Weekly Wink 11.17.21

Weekly Wink 11.17.21

Christmas Market is on Saturday, November 20 from 7 am – 2 pm. Want to have a table at the Christmas Market for your yard sale items? Here is the Yard Sale Table Form to apply for your table. Applications are due November 17 (today). If you have questions, please contact Ashley in the church office.

Also the final collection day for this round of Donations for the Caring Cupboard.

Good News: The elevator is fixed! It is now available for use to aide in transportation either downstairs or upstairs.

Be In the Light Meal: In Fellowship Hall from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. Learn more here. Meal RSVP here.

Kids Choir: Meets in the choir room upstairs from 6 – 6:30 pm. Contact Joyce for more information.

Pioneer Club: Meets in the chapel from 6:30 – 8 pm. Contact Shauna Dowdrick with questions. It is PAINT NIGHT. Please wear old clothes.

Youth Group: Set up for Christmas Market 6:30 – 8 pm. Wear your sneakers! Have questions? Contact Judy. All participant must have a completed Permission & Medical form for 2021-2022.

Adult Choir:  practice in the choir room from 6:45 – 7:30 pm. Contact Joyce for more information. Seasonal Singers: We are beginning practices for a Christmas Musical. Please contact Joyce if interested.

Sunday November 21:

The Fall Sermon Series: Faith Takes Center Stage

Based On the Show: Hamilton     Sermon Title: What Is A Legacy?     Scripture: Romans 8:1-16

• In Person Sunday School 9:10 AM for children (Pre-K thru 1st grade & 2nd-5th grade) and youth (6th-12th grade).
• Adult Sunday School class 9:10 AM: The Ken Staver class will meet in Fellowship Hall.
• Sunday Worship at 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM, & 10:30 AM for this week. Masks are optional. Online worship is available under our Sunday Sermons. Sunday bulletin and sermon via email – sign up here.

Bell & Chime Choir: Bells practice on Tuesdays @ 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Chimes practice on Sundays @ 10:15 – 11:15 am. Contact Barb Koons for more information.

Christmas Caring Tree will be decorated with tags. Each year the Gravel Hill Family helps local families in need with their Christmas wishes. Each tag represents one member of a family who could benefit from help during the Christmas Holiday. Please take as many tags as you can, wrap the gifts and bring them back to the tree for distribution before Christmas. Thank you for helping to make Christmas special for everyone!

Weekly Wink 11.17.21 Online:

Mondays: Monday Menu (FB & Twitter); Tuesdays: Team Tuesday (FB & Twitter); Wednesdays: Weekly Wink (FB & Twitter); Thursdays: Thankful Thursday (FB & Twitter); Fridays: Message Title & Scripture Sharing (FB, Instagram, & Twitter); Saturdays: Reminders (FB, Instagram, & Twitter); Sundays: Online Worship (FB, Instagram, & Twitter)

Current Missions:

Tithing at Gravel Hill (Learn more here.) Say thank you for the blessings you have so the Gravel Hill body can continue to support you and our missions.

“Quarters for a Cause” container will be available for contributions. Donations will support the Caring Cupboard.

Gravel Hill Christian Child Care is hiring both part time and full time positions. If you are interested, please call 717-838-3620.

Too many plastic bags? Palmyra Area Lions Club (in partnership with Gravel Hill) is participating in a plastic film recycling challenge. The collection will continue until December 7, 2021. For every 500 pounds of plastic, one bench can be made. A white collection bin is in the Lobby with a description on front of desired plastics. Almost enough has been collected to make 2 benches!

Gravel Hill Prayers is a new Facebook group created as a space both to share prayer concerns/joys needing prayer support and to offer prayer support for other’s requests within the group. If you have questions or need an invite to the group, please email Katie.

On the Horizon:

Christmas Decorating on Saturday, November 27 @ 9 am at Gravel Hill.

Poinsettia Orders & payment are being accepted now through November 28. Plants are $7 each. This is a beautiful way to honor or remember someone and they help to decorate the Sanctuary. You may take your plant(s) home after Christmas Eve Worship. Order forms are on the Welcome Center.

Ongoing Opportunities:

Gift Shopping Made Easy! You can shop for gift cards while at home and benefit Gravel Hill. Purchases support the off-site Ministry Fund. Learn more about Gravel Hill’s Scrip Program by clicking here. You can start shopping now. Create username and password. Gravel Hill’s Enrollment Code is: 21L936DB32931.

Have questions? Please contact Ashley.

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