Hurricaine Sandy Relief

HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF

THANK YOU!  We asked for your assistance with canned goods and supplies, and you responded.  We appreciate your generosity for all those affected by Hurricane Sandy.  However, the need is not over. 

The road to recovery has just begun.  Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is committed to walk with our partners through the immediate-relief and long-term-recovery phases of the response. Already denominational funds have been sent, and members of the National Response Team have already been deployed to help in response efforts.

If you would you like offer your financial support, please consider giving to PDA.  Make out your check to Ardmore Presbyterian Church with “HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF” in the memo line.

Please pray for the victims and those working to help others in the wake of this disaster.

Cherub Choir and Advent Family Night

Advent and Christmas Greetings to our Cherub Families!

Here are some details about our Cherubs' participation in our Advent Family Night festivities --

Cherubs should arrive by 4:40 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 2, in the chapel. We will be there with their robes so they can get those on and then briefly rehearse their four carols.

They are third and fifth on the program.

What that means is that the Handbell Choir will ring first.

Second, the Children's Choir sings.

Third, the Cherubs sing their three carols -- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Away in a Manger and I Saw Three Ships.

Fourth, the Children's Choir sings again.

Fifth, the Cherubs sing their fourth and last carol with the Children.

There are a few more carols after that, including from the Youth Choir, and then, when the program's over, we will help the Cherubs take their robes off near the Walker Chapel side of the sanctuary and head downstairs to the Fellowship Hall for crafts followed by dinner.

Thank you, parents, who have asked for words so they can go over the music at home!  The Cherubs were happily singing forth all of these songs last evening, knowing both words and music, but keeping it all fresh in the mind and heart is always a good thing. So, here are the words ---

"Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" (no. 37 in our hymnal)

Infant Holy, Infant lowly,

For His bed a cattle stall,

Oxen lowing, little knowing

Christ the babe is Lord of all.

Swift are winging angels singing,

Noels ringing, tidings bringing.

Christ the babe is Lord of all.

"Away in a Manger" (no. 24 in our hymnal, the Kirkpatrick version)

Away in a manger, no crib for His bed,

The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head.

The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay,

The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing, the poor Baby wakes,

But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes.

I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky,

And stay by my side until morning is nigh.

 

"I Saw Three Ships"

I saw three ships come sailing in

On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day,

I saw three ships come sailing in

On Christmas Day in the morning.

And what was in those ships, all three,

On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?

And what was in those ships, all three,

On Christmas Day in the morning?

Our Savior Christ and His Lady

On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day,

Our Savior Christ and His Lady

On Christmas Day in the morning.

 

The words to the refrain of "The Glowing Star" that the Cherubs will sing with the Children's Choir -- 

See the glowing star,

It fills our hearts with gladness.

What a wondrous light,

It takes away all sadness.

Gloria, Hosanna, lead us to the Christ Child.

Gloria, Hosanna, lead us to God's Son.

Thank you all for your help and we can't wait to see you Sunday to help us usher in the Christmas season. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail or call Mrs. Garletts.

Miss Carol, Mrs. Garletts, Miss Emily and Miss Anna

Christmas Cantata on Sunday, December 23rd at 10:30 a.m.

 

Christmas Cantata

Sunday, December 23rd

10:30 a.m.

"Carols and Lullabies"

by Conrad Susa
 

Chancel Choir and guests
 

Janet Witman, harp

Michael Simmons, guitar

William Wozniak, marimba

 

 

Gary Garletts, conductor

KEENAGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT & LUNCHEON ON DECEMBER 19TH

KEENAGERS

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

&

LUNCHEON

DECEMBER 19th

 

Members of the

Chester County Choral Society

conducted by Gary Garletts

will offer a seasonal selection of music in the Sanctuary at noon. Cost is $15.00.

R.S.V.P. by December 16th to church

office, 610-642-6650.

 

APC Spiritual Enrichment Retreat 2013 - Christianity in Crisis

CHRISTIANITY IN CRISIS:

The church was tearing itself apart.  Leadership was timid.  Cliques had formed. Arrogance replaced morality.  Worship became selfish. Jealousy was rampant.  Strongly-held beliefs disappeared.

