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Sprucetown UMC

177 Upper Georges Valley Road, Spring Mills, PA  16875
Communion Service 1st Sundays with individual bread & cup chalices
Listen to the latest message by phone 24/7 at 814-422-6238
Please join us for Worship at 11am

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Watch our services live via Zoom! Click the link shortly before or at worship time and PLEASE mute your microphone.
11am ET – Sprucetown UMC, Potters Mills/Spring Mills

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Volunteers are needed to perform the following tasks for worship services:

  • Fill the altar candles once a month
  • Make sure that the paraments (the cloths you see on the pulpit. lectern and altar are the color corresponding to the Methodist calendar)
  • Offering counters
  • Liturgists – lay people who start the services  
  • See the pastor if you have questions or would like to volunteer!

Theresa M. Heiser, Pastor
Phone:  814-883-9510
Pastor’s Mailing address:  PO Box 211, Centre Hall, PA  16828

Offerings may be mailed to Tawnya Childs, offering coordinator, at 133 B. Dobson Drive, Centre Hall, PA 16828.

Events:

Monthly potluck lunch – Bring a covered dish to share the 2nd Sunday of the month (September – April) and join us for lunch after worship!  All are welcome!

Meetings:

Ad Board/Trustees meet the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm November – December and April – May

Ad Board/Trustees meet January – March immediately following the monthly potluck luncheon on the second Sunday of the month

Penns Valley United Methodist Charge Officers for 2024

SPRC Voting MembersJulie Franklin
 Tawnya Childs 
SPRC alt. Voting MembersBeth Brown
 Claude Witmer
SPRC ChairPaula Smith (St. James)
SPRC SecretaryTawnya Childs (Sprucetown)
Charge TreasurerKathy Highbaugh (St. James)
Sprucetown Charge AuditorsTawnya Childs
 Nancy Witmer
Lay Members Annual Conf.Beth Brown 
Alt. Lay Members to ACKathy Highbaugh (St. James)

Sprucetown United Methodist Church Officers for 2024

Adm. Council ChairTeresa Snyder-Leiby
Adm. Council Vice ChairClaude Witmer
Adm. Council SecretaryTami Spotts
TreasurerWanda Hockenberry
Lay Leader/Lay ServantTawnya Childs
Trustees ChairBeth Brown
Finance ChairNancy Witmer
Worship ChairJanet Zerby
Safe Sanctuaries AdvocateTami Spotts
Church AuditorsTawnya Childs
 Jean deMin
 Julie Franklin
Church Safety OfficerNeil Foust
Membership ChairJulie Franklin
LiturgistsTawnya Childs
 Beth Brown
 Teresa Snyder-Leiby
TrusteesNeil Foust
 Teresa Snyder-Leiby
 Andy deMin
 Chris Spotts
 Beth Brown

2025 Susquehanna Annual ConferenceClick to learn more
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Worship & More

  • June 1, 2025 – Ascension Sunday Worship Service
  • May 25, 2025 – Heritage Sunday Worship Service
  • May 18, 2025 – 5th Sunday of Easter & Heritage Day Worship
  • Pastor’s eNote: The Remedy for Declining Moral Decency

8:30am Trinity

https://youtu.be/-O7qLAgd8-A

9:45am St. James

https://youtu.be/zPGqEiGaKCQ

11am Sprucetown

https://youtu.be/MuhdvMAiNZo

Pastor Theresa Heiser
Read Pastor's eNotes

District Superintendent:
Rev. Brenda Leigey

Our Bishop:
Bishop Héctor A. Burgos Núñez

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