Wisdom has built her house...she has also set her table
Proverbs 9:1a, 2b

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April 4th, 2021 Worship Service

Easter Sunday Service

Please join us this Sunday for Worship with Pastor Anabel at 11am via Zoom.
The Service will be posted to Facebook about 1pm

Jeremy's Last Day of Preaching

Jeremy's last Sunday of sharing the message with us will be April 11th. There will be a social time following the service on zoom to wish him well.

Pastoral Care

If you are in need of pastoral care please contact:
Pastor Anabel, pastoranabel@wisdomstableucc.org - 717- 413-7594
Jeremy Edwards, jeremyEdwards@wisdomstableucc.org - 314-560-3909

Save the Date

Thursday, April 1st Maundy Thursday Worship Service 7pm via zoom.

Sunday, April 4th Easter Service at 11am via zoom.
There will be no Children's Sunday school.

Friday, April 23rd "Just Because" social happy hour 5-6:30p.m. via zoom.

Children's Time

There will be no Children's time this Sunday April 4th. Please join us on April 11th at 9:30a.m.

If your child, niece, nephew, grandchild etc. would like to participate please contact the church office.

Your Consistory Members

If you have any comments or concerns please contact a member of your Consistory.

Nilda Roman - President
Deborah Miley - Vice President
Mary Margaret Kelly - Secretary
Brian Sterner - Personnel
Wendy Baker Davis
Tiffany Dickel
Kate Diller
Diane Koon

Prayer Time

Prayer time will be held Tuesday, April 13th from
6:30-6:50p.m. via Zoom.

Lenten Spiritual Practice Gathering

Host: Diane Koon

For the season of Lent, the group that has been meeting to discuss the poetry and art in the Lenten devotional booklet
"Again & Again"
has decided to complete the Lenten journey with a last meeting on Good Friday, April 2nd at 7:00p.m.
Please consider joining us to reflect on the Maundy Thursday and Good Friday entries. A zoom link will be emailed several days before.

This will give participants an opportunity to share how they are experiencing the readings and art from our Lenten devotional resource "Again & Again" as well as to engage in spiritual practice together.

You are invited.
We are invited.
Again and again and again.
The invitation is for you.
(From “Invited” by Rev. Sarah Are)

email the church office if you do not receive the link!

office@wisdomstableucc.org

Summer Camp Brochures
The church office has summer camp brochures available.
There is camp for all ages .

Camp Kirchenwald has the following camps :
Explorers: grades K-2
Juniors: grades 3-6
Intermediates: grades 6-9
Trip camps: grades 7-11
Senior high: grades 9-11

Camp Nawakwa has the following camps:
Classic: grades K-11
Art and Music : grades 3-9
Nature and Science: grades 1-9
Sports and Adventures: grades 3-11

To pick up a brochure contact the church office.
to learn more about the camp go to
http://LutheranCamping.org

Parish Resource Center update

As a member of the Parish Resource Center, we are providing you with the following information.

The new location where meals are being served is at Shaarai Shomayim and Unitarian Universalist Church.
In partnership with PRC, they served 1,570 meals in January and February.

The PRC is looking for volunteers
available to assist those recieving meals with computer access to apply for Covid-19 vaccinations and to avoid eviction.

Volunteers Needed

PRC is expanding the services available at Community Meals by setting up computer stations. We are starting with two computers at three locations, but hope to expand to more.

At these stations, guests can schedule COVID vaccination appointments or apply to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program to avoid eviction. We need volunteers to be available to answer questions and help guests through the online forms and applications. We will fully train you on the forms; you just need good, general computer usage skills.

Thank you to Emmanuel for sharing his music with us every Sunday.

Thank you to all our staff who work hard to keep Wisdom's Table going. We appreciate all that you do.

Thank you for Children's Sunday School it brings joy and laughter to us each week.

Wednesday Book Group

The group is discussing a book titled Sacred Instructions- Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit - Based Change by Sherri Mitchell. The Group will meet from 10:00 to 11:30a.m. every Wednesday. If any one is interested you can email Pastor Anabel at pastoranabel@wisdomstableucc.org and she will send you a Zoom link.

Adult Sunday School

Adult Sunday series

We meet weekly at 10:00 AM and are reading brief reflections from Every Thing is Sacred, a companion book to Richard Rohr’s The Universal Christ.

Please consider joining us for this inspiring look at incarnational Christianity as framed by Franciscan Father Richard and Patrick Boland! You will be able to join the discussion without purchasing Every Thing is Sacred or The Universal Christ but having access to one or both will be helpful, both to read the very brief reflections before class and to use the Reflective Exercises on your own and in community!

