The North Elk Coffee House welcomes back Phyllis Chappel to our stage on Saturday, October 19th . She was named one of the top 521 jazz vocalists of all time by Scott Yanow, in his book “The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide”.

Click here to visit her website.

Doors open at 6:45PM and show begins at 7:30PM. Suggested door donation is $10.00 and benefit The Meeting Ground.

Join us as we celebrate

God’s Creation!

St. Francis Day

Blessing of the Animals

Sunday, October 6, 2019

8:00AM & 10:00AM

Church Services and Animal Blessings will be in

the Parish Center!

Enjoy this special service, with or without, your family pets.

All Creatures Great and Small are Welcome!

Cats, dogs, chickens, ducks, birds, fish, rabbits, hamsters and horses…

In response to the Bishop’s plea for assistance to the Bahamian people, ravaged by Hurricane Dorian, the ECW will hold a “Donation Only” Bake Sale on Sunday, October 6th in the Parish Center.

We need two things to make this a very successful fundraiser:

The Bake Sale will be held during our Coffee Hours, and is the same day as our St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals.

George Kaplan has scheduled some interesting Adult Education Forums through early November. Parishioners from both services are encouraged to attend, as the presentations are held between services in the Parish Center–during the early Coffee Hour (9:15-9:45AM).

Here’s the line-up so far:

We needed to address an air conditioning problem to complete the Outreach Office renovation project.

During warm weather, the office’s portable airconditioning unit expelled hot air from the food pantry/office area into the adjacent restroom and hallway. As a result, the temperature in that hallway and restroom often exceeded 100 degrees. Simply put: It cooled one area as it overheated another.

Inefficient cooling and high energy costs motivated us to seek grant money and help resolve this longstanding issue.

We are pleased to announce that our Outreach Office was awarded two grants, totaling $5650.00 , for the installation of a permanent airconditioning system! In August, the local VFW awarded us $1250.00; and in September, Choptank Electric Co-op awarded us $4400.00. These two grants pay for the cost of the system and installation. Crouse Bros HVAC. is now installing the system.

We extend our thanks to Choptank, the VFW, and the grant writing work of our Treasurer Andrea Pugh and Karen Schaeffer. These grants, and the airconditioning, are a true blessing to the volunteers and clientele of our Outreach Office!