Sunday school picnic
St. Jacob's (Stone) UCC, 5152 Stone Church Road, Glenville, will hold its Sunday school picnic and family style roast beef dinner at 3 p.m. today in the picnic grove.
Gospel concert
The Freemans from Nashville, Tenn., will perform in concert 7 tonight at Calvary Christian Center, 340 Abbottstown Pike, Abbottstown.
For more information, call 717-880-9937.
Candlelight at Christ Church
'Candlelight at Christ Church: Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital' which will continue 8 p.m. each Saturday through Aug. 31 at Christ Lutheran Church on Chambersburg Street in Gettysburg.
Features live music, poetry of Walt Whitman, sing alongs and readings from the diaries of Civil War nurses and Sgt. Stearn. The program will be held in the nave of the air conditioned church.
For more information, call 717-334-4032.
Sonlight Christian Fellowship
Sonlight Christian Fellowship, 563 Brickyard Road, New Oxford, will have a visiting speaker, James Weaver, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Weaver, from Bedford, Pa., currently attends Alleghany Valley Church.
They will also host a hymn sing at 7:30 p.m. Sunday with Titus Wadel of Chambersburg leading the congregational singing.
For more information, call Galen Diller at 717-225-3802.
York Springs United Methodist VBS
Vacation Bible School
will be held 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday at York Springs United Methodist Church, 840 Trolley Road. The theme is "God's Backyard Bible Camp."For more information, call Laurel Karper at 717-253-6461.
Zwingli VBS
Zwingli United Church of Christ, 403 West King St., East Berlin, will hold its Community Vacation Bible School Monday through Thursday. This year's theme is "Kingdom Rock" and will run from 6 to 8:30 each evening.
Pre-registration is encouraged so materials and food can be ordered. Register now at zwingliucc.org or call 717-259-0623. All children ages 3 and up are invited. Supper will be provided Monday through Thursday for all attendees beginning at 5:30. There is no cost.
Christ's American Baptist Church VBS
Kingdom Rock Vacation Bible School will be held 6:15 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday at Christ's American Baptist Church, 730 Menges Mills Road, Spring Grove.
Children ages 4 years (by Sept. 1, 2013) to those who completed sixth grade this past school year are welcome.
Call 717-225-1876 for more information or to register online go to christ-abc.org,
St. Paul's VBS
St. Paul's (Dubs) Union Church, 1958 Dubs Church Road, Hanover, will hold vacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
The theme is "Son West Roundup" for children ages 2 and older.
To register or for more information, call the church office at 717-637-2419.
Chalk artist performing
Chalk artist Janet DeRosa will perform at 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the Orchard Springs Fellowship Church, 21240 Carlisle Road, Aspers. She will give away a chalk drawing each night. For more information, call 717-448-8680.
Grace summer camp
Grace United Methodist Preschool, 55 Albright Drive, Hanover, has openings in its summer preschool camp.
Art Crazy will be held July 22 to 26; Music Mayhem will be held July 29 to Aug. 2; Puppets will be held Aug. 5 to 9; and Dinosaurs will be held Aug. 19 to 23.
Camp runs 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday.
Grace Preschool also has openings in classes for fall. They offer all-day kindergarten, morning and afternoon classes. Teachers are all state certified. Call 717-632-3140 to have registration forms sent or to schedule a visit.
Dutch Festival flea market
St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 30 W. Chestnut St., Hanover, will hold an indoor flea market on Hanover's Dutch Day Festival, Saturday, July 27. Doors open at 7 a.m.
All proceeds will support Lantern Hill Mission in Mexico and the mission team from St. Matthew going there in August. A variety of items including toys, glassware, lamps, books and household items are available. Free bottles of cold water will be available. Enter by the rear door near the parking lot.
Inter-generational summer class
Zwingli United Church of Christ, 403 W. King St., East Berlin, will hold an inter-generational summer class at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, July 28. The Rev. Dr. Margaret Wise will discuss "Scripture Translations - why so many?" Refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 717-259-0623.
Calvary Bible VBS
Calvary Bible Church, 603 Wilson Ave., Hanover, invites children and adults to attend its Vacation Bible School, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, July 28 to Aug. 1.
Through every twist, turn and dive, Colossal Coaster World will challenge kids to face their fears and trust God. Registration begins at 6 each night.
Teens and adults will hear Dave Bogue who has spent more than 30 years in full-time vocational Christian service. He is currently the senior pastor of the Arlington Memorial Baptist Church in Akron, Ohio. Adults and teens meet in the church sanctuary from 7 to 8:30 each evening.
