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Page 6 Southern Pennsylvania District
UP-COMING EVENTS

April 2026

Thursday, April 2, 2026 Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 2, 2026 Eastern Zone Pastor’s Meeting, York First COB, 12:00 PM.

Friday, April 3, 2026 Good Friday
Sunday, April 5, 2026 Easter

Monday/Thursday, April 6-9, 2026 District Meat Canning, See pg 3 for more information.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Central Zone Pastor’s Meeting, Carlisle COB, 9:00 AM.

Thursday, April 9, 2026 District Witness & Outreach Commission Meeting, 6:30 PM, via Zoom.

Saturday, April 11, 2026 District Stewards Commission, Work Day / Miller’s Mtg. House Cemetery
Sunday, April 12, 2026 Installation Service for SOPA District Executive, Traci Rabenstein, Nicarry Meeting-
house, The Brethren Home/Cross Keys Village, 3:00 PM.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 District Stewards Commission Meeting, 6:30 PM, via Zoom.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 District Nurture Commission Meeting, 7:00 PM, via Zoom.

Thursday, April 16, 2026 District Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM, via Zoom.
Sunday, April 19, 2026 York Madison Ave. COB 90th Anniversary Celebration, 10:15 AM, See pg. 9.

Thursday, April 23, 2026 District Ministry Commission Meeting, Carlisle COB, 6:30 PM.

Saturday, April 25, 2026 SOPA District Women’s Spring Luncheon / Tea, West Shore COB, 9:00 AM. See
brochure on pg. 8.
Saturday, April 25, 2026 York Madison Ave. COB., Spring Fling, 90th Anniversary Celebration,
see flyer pg. 9.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Children’s Aid Society—35th Annual Auction, New Fairview Church, 5 PM. See
flyer pg. 16.

May 2026

Saturday, May 2, 2026 Camp Eder Outdoorsman Day, 8:30 AM, See flyer pg. 13.
Saturday, May 2, 2026 Free Concert—featuring Anita Stapleton Anderson and Brent Stapleton,
Mechanicsburg COB Centennial Weekend Celebration, 7 PM, See pg. 10.

Sunday, May 3, 2026 Mechanicsburg COB 100th Anniversary, Jeff Bach, Director Emeritus, Young Center
for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College, 9:00 AM & Jeff Carter, President of Bethany
Theological Seminary—keynote speaker, 10:30 AM, See pg. 10.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Central Zone Pastor’s Meeting, Carlisle COB, 9:00 AM.
Thursday, May 7, 2026 Eastern Zone Pastor’s Meeting TBD, 12:00 PM.

Thursday, May 7, 2026 National Day of Prayer

Sunday, May 10, 2026 Mother’s Day
Thursday, May 14, 2026 Ascension Day