Pastoral Services

MAY 4 & 18, WEDNESDAY Men’s Christian Fellowship

9am, Meeting in Various Locations Topic: Life Lessons from Romans Contact: Don Aldrich (610) 299-0713 for information

MAY 4, WEDNESDAY Plain Living Series, Part 2

7pm, Chapel Ken Sensenig and Amos Hoover will explore the Interplay of Language, Culture and Faith. MAY 5, THURSDAY Widowed Men’s Gathering

8am, Concord Room Special Guest Speaker: Sherilyn Lapp, Director of Social Services

MAY 11 WEDNESDAY Plain Living Series, Part 3

7pm, Chapel Amish & Mennonite Stories from Mifflin County, PA: Tom Spicher, Conrad Kanagy & Chet Yoder MAY 19, THURSDAY Men’s Breakfast at Yoder’s

7:30am, Yoder’s Restaurant Food, Fellowship, and a Devotional by GSV CEO Steve Lindsey

MAY 25, WEDNESDAY Hub 450 / Stroopies Tour

9:45am depart Apartment Suites Lobby See accompanying article for more information about this opportunity!

Group of Florida migrants on their way home to Cranberry, New Jersey, to pick potatoes, near Shaboro, North Carolina, July 1940. Photo courtesy of Jack Delano. JOIN US ON A SUMMER READING ADVENTURE

Travel from the South to cities of the North and West as we follow three individuals on the journey of a lifetime, from 1910-1970, the years of the Great Migration. Discover the ways that they not only survived, but thrived, despite the many obstacles facing people of color in those days. The Warmth of Other Suns author, Isabelle Wilkerson, narrates their stories with resolute accuracy. We invite you to enjoy this either as a personal reading experience or in a small group.

Sign up at Resident Services to purchase a copy of The Warmth of Other Suns. Cost: $10 per book.

Please indicate at sign-up if you would like to join a small group. Or, please indicate if you have a group with room for one or two more. Our hope is that many will want to share reading experiences with others in a larger gathering after the summer months. It is also our hope that this will be the first of many reading adventures that Garden Spot Village embarks on together!

HEBREW CLASS FOR BEGINNERS

GSV resident Lorraine Evans is offering a class for interested persons who would like to learn the rudiments of the Hebrew language. The requirements for participating in this class are a recent translation of the Bible and a curious mind! The class will meet during the summer months with the schedule determined by the participants and Lorraine. Feel free to contact Lorraine or Chaplains Chet or Karyn for more information.

HUB 450 & STROOPIES TOUR – MAY 25

Join us for an informational tour and lunch in Lancaster! Learn about EMM’s HUB 450 and The Stroopies Shoppe’s work with refugees in Lancaster city. Tour HUB 450, stay for an international lunch made by a local refugee(s) and hear their story. Put a stitch or two into a quilt being prepared for a refugee family. Then at the Stroopies warehouse and bakery, learn how they train, acclimate and educate refugees, equipping them for meaningful employment.

Depart Apartment Suites Lobby, 9:45am. Approximate return, 3pm. Cost: $18pp includes lunch and transportation. Sign-up at Resident Services.