Category: Events

St. Edward’s Community Outreach & Giving Initiatives

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During the months of November and December, the parishioners of St. Edward’s reached out to the wider community in many ways:

Camp Fire/ALERT

We collected over $600 in gift cards. In response to devastating fires in California. ALERT collected gift cards in any amount to send to St. Johns Episcopal Church in Chico, California to be distributed to those who have lost so much in the Camp fire. The gift card collection was organized by Ted Cardwell.

UTO Ingathering

We collected $581.58 for our UTO Ingathering, organized by Ellen Milligan.

Jesse Tree

We collected gifts and monetary donations for 60 children in the COBYS organization as part of our annual Jesse Tree collection to help those children that are in need at Christmas time. Many thanks to the Social Outreach Committee, including Beth Lynch, Leslie Arnold, Ellen and Kevin Milligan and all those who donated and helped to shop, wrap and deliver the gifts.

Hershey Handbell Ensemble Returns to St. Edward’s on Sunday, December 16th!

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Sunday, Dec. 16 at 3 p.m.: The popular Hershey Handbell Ensemble returns to St. Edward’s for a free holiday concert. This is a very popular program each year that draws a great crowd, so attendees are urged to come early to get good seats!

The concert is part of the Rev. Canon Stephen C. Casey Cultural Events Series. The series was named for Fr. Stephen upon his retirement. Although there is no admission price, a free will offering will be taken to help underwrite expenses associated with the series.

This year’s program will include arrangements of Gesu Bambino, The Twelve Days of Christmas, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen and more seasonal favorites.

Lancaster Chamber Singers Concert at St. Edward’s, Sunday, December 2nd

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We are very lucky to have the Lancaster Chamber Singers call St. Edward’s their “home” as their rehearsal space.  They enjoy our hospitality and find the acoustics to be exceptional.  Which is also why they utilize St. Edwards’ as one of their concert venues.  On Sunday, December 2nd at 3:00 PM, The Lancaster Chamber Singers concludes its 40th anniversary year with “Festival of Voices and Brass.”  The ensemble will be joined by the Lancaster Brass Quintet and additional brass and percussion to present glorious sounds of the Christmas season from the 16th through the 21st centuries and will join the audience in several beloved carols.

Special presentation by the Lancaster Brass Quintet will begin 20 minutes prior to the concert.  Tickets can be purchased at the door or on their web site:

http://www.lancasterchambersingers.org/Upcoming_Events.html

 

 

Krist Kindling 2018

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The beginning of Advent is just around the corner! It’s time again to think about some pre-holiday fun with Krist Kindling.  I hope you’ll consider joining us in our 25th annual Krist Kindling Advent activity!

Krist Kindling is a fun activity where one family gives another family one gift anonymously during each of the three weeks prior to Christmas. The family you are giving gifts to is not the family that is bringing gifts to you.

You don’t have to have kids to participate in this activity. It’s for all ages — the young and the young at heart! All welcome.

 

Click here to download form.

St. Edward’s Basket/Silent Auction – Thank You to All!

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Thank you to all who made our 2018 Oktoberfest event a success!  The volunteers, the chefs, the silent auction bidders, the basket auction ticket buyers, and of course all of you who faithfully make baskets each year for us to auction and those who donate their wonderful vacation homes for silent auction.  Without you, we have no event and the fellowship and fundraising it brings.

For Oktoberfest 2018 we raised $3,291!  Thank you!

 

 

St. Edward’s Cultural Event Series Concert: Sunday, September 23rd at 3 PM

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The St. Edward’s Episcopal Church concert series begins with an all Beethoven program!

Mark your calendars so you won’t miss a phenomenal concert of Beethoven violin sonatas on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. Pianist Xun Pan, a very popular artist who’s performed at St. Edward’s several times, will accompany violinist Dana Weiderhold Allaband. The program is free but an offering will be taken.

Back-To-School Backpack and Supplies Drive – Donations Due This Sunday, August 5th

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“Let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others.”  

– Philippians 2:4

It’s that time of year to start thinking about our annual Back-to-School backpacks and school supplies drive.  The supplies will be distributed through the Landisville Food Pantry to families in need. Below is a list of the items we will be collecting:

Backpacks                     #2 Pencils                    Crayons – 24 packs

Notebooks                   Glue Sticks                   Safety Scissors 

3-Ring Binders              Colored Pencils            Highlighters – packs 

Hand Sanitizer-individual or travel size              Large Block Erasers

Expo Dry Erase Markers       Plastic Pencil Box        3 x 3 Post-it Notes

Pens               Fine Tip Sharpies   Dividers               3 x 5 Index Cards

Ear Buds/Headphones                 Rulers                 3-hole Paper Punch

Please look for our collection box in the narthex. We will also have a box to collect any donations you might wish to make so that additional supplies, especially backpacks, can be purchased. If you would like to donate money, please make check payable to:  St. Edward’s Episcopal Church and note in memo line “School Supplies.” Our goal is to collect enough for fifty packets of supplies. DONATION FINAL COLLECTION DAY IS THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 5th, so that the children may receive their supplies well in advance of the August 23rd first day of school. If you have questions, please ask any committee member- the Milligan’s, the Lynch’s, the Ishler’s. We are so grateful for your generosity.