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Shepherd of the Hills Church 527Hoffmansville Road,

Bechtelsville. The Prime Timers will hold a fellowship lunch at Pizza Como in Pennsburg on Thursday, Nov. 16, 11:30a.m. Final Harvest, a 3-woman musical group, will present “A Christmas to Remember” in the church on Saturday, Nov. 18at 4:00p.m. An offering will be received. They will also perform at Sunday morning worship services on Nov. 19. Boy Scouts meet Monday at 7:00p.m. Cub Scouts meet Thursday at 7:00p.m. AA groups meet at the church on Wednesdays at 8:00p.m., Thursdays at 12:15p.m. and Saturdays at 10:00a.m. Al Anon meets in the church on Tuesdays at 8:00p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, Bechtelsville Rev. Eugene C. Zaiser, Pastor 1749S. Main Street, Bechtelsville, PA 19505 Trinity’s events for the upcoming week: Our Worship Services are 10:15a.m., Sunday School 9:00a.m., Contemporary Worship Service 8:00a.m., the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. We would like to wish everyone a blessed Thanksgiving!!! The Community Thanksgiving Eve Service will be held at Bally Mennonite Church, Bally, on November 22nd at 7PM. Christians working for Christ-Christmas Cards for the Veterans, we are collecting Christmas Cards for the veterans who are in the Veterans Hospitals (Coatesville & Philadelphia). Please think of our veterans, as you are writing out your Christmas Cards and write one for them. There is a box in the Narthex. Cards need to be returned by December 3rd. Please help a needy family this Christmas season by taking a tag from the Angel Tree, please drop off your gift by Sunday, December 10th. You do not need to wrap the gift. Wrapping Paper/Gift Bags can be left with the gift and please leave the tag with the gift also. Thank you for your participation in this very important project. WAWA HOAGIES—As part of a Relay for Life Fundraiser, we are selling WAWA Shorti Hoagie Gift Cards for $4.00. Please stop by the scrip table after church on Sundays or you can stop by

the church office (Monday-Thursday 9-2) to purchase them. This will make great stocking stuffers! Please participate in Trinity’s Gift Card Program for easy Christmas Shopping. Gift card orders will be taken the 1st Sunday of the month. Payment is due with the order. Your gift cards will be available the second Sunday of the month. With every purchase, Trinity earns a percentage of every dollar you spend. Our Gift Card program includes: Weis Markets, Redners Warehouse & Giant Foods. Script Cards can also be purchased for your favorite restaurants and stores. For additional information or for a list of retailers who participate in Scrip, please contact Pat Brensinger or www.glscrip.com Mark your calendars, the Christmas Cantata will be Sunday, December 17th, “The Song Heard ‘Round the World” by Joseph Martin at the 10:15a.m. service. Encore presentation will be Sunday, January 7, 2018at 3:00PM. You may sponsor Altar Flowers, the price for one vase is $25.00and $50.00for two vases, please see Mary Snyder. You may also sponsor the bulletins for $15.00 per week. When sponsoring flowers, please use a flower envelope found in the rack in the narthex or clearly mark the envelope. “Flowers” If you sponsored flowers in the past but no longer wish to, please let Mary Snyder or the church office know. Need a ride? We have volunteers in the congregation who are willing to provide transportation to medical appointments, etc., for those who can’t find a ride. Please contact Pastor Zaiser 610-322-0901if you need a ride or would like to volunteer as a driver. Trinity’s events for the upcoming week: Sunday, November 19th24th Sunday after Pente- cost-8:00a.m. Contemporary Worship Service, 9:00 a.m. Sunday School, 10:15 a.m., Worship Service with Communion, the Worship Assistants will be: Greeters: Bill & Sheila Eddinger, Ushers: Dan Ritter, Dennis Schaeffer, Gene Reidenauer, Bob McElwee, Servers: Terry Kemp & Linda Ritter, Acolytes: Cody & Mackenzie Moyer, Lector: Eileen Heffner, Nursery: Kathy Farrington., there will be Prayer Circle Meeting following worship, 6:00p.m. Confirmation Class, Monday, November 20th-6:30p.m. Boy Scouts, Tuesday, November 21st-6:30p.m. Cub Scouts, 7:00p.m. Discipleship Meeting, Wednesday, November 22nd-7:00p.m. Thanksgiving Eve Service at Bally Mennonite.

