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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nLight\, Warmth\, and Watering\nThe weeks of summer coincide with the beginning of the Pentecost season. Summer brings sunny warmth\, growing crops\, and the promise of harvest: images of the Holy Spirit’s presence and activity in our lives\, the church\, and the world. Hosea speaks of God’s presence as the dawn\, as a gentle shower\, as light. In our life together as a community of faith\, what needs light\, warmth\, and watering to grow and flourish? How might we be attentive to others’ needs to receive this nourishment through God’s words of life and holy supper? \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-3/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nCelebrating Our God beyond Understanding\nThe festival of the Holy Trinity celebrates the wonder of relationship with God while leaving us distinctly dissatisfied with our limited understanding of what God is. While guarding against the idolatry of language\, we survey our scripture\, doctrine\, creeds\, and symbols of our heritage. Equally important\, we pray for God to inspire fresh\, innovative ideas of God in the present moment. \nToday’s gospel contains one of the few biblical references to the trinitarian formula. As the eleven are commissioned to make disciples\, baptize\, and teach\, we are invited to consider our calling to influence the world with the good news of God’s love. The text from Second Corinthians also includes a kind of naming of the Holy Trinity in an affectionate sign-off of a personal letter. With the psalm praising God the creator and sustainer of all creation\, Genesis 1 relates the first of two creation stories\, this one an ancient liturgy celebrating God as a divine plural. \nThat God that is beyond our understanding may be both troubling and comforting. The temptation may be to attempt to apprehend the idea of God with our intellect\, offering the worshiping assembly a showcase of various models for God. The result is usually disappointing and feeds our bias toward intellectualism. Another possibility is to celebrate God’s presence in all its glory and colorful wonder and our belonging to this wonder-full God. \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-13/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260524T093000
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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nGod Gives More than Enough\nIt is the “first day of the week” (John 20:19)\, the day of the new creation\, but to those locked away in the upper room in fear\, the world is as it always has been. So entrenched are they in the ways of grief and guilt that the Risen One in their midst needs to offer his life-giving invitation twice: “Peace be with you.” The logic of the new age is peace\, not retribution; forgiveness\, not vengeance. With the invitation to new life comes also the means: the gift of the Holy Spirit\, breathed upon them and within them. Just as the Father sent Jesus into the world\, so now are these disciples sent as witnesses to God’s saving work. \nPentecost is therefore the crowning achievement of the Jesus story. Now\, more than ever\, these huddled disciples would have just cause to sing the “Dayenu” (“It would have been enough”) verses from the Passover seder meal\, but revised: It would have been enough for the Word and wisdom of God to have been born in the flesh . . . Dayenu! It would have been enough for the Word to grow to adulthood and share his stunning parables about God’s gracious activity in the world . . . Dayenu! It would have been enough for this Word to say to his enemies\, “Father\, forgive them” . . . Dayenu! It would have been enough for this Word to have died on a cross for us . . . Dayenu! It would have been enough that he rose again in blessing\, not vengeance . . . Dayenu! But now\, beyond what we would even expect—the Word becomes our word and it is written on our hearts at Pentecost . . . Dayenu! It is enough\, and more than enough to enflame our ministry of reconciliation in a world in need of a healing word. \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-12/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T093000
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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nOverhearing Jesus\nAt the ascension we\, like the disciples in today’s reading in Acts\, are left looking at the sky. But in the High Priestly Prayer (John 17)\, Jesus brings us back to earth. In the prayer he speaks not only from the perspective of the risen and ascended one\, but as the Word of God\, now made flesh. The prayer anticipates the accomplishments of this Word\, which does not return empty (Isa. 55:11)\, namely in the fulfillment of the “hour” of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. It is as if Jesus has already ascended “to my Father and your Father\, to my God and your God” (John 20:17)\, and has returned to tell us something vital. \nAs