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Join Pastor Theresa for this 5 Day Devotion starting May 31st, but you may begin anytime and go at your own pace. Requires a free bible.com account. Read the devotion, Scripture and Pastor Theresa’s comments, the comments of others taking the devotion and, if you like, share your thoughts on the message. About the devotion. […]
Friends, We gather as laity and clergy at the 2022 Susquehanna Annual Conference to do the work of the church. Our theme this year is BEHOLD I am doing a NEW thing. Your Lay Members to Annual Conference; Beth Brown (Sprucetown UMC) and Randy Muthersbaugh (Faith UMC) and I prepare for holy conferencing June 1 […]
Recent events have brought this question to the forefront of many minds. Although we ask it over and over, the answers never change. You and I have a choice in life, the option to do good or bad. We have free will, a gift from God. Our choices, and those made by others near to […]
Dear Church, You know I am an avid reader. I LOVE to be challenged and broaden my understanding of people and Creation. The following are my top picks for your summer reading list. Invite a friend to read the same book and get together to talk about it. I’d love to know what you think […]
From the State College District Office: STATE COLLEGE DISTRICT LISTENING SESSIONS FOR LAITY AND CLERGYAs we live into our vision in the State College District to Encourage, Equip, Empower, Everyone to Reach, Teach and Serve we need your input! Many of our churches have discovered during Mission InSite studies, we often make assumptions about how […]
Join Pastor Theresa for this wonderful devotional! Read at your own pace, share your comments, read others. 😄https://bible.com/p/50572521/7940b7af1622f13ff0ce6a8781cd7193
A question came to me by email from someone who watches services online. I know that being cooped up during COVID has made me more cynical. I say stuff before thinking and that’s not the me I want to be. How do I stop? I need more peace and to make better decisions. Anonymous This […]
In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus addressed grace and social responsibility by talking about the dangers of traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho, something well understood by the hearer. But this parable is the response to two questions, not one, and that second question reveals a guilty conscience. First the man asked, “what must […]
It’s Pulpit Swap Sunday, when we get to know someone serving the pulpit at another of the Penns Valley Cluster Churches. Worship at Spring Mills Faith at 8:30am, 10am at Brush Valley UMC with Pastor Deb Dailey, serving Grace UMC Church/Charge, Centre Hall Worship at Trinity UMC, Woodward at 8:30am, St. James UMC, Coburn at […]
Recognize your own place in the story and Passion of Jesus. Join at any time! With few exceptions, the Oberammergau Passion Play has been presented by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany every 10 years since 1634. The play is a staging of Jesus’ Passion story, covering the final period of his […]