For information: please check out our website: www.trinitybech.com St. Luke Lutheran Church 35Wilson Ave. Gilbertsville Come one, come all to our 6th annual Craft Show on Saturday! The doors open at 9:00a.m. We’ve got 14 crafters, a basket raffle, Grandma’s attic, and lots of wonderful baked goods, homemade soup, hoagies, etc., etc…..don’t miss it!! On Sunday morning the Adult Sunday School Class will meet at 8:30a.m. Come join in the rich, and sometimes lively, discussions! During the 9:30worship service, communion will be celebrated. The Sr. Choir will sing, “Giver of Every Perfect Gift,” by Scott. The Adult Forum will meet from 11:00-noon. The topic this week is “Lutheran and Catholic Declaration on the Way – “Ministry.” A Youth Gathering meeting will be held Tuesday night at 6:30p.m. On Wednesday night, the handbell choir will rehearse at 6:30p.m. The Thanksgiving Eve service will begin at 7:30p.m., and will be held in Memorial Hall. Pie will be served afterwards!! May you all enjoy a fam- ily, friend, and food-filled Thanksgiving Day. We truly are blessed! The church office is closed on Thanksgiving Day. Please join us Sundays for worship at 9:3, a.m.! All are welcome! St. Joseph’s Hill Lutheran Church Koch Road and Franklin Street in Pike Township Worship news: November 19- 24th Sunday after Pentecost, WELCA Thankoffering, one service at 10am, followed by Congregational meeting; Thanksgiving grocery shopping in the afternoon. November 22-Thanksgiving Eve service at St. John Hill UCC, 7pm November 26- Christ the King Sunday (last Sunday after Pentecost), Holy Communion CHOIR INFORMATION: The Junior Choir rehearses on Wednesdays, 6-6:30pm; Senior Choir rehearses on Wednesdays, 7:308:30pm. Bethlehem Choir (K-2), continues on Wednesday, October 25, 6:30pm. Christian Education News: Regular Sunday School classes for Pre-K thru Adult, 8:45- 9:45am, with an opening in the nave at 8:45am Day Care News: - Help wanted- please call Robin Schmale, Day Care Director, at 610-367-1980. Youth and Children News: - November 19- Family Thanksgiving potluck, 1-4pm - Discount Business Cards available-$10each, good at a number of local businesses. Help defray the cost for those attending the Youth Gathering in Houston in 2018. Other news: - Weight Loss group (TBMP)- next meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 6pm - Meal and Music Ministry continues Wednesday, Nov. 15, 5:30pm - College Care packages- items being col- lected throughout month of November - WELCA candy making Nov. 17, 18 - Angel Tree warm clothing drive for Boyertown MultiService begins Nov. 19 - Thanksgiving grocery shopping on Sunday afternoon, November 19 - Holy Land trip in January 2018- for more info, please contact Rev. Caitlin Kurtz at pastorckurtz@gmail.com - Simply Giving program now available- paper registration forms at church, or online through a link on our Website - Our Fellowship Hall is available for event use. We can accommodate bridal showers, baby showers, wedding anniversaries, birthday parties, AA, NA, Weight Watchers, and more. Please call Jill, Church Secretary, at 610369-0990 “Like” our Facebook pagewww.facebook.com/stjoeshill St. Joseph’s is located at the intersection of Koch Road and Orchard Road in Pike Township (mailing address: 244Koch Road, Boyertown, 19512). The building is handicapped accessible. All are welcome to worship and other events held at St. Joseph’s Hill. Please visit our web site at www.stjosephshill.com for a calendar of events, history, a pastor’s page, and Day Care and Pre-School link. Pastor Jeff Odgren’s email: pastor@stjosephshill.com Church Office email: secretary@stjosephshill.com Worship times: Regular schedule, with worship services at 7:45& 10am. Interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing normally on 1st and 2nd Sundays of the month. Sunday School: 8:45am for all ages Church office phone 610369-0990; fax 610-3690912; email at secretary@ stjosephshill.com Day Care and Pre-School phone 610-367-1980; email hillchurch@ptd.net Worship/activity cancellation info: call the church office and wait for message, go