we overhear Jesus\, we learn that God’s character and motive are identical to those of Jesus\, who has now\, fully and completely\, “made God’s name known.” We no longer have to speculate about the nature of God. God’s purposes and love are made known in Jesus. But we also learn about ourselves. Jesus’ prayer frequently mentions the “world”—the world at once hostile to God and God’s anointed\, and yet also beloved of God (John 3:16). With Jesus’ commissioning today we have our work to do\, to make God known in and through Christ Jesus. The Living One works through us as “words within the world\,” who no longer seek meaning among the dead\, but are empowered to make known the vibrant\, new reality of Easter. \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-11/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sundays at 9:30 am — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nNot Orphaned\n“I will not leave you orphaned\,” Jesus promises us in today’s gospel. God is not some ruthless heavenly spectator judging us as on reality television\, relishing our failures\, wishing to exchange us for a better or more attractive child\, no curmudgeonly “Daddy Warbucks” in the sky. Rather\, God comes to love us in Jesus\, singularly loving and accepting\, seeking our trust\, promising to be ever-present with us in the Holy Spirit. This Holy Advocate moves us even when we don’t recognize its power\, even when it seems “an unknown God” (Acts 17:23). Though we might battle an elemental loneliness\, we have not been abandoned. \nMany life experiences can leave us feeling orphaned or abandoned. Family can ease that feeling but also magnify it if our family relationships are strained or if our families live far away. Think of those in your congregation who count deployed soldiers among their loved ones in recent years\, or construction workers and tradesmen who need to live in hotels far away from their families to keep making money for their families in the recent difficult economy. The Internet\, webcams\, Skype\, and social networking can link people across the miles but can further aggravate loneliness and isolation when these substitute for real intimacy in our highly connected world. How do we experience this loneliness and this longing for home and belonging? How does Jesus’ promise that he will not leave us orphaned speak to these real-life concerns? \nWhen Jesus makes this string of promises in John 14\, saying that he will remain with us in the Holy Spirit as our Advocate\, it’s hard to envision how this support comes to us sometimes. When we do not get to see or hear those we love\, the simple gifts Jesus offers in body and blood\, bread and wine shared with real warm neighbors have great power. Even when life keeps delivering bad news about how far apart we are from another\, how broken our relationships are\, “I will not leave you orphaned” is the godly reassurance that we are not alone. \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-2/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nOverview\n\nThe words of today’s gospel are most often heard during a funeral service. It is a popular choice of scripture for that occasion because the words provide wonderful assurance that the one who has died in Christ has now taken up residence in their heavenly home. The gospel begins by Jesus saying that he will prepare a place for each one of us. But as the text continues\, we can see that our place is not an isolated room of our own in a giant heavenly mansion. Jesus’ words are less about a place than a relationship: our relationship with Jesus and God the Father. They tell us that in Jesus we know all we need to know about God\, and just as we can have a relationship with another human person\, we can also have a relationship with God that will one day be as real and obvious as are our relationships with one another. The hope of one day being with Christ fully and forever is as real as the works we are called to do in his name today. \nThis text allows us the opportunity to contemplate what is ultimately unknowable\, yet is also a central part of our faith: what heaven will be like. \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:4th Sunday of Easter\nAn Abundant Life\nAbundant life is promised to those who follow Jesus. But what is meant by abundant life? Some Christians\, and much of contemporary American culture\, interpret an abundant life to mean the “good life” of many fine things\, an opulent lifestyle. Much of our economy and leisure time revolves around consumerism—shopping and buying things which we hope will make us happier and our lives better. But an abundance of things does not necessarily lead to an abundant life. \nWhat does Jesus mean when he says that he came so that we may have an abundant life? Psalm 23 provides us with a good illustration of what Jesus is promising to his followers. The psalm imagines an abundant life not in material terms but in relational terms. An abundant life is one lived in the presence of God\, in the company of the Lord. Whether one is in green pastures or the darkest valley\, there is nothing to want\, because God is present. We are in the gracious and generous care of our Lord through times of material abundance and in times of want and scarcity. This relationship between our Lord and us who are his followers is a relationship with one who knows us abundantly\, who knows us by name\, and who knows what we truly need to be fulfilled. The image of Jesus as our shepherd reminds us that he is with us at all times\, and our relationship with him provides us all we need. \n~From Sundays and Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-10/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T093000
