UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS.COVID protocols are constantly changing around us. Because of the availability of vaccines and the protection they offer, the Lay Leaders recommend that if you are vaccinated, you no longer will be asked to wear a mask during our worship services. However, if you feel more comfortable keeping a mask on during some or all of your time here, that is quite acceptable and will be respected. We continue to ask that most visiting be done outdoors when weather allows. These have been very strange days and months for all of us, but your efforts have kept our infection spread very low within this congregation. Thanks so much for your patience and willingness to care for the safety and health of one another. We will continue streaming our worships via Facebook Live and YouTube. Please choose whichever option for meeting for worship that works best for the safety and comfort of you and your family.
Allegheny Mennonite Conference Annual Celebration of Congregations and Conference will be a Hybrid gathering this year from August 6-8, 2021. You can choose either to attend in person at Laurelville or virtually via Zoom. Conference leadership continues to determine changes necessary due to COVID and the safety of others. We will be following the CDC guidelines that are current at the time of Celebration. Registration forms are available beside the church mailboxes. It’s important that you register as early as possible because we are limited to the number of rooms we have reserved. Any questions, please contact the conference office at 814-443-2007 or office@alleghenymennoniteconference.org We plan to have a tent, as a historic peace church, at the Juneteenth Commemoration at Central Park in Johnstown on Thurs., June 17th from 12-5:00-ish. We are in need of anyone willing to learn and teach how to make origami paper cranes, someone to monitor a tables and persons to help take tables to the park. You can help for an hour or for the whole afternoon, whatever works for you. Also, we can use the help of anyone who has the know-how to make labels with Stahl’s address, phone number and website to put on crayon packets. If you think you might be interested, let Jayne know! We will have another Zoom call to go over details on Wed., May 26, 7:00 p.m. Internships are available at Laurelville Retreat Center, seeking an energetic, responsible intern to join their team. This is a 1-year internship (with an option to apply for a 2nd) focused on hosting and connecting with groups, learning how the organization runs, and providing Christ like hospitality. This is a full-time yearlong paid internship with room and board provided. For more information email steve@laurelville.org. Mennonite Church USA has announced the registration rates for MennoCon21, its first hybrid convention, to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, and online on July 6-10. 2021. In-person attendance is $325 per person for the five-day event and online attendance is $99. For more details, visit mennoniteusa.org/news/registration-ratesmennocon21/ The Youth Group has a large number of cookbooks left and are looking to try to sell some. They will be on sale for $10. If you or anyone you know that would be interested contact Sonya Horsley or any youth. OR email us www.stahlmennonitemedia@gmail.com Youth Group Fundraiser Wanna take care of your coffee needs while helping out our Youth and working for peace and justice? Sound too good to be true? Mennonite Church USA Convention Planning is excited to share a fundraising opportunity with you. We have partnered with One Village Coffee to bring back *Menno’s Best Coffee. A portion of the proceeds from every bag of coffee you sell comes back to your youth group and the peace and justice work of MC USA. One Village Coffee will be roasting up three specialty coffee options: Menno’s Best Dark Roast, Menno’s Best Medium Roast and Menno’s Best Decaf. They will be available for purchase in 12 oz. packages for $15. For each package sold, youth groups will receive $6 (40%) and $1 will get donated toward MC USA peace and justice work. Any order under 70 bags will be charged a discounted FedEx rate based on weight. Coffee comes in whole bean unless you request to have it ground. If ground, coffee will be ground at the size for a drip coffee maker. All Menno’s Best coffee is Fair Trade and Organic. You can order the coffee at the following website: convention.mennoniteusa.org/mennos-best-coffee-fundraiser/ Your continued financial support of the church is greatly appreciated. You can send your offerings to the church address (1201 Soap Hollow Rd, Johnstown 15905) or to Sharon Shetler (667 Soap Hollow Road, Hollsopple, PA 15935). Or you can go to our website (stahlmennonite.org) and donate electronically. It is easy and safe! ATTENTION: We want everyone in the congregation to be able to communicate with our media group by using their new email address. The new address is: stahlmennonitemedia@gmail.com . Please add this to your contact list! This will help get any requests to the media group no matter who is scheduled to run sound on any particular day. Also, if you are able to send requests before the service, it would aid in the preparation process. |
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