Church News

Lord's Table Ministry
The Lord’s Table Ministry will be placing donation baskets in adult Sunday school classrooms this week.  The money will be used to prepare 30 Blessing Baskets.  Thank you for your generous donations.  We wish you all a Blessed Easter.

Lenten Breakfasts
Lenten Breakfasts are held each Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, West Howard Street, Bellefonte, from 7:00 am – 7:45 am.  A breakfast, devotions, fellowship and prayer will be offered.  This year they will pass all donations and/or offerings at each breakfast for Haiti Relief through Lutheran World Relief.  This Lutheran agency does not use any of the money for administrative costs; rather all proceeds go to the specified mission project, in this case Haiti Relief.  Please come and join us.

2010 Offering Envelopes
Your offering envelopes are mailed each month to the address that the church office has on file.  If you should move, please contact the church office with your new address so that we can keep our records up to date.Also we ask that you use your offering envelopes so that your statement of giving can be kept accurate for your records. If you currently do not receive envelopes and wish to do so, please contact the church office at 355-3358.

Peanut Butter Eggs
The Mission Committee will be selling peanut butter eggs again this year to support various mission projects.  We will begin making eggs on Tuesday afternoons between 2:00 and 5:00 pm on February 2.  (We will also make eggs during some evenings that will be announced later.)  Anyone who is interested in helping is welcome.  We need people to make the filling for the eggs, to shape the eggs, to coat the eggs, and to wrap the eggs.

Order forms for peanut butter eggs will be in the adult Sunday school rooms, narthex, and outside the church office beginning the middle of February.  If you would like to purchase some peanut butter eggs, please add your name to one of these forms to ensure that your order will be filled.

Volunteers Needed
We are need of volunteers to help the lead teacher in our Children’s Church during the 10:45 service.  If you are interested in helping please contact LeAnn Showers at 355-0725.  Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Musicians Wanted
The Music Ministry Team would like to extend an invitation to soloists and instrumentalists to provide special music during worship at both services throughout the spring and summer.  If interested, please contact Linda Hoffman, 355-3929 or pianogirl1905@yahoo.com.  Make a joyful noise unto the Lord!!

Harrisburg Mission Trip
Paul Neff is organizing a VIM (Volunteers In Mission) trip to Harrisburg to work on houses in that area from July 12-16. Our church group will probably travel to Harrisburg on Sunday evening (July 11) and will be staying at a local church. Sleeping bags will be used for overnight accommodations.  This is a wonderful opportunity for someone that has thought about participating in a mission trip, but didn’t want to travel so far away from home. If you have any interest in participating or have any questions, please contact Paul Neff at 355-3935. More details will follow at a later date.

4th Annual 5K Walk/Run at Faith
The 4th Annual 5K Walk/Run of Faith will be held on Saturday, April 10 at the Bel lefonte Middle School.  All proceeds will go to benefit the FaithCentre Food Bank and the Centre’s Emergency Relief Programs.  Runners and walkers are urged to pre-register by contacting Nancy Baldwin at 814-355-3071 or David Carter at 814-355-0880.  FaithCentre is a Not-For-Profit Corporation, and is not affiliated with any local church.

United Methodist Women
We invite you to join the United Methodist Women on March 16th in room #40 for their monthly meeting.  Pam Gudeman and Pattty Taverno will be joined by several young women from our youth group who will talk with us about Girls Gathering for God, which they attended this fall.  Karen Soble will be the hostess for the evening.

Healthy Steps and Wellness
Do you need a change of pace?  Pause for a moment & give yourself permission to spend time caring for yourself.  Learn to modify recipes to make dishes healthier, create new and healthy habits.  Beginning Tuesday, April 6th at 6 pm in room #41 for the first week of the month; the other weeks, we will meet in room #25.  Together, we will take small steps, gradual changes, and achieve better health.  This weekly one hour session is for everyone and any age.  If you have questions, please call Gail Spotts, group leader at 355-9308 or email at gspotts1@verizon.net