What can church at its worst teach us about living the spiritual life?

Join the Ardmore Presbyterian Church on January 25-27, 2013 as we explore

God’s response to crisis.

The Corinthians and Today’s Spirituality

 

Meet Dr. Soards, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and professor of New Testament at the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary.  He is a frequent lecturer at conferences and schools for pastors throughout the United States and a much sought after guest preacher and teacher. He has published more than 60 articles, reviews, and sermons in leading theological dictionaries and professional journals worldwide and is the author of over twenty books, including The Apostle Paul: An Introduction to His Writings and Teaching (Paulist Press, 1987), The Speeches in Acts: Their Context, Content, and Concerns (Westminster John Knox, 1994); and I Corinthians (Hendrickson Publishers, 1999).

There is also a program for the kids. Using song, stories and crafts, our children will learn about a spirituality based on God's grace in Jesus Christ.  Sherina Poorman, Anne Foote and friends are preparing a fun time for our children.

Please register by January 21st on our website or by mail. A cost of $10 per person or $25 per family helps provide the food and materials for all attending.  Scholarships are available.

What: Spiritual Enrichment Retreat

When:  Friday, January 25th from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, January 26th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Where:  Ardmore Presbyterian Church

Questions: Call the Church Office at (610) 642-6650 or E-mail admin@ardmorepres.org

Registration:  Register on-line by January 21^st at http://tinyurl.com/apcser2013

Message from Preschool Mom, Jen Migliaccio: Thanks to those who have already donated labels and encouraging others to do the same.  If you are not sure what to cut out, send in the entire label, and I'll do the cutting.  The labels are on Campbell's products including Pepperidge Farm, V8 products, Swanson, and Pace products.  No donation of labels is too big or small, and they allow us to get educational materials for the preschool.  Thank you!!!

 

APC Fellowship Hall

Friday, November 16th

at 6:00 p.m.

BYOD - Bring Your Own Dinner

 

Drinks and popcorn
will be provided.

Please feel free to let your little ones wear their pajamas.

If you have any questions, you can contact Jimi Engler at 610-209-4296.

 

I`m Dreaming of a White Christmas

White Christmas, the heartwarming and uplifting musical featuring the music of Irving Berlin will be presented at the Narberth Community Theatre on November 18 at 2:00 p.m. Group tickets are available for that performance for APC folks of all ages. Transportation will be provided upon request. A portion of the ticket price will benefit the American Cancer Society. Call Sandy Foote at 610.664.3196 to reserve tickets for a delightful Pre Christmas All Church outing. $17.00 - Adult, $15.00 - Senior, $14.00 - Child

THE JOY OF GIVING. . .

2012 Alternative Giving Opportunities

through Ardmore Presbyterian Church

Items listed will be available for purchase at Advent Family Night on Sunday, December 2^nd  and, if supplies last, following worship on Sunday, December 9^th.

GIVE. . . Instead of a material gift, choose to honor your friends, family, teachers or business associates with gifts that help lift people out of poverty.

Appropriate gift cards will be available to acknowledge/explain gift to recipient.

HEIFER PROJECT (A tradition at APC) – “Give the World a Present”

Flock of chicks or ducks, honeybees, tree seedlings and more (gifts available from $10)

THE WELCOME CHURCH, Philadelphia

The Welcome Church is an ecumenical church without walls, ministering to people who are homeless and others, predominately in center city Philadelphia.     

PURCHASE with a purpose - gifts that help create a sustainable life for others.

Brochures and information on chosen ministries will be available to include with gifts.

 

EQUAL EXCHANGE FAIR TRADE ITEMS

Fair trade shares the bounty of trade with those who grow the crops.

Organic hot cocoa and spicy hot cocoa mixes, coffee, candy bars

PAL CRAFTAID ITEMS

Olive wood items such as tree ornaments, pins, salad fork & spoon

ZATOUN OLIVE OIL & ZA’ATAR SPICE PACKETS

DONATE. . . gifts that give encouragement and hope.

