WORSHIP NEWS AND NOTES
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Easter food orders are available from Presentation of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Call 215-362-9599. Leave name and phone number to receive a call back to confirm orders for pierogi, kielbasa, nut rolls, and paska. Orders are being accepted through March 19. Pick up from the hall on Saturday, April 1, from 1-3 p.m. at 1564 Allentown Road, Lansdale.
United Ringers, the handbell choir at St. John’s United Church of Christ, will play “I Heard The Voice of Jesus Say” at the 10:15a.m. service on March 12. In addition, the Chancel Choir will sing “Dona Nobis Pacem by Davis Giersch, retired choral director at North Penn High School. There is also an 8a.m. service. Later the service is available on St. John’s Facebook page, website and YouTube channel:youtube.com/stjohnsucclansdalepa. The church is at 500W. Main St., Lansdale. Call 215-855-5489or 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, 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 215-855-5489 or 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 through March 26at 8and 10:30a.m. The Sunday 10:30 worship services are streamed live under “Online Worship” at gracelutheranhatfield.org. For more information, call 215-855-4676.
Indian Creek Mennonite Church,
647Harleysville Pike, Telford, services are Sunday school, 9a.m.; worship service, 10:15 a.m. Sunday, March 12 — all day meetings, evening service 7 p.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 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, visit www.gwyneddsquare.org. Weekly Bible Study meets at 10:30a.m. in the pastor’s study and on Zoom and will meet every Wednesday at this time. Email office@gwyneddsquare.org or call the church office at 215699-9159.
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church Lenten Soup Suppers continue Wednesdays throughout Lent with the final one on March 29. The suppers begin at 5:30with 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. This study curriculum comes from the series “Follow Me: Biblical Practices for Faithful Living.” The church is at 837 Sumneytown 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 9:30 a.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 215-855-0899for the Bible Study Zoom link.
Faith Lutheran Church, 615 Cowpath Road, Montgomeryville, continues to worship in the sanctuary as well as on Zoom at 10:30a.m. Sunday School is held Sundays from 9:45 to 10:25a.m. for ages 3-11. Nursery will be provided for the 3- to 5-year-olds during the 10:30 a.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), 2871Barndt Road at the corner of Sumneytown Pike, Upper Salford, holds Holy Communion services in-person at 8and 10:15 a.m. on Sundays. The church also live-streams the 10:15a.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 9a.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 through March 26, based on the book, “Sacred Rest, Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy and Restore Your Sanity,” by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. On Sunday, March 12, there will be a dedication of the new piano, a Baldwin Model L Grand Piano. following the 10:15 a.m. service in the fellowship hall of the new church addition. On Friday, March 17at 7:30p.m. there will be a Celtic Concert of Irish music and songs presented by the Jameson Sisters. A freewill offering will be received. For more information, call the church at 215-234-8020or visit www. churchoftheholyspirit.us.
The Horsham Interfaith Coalition through its participating congregations, will be collecting new (and very gently used) children’s clothes sizes 6months to children’s size 12 during Lent. Collection sites are St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Horsham Library and St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in their PREP Office. No stuffed animals or blankets, please. 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 20years and is named after its founder, Betsy Albinson. The next meeting will be Thursday, March 23, at Pizza Time Saloon at 5:30p.m. The books to be discussed will be “The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray and “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver. 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, nonfiction, 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.