MARKET SQUARE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Updated 02/02/2012
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Announcements
Our Mission at MSPC
To proclaim & live the Good News of Jesus Christ by welcoming friend & stranger alike into our diverse & inclusive family of faith regardless of race or class or national origin or sexual orientation or worldly condition of any kind as we celebrate our gifts, work for justice & peace, reach out in mission & witness to God's transforming love
THANKS TO ARDITH BUFFINGTON for her twenty years of faithful service as Clerk of Session of Market Square Presbyterian Church.
Nancy Sheets (on right), incoming Clerk of Session, reads a resolution of tribute adopted by Session in honor of Ardith Buffington (on left). You can read the entire resolution here. And if you see Ardith, thank her!
SIGN UP FOR LENTEN TABLE GROUPS: Groups are being formed to meet up to four times during Lent (February 26 – April 1) for fellowship, conversation, reflection and prayer. Each group will determine when and where to meet as well as hosting responsibilities for their gatherings. The group members will also decide whether they will share pot-luck meals, dessert and coffee or something else.
HOSTS are still needed. You can sign up and/or volunteer to host by filling out the form available here. PRINT the form, fill out and then send (or bring) to the church.
AWE WORSHIP RETURNS...
A special poetry reading, "Unexpected Love Poems from God," at Breads n’ Spreads café in Midtown Harrisburg, 1419 North Third Street, 6 p.m. A $10 suggested donation is recommended toward the venue and an included reception.
Sunday, February 12:
Market Square's Ash Wednesday Service with an "AWE" format and setting in Market Square's Geneva Hall on the 4th floor. Join us for coffee and cookies at 7 p.m. followed by the service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 22:
Beginning a three-part Lenten series - "Journeying with the Mystics: Teresa of Avila" in Geneva Hall, 6 p.m. A shared meal will follow the service. Sunday, February 26:
FEBRUAry Newsletter is now available on our website. Some of our members have said they would rather not receive the newsletter by mail given online availability. Please let the office know (257-1270) if you would like to be removed from our mailing list.
REFORMED READERS BOOK LIST FOR Winter/Spring 2012 announced. The February 15 selection is: The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, by Timothy Keller.
Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics and nonbelievers bring to religion. Using literature, philosophy, anthropology, pop culture, and intellectual reasons,
Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God, is, in fact, a sound and rational one. He offers a solid platform on which to stand against the backlash toward religion spawned by the Age of Skepticism.
Meet in the church library at 7 p.m. on February 15 to join in discussing this latest REFORMED READERS selection.
PICK UP YOUR 2012 MISSION YEARBOOK for 2012 in the Atrium. 365 entries, one for each day of the year, to guide your daily prayer, along with lectionary readings for each day.
Did you miss Stewardship Sunday? NEED A PLEDGE CARD? Go here.
WHILE WE SEARCH FOR OUR NEXT PASTOR, we welcome our Interim Pastor -- the Rev. Dr. Stephens Lytch. Dr. Lytch has most recently served as interim pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Sewickley, PA. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, with three degrees from there, including a doctorate in ministry in 1991.
He has come to central Pennsylvania, along with his wife who has recently been named the incoming president of Lancaster Theological Seminary. He began his work on September 1.
We also welcome Carol who attends our services.
