WORSHIP NEWS AND NOTES
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The Chancel Choir at St. John’s United Church of Christ will sing “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley” by John Ferguson at the 10:15 a.m. service on February 26. There is also an 8 a.m. service. Later the service is available on St. John’s Facebook page, website and YouTube channel:youtube. com/stjohnsucclansdalepa. The church is at 500 W. Main St., Lansdale. Call 215-855-5489 or 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, beginning March 1 and continuing through April 5 at 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 215-855-5489or e-mail office@st-johns-ucc.org The church is at 500 W. 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 from February 26 through March 26 at 8 and 10:30 a.m. With the churches of Hatfield, Grace will host a midweek Lenten service on Wednesday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m., with Rev. John C. Nguyen (Fr. Chung) of St. Maria Goretti preaching. The Sunday 10:30 worship services are streamed live under “Online Worship” at gracelutheranhatfield.org. For more information, call 215855-4676.
Indian Creek Mennonite Church, 647 Harleysville Pike, Telford, services are Sunday school, 9a.m.; worship service, 10:15 a.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 10 a.m. and Early Worship is at 8:30 a.m. For web links or dial in numbers, visit www. gwyneddsquare.org. Weekly Bible Study meets at 10:30 a.m. in the pastor’s study and on Zoom and will meet every Wednesday at this time. See a separate column for information on the new series the Adult Form will be offering. Email office@gwyneddsquare.org or call the church office at 215699-9159.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church Lenten Soup Suppers continue from Wednesday, March 1, 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. Pease contact Pastor Wonjae to purchase an adult reflection guide if desired at office@gwyneddsquare.org or 215-699-9159. The church is at 837Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church’s Adult Forum meets on Monday nights at 7 p.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 215-699-9159 for 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 10 a.m., along with Children’s Church at 10a.m. Virtual Bible Study on Wednesdays at 7:20 p.m. Call 215-855-0899 for the Bible Study Zoom link.
Faith Lutheran Church, 615 Cowpath Road, Montgomeryville, continues to worship in the sanctuary as well as on Zoom at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School is held Sundays from 9:45 to 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 8 and 10:15 a.m. on Sundays. The church also live-streams the 10:15 a.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 9 a.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 1:30 p.m. on Sundays, Feb. 26 to 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 215-234-8020 or visit www.churchoftheholyspirit.us.
The Horsham Interfaith Coalition through its participating congregations, will be collecting new (and very gently used) children’s clothes sizes 6 months to children’s size 12 during Lent. Collection boxes will be at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, Riverside Community Church, and the Horsham Library. No stuffed animals or blankets, please.