Worship News and Notes
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St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 211 S. Main St., North Wales, celebrates Sunday, February 13, with a Zoom service at 9:30 a.m. and services in the sanctuary with indoor communion services at 8:30 and 10:30. St. Peter’s Belles will provide the music at the 8:30 service. For the Zoom service, contact the church office 215-699-4604 for the link. All are welcome to the live services who are comfortable indoors; follow CDC guidelines and wear a mask until further notice. Sunday School and Youth Group will be in the Fellowship Hall at 10:30. A special Zoom meeting with Dr. Sarah Scheattle “Surviving and Thriving in 2022” will be on Sunday, Feb. 20, at noon. Contact the church office for the Zoom link. The Thrift Shop is open. Come shop on Wednesdays 9:30-4:30 and Saturdays 9-1. Plenty of parking is available.
Entrance is at corner of Church and 2nd Street in North Wales.
St. John’s United Church of Christ will participate in Blankets+Sunday at the 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. services on February 13, when members and friends can contribute to the mission of Church World Service. CWS provides blankets plus food, water, and shelter for people affected by disasters, providing warm blankets as well as cleaning supplies and other basic necessities. In addition, CWS assists poor families worldwide by providing wells, livestock, and health care. More information about CWS projects may be found at churchworldservice.org. The Chancel Choir will sing “Be Thou My Vision” arranged by Stephen Chatman, at the 10:15service. All worshipers are asked to wear a mask while inside all church buildings. Later the service is available on St. John’s website, Facebook page and YouTube channel: youtube.com/stjohnsucclansdalepa The church is at 500 W. Main St., Lansdale. Call 215-855-5489 or visit www.st-johns-ucc.org
Grace Lutheran Church, 40 N. Main St., Hatfield, continues in-person worship at 8 and 10:30 a.m. (streamed live) every Sunday with communion on the 1st and 3rd Sundays. Locate the livestream link under worship on gracelutheranhatfield.org. Grace has also recently added two weekday worship options with Pastor Nancy Raabe on Facebook live: Morning Prayer every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m., and Compline (Night Prayer) Mondays at 8 p.m. Find these services on the church’s page at facebook. com/GraceLutheranHatfield. Call 215-855-4676 for more information.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church PC(USA), 837Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale: Please join us live in our sanctuary or for our live online services via Zoom with an internet-enabled device or by telephone. Sunday Worship is at 10a.m. and our Praise Worship is at 8:30a.m. For web links or dial in numbers, please visit our website at www. gwyneddsquare.org. Our weekly in house and online Bible Study is on Wednesdays at 10:30a.m. Our Adult Forum meets online via Zoom on Monday evenings at 7p.m. For web links or dial-in numbers for activities, please send an email to office@gwyneddsquare.org or call the church office at 215-699-9159.
The Church of the Holy Spirit of Harleysville (Episcopal), 2871 Barndt Road at the corner of Sumneytown Pike, Upper Salford, holds in-person communion services at 8 and 10:15 a.m. on Sundays, with Covid protocols requiring mask wearing. The church will also continue to live-stream the 10:15 a.m. communion services on Sundays on the church website and Facebook page — Church of the Holy Spirit, Harleysville. Compline services are being provided over Zoom at 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Services are led by the Rev. Kathy Andonian, Rector, assisted by staff, parish and choir members.