Saturday, November 9 , Women’s Gathering at Panera Bread, 2472 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster (New location at Rockvale), for food and fellowship; 8-10 am
Sunday, November 10, Congregational Conversation, 9:45-1pm, including a time of worship and meal..
Saturday, November 16, Men’s Breakfast at Lyndon Diner, 7-8:30am
Sunday, November 24, Community Thanksgiving Service at Witmer Heights Mennonite, 7 pm
~The congregation is invited to dedicate the Thursday noon hour weekly to prayer and fasting for our church.
Community Needs
CVCCS:
Backpack and School Supply Drive beginning July 1 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#search/cvccs?projector=1
Currently, we need the following items in the food bank for October:
- Meal helpers/taco kits
- Hearty canned soup
- Oatmeal
- Cereal
- Chicken/beef/vegetable broth
- Applesauce
We are ALWAYS in need of school shoes for kids of all grades and ages. Therefore, we are pleased to announce the launching of our “Kicks for Kids” initiative. Currently sizes of great need are boys’ size 8 and 10 and girls’ size 8, 9, and 10.
Your church can partner together with us in the following ways:
- New or gently used shoes can be dropped off at our facility anytime between the hours of 8:30am and 3:30pm, Tuesdays through Thursdays. You do not need an appointment to drop off donations. Please do not leave donations on our dock or outside the facility.
- Or go to cvccs.org/give to choose from several giving options. If you are donating online, please designate your gift to the Clothing Bank and enter KICKS FOR KIDS in the comment section.
Thanks for your partnership!
Donations can be dropped off at our facility- 2420 Gehman Lane Lancaster, PA 17602, Tuesdays-Thursdays anytime from 8:30am-3:30pm (no appointment needed). Or, please visit cvccs.org and click on our Wish Lists for food and clothing on our homepage to have items shipped directly to us.
Other CVCCS needs (Conestoga Valley Christian Community Services)
Here are current needs in the clothing bank:
- Children’s clothing of all kinds (boys and/or girls), particularly for spring and summer.
Also we now have Amazon Wish lists which make it super convenient to have items ordered and shipped directly to us.
Here are all our Wish List links:
• Clothing Bank – https://a.co/5Hf6l7M. – Hygeine Items – https://a.co/hTyZHTt.
• Food Bank – https://a.co/1f5WrF8. –Weekend Blessings: https://a.co/9xFVS0S.
CLOTHING: Children’s clothing of all kinds (boys and/girls). Particularly Boys size 4-7.
FOOD: Hearty soups, Chicken broth, crackers.
BIRTHDAY BAGS:
Suggested items to put in a decorative bag: cake mix, can of icing, foil cake pan, napkins paper plates, candles
For a child you might want to include balloon, blow out party favors, sticker, etc.
Here are some current CVCCS volunteer needs to please share with your congregations/groups:
1. Drivers who can use their vehicle to do bread pick-ups from our distributor in Leola and bring to CVCCS on Tuesdays around 1:30pm. It is approximately 40 or so loaves of bread on average each week.
2. Back up drivers for other pick-ups from distributors.
3. Individuals who can pack client food boxes in our cooler and freezer.
To fill out a volunteer application: https://cvccs.org/volunteer/