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OUR MISSION – FAITHFUL IN THE WORD
+ To gather as God’s people and nurture one another + To know the Word of God + To grow in faith, love, and service
+ To go into the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ
ADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH
Interim Pastor:: Rev. Michael A. McKillip 2nd Street Pike & Worthington Mill Rd. P. O. Box 840, Richboro, PA 18954
215-355-2529 web: www.adventrichboro.org
e-mail: [email protected]
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12TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SEPTEMBER 1 Labor Day Commemoration
9:30 am Traditional Holy Communion 10:30 am Fellowship Time: Julie & Lynn Roccograndi 13TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SEPTEMBER 8 9:00 am Adult Bible Study 9:30 am Contemporary Holy Comm. Baptism of Autumn Grace Buttil 10:30 am Fellowship: Finance Comm. 10:45 am Church Council Meeting
14TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST SEPTEMBER 15
Welcome Sunday-Fall Schedule Begins 8:00 am Traditional Worship 9:00 am Adult Bible Study 9:30 am Traditional Holy Communion Sunday school ages 4 to gr. 8
15TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SEPTEMBER 22 8:00 am Traditional Worship 9:00 am Adult Bible Study 9:30 am Contemporary Holy Communion Sunday school - ages 4 to gr. 8 10:30 am Fellowship: Open 10:45 am Adult Bible Study 16TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SEPTEMBER 29 8:00 am Traditional Worship 9:00 am Adult Bible Study 9:30 am Traditional Holy Communion Sunday school - ages 4 to gr. 8 10:30 am Fellowship: Youth Group 10:45 am Adult Bible Study
10:30 am Fellowship: Open 10:45 am Adult Bible Study
THE ADVENTURE - SEPTEMBER, 2019
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PASTOR’S MESSAGE FOR THEE MONTH. . . Sisters and brothers in Christ, A brief update on the transition process… The Transitional Ministry Team has been working hard over the summer to complete the required paperwork so that Advent can enter into the call process for a new settled pastor. This paperwork, called the Ministry Site Profile, is a document which describes, in great detail, who you are, how you got to be what you are, and what the ministry gifts you seek in a new pastor are. Your participation in this process was invited through the Transitional Ministry Team pot-luck dinner held at the end of July and also through the four question sheets that were hung in the fellowship hall for your review/comment. Once the team has completed the document, the congregation council will have the opportunity to review, modify, and eventually approve it. After that happens, the document will be submitted to the Office of the Bishop for the Bishop’s review, possible modification, and eventual approval. It is very likely that all of this will take place before Thanksgiving and possibly by the end of October and that the search for your new pastor will begin in earnest before the end of the year. It’s important to understand that the time required to identify, interview, and evaluate candidates varies from one congregation to the next. The process may be rather quick and yet, it may take longer than you might want. Nevertheless, it’s important to do it the right way so that the candidate who is selected will have the gifts and skills needed to help Advent grow in your mission and ministry to the Richboro community. I invite you to continue to pray for the team and your congregation council as we work toward completing this task. May the peace of the Lord be with you always, Pastor Michael
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CONTACTING PASTOR McKILLIP If you need to speak with Pastor Michael when he is not in the office, particularly in the case of a pastoral emergency, please feel free to call his cell phone (215-603-7443). If he is not available to take your call, leave a message and he will contact you.
SOCIAL MINISTRY FOOD COLLECTIONS As Fall approaches in September we will resume our monthly food collections by highlighting a specific food each month that is most needed at the Warminster Food Cupboard. In September we are hoping to fill the shelves with Ready to Serve Soups! These hearty soups can be turned into a meal by serving them over rice or noodles!! Of course other non-perishable foods are always appreciated. Thanks always to your continued support for our neighbors in need.
STITCH CLUB RESUMES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 The stitch club will resume Saturday, September 7 at 10:00 am. Any interested in becoming a member, please come and enjoy.
ADULT BIBLE STUDY - START SEPTEMBER 8 Adult Bible Study will resume on Sunday, September 8th at 9:00 and 10:45 am.