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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:3rd Sunday of Easter\nChange of Heart\nThe people who hear Peter’s testimony and preaching are cut to the heart. The writer of 1 Peter instructs believers to love deeply from the heart. The disciples who encounter the risen Christ notice afterward that their hearts were “burning” within them as Jesus reveals the scriptures and then himself to them in the breaking of the bread. Whether a call to repentance\, hope\, recognition\, or love\, people are deeply affected by encounters with the one raised from death to become followers of Jesus’ way. They not only turn from their sin and doubt but literally change direction\, going back from Emmaus to Jerusalem with renewed courage\, faith\, and hope. These heart-changing encounters with Jesus fulfill a promise from God for the whole community\, from those who have lived a long life to those who are children. \n~From Sundays and Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-9/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T093000
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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:2nd Sunday of Easter\nWelcomed with Open Arms\nThomas is not the only one missing from the assembly the Sunday after Easter Sunday. We are not told why Thomas is missing\, but we do know why plenty of other folks are absent from the assembly: vacations\, traveling\, spring break for the kids. \nThomas is criticized for doubting\, but he asks for nothing more than the same experience of the risen Christ the rest of the disciples had. By the grace of God\, Jesus returns a second time and offers his body as living proof to Thomas. In the presence of Jesus\, Thomas discovers he did not need the proof he demanded. Thomas’ story is our story. We are not always where we need to be. Sometimes we even find ourselves in places we should not be at all. But Jesus comes to us\, seeking us out and giving us the gift of faith. Thomas is not criticized\, he is not condemned. Instead Jesus loves Thomas back into a relationship and shows the disciples what the words “Peace be with you” mean when lived out. \nThe resurrection promise can be heard through Peter’s powerful preaching in the reading from Acts as well. Jesus will triumph over death. Peter points to Jesus’ death on the cross\, but what of the little ways we die? The loss of relationships\, the ending of friendships\, the pain of being alone and left out\, the despair of losing a job\, the doubt that comes on the heels of a negative diagnosis. Jesus comes to bring a holy peace and resurrection into the world in these times as well. This Sunday is an opportunity to proclaim the power of the resurrection and the grace of God\, who welcomes Thomas with open arms. \n~From Sundays and Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-8/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260405T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260405T103000
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SUMMARY:Easter Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sundays at 9:30 am — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nResurrection of our Lord — Easter Day\nHidden with Christ\nEaster turns the world upside down. It defies our expectations with hiddenness and bluntness: Mary does not recognize the resurrected Jesus (John 20:14)\, the good news is heralded by an earthquake and terrifying angels and is brought to the women of the church first\, rather than to the Twelve (Matt. 28:1-10). The radical reversals prophesied in scripture and revealed in Christ’s life and ministry culminate in the good news we proclaim today: Christ\, through death\, has triumphed over death. “The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone” (Ps. 118:22). \nEaster offers the mystical possibility of transformation in every moment. In this season\, what is dying and what is being born? For our communities? For our families? For our world? What is breaking open like a seed to die (John 12:24) so that new life might thrive? \nThe theme is framed candidly in Colossians: “You have died\, and your life is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). In the season of Easter\, we are invited to allow old husks to fall away so that Christ’s