News - EMMANUEL UCC, York, Pennsylvania

A SOJOURNER'S HOME: Learning and Living the Journey of Faith

MANY PATHS:

An interfaith learning experience

Place: Yorktown Community Center

1059 Kelly Drive, York , PA

Yorktown Community Center is located 1/2 mile south of Rt. 30, just off Roosevelt Avenue (at the intersection of Kelly Drive and Community Place).

Sponsored by: Emmanuel United Church of Christ

EmmanuelYork.org Phone 717-801-1084

Emmanuel United Church of Christ has planned a monthly educational series for any interested persons to attend, exploring the world’s major religions. The first session of the series will take place on Sunday, November 22nd, beginning at 10:45 AM, following worship at Emmanuel (which meets at the Yorktown Community Center). You are welcome to come to worship at 9:30 AM and stay for the discussion, or just come for fellowship time between 10:30 and 10:45 and the program to follow.

This first session: The Purposes and Benefits of Interfaith Dialogue, will be presented by Carol Walker, organizer of the new Interfaith Dialogue Forum in York. The presentation will include a time for questions and answers and discussion.

Sessions will resume in January in once-monthly sessions, all on Sunday afternoons from 2:00 to 3:30 at the Community Center. Each month, a presenter will share insights on one of the faiths – Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity. A schedule of dates will be made available at the first session, or visit EmmanuelYork.org.

Schedule:

(All sessions are held at the Yorktown Community Center.)

November 22, 10:45 AM – Introductory session on the purpose and benefits of interfaith dialogue, with Carol Walker of York Interfaith Dialogue Forum

January 24, 2:00 PM – Hinduism, with Hiten Amin

February (date to come), 2:00 PM – Judaism, with William Walter

March 7, 2:00 PM – Islam, with Mahmooda Bhatti

April 18, 2:00 PM – Buddhism, with James Bowman

May 2, 2:00 PM – Christianity, with Dr. Lee Barrett

"Learning and Living the Journey of Faith"
It's more than a slogan...it's a commitment
EMMANUEL'S KENYA FUND: Education is an essential part of development and insight. In many countries, it is also a matter of social justice. Emmanuel's Kenya Fund provides secondary education to the girls of Mercy Home Orphanage in Maseno, Kenya.
In Kenya, funded public education ends after 8th grade. We are raising the money needed to send the orphans of Mercy Home to secondary school.
In 2008, we have raised nearly $5,000 which will send about 20 girls to secondary school.
We are now raising funds for the 2009 school year with the hope of continuing to provide $5,000 to Mercy Home for secondary school fees.

2009 KENYA SCHOOL YEAR UPDATE

The young ladies at Mercy Homes Orphange are in school and making great strides toward completing their first half of 2009 secondary education. One young lady finished her secondary schooling in December 2008 and passed the test to receive her secondary diploma. Now, with great joy, she is enrolled in a 2-year Business Management program at MMUST in Kakamega. It is wonderful to see these young ladies taking full advantage of opportunies that have been made available to them and to begin to dream of a future for themselves.

The York Association

of the Penn Central Conference United Church of Christ and the members of Emmanuel United Church of Christ

invite your participation in

the Service of Installation of Pastor-elect

The Rev. Kay S. Rader

Sunday, December 6, 2009, 2:30 PM

at the congregation’s meeting place,

the Yorktown Community Center,

1059 Kelly Drive, York, PA.

Yorktown Community Center is located 1/2 mile south of Rt. 30, just off Roosevelt Avenue(at the intersection of Kelly Driveand Community Place). Parking is available along the street.

The Rev. Katherine Gould Epperly

of Disciples United Community Church, Lancaster,

will offer the message.

Clergy will not robe or process, but are invited to wear red or multicolor stoles with their street clothes. Everyone is invited to wear festive colors!

Please plan to stay for a reception following the service.

For more information: ksrader@verizon.net 717-898-7099

or visit EmmanuelYork.org

Peace