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Lynn Shirk, Heidi Keene, Karyn Hooper, Jill Peckelun, Carolyn Foster and Claudia Holtzman are the artists behind the panels that surround two sides of the pump house in the ravine below Derry Church. The art was commissioned by Derry’s 300th anniversary committee to celebrate the spring that drew the first Presbyterians to this location. 

The July-September 2024 edition of These Days daily devotional booklets is available for pickup now in baskets around the church.

1-3 PM MONDAYS, JULY 22 & 29 AND WEDNESDAYS, JULY 24 & 31 

Join members of our Mission & Peace Committee on a few summer afternoons working on a denim sewing/decorating project with children in the Allison Hill neighborhood of Harrisburg. Many hands needed… especially volunteers with sewing skills. 

Whether or not you’re able to attend, you can support this project by donating denim fabric (jeans, shorts, jackets, shirts) and scrap material, iron-on patches, fabric paint and markers, etc. Donations will be used for this project and then remain with the sewing classroom for future projects. 

Carpooling available. RSVP to Kristen Campbell.

From 10 am – 12 pm on Monday, July 15, Kristal and Jamie will be hanging out at the Cocoa Beanery inside the Hershey Lodge at 325 University Drive. Stop in and say hello!

Cash Flow – Operating Fund as of 5/31/24:

1:30 – 3 PM MONDAY, JUNE 17 IN ROOM 6

Girls ages 8-12 are invited for a time of informal fellowship and fun. For the first Tween Time, we’re offering an open art studio with all the supplies needed for girls to make their own projects. This event is hosted by Lauren June and Courtney McKinney-Whitaker.

Change 4 Children will be collected on Sunday. Your coins benefit ACE Zambia (Alliance for Children Everywhere), which has several programs. One of the newer efforts is serving as partners with the government to prepare over 450 local families for fostering and adoption. Four areas of the program are:

• Raising awareness of the need for foster and adoptive families in Zambia
• Preparing prospective ones through training sessions
• Evaluating families’ preparedness
• Maintaining a registry of vetted families to be matched with a child for emergency, short-term and permanent placement, with a goal of maintaining family relations whenever possible

Place your coin-filled ziplock bags in baskets as you exit the Chapel and Sanctuary, bagging any foreign coins separately. Make sure bags contain ONLY coins (no paper clips, pins, batteries, tokens, or extraneous items). Thank you for supporting children in Zambia.

11 AM AND 1 PM SATURDAY, JULY 13 • $15 PER PERSON • CONTACT CATHY OLSON

Here’s your chance to tour Derry’s next-door neighbor, High Point Mansion, the home of Milton and Catherine Hershey. Tours accommodate 10 people, so the Day Trippers have reserved space on the morning and afternoon tours. In between, the group will have lunch at the nearby Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, 101 W Chocolate Ave.

Our neighbors and friends in Dongeal Presbytery invite you to travel with them to Charlottesville VA, Atlanta GA, Albany GA, Montgomery AL, Selma AL, Birmingham AL, Memphis TN this fall in a tour led by Dr. Todd Allen, professor at Messiah University. Click to learn more and register. Former Derry member Lynn George went on the tour last year and highly recommends the experience. Contact her by email if you’d like more information. Click here to watch a 2-minute promo video shown last week at her church, Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Chester.

Love INC of Greater Hershey’s annual sneaker drive and distribution collects new, name-brand sneakers for school-aged students in need across Derry Township and Lower Dauphin school districts. Volunteers fit students with their respective sneakers ahead of the school year in August.

Click for more information, including volunteer opportunities.

Derry Church is back with another exciting summer reading program! Each event or challenge you complete earns you a chance at coming up with a title for one of Pastor Stephen’s upcoming sermons. There are 10 possible challenges in Derry’s Summer Reading Olympics. Click this link to access the information sheet with all the details and a place to keep track of your progress. 

Send your photos to Sue George and earn two raffle entries per photo!