new life may emerge. This part of the resurrection story is strange\, unsettling. We are invited\, after all\, to share fully in Christ’s death as well as his resurrection (Rom. 6:5; 2 Cor. 4:10-11). Terrifying\, but in the mystery of the Holy Spirit’s work in us\, we receive it as hope (1 Peter 1:3). \nOn this Easter day\, we are honest about how God is stirring us to transformation\, and we may be called to faithfully lament the letting go. Almost simultaneously\, as we embody Christ’s resurrection in the present\, we celebrate it with great joy (Matt. 28:8). In our desire to be hidden in Christ’s abundant life (John 10:10)\, we can even name seasons of suffering as Christ’s resurrection emerging (Phil. 3:10). \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/easter-sunday/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T190000
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SUMMARY:Good Friday
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 6 pm — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nGood Friday\nIt is Finished\nThroughout his ministry Jesus turned things on their heads: the last became first\, the poor were blessed\, the blind could see. In parable and miracle Jesus brought a dominion that was set against the kingdoms of this world. In the circumstances of his death\, he did away with the accepted structures of power and weakness\, justice and retribution. Jesus’ crucifixion was the ultimate manifestation of the paradox of the dominion of God: the king who only days before rode triumphantly into the royal city is crucified as a criminal. The Messiah is a suffering servant. The Son of God is willing to die so that we can live. \nJohn’s gospel tells the story of how God accomplished\, in Jesus\, the fulfillment of scriptural prophecy about the one who would bring God’s people into reconciliation with God’s own self. In the story of the passion\, Jesus’ inexorable journey toward the cross\, which is the culmination of this prophecy\, picks up speed. Then\, with Jesus’ dying breath\, the journey is over. With the words “It is finished\,” Jesus’ mission is complete. His passion and his suffering are finished; the centuries-long wait for the Messiah is finished. God’s ultimate disruption of our efforts to save ourselves\, and the astounding reversal of human expectations\, is accomplished. \nOn this day\, as we meditate on the consequences of God’s sacrifice\, the church proclaims the good news that the cross of Christ is not only necessary\, but also sufficient for our salvation. With the command of Maundy Thursday lingering in our ears and hearts\, Good Friday reminds us that the freedom to obey Jesus comes as a gift from God through the cross of Christ. At the cross\, our old life of captivity to sin is finished\, and our new life of discipleship begins \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/good-friday/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T190000
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SUMMARY:Maundy Thursday
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 6 pm — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nMaundy Thursday\nAll You Need is Love\nJesus’ command today to love one another is not about having good feelings for each other or being “nice.” Jesus tells his disciples that they are to love one another “just as I have loved you.” By this definition\, love means compassion\, mercy\, and plenty of hard work. As we see in today’s gospel\, Jesus’ love is active in service and\, ultimately\, sacrifice. All we need is love\, but to love as Jesus loves is no easy thing. \nJesus’ love is also inclusive\, not meant only for the inner circle. Taken in the context of Jesus’ teaching and ministry\, his love\, and the love he has in mind for us\, is offered to all of humanity and\, in fact\, all of God’s creation. The world will know that the church follows Jesus not only by our behavior within our own community\, but also as we relate to the world. To love as Jesus loved is to cross boundaries\, to stand with the lowliest among us\, and to challenge the accepted ways in which the world does business. \nJohn’s is the only gospel in which Jesus does not institute the Lord’s supper at his last Passover with the disciples. At John’s last supper Jesus gives himself to them in a different way. His washing of his disciples’ feet is an enactment of his witness to the dominion of God: the first will be last; the lowly will be lifted up; whoever loves their life will lose it. This act of self-sacrifice\, one which prefigures his death on the cross\, is a living example of Jesus’ countercultural definition of love\, one which he passes on to the twelve and to us. Washed by Jesus in our baptisms\, we too are blessed with and challenged by God’s love in Christ and the command to share that sacrificial love with the whole world. \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/maundy-thursday/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T113000
