 12:30
- 3:30 p.m. to raise funds for her and her children. Sadly, Michelle is going through a terrible divorce and needs help. When we fall on difficult times we tend to lean on our family for help. Michelle’s parents are both deceased and she does not have family to lean on. It is friendship then, that holds us strong. That is where Michelle’s friends stepped up. Michelle has two beautiful children, a boy and a girl who need their own bedroom, this makes keeping a 3-bedroom apart-ment expensive. She is also finding her attorney, although very helpful, to be an expense she did not expect. Michelle works full-time as a Learning Support teacher in York, PA but she is struggling financially as a single mother and needs help. We are inviting you to come to our
comforting afternoon, receive some re-laxing services and to donate funds for Michelle's expenses. We pray that God's family would come together to help Michelle, we pray that
the body will support her during this time of need. We pray that God would greatly bless you for your kindness for helping this dear lady. Please keep Michelle and her children in your prayers. Any questions: Contact Jess Shelley 717-659-6033 or Sandy Walker 717-417-
1363 if you would like to donate refresh-ments for our event. Thank you. Services start at $10 and include:
Chair massages, Hand dips in paraffin, Haircuts, Mini manicures, Mini facials.
Acoustic music provided by Kelly Smith-Jacob.
Sandwiches: Turkey and Ham will be offered for $5 (a signup sheet for this is hanging in the Narthex) ordering ahead is recommended.
Refreshments will be complimentary. If you have no money to spare, but have a kind word to share, please come. Stay, sit and relax with us. Talk with Michelle.
Vendors attending: Younique products with Paula Harrold, Tastefully Simple with Missy Joines, and Pampered Chef with Elizabeth Benge.
SPA FUNDRAISER
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not a fan.
By Kyle Idleman
Mar 5 “decision time” Mar 12 “following”
He Chose the Nails By Max Lucado
Mar 19 “He Chose to Be One of Us” Mar 26 “He Chose to Forgive Us”
IMPORTANT NOTICE
2017 Ministry Handbook & Church Directory is finished! Have you picked up your
2017 Church Directory? You can pick up your family’s copy on the table in the narthex. Please sign next to your name when you take one. Directories will be mailed to those who have not received. Many thanks to Lorrie Cubbage who spent hours collecting information and preparing this year’s directory.
Easter candy sale papers are available on the table in the narthex. The prices have not
changed. The orders are due back
March 12. We will be making candy the week of April 3 - 7 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Please come join us!
2017 CONFIRMATION
CLASS
This year’s confirmation class will be held during the Lenten season beginning March 5. The class will be held from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. All youth who are or will be 13 - years - old are invited to participate in this year’s class. Confirmation Sunday will be celebrated on Easter Sunday, April 16 at the 10:30 worship service. A signup sheet will be on the information table in the narthex. If you have ques-tions about the class, contact Pastor Mitch.
Growing Friends: Spring 2017 Fund Raiser has started! Act fast sale ends March
6th!!! Orders will be turned in on Wednesday March 8th by 1:00 p.m. to the company. Take a look online at www.midlandfundraising.com using Group ID: S0756675 or help yourself to a catalog posted on the church and day-care bulletin boards. Profit made will go towards outside play items for all our children. Growing Friends is hiring! Help spread the word. Anyone interested can stop by to pick up an application. We have full and part time positions open. Thank you!
