Bible Reading Challenge Blog
TODDLER GYM is back!
August 21, 2025Fridays @ 9am
Join us weekly on Fridays from 9 – 10am (Sept. – May) for playtime for ages 1 – kindergarten with their caregivers. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the church office at 717-687-6030.
Bible Reading Challenge Starting September 1
August 14, 2025We are excited to bring to you another Bible Reading Challenge. Were you looking for a way in which to read through Scripture without getting stuck in Numbers? Well, this is your chance. Join the church as we read through the Bible and as we blog through our days of reading Scripture together.
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Blessing of the Backpacks
August 1, 2025August 17, 2025 – Both Services
Don’t let the name fool you. Our Blessing of the Backpacks is for anyone who carries a backpack, book bag or briefcase. Bring them with you for this special blessing on August 17 at either the 8:30 or 11:00am service.
Summer Food Drive
July 13, 2025July 28, 2025 from 8am to 1pm
Drive up and Drop off. A volunteer will meet you under the portico to receive your donations!
Due to higher demand this summer our community food pantry inventory is very low.
A list of needed food items can be found HERE. Ask a neighbor to help out too.
Kidz JAM Children’s Choir
October 10, 2024Choir rehearsals are Thursdays from 5:45pm to 6:30pm in Fellowship Hall. We look forward to sharing this music ministry with children of all ages. Parents are welcome to stay for rehearsal. If you have any questions, please contact Jonathan Jones at jjones@straspres.org or 484.949.4514.
WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
October 8, 2024Tuesdays @ 9am and 7pm
Join us for Tuesday Bible Study! Classes are held at 9am and 7pm. All are welcome! We are using a study called “Now That Faith Has Come” by Beth Moore & Melissa Moore – A study of Galatians. For any questions please contact Stacy Bronkema, Linda Bredin, or Sandy Wenger.
COFFEE HOUR
October 8, 2024Sundays at 9:30am
Join us each Sunday at 9:30am in Fellowship Hall for coffee and fellowship with old and new friends!
Day 203 – May 23, 2024: Psalms 135-137
May 25, 2024I do have to focus on Psalm 137, but the other Psalms are important as well. Okay, before we look at 137 let’s see 136 which repeats over and over again that the steadfast love of the Lord endures forever. Isn’t that nice to be reminded of that for 26 verses. This is a psalm that we can read whenever we find ourselves in a position that maybe we might be feeling disconnected and separated from God. Remember, the steadfast love of the Lord endures forever.
Now to Psalm 137. This is a Psalm that I believe was written by someone who had been ravaged and attacked and her children taken from her by the Babylonians and killed in front of her eyes. Yes, those things did happen. If you look at vs.7-9 you see her wishing upon her captors the same that she experienced. That is me adding my own perspective, but I think it works.
I can’t read this Psalm without thinking of this song.
Day 202 – May 22, 2024: Psalms 128-129 and 131-134
May 22, 2024We have to focus on Psalm 133 where we read how blessed it is to dwell together with those who love the Lord. Well, that’s not exactly what is stated. The demographic group that is lifted up is kindred. Now, that could be blood relatives, or kin, or that could be spiritual relatives, or the church. I like the latter, although the former was probably what was in mind when this was written. But I have used this verse countless times to describe what it is like to be in unity together in all sorts of different settings, even in those settings where the participants aren’t related in any way shape or form, by spirit or blood.