Articles and information for the March Messenger are due by Wednesday, February 15.  Articles can be e-mailed. If you do not have email you can place a typed or handwritten copy in the Messenger mailbox.

Help us feed the body, mind and soul of local children while enjoying a tasty meal in the homes of some of Grandview’s gracious hosts and hostesses. Tickets will be sold for $25 per person and all proceeds benefit LUMINA, Powerpacks, and Shalom Partnership. Mark the date, Saturday, March 10 on your calendar. More information to follow. Contact Jenn Desmarais if you are interested in hosting.

Heather Newkirk will be collecting supplies for a project to help service dogs. The main supplies that she is looking for are old towels, old fleece blankets, and old jeans. She is going to be making door pulls that allow the dogs to open doors for their owners.  There will be a box in Zerr Hall to place your donations. Any of these items would be greatly appreciated.

Jump start the heart of your ministry with a healthy dose of leadership wisdom and insight that will encourage and inspire you to soar in 2012. Renowned religious and business leaders are featured in the Leadership Summit DVDs, which are coming to a BIG screen near you on February 17 & 18. Friday we’ll kick off the screening at 7 p.m. in the Horning’s barn on the jumbo screen, with a discussion afterwards. Doors open again Saturday, 9-4 p.m. The coffee will be hot and the topics even hotter. Come for the day or come for an hour. Breakfast, lunch and snacks included. Contact Tammy Horning with questions.

The February Messenger has been emailed to those of you who have supplied your email address. (electronic copy / pdf version) Hard copies are available on the wall rack in the Gathering Room.

The combined Searchers and Contemporary Issues classes will continue a study of the book The Greatest of These: Biblical Moorings of Love by John Indermark.

In February the study will conclude with chapter 6, Love as Wonder.

February 5 – "Holy Ground Holy Love" Exodus 34:1-10 and "When Wonder Is Not Delight" Mark 10:17-22.   
February 12 – "Of All the Places" Jeremiah 31:1-3 and "Out of Sight" I Peter 1:8-9.
February 19 – "Can't Buy Me Love" Song of Solomon 8:6-7 and "The Greatest of These" I Corinthians 1:3.

The church lobby is not open.  8:15 & 10:45 worshippers will enter directly from the outside into the Narthex and Sanctuary.

From the Sanctuary, the restrooms on the first floor are not accessible.  You can use the stairs to the left corner of the Sanctuary (organ side) that lead to Zerr Hall and use the restrooms in the lower level OR you can exit the church and reenter through the Memorial Garden doors to access the first floor restrooms.

The Nursery is open and can be accessed through the Memorial Garden doors.

9:30 Celebration worshippers will enter the building through the Memorial Garden doors.

The Adult Sunday School class is meeting in the room next to the preschool classroom.  There is a sign on the door.  Please use the Memorial Garden doors.
Be sure to look for the Sunday Morning Greeting team to help you get where you need to be for worship and Sunday school each week you come to church.

Some of you may be wondering why the choir is not robed during worship. Due to limited storage space their cabinets and robes have been packed away during construction. We will look forward to seeing them robed when construction is complete.

This year's Appalachian Service Project trip is July 7 – 14.  If you would like to go, whether as a student or as an adult leader, please let George know by Monday, February 27.  The cost for students is $175 and is due by the same date. If  this cost is a barrier for you, please talk to George.

Unemployed? Looking for a better job? Stuck in your job search? Missed a job because of lack of training? The staff of the PA CareerLink (Liberty Place, 313 W. Liberty St. in Lancaster) can help you in your job search and offer information regarding where to find jobs in Lancaster County as well as the future employment trends for our region.  For more information on this event visit www.jobs4lancaster.com.

We are asking everybody to purchase gift cards AFTER worship and the sales team will be on the move to serve you as best they can.  Look for them at the back of the Sanctuary after 8:15 and 10:45 and in the back of Zerr Hall after 9:30. Thank you for your continued support of this ministry.

Due to a lack of storage space during construction we are asking folks to take their donated professional clothing directly to the clothing bank. It is located at Otterbein UMC, 20 E. Clay St., Lancaster, with hours of Tuesday 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Thursday 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. and 2nd Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. – 12. You may call them with questions at 394-8412.

There has been a clarification of the parking at Schaeffer School. The no parking signs are now located on either end of the school property. Manheim Township has confirmed that we may NOT park in the semi-circle in front of the school any day of the week or the school side of the street Monday—Friday, 9 a.m.—5 p.m. We are more than welcome to use the school parking lot in the evenings and on weekends.

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Many thanks to Roxanne Edwards and Nxtbook Media for creating this video and the animated newsletter.

Dennis Spangler #10-1147
Clinton County Correction Facility
P.O. Box 419
58 Pine Mountain Rd.
McElhattan, PA   17748

Please handwrite your return address on the envelope. Denny would like to have your address and self stick labels are taken off before mail is delivered.