NEWS AND NOTES
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SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL AGES 9:00AM
SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL AGES 10:30AM
SENIOR YOUTH SUNDAYS 5:45PM
YOUNG LIFE SUNDAYS 7:05PM
SHINING LIGHT MONDAY - WEDNESDAY 6:00PM
CUB SCOUTS MONDAYS 6:30PM
OY SCOUTS MONDAYS 7:00PM
SONBEAMS MONDAYS 7:00PM
4H CLUB 2ND MONDAY 7:00PM
UM WOMEN 2ND MONDAY 7:00PM
LADIES BIBLE STUDY 1ST & 3RD TUESDAYS 9:00AM
SENIOR CHOIR WEDNESDAYS 7:00PM
GIRL SCOUTS THURSDAYS 6:30PM
SPIRIT OF PRAISE THURSDAYS 7:00PM
GREIF SHARE THURSDAYS 7:00PM
401 East Locust Street (Rear) Dallastown, PA 17313
your ministry giving ... college students have access to campus ministries. Conference Shares of Ministry provides funding for campus ministers at the fol-lowing institutions: Penn State University - Wesley Foun-
dation at Abba Java Coffeehouse, St. Paul’s UMC, State College
Bloomsburg University - Ecumenical Campus Minister
Mansfield University - Ecumenical Campus Minister
Shippensburg University - Ecumenical Campus Minister
Penn College, Williamsport - Ecumeni-cal Campus Minister
Ecumenical Campus Ministers serve in a variety of ways as they develop Christian student leaders, offer fellowship activi-ties, begin small groups on scripture or topics of interest, oversee student-led worship experiences, provide opportuni-ties for community service, and encour-age student-led worship teams to speak in churches near the campus. Campus Ministries of Northeast PA fol-low a different model, with church volun-
teers providing listening posts and cook-ie breaks at a variety of campuses public and private colleges in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre District. Campus Ministers often teach classes and in some places are called on to pro-vide spiritual leadership for official cam-pus events or to minister in times of need to faculty and staff in addition to stu-dents. Together We Make A Difference Through Ministry Shares Better Together
BETTER TOGETHER - CAMPUS MINISTRIES
TABERNACLE TOUR
1940's as the "Moses Tabernacle in the
Wilderness," by a Baptist minister in St.
Petersburg, Florida. Mennonites later
purchased the replica and eventually
joined it with the Mennonite Information
Center. A 45 minute guided tour takes
you from the Brazen Altar just inside the
eastern gate of the courtyard to the Ark
of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies.
You are invited to join the confirmation
class when they go to see the Tabernac-
le on March 11. We will gather in the
church parking lot at 8:30 a.m. to attend
the 10:00 a.m. presentation. There is no
charge for students in the confirmation
class. Admission fee is $8.50 for adults
and $6.50 for children ages 6 to 16. For
more information contact Pastor Mitch.
Biblical history comes alive at the full-
sized replica of the tabernacle located at
the Mennonite Information Center in
Lancaster County. The Biblical tabernac-
le reproduction was created in the late
LINES TO CONNECT
COMPLETED Total Amount of Project $18,895.17 Amount Collected - $18,895.17 Total Needed to Collect = $0.00
Mar 5 "Perfect Love" 1 John 4:7-19 Ella Jane Hess
Mar 12 "Great Love" Ephesians 2:1-10 Vince Anderson
Mar 19 "Matchless Love" John 15:1-7 Terry Mee
Mar 26 Video
Adult Sunday School
2017 SHARES OF MINISTRY 2016 Shares of Ministry Total Amount Due $31,501.00 Amount Paid to Date - $2,945.08 Amount Needed to Pay = $28,555.92
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Children." York District Vice President Fawn McCallister will present this pro-gram at our unit meeting. A special self denial offering will be received. Check UMW news in the February news-letter for details concerning this. Host-
(Continued from page 2) esses for the evening will be Naomi Lati-mer and Ella Jane Hess. April 25 will be Spiritual Enrichment for our cluster at Bethel UMC in Brogue from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Day light savings time will be in effect by then so you won't have to drive home in the dark. Tell
Sandie or Ella Jane if you want to attend, for we need to preregister. We will car pool from the church.
~ Ella Jane Hess Co President of UMW
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10. Try an electronic fast. Give up TV, Facebook, texting, tweeting, e-mail and all things electronic for one day every week. (Or everyday of Lent!) Use the time to read & pray. Learn about fasting.
9. Start a prayer rhythm. Each day of
Lent, go to The Upper Room's pray-er wall and pray for another person.
8. Go deeper into the Bible. Take an
online course on the "I Am" sayings of Jesus.
7. Forgive someone who doesn't de-
serve it (maybe even yourself.) Study a book on forgiveness, such as Forgiveness, the Passionate Journey .
