HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
216 Main Street, York Springs, PA 17372
717.528.4393 office@yorkspringslutheran.org
Grow in faith,
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live in hope,
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serve with love.
Once again we replenish our supply of food for our pantry with thanks to grants from
Adams County Community Foundation and the Lutheran Lower Susquehanna Synod
Hunger Committee.
Game Night
fun for all ages!
Pizza, raw veggies, chips, cookies, ice cream and more added to the fun!
Uno games, a 2000 piece puzzle, and ping pong, were just some of the games enjoyed!
Under Ann's leadership, we had 80 Personal Care Kits to donate to Lutheran World Relief (a new record) this spring!
Transfiguration Sunday:
Our youth helped to prepare the ashes for the start of Lent.
Preparing last year's
dried palms
to be burned for ashes for
Ash Wednesday's service
Burning the palms
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Our first Chili Cook-Off to warm up a cold season
with great food and fellowship!
Our first
Thanksgiving Grocery Give-Away!
With the time and talents of volunteers of all ages, Holy Trinity hosted its first Thanksgiving Grocery Give-Away to individuals and families in need. Product donations were received from Hillside Farm Market and the Pennsylvania Pork Producers' Council, as well as grant money for food from the Adams County Community Foundation.
About 60 folks would be fed with the food picked up during the distribution hours, with more food put out on the Parish House porch in the Food Cupboard for any who might come at different times.
Fox 43 News and The Gettysburg Times came to find out what we were doing and to share the good news about God's people in action.
Fields of Adventure!
Members of all ages enjoyed
the autumn weather
(and no one was left in
the corn maze!)
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More donations mean more food for our food pantry!
A big thanks to our volunteers (David, Nancy, Pete, and Judy) in getting the food from the grocery store, moving it from the truck to the church, sorting it, and moving it to the Parish House to then be added to the pantry as needed.
A huge thanks to Adams County Nursery
for allowing several area Lutheran churches to glean/pick for the local food pantries.
Holy Trinity had the largest contingency of gleaners! We picked 8 bags of apples per orange bucket distributed (this doesn't include the ones we ate there!) and we had at least 4 buckets between us.
Our 18th Book Fair gave out over 745 free books! Thanks to the volunteers who helped provide the books, set them up, and then box up the leftovers for next year's fair! Also appreciated were the financial donations that will go to providing children's socks and underwear for our clothing pantry!
Donations to our clothing pantry are always welcomed! They may be dropped off in the rear of the Parish House in the shed. Even with the limited space of our current pantry in the Parish House, we have many items on display that are free for those who are in need.
The clothing that is more appropriate for job interviews or professional wear go to a career center so people who are heading into the work force are able to dress for success! Thanks to Judy B. and Ted W. for the latest delivery.
Many of our older youth assisted with our worship, sharing in readings and serving communion. After worship, they help fill over 40 Lutheran World Relief school kits with the supplies donated by members of the congregation.
Our 2025 Walk for Water team (along with a separate donation from our church and an anonymous donation through our church) raised $1225 for the water mission! Thanks to our walkers and donors for this important mission to proved accessible, clean water to people around the globe!
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Millions of women and children continue to walk more than three miles to collect their family's daily water needs. Since 2007, the Walk for Water has brought safe water and God's love to thousands of people in need. This year, we will join together to bring clean, safe water to more than 1,500 people in need around the world.
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We walk, so others don’t have to.
Holy Trinity has a highway!
We pick up trash and debris
along Rt. 94 twice a year.
Spring Bowling Fun for our church families and youth!
Easter Worship!
Flowers, Brass Instruments,
Children's Chimes,
a Baptism...
Alleluia, Christ is Risen!
We welcomed Drew and Andrea Kaiser-Hoover into God's family!
And we continue to get food for our Food Pantry with donations and volunteers!
Advent and Christmas at Holy Trinity:
Sharing food with our neighbors in need,
sharing socks and undies through our Clothing Pantry, supporting our community's decorating and tree lighting, praising God with music, ...!
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Volunteers went to United Way, picked up food from Bag the Bounty, and delivered it to church where it was sorted. These bags, boxes, and cans of food will be shared in our Christmas boxes as well as in the food pantry at our Parish House.
Using a 5th Sunday special offering, hundreds of cans of fruits and vegetables
as well as a few other food items were purchased for our food pantry. Again, our volunteers stepped up to purchase, transport, unload, and organize. We are blessed to be able to care for the food deficient in our community!
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Fun at Magic Elm with
families and youth!
With many thanks to those who helped dig the church out of the snow (Jeremiah, Cynthia, Andrew, Conner, Penny), the younger helpers shared a message during the work!
Pastor Chris presented his doctoral research at a conference on
“Psychology of Religion and Spirituality”
at the University of Gdansk, Poland.
