Joining together in God's ongoing, redemptive mission.
A survey team consisting of Pastor George Davis, Pastor Dave Hyatt, Kara Enterline, Mike Evanko and Elya Zipprick, recently spent three days in the country of Haiti looking at the potential opportunity our church would have in developing a major ministry focus with Haitian ministries that have teamed with ReachGlobal, the EFCA mission department.
“The Lord’s program” and “best kept secret” are two expressions given when Martha and Dave Siwert share their heart about the “Released Time” ministry to children at Conewago Elementary School. For an hour of week, the Siwerts and others share the good news with public school students. Read this post for more about this ministry and how you can get involved.
China, Egypt, Russia, Japan, Georgia … these are a few of the nationalities represented at the Home Away from Home Pool Party on July 9. Adults and kids had a great time in the pool and playing group games. There was plenty of food for everyone, including some recipes from other countries. Click “Continue” to see a photo album.
Do you recall your first impressions of any new place? Maybe a new job, new neighborhood or new church, perhaps? Stepping foot into an unknown environment can feel intimidating, overwhelming and even isolating. Hershey Free’s multi-faceted welcoming ministries, called 1st Impressions, serve to lessen these feelings by showing the love of God to all who enter.
Home Away from Home ( HAFH) just celebrated another year of meeting those needs with a year-end program in May. About 70 people attended a dinner of international fare prepared by the internationals themselves.