Worship News and Notes
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St. John’s United Church of Christ United Ringers, the hand bell choir at St. John’s United Church of Christ, will play “For the Beauty of the Earth”, arranged by David Kellermeyer, at the 10:15 a.m. service on May 15. In addition, the Chancel Choir will sing “Love of God” by Davis Giersch. The church is at 500 W. Main St., Lansdale. All are welcome! 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, 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: Thrift Shop is open Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays 9a.m. to 1p.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 11a.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, 1900West 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
invites you to participate in Betsy’s Book Club, a small group at the church. The club has been active for over 20 years and is named after its founder, Betsy Albinson. The books we discussed at our last meeting were “The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna” by C. W. Gortner and “The Pearl Sister” by Lucinda Riley. Our next meeting will be Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Pizza Time Saloon at 5:30 p.m. The books to be discussed will be “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michelle Richardson and “A Touch of Stardust” by Kate Alcott. The club meets on a Wednesday or Thursday every other month. At each meeting the group chooses: the books to be read for the next meeting, the date, and the meeting place. The books span an array of types, such as fiction, non-fiction, biographies, historical fiction and memoirs. If you would like to attend the next meeting, please contact Elaine Watters at ejwatters@verizon. net or Anita Lamond at anita0547@verizon.net.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church
will have booths at Towamencin Community Day and Lansdale Day. Towamencin Community Day is on Saturday, May 21, from noon to 4 p.m. at Fischer’s Park. There are lots of things for children to do and parents can visit booths with various craft items for sale. The church will have a prize wheel where every child will win a prize; two gifts for adults have been added this year. Information will be available on Habitat Faith Build and the current project on Cowpath Road in Hatfield Township.