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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Lappans, debuts ‘St. Mark’s Blessings Food & Clothes Closet’ on Friday, April 22. Hours of operation will be Fridays and Saturdays, 1-4 PM inside our Parish Hall.  Items will be available by donations.  As clientele increases, hours will be on a daily basis.

St. Mark’s also offers Blessings Boxes, installed several years ago to include canned, boxed, and dry goods, as well as cleaning and toiletry supplies which are supplied by the parish.  They originally closed over the winter months due to freezing weather but now remain open 24/7/365.  They are found on the front porch of our Parish Hall.  No vouchers are needed for proof of need.

St. Mark’s is located on the right at 18313 Lappans Road (considered Boonsboro), just a quarter mile east off of Sharpsburg Pike

Creekside Manor (formerly Diakon at Robinwood) is seeking clergy to offer services for retirement residents on Sunday afternoons on a rotating basis.  Service is typically about 30 minutes. Residents are lonely and desiring clergy presence, so even a once per week service is greatly appreciated.  More clergy spreads out the commitment to once/month or less. Other ideas/clergy visits are welcome. If interested, contact Connie Weaver, Activities Director at 240-420-4107.

Shepherd’s Spring Camp & Retreat Center is hiring a weekend Retreat Host for the summer months (June 3-August 7, 2022). The main responsibility is to maintain a staff presence on the site when rental groups are on site (total of 8 weekends and 2 full weeks this summer). Enjoy your own private room, delicious meals, and a beautiful, relaxed environment. Compensation is $100/night with free room and board while groups are on site. Please contact Clara Garrett, Retreat Manager for more information or to apply. Email: clara@shepherdsspring.org or call: 301-223-8193 x10

Download a PDF of the job description here

http://www.shepherdsspring.org

 

Sunday, March 6 the faith community and the community at large came together for a public event to pray for peace and safety in Ukraine and stand in solidarity with her people. This one hour program included words of support from faith leaders of different faiths and backgrounds, prayers, song, silence, personal stories, and call to action.

Thank you to our speakers, especially Rev. Volodymyr Grinchenko, who spoke from the heart about his family, who are still living in Ukraine, and the deep impact the invasion is having on his home country. If you watch nothing else of this video, please take time to listen to his words.

Speakers included:
Rev. Elizabeth Jackson, HARC President, Pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church
Rabbi Mark Perman, Congregation B’Nai Abraham
Father Dennis Buck, St. Catherine Eastern Orthodox Church
Paula Myers, Baha’i
Rhoda Keener, Hebron Mennonite Church
Rev. Les McIntosh, Impact Ministries
Rev. Ed Poling, Church of the Brethren
Rev. Volodymyr Grinchenko, Clinical Chaplain for Hospice of Washington County
Rev. Valerie Wills, Unitarian Universalist, Interfaith Coordinator

Regrets came from Imam Momin Shahzad, who planned to be there but was unable to make it.

The vigil was organized by the Hagerstown Area Religious Council (HARC) and Congregation B’Nai Abraham.

Watch a video of the vigil

Read the Herald-Mail article

Ways to donate to the cause (document attached)

The Maryland Department of Health is seeking host sites for vaccine clinics in both the 21740 and 21742 zip codes, which have a large number of unvaccinated residents.  They are scheduling first doses as soon as possible and twenty days thereafter for the second dose, at no cost.  If interested in hosting a clinic, please fill out the online mobile request form then contact Katina Rojas Nazario-Joy as soon as you have submitted the request at 410-598-0985 or Katina.nazario-joy@maryland.gov.

Hebron Mennonite Church located in Hagerstown is seeking an interim pastor for approximately 1 year. Position is 60-75% FTE and includes preaching, pastoral care, and assisting the congregation in processing next steps.  Contact the church office at admin@hebronhag.net or call Bob Keener at 717-658-8765.