For more information, call the church office at 717-632-3954 or visit the website www.cbc-hanover.org.
Joint VBS
St. Paul's United Church of Christ and St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Stoverstown will hold its annual Vacation Bible School 6:30 to 8 p.m. the week of July 28 to Aug. 1 at the UCC church, 2173 Stoverstown Road in North Codorus Township. Children ages 3 through sixth grade are welcome to join in "Kingdom Rock." To register online go to www.stpaulsstoverstown.org or call 717-225-6357.
PromisedLand Quartet
The PromisedLand Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Harvest Time Temple, 700 Black Rock Road, Hanover. For more information, call 717-637-1702.
Summer Camps
Zwingli's "Best Of" Summer Enrichment Series is offered to children ages 4 to 6 this summer at Zwingli Christian School, 403 West King St., East Berlin. "Kids in the Kitchen" will run 9 a.m. to noon July 29-Aug. 1.
Camp is taught by qualified teachers and assistants and supervised by the ZCS Director and will include a daily snack, outdoor recreation (weather permitting), story time, arts and crafts, music and games. Cost is $65 per child per camp. For more information and to register, call 717-259-7449.
Idaville United Brethren VBS
Children ages 3 through grade 6 will step back in time at "Athens: Paul's Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth," Idaville United Brethren Church's Vacation Bible School, 3590 Carlisle Road, Gardners, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 29 to Aug. 2. Children will participate in Bible-times marketplace, sing songs, visit Paul and play arena games for fun-Olympic training.
To pre-register, call the church office at 717-677-8076 or register online at www.idavillechurch.com; however, advance registration is not required.
Bus trip
The resource committee of the Grace United Church of Christ, 100 Fourth St., Hanover, is sponsoring a fall foliage bus trip to the southern coast of Maine from Sept. 10-13.
Reservations with $100 deposit are due Aug. 1.
For more information, call 717-637-1513.
Community yard sale
St. Jacob's (Stone) UCC, 5152 Stone Church Road, Glenville, will hold a community yard sale from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Tables can be rented for $5. It will be held indoors and outdoors, rain or shine. For information or to reserve a table, call 717-227-0262.
Church yard sale
The 31st annual Church Yard Sale will be held 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Paradise Holtzschwamm Evangelical Covenant Church, 6777 Lincoln Highway, Thomasville.
Rain or shine. There are 50 outside vendors and items inside the church for sale. Don't miss the baked goods, chicken corn soup and sandwiches.
The Environment: Good News and Creative Possibilities
Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 124 Broadway, Hanover, is sponsoring a series of speakers and discussions focusing on encouraging news about the environment. Speakers will discuss things the average person living in this area can do to nurture the environment. Some ideas will be familiar, others are new possibilities. These events are scheduled for the first Sunday of each month through the end of the year and are open to the community.
On Aug. 4, at 10:30 a.m. in King Auditorium, Metta Barbour, a food availability task force volunteer, will lead a discussion on "Community Gardens." Her organization is working to improve access to fresh produce in York County.
On Sept. 8, at 9 a.m. in Emmanuel's Bowers Chapel, Sally Smith, who designed an interactive native plant garden for the residents at the Shrewsbury Lutheran Retirement Village, will present: "Going Native: What's Great About Native Plants."
Speakers for October, November and December are being scheduled.
Call Emmanuel's office at 717-632-8281 for more information.
Penn Grove church camp
Penn Grove Retreat, 6419 Pamadeva Road, Hanover, will hold Kids Church Camp Monday through Thursday, Aug. 5-9. Kingdom Rock, for children ages 6 to 13, will feature music, games, crafts, swimming and meals. Cost is $135 per child. Call 717-637-1702 for more information or to register.
Wolfe in concert
John A. Wolfe will present a concert of sacred music commemorating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 Chambersburg St., Gettysburg.
John A. Wolfe is a New York City-based organist, choral conductor and music educator.
The performance will feature congregational hymn singing as well as solo pipe organ compositions by Johann Pachebel, Nicolas de Grigny, Louis Vierne and Johann Sebastian Bach.
A freewill offering will benefit the church's Organ Completion Fund.
Peach festival
St. Johns Lutheran Church, 665 St Johns Rd., Littlestown, will have its 16th annual peach festival 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10.
Yard sale spaces are available for rent.
The church will be serving breakfast and lunch.
