Religious Ed Parent Meeting Dates: Thursday August 11th, there will be a meeting for all parents from preschool through 6th grades in the social hall at 6:30 pm,

On Tuesday August the 16th there will be a meeting for 7 th through 9th grades in the social hall at 6:30pm. Parents please make sure you allow time to attend these meetings on the given dates.

Thank you. Jane Teter Religious Ed Coordinator

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - 2022 With our Baptism, we become the adopted children of God, Temples of the Holy Spirit, and members of the Body of Christ and His Church. By baptizing a child, the Church works together with the family to develop: faith, the love of prayer, a sense of community and the service of others in the child. We strive to do this in our Religious Ed Program and in Vacation Bible School. This year our theme was the Creation of God, and the kids experienced that we are Created in God’s own image and likeness for his will and plan for each of us. They experienced how King David loved God so much that he expressed his Praise to God in the book of Psalms. They searched in the Bible for the book of Psalms and read some of the Psalms that King David wrote praising God for all his marvelous deeds. They played games, they did arts and crafts using their own unique creative sense God gave them. They danced to music and singing to the Psalms. We had a great time learning what it means to support our church community, sharing time and having fun together as they experienced God’s wondrous works of Creation. We congratulate all who participated in this year’s VBS: Sabrina Condello, Marya Matter, Cade & Connor Rautzahn, Garrison & Sophie Reiner, & Nolan Dietrich. We thank their parents. We are very grateful to Ashley Matter & Pat Bender for all they did during VBS. May the Lord bless them all and we hope to repeat all of this exciting time shared next year the last month of July 2023, (so save the date) as we hope to see more kids next year! Thank you. Enjoy the remainder of the summer.

God is good!!! All the time!!! All the time!!! God is good!!!

RELIGIOUS ED PROGRAM – 2022-2023: We are in need of two Religious Ed Catechists for the upcoming school year. Please consider sharing your beloved Faith with our young children through educating them in their Faith. I know in the past we rotated grades every other week because we did not have enough Catechists but this is not a fair way to teach our children. It also puts enormous amount of stress on the Catechists. Please come forward ASAP if you are interested in becoming a Catechist, as there is paperwork required by the state and the Diocese that needs to be completed. Upon completion, the papers are submitted to the diocese for approval by the Youth Protection team. Upon their approval, the information is sent out for a badge to be printed for each new Catechist. This badge must be worn and clearly seen at all times when working with our youth. This process is renewed every five years.

If you are interested please, call the rectory at 717-453-7895 between 9am and 2pm Monday thru Thursday and I will be more than happy to walk you through the paperwork process. Thank you.

Jane Teter - Coordinator of Religious Ed.