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October 2026
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Eastern Zone Pastors Meeting – Codorus COB, 12:00 PM
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Camp Eder Work Day, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, contact the Camp for more info. Please consider helping!
Sunday, October 4, 2026 World Communion Sunday
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Central Zone Pastors Meeting, Carlisle COB, 9:00 AM & SVMC, Caring for Congregational Members
with Chronic Health Conditions, ZOOM, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM, see pg. 23
Saturday, October 10, 2026 District Board Meeting, Faith Community COB, 8:30 Danish/Beverage, 9:00 Meeting, Meet in
Nicarry Meeting House – The Brethren Home.
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Saturday, October 10, 2026 Young Center, Elizabethtown College, Open House, 40 Anniversary Event 1:00-4:00, Butcher
Meetinghouse, see pg. 24
Sunday, October 11, 2026 Pastor Appreciation Day
Saturday, October 17, 2026 Camp Eder, Fall Fest, 10:00 – 4:00, Live Music, Food, Crafts, see pg. 11
Friday & Saturday, October 23 & 24, 2026 Mid-Atlantic Pastor’s Retreat, Shepherd’s Spring Retreat Center, Sharpsburg, MD,
on-line registration: https://forms.office.com/r/st1e8aP2Yd
Sunday, October 25, 2026 Reformation Sunday
Thursday, October 29, 2026 Brown Book Lecture, Chasing the Hutters through the Hills, Young Center – Bucher Meetinghouse,
3:00 PM and PT 2, Leader in a Turbulent Time , 7:00 PM, see pg. 24 & SVMC, Supporting Congregational Members with
Chronic Health Conditions ~ for Lay Leaders, ZOOM, 100 PM-4:00 PM, see pg. 23
Friday, October 30, 2026 Camp Eder Bountiful Blessings Benefit, “Gathering Gratitude, Giving with a Purpose”, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM,
see pg. 12
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Reformation Day
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Anabaptist Essentials, Connecting Our Roots to Modern Ministry, 9:00 – 3:30, Middle Creek Church,
Lititz, PA, see pg. 22 & Community Gifts, Discerning the Spirit Together, SVMC-E-Town College, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, see pg. 23
November 2026
Sunday, November 1, 2026 All Saints’ Day & Daylight Savings Time Ends
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Central Zone Pastors Meeting, Carlisle COB, 9:00 AM
Thursday, November 5, 2026 Eastern Zone Pastors Meeting, Hanover COB, 12:00 PM
Wednesday, November 12, 2026 SVMC Governing Committee Meeting, Zoom, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Saturday, November 14, 2026 Christmas Craft Show, Hanover COB, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM, see pg. 7
Sunday, November 15, 2026 Bible Sunday
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 Children’s Aid Society, Reaching for the Stars, Yorktowne Hotel, York 5:00-8:00 PM, see pg. 7
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 Snowden Lecture, They Moved the School! Amish Education in the 21 Century, Young Center,
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Bucher Meetinghouse, 7:00 PM, see pg. 24
Sunday, November 22, 2026 Christ the King Sunday
November 23 – 27, 2026 National Bible Week
Thursday, November 26, 2026 Thanksgiving – District Office Closed
Sunday, November 29, 2026 First Day of Advent
