Sunday, January 26, 2025

ALL members of the congregation make up the Church Council. Please plan to attend this annual session where leaders will be elected, the 2025 church budget will be presented and voted on, and congregational business will be conducted.

For those attending the meeting in person, there will be a light lunch of soup and bread served in Fellowship Hall immediately after Sunday morning worship concludes.

The meeting itself will take place in the Sanctuary afterward. We will aim to begin at 11:45 AM.

For those attending via Zoom, plan to enter the virtual room at 11:45 AM using the following link:

https://moravian.zoom.us/j/96137655417?pwd=joslkxhjXXOazuxJ4CNDiReba61yxa.1#success

Meeting ID: 961 3765 5417

Passcode: 344205

Hard copies of the Church Council Booklet containing the congregation’s annual report are now available. If you would like to receive a digital copy, please contact the church office.

Children’s Sunday School will be held twice a month during the 10 AM Worship service. The children will start in the Sanctuary and then be dismissed to the Sunday School room where they will enjoy a Sunday School lesson, crafts, music, and treats.

Sunday School dates for Spring 2025 are February 9 & 23 

March 9 & 23 

April 6 & 27 

May 4 & 18

We hope that you will mark your calendars and bring your children, grandchildren, and their friends to share in the fun.

If you are interested in helping with Sunday School, please contact Alan Bosch.

Wm Penn Elementary School:

Wm Penn Elementary School

Once again, we will be collecting granola bars for the students at William Penn to have as a treat when they are taking the PSSA tests. We will be labeling them with messages of encouragement and support after church on April 6, and hope you will be able to help with this activity. Last year we heard that the messages meant a lot to some of the students.

Also, the teachers would appreciate donations of the following items:

February: Valentine’s Day cards, gloves

March: PSSA prizes (jump ropes, games, etc), mints & Lifesavers

All donations can be placed in the bins on the COT table in Fellowship Hall.

Essentials Café

Wooden Nickel Fundraiser:

A jar of wooden nickels sits next to the cash register at the Essentials Café. These nickels may be used by patrons who need help paying for their meal—a nickel that has been gifted to pay for a breakfast or lunch. Our cards sell for $12 and each one will purchase one nickel for the jar. These gift cards show that you have donated an Essentials Café meal “in honor of” the recipient. 

This is an ongoing project, and cards will be available for purchase in Fellowship Hall after church services. Our sincere thanks to everyone for helping to feed our neighbors!

Singers Wanted! All voices welcome!

No audition required!

This year’s theme is One in Faith and One in Love. Rehearsals are held January through April at College Hill on the first, third, and fifth Sundays of the month. This year’s concert will be held on May 4, 2025, 4:00 PM; location TBD.

For more information, contact Gwyneth Michel, Director, at gwynmichel@aol.com.

A simple thing you can do to help us raise our congregation’s visibility and potentially attract visitors is to give College Hill Moravian Church a 5-star rating and write a positive Google Review. Better yet, share some pictures of our beautiful building and wonderful people! (For safety reasons, please avoid pics of children, though.)

A quick media analysis shows we’ve been neglecting this free and easy way of spreading the news that College Hill 

Moravian Church is a warm and wonderful place to be. The Board of Trustees challenges us all to work on boosting our algorithmic performance immediately!

“Music in Moravian America”

Sunday, March 23, 2:00 PM

Come, enjoy the lovely sounds of Satori’s Two-Part Invention (Nora Suggs, flute, and John Arnold, guitar) as they perform music from the early Moravian tradition in the New World. Playing compositions from the Moravian Music Foundation collection, this promises to be a delightful and educational afternoon. 

Tickets are $10 at the door. Your donation will help support College Hill's Organ Renewal Project.

For further information, visit 

satori-chambermusic.org

College Hill will be holding a Spring Craft Show on Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 9:00 AM–2:00 PM. We will be offering indoor and outdoor spots and would love to fill all spots with crafters. We will also be serving food and have a bake sale table.

HOW CAN YOU HELP???

Interested in being a crafter? Applications are on the white table in Fellowship Hall or can be emailed to you.

We are looking for volunteers for Friday, April 25 to help prepare and set up. As well as Saturday, April 26, to help in the kitchen, monitor the bake sale, and be a floater to assist the crafters throughout the day. You can sign up on the white table or claim a spot on the Sign Up Genius site through the below link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4CA4AA29A6FAC34-47181998-spring 

We are also looking for homemade baked goods to be sold at the bake sale table. If interested, add your name and baked good item to the sheet on the white table in Fellowship Hall.

All proceeds from the Craft Show will go towards the general operating fund.

If you have any questions, please contact the following: General Questions/Crafter Information - Amy DeLong    (610-704-0014 or amdelong3@gmail.com)

Kitchen/Bake Sale - Gayle Brinker (484-892-0781 or gbrinker51@gmail.com.)

PRE ORDERS ONLY: Deadline for orders is February 7, 2025.

Pick up your orders on Thursday, February 13 from 4 PM to 6 PM at Essentials Café (418 Third Avenue, Bethlehem PA 18018).

Choose one pan of: traditional ziti with meat or squash lasagna. Each pan comes with mixed green salad, garlic bread, and brownies for dessert.

Serving for 2 – $30.00 

Serving for 4 – $60.00

Order and pay at https://www.essentialscafe.org/ToGoDinner, or at the Café during normal hours.