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Announcements

John Long will be celebrating his 96^th birthday on February 21^st. If you would like to send him a card here is his address at his daughter’s. John Long,  315 Martz Rd.  East Freedom, PA 16637.

Visioning Committee will meet on February 20^th at 7pm. We are working through the five points that are set by the general church and also what we plan to accomplish in the next few years.

Donations for Egg Hunt. We are in need of donations for the Easter egg hunt. There will be boxes in the back of the church and in the children’s division. Any questions please see Sue Plowman or Laurie Deem.The egg hunt is March 31^st.

United Laurel Ridge Ministeriumwill once again be sharing during Lent as we move about the churches in the valley. All of our services will be at 6:30pm on Sunday evenings beginning with Sunday, Feb. 18^th and running through Mar. 18^th. The Good Friday Service, we will share in a Cross Walk beginning at the Seward UMC. The message will be shared by many of the Pastors in the Ministerium. Starting this week, Pastor Tom will bring the message at the Armagh UMC. Next weeks service will be at the Bolivar Presbyterian Church with Rev. Sharon Hamley sharing the message. Come and share in worship with the community and fellowship afterwards.

Military Bible Sticks. This Lenten season we will again be receiving an offering for the Military Bible Sticks to share with our Military Women and Men. There shall be an offering envelope available in the bulletin so that as you decide what you might give to this mission, can make sure that it gets to this mission. At this time there are more than 20,000 Bible Sticks being requested by our Chaplains to distribute to Military personal. Please let God speak to your heart and share the Word with those that are out on the front lines to protect us. $25 sponsor one service member and their family. Please have them turned in by Palm Sunday.

Pop tabs. Katlyn McDonald has asked if members of the church would collect pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House. This is for a Girl Scout project. Thank You.

Audit. We will be auditing the books of the church in on March 7^th, 2018. Please bring in your accounts and books by then end of Feb. so that we might have them when we meet. You can bring them into the Pastor’s office and we will keep them until the time to audit.

The Food Bank during the month of February is Cake Mix.  Roger Brehm is the contact person. If you prefer to pay by check, make it payable to United Food Pantry. Continue to bring in your paper grocery bags. Please no plastic bags.

Mark Your Calendar

February 17—Mission Team Valentine Dinner

February 18—Youth

March 1—Wild Bunch

March4—Youth

March 6—Trustee’s

March 7–Audit

March 15—Wild Bunch

March 20–PPRC