HELP NEEDED TO ASSEMBLE FOOD TRAYS - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Food trays for Aid for Friends will be assembled on Monday, September 9 at 10:00 am. If you able please come and help.
PRAISE TEAM, VOCAL AND BELL CHOIRS PRACTICE STARTING SEPTEMBER 11 Attention members of the Praise Team, Vocal and Bell Choir and those who may be interested in joining. Practice will start on Wednesday September 11. The schedule is as follows: 6:30 PM Praise Team
7:00 PM Vocal Choir
7:45 PM Bell Choir
WELCOME SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 15 We will return to our fall schedule of a Traditional service at 8 a.m. The Traditional/Contemporary service with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.
SUNDAY SCHOOL- SEPTEMBER 15, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school begins for
students from age 4 through 8th grade. We’ll meet in the worship service on our first day. Our teachers will be introduced and they’ll lead their students to the classrooms. On each Sunday thereafter, children up to fourth grade will gather in the all-purpose room for a musical opening. Older students will begin their worship hour in the sanctuary and exit to their classrooms for the day’s lesson. It'll be fun to see everyone!
BLOOD DRIVE – SEPTEMBER 17 Save the date! Please plan to
donate when Advent hosts a community blood drive on Tuesday, September 17th from 2:30 to 7:30. Sign-up sheets are in the narthex, schedule on-line at rcblood.org/appt. or call Audrey Savchuck 215-913-1037.
LAY EUCHARISTIC MINISTER TRAINING On Sunday, September 22, immediately following the 2nd service, Pastor Michael will be holding a training class for those who wish to participate in bringing the Sacrament of Holy Communion to those who are sick or homebound or otherwise cannot join with us on Sunday morning. If you would like to learn how to participate in this important ministry, join us on the 22nd. If you would like to participate but cannot attend on the 22nd, please let Pastor Michael know.
ADVENT’S THIRD ANNUAL FLEA MARKET Everyone has items they are looking to pass along in order to “declutter” their living space…right? On Saturday, September 28, 2019, Advent Lutheran Church is holding its 3rd Annual Flea Market in the church parking lot from 9 a.m. until
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1 p.m., providing all participants an avenue by which to make “decluttering their living space” a reality! This is a rain or shine event (held inside the church in the event of rain) for church members, family friends, neighbors and members of the community to sell and buy items or just to browse. Food and beverages will be available for purchase during the flea market. Flea Market Registration forms with detailed information are available on the round table in the Advent Lutheran Church narthex, attached to this Newsletter contact Kathy Sitler (Flea Market Coordinator) at [email protected] to request a registration form be e-mailed to you. A registration fee of $20.00 will be collected per space from each registrant upon registration. Registrations will be accepted up until the deadline of Sunday, September 22, 2019 or until table spaces are no longer available. We look forward to seeing you at the Flea Market and helping you “declutter” your living space. Please contact Kathy Sitler with any questions you may have regarding the Flea Market. Thank you for your interest in this church-sponsored event.
THANKS TO ALL Thanks to the generous donations of the congregation of breakfast foods throughout the summer. Thanks to the children who attended Advent’s Vacation Bible School and assembled over 100 Breakfast bags shown above.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Advent’s Vacation Bible School program presented our undersea theme, “Dive Into God’s Word” the week of August 5 – 9. They had a very busy schedule of fun activities, including Bible lessons, lively songs, prayer, crafts, cartoons and a service project; all enjoyed with friends! On our final day, families were invited to a program to see what our students had learned.
We were blessed to have an enrollment of 36 enthusiastic students, from both Advent and our community. Special thanks to our many
volunteers, from teens through adults, who brought their talent for sharing God’s word:
Pastor Michael, Nancy & Rich Hill, Laura Sanderlin, Karen Matlack, Jeanne Gryszka, Tori Gardener, Rhona, Andrew & Chase Slawter, Joey Vanderstine, Tanja, Téa & Max Santiago, Judy Buttil, Nancy Sclight Sclight, Fran Zanis, Dave Shearer, Mike & Katie Dettra, Geoff Duffy, Lynn Roccograndi,
We thank our congregation for your support and prayers for our Vacation Bible School !
