Last week, the United Church of Christ One Great Hour of Sharing and The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Week of Compassion sent out a  joint appeal  to provide relief and recovery for victims of Hurricane Matthew - Please see attached for bulletin insert .

     As you know, gifts can be recorded as an OGHS special offering or as a directed gift, but not as both.   All gifts received by way of the OGHS special offering designated for Hurricane Matthew should be remitted to the National Offices or the Penn Northeast Conference Office as directed gifts.   Also, please let us know if the response is for domestic or international relief.  If no designation is made, the gift will be split between both funds.

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             Phoebe - Berks               

Assistant Chaplain

Part Time

Phoebe Berks, a premier Continuing Care Community providing skilled nursing, personal care and independent living for older adults is seeking a part time, 24 hrs. per week, Assistant Chaplain to support the spiritual needs of our residents, family members and staff at our Wernersville campus. Responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to conducting a variety of religious activities, volunteer development and community networking.  This candidate will provide support for CPE intern chaplains and field education students as well as resident care and counseling as part of the healing team. Pr eferred candidate will enjoy serving a diverse population with varied spiritual backgrounds and beliefs.  Candidate will possess Master of Divinity or related degree, two units of CPE and ordination in United Church of Christ or partner denomination. Preferred eligible for certification by Association of Professional Chaplains or moving toward this goal. Please apply on-line at phoebe.org/careers or forward resume to:

Rhonda Wade, Human Resources

Phoebe Berks, 1 Reading Drive

Wernersville, PA 19565

Fax - 610.927.8400;    rwade@phoebe.org

EOE

     Members from the following churches volunteered that day: First UCC, Milford, NJ; Grace UCC and St. Paul's UCC, Northampton; Lower Saucon UCC, Hellertown; St. John's UCC, Allentown; St. John's UCC, Emmaus; St. John's UCC, Fullerton; St. John's UCC, Palmerton; St. Paul's UCC, Indianland; and Union UCC, Neffs.

     With donations from the above churches and from the Church of the Manger in Bethlehem, we were able to supply CWS with: 62 clean-up buckets, 221 school kits, and 293 hygiene kits.

     Half of the group of volunteers worked at the Material Resources warehouse where items in hygiene kits and school kits were counted, repackaged, and boxed for shipment. The other 23 volunteers worked at the SERRV Center where over 1000 items from Indonesia were sorted, wrapped, priced, and boxed, preparing those items for marketing and sale. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch provided by CWS, visited the SERRV gift shop, stopped at the Cracker Barrel in Mechanicsburg for supper, and arrived back at St. Paul's at 9:30 p.m.

     Special thanks to the Women of St. Paul's who made 85 personal hygiene kits for this mission trip and who sewed the bags for the 60 school kits that were donated by St. Paul's Youth Ministry. Thank you to those who donated material or money to purchase material for us to sew the bags. Making the bags was truly a labor of love! Thank you to the VBS families who donated school supplies that were used to help fill the school kits. We would like to thank the person, who filled 12 Disaster Clean-up buckets and shopped for the "best deals" on items that were needed. We would also like to thank a member for her kind donations for the Disaster Buckets. St. Paul's Youth filled 8 Disaster buckets and 3 hygiene kits; that makes a grand total of 20 Disaster buckets, 88 hygiene kits, and 60 school kits from St. Paul's. Thank you to the team that helped fill and pack the kits and buckets just days before the trip. PNEC Disaster Ministries appreciates your time and dedication to this project and mission trip!

     CWS was founded in 1946. It is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations and communions in the United States. It provides sustainable self-help development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance around the world. When disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods strike, CWS works with partners on the scene to provide shelter, food, water, blankets, recovery kits, and counseling. For over 67 years SERRV has worked to eradicate poverty through their direct connections with low-income artisans and farmers. SERRV markets their crafts and food, finds joint solutions to their challenges, and helps them grow and embrace the future.