At our Congregational Meeting on Sunday we decided to make the Week of Compassion offering for Haitian relief our outreach focus for the rest of January and all of February. Please mark your checks and/or envelopes for Week of Compassion.

Until the end of January we are asking that you bring canned or other non-perishable food to church and leave it in the sled in the Narthex . (Said sled on temporary loan - incumbent on the weather  - from Sara and Luke Malott).

The Williamsport Food Bank is always in need of food. 

Yes, the Harvest Hoedown did collect a whole lot of food and money.  However, people’s needs continue in the presence of job loss, homelessness, illness.  As people’s needs continue, the need to replenish the Food Bank continues. 

People eat at all times of the year and a good supply of food will help the Food Bank meet those needs year round.

To that end we will continue to collect food throughout the year. (just not in Luke and Sara’s sled).  We will place another container in a convenient spot and ask you to remember the least of these - our brothers and sisters.

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  Please Join

First Christian Church, Hagerstown

For their annual

Pancake Breakfast

to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Washington County

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

7:00 – 11:00 a.m.

$5.00 in advance, $5.50 at the door

Children 6 and under FREE

Enjoy pancakes, sausage, coffee milk, and O.J.

Tickets can be purchased in advance through Habitat for Humanity by calling

301-791-9009 or emailing hfhwc@verizon.net

Tickets can also be purchased directly from First Christian Church.

First Christian Church is located at 1345 Potomac Street in Hagerstown