Friday, October 21, 2011

Cherry Crest Farm & Corn Maze, Sat. Oct. 22

GET READY FOR SOME FALL FUN!!! Meet at the church at 9:30a.m., Saturday morning, Oct. 22. We will be taking "Clifford", our big, red bus to go to Cherry Crest Farm in Ronx, PA (near Strasburg). It is only about 30 minutes from the church. We will be back at the church by 3:00 p.m.

There are 23 of us signed up to go! Lunch of sandwiches (sweet lebanon, and turkey with cheese), chips, cookies and water will be provided. If you would like to pack your own lunch and bring it along, or bring money to purchase food, that is fine!

CORN MAZE: Spend about an hour in the world's most dynamic and interactive 5-acre corn maze with over 2.5 miles of paths, scenic bridges, and clues. And don't worry if you take the wrong path! Two Maze Masters are always on hand to get you back on track!

OTHER ACTIVITIES: Wagon Farm Tour, Pedal Kart Tracks, Animal Center, Baby Chick Hatchery, Obstacle Course, Giant Hay Chute Slide, Hay Tunnel, Giant Slinger, Straw Bale Racer, and many more!!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Shopping Night for Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes, Tuesday, Oct. 18

Hey Kids & Parents,
Just a reminder for Tuesday, Oct. 18: Meeting is extended to 8:00PM.
TRY TO ARRIVE AS CLOSE TO 5:30 AS POSSIBLE! We will try to finish eating dinner by 6:10, so that we can leave by 6:15 to go to the Dollar Tree in Thorndale to shop for items for our shoeboxes! We will be taking Clifford so that will add to the fun!

If you have not brought in your permission slip to go, please bring it with you or have your parent wait and sign on when they bring you to the meeting. Each person will be given a slip of paper with information of who you will be buying for: whether it is a boy or girl and what their age group is. You will be given $11.00 and able to purchase 1o items each ($10.60 with tax).

Then next week (Oct. 25), we will be wrapping shoeboxes, folding pre-made boxes, and setting the items up on tables so we can begin to fill them during our November 1st meeting.

Volunteering for Global Aid Network Food Packaging

Saturday, October 15, 2011: What a great opportunity it was to go to the GAIN Distribution Center in Mount Joy, PA and package bags of rice and beans to be shipped to famine stricken areas around the world. 6 adults and 16 youth participated in this mission event.

Youth: You all did an excellent job pouring, bagging, sealing the bags of rice and beans! We worked along side youth and adults from both Fairview Presbyterian and Honey Brook Presbyterian churches, and we were able to fill 88 cases. That is 2,112 bags of rice and 1,056 bags of beans!! That is enough to feed 3 families of 4 people for one whole year!! Great Job!!

We are signing up to do it again in June 2012!
Check out the pictures on the right side of the page!