Youth Mission Trip 2023!! New Orleans! The first day of the Youth Mission Trip began with a bang, while we had a couple issues we persevered and remained positive. Leaving the church at 4:00 this morning to start the day, on our way to the Baltimore airport our first turmoil came with the Conowingo Dam not working and a detour being taken. Finally reaching the airport we discovered the news that the plane was delayed forty-five minutes, leaving us to discover and explore the airport. After the wait we finally and safely boarded the plane, flying out and reaching New Orleans with a congratulations from the Southwest crew on our mission courtesy of Alexa Musser chatting with the attendant....
“We Are Gathered By God” There is a woman who is sitting home alone reading her Bible. There is another woman who is at the church sitting around a table surrounded by styrofoam cups, as she serves on a committee trying to plan next summer’s Vacation Bible School and mission experience for the children. The question I want to ask you is, “Which of these two women is more deeply involved in the kingdom of God?” ...
Upcoming Events Friday, August 23 through Friday, August 30, 2019 Saturday, August 24 - 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. - Safety and Security Meeting The congregation is invited to join us in the Family Life Center to learn more about safety in our facility.The presentation is titled,"Run, Hide, Fight,"and will be led by a representative from thePA State Police. Sunday, Aug...
Keep ReadingFrom the Pastor In the book, "Leaping Over a Wall,"by Eugene Peterson, he describes David's early life as his "rising years" and his later life as his "reigning years."His rising years and his reigning years seem to have the same trajectory.Our younger years are like when we're getting our education, jumping through hoops, and wannabes in our professions.W...
Keep ReadingFrom the Pastor "Be the Presence" The presence of God is often evident by tangible means. God refuses to be reduced to an abstraction or analyzed as a mere thought or idea. To speak of God's presence is to speak of something real, not imagined.In the Old Testament, this presence is primarily associated with the Ark of the Covenant.David instructed the peo...
Keep ReadingFrom the Pastor I don't think anybody ever needed the doctrine of assurance as much as Larry the Sad Boy, one of the inhabitants of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon:"Larry the Sad boy was saved twelve times in the Lutheran church, an all-time record.Between 1953 and 1961, he threw himself weeping and contrite on God's throne of grace on twelve separate occa...
Keep ReadingUpcoming Events Friday, August 2 through Friday, August 9, 2019 Sunday, August 4 - 10:00 A.M. - Morning Worship Service 10:00 Worship Service - Family Life Center No Sunday School Kid's Own Worship will be held in the Family Life Center during the service Scripture: 1 Samuel 21:1-9 Sermon: "David and Communion" Pastor John Hartman Sunday, August 4 - 4:00 P.M. ...
Keep ReadingFrom the Pastor "A Space for Grace" As I write this, I am vacationing in North Carolina at Atlantic Beach.It has been a fun week so far connecting with friends, enjoying the sun and sand, eating good seafood, and playing some tennis.The other reward of this vacation has been that of rest.Have you ever wondered exactly how popular Starbucks coffee has gotten to be?Scien...
Keep ReadingUpcoming Events Friday, July 26 through Friday, August 2, 2019 Sunday, July 28, - Morning Worship Service 10:00 Worship Service - Family Life Center No Sunday School Kid's Own Worship will be held in the Family Life Center during the service Scripture: Luke 13:6-9 Sermon: "You Are Right, Frog" Rev. Dr. Erin Cox-Holmes Rev. Dr. Erin Cox Holmes to our worship...
Keep ReadingFrom the Pastor When a twenty-year-old Anne Sullivan arrived in Tuscumbia, Alabama, to tutor a blind and deaf seven-year-old Helen Keller, she was signing on for a big challengethat changed her life.At the time, Helen Keller could only make guttural animal sounds and would fall into destructive rages.Anne Sullivan tried and tried to break into the consciousn...
Keep ReadingUpcoming Events Friday, July 19 through Friday, July 26, 2019 Sunday, July 21, - Morning Worship Service 10:00 Worship Service - Family Life Center No Sunday School Kid's Own Worship will be held in the Family Life Center during the service Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-4 and 1 Samuel 19:1-7 Sermon: "David and Jonathan" Rev. John Hartman...
Keep ReadingFrom the Pastor There was a little girl at a carnival who was carrying a huge swirl of cotton candy.Someone asked her, "Do you really think you can eat all of that?"With little pink smudges on her nose, cheeks and lips, she answered, "Oh yes, I'm much bigger on the inside than I am on the outside."Little David was ready togo toe-to-toe with big Goliath in battle one day...
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