St. Edward’s welcomes you to join us for Pentecost Sunday, June 9th! Rite I – 8:00 AM and Rite II – 10:15 AM blended service with traditional and contemporary worship music. We look forward to seeing you. Wear red!
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St. Edward’s Spring Clean Up – Sunday, May 5th
Sweaty Sunday: MAY 5TH after the 8 am & 10:15 am services.
Wear your sweats and jeans to church and stay awhile to help with some spring clean-up outdoors & indoors. We will be holding the event Rain or shine! Our plan is to be finished by 2:00 – 2:30 PM.
We will be raking, filing in a pothole, weeding, trimming, painting, window washing and whatever else needs to be done to spruce up our parish and beautify our grounds.
JOIN US AS WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY OF FAITH! Many hands make light work and we will have a nice meal to share in keeping with the Cinco de Mayo tradition of the day!
Celebrate Easter at St. Edward’s
Come celebrate with us at St. Edward’s!
Holy Saturday: April 20th – 7:30 PM – The Great Vigil of Easter
Easter Sunday – April 21st
8:00 AM Holy Eucharist Rite I
10:15 AM Festival Holy Eucharist Rite II
UTO Ingathering Press Release
Many times, we participate in projects, such as UTO Ingathering, and we never really know how much of an impact parish-wide participation can have on the final outcomes of such fundraising. St. Edward’s raised $581.58 last year during the UTO Ingathering which helped in fundraising over $1.5 million throughout The Episcopal Church in 2018. Thank you for supporting the various outreach programs of The Episcopal Church.
[April 15, 2019] The United Thank Offering (UTO) Ingathering is set to award $1,535,740.55 in 2019, thanks to increased giving by people from across the church in 2018. UTO funds are granted on an annual basis to support mission across The Episcopal Church and throughout the Anglican Communion.
The UTO 2018 Ingathering reflects an increase in giving of $15,495.15 over the 2017 thank offerings. Fifty-three Episcopal dioceses increased their giving. For a complete breakdown in giving by Province and Diocese since 2000, please visit: https://unitedthankoffering.com/ingathering
“We are so very grateful for everyone who participates in UTO each year,” shared UTO staff officer, Heather Melton. “Not only because your thank offerings go on to fund innovative mission and ministry in The Episcopal Church through UTO grants, but also because we believe that gratitude is an important and needed expression of faith in the world today. If you think about the Ingathering as an expression of the good things God is doing in the midst of us, then at a dime a piece, that means Episcopalians experienced almost 11 million blessings in 2018.”
Since 1889, UTO has collected and granted $138,629,911.07 in thank offerings to support innovative mission and ministry in The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion through 5,257 grants. For the full list of grants awarded by UTO, please visit: https://unitedthankoffering.com/granting/1883-2018-grant-list/ The 2019 grants, funded by the 2018 Ingathering, will be announced mid-June 2019.
UTO was founded to encourage Episcopalians to notice the good things happening in their daily lives and make small thank offerings in a UTO Blue Box or through the UTO Blue Box app. The following year, 100% of those thank offerings are awarded as grants. For more information on UTO, or how to participate, please visit www.episcopalchurch.org/uto.
Easter Egg Hunt at St. Edward’s
Grab your Easter basket and get ready for our annual Easter Egg Hunt after the 10:15 service on Easter Sunday.
A fun time (and lots of great egg hunting) is had by all the children and helpful parents!
If you would like to donate to the goodies for the Easter eggs, please bring in your donations and place in the bin in the narthex by Palm Sunday.
Thank you.
Earth Day – April 22, 2019
Episcopal Creation Care Pledge
As the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, we long to grow loving, liberating, life-giving relationship with the whole of God’s Creation. Together, we pledge to protect and renew the Earth and all who call it home. Together, we are living the Way of Love and make this commitment to specific actions. Learn more about our shared call at www.episcopalchurch.org/creation.
For more information on the Episcopal Vision for Care of Creation click on the following documents.
Creation Care Pledge and Vision
Creation Care Pledge Reflection Guide
Feed My Starving Children Social Outreach Opportunity
It’s that time of year again – time when you can make a difference in the life of a child. Feed My Starving Children will host its annual Mobile Pack Event March 29-31 at Willow Street Mennonite Church.
Once again, St. Edward’s has the opportunity to participate in this special event. Over the last 3 years, St. Ed’s has had a group of nearly 20 folks who participate in this event. We are hoping to have at least that many volunteers this year.
By volunteering, donating, or fundraising, your generosity makes a huge difference in the lives of thousands of children in need around the world. At least 6,200 children die each day from hunger-related causes (UNICEF).
The Lancaster County Mobile Pack event puts together over 300,000 meals and needs 1,500 volunteers with a fundraising goal of $66,718.
St. Edward’s will be participating on Sat., March 30 from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Please see the sign up sheet in the narthex. As is the past, we can arrange carpool from St. Ed’s.
If you have any question please see Peg Reiley or contact her at 717-940-2856 or [email protected].
For more information about Feed My Starving Children please click on the links below:
Thank you for your support in the worthy project.
Daylight Savings Time, Sunday, March 10th
Don’t forget to set your clocks one hour forward this weekend!
St. Edward’s Praise Band – In the News!
Our very own St. Edward’s Praise Band was featured in LNP Faith and Values Section on Saturday, February 9th.
Click here to read this great article about St. Edward’s Episcopal Church incorporates praise band’s music into the liturgy
Adult Fellowship – March 2019
WHAT: The “White Elephant” Party (that was postponed from February 24th)
WHEN: Sunday, March 10th at 4:00 PM
WHERE: Dorris Smith’s house – 3130 Briarwood Blvd. (in West Hempfield)
BRING: Some “nibblies”: cheese spread, cheese ball, dips, etc.
ALSO TO BRING: The ugliest, funniest, stupidest gift you can find (beautifully wrapped, of course)!
RESPOND TO: Dorris Smith – 717-285-5157