Events

First Lutheran Church Carlisle, PA

EVENTS

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Ø Cantate Silent Auction — Saturday, March 13 — Martin Luther Room

Ø FLF Spring Surprise for Shut-Ins — Saturday, March 20.

Ø From the Well (Celtic Music) (Fine Arts) — Sunday, March 21 — 3 p.m.

Ø FLF Egg Hunt — Saturday, April 3 — 10-11:30 a.m.

Ø Youth Retreat — Brenneman Lodge, Camp Nawakwa — April 9-11

Ø Dickinson College Choir & Orchestra — Sunday, April 11 — 4 p.m.

Ø FLF Spring Work Day at Camp Nawakwa — Saturday, April 17 — 9 a.m.—1 p.m.

Ø Dickinson Collegium (Fine Arts) — Sunday, April 18 — 4 p.m.

Ø Mother-Daughter Banquet — Wednesday, May 5 — 6:30 p.m.

Ø FLF (Lutheran) Outdoor Ministry Night with the Harrisburg Senators — Friday, May 7 — 7 p.m.

Ø Father-Son Banquet — Wednesday, May 12 — 6:30 p.m.

Ø Spring Rummage Sale — Friday & Saturday, May 14 & 15

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SAVOR THE FLAVOR TICKETS ON SALE

The 10th annual Savor the Flavor; A Taste of Carlisle will take place on Sunday, March 14, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Dickinson College Holland Union Building. Portions of the proceeds from this event will benefit local charities and food banks. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Children 12 and under are free.

For more information or for tickets, please contact the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce at 243-4515 or the Downtown Carlisle Association at 245-2648.

Y’S MEN’S CLUB ANNUAL LENTEN BREAKFAST

On Sunday, March 21, the Forty-Third Annual Family Communion Lenten Breakfast sponsored by the Carlisle Y's Men's Club of the Carlisle Family YMCA, will be held at 7 a.m. at the Bongiorno Conference Center (formally Camp Shand), 430 Union Hall Road, Carlisle, Pa. This breakfast is for everyone and all family members are invited to attend.

This service is a non-profit event to bring families together during the Lenten Season. It is a solemn service of Thanksgiving, Praise, Song, and Communion, followed by social time of breakfast. Special music will be delivered by the Christian Music Group, Chaper VII.

Tickets are $7.50 per person and may be obtained by calling Bob Baker at 249-0556 or seeing him at church. The deadline for ticket sales is Monday, March 15. No tickets will be sold at the door.

WALK-A-THON TO BENEFIT AMERICAN RED CROSS

Saturday, April 17, 2010

The American Red Cross is holding their Stride for the Red walk-a-thon on Saturday, April 17. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at West Pennsboro Park, 2150 Newville Road in Plainfield. The walk begins at 10 a.m. and Run for the Red 5K begins at 10:45 a.m. Following the walk will be a picnic lunch and children’s activities. Individual participants as well as teams are welcome! All participants must pay a registration fee of $20 for anyone 13 years of age and older, and $10 for those 12 and under. Team member’s registration fee is $15/person. To register for the event or to find out more information, visit the Cumberland County American Red Cross’s website at www.cumberlandcountyarc.org or give them a call at (717) 243-5211 ext. 30.

2010 BUS TRIP TO LONGWOOD GARDENS

Your input is needed for next year’s trip!

First Lutheran Fellowship is planning a bus trip in 2010 to Longwood Gardens to see the Christmas Exhibit and Light Show. We have a choice of two dates in which to schedule our trip: November 27, 2010, which is the Saturday after Thanksgiving or December 4, 2010, which is the first Saturday in December.

Please take a few moments and help us decide which date would be best for visiting Longwood Gardens. Just call the church office or place your preference on a piece of paper and put it in the offering plate. This does not sign you up for the trip. Sign-up will take place later next year. Thanks!

WEDNESDAY EVENINGS

Come join us as we prepare for the paschal feast of our Savior, Jesus Christ, through the praying of Lenten Solemn Vespers on Wednesday evenings, at 7 p.m., the next Wednesday being March 10th. Each evening will begin at 6:15 p.m. with a light supper of soup and bread in the Martin Luther Room. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex for people willing to donate crocks of soup and bread for the meal.

If you can’t attend the supper, please come for Vespers. This year our 40-day journey will focus on the sacraments and rites of the Lutheran church. Come, journey with us here at First Lutheran.

LENTEN NOONTIME ORGAN CONCERTS

Wednesdays in Lent, First Presbyterian Church, on the square in Carlisle, is hosting a
series of half hour, noon organ concerts. Organists include:

March 10 – Richard Tritt and Art Thompson,
First Presbyterian Church

March 17 – Steve Middernacht, First Lutheran Church

March 24 – Brian Rotz, St. John’s Episcopal Church

A homemade soup lunch follows. The $5.00 donation for the lunch is given to Project SHARE.

Learn How 'Thrivent Builds Worldwide' is Making a Difference. Please Attend a Thrivent Builds Awareness Night - March 25 at St Stephen Lutheran Church, New Kingstown.

Thrivent Builds Worldwide, part of Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity, a $125 million program designed to involve members and Lutherans in helping to provide a “hand up” to people who lack decent shelter.

We would like to recognize all who have volunteered their time or talent to the Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity program since its inception in 2005. In addition, we want to give you the opportunity to learn more about how you can become involved both locally and overseas. Teams travel to Central America, Eastern Europe, Africa, and select locations in the United States.

Our Guest Speaker will be Shannon Baines, the Global Village & Special Events Manager of Habitat Guatemala. Shannon will give us an overview:

How you can make a difference in the lives of others
How you can support the program
How you can be part of a team of volunteers

These trips are a life-changing experience for everyone not only doing hard labor with simple tools but also getting to know the families who have so little, yet are happy and full of faith in God. Like all Habitat homeowners, they will buy their home with sweat equity and a low-cost loan. Their mortgage payments are part of the “fund for Humanity,” which will be used to help build more Habitat homes.

The location is the Fellowship Hall of St. Stephen Lutheran Church, 30 W Carlisle Pike, New Kingstown. The time for this event will be 6:30 until 8:30 PM. The event is sponsored by the South Central PA Group of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and co-sponsored by the West Cumberland & the West Shore Thrivent Chapters.

Want to learn more? Or would like to attend? Please contact the South Central Group at 877-674-100 or email southcentralpagroup@thrivent.com.


	First Lutheran Church 21 S. Bedford Street (High and Bedford Streets) Carlisle, PA 17013 Tel. 717.249.3310 Email
A congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America