• Haiti Disaster Relief
  Funds will be channeled through UMCOR to help those in need in Haiti. Use a pew envelope if you are going to donate, mark Haiti in memo.

• Winter Outer Wear Collection at Mission Central for low income rural families in Southern PA. New and gently used gloves, hats, scarves, boots & coats will be accepted. Call Mission Central, 766-1533, for more information.

• Mission Central STILL Needs – Old Cell Phones to recycle to offset operating expenses; “Warm Heart & Hands Kit”: fleece blankets, hats, gloves, scarves, toothpaste/brushes, combs for helping others; “Baby Blessing Kit”: baby blankets/ sweaters, onesies, bottles, pacifiers, small toys for babies in need – bring items to Narthex/Social Hall.

• Computers Needed at Mission Central –  Have a PC or related equipment to donate to churches, oversees mission and ministries? Contact computerministry@comcast.net , 717-766-6373 – open Mon, Wed, Fri 8:30 am-4 pm, located at Mission Central Bldg, 5 Pleasant View Drive, Mechanicsburg – donation acknowledgement available for tax purposes.

• NIV or KING JAMES BIBLES Needed for a prison ministry – Contact Mission Central. 5 Pleasant View Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, 717-766-1533 if you have Bibles to donate.

• Derry Twp. Food Bank - Items needed include: cranberry sauce, canned sweet potatoes, canned fruit, green, beans, cake mix, pudding. The food bank is compiling a new list of volunteers, if interested, please call Rebecca Boehmer, 533-9436.

• Inkjet Cartridge Recycling Program will provide funds to the handbell fund to purchase new equipment. There is a collection box in the narthex. Most major brand cartridges are accepted.

• Old Cell Phones and Accessories for domestic violence victims.

• Used eye glasses – for Lion’s Club Recycle for Sight

• General Mills Education Box Tops – for Red Bird Mission in Appalachia

• Used postage stamps – for UM Marion Mission Storehouse, to pay shipment cost of supplies to Africa

• Campbell’s labels – for Neighborhood Center, Harrisburg

• Karns Market receipts – for Steele Elementary School, inner city Harrisburg

• Soda can tabs – for Ronald Mc Donald House, Hershey

• Turkey Hill “Moo Money” milk carton tops – for FUMC organ fund

Below is a chronological listing of upcoming church events. Also check out our Calendar section for more activities and the Nursery schedule.

March 11 - “Demystifying Autism: An Inside-Out Perspective” with William Stillman -9– 4 p.m. - (registration at 8:30 a.m.) at First United Methodist Church of Hershey, 64 West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA. Join speaker William Stillman for an insightful, inspiring “inside-out” workshop. As a person with Asperger’s Syndrome, Bill provides a non-clinical, humanistic overview of the autism spectrum from the perspective of those who experience it: What is autism? What is it like to have autism? What is considered best practice in supporting others’ communication, sensory sensitivities, mental health and movement differences? He shares the many differences among people labeled with autism, including perspectives from his friends on the spectrum as well as his own experiences. More importantly perhaps, Bill shows us how we are all more alike than different, and participants will leave the day having experienced their own “autisms.” Download the registration form here.