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SUMMARY:Palm Sunday & Easter Egg Hunt
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nPalm Sunday\nEaster Egg Hunt immediately follows the worship service. This beloved tradition is open to all ages\, including teenagers. And yes\, the special teen egg hunt will be back for our teens. If you know…..you know. Register here so we can make sure we have enough eggs: tinyurl.com/phlcegghunt. Check with Mr. Ted for any questions.  \nTrue Humility\nThe servanthood of a teacher in Isaiah\, the outcast in the psalm\, those who bow down in Philippians: today’s readings teach humility. On this day we move from Christ’s triumphant ride on a humble donkey to the humiliation of the cross. The humility of the characters in the passion story is in question: Judas\, Pilate\, the Twelve\, chief priests and elders\, Barabbas\, the crowd\, the soldiers\, two bandits. Among other things\, their lack of humility is what brings about the passion of Christ. There is only one truly humble person in this story: Jesus the Christ. Matthew’s humble Jesus cries out from the cross to ask God why he has been forsaken. \nOnly in the stories of the resurrection do other humble characters appear: the centurion\, the women\, Joseph of Arimathea. A careful look at the complexity of humility in the palm and passion stories could set up a reflective theme carried through to Easter. Who in each story do we regard as humble? Why? How does our humility compare? Are there characters who seem to gain or lose humility in the course of the story from the triumphant entry to the resurrection? A deep and meaningful understanding of humility is a worthy and lasting gift to take away from the season of Lent and the celebration of Easter. \nJoseph of Arimathea is a particularly good character on which to base an understanding of humility. A close look at all references to him in the Gospels\, and a bit of creative narrative\, create an image of a truly humble believer. He is referenced in both canonical and apocryphal texts. His devotion represents deep humility that leads to the very finest of good works as he cares for the body of Jesus. \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/palm-sunday-easter-egg-hunt/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T065837
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SUMMARY:Lenten Supper & Service
DESCRIPTION:Lenten Supper & Service\nJoin us on Mondays from February 23 through March 23 as we gather for a meaningful season of Lenten observances\, a time set apart for reflection\, prayer\, and renewal as we journey toward Easter together. \nEach Monday evening offers a gentle rhythm to begin the week grounded in community and faith. We will start with a light supper at 6:00 pm\, providing a simple meal and a welcoming space to slow down\, share conversation\, and reconnect with one another. Whether you come straight from work\, school\, or home\, the table is set for you—no need to rush or prepare anything in advance. \nAt 6:30 pm\, we will move into worship. These Lenten services are designed to be reflective and accessible\, creating room to pause amid the busyness of life. Through scripture\, prayer\, music\, and moments of silence\, we will explore themes of repentance\, hope\, grace\, and God’s enduring presence with us. Lent invites us to take an honest look at our lives while also resting in the promise of God’s love\, and these services will help guide that sacred work. \nYou are welcome to attend one evening or all five—come as you are\, as often as you are able. This season is not about perfection\, but about presence: showing up\, listening\, and allowing God to meet us where we are. Friends\, neighbors\, and newcomers are warmly invited\, whether you are deeply familiar with Lent or experiencing it for the first time. \nMark your calendar and plan to join us for these Monday evenings of nourishment for both body and spirit. We look forward to walking this Lenten journey with you\, together\, in faith and community. \n 
URL:https://phlc.org/event/lenten-supper-service-4/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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UID:10000538-1774171800-1774175400@phlc.org
SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nFifth Sunday in Lent\nThe Hope of New Life\nHope overcomes despair for God’s people: this is the message of the readings for today. The hope of new life is evident in the story of “dry bones” from Ezekiel. The children of Israel declare their hope is lost. The prophet’s experience in the valley of dry bones inspires him to preach renewed hope to the people. Psalm 130 sings of hope in God and God’s word. The work of God’s Spirit gives hope of new life in Paul’s letter to the church at Rome. The Gospel of John tells the hope-filled story of the raising of Lazarus from the dead. The gospel gives us encouraging words to sustain us through the approaching despair of Christ’s passion and brings us to the fulfillment of hope on Easter. Martha’s wistful words to