Category: Little Britain Presbyterian Church

Organ concert set for Oct. 27

10/19/2019

Almost any music can be played on an organ. Songs ranging from country and rock and roll to hymns and tunes from musicals can be performed.
"You can adjust pretty much anything so you can play it on an organ," organist Rick Rineer said. "There are Sousa marches that are adapted to the organ and they sound really good. The organ is adaptable to various genres of music."

Little Britain church will collect coats

10/10/2019

Members of Little Britain Presbyterian Church are working to keep their neighbors warm this winter.
Beginning next week, the congregation will be collecting coats, hats, gloves, and other winter outerwear. In late November, that clothing will be available free to anyone who needs them.

End of dry cleaning may pose a problem for Coats for Kids program

3/16/2018

    All but one customer from Clean Enterprises' Quarryville location has picked up dry cleaning left before the store closed.
   The company announced last month it would discontinue its dry cleaning and shirt laundry services.
   While almost all of the clothing has been claimed, the decision is causing some concern for donation programs that run before Christmas.

PHOTOS: Little Britain Presbyterian Food Drive

5/11/2017

Members of Little Britain Presbyterian Church collected for the Solanco Food Bank at Ferguson & Hassler Supermarket on Saturday, May 6. Click 'Read more' to view photos from the drive.

Church, schools open annual coat drive

11/3/2016

by Hannah Pollock

Little Britain Presbyterian Church, Smith Middle School, and Clean Enterprises are partnering once again for the “Solanco Coats For Kids” drive. The drive is one of two in the Southern End this fall. Solanco schools are also collecting coats and other items of winter apparel.

Church selling commemorative bricks for new walk

5/9/2016

    Members of Little Britain Presbyterian Church will be putting in a new brick walk between the church's kitchen and the drive that goes behind the building.
   When the work's done, people will be able to get from the kitchen to the pavilion behind the church without walking through the grass.
   "When it's wet out, it's messy to take food from the kitchen to the pavilion," congregation member Karl Mueller said.

Restored pipe organ returns to Little Britain Presbyterian

4/28/2016

     Early last week, employees of Columbia Organ Works began reinstalling Little Britain Presbyterian Church's restored organ.
   The church's organ was removed last June for an overhaul that was expected to take six months.
   "It took a little longer than we expected," said the Rev. Thomas Milligan, the church's pastor, "but they ran into a lot of problems. We told them not to rush the work."

PHOTOS: Spring cleanup in the snow

4/22/2016

Wet snow and near-freezing temperatures didn't stop Little Britain Township's annual spring cleanup.
Every year, the township offers residents a chance to get rid of old furniture, worn out bicycles, aging air conditioners, and used tires. Residents bring the items to the township building on Green Ln. and, for a fee, can discard things that can't be put out for weekly trash collections.

Church working to save coat drive

11/25/2015

Members of Little Britain Presbyterian Church are working to save the Solanco Coats for Kids program.
      For more than 30 years, Solanco students collected coats which were then cleaned and displayed so people can pick out the ones they need.
      Until this year.
      That's when the church congregation stepped in.
      "In the second week of October, we realized the school district wasn't going to do it this year," organizer Lynne Hart said.

Little Britain Presbyterian's Relay for Life team holding ham supper

3/6/2014

    Members of Little Britain Presbyterian Church's Relay for Life team are preparing for their major fundraiser.
   This will be the sixth year the team has held a ham supper to raise money for the annual American Cancer Society event.
   "Our goal this year is $1,400," said organizer Karen Keefer. "The amount we raise [from the ham supper] has been going up about $100 a year."