6. Give up soft drinks, fast food, tea or
coffee. Let Juliana’s Ice Cream Fast inspire you to give up some food or drink as a way to grow closer to God. Give the money you save to help folks in a different part of the world who are in crisis. Pick a cur-rent global issue and help change the world.
5. Create a daily quiet time. Spend 10
minutes a day in silence and prayer. Read a daily devotional for the sea-son of Lent. See how it can help you add spiritual practice to your daily life beyond Lent.
4. Cultivate a life of gratitude. Write
someone a thank you letter each week and be aware of how many people have helped you along the way. Learn more about spiritual
practice of gratitude. 3. Participate in a Lent Photo-a-Day
practice and pray each day with your camera in your hand. Start praying.
2. Volunteer one hour or more each
week with a local shelter, tutoring program, nursing home, prison min-istry. Learn about the global issues and how you can help.
1. Pray for others you see as you walk
as you walk to and from classes or drive to and from work.
Dear Shining Light Ministries, Thank you for serving at-risk families! We want you to know that every little bit that you give matters: your prayers, your time, your thoughts, and your donations. Our goal is to help at risk families achieve a sustainable lifestyle and it is only possible with your love and dedica-tion. We have witnessed amazing growth this past year in the SARF ministry. We have gained many partners like yourself and have seen it directly affect the spiritual, emotional, and physical growth of our families. We hope you have been able to utilize the new mySARF website (mysarf.servants.org) to learn more about the family(ies) you support. We have also recently started a quarterly SARF newsletter to keep you informed of general ministry progress and needs. We invite you, if you haven’t already, to continue being more involved in SARF and especially the lives of your sponsor family. On the mySARF website, you can write to your family. Our updates will specify prayer needs for each family. You can also use the website and news-letter to tell you friends, family, and church about how they too can be a part of the Serving At Risk Families ministry and be a part of lasting change.
Thank you for being a blessing, The Serving At Risk Families Team
Dear Winterstown UMC, Your financial contribution is a direct gift from God for the homeowners we serve! Your gift empowers us to reach out to families in need in York County week after week. Because of your faithful giv-ing, in recent years, we have been able to serve in excess of 100 homeowners annually! We all need hope. Your gift is hope to the families we serve - families that have exhausted every other avenue
for help. They feel alone, lost, and afraid. But God. God has prompted you. He prompted us. He is reaching out to our neighbors in need with His love and His promise of hope. I wish you could see the faces of home-owners I get to see. More than that, I wish you could experience the transfor-mation in these homeowners as they realize that help is coming. Hope is re-stored as we meet with, love, work alongside, and care for each individual. You gift is what makes this possible! We met Mr. & Mrs. L in June of this year. This delightful couple has worked hard, served our country and their community, loved their neighbors and trusted God with their lives. Now, Mrs. L has been diagnosed with ALS and their world has
flipped upside down. I am refreshed eve-ry time I meet with this couple. Their love for each other is stronger than ever as Mr. L truly serves his bride. They tease each other and just enjoy each other’s company. A sign on their door reads “My wife has ALS - but ALS doesn’t have her”. They take one day at a time. It is a blessing to know them. They live in a small 3-story home with lots of steps. The house sits on a hill so there are even more steps. Mrs. L can no longer speak so we communicate by her writing everything down - her smile is infectious! With eyes of hope, she told me she hasn’t been outside since March when she had fallen. She said that she just wants to sit on her back porch and listen to the birds sing. She couldn’t be-cause there was a step down to the porch and she can’t do steps anymore. Also, the porch was very wobbly and unsafe. But God. Because of financial partners like you, we had a team of volunteers serve these homeowners the last week
“My wife has ALS - but ALS
doesn’t have her”
of July. The volunteers were able to re-build the porch and move it to a higher elevation so Mrs. L could roll out her back door to enjoy the outdoors again! Not only were we able to minister to the physical needs in the home but God allowed us to come alongside the emo-tional and spiritual needs as well. It was really refreshing to see a group of men come alongside Mr. L and encourage him while working to restore freedom for Mrs. L. God wasted nothing; this project was an incredible journey! Our Team cannot do this alone, nor does God want us to. Your financial support is one of the cornerstones in the foundation which allow us to provide hope for our clients. Your donation is truly a gift, a building block! We are blessed to have you on our Team - the team that serves Christ by serving others. I trust you will be blessed knowing how much you are blessing others.