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YOUTH GROUP’S LEMONADE STAND 2019
The Youth Group of Advent thanks those who helped their lemonade sale on Sunday, a success. The Youth is having a Lemonade Stand at the upcoming Flea Market on the 28 of September at Advent. AUTHOR LIBBY McDONALD SCHAEFER
On Sunday, August 25th, Author Libby McDonald Schaefer spoke to a gathering of family, friends, and church members about her latest book “Our Brothers’ Keepers” with first hand accounts of 9/11 survivors. Her narrative was well received. We thank Libby for a donation to our church for every book sold. We also received a generous free will offering from those who attended.
STITCH CLUB ITEMS AVAILABLE If you would need anything throughout the year from the Stitch Club for babies or the elderly i.e. blankets, etc., please contact Hanna McCollum at 215-962-9032 or Jeff Jobes at 215-355-4149. They can have them available on Saturdays or Sundays.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT John and Joanne Kelly have a new granddaughter, Madeline Frances Kelly, born on August 21, 2019 to their son and daughter-in-law, Matthew and Natalie (Kohl) Kelly. Madeline Frances was 7 lbs 15 oz. and 20 1/2 inches when she was born. God's blessings on Madeline Frances, her big sister Claire Elizabeth and their parents
CONGRATULATIONS ON BAPTISMS Congratulations to the Stiles Family on the Baptism of Gideon Ulysses Stiles, child of Todd Stiles and Madeline Pearson, on June 30. Gideon was born on March 13, 2019. His sponsors are Sara Pearson, Bernadette Pearson and Jessica Nester.
Congratulations to the Marino Family on the Baptism of Lyla Jae Marino, child of Jeffrey and Kali Marino on July 7. Lyla was born on January 22, 2019. Her sponsors are Lynn Saia and Megan McDonough.
WITH SYMPATHY Advent expresses its sympathy to John & Joanne Kelly and family on the death of Joanne’s mother Elaine Frances Lennon. Emily was a member of the Advent women’s bowling league for over 10 years beginning in the late 90’s.
Elaine passed away on Monday, July 29 at her residence at Gloria Dei Plaza in Newtown following a brief illness. A memorial service will be held on Monday, September 9, 2019 at Emmaus Road Lutheran Church in Levittown, PA.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to Joanne, John and family at 94 Longview Drive, Holland, PA 18966-1637.
May God’s comfort and peace with the Kelly and Lennon families in their time of loss.
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FELLOWSHIP TIME We need committees or individuals to sign up to provide refreshments after the 9:30 am service. The sign-up sheet thru September is on the fellowship table. Advent supplies hot beverages (i.e. coffee & tea) and all paper products.
PRAYER CHAIN AT ADVENT Advent is starting a prayer chain for anyone who would be in need of prayer. The success of the Grand Prayer Experiment let us know we have many needs for prayer. If you would like to either join as a prayer partner, or if you have a name to be prayed for, please see the list below.
Four Ways to Access the Prayer Chain: 1. Give your prayer request in person to either Bob or Karen Matlack 2. Email your prayer request ([email protected]) 3. Text only your prayer request (Karen 215-932-1283; Bob 267-357-9368) 4. Call Fran Zanis at the office 215-355-2529.
NURSERY ROOM AVAILABLE Children are always welcome to participate in worship. However, should your child need a break, there is a nursery available next to the sanctuary. There, you can hear the service while your child has some quiet time apart. Should you need a break from your child, there is a child care coordinator.
AID FOR FRIENDS MEALS Advent thanks Hanna McCollum and those who joined her and helped assemble 80+meals that will be taken to Aid for Friends.
