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Lent and Easter 2025

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Ash Wednesday – Mach 5

Our Ash Wednesday service will be at Evangelical at 6:30 PM. Click on the link to learn more. Centenary UMC, Chambers Hill UMC, and Geyers UMC will be joining us as start the season of Lent.

Maundy Thursday – April 17

Our Maundy Thursday service will be at Centenary UMC at 6:30 PM. Centenary UMC is located at 1010 Orchard Drive in Harrisburg. The service will start at 7 PM and feature Holy Communion.

Good Friday – April 18

The Good Friday service will be a little different this year. Instead of a traditional service, Chambers Hill UMC will host a self-guided Good Friday prayer experience. The experience will be available 10 AM to 1 PM and 5 PM to 8 PM on April 18. Chambers Hill is located at 6300 Chambers Hill Road, Harrisburg PA.

Easter Sunrise Service – April 20

On Easter day, we will once again join with our cluster for an Easter sunrise service at the Hillsdale Cemetery near Geyers UMC. Our service will start at 6:30 AM as we celebrate and give God praise for the resurrection of Jesus! Please dress for the weather as the service will be outside. You may want to bring a lawn chair. After the service we will head over to Geyers for breakfast. If you would like to join us for breakfast, please contact the church office by Monday, April 13.

Easter Sunrise Service at Geyers UMC in 2024-worshippers gathered in cemetery for worship.

Easter 10:15 AM Worship Service

At 10:15 AM on April 20, we will continue to celebrate Easter with our regular worship service. The service will be both in person and live streamed on our YouTube page. We would be blessed if you joined us to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection this Easter!

sanctuary decorated for Easter Day in 2024.

Easter Bunny Breakfast Buffet

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Evangelical is hosting an Easter Bunny Breakfast Buffet on Saturday, April 12 from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The cost is ten dollars for adults registered to attend by April 11 at 12 PM. Children twelve and under are five dollars. Children three and under are free.

The buffet will include: pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage links, and sausage gravy.

Join us for fun and fellowship as we prepare for Easter. All are welcome.

Contact us to register

The Easter bunny with a blue sash

Roast Beef Community Dinner-March 15, 2025

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Our first community dinner for 2025 was postponed due to winter weather. It is now rescheduled for March 15, 2025. Dinner will be served from 4:30 PM to 6 PM (or until sold out). The dinner will include roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, Yorkshire pudding, vegetable, applesauce, and dessert. You can dine in or have your meal as a take out. It is 13 dollars for adults and 5 dollars for children under 12. An elevators is available at our accessible entrance. All our welcome! Contact us for more information.

Picture from May community dinner of patrons eating in our fellowship hall.

The Walk (Sunday School Class)

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Examine five essential spiritual practices rooted in Jesus’ own walk with God.

How do we walk with Christ—daily follow him, grow in him, and faithfully serve him?

In the Gospels, Jesus modeled for us the Christian spiritual life. The apostles taught it in their writings. And the Church has, through the last 2,000 years, sought to pursue this Christian spiritual life.

In The Walk, Adam Hamilton focuses on five essential spiritual practices that are rooted in Jesus’ own walk with God and taught throughout the New Testament. Each of these practices is intended as part of our daily walk with Christ while also being an essential part of growing together in the church.

In each chapter, Hamilton explores one of these practices, its New Testament foundation, and what it looks like to pursue this practice daily in our personal life and together in the life of the church. Deepen your walk with Christ as we explore the five essential practices of worship, study, serving, giving, and bearing witness to our faith.[1]

Join Pastor Andrew as his Sunday School class reads and discusses Adam Hamilton’s The Walk: five essential practices of the Christian Life. Participants should pick up a copy The Walk. If you would like the church to order a copy of the book for you, please contact the church office. The cost of the book is $11.50. If the cost of the book will be a problem, please talk to Pastor Andrew. If you would like to order through the church, please let us know by Sunday, April 13th.

Schedule

  • May 4 – Introduction (Walking with God) and Chapter One (Worship and Prayer: a living hallelujah)
  • May 11 – No study
  • May 18– Chapter Two (Study: the importance of listening and paying attention)
  • May 25 – Chapter Three (Serve: Here I am Lord, Send Me)
  • June 1 – Chapter Four (Give: Where Your Treasure Is)
  • June 8 – Chapter Five (Share: Going Fishing, Reflecting Light) and Chapter Six (The Five Practices from the Cross)

[1] From book’s promotional materials

Contact the church office to order book or for Zoom Information

Women in the Bible (Bible Study)

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This spring, Pastor Andrew will lead a Bible study on Women in the Bible. While men in the Bible often get the spotlight, women in the Bible have powerful stories that can inspire our faith today. The class will explore the culture these women were raised in. We’ll ask questions about what is both in the Bible and not in the Bible. What lessons can we take from their stories to help us as children of God today?

The class is being offered in-person or on Zoom. All sessions will be on Monday nights at 7 PM. In-person session will be in Room 3 in the basement next to the fellowship hall. Contact the church office for Zoom information.

Schedule

  • March 10: Women of Faith-Sarah and Hannah
  • March 24: Women of Courage-Esther and Deborah
  • March 31: Women of Loyalty-Ruth and Naomi
  • April 7: The Virtuous Woman of Proverbs 31
  • April 28:  Women Following Jesus
  • May 5: Women of Second Chances
  • May 19: Women in the Early Church
Appearance of Jesus Christ to Mary Magdalene by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov

Contact the church office for Zoom information