ST. JOHN’S SUMMER SINGERS

IN CONCERT

GOD OF GRACE & GLORY

           

St. Paul United Methodist Church Special Events is pleased to host St. John’s Summer Singers in concert on Sunday, July 22, 2018, at 3:00 PM, in the church nave located at 750 Norland Avenue, Chambersburg, PA.  Under the direction of Gary Crum and accompanied by Gloria Crum and Eileen Hoffman-Meier, the choir will entertain all with a wide selection of sacred, spiritual, secular, and patriotic music.  This is the tenth year of performing by this 70-member choir.  The choir is comprised of individuals from 22 different local churches who come together each summer simply because they love to sing.  They will present eight concerts this summer.  There is no admission charge for the concert.  The church is handicapped accessible.  For more information, contact the church office at 717-267-3085 or Linda Strickler at 717-263-4975.

     Join St. Paul’s Newly Named Small Group:QUEST                                      (Questioning, Understanding, Exploring, Serving, and Teaching)

   Jesus Among Secular Gods

by Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale

Starting June 3 at 11am in the Church Library

PEOPLE ARE HANGING THEIR ETERNITIES ON VIRTUALLY NOTHING.

Although the secular philosophies floating around our culture can be intriguing, they have no real substance. But could you argue against them effectively? This six-session Bible study will equip you to challenge the gods of our day: atheism, scientism, pluralism, hedonism, relativism, and humanism. Join us and learn how to point out the fallacies in their claims and to present compelling evidence for the absolute truth found in Jesus.

LifeWay.com/JesusAmongSecularGods

Are you looking for a family-friendly, laid back, small group? Then come join us Sunday, June 10 at 6pm in the church nursery. We will meet every other week (June 10, 24; July 8, 22; August 5, 19). We will be watching a series by Kyle Idleman on RightNow Media and studying the book of Galatians. 

Contact Nicole Buhrman for more info.  nlbuhrman@gmail.com

“SHIPWRECKED: Rescued by Jesus” is coming!!!!

     Come and join other Castaways from St Paul UMC this summer for our exciting and thrilling Vacation Bible School!  VBS will be held June 25-29 from 9am till Noon each day for kids age 3 to grade 5. We are still in need of teens and adults to help in the following areas:

·       Elementary Crew Leaders – no teaching involved! Just take your group from one station to another.

·       Youth aged students to assist at stations or be crew leaders.

·       Assistants in Preschool classes (ages ¾)

 

If you cannot donate your time to help with VBS, please prayerfully consider donating some supplies or making a monetary donation. The VBS donation bulletin boards are now placed in both the FLC and the Narthex. Simply choose some items that you’d be willing to purchase or donate, and then return the items AND THE PINK NOTE to the church office by June 17^th. Thank You for helping!!!

 

 

 

Summer Sermon Series

The summer of 2018 looks to be an engaging time of worship here at St. Paul United Methodist Church! The Summer Sermon Series will be “Reality Based Faith”. These services will be a time when we openly, faithfully, and scripturally address the questions, concerns, doubts, and wonders of our faith in Christ. This will help us then share with others who have such questions of faith with honesty, integrity, and clarity.

 

This sermon series is also exciting in that we get to help create the series! Please share questions of faith that you have or that others have presented to you. For example, we briefly touched upon the question,  “Do you really think you can talk to God and that God talks to you?” in a previous worship service. So, talk to others and see what questions or issues they have with Christianity. Email those questions to jkratz@susumc.org or write them out and place them in the offering plate or Pastor John’s mail slot. Thank you for helping to make this summer an exciting time of having a reality-based faith.