Worship Services

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 During the Program Year we follow our  
two worship service schedule
(9:00 and 11:15 am)

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January Services ~
while Dean Lindsey is away on sabbatical we welcome several guest preachers to our pulpit

Sunday January 5 ~ Two Worship Services at 9:00 and 11:15 am
Celebration of Epiphany
Sunday School for Children and Youth -- 10:00 am
Coffee Hour -- 10:15 am
Scot Kretchmar, preaching
Scott Kretchmar is a member and elder of our congregation currently serving on Session.  Scott has gone through the Commissioned Lay Pastor training program of Huntingdon Presbytery and regularly preaches at other churches in our Presbytery.  He is an emeritus professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Penn State.  During his career he has published research in the areas of the philosophy and values of physical activity, the areas of sport, and games and the evolution of human intelligence.

Sunday January 12 ~ Two Worship Services at 9:00 and 11:15 am
The Baptism of the Lord
Sunday School for Children and Youth -- 10:00 am
Coffee Hour -- 10:15 am
Adult Education -- 10:15 am
Allison Maus, preaching
Our own Allison Maus has served at our church for a year and a half, directing our Campus and Young Adult Ministries and serving as staff support for our Spiritual Life Ministry Unit. Allison graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2018.

Sunday January 19 ~ Two Worship Services at 9:00 and 11:15 am
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Sunday School for Children and Youth -- 10:00 am
Coffee Hour -- 10:15 am
Adult Education -- 10:15 am
Paul Cho, preaching
Paul Cho is a member of our congregation along with his wife, Eunice and son Timothy.  He is an Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC, where he has taught since 2013.  Paul did his undergraduate and seminary studies at Yale and completed his PhD at Harvard.  He recently published a book through Cambridge Press entitled, "Myth, History, and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible."

Sunday January 26 ~ Two Worship Services at 9:00 and 11:15 am
Third Sun;day after Epiphany
Sunday School for Children and Youth -- 10:00 am
Coffee Hour -- 10:15 am
Adult Education -- 10:15 am
Daniel Falk, preaching
Daniel Falk grew up in Saskatchewan where he attended a Lutheran church. He majored in biblical studies in college and pastored a rural Baptist church for a couple years, before moving to the UK to do a PhD in ancient Judaism at Cambridge University and a post-doc at Oxford University. He researches and writes on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He was Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism at the University of Oregon before moving to Penn State, where he is Chaiken Family Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies.