Here's what inside this issue:

• Message from the Center
• Center's needs
• East Side Memorial Little League
• Sacred Heart Health Center
• What's Happening at St. Paul's
• St Joseph's Church

Thank you to all the teachers, assistants, parents, students, administrators, and community members who made our programs successful this year.

The summer of 2007 brings the 7th year for our free 7-week summer enrichment program. Sign up fliers are being sent home with Mosser students the first week of May. Registration is limited to 60 children and enrollments are on a first come first served basis. Children must be 7 thru 14 and entering 2nd thru 9th grades to be eligible. Some of this year's camp activities include swimming lessons, golf, karate, computers, field trips, and playground celebration (romper day), Call 610-820-4067 for registration forms if your child attends Harrison Morton or if you did not receive one from Mosser school.

East Side Memorial Little League would like you to come and join our fun-filled baseball games. We are proud to announce that we have enrolled over 200 boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 17 this season. All of the T-ball, minor, and major teams games are played at the ESM field on the corner or East Walnut and South Bradford Street. Games are scheduled Monday through Saturday.

We are excited to have two Knee-hi (13 and 14 year olds) and one Junior (15, 16, and 17 year olds) teams who participate in the city league. Their home games are played at Keck Park starting towards the end of May. If you wish to have a schedule of any of our games, please come down to the ESM field and ask for one at the concession stand.

The East Side Memorial baseball players hope to see you at a game rooting us on!

Hello from the Mosser School-Based Health Center. We just want to remind you that Sacred Heart Hospital sponsors a health center at Mosser School, for children from birth thru 18 years of age. It is staffed by a nurse practitioner who is available Monday thru Friday. Children can receive yearly physicals, immunizations, day care physicals and school physicals as well as treatment of illnesses (colds, strep throat, allergies etc.) and management of chronic problems such as ADHD.

Medical coverage on weekends, in the evening and during major holidays is provided by Sacred Heart Hospital pediatricians. During the summer, the health center is open on an abbreviated schedule and is accessible by telephone.

The health center accepts Amerihealth, Mercy, Gateway and Med Plus as well as various private insurances. There is also a sliding fee scale which is less expensive than taking your child to the emergency room.

If you would like to sign your child up or you have questions about our services, please don't hesitate to call. Our telephone number is 484-765-5891.

It's time to start a New Year! It's also time to get set in a new schedule. Our church schedule is: Church School begins at 9:30 AM and Worship starts at 10:45 AM. All our neighbors are welcome to come and share our faith as we worship together. Our other activities are in full swing for the new year as well. St. Paul's Ladies Fellowship meets every month on the LAST Tuesday of the month at 7:00 P.M. This spring our Ladies Fellowship will be again sponsoring a Longaberger Basket Bingo. Doors will open at 5:00 and bingo begins at 7:00. Our kitchen will be open and begin serving at 5:00 as well.

As spring rolls around we start to think of new beginning and the best beginning we can share in is the gift of our mother's. In honor of this St. Paul's will be sponsoring it 6th annual LADIES TEA. Our tea just happens to coincides with Mother's Day. For more information or to make a reservation please contact the church office, St. Paul's will again sponsor classes in American Sign Language. They are taught by Barbara Keener, and Rev. Michael Iski. Both instructors have been teaching in the area for a number of years and have studied at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. For more information on this program please contact Rev. Iski at St. Paul's.

You may get information about any St. Paul's programming or order tickets for any of our community events by e-mailing us at stpaulsuccinfo@entermail.net or by calling the church. Our telephone number is 610-437-2260.

Dear Neighbors:

Changes are inevitable. Many of you, if not all, may have noticed that our neighborhood, and for that matter, many neighborhoods, have been changing over the last few years.

Several years ago, a team of Allentown pastors from different churches and different denominations began to get together out of a common concern for the community. Alarmed by the changes in their city increased signs of gang activity, drug dealing, deteriorating housing, the decline in jobs, the total disregard of rules and regulations, the lack of civility, just to name a few- these pastors began to consider how churches might be more effective in addressing community concerns.

The pastors clearly recognized that organized faith communities, like St. Joseph's Lutheran Church, were responding to the needs in our city with an array of critically needed programs.

The family center is a vital and essential part in this our community. Its leaders have been busy creating programs to help the needy and to look for a way to improved our community. Together with the family center, I am asking you to consider the issues that may be plaguing this neighborhood, and then consider offering a small amount of time in your already busy schedule and come together as concerned neighbors and citizens in this community. I am asking you to consider helping leaders at St. Joseph's Lutheran Church by volunteering to help with CUNA.

What is CUNA? CUNA (Churches United for Neighborhood Action) is an organization established to serve as a resource to pastors, churches and residents to help congregations in Allentown push for the needed changes in our community. Over the past 3 years, CUNA has begun the organizing process in 7 different congregations.

CUNA has partnered with St. Joseph's Lutheran Church in order to work in this community. We are looking for people, concerned people, to identify, research and address priority issues through local community action; these issues will then be presented to the respective city authorities in order to ask for action and changes.

We cannot do this alone. I know in my heart that if we work together, we can make a difference in people and in the community, just look at what the family center has accomplished.

If you are interested in hearing more about faith-based community organizing, please contact me at St. Joseph's Lutheran Church at 610-432-0344.

Let us improve the quality of life in our community!

Thank You,

Herbert C. Dolich Pastor