congregation info

MISSION NEEDS AND OPTIONS

and CONGREGATION INFORMATION

Kids' Night Out The second Sunday of every month, from 5:00pm until 7:00pm. Our program is designed for children through 5th grade, but we welcome middle schoolers and high schoolers who wish to help with the younger children and like to have fun! Let Pastor Schreffler know if you are interested.

Can you knit or crochet? Can you do quilting? Can you sew? You are invited to knit/crochet/sew something for U.S. Veterans in either neutral or patriotic colors. You can make lap-size 30x40, throw 50x70, XL twin size 65x90. We can teach you how to knit or crochet. Contact Sue Sipe or one of the Knutty Knitters for further details.

Birthday Gift Bags for residents of Frey Village for residents' birthdays. Distributed once a month.

The Zion Soup and Rummage sale will be held Tuesday November 7 from 7:00am until 3:00pm.

Rummage donations may be placed in the church social hall now thru Oct. 29th. Please donate gently used items.

A reminder: no paint, electronics, or used medical devices. Ask one of the ladies if you aren't sure. If you clean it

before dropping off, it saves the women a lot of additional labor.

There is a sheet on the bulletin board for pre-orders of soup. Volunteers for pack-

up at 3:00pm are welcome and so appreciated. The next Zion Women meeting will

be November 1. Please join us!

REPORT OF ZION WOMEN DONATIONS THIS YEAR:

Because we didn’t have a Rummage Sale for several years and our treasury was

low, we could not give our usual charitable donations. But that has changed a bit,

thanks to the return of our Rummage Sale, and we are determined to give as we

have in the past. We will send $100.00 to the S. H. Volunteer Fire Co., and

$200.00 for our prison ministry. We also donated $200.00 in memory of Shirley

Bonawitz to the Speranza Animal Rescue and we have $500.00 in reserve for

possible use for an office copier, if needed. Thank you for your support of everything at Zion.

Zion Women will meet on Wednesdays once a month (PLEASE check Weekly Events for possible changes). We will continue to coordinate the ***Adopt a Family program at Christmas. Nye Elementary School is grateful for anything we can do. We will again apply for a Thrivent Grant to help.

***CHRISTMAS - ADOPT-A-FAMILY - Zion providing Christmas for a local family. A local elementary school chooses the family. We receive lists of items the family could use. Clothing, shoes, sheets, toys and books are among the gifts. The tags and instructions are currently posted on the bulletin board inside the door. If you would like to help and are unable to pick up a tag, please feel free to contact leave your name and number and the reason for your

call at (717) 566-2861. The congregation has supported this program for over 25 years. In addition, we apply for a grant through Thrivent that helps to expand our abilities.

OTHER DONATION/MISSION OPPORTUNITIES:

If you would like to renew your membership to the Union Deposit Volunteer Fire Company, please speak with Kate.

She will pay the $1 annual renewal fee for anyone who is interested.

You may also wish to donate to the free medical clinics that service folks in our area: Are you familiar with the Hope Within Community Health Center? The HCHC, located in Elizabethtown, offers free primary healthcare services for medically uninsured, low income residents of Lancaster, Lebanon and Dauphin Counties whose income level is at 250% of the federal poverty level or less, as determined by the HW staff (after patient completes the eligibility application). For more information, click HERE. Hope Within Community Health Center is NOT A WALK-IN MEDICAL OR COUNSELING CENTER. One of their grants that supplies them with $1,200.00 a month will be expiring soon. If you would like to give a financial donation, please contact them at 4748 East Harrisburg Pike, Elizabethtown 17022 or call the office at 717-367-9797. You may also donate online, via CashApp, PayPal or Venmo. If contacting in person, please confirm that the center is open prior to ANY NON-SCHEDULED visit. Also see Recycle Prescription Bottles and unopened OTC med's below. Caps/lids on RX bottles must be child-proof caps.

Health Ministries at Christ Lutheran Church in Harrisburg offers primary care, dental care and prenatal care to folks in Harrisburg. To donate click HERE. More info is available by visiting their website, christlutheranchurchhbg.org

CHANGING HANDS - MEDICAL EQUIPMENT: Have you been wondering what to do with medical equipment your family is no longer using? Are you in need of a wheelchair or walker? United Cerebral Palsy of Central Pennsylvania has a reuse program called Changing Hands. Manual wheelchairs, shower seats and benches, over-bed tables, walkers, canes, lift chairs, raised toilet seats and portable ramps are being accepted. Because of limited space, they cannot accept hospital beds or stair glides. ALL items must be in good to excellent condition. Changing Hands will clean the items and make them available to people who need them. If you have questions about obtaining items, or would like to arrange to drop off items at their Camp Hill location,

please call 717-737-3477 or 1-800-998-4827 (toll free) or email: atucp@ucpcentralpa.org

COMMUNITY AID BIN DONATIONS -- The clothing donation bin has been removed from Zion. If you wish to donate in the future, you must bring your items to one of their stores. One is located off Penhar Drive at 4405 Lewis Road, Harrisburg. Your donation credit can be applied to Zion's account number #10383. COMMUNITY AID accepts gently worn clothing, shoes, household linens such as bedding, towels and draperies. Direct any questions to Shirley Bonawitz.

UPDATE ON OUR RONALD McDONALD RECYCLE MISSION - For the time being, we cannot take shiny paper. The company that picks up the paper cannot get parts for their machines, consequently the bin is full and there is not way to know when they are able to resume pick-up. We will notify you when we are able to restart this mission.

POSTAGE STAMPS FOR CHARITY ~ We are continuing to collect used postage stamps that are used for a scholarship program. A jar has been placed in the rear of the Nave for cancelled stamps. Please recycle your stamps for charity. Thank you for your continued support.

