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  • About Us
    • Program Year Schedule
    • Annual Reports >
      • Annual Report 2020
    • Visitors and Guests >
      • All are Welcome Here!
      • Visiting the Church
      • Become a Member
    • Getting Here
    • Hours
    • Our Staff
    • What we Believe
    • Church History
    • Church Leadership >
      • Ministry Units/Committees
    • Building & Facilities >
      • Sanctuary
      • Columbarium
    • Caring for God's Creation >
      • Composting & Recycling
      • Sustainability Circle
    • Our Newest Members
    • Photo Gallery
  • Worship
    • Worship Services
    • Worship Services Videos
    • Sermons
    • Worship Bulletins
    • Worship Service Greeters
    • Seasons of Worship
    • Music
    • Communion
    • Weddings
    • Baptisms
  • Ministries
    • Adult Ministries >
      • Adult Education >
        • Adult Education Archives
      • Fellowship >
        • Coffee Hour
        • POLO (Parents of Little Ones)
        • Flown and Grown (adults who are empty nesters)
        • Young at Heart (age 55+)
      • Small Groups
      • Men's Groups
      • Women's Groups
      • Spiritual Life Ministry >
        • Spiritual Life Jubilee Retreat >
          • Jubilee Retreat Registration Form
      • Spiritual Direction
      • Grieving in God’s Embrace (formerly "Life After Loss")
      • Henszey Lecture Series
    • Young Adult Ministry
    • College-Age Ministries
    • Children & Youth >
      • Sunday School Registration
      • Sunday Morning Programs >
        • Worship Childcare
        • Infants and Toddlers
        • Sunday School for Threes & Fours
        • Sunday School for Kindergarten
        • Sunday School for Elementary
        • Sunday School for Middle School
        • Sunday School for High School
        • Sunday School Registration
      • Summer Sunday School
      • Mid-Week Ministries for Children and Youth >
        • LOGOS Geckos (grades 1-5)
        • LOGOS Chrysalis (grades 6-8)
        • LOGOS Meal RSVP
        • FISH (Grades 9-12) >
          • FISH Calendar
      • Children & Youth Group Forms
      • Senior Passage (grade 12)
      • Resources for Parents/Grandparents
    • Mission >
      • Mission Opportunities
      • Past Mission Projects
      • Hospital Visitation
    • Stewardship >
      • Online Giving
    • Safeguarding Our Children
    • Time and Talent Profile
  • Stay & Play Preschool
    • About Us
    • Covid-19 Information
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    • Enrollment
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The Seasons of Worship


We are currently NOT worshiping inside the building.  We offer weekly recorded worship services on our YouTube Channel (State College Presbyterian Church) and  we are holding a brief outdoor worship service at 9:00 am on Sunday mornings outside the Tower Entrance (weather permitting).
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NORMAL (Non-Covid) Program Year Worship
(Sunday after Labor Day - Sunday before Memorial Day Weekend)
During the regular program year we worship at two services:  9:00 and 11:15 am.  Adult Education Classes meet from 10:15 - 11:00 am, Coffee Hour meets between the services in the Social Hall, and Sunday School for children and youth meets from 10:00 - 11:00 am. Childcare is available for infants and toddlers throughout the morning.

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Ordinary Time
Pentecost is followed in the Christian year by a season called Ordinary Time.  Ordinary time lasts from the week after Pentecost until the beginning of Advent in November or December. The lectionary readings for this period focus on various aspects of the faith, especially the mission of the church in the world.


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Advent
The season of Advent is observed in the Christian church as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is an anglicized version of the Latin word adventus, meaning "coming".
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At SCPC we celebrate Advent with Organ Recitals,  a Candlelight Service and special worship services on each Sunday during Advent.

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Pentecost​
It was on the day of Pentecost, fifty days after the resurrection of Christ, that the church was born through the fire of the Holy Spirit.  Pentecost and its call to be witnesses can enlighten and clarify the church's sense of identity and mission.
Red is the color of the season of Pentecost.  The day of Pentecost is described in the Book of Acts 2: 1-31.


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Lent
Lent is a season of the Christian Year where Christians focus on simple living, prayer, and fasting in order to grow closer to God.  It's the forty days before Easter.  Lent excludes Sundays because every Sunday is like a little Easter.  Basically it's about one-tenth of a year (like a tithe of time).  Mardi Gras is the day before Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday.

The dates of Lent are based on the date of Easter which can fall between March 22 and April 25.  The most common date for Easter is April 19.  First Council of Nicaea (325 AD), a gathering of bishops, determined Easter would always fall on the first Sunday after the paschal full Moon - the first full moon of the spring equinox.

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Easter​
The period of 50 days, spanning from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday is called the Season of Easter.  Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter.


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NORMAL (Non-Covid) Summer Worship
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(Memorial Day Weekend - Labor Day Weekend)
We worship in the summer with a single worship service at 10:00 on Sundays.  Coffee Hour follows at 11:00 am.  Summer Sunday School for children ages 4 through having completed 3rd grade meets for several weeks.  Adult Education will be offered on several Sundays during the summer -- "Education After Worship" (excluding Arts Festival Weekend).


Watch the weekly Sunday bulletins and the emailed Weekly Update for details about church activities and events.
State College Presbyterian Church
132 West Beaver Avenue
State College, PA 16801
Phone: 814-238-2422
email: officescpc@gmail.com

​Stay and Play Preschool
814-237-1154
​stayandplayscpc@gmail.com

Sunday Outdoor Worship ~ (weather permitting) outside the Beaver Avenue Tower Entrance
9:00 am - a brief service with social distancing and face masks required.  If it's raining, we won't meet) see article above.

Online Worship ~ An email is sent out on Saturdays  (to those on our mailing list) with a link to a  recorded service on YouTube.  If you would like to join our mailing list, please click here.
Normal Building Hours: (call ahead to 814-238-2422  for information on when the building is open during COVID)
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday:  8:00  am - 3:00 pm
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