Please mark your 2010 calendar for the following events:
Wednesday, February 17th - Ash Wednesday Service at 7 P.M.
Sunday, February 21st - First Sunday of Lent: Communion Served
Sunday, February 28th - Coffee Hour following Worship
Sunday, March 14th - Pot Luck Luncheon following Worship Service
Sunday, March 28th - Palm Sunday
Thursday, April 1st - Maundy Thursday Service: Communion Served
Sunday, April 4th - Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 18th - Coffee Hour following Worship
Sunday, May 9th - Mother's Day Presentation
Sunday, May 16th - Presbyterian Women's Birthday Celebration after Worship
Sunday, April 23rd - Pentecost Sunday (Wear red): Communion Served
Sunday, June 20th - Father's Day Luncheon
Sunday, August 1st - "Ice Cream on the Lawn" following Worship
Monday, September 20th - Presbyterian Women's Tea with Church Women United at Noon
Sunday, October 3rd - World Communion Sunday: Communion Served
Sunday, October 24th - Halloween Party at 5:30 P.M.
Sunday, November 28th - First Sunday of Advent: Communion Served and Christmas Concert at 5:30 P.M.
Sunday, December 12th - Christmas Luncheon following worship with a visit from Santa
Monday, December 13th - Presbyterian Women's Christmas Luncheon at the Candlewyck at Noon
Friday, December 24th - Christmas Eve Service at 7 P.M.
Exact times and specific information will be provided closer to the date of the events.
Ongoing
Check the prayer board in the Fellowship Hall.
Remember those in need in your prayers, send a card, make a visit or a phone call.
The *Food Pantry* is continually in need of non-perishable
food items. These can be brought to the church any Sunday or Wednesday morning.
See your written copy of The Gleaner for birthdays as well as the contact information for our minister Dr. Philip Sommer!
Brief Bio for Rev. Philip Sommer, DMin.
Beginning November 2, 2008 Dr. Sommer will began leading worship as our part-time supply minister. He will be living in McCoole during his time with us (two or three days per week). He can be reached at the church by calling 304 355 8614.
He lives in Stephens City, Virginia with his wife, Kathleen. Together they have operated a part time catering business, K&P Hospitality, since 2003. They have four grown children and two grandchildren.
Dr. Sommer graduated from Moravian College in 1967 with a BA in History; in 1970 he received his MDiv degree from Princeton Theology Seminary, and in 1981 he earned his doctorate from McCormick Theological Seminary. At the present time he serves Shenandoah Presbytery as a member of the Permanent Judical Commission, is chair of the Divesture Task Force, and has participated in two mission trips to Baja with Kathleen and others from the Presbytery.
He has served churches in Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia.
