Worship News and Notes
Fall Virtual Mission Week
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church, 837 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale: Gwynedd Square organizes and runs a Mission Week every fall and every spring where members of the congregation and community form groups that participate in community service opportunities. This fall, it will take place Nov. 1-7and will consist of virtual activities. All activities will take place individually, and donations will be dropped off at the church with appropriate social distancing or collected through contactless pickup. Each volunteer will be provided with the name and contact information of the coordinator of the activity, a description of the activity, including how it will be done virtually, and schedule of when the activity will take place. Activities will support the following local organizations: Caring for Friends – prepare and package meals for the frail homebound;
Gemma Services – prepare Christmas Day Gift Bags for girls not going home for Christmas; Hope Prison Ministries – collection of gently used clothing for men, women and children; Indian Valley Boys and Girls Club – collection of snacks for activity take home bags for children; Keystone Opportunity Center – prepare donation bags of breakfast/ lunch items, personal care or cleaning supply items for needy families; Manna on Main Street – donate dinner food items for those in need. With COVID-19, so many in our community are in need and many of us are looking for ways we can help. We invite you to be a ray of sunshine to those in need and join us to help others through these service opportunities. To get more specific information on each service opportunity and how to sign up, please contact Ralph Insinga, chair, Mission Team, Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church at 610-278-9656 or rpinsinga@yahoo.com.
Wednesday chime concerts
St. John’s United Church of Christ: Andrew Paulson, Minister of Music at St. John’s United Church of Christ, will be playing the chimes every Wednesday at noon for a half hour. Folks are welcome to sit in their cars in the parking lots and listen to the beautiful music. The church is at 500W. Main St., Lansdale. Visit www.st-johns-ucc.org for more information.
In-person and online
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church, 837 Sumneytown Pike: Please join us for our live online services via Zoom with an internet-enabled device or by telephone: Sunday Worship at 10:45a.m., followed by a time of fellowship; Wednesday Praise Night at 7 p.m. - praise music, prayers and devotional, followed by a time of fellowship. For web links or dial in numbers, please visit our website, send a request to wchoi@gwyneddsquare.org or phone the office at 215-699-9159 for the current meeting logins. Also, please join us at 3 p.m. Sundays for an outdoor, masked, socially distanced, no singing evening prayer service in the back parking lot of the church. Please bring a chair for your comfort for the brief 30-minute service of reflection, scripture readings and prayers. For your comfort, especially during these unusual times, our prayer blog is available 24⁄7 on our website. Our website is www.gwyneddsquare.org. St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 20Dill Avenue, Perkasie: holds in-person worship services Sundays at 8a.m. and 10:30a.m. Online services are offered Sundays at 10:30a.m. and Wednesday evenings at 7:00p.m. Worship with us online at www.standrewsperkasie.org. For information: 215-2576184. The Church of the Holy
Spirit (Episcopal), 2871 Barndt Road at the corner of Sumneytown Pike, Upper Salford: Continues to live-steam the 10:15a.m. Eucharist services on Sundays on their Facebook page - Church of the Holy Spirit, Harleysville. Indoor Communion services with social distancing are held at 4p.m. on Sundays and at noon on Wednesdays. The services are led by the Rev. Kathy Andonian, Rector, assisted by staff, parish and choir members. For more information, call 215-234-8020or visit www.churchoftheholyspirit.us.
Online worship
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 211S. Main St. North Wales: Live streaming worship service at 10a.m. Access via www.stpetersnorthwales.org directly or click on the Facebook logo. Although our physical church facilities are temporarily closed due to the pandemic, the rest of our church — the people, prayers, spirits and ministries are open. All of our past services and special music can also be viewed on our web site. Minimal worship assistants and a few vocalists will participate in the sanctuary with our live streaming each Sunday morning. Everyone is invited to attend in the comfort and safety of your own home. There is minimal staffing in the office during the week: 215-699-4604. Our weekly food drive is every Wednesday from 11-1. Drop off non-perishable food and household (laundry and hand soap, cleaning supplies and paper products) items in the designated pick up in our parking lot.
St. John’s United Church of Christ, 500W. Main St., Lansdale: Continues to hold their Sunday services on their website and on their Facebook page. For information about available listening times and for additional information visit www.stjohns-ucc.org