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
Schedule November 29- December 3
Monday: Office Open ~ 8am to 3pm; Vicki ~ 8am to 3pm; Pastor Ryan ~ Off
Tuesday: Office Open ~ 8am to 3pm; Vicki ~ 8am to 3pm; Pastor Ryan ~ 8:15am to 3:15pm
Wednesday: Office Open ~ 8am to 3pm; Vicki ~ 8am to 3pm; Pastor Ryan ~ 8:15am to 10:45am followed by visits
Thursday: Office Open ~ 8am to 4pm; Angela ~ 8am to 4pm; Pastor Ryan ~ 8:15am to 4:15pm (meetings and charge
conference final preparation plus worship & confirmation prep)
Friday: Office Open ~ 8am to 3pm; Angela ~ 8am to 3pm; Pastor Ryan ~ TBD (Office some, meetings some, visits some)
Sunday, November 28 to Sunday, December 5, 2021 CUMC Schedule
Sunday, November 28
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
Monday, November 29
No Agapeland
No Monday Morning Men
Tuesday, November 30
9am - Facebook Bible Study
10am - Bible Study - AC
Wednesday, December 1
9am - Facebook Prayer
6:30pm - Choir - MR
Thursday, December 2
11am - 1:30pm - Budget/Finance Mtg. - CF
Sunday, December 5
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
Charge Conference after Church Service
2:30pm-3:30pm Confirmation - AC
*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
Worship Times Sunday Morning
9am- In-Person
9:15am- Children's Sunday School
10:30am- Inside In-Person Worship
in the Sanctuary
Christmas Eve , Friday December 24, 2021
Services Schedule
3pm - Traditional Lessons & Carols with Holy Communion & Candlelight
5:30pm - Half-hour Children's Focused Service with Christmas Story & Bells
7pm - Family Focused Service with Special items, Holy Communion & Candlelight
10pm - Traditional Lessons & Carols with Holy Communion & Candlelight
TOYS FOR TOTS
The Marines have been making Christmas wishes come true for needy children since 1947.
We will be collecting for Toys for Tots from October 1-December 15, 2021. Toys For Tots serves Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Union and Snyder Counties. Last year 4,128 children received gifts from this campaign.
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."
Sermon
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
Youth Information for Christ United Methodist Church
Selinsgrove, PA
Blessings Youth Families:
Christ UMC, Selinsgrove, PA Youth Group Update:
Sunday, November 21 ~ Youth Group in The Multi-Purpose Room from 6pm to 7:30pm
Sunday, December 5 ~ Confirmation in The Adult Sunday School Room from 4pm to 5pm
Sunday, December 12 ~ Youth Christmas Party in The Multi-Purpose Room from 5pm to 7pm
In Christ's Service,
Youth Leaders ~ Christina Wolfe & Pastor Ryan
Youth Assistant Leaders ~ Dustin Emery & Jaime Carpenter
Confirmation Class Assistant Leader & Retreat Chaperone ~ Jinny Harnum
The United Methodist Church - We Give to Minister in Jesus Name
Together, United Methodists do remarkable ministry around the world. We care for survivors recovering from earthquakes and storms; we invest, long term, in vulnerable communities; we implement the most effective solutions to diseases like malaria; we equip the next generation to lead the church and society. In all of this, we share the good news of Jesus Christ.
CUMC supports the following ministries
Conference, District, Local and Community
Click on the ministry for more information. Ministries are linked to a website or an e-mail address of a CUMC leader who can tell you more.
Compassion International
Soles4Souls
Camp and Retreat Ministry, Susquehanna Conference, UMC
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
Mission Central, Susquehanna Conference, UMC
Volunteers in Mission (VIM)
Give Ye Them To Eat (GYTTE) Mission, Tlanculpican, Mexico
Lewisburg District Lay Servant Ministries
Life in the Spirit
KYROS Prison Ministry
The Walk to Emmaus
Meals For Seals - Providing Weekend Meals for Selinsgrove Area School District Students.
Ronald McDonald House
The Mustard Seed, Selinsgrove
Selinsgrove Senior Center
Selinsgrove Area Christian Council
Selinsgrove Ministerium
Meals on Wheels
Salvation Army
Christian Caregiving
Grayson View and Pennsfield Apartments - Christian Conversation Ministries
Hospitality and Connection
CUMC sells Giant and Weis gift cards. These companies give CUMC 5% of the amount of cards that we sell. We have raised thousands of dollars over the past few years, doing this. If you shop at WEIS or GIANT, please consider purchaseing a gift card on Sunday and use it to buy your groceries this week!
Selinsgrove Area Kitchen Cupboard
The most needed items are:
family size cans of prepared foods such as spaghetti, ravioli, etc.;
paper products such as toilet paper, paper towels, etc.
spaghetti, spaghetti o's, canned meats, such as Spam, canned chicken; Hamburger Helper, boxes of macaroni and cheese, canned fruit.
They will not accept expired items. There is a box inthe rear of the church where you may put your donations.
Selinsgrove Area Meals on Wheels
570-374-6420
CUMC contact: Kathy Bunch
A Non-Profit organization which delivers hot meals to persons within the boundaries of the Selinsgrove School District who are homebound, are recovering from Surgery or illness, or finding it difficult to prepare their own food. Click HERE for printable MOW brochure.