WORSHIP NEWS AND NOTES
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from Presentation of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church. Call 215-362-9599. Leave name and phone number to receive a call back to confirm orders for pierogi, kielbasa, nut rolls, and paska. Orders are being accepted through March 19. Pick up from the hall on Saturday, April 1, from 1-3p.m. at 1564Allentown Road, Lansdale. St. John’s United Church of Christ welcomes guest organist Ihna Cho who will play several selections, including “Blessed Assurance” arranged by J. Bert Carlson, at the 8a.m. and 10:15a.m. services on March 5. Later the service is available on St. John’s Facebook page, website and YouTube channel:youtube.com/ stjohnsucclansdalepa. The church is at 500W. Main St., Lansdale. Call 215-855-5489or visit www. st-john-ucc.org.
St. John’s United Church of Christ will hold a Lenten Book Study on “Freeing Jesus” by Diana Butler Bass every Wednesday in Lent, continuing through April 5at 7 p.m. The weekly study will meet in person at the church with a hybrid Zoom option available. For information and to register call the church office at 215-855-5489 or e-mail office@st-johns-ucc. org The church is at 500W. Main St., Lansdale. Call or visit www. st-johns-ucc.org Grace Lutheran Church, 40 N. Main St., Hatfield, and Pastor Nancy M. Raabe will hold Sunday Lenten services through March 26at 8and 10:30a.m. The Sunday 10:30worship services are streamed live under “Online Worship” at gracelutheranhatfield. org. For more information, call 215-855-4676.
Indian Creek Mennonite Church, 647 Harleysville Pike, Telford, services are Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship service, 10:15a.m. Next Sunday, March 12— all day meetings, evening service 7p.m. Questions? Call Kevin Moyer (215) 721-9127.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church PC(USA), 837 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale: Please join live in the sanctuary or live online via Zoom with an internet-enabled device or by telephone. Sunday Worship is at 10a.m. and Early Worship is at 8:30a.m. For web links or dial in numbers, visit www. gwyneddsquare.org. Weekly Bible Study meets at 10:30a.m. in the pastor’s study and on Zoom and will meet every Wednesday at this time. Email office@gwyneddsquare.org or call the church office at 215-699-9159. Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church Lenten Soup Suppers continue Wednesdays throughout Lent with the final one on March 29. The suppers begin at 5:30 with plenty of homemade soups provided by members of the various committees of the church along with bread. The suppers will be followed by a Lenten study program entitled “Love God, Neighbor, Enemy” lead byS GPC’s Pastor Wonjae Choi. This study curriculum comes from the series “Follow Me: Biblical Practices for Faithful Living.” The church is at 837Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church’s Adult Forum meets on Monday nights at 7p.m. via Zoom. During Lent, the Adult Forum will switch gears from the Great Courses video series to a six-part series titled “Faithful Citizenship: An Adult Lenten Study” that will focus on Lent as a time of growth in community outreach and in our social vision. Please send an email to office@gwyneddsquare.org or call the church office at 215-6999159for the link to attend and to receive the participant handouts for the Lenten series.
Montco Bible Fellowship, 160 E. Main St., Lansdale, holds virtual services accessed via website (www.montcobf.org) or in-person each Sunday. Adult Sunday School begins at 9:30a.m. and worship services at 10a.m., along with Children’s Church at 10a.m. Virtual Bible Study on Wednesdays at 7:20p.m. Call 215-855-0899for the Bible Study Zoom link.
Faith Lutheran Church, 615 Cowpath Road, Montgomeryville, continues to worship in the sanctuary as well as on Zoom at 10:30a.m. Sunday School is held Sundays from 9:45to 10:25 a.m. for ages 3-11. Nursery will be provided for the 3- to 5-year-olds during the 10:30a.m. service. Pastor Ethan Doan will be preaching and leading worship. All services will also be uploaded to Facebook. Find that at www.faithmontgomerville.org and click on “Connect on Facebook.” For the Zoom link or more information, please email faithmont@verizon.net
The Church of the Holy Spirit of Harleysville (Episcopal), 2871 Barndt Road at the corner of Sumneytown Pike, Upper Salford, holds Holy Communion services in-person at 8and 10:15a.m. on Sundays. The church also live-streams the 10:15a.m. services on Sundays on the church website and Facebook page, Church of the Holy Spirit, Harleysville. Church school for preschool through adult classes begins at 9a.m. Services are led by the Rev. Kathryn Andonian, rector. A Lenten study, “Finding Rest When You are Busy and Burned Out,” will be held noon to 1:30p.m. on Sundays through March 26, based on the book, “Sacred Rest, Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy and Restore Your Sanity,” by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. The series gives a unique look into the physical and spiritual sides of rest. For more information, call the church at 215-234-8020or visit www.churchoftheholyspirit.us. The Horsham Interfaith Coalition through its participating congregations, will be collecting new (and very gently used) children’s clothes sizes 6months to children’s size 12during Lent. Collection boxes will be at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, Riverside Community Church, and the Horsham Library. No stuffed animals or blankets, please.