Book(s) or not, please pop in for our Zoom discussion! You can get a link for the Zoom meeting or get more info by emailing Diane Koon at diane.koon@comcast.net.

Church Website:
www.Wisdomstableucc.org

Please hold the following people and situations in prayer:

If you have prayer requests that you want to share in the newsletter, please email it to Pam office@wisdomstableucc.org

Please keep our shut-in members and friends in prayer.

Julia Levis, Bill DiNino, and Brenda Buckwalker

Please keep all those who have been infected with the virus in your prayers. Keep the medical personnel and first responders safe and healthy. Please keep all those effected by this countries injustice in prayers.

Prayers for Jasper Savage who is looking for a room to rent; pray for Texas, Tennessee, South Dakota, South Carolina, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Missouri, Mississippi, Iowa, Idaho, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, and Alaska all states that have lifted face covering mandates; pray for Angie's father who lives in Tucson AZ, where they have opened everything to full capacity; pray for all who are struggling in relationships; Continued prayers for Jenny T's daughter Robyn, who was rushed to the hospital for complications from Covid and has Covid pneumonia; pray for love and hope for the world and for strength and courage and justice for all in Georgia; prayers for all those facing uncertainty in their lives; prayers for Dave and Sue Eberly who lost their daughter in law through the horrific road rage shooting that left her husband and six children grieving the loss of their mother and spouse; pray for our leaders as they seek to address the myriad issues facing our country; pray for Kristina C's health, pray for the mentally ill, and those who are lonely, prayers for the racism against Asians who are living in fear, pray for all immigrants, seeking safety and a better life; pray for the Muise's daughter Debbie, and for the Muise's sister Janice; prayers for Brian's brother, Eric who has health issues and is awaiting surgery; prayers for all who are struggling with illness; pray for Brian's friend Jim who is sick with Covid and on a ventilator; pray for courageous people in Myanmar, gunned down by Empire; pray for all the courageous people in the world laying their bodies on the line for justice.

Happy Birthday Tommy Schmertz

Thank you for all the hard work that you do to keep our church running.

Spring has Sprung

Done by Maria Asselle

April Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our Members and Friends

Rachel McGill Malcom McGill
Diane Koon Kate Diller
Dante Stellato Leo Ortiz
Clint Weicksel   Mark Stellato

April Awareness Month

April Fool's Day- April 1st
Good Friday -April 2nd
World Autism Awareness Day-April 2nd
National Find a Rainbow Day - April 3rd
Easter - April 4th
National Farm Animal's Day- April 10th
National Pet Day- April 11th
National Administrative Professionals Day- April 21st
National Earth Day - April 22nd
National Pretzel Day- April 26th

Enjoy the outdoors, find a rainbow, eat a pretzel, and play with your animal's.

During this time please remember the church!

The church still needs your financial giving during these uncertain times.

Here are some ways you can continue to give to Wisdom's Table.:
1. Mail your contribution to: Wisdom's Table at St. Peter's UCC, 816 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster PA 17603 (Pam and Tommy will be making sure the mail is collected)

2. Visit Wisdom's Table's website. At the top there is a tab "How to Donate". The e-giving button is our new online giving. If you donate from your bank account to ours there is no fees. If you donate by using your credit card there are fees. You can also schedule a donation to happen monthly, yearly, weekly or a one time donation.

Our PayPal button is still available.

3. Most banks have bill pay. Visit your bank's website and make a donation through bill pay.

4. Please consider making a donation to the Jane Addams Fund. Many of our members will be experiencing difficult times in the near future.

Thank you for remembering the church!

Don't forget to send Rich a note!

At this time all State Prisons have suspended any visitation. Please keep Rich in your prayers and send him a note.

Due to new state regulations all mail is processed through Florida. Rich has not moved, he is still in Huntingdon.

Please address your mail as listed below:

Smart Communications/PA DOC
Richard Buckwalter NK-7086
SCI Huntingdon
PO Box 33028

St. Petersburg, Florida 33733

Please remember to surround Brenda with love from Wisdom's Table!

Brenda Buckwalter
640 Acorn Oaks Drive
Salisbury, N.C. 28146

AN UPDATE ON OPENING THE BUILDING

The reopening task force team will update you as to the protocols and who can enter the building. If you need to enter the building please email the church at office@wisdomstableucc.org or call (717) 392-8912 to make an appointment.

At this time some of our building user groups have started to enter the building and they are following the safety protocols laid out by the church and the CDC.

No Worship in the Sanctuary at this time.

The task force will make sure the church follows CDC guidelines and protocols.

Please be a little more patient as this Team works for your safety and the safety of everyone!

April 4th, 2021 Worship Service

Pastoral Care

Volunteers Needed

Please hold the following people and situations in prayer:

During this time please remember the church!

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