Pastor Tom will be on vacation July 15—22. If you have any pastoral needs please contact Rev. Scott Hamley. His phone number is 724-859-6745.

American Bible Society. We will be taking a 2^nd offering this Sunday for the American Bible Society. They distribute bibles to our military troops. The donation is $5 per bible. These are regular hard cover bibles. Thank You.

Lawn Festival. This year’s lawn festival will be on Aug. 12^th from 5pm until ?. If anyone is interested in helping or has any idea’s please see or call Sue Plowman. 724-235-8150 Thank you.

Beginnings start with a single step! We are interested in putting a committee together to begin thinking about God’s future plans for the Church. (Including any improvement we might need.) The committee will be praying and seeking God’s will for Blacklicks future. If you would like to be a part of this committee, please do not hesitate to speak to someone on the board, by the end of July, 2017. ( Bill Conger, Judee Conger, Rob Dill, Roy Duncan, Dee Holby, Bob Marshall, Joan Marshall, Dick Plowman, Ken Plowman, Ron Plowman, Ross Plowman or Pastor Tom.) Thank you for prayerfully considering this opportunity to serve the Lord!

Parenting Teens Seminar with Duffy Robbins on Sat. Sept. 23, 2017 from 1:30—4:30 pm in the Ingomar UMC Fellowship Hall, 1501 W. Ingomar Rd., Pittsburgh. Join us for this brand new event! Duffy will be sharing with us about how to be intentional about parenting our teens. He will help us understand teenage development in 2017 as well as how we can pass on our legacy of faith to them. For more information, contact Amanda Gilligan at Amanda.gilligan@upaumc.org or 724-776-2300 ext. 224.

Curve Game. The church is going to a Altoona Curve baseball game on Sat., July 29 at 6:00pm. We will be leaving the church at 4:45pm. Fireworks and Ice Cream after the game. See Ken Plowman for tickets.

The Food Bank during the month of July is toilet paper.  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

July 10—Ad Council

July 28-29—Youth 30hr Famine

August 12—Lawn Festival

August 14—Ad Council