LET’S FILL FOOD TRAYS FOR AID FOR FRIENDS Aid for Friends, our nearby meal delivery program will need additional meal donations during the summer months. Please pick up a few of their aluminum trays, available in the narthex, and fill the three sections with those extra servings you might have left-over from a recent meal. Entree, vegetables and fruit/applesauce will bring joy to someone you’ve never met. Here’s how it should be assembled, labeled and frozen at home - before you bring it to our church freezer: https://www.aidforfriends.org/photoalbums/how-to-make-meals-for-aff. For further information, please check with Hanna McCollum, our Aid for Friends coordinator at Advent. Thank you for sharing your food - Cooked with kindness!
FLOWER CHART & MISSION SUPPORT FOR 2019 The sign-up sheets for Altar Flower and Mission Support dedications for 2019 are in the narthex. The cost to dedicate one bouquet is $25.00. One week of Mission support is $25. 00. There are many openings available on the Mission Support chart.
HOUSEKEEPING POSITION AT TWINING VILLAGE Twining Village Lutheran Home is in need of anyone interested in housekeeping work. Full & Part time available Please contact Phoebe at 215-396-7208
ADULT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT CHURCHVILLE NATURE CENTER If you like meeting people, then why not join our group of Visitor Aides. Volunteers are needed to fill openings as Visitor Aide on Sunday afternoon shift, 1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. twice a month. Visitor Aides help to answer phones, assist visitors with information, register people for programs and trips coming up and help customers with shop purchases. Computer skills are helpful. For more information on this position and other volunteer opportunities offered at the center call Diane V. Sears at 215-357-4005 ext. 5038 or check our website: www.churchvillenaturecenter.org
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HAVE YOU REMEMBERED ADVENT IN YOUR WILL? Those who have faithfully supported Advent through their regular offerings can also support the church by including it in your will. Gifts can be designated for the endowment fund, mortgage reduction or to support the regular expenses of the church. Remembering your church in your will can help Advent through the difficult economic times. Please speak with a member of the finance or endowment committee for more information.
THREE SPECIAL WAYS TO GIVE Did you know that there are three ways to give an offering to Advent Lutheran Church? 1. Offering envelope. (If you are going away on vacation you can mail your offering to the church office. 2. Simply Giving. This is an automatic deposit from a checking account into Advent Lutheran Church account that occurs every month. If you are interested in setting this up or for more information please contact me at 215-968-2675 3. Online giving. This option is with a credit card. Log on to our website www.adventrichboro.org. click “Give Now” button. Respectfully, Kathryn Urbaniak, Fin. Sec.
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FINANCIAL UPDATE
2018 2019 January $27,024.15 January $16,402.14 February $17,790.84 February $36,565.98 March $17,964.93 March $16,826.93 April $23,253.42 April $19,926.93 May $16,614.93 May $29,790.34* June $17,244.04 June $18,227.93 July $23,385.93 July $16,007.93 August $19,581.09 August September $17,959.43 September October $16,853.43 October November $13,969.93 November December $36,851.93 December
INCOME FOR JULY 2019
Benevolence (LWR, Mission Support, etc.) $ 460 General Fund $11,102 Mortgage Fund $ 3,327
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ADVENT’S BIRTHDAY CORNER SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
2 Jake Eagles 3 Cindy Frey 5 Paul Shearer Lily Vassello 11 Mark Frey 13 Courtney Kirschner Louis Manco
14 Cheryl Hollingsworth 15 Nicholas Masciotro 16 Sandra Davis Frey Lauren (Hollingsworth) Nickey Steven Urbaniak 17 John Kelly 19 Jeanne Gryszka 20 Rick DeJames
Luke Urbaniak 22 Teena Hanlon 25 Rose Herbert 26 Christopher Frey 27 Pauline Roecker Kelly Sitler 28 Cathy Wills 30 Peggy Spahn
Please contact the church office if you or someone you know has been omitted from the list. Thank you.