PERSONAL CARE KITS ~ We are collecting donations for the Personal Care Kits and School Kits for LWR. If you've misplaced the flyer that was in the bulletin several weeks ago, copies are on the table at the rear of the nave.

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF -

We are collecting donations from the list below. Our goal is to complete 75 Personal Care Kits. Please bring your donations to the church and place items in proper bins under the coat rack: Light-weight bath-size towels (between 20"x40" and 52"x27"), dark color recommended; bath-size bars of soap equaling 8 to 9 ounces, any brand, in original wrapping; adult-size toothbrushes in their original packaging - Toothbrushes in multi-packs may be used by sealing an individual tooth brush in a business-size envelope - no plastic bags or wrap; sturdy combs, remove packaging; metal nail clippers (attached file optional), remove packaging.

We will be collecting items for school kits. A "wish list" will be mailed home at a later date with a letter.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION: Posted on the main bulletin board inside the entrance is a complete list of council members, church officers, committee members and committee chairs.

FOLLOWING ANY DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER, gifts can be made through the offering plate. Simply indicate on the memo line of your check the disaster to which you are responding. Those wishing to donate to the current hurricane, wildfire and/or flooding disaster needs, be sure to indicate on your envelope under "Other" and list the intent.

Helpers Needed - Greeters, Lectors, Bulletin, Flowers -- Sign-up sheets are posted on the bulletin board inside the main door.

WALKING CLUB ~ Meet us every Tuesday morning @11a.m. to walk the walking path by the new South Hanover Township Municipal Building (as weather permits)

LITTLE FREE LIBRARY - !!!UPDATE!!! We are, once again, accepting donations of your well-cared- for books. If you have any you would like to donate, please place them in the last classroom on the right.

NEEDS FOR PARSONAGE MINISTRY ~ water, frozen dinners, microwaveable pastas, travel size toothpaste, travel size deodorant, individually wrapped hard candies, tasty cakes, individually wrapped cereals, snacks, crackers.

Please DO NOT place these items, intended for The Parsonage, in the care box beneath the coat rack. Please give to Kate personally. Items for Zion's donation to LoveINC Care Closet* are to be placed in box, under the coat rack in the nave. Elves and House Managers are always welcome and needed. Speak to Kate if you are able to help.

Love, INC requests that each of its partner churches help fill its Personal Care Closet so it can provide supplies over the next 3 neediest months of the year. Zion has been requested to help with providing laundry detergent and dental floss. Please place items in the box beneath the coat rack.

HUMMELSTOWN FOOD BANK ~ ITEMS NEEDED ~ Apple Juice, Grape Juice, Turkey Gravy, Chicken Noodle Soup (regular size cans), Tomato Soup (regular size cans), Corn, Green Beans, Macaroni and Cheese, Pasta (canned), Ramen Noodles, Scalloped Potatoes Mix, Au gratin Potatoes Mix. Place in basket by the Guest Register.

DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER DONATIONS may be made through the offering plate. Simply indicate on the memo line of your check, the disaster to which you are responding. Also see information on the back table in the nave.

RACE TRACK MINISTRY ~ It has been decided by the Zion Women to change the focus of our race track ministry. Instead of having an on-going collection box, we will concentrate on a one-time-per-year campaign during the month of March. If anyone wishes to make a cash donation at any time, the address is as follows: Race Track Chaplaincy of America,

Central Penn Division, P. O. Box 88, Grantville, PA 17028, or cash or Giant gift cards may be given the Mary Ann Beard for forwarding.

BETHESDA MISSION ~ Zion Women have begun an outreach mission to support Bethesda Mission. LaRue is spearheading this project. Please note the list on the back table for items needed or contact LaRue. All contributions may be left in the container marked for Bethesda Mission at the rear of the Nave. **Knit, Crochet and/or Loom hats/scarves/mittens also needed.

RECYCLE PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES ~ Hope Within Ministries (hopewithin.org), a community Health, Counseling and Dental Center, will continue to accept them. Hope Within Ministries has expressed their gratitude for the generous donations of cleaned medicine bottles. Between January and March, they provided 422 medical visits and gave out more than 150 prescriptions. Thank you to LaRue Miller for removing the labels and sorting the bottles! Hope Within is located at 4748 East Harrisburg Pike in Elizabethtown (717)367-9797. They will also accept donations of unopened over the counter medicines. See Hope Within Ministries as listed.

KNITTING/CROCHETING & LOOMING CIRCLE - a/k/a KNUTTY KNITTERS ~

Zion's Knitting/Crocheting/Looming group meets on THURSDAYS, normally at 10:30a.m. (check homepage for possible time changes - HOME) The group creates baby blankets, hats and scarves for Seafarers, hats for preemies in El Salvador, and other items for community charities**.

ALSO SEE ABOVE: BETHESDA MISSION

If you would like to create items for our various projects, **speak to NancyZ or Pastor Schreffler about patterns.

Donations of supplies are always welcomed.

Pocket Prayer Shawls, Sharing Hearts and Shamrocks and other items

are available for you (to keep or give away) in the rear of the Nave.

KNITTING WITH OUR FRIENDS AT HARMONY OF HERSHEY

SOUTH HANOVER TOWNSHIP PARK BENCH

The park bench has been placed in Patriot Park, on the west side of the township building near the pickleball court. Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen.

Information about the Township's Park Bench Project may be found at the underlined links.

Pattern for Luther's Rose SNOWFLAKE- - - - >

Fun idea for your Chrismon Tree

CHECK HOME PAGE FOR DATES AND TIMES FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES