Andrew Burd-Harris

Minor Prophets: an introduction (Bible Study)

September 13, 2021 by Andrew Burd-Harris Leave a Comment

Pastor Andrew’s fall Bible Study is focused on the minor prophets. The minor prophets are twelve prophetic books in the Bible. The designation “minor” is for the length of the books not their significance. The Bible Study will be via Zoom on Monday nights at 7 PM. Everyone is welcome to join. Contact us for a link. Please see the schedule below.

September 20-Hosea 1-7
September 27-Hosea 8-14
October 4-Joel/Obadiah
October 11-Amos 1-5
October 18-Amos 6-9
October 25-Jonah/Nahum
November 1-Micah
November 8-Habakkuk/Zephaniah
November 15-Zechariah 9-14
November 22-Haggai/Malachi

Pieter Lastman’s “Jonah and the Whale.” In the public domain.

Mask Request-August 2021

August 19, 2021 by Andrew Burd-Harris Leave a Comment

The Bishop of the Susquehanna Conference, Bishop Park, sent out a letter last week encouraging churches in our conference to take seriously the delta variant of COVID-19. Our reopening taskforce discussed via email our current practices. For now, we are requesting that everyone who uses our facility wear a mask regardless of vaccination status. When preaching or leading worship, the mask may be removed so others can hear clearly the leader.

worried egg with mask — Copyright: “Worried Easter egg wearing a face mask. COVID-19.” ©2020 Ivan Radic (via Flickr). Licensed under Creative Commons.

Prayer Resources (August 2021)

August 16, 2021 by Andrew Burd-Harris Leave a Comment

During our sermon series “Calling Out Your Name,” Pastor Andrew and Deacon Megan have been offering prayer resources. Below is a hand prayer Deacon Megan used for our children’s lesson on August 15 and the written prayer resource handout Pastor Andrew used on August 8.

Reopening Taskforce Update-July 2021

July 29, 2021 by Andrew Burd-Harris 1 Comment

Our reopening taskforce met last week. We have made several changes to our Coronavirus Guidelines. Church leaders are watching developments with the delta variant. The taskforce will meet again if we few additional changes are needed. The following changes were approved last week:

Persons who are vaccinated do not need to wear a mask. We request unvaccinated persons continue to wear masks.
We are planning on printing and distributing bulletins again starting on the first Sunday in September.
Hymnals and Bibles can return to the pew racks.
The taskforce approved a healing service in August.

Copyright: “SARS-CoV-2” ©2020 NIAID (via wikimedia). Licensed under Creative Commons.

God’s Kitchen Restarts August 3

July 28, 2021 by Andrew Burd-Harris Leave a Comment

pasta dish with cheese — Copyright: “food” ©2010 karen H. nickname.{pooh} (via Flickr). Licensed under Creative Commons.

The God’s Kitchen ministry is restarting this August. On Tuesday nights from 6 PM-7 PM, a local church in the area will cook and host the dinner. The dinner is located at Wesley UMC in Middletown each week. Wesley UMC will host the first dinner on August 3. Evangelical will host the second dinner on August 10. The dinners are free and all are welcome. Contact us if you would like to help on August 10.