Tree of Life Lutheran Church 1492 Linglestown Rd. Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 238-8733
Office: M-Th, 8:30am-1:00pm
Worship: Saturday, 5:00pm
Sunday, 8:30 and 11:00am
Pastors Richard Geib and Catharine Senft Geib
Donations for Guatemala
You have all done such a great job donating to the Guatemala Mission Trips that we now have fewer, but more specific needs.
The following items are the ONLY things that we are currently collecting for future trips:
Underwear and/or socks
Sneakers or school/dress shoes (no heels, new or gently used)
Jeans
Fleece material (at least 1 yard)
Toothbrushes and/or toothpaste
Over the counter medicines and creams
Trial sized toiletries
Little soaps and/or washcloths
Twin sheets
Matchbox cars
Jumpropes and frisbees
Soccer balls, needles and pumps
Small Beanie Babies
Crayons, markers, pencils, sidewalk chalk
Spiral bound notebooks (8½ x 11) and 3 hole paper, wide or college rule
Sewing notions: measuring tapes, needles (hand and machine), elastic, pins and pin cushions, scissors, thread, trims, zippers, bobbins, and thimbles.
Again, thank you all for your generous and continued support of the people of Guatemala. For further information regarding donations, please contact Chris Whiting or Jenn Crist.
General Announcements
Make a school kit for Lutheran World relief! You can start gathering school supplies for our Lutheran World Relief Ingathering coming up on October 2 and 3 by taking advantage of some door-busting prices on school supplies.
Weis & Giant shoppers... help our youth by using Weis & Giant gift cards for your grocery shopping. They will be available after the 8:30 and 11 am services in the narthex. Call Phyllis Weible at 564-2246 for gift cards.
Sign up for Altar flowers! Checks for flowers are to be made payable to Tree of Life Lutheran Church, marked "Flowers" in the memo portion of the check and placed in the offering plate.
Quilters needed! Cindy Dreibelbis and Barbara Biddle are co-chairing making 70 easy quilts for November Guatemala trip. Contact either of them to volunteer to make a top or help tie these.
We need large coffee cans for altar flower delivery. They can be metal or plastic, but please, no small cans as the current design of flowers won’t fit. Drop them off in the narthex or sacristy.
ALIVE! ALIVE! the synod's middle school youth retreat, will be held September 17-19 at Camp Nawakwa. We'd like to get an early start registering youth to attend as this retreat typically fills up fast.
We are in need of crew members for a big work project during our first week in Guatemala, October 30th to November 7th. Can you help? Please contact Jennifer Crist for more information at
or 717-364-4090.
