Thoughts on music and how it can deepen our relationship with God.
This Advent we have been talking about preparing ourselves for Christ’s presence in our lives. We know that God never leaves us and these preparations are really about helping us to see those spaces in our lives that may need “spruced up” or “trimmed” to make space for Emmanuel, God with us. In addition to…
The next concert in the 2021-2022 Musical Arts Concert Series at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Neffsville, will be a handbell concert by the Hershey Handbell Ensemble, on Sunday, December 5, 2021, at 4pm. The Ensemble was formed in 2004 and is based in south-central Pennsylvania. It was formed to fulfill the need for an…
If you were at traditional worship services, or if you tuned into our livestream, you may have heard Pastor Martin Zimmann reference a number of hymnals during his sermon. Of course he mentioned the “green one” (Lutheran Book of Worship), the “blue one”, (With One Voice), the “cranberry one” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship), and the “purple…
You may have seen in the most recent weekly update that the staff are working diligently toward holding in-person worship indoors. In that announcement you would have seen that this service is being offered without sung music. In this article, I attempt to explain how we arrived at that decision and talk about what it…
This article is a continuation of a series (beginning with parts one and two) which looks to explore how God is at work among God’s people from the lens of the prescribed old testament readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. Making promises, providing in times of need, and raising up leaders from unexpected places all…
