WAYS TO GIVE TO HICKORY STREET WITHOUT GIVING

* Buy products at Shur Save stores (Gerrity's, Riccardo's Rossi's, Brunetti's, and Quinn's) with a Gold Card registered in your name but assigned to our church's ID #41500407401.  Karl and Lois Fritz have run this program for Hickory Street, but with the demise of the Seibert Schneider Class, we will now continue the program out of the church's office.  If interested in signing up, please call Barb Perechinsky at 343-4235.  Over the last seven years, this program has given our youth program $2,568.45, and we are grateful to Karl and Lois for their efforts.

* Buy food from Maine Source on Davis Street.  For this program you don't sign up.  Just take a plastic card which can be found in the back of the sanctuary or on the phone table out side the Business Manager's office and show that card every time you make a purchase.  Each quarter Maine Source will send us a check.

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2010

JULY 19 to JULY 23

9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

FOR CHILDREN 4 to 14

FAITHFUL FRIENDS TRIP ON AUGUST 14

Our newest group has scheduled a bus trip to Ellis Island and south Street Seaport on August 14.  Cost is $58/person.  Ten people have already signed up.  You don't have to be a member of Faithful Friends or even a member of our church to go.  if interested, call Debbie Cron at 346-4724 to reserve a spot.

FAITHFUL FRIENDS CALENDAR

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Faithful friends is working on a calendar for 2011 which will display photos, taken by Thea Peterson of our church.  Faithful Friends will be accepting names of individuals (birthdays) and couples (anniversaries) at a cost of $1.00 per entry.  The birthdays and anniversaries will be printed on the dates of the calendar, giving you advanced notice to send a card or give someone a congratulatory call.  The group will be accepting names until August 6.  Submit your names and money to Thea (344-9288) or Kathy Beck (969-2472).  Production and printing of the calendar will begin in October, but the group will start taking orders for the calendar in august.  Checks should be made out to Faithful Friends.

2010

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GRADUATES

* Elliot Zackoski from West Scranton High School who will attend Bloomsburg University to study in secondary education.

* Katie Scott from Scranton High School who will attend Emerson College to study speech pathology.

* Kaitlyn Pappas from Washingtonville Central high School in Washingtonville, New York who will attend Widener University to study psychology.

* Gayle Scott from Villanova University with a degree in Business Administration and marketing; plans to work for Nordstrum Industries over the summer.

* Jesse Robertson from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology; plans to return to PSU in the fall as a research assistant.

*Blaise Schultheis from the University of Scranton with a degree in finance; plans to study for a master's of
business Administration at the University.

* Levi Collins  from the University of Georgia with a master's degree in history.

* Janin Spangler from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing.

* Emily Miller from Bloomsburg University with a Bachelor of Science in Special Education and Elementary Education.

10 CONFIRMATION KIDS

On The Day of Pentecost, May 23, the following 13 year olds, plus one 15 year old, were confirmed, one by baptism:

Gretchen Michele Mattern

Kory Robert Klatt

Thomas Paul Orzello

Kaylee Marie Griffith

Rebecca Marie Pierson

Cole Oleg Perechinsky

Kari Rae Condel

Jahzeiah Scarlet Smith

Cameron Jacob Carpenter

Eric Ryan Dito

THREE FELLOWSHIP GROUPS

On April 22 members of the Adult Fellowship, the Seibert Schneider Class, and the Women of Hickory met with our pastor and Elder Margie Naegeli to determine the future of each group.  All three groups, lacking the necessary leadership, chose to disband.  The Adult Fellowship and the Seibert Schneider Class have already determined how to distribute what funds they have, the Women of Hickory will vote on a suggested distribution sometime after May 10th.  They have approximately $4,500.  All three plans for the distribution of funds will be carried out only after session meets on June 7.

THE SOLID ROCK SUMMER TRIP
The Solid Rock will travel to Washington, DC on July 5, returning on July 10.  Through the efforts of John Naeher, the kids will be staying at First Presbyterian Church of Falls Church, VA, John's congregation.  Life to God is the theme for the week.  Each day the kids will take the Metro into Washington and visit the memorials on the Mall, Arlington National Cemetery, the Smithsonian, and possibly even the Pentagon.  A portion of the trip will be devoted to working around the host church as well.  members of the group are now signing up.  Please pray for the kids and support their fund-raisers  Without your help, their trip will not happen.

God and Me recipients
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Maddy Emick and Hayley Grabowski

NEW AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM

On Mondays, from 3:30-5:00, a new program for kids in grades 1 to 5 has begun.  Called Growing Time, the program has several purposes.  First, there will be study help offered.  If a child is having trouble in a subject or just wants to improve in that subject, help will be offered by members of The Solid Rock.  Second, for kids interested in arts and crafts this will be a time to teach them painting, sculpting, and even do some simple wood projects.  Third, some nature studies will be offered, like identifying animal tracks or bird calls.  There is no cost for this program, and it's open to all kids in the church and communityl  We will emphasize the power and creativity of God in all things, including school work.  To join, kids just need to come and sign up.

February 14, 2010
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Newly ordained and installed officers.