Worship news and notes
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Re-Creation, “America’s Ambassadors to Hospitalized Veterans,” will perform a sacred program of music at Heidelberg United Church of Christ, 1101 Cowpath Road, Hatfield, at 10:45 a.m., Sunday, May 1. Admission is free, but a goodwill offering will be taken to support the group’s mission. A light luncheon will be served after the performance. For more information, call 215-368-0442 or visit www.re-creationusa. org.
St. John’s United Church of Christ, 500 W. Main St., Lansdale: The Chancel Choir will sing “I Come With Joy,” arranged by John Halgen, at the 10:15a.m. service on May 1. All services later available on St. John’s Facebook page, website and
YouTube channel. Call 215855-5489or visit www. st-johns-ucc.org.
Montco Bible Fellowship, 160 E. Main St., Lansdale will host MBF Missions Sunday, 10 a.m., Sunday, May 1 with guest speaker David Nelson of Crossing Cultures International and other invited MBF missionaries. The church offers virtual services (accessed via website) as well as in-person services each Sunday. Adult Sunday School begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship services at 10 a.m. Virtual Bible Study is 7:20 p.m. Wednedays. Call 215-855-0899 for the Bible Study Zoom link. Following CDC guidelines for indoor settings. www.montcobf. org.
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 211 S. Main St., North Wales, celebrates Sunday, May 1, with a creation celebration and communion service in Weingartner Park, North Wales, at 10 a.m. Masks are optional. Please bring your own chairs. A Jazz Vesper service is at 6p.m. Sunday evening in the sanctuary. Masks and social distancing recommended.The Thrift Shop is open Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Plenty of parking; entrance at corner of Church and 2nd streets in North Wales.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church PC(USA), 837 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale: Services are live in the sanctuary or online via Zoom with an internetenabled device or by telephone. Sunday Worship is at 10 a.m. and Early Worship is at 8:30 a.m. For web links or dial-in numbers, please visit www.gwyneddsquare.org. Weekly Bible Study meets on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. Adult Forum meets online via Zoom on Monday evenings at 7 p.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.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church announces the second in-person meeting of the DIVAS (Divinely Inspired Victoriously Affirming Studies) on May 16 at 7 p.m. at the Pizza Time Saloon, 1900 West
Point Pike, West Point. At each meeting the group discusses the chapter of a book. The book entitled “Unveiling Mary Magdalene” by Liz Curtis Higgs is the book being studied. Before starting the first chapter on Monday, April 18, the group thought of Mary as a “bad girl” of the Bible and were surprised to learn that the myth was started by Gregory the Great who preached a homily in A.D. 591in which he combined three women from three different gospel accounts into one woman, Mary Magdalene. The group invites all women to join on May 16 at the time and location previously noted. Please call the church office at 215-699-9159 or send an email to office@gwynedd. org.
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. 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. Services are led by the Rev. Kathy Andonian, Rector, assisted by staff, parish and choir members. For more information, call the church at 215-234-8020 or visit www.churchoftheholyspirit. net.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church PC(USA), 837 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale, will hold its 7th annual Spring Mission Week May 14-21 providing opportunities to participate in a community service activity. Opportunities are available to support five community service organizations. To participate, look over the five volunteer and donation opportunities described and sign up at https://www. signupgenius.com/go/ 10C0C4CA8AC2EA4F94mission or in the church narthex until May 8. If you have general questions about Mission Week, you may contact Ralph Insinga (rpinsinga@yahoo.com). Organizations and actitivities are: Caring for Friends, group cooking and meal packaging event to benefit the homebound; Gemma Services, donate by filling a gift bag for a child from a requested list to benefit underserved children; Habitat for Humanity, building Adirondack chairs and birdhouses to raise funds for new home construction for a family in need; Keystone Opportunity Center, pack fresh produce for those in need of food support into boxes and load into clients’ cars; Manna on Main Street, donate food, beverage and cooking items to help individuals in need of assistance.