Christ United Methodist Church
145 Disciple Drive
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
570-374-8539
office@christ-umc.net (office email)
pryan@christ-umc.net (Pastor's email)
Join us on the journey to "Love Jesus, Love like Jesus, and invite others to Love like Jesus"
Christ United Methodist Crusader Newsletter
Christ UMC, Selinsgrove, PA Monday - Friday Office Schedule 17 -21
Monday: Office Open ~ 8am-3pm; Vicki ~ 8am to 3pm; Pastor ~ Off
Tuesday: Office Open ~ 8am-3pm; Vicki ~ 8am-3pm; Pastor ~ 8:30am- 3:30pm
Wednesday: Office Open ~ 8am-3pm; Vicki ~ 8am to 3pm; Pastor ~ 8:30am-10:30am, Afternoon meeting and visits
Thursday: Office Open ~ 8am-4pm; Angela ~
8am- 4pm, Pastor ~ 8:30am- 3:30pm (11am Pennsfield Communion)
Friday: Office Open ~ 8am-3pm; Angela ~ 8am to 3pm; Pastor ~ TBD
Sunday, January 16, 2022 to Sunday, January 23, 2022 CUMC Schedule
Sunday, January 16
7am - Online Worship
8am - Praise Team Practice
9am - Worship in the Sanctuary
9am - Seekers Adult Sunday School Class - CF
9:15am - Children’s Sunday School (First Floor Children’s Wing)
10:30am - Worship in the Sanctuary
Confirmation Class moved to Sunday, January 30 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Monday, January 17
9am - Monday Morning Men - MR
Tuesday, January 18
9am - Facebook Bible Study
10am - Bible Study - AC
Wednesday, January 19
9am - Facebook Prayer
12:30pm - Pastor lunch
meeting
6:30pm - Choir - MR
Thursday, January 20
Newsletter/Crusader Crew
11am - Caregiving & Pastor Communion & Fellowship @ Pennsfield Apartments
Sunday, January 23
7am - Online Worship
8am - Praise Team Practice - Sanctuary
9am - Worship in the Sanctuary
9am - Seekers Adult Sunday School Class - CF
9:15am - Children’s Sunday School (First Floor Children’s Wing)
10:30am - Worship in the Sanctuary
Youth Event in the Afternoon
*CF- Conference Room
*MR- Multipurpose Room
*AC- Adult Classroom first floor
Access Christ UMC Facebook Page @ Christ UMC, Selinsgrove; Ryan Gephart-Pastor; & Prayer Post
Access YouTube Channel @ Christ UMC, Selinsgrove Worship
Access Sermon by Phone: 570-213-7375
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
7am - Online Worship
9am - Worship in the Sanctuary
9am – Seekers Adult Sunday School Class 9:15am – Children’s Sunday School
10:30am - Worship in the Sanctuary
Our Amazing 2021 Christmas Carolers!
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A Narrative for the Continuing United Methodist Church
United Methodists all over the globe are liturgical, contemporary, charismatic, social activists, urban, suburban, small town, rural and much more. We are children, youth, young adults, senior adults, new Christians, and mature Christians. We are present on four continents, in more than 45 countries, and we comprise an unknown number of cultures and languages. We are a holy communion of different races, ethnicities, cultures, and perspectives united by the Holy Spirit, driven by the mission of Christ, and bearing the good news of an unmerited grace that changes lives and transforms communities.
Christ’s prayer for our unity and command to gather all to the table, to make space for one another, appreciate one another, and look for Christ in each other, prohibit us from creating individual tables only for those who think, act, look, and perceive the world like we do. We cannot be a church that fractures its identity and commitment to Christ by aligning itself with political parties. We cannot be a traditional church or a progressive church or a centrist church. We cannot be a gay or straight church. Our churches must be more than echo chambers made in our own image arguing with each other while neglecting our central purpose. This is the way of the world.
Instead, we must be one people, rooted in scripture, centered in Christ, serving in love and united in the essentials. It is hard work. It is sacred work. It is the ministry of reconciliation that Christ gave to each of us. Our best witness is to love each other as Christ loves us, to show the world the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit to bind us together despite our differences. This is living out the gospel.
We are a church:
• Confident in what God has done in Christ Jesus for all humankind
• Committed to personal and social salvation/transformation
• Courageous in dismantling the powers of racism, tribalism, and colonialism
All of our members, clergy, local churches, and annual conferences will continue to have a home in the future United Methodist Church, whether they consider themselves liberal, evangelical, progressive, traditionalist, middle of the road, conservative, centrist, or something else. We hold on to our Wesleyan heritage that “the living core of the Christian faith is revealed in Scripture, illuminated by tradition, vivified in personal experience, and confirmed by reason”.
We are longing for a United Methodist Church that will move towards new forms of being a connectional church, a General Conference focused on global essentials, and an empowerment of regions for contextually relevant forms of living our common mission mandate. Deeply rooted in the Doctrinal Standards of the UMC, we pledge to exercise our episcopal role in ways that enable as many United Methodists, lay and clergy, as are willing to remain in the UMC and – together – to continue in making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. And, because we are part of the Church Universal, we seek to be united visibly and in ministries with other parts of the Body of Christ in God’s mission for the human family and creation.
We are committed to strengthening every local church, where the word is preached and Christ is offered, and where the table is set before all who hunger and thirst for righteousness, confident in the prayer we have learned to say and share:
• Make us one with Christ—this is faithfulness.
• Make us one with each other—this is unity.
• Make us one in ministry to all the world—this is fruitfulness.
This is the United Methodist Church we love and serve!
Council of Bishops
The United Methodist Church
November 4, 2021
Genesis 9:13
New King James Version
"I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth."
Christ UMC, Selinsgrove, PA Youth Group Schedule Update
January & February 2022
Sunday, January 9 ~ 5pm to 6:3pm Regular Youth Group with Food, Games, Bible Lesson and planning in the Multi-Purpose Room/Sanctuary
Sunday, January 23 ~ Hold the Date for Afternoon Fun Activity (hoping for snow tubing but could be other event
Sunday, January 30 ~ Confirmation in The Adult Sunday School Room from 2:30 to 3:30pm (this is the new date as we will be off January 16)
Sunday, February 13 ~ Sandwich Sale Fundraiser (looking to do after Church Services – make and then deliver, take home à order forms distributed at January 9 meeting); Confirmation in The Adult Sunday School Room from 2:30 to 3:30pm (looking to do activities and Confirmation class after church & in the early afternoon as the Super Bowl is later that night)
Friday, February 18 to Sunday, February 20 ~ ReCharge Event at Wesley Forest Church Camp (go to www.wesleyforest.org for more information and to sign-up or see previous youth emails)
Sunday, February 27 ~ 5pm to 6:3pm Regular Youth Group with Food, Games and Bible Lesson in the Multi-Purpose Room/Sanctuary
Hold the Date for these events ~ Looking Ahead
Youth Retreat at Wesley Forest is Friday night, April 22 to Sunday morning, April 24, 2022
Rev. Ryan Gephart
Pastor
OFFICE STAFF:
Vicki Ewing
Membership Office Manager
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Mary Ann Williard
Office Manager
Thursday and Friday
Esther Martin
Financial Office Manager
Michele Hoch and Staff
Agapeland Preschool Director
Amanda Rousu
Children's Ministry Leader
Marrianne Hoyt
Worship Accompanist
Celebration Choir
Dan Orner
Custodian
Let's Talk.
Office Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sunday Morning Services at 8:00 am and 10:30 am