Come one, come all to the Harrisburg United Methodist Chili Cook-off. Whether you come with your best chili – vying for the honor of “Best in Class”, or you come to enjoy many types of chili and cast your vote, it will be a fun time for all!
• When: March 18, 2023 5:00 – 7:00 PM
*Contestants: deliver Chili by 3:00PM
*Tasting and voting from 5:00 – 5:45PM,
then sit down to a chili dinner.
• Where: Harrisburg United Methodist Church •
Cost: Donations requested •
Our goal this year is to raise $5700. The cost per meal is 38¢ that equals 15,000 meals.
Join us for this fundraiser, it’s fun with a purpose!
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline.
Ash Wednesday emphasizes two themes: our sinfulness before God and our human mortality. The service focuses on both themes, helping us to realize that both have been triumphed through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
During some Ash Wednesday services, the minister will lightly rub the sign of the cross with ashes onto the foreheads of worshipers. The use of ashes as a sign of mortality and repentance has a long history in Jewish and Christian worship. Historically, ashes signified purification and sorrow for sins.
It is traditional to save the palm branches from the previous Palm Sunday service to burn to produce ashes for this service. Sometimes a small card or piece of paper is distributed on which each person writes a sin or hurtful or unjust characteristic. The cards are then brought to the altar to be burned with the palm branches. The ash cross on the forehead is an outward sign of our sorrow and repentance for sins.
— Adapted from The United Methodist Book of Worship
Class assignments will be made using a lottery system. The lottery will take place on February 10, 2023.
Tuition for the 2023 – 2024 school year is as follows:
T/TH – $160/month
MWF – $240/monthM – F $360/month
Here is the link to our online Application Form in a platform called Brightwheel. You will need to download the App in order to complete the form. Once the form is submitted, you will receive an invoice for the Registration fee. The fee must be paid in order for your application to be considered. The Registration fee is $100 for the first child and $70 for each additional child in the same family.
Applications submitted by February 10, 2023 at 2:00 pm will be processed with priority given in the following order: church members, current students, siblings, then public. Applications received after February 10, 2023 will be processed on a first-come, first served basis.
Confirmation emails will be sent by Friday, February 24, 2023.
If we do not have a space available, the Registration Fee will be refunded. Otherwise, it is non-refundable.