Jesus\, “Lord\, if you had been here. . . . But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him” (John 11:21-22)\, reflect the hope of God’s people in the face of despair\, even in the face of death. \nEach text encourages hearers to hope in God and God’s word. How do Christians experience unfulfilled hope? This is the challenge for those who interpret today’s texts for hearers. Israel’s woes are not at an end; other psalms tell of struggle and pain; the Christ-believers at Rome are persecuted; Jesus who raises Lazarus from the dead soon dies. And yet hope is fulfilled as Paul proclaims “all Israel will be saved” (Rom. 11:26). Psalm 46 sings of God’s presence in time of trouble. A preview of the hope of the resurrection will sustain believers in these final days of Lent (John 20:17). The Christian’s confidence in the resurrection of the dead epitomizes their hope in Christ. \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-19/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T065837
CREATED:20260127T205712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T211743Z
UID:10000533-1773684000-1773687600@phlc.org
SUMMARY:Lenten Supper & Service
DESCRIPTION:Lenten Supper & Service\nJoin us on Mondays from February 23 through March 23 as we gather for a meaningful season of Lenten observances\, a time set apart for reflection\, prayer\, and renewal as we journey toward Easter together. \nEach Monday evening offers a gentle rhythm to begin the week grounded in community and faith. We will start with a light supper at 6:00 pm\, providing a simple meal and a welcoming space to slow down\, share conversation\, and reconnect with one another. Whether you come straight from work\, school\, or home\, the table is set for you—no need to rush or prepare anything in advance. \nAt 6:30 pm\, we will move into worship. These Lenten services are designed to be reflective and accessible\, creating room to pause amid the busyness of life. Through scripture\, prayer\, music\, and moments of silence\, we will explore themes of repentance\, hope\, grace\, and God’s enduring presence with us. Lent invites us to take an honest look at our lives while also resting in the promise of God’s love\, and these services will help guide that sacred work. \nYou are welcome to attend one evening or all five—come as you are\, as often as you are able. This season is not about perfection\, but about presence: showing up\, listening\, and allowing God to meet us where we are. Friends\, neighbors\, and newcomers are warmly invited\, whether you are deeply familiar with Lent or experiencing it for the first time. \nMark your calendar and plan to join us for these Monday evenings of nourishment for both body and spirit. We look forward to walking this Lenten journey with you\, together\, in faith and community. \n 
URL:https://phlc.org/event/lenten-supper-servie/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T103000
DTSTAMP:20260611T065837
CREATED:20260127T210833Z
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SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone!\nFourth Sunday in Lent\nGod’s Eyes Are Not Our Eyes\nOne heresy in the early church was called Donatism. The Donatists held that the sacraments were only efficacious if presided over by priests who were sinless. It didn’t take the church long to realize that if it held to this policy there would be no sacraments for anyone. So if the gospel can be proclaimed through the preaching of a sinner\, then we must allow for the possibility that God’s healing may be accomplished through extraordinary means. God chooses a boy too young to be taken seriously to anoint as one chosen to lead Israel. When the prophet Samuel is sent by God to find the new king who will replace Saul\, Samuel goes through a long line of all Jesse’s tall\, strapping\, competent-looking sons of appropriate age. When none of them are chosen\, finally Jesse sends for young David. All of the obvious-to-us choices were declined in favor of a boy. What we may see as authoritative\, respectable\, and trustworthy may not always align with God. Today’s first reading reminds us that “the Lord does not see as mortals see” (1 Sam. 16:7). \nThis theme of sight runs throughout today’s texts\, both in terms of how God does not see as we see and also in Jesus’ healing of a man born blind. Jesus chooses to heal a blind man on the sabbath with dirt and saliva\, much to the dismay of the good religious people who were certain they knew better than to display such questionable judgment and behavior. Lent is a time to reevaluate. Let it also be a time to examine the ways in which we do not see what God is doing around us because we too think we know better. Bottom line: God often uses the unexpected to accomplish redemption. \n~From Sundays & Seasons
URL:https://phlc.org/event/worship-service-7/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 11403 Perry Highway\, Wexford\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PHLC
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