THE ARMED FORCES
Please keep in your prayers all our service men and women and especially those related to our congregation: US Air Force Lt. Col. Andrew Frey is the Senior Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, stationed at the Pentagon. US Air Force Major Fred Gouse is a pilot and instructor stationed at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. US Army Colonel (Ret.) Jeff Williams is serving in Dubai, UAE as a military advisor. Please see our Armed Forces Display in the corridor leading to the ramp down to the fellowship hall. If there are any errors or omissions, please notify the church office. Thank you.
NUEVA CREACION LUTHERAN CHURCH
Please keep Pastor Lyzette Rios Sanchez and our mission congregation Nueva Creación Lutheran Church in your prayers. Your mission support gifts help them to minister in a very impoverished area of Philadelphia.
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SERVING OUR LORD IN WORSHIP
SEPTEMBER SCHEDULES
ACOLYTES
9/01 9:30 am Erik Urbaniak 9/08 9:30 am Courtney Korn 9/15 9:30 am Unassigned 9/22 9:30 am Open 9/29 9:30 am Open
LAY READERS 9/01 9:30 am Jennifer McQuiggan 9/08 9:30 am Ken Meyers 9/15 8:00 am Dave Shearer 9:30 am Kathy Sitler 9/22 8:00 am Open 9:30 am Mike Vassello 9/29 8:00 a Open 9:30 am Benicia Meyers
WORSHIP ASSISTANTS 9/01 9:30 am Gail Oines 9/08 9:30 am Tony Gryszka 9/15 9:30 am Jenifer McQuiggan 9/22 9:30 am Karen Matlack 9/29 9:30 am Tony Gryszka
FELLOWSHIP TIME 9/01 Lynn & Julie Roccograndi 9/08 Finance Committee 9/15 Open 9/22 Open 9/29 Youth Group
ALTAR FLOWER DISTRIBUTION
9/01 Nancy Sclight 9/11 Kathryn Urbaniak 9/15 KathySitler 9/22 Rhona Slawter 9/29 Audrey Savchuck
USHERS
1st 9:30 am Ray Heiss, Bob Matlack 2nd 9:30 am Tom Herbert, Bob Holford 3rd 8:00 am Jeff Jobes, Dave Shearer 9:30 am George Henry, Mike Sitler 4th 8:00 am Jeff Jobes, Dave Shearer 9:30 am Tony Gryszka, Mike Vassello 5th 8:00 am Jeff Jobes, Dave Shearer Ray Heiss, Bob Matlack
ALTAR GUILD 1st 9:30 am Kathy Sitler 2nd 9:30 am Gail Oines 3rd 9:30 am Jennifer Gardener-Schoch 4th 9:30 am Donna Duffy 5th 9:30 am George Henry
MONEY COUNTERS 1st Janice Hoffmann, Tony Gryszka 2nd Cindy Frey, Bob Holford 3rd Ray & Joyce Heiss 4th Tony Gryszka, Janice Hoffmann
5th Gail Oines
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
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SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST
Labor Day Commemoration.
9:30 AM Traditional Holy Communion
10:30 AM Fellowship Time- Julie & Lynn
Roccograndi
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7:30 PM
A.A. Open Meeting
LABOR DAY
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7:30 PM A.A. Topic
Group
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7:30 PM A.A. Step
Mtg.
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10:00 AM
Stitch Club
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13H SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST
9:00 AM Adult Bible Study
9:30 AM Contemporary Holy Communion
Baptism of Autumn Grayce Buttil
10:30 AM Fellowship: Finance Committee
10:45 AM Church Council Meeting
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10:00 AM
Aid for Friends
Assembling Food Trays
7:30 PM A.A. Open
Meeting
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7:00 PM Finance Committee
Meeting
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Practice
6:30 PM Praise
Team
7:00 PM Vocal
Choir
7:45 PM Bell
Choir
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7:30 PM A.A. Topic
Group
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.7:30 PM A.A. Step
Mtg.
