Salem United Church of Christ

Hello, I am Pastor Bob Witmyer and I welcome you to Salem UCC. Thank you for visiting our website. We especially enjoy welcoming new friends, and we hope you will visit us soon!

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THIS WEEK @ CHURCH

WEEK OF AUGUST 16 — AUGUST 22

Sunday
9:30 AM – Sunday Worship Service
8:00 AM – Worship/Communion
Monday
8:30 AM – Quilters & Crafters


NEWS & NOTES
Chicken B-B-Q & Yard Sale
	The annual summer yard sale and Chicken BBQ fundraisers are scheduled for August 25, 2018. Nolt’s Chicken BBQ from Manheim will be helping us this year with the BBQ. Dinners will include half chicken, baked potato, applesauce, roll & butter for $8.00. Mr. Nolt uses a 70+ year-old Amish style BBQ recipe for their chicken BBQ. Tickets are available from Janet Schlegel. Please purchase your tickets by August 12th so we can have an idea of how many dinners we will need. Please consider selling tickets or helping with the events the last Saturday in August! Susan Fick and Lorraine Valeriano are organizing these activities.
Oley Food Pantry
	The Oley food pantry is in need of many items to help serve those in our community who need food. The churches of the ministerium have decided to make the pantry a priority this year. Here at Salem, we are going to list an item each month that you can donate to the needs of the pantry. For the month of August the item is “Soup”. Please consider picking up a can or two when you do your shopping and bring it to church. We hope to deliver the items to the pantry by the third Wednesday of each month. Please consider this important outreach to those in need.
Summer Worship Schedule
	During the summer months Salem will be going to a modified worship schedule. The regular worship time will begin at 9:30 AM. Regular Sunday School is postponed until September. The Summer Schedule will begin on Sunday June 24th. Hope to see you all in worship this summer.
Oley Fair
	Folks, the Oley Fair is fast approaching. The dates are Sept. 20st – 22nd. It is a great opportunity for Salem to have a presence in the community. There is the food stand and the Oley Valley Churches booth that will all need volunteers from Salem to help with. On Thursday Sept. 20th, volunteers are need at the Hamburger, Hot Dog & BBQ stand for servers, ticket takers, grill, napkin/roll prep, etc. Notify Lorraine Valeriano to sign up for time and task. Time slots are from 4PM- 7PM and 7PM-10PM. Please consider giving a little of your time and volunteer to help with one of these areas.