The Youth Group is requesting donations of plastic, raw or hard-boiled eggs for their Annual Egg Hunt to be held on Saturday, April 4.  Please mark the outside of the carton if the eggs are raw or hard boiled.  They are also looking for donations of items to stuff the plastic eggs, such as candy, erasers, plastic rings, jelly beans, etc.  Monetary donations are also welcome to purchase these items.  All are welcome to join the Youth Group on Friday, April 3 from 6-8 pm to help dye eggs and stuff plastic ones for the Annual Egg Hunt.    Anyone wishing to help set up for the Egg Hunt is welcome to meet us at the Oley Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 4 at 12:15 pm.  If you have any questions, please call Tonya Fisher at 610-413-3852.

Friedens is excited to welcome back the Days of Old band to our 10:15 am worship service on Sunday, March 29.  Days of Old is a “good ol’ fashioned” acoustic rock band. Amazing Grace, Sweet Hour of Prayer, It is Well With My Soul, and other delightful and spiritually uplifting hymns will be featured during worship.  Invite your family and friends.  Be prepared to tap your foot!

Church World Services needs to replace their supply of clean-up buckets and hygiene kits to be distributed when disaster hits.  The Friedens Mission Team has issued a challenge to raise enough money to put together 50 clean-up buckets and 50 hygiene kits.  We will hold a “Packing Party” on Sunday, April 19 following the 10:15 am worship service.  The cost to complete one bucket is $45.  The cost per hygiene kit is $10.  You can make a monetary donation by indicating on your offering envelope.  If you have any questions, please contact Sue Henne at 610-451-3209. 

Are you ready to take a trip down Main Street, Oley?  We will do just that on Thursday, March 19 at 10 am in Weidner Hall without leaving our seats!  We will begin Part 1 of our verbal trip, “stopping” here and there learning more about our quaint little village.  Amandus Reichert and a group of his friends will guide us on this excursion, explaining different buildings, businesses and landmarks that made our village so very special.  If you have any questions, please contact Christine Nixon at 610-987-9461.

The Women’s Guild will be holding their Shoo-Fly Pie Sale on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27 from 2 to 5 pm.  Pies are $5 each.  To pre-order, call Julie Hassler at 610-987-6020 or the church at 610-987-3536 ext. 2. Please leave a message with your name, phone number and the number of pies you wish to order.

The Women’s Guild will be holding their monthly meeting on Monday, March 8 at 7 pm in Weidner Hall.  Following the regular business meeting, they will be cutting netting for their ever popular scrubbies.

It’s time to order your Easter flowers to decorate the church for Easter!  We are offering a selection of lilies (4 blooms), hyacinths (3 blooms), daffodils (6 inch pot), tulips (5-6 blooms) and mums (7 inch pot) for $10 each.  Dedications made “in honor of” or “in memory of” will be listed in the Easter bulletins.  You may take your plant/s home after the service you attend or leave it to be taken to one of our shut-ins.  To place an order, use an order form found in the Narthex or by calling the church office at 610-987-3536.  Order deadline is March 29.

The collection item for the Oley Valley Food Pantry for the month of March is canned soup.  Please leave your donations in the boxes in the Narthex or the Sanctuary by March 15.

Our Wednesday evening Lenten journey begins on Ash Wednesday, February 26 at 7 pm at Salem UCC, 307 Covered Bridge Road, Oley.  Our theme for this year is “A Way Other Than Our Own.”  Our choir will be singing in a joint choir during the service.  See you there!

The Mission Team is preparing for their Indoor Yard Sale on Saturday, March 21 from 7 am to 1 pm.  Rent a table for $20.  Set up Friday, March 20 from 5 to 7 pm.  Contact Betty Hoffman at 610-301-4500 to reserve your space.