 

THE MITTEN TREE

Items go to Main Line/Philadelphia Maternity Care Coalition:

Bring hand-knit or purchased mittens, hats and scarves to decorate the tree in the church entry beginning Sunday, November 25^th (1^st Sunday in Advent). 

CHESTER EASTSIDE MINISTIRES CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE

Suggested items: toys, books, games, art supplies, gift cards for children infant – 16 yrs. of age

Bring unwrapped gifts to Advent Family Night or leave in church office by December 6^th .   

Heifer Project (www.heifer.org)

Heifer uses donations from people to provide livestock and training to underprivileged families around the world.  Giving an animal to a family is like giving the family a small business and small businesses can lead to very big changes.  So instead of just feeding the hungry, Heifer helps the hungry feed themselves.  Plus, each family who receives an animal agrees to give one of their animal’s offspring to another family.

The Welcome Church – Philadelphia  (www.thewelcomechurch.org)

The Welcome Church is an exciting and growing ecumenical church without walls, proclaiming the hope and love of a gracious God to all people, especially people who are experiencing homelessness.  A monthly service with communion is held monthly at Logan Circle with coffee following in the park.  Our Presbyterian representative is Rev. Schaunel Steinnagel.     

Equal Exchange (www.equalexchange.org)

Equal Exchange is a democratically organized, worker-owned co-operative, founded in 1986 to pioneer a new model of trade built upon fairness and stronger relationships between farmers and consumers.  When you purchase Equal Exchange products, you join a network that enables farmers in Latin America, Africa, and Asia to stay on their land, support their families, plan for the future, and care for the environment.    

Pal CraftAid (www.palcraftaid.org)

Pal CraftAid is a volunteer ministry of compassion, hope, and healing for Palestinians.  Begun in 1993, Pal CraftAid supports families, schools, elderly groups and cooperatives in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

 Zatoun  (www.zatoun.com)

Zatoun, the Arabic word for “olive” has been chosen because the olive tree expresses the essence of Palestine.  Zatoun helps to create a context grounded in ordinary everyday life from which to view and discuss the situation in Palestine.  Purchasing Zatoun products helps Palestinian farmers for whom olives/olive oil is their major or only source of livelihood.  Profits also help support Project Hope: Healing through Art and Trees for Life: Planting Peace in Palestine.

Maternity Care Coalition  (www.maternitycarecoalition.org)

Founded in 1980, Maternity Care Coalition’s mission is to improve maternal and child health and well being through the collaborative efforts of individuals, families, providers and communities.  Their comprehensive approach includes research, public policy initiatives and services for families.  Since its founding, MCC has served over 80,000 families.

Chester Eastside Ministries (www.chestereastside.org)

Begun in 1985, under the oversight of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, the mission of CEM, directed by Rev. Bernice Warren, is to bring urban and suburban people together in worship and service.  The goal is to render services to individuals in need of food, clothing, spiritual guidance, and educational and recreational opportunities so they may meet the challenges of life.  Programs include CEM library, Saturday Cultural Arts Program, GED programming, after school and summer day camp programs.                                                                              11/8/2012

Build-it Bus

The Build-it Bus has been a ministry of Ardmore Presbyterian since 2008. The Bus is traveling, creative workshop that operates out of a refitted SEPTA para-transit bus. (You may have seen the bus in our back parking lot). The bus travels to urban churches and schools teaching skilled handicrafts to city children. Students work on the bus itself, which is equipped with workbenches and manual tools re-engineered for use by children.

Last year the Build-it bus continued its work with churches and schools, with a particular focus on supporting spiritual development programs with a multisensory component. We worked with five churches offering equipment-building workshops for a unique and powerful Montessori-based kids worship program called Young Children and Worship. We established a woodworking woodshop at Woodland Presbyterian to help kids express their faith through both devotional art and mission-focused projects. We also worked at three different VBS programs, supporting their spiritual education theme.