Blessings dear friends, The Home Helps Team,
Servants, INC.
Dear Friends, Thank you for your faithful support of our Home Helps Ministry! I look forward to working together on the live nativity again this year! What a blessing it is to our community.
~Steve
A MESSAGE FROM SERVANTS
check list. Next inspection is February by Dick and Dee. The Alarm System Main Panel Board blew out when Met Ed turned the power on after replacing a pole. The cost was $7,700 to replace - Pastor Mitch reported that a check for $6,000 has been re-ceived from the Insurance Company for the Panel Board. Simplex had added 3 additional units at a cost of $700. Total cost to the church - $1,700 A White Board for activities in the All Pur-pose Room is needed – Dick will check. New Business: Checked with Dee Kipp on getting a board for the Girl Scouts. Trustees will install. Rain Spout outside the day care door was replaced with a metal pipe but has been damaged. Need to come up with a more permanent replacement.
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Have a quote for $1,500 for materials for WiFi. Not in the budget at this time. Ralph mentioned that some of the doors need to be refinished. He will check. Stumps at parsonage to be removed – Corey will remove them when weather permits. Ralph will get a key made for the bulletin board by Abby’s office. Kitchen door with lock – will check with Abby to see if it is necessary. ”Key Box” is needed for a key for the Holy Room. Dick and Steve will check on the heat in the lower restrooms. Prayer by Pastor Mitch. A motion to adjourn was made by Ralph and seconded by Dale. Next Meeting: March 16, 2017 at 7:00 PM
Respectfully Submitted, Ellen Hostler, Secretary
MINUTES BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING JANUARY 05, 2017 Attendees: Dick Daugherty, Steve Coby, Dale Flinch-baugh, Ralph Say-
lor, Dee Nunn, Sue Peterman, Pastor Mitch, Ellen Hostler. Missing Glenn Hu-son, also replacement for Gordy. Prayer: Offered by Dick Daugherty Election of Officers: Chairman – Dick Daugherty, Vice Chair – Steve Coby, Secretary – Ellen Hostler. Gordy Forbush has resigned as secretary and from com-mittee. Motion was made to accept his resignation - All agreed Minutes: Ralph made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting and Sue seconded the motion. Old Business: Dick replaced 62 bulbs. 5 or 6 of the 36” bulbs are needed. 2 ballast were re-placed. Dick made a” light inspection”
Community
Easter
Egg Hunt
&
Bunny Brunch
Winterstown U.M. Church (717-244-1984) Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 10:00 A.M.
Preregistration greatly appreciated! “Here comes Peter Cottontail….” and he’s calling all children, up to the age of 12, to come join him for an “eggstra” special morning of fun at our annual Easter Egg Hunt and Bunny Brunch here at Winterstown United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 15, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.! This event is not only for our church families, but will be opened as an outreach to the commu-nity as well … so invite your friends! We will have a short time of storytelling, a visit and brunch with the Easter bunny himself and, of course, the much anticipated egg hunt with goodies! Don’t forget your basket! The egg hunt will be held in the field as we did last year, so wear appropriate shoes as well! In order to properly prepare for the day, we would appreciate prereg-istration of as many children as possible; however, this form can also be filled out on the day of the event as well. You can pre-register your child by going to www.winterstownumc.org and click on register for events OR filling out forms that are on the table in the narthex. Completed forms can be placed in the offering plate or turned into the office at your convenience. Please…one child to a registration form. If you can contribute any wrapped candies to insert into our plastic eggs for the children, we would greatly appreciate it, as we are praying for a HUGE turnout! Your donations can be placed in the designated box in the narthex starting March 1, 2017. We ask that all candy donations are placed in the box no later than Sunday, April 2, 2017. If you wish to make a mone-tary donation you can place it in an envelope and mark the envelope Easter Egg Hunt and place it in the offering plate. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Kristi Love (717-873-4514) with any questions.
