Upcoming Events

Come take a look at our newly painted/refurbished Nursery located on the lower level of the church building! (An elevator is available.)

We will be hosting an open house on Sunday, May 19, directly following the eleven o’clock service. Coffee and snacks will be provided in room 103, and you may stop by the Nursery to speak to the young ladies who worked on this project. See you in the Nursery!

Following the 11am worship service this Sunday, May 19, the Pine Street Walkers return to the Victoria and White Tail Trails in hopes of catching a glimpse of the freshly blooming Pink Lady’s Slipper. This will be a three mile loop hike with a considerable climb up a rocky trail. The pace will be as slow as the slowest walker. Wear good footwear and bring water. Of course, bring your cameras. Sorry, you may not pick this endangered wildflower. Information is available at the Welcome Center if you wish to join the group on this walk.

You are invited to join the Pine Street Book Club on May 19 to discuss “Violet’s Secret” by Lori Rill. Betty Rader and Lori Rill are the reviewers. The location is changed to the home of Betty Rader, the hostess. Please let Betty  know you plan to attend. Her contact information is located in our website’s Member Section.

This Book Club does not meet in the summer but will return in the fall with new books, reviewers and hostesses. Please watch for the new listing in late summer.

The final Music At Pine Street event for the season will be an all-Vivaldi concert on Friday evening, May 31 at 7:30 pm.

The Choir presents two works … first a setting of the “Credo” (the Nicene Creed) and then the Introduction and Gloria. This is a second setting of this famous text done by Vivaldi and is just as lovely as the one commonly known to music lovers. Also featured in the program is a dramatic setting of the hymn, “Stabat Mater” sung by counter-tenor, Jonathan Manley Hudson. Other soloists include Beverly Hudson, Adrienne Weatherell and Raymond Westherell. All are accompanied by a Festival orchestra with Thomas Clark-Jones conducting. Come and join us for an evening of delightful music. Child care is provided and free parking is available in the South Street Garage. Suggested donation at the door: $10.

Come and join us for an evening of delightful music.

We are having a Progressive Dinner on Saturday, June 1. At this social event, we have appetizers at one member’s home, then break into small groups to have an entree and salad at another member’s home, then come back together to have dessert at yet another member’s home.

Sign up now in the Gathering Place. Please choose among hosting (and providing the entree), bringing a salad to have with the entree, bringing an appetizer or bringing a dessert. Invite a friend to come with you to introduce them to our church family. We do not expect guests to bring any food.

May 19 will be the last day to sign up to attend, but avoid the rush and sign up now.

The men of the church meet on the second Saturday of the month for breakfast. Great time of fellowship, discussion and dinning. The best way to start the weekend is by having a great breakfast with other Pine Street men. We meet at 8:00 am. in Fellowship Hall. Come early to assist in preparation and stay for a bit to help clean up or just for conversation.

We need your help to deliver the flowers each Sunday.  It only takes an hour of your time on Sunday afternoon to deliver the beautiful flowers to one of our homebound members.  Receiving these flowers will keep them connected to Pine Street and brighten their day.  Please sign up at the Welcome Center.

The Congregation’s Care Team is ready to make and deliver four meals to your home after a stay in the hospital.  Two things are needed for this very valuable program: people who have been hospitalized and people to prepare and deliver the meals. Volunteers will be asked occasionally to prepare and deliver a meal to those in need of some food assistance.  The volunteers will be called on a rotating basis.  Meals do not have to be elaborate.   Those who benefit from this service will be called to arrange for convenient delivery times.  If you have any questions, or would like to be a volunteer, please sign up in the Gathering Place or call Sondra Fertig. This is very rewarding, not only to the recipient, but also to the volunteers.  Please consider being part of our team. Thank you.

Calling all knitters! If you like to loop, hook, purl or popcorn, come join the Shawl Ministry on the second Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. Our members range in age from 11 to 80-something. The Shawl Ministry knits shawls for those who need a bit of warmth and comfort. Members of the Shawl Ministry pray over each shawl, asking that the one using the shawl will feel the love of Christ. Shawls are available for worshippers to use each Sunday. You can pick up a shawl in the Narthex and on the pew running along the side of the church near the Lectern. At the end of the service, please leave the shawl at the end of the pew and a member of the ministry will pick it up for laundering. Shawls are also distributed to shut-ins and members who are ill. For more information, contact Cheryl Goode at (717) 238-9304 or cgoode@pinestreet.org.  

is in need of the following personal hygiene items: men’s sox, deodorant, men’s underwear; disposable razors, shaving cream, Lysol spray.  Call Chris at 238-4718 with questions.

Volunteers are needed at Downtown Daily Bread (DDB) (www.downtowndailybread.org) in Boyd lower level. Volunteering starts at DDB at 12:15 pm (or after 11 am service), and includes donning an apron, and working with DDB’s energetic staff for 90 minutes. It is a worthwhile experience. Please help in one or two ways: 1) Join a specific group on an assigned Sunday in 2010 (See dates posted in Gathering Place); 2) Sign- up as a volunteer substitute. Please give your contact information to Cheryl Goode at cgoode@pinestreet.org or (717) 238-9304 or John H. Jewett on Facebook.

is looking for new singers! If you are interested in music and can give an evening each week … we need you! This is a fun group that loves a good time along with working hard to make beautiful music for the congregation week after week. If you are interested, please speak to Tom Clark-Jones. We need your voice to complete our choir!

is an ongoing mission opportunity for members of Pine Street Church. Any member who needs help with minor work inside or outside their home may sign up to receive helping hands from the mission committee. Members are required to pay for any supplies needed. Please sign up at the Welcome Center. Any persons willing to provide the hands to complete the labor required for our members may sign up at the Welcome Center also. If you would like to participate in the Helping Hands Ministry, contact Cheryl Goode at (717) 238-9304 or cgoode@pinestreet.org.

Come join the Mission Celebration on Tuesday, June 18 from 10am – 1pm at the Presbytery of Carlisle Office, 3040 Market St., Ste. 1, Camp Hill. It will feature Becky and Eric Hinderliter, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)Mission Co-Workers serving in Lithuania.

For more information and how to make a reservation go to the Presbytery web page, www. carlislepby.org. There is no cost for the luncheon.

We need volunteer(s) to deliver the food from the food barrel to the Ecumenical Food Pantry. Usually, this only needs to be done once a month. The Food Pantry is located at the Lutheran Church on the corner of Forster and 6th Streets. Delivery takes only 15 to 30 minutes – gather the items from the food barrel into your vehicle, call the pantry to tell someone you are making a delivery, drive to the pantry and unload the items from your vehicle. Ideally, several members of Pine Street will volunteer to do this and the effort can be shared month to month. With so many more people using the pantry every day, this is an extremely important mission of Pine Street Church. If you are interested in knowing more, call Debbie Olson. Her contact information is located in the church directory. We’re not asking you for more money – just some of your time.

Please bring next Sunday a non-perishable item for the Food Barrel in the Gathering Place. Food collected is given to the Ecumenical Food Pantry in Harrisburg and helps many people in need.

Please don’t throw away your empty plastic medication containers. Remove the labels from (plastic only) prescription and non-prescription medication containers and bring them to the church. Place them in the box on the mission table in the Gathering Place. They will be given to a local physicians who volunteer with World Surgical Foundation when groups take medical mission trips to places like Haiti and India. The containers will be used to distribute medication to those in need. This is a new mission opportunity for all of us and doesn’t cost us any money. A WIN-WIN!!.