online to wfmz. com, or check WBYN-FM, Boyertown. Calvary United Church of Christ 1231Route 100 Barto, PA 19504 610-652-5023calvaryucc@gmail.com Our annual Holiday Bazaar and bake sale will take place on Saturday, November 18th from 9-2pm. We look forward to see you at our Holiday Bazaar! On Sunday, November 19th our annual Stewardship Worship Service will be held at 10:15am. Following worship we will gather in the Fellowship hall for a meal provided by Consistory. All are welcome to join us! On Wednesday, November 22nd we will gather with our neighbors at Bally Mennonite Church for our annual Community Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service at 7pm. Pastor Linda Kozlowski will be sharing the message. Mark your calendars for our upcoming Relay for Life Santa Breakfast on Saturday, December 9th from 8-11 am. Santa will arrive at 9am. This is an all you can eat event and the cost is a donation of your choice to our Relay for Life Team: Calvary United Cancer Crusaders. Bible Study meets on Monday afternoons at 1:30pm. We invite you to join us! Choir practice takes place every Thursday at 7:30pm and we always welcome new voices to join in. Sunday School for all ages takes place at 9:00am on Sunday mornings in the social hall. Remember, you are always welcome and wanted at Calvary United Church of Christ. For no matter where you are on life’s journey, there is a place for you in our family of faith. Join us on Facebook! Everyday Pastor Linda will have a post of inspiration! This may be a prayer, quote or something else. You can find us on Facebook by searching Calvary United Church of Christ-Barto The church is located at 1231Route 100about a 2 miles south of Bally. Visitors are always welcome. The church is handicapped accessible. The church website is www.calvaryuccbarto.org Church website: www. calvaryuccbarto.org Visitors are always welcome. The church is handicapped accessible. Christ Lutheran Church 222Niantic Road Barto, PA 19504 We invite you to join us on Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost on Sunday, November 19, 2017at our worship hours of 7:45 and 10:15a.m. Rev. Matthew Ollikainen will lead the congregation in the worship service; deliver the message for the day and the Children’s Sermon. Confirmation will be held at 9:00a.m. in room I of the church. The new Edu/Worship Service will be held in the parlor beginning at 9:00a.m. for all ages. Those ministering at the 7:45a.m. service are: Acolyte; Evan Shade; Lector; Kelly Shade, and Greeters/ Ushers; Shawn and Catherine Shade. Those ministering at the 10:15a.m. service are: Acolyte; Samantha Johns; Lector: Denise Hoffman; and Ushers/Greeters: Merle and Shirley Deery. On Wednesday, November 22, the assembly of the Niantic News will be held in the parlor at 9AM. Then at 7:00p.m., Christ Lutheran

church will participate in the Joint Ecumenical Service at Bally Mennonite Church. The church office will be closed on Thursday, November 23in observance of Thanksgiving. The church is located at 222Niantic Road between Routes 663and 100about a mile east of Bally. An Edu/Worship for all ages is held at 9:00a.m. in the parlor. Visitors are always welcome! The church is handicapped accessible and air conditioned! Visit the church’s website at www. christniantic.com for more news and information about the church and upcoming events. Huff’s Union Church Hereford Township Pastor Jane M. Kropa Sunday, November 19- Worship is at 8:00and the 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday School is at 9:15. Sunday School is at 10:30. Confirmands at 9:15 a.m. Manna is at 9:00a.m. Wednesday, November 15Children’s Choir - 6:30p.m. Thursday, November 16- All Welcome Lunch - Noon - Main Street Pub, Bally Thursday, November 16 - Day Bell Choir - 1:00p.m. Thursday, November16- Sr. Choir - 7:30p.m. If anyone is interested in any of the choirs, please contact Mrs. Gloria A. Adams at 610-9148116 Saturday, November 18- Hoe Down - 6:30p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 21- Bell Choir - 7:30p.m. Website: www.huffschurch.com , Office 610-845-2626.