For more information, call St. John's at 717-359-4825 or Don Bair at 717-677-6548.
Sunday School Picnic
St. Paul's (Dubs) Union Church, 1958 Dubs Church Road, Hanover, will hold its Sunday School Picnic Saturday, Aug. 17.
The air conditioned dining room opens at 4 p.m. serving hot roast beef sandwiches, fried chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs and desserts. Musical entertainment by the Brodbecks Band and Iron Ridge Band. Take your lawn chairs.
For more information, call the church office at 717-637-2419.
Revelation Part 3: Precept Bible Study
Calvary Bible Church, 603 Wilson Ave., Hanover, invites men, women, couples and teens to attend its "Precept Upon Precept Bible Study, Revelation Part 3: What is the Sign of His Coming and of the End of the Age, (Chapters 5-22)." Explore the relationship of the book of Revelation to the Gospels and realize the prophecies and teachings they contain about the last days.
This Bible study will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 3. Contact the church office by Aug. 18 for registration information at 717-632-3954 or office@cbc-hanover.org.
Coach and cash bingo
St. Joseph the Worker Church will hold its annual Coach and cash bingo on Sunday, Aug. 25, at St. Vincent DePaul in Hanover. Donation is $20 for 21 games. Door prizes, raffles and food will be available.
Call the parish office at 717-334-2510 for more information, or to purchase tickets call Sandy Keller at 717-334-3512.
Join the journey
Hanover Foursquare Church, 518 Wilson Ave., Hanover, will embark on a journey of "Practicing the Presence of God 24/7." Participants will learn and experience God's presence, find peace, joy, acceptance and freedom.
Adults will watch DVDs and children will learn the same thing.
The free meetings will be held at 7 p.m. every Wednesday through August.
For more information or to RSVP, call 717-632-2924.
Car wash
Boy Scout Troop 501 of Redeemer's UCC will hold a car wash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, in the Redeemer's United Church of Christ parking lot, 107 East King St., Littlestown. Weather permitting.
Pedals 4 Progress
St. Jacob's (Stone) UCC, 5152 Stone Church Road, Glenville, is gathering used bicycles for distribution to Third World nations.
To help, contact Charlotte Pinette at 717-227-0262.
Family style ham supper
St. Jacob's (Stone) UCC, 5152 Stone Church Road, Glenville, will hold a family style ham supper at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, in the picnic grove.
Gospel Music Concert
Ivan Parker will perform at a Gospel Music Concert 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Hanover Seventh-day Adventist Church, 865 Gitts Run Road, Hanover. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Lite refreshments after the concert.
Tickets are $15, call 717-766-3015 or purchase online at iTickets.com.
Mad About Marriage Seminar
A two-session Mad About Marriage Seminar with Mike and Gayle Tucker will be held Friday, Oct. 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 19, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at Hanover Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 865 Gitts Run Road, Hanover.
A lite lunch will be provided.
There is no charge for this event but you must register online at www.madaboutmarriage.com.
For more information, call 717-259-9012.
Food pantry, clothing bank
By His Hands food and clothing bank at Calvary Assembly of God, 95 Pumping Station Road, Hanover, is open 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of each month.
For more information, call 717-698-5580.
Food pantry
Silver Run Community Food Pantry will open for the distribution of non-perishable food items the first and third Wednesday of each month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the parish house of St. Mary's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3978 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, Md.
Donations of non-perishable food items will also be accepted.
For information and special delivery arrangements, call 443-244-0453.
Clothing bank
The Hanover Area Council of Churches, 136 Carlisle St., Hanover, is open from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays for individuals certified through the Community Progress Council to receive free clothing. It is also open to the general public from 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays. A rummage sale is held from 9 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of each month. Donations are accepted from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
For more information, call the office at 717-633-6353 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.
THRIFT SHOPS
St. Joseph
St. Joseph Thrift Shop, 244 Baltimore St., Hanover, is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
St. Vincent's
St. Vincent's Thrift Shop, located in the basement level of the former St. Vincent School, 224 Third St., Hanover, is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
The shop will take tax deductible donations from anyone in the community. They sell gently worn clothing and household items in good working condition.
For more information, call Caroline Murren at 717-637-8878 or the thrift shop at 717-633-6198.
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception Thrift Shop, 5 Carlisle St., New Oxford, is currently holding a clothing sale, buy two and get one free. Third item must be equal to or less in value. Excludes school uniforms. Call 717-624-1272 for more information.
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