14 10:00 AM
Stitch Club
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14th
SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:00 AM Adult Bible Study
9:30 AM Traditional Holy Communion
Sunday School ages 4 to gr. 8
10:30 AM Fellowship: Open
10:45 AM Adult Bible Study
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7:30 PM A.A. Open
Meeting
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Practice
6:30 PM Praise
Team
7:00 PM Vocal
Choir
7:45 PM Bell
Choir
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7:30 PM A.A. Topic
Group
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7:30 PM A.A. Step
Mtg.
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10:00 AM
Stitch Club
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15th
SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:00 AM Adult Bible Study
9:30 AM Contemporary Holy Communion.
Sunday School ages 4 to gr. 8
10:30 AM Fellowship: Open
10:45 AM Lay Eucharistic Minister Training
Adult Bible Study
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7:30 PM A.A. Open
Meeting
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25
Practice
6:30 PM Praise
Team
7:00 PM Vocal
Choir
7:45 PM Bell
Choir
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7:30 PM A.A. Topic
Group
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7:30 PM A.A. Step
Mtg.
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THIRD ANNUAL
FLEA
MARKET
9:AM TO 1 PM
Rain or Shine
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16th
SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:00 AM Adult Bible Study
9:30 AM Traditional Holy Communion
Sunday School ages 4 to gr. 8
10:30 AM Fellowship: Open
10:45 AM Adult Bible Study
30 7:30 PM A.A. Open
Meeting
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ADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH
3rd
ANNUAL FLEA MARKET REGISTRATION FORM AND INFORMATION
September 28, 2019 (9:00 am - 1:00 pm) Rain or Shine Set-Up Time (8:00 am – 9:00 am)
We welcome your participation in our church sponsored Flea Market open to the Community, to be held in the parking lot of Advent Lutheran Church, located on the corner of 2nd St. Pike & Worthington Mill Rd. in Richboro, PA 18954. In the event of rain, the Flea Market will be held inside the church in various corridors and the social hall. Please read the guidelines below, complete the registration form at the bottom of this page, detach it and return it as soon as possible, no later than the registration deadline of September 22, 2019 or until table spaces are no longer available. A registration fee of $20.00 per space (in the form of a check made payable to Advent Lutheran Church with “Flea Market” notated in the memo section of check) must accompany your completed registration form. Please retain the top section of this form with the Flea Market Guidelines and other registration information for your future reference. Completed registration forms and accompanying $20.00 registration fee should either be: Mailed to: Or placed in a: Sealed envelope marked
Kathy Sitler “Flea Market” and put in the 161 Sunset Drive Flea Market Registration Collection Box
Richboro. PA 18954 located on the round table in Advent’s Narthex on Sunday mornings before/after worship service at 9:30 a.m. FLEA MARKET GUIDELINES: 1. Each participant must provide their own table, blanket/sheet to display their “for sale” wares in their
space.
2. Sale items must be pre-priced by each participant and brought to church the day of the Flea Market only no earlier than 8:00 a.m. (do not bring sale items to the church prior to the day of the sale).
3. At the conclusion of the Flea Market, participants will be responsible for taking all of their unsold items home with them (no items may be left behind at Advent Lutheran Church).
4. Advent Lutheran Church Informational Flyers will be available at participant tables for distribution to any interested Flea Market attendees.
* Food and beverages will be available for sale during the Flea Market.
Complete registration below, detach it at dotted line, and return form with your $20.00
registration fee (checks only made payable to Advent Lutheran Church) by Sunday,
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3rd ANNUAL ALC FLEA MARKET REGISTRATION FORM
_______ I will participate in the 3rd Annual Advent Lutheran Church Flea Market on September 28, 2019. Iunderstand and will abide by the Flea Market guidelines stated above. _______ I have enclosed a $20.00 fee with my registration (a check made payable to Advent Lutheran Church with “Flea Market” notated in the memo section of the check). NAME:___________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE: ___________________ E-MAIL: _____________________________ Contact Kathy Sitler (Flea Market Coordinator) with any Flea Market questions you may have at [email protected] or speak with her after church on Sunday. file:/ALCFleaMarketRegForm2019-7-30