Our other main focus last year was a new initiative with Calvin Presbyterian after school program. In partnership with our own (Y)Ard Farmers, we established a small raised garden bed at the church. We built garden structures, made healthy snacks, did art projects, made garden related gifts for the family.

Other miscellaneous projects include: Spruce Hill 8^th grade woodworking elective, Woodland Presbyterian church family nights, church street fairs, evangelism projects in local parks, and various projects in our continuing relationship with the Barry School through Eastern University.

We are excited about this upcoming year. Continuing our relationship with Calvin, we have just stared to set up an aquaponics system for winter gardening. Aquaponics is a looped hydroponics system that obtains plant fertilization from the water of a live fish tank - in a cycle that fertilizes the plants and cleans the fish water. The kids will each have their own fish they can name and observe. With this project we hope to integrate a wide range of disciplines:  ecology, science, animal husbandry, gardening, woodworking, art, cooking and literature. We will be growing herbal tea plants in our aquaponics system. The kids will be making their own tea and cooking for monthly tea parties. We will use the outside glass of the fish tank as rotating art gallery. The students will be art-making in different media. They will be doing carpentry projects on the bus. We will also have regular read-aloud events on a garden or fish theme. We are calling this the “Art-Tea-Quarium”.

We are also excited about our growing relationship with Woodland Presbyterian. In addition to continuing with the Youth Group woodshop, we will be going on monthly community outreach events at nearby Clark Park. We have done button-making, pumpkin decorating, making leather thanksgiving journals. We have had a great response at Cark Park, making people aware of the Christian ministry at Woodland.

One of the joys of working with the Build-it Bus is working side by side with wonderful APC volunteers. We can’t thank Barb Wood, Tracey Nofer, Edna Gray, Anna Poorman, Carol Shih, Laura Goetsch – enough!! The Bus Ministry would not be possible without the support of APC! We are so grateful for our church’s financial support.

The Build-it Bus is always looking for more volunteers! You don't have to have any woodworking experience. You can volunteer any way your schedule allows: weekly long-term, weekly short-term, monthly, or for single events. If you are interested contact Sherina Poorman brick476@verizon.net or 610 316 1928.

Hurricane Sandy Relief 11/11/2012

HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF

Are you interested in helping relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy?  In the next few weeks, APC will be sharing how you can bring the love of Christ to those affected by this devastating storm.   

This week, we have a very practical way to help. Amy Foote, a child of the church, lives in Brooklyn and is collecting items for St. Jacobi Lutheran Church,  The church is acting as a main hub for donations, cooking meals and transporting volunteers in car pools to the areas in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island that were the most effected.   

Bring your items on Sunday, November 11, during worship, and Amy will get them to the church in Brooklyn.  Please pass the word to folks in and outside of the church. 

These are the types of supplies they need:

• Water! Water! Water!
• Cleaning supplies
• Non-Perishables (Canned goods, soups, vegetables)
• Dry goods and ready to eat food (Cereal, power bars, granola, crackers, etc) 
• Matches
• Cleaning supplies
• Ready to eat food
• Foil
• Cold cuts
• Sliced cheese
• Dish soap
• Vinyl and latex gloves
• Ziploc
• Face masks 
• Paper towels
• Shovels and rakes
• Power strips
• Baby food (vegetarian, with meat/chicken, fruit, cereal stages 1, 2, 3)
• Water
• Evaporated, powdered and regular milk (1/2 gal. or smaller)
• Soy milk
• Pediasure
• Ensure
• Glucern
• Ready made formula (with iron, regular/soy/sensitive)
• Canned goods (beans, vegetables, tomato sauce, soups, tuna fish, sardines, vienna sausages)
• Protein/granola/cereal/fruit bars
• Apple Sauce
• Diapers (newborn, sizes 1, 4 and 6)
• Toddler training pants (sizes 4+)
• Flashlights
• Batteries (especially C and D)
• Candles/Flashlights
• Peanut butter
• Sliced bread
• Fruit (apples, oranges, bananas, etc
• Disposable hand warmers
• Gloves
• Socks
• Dry Ice (we have none and already, some residents' insulin have gone bad.)
• Pet Food