Dear Church Family, Fall is in the air! I cannot believe how quickly time goes by, can you? I remember vividly as a 5th grader, in an Upper Darby Middle school, walking down the steps at the end of the school day thinking about how quickly the week had gone by. Hilarious. With that said, here we are almost in September! This year has been amazing, hasn't it? The way the ...

During the week of August 3rd-7th, we hosted an online Vacation Bible School for kids in grades K-6th. The theme this year was a pirate one, "Discovering God's Treasure". Every day, kids watched videos with Bible lessons, skits, and music that was all aimed at helping them discover the greatest treasure of all, Jesus Christ! At the start of the week, we had over 50 kids s...

On August 13-15th. the youth group went on a camping trip to New Life Island! We spent two nights camping in tents on the island, cooking our food over the campfire. On Friday we had the chance to use the camp facilities. First we went on the Team Swing, which took us up into the trees for a thrilling ride. From there we went to the Archery and BB Gun Range. After lunch, ...

The first chapter of the book of Ruth introduces us to Naomi, who has her entire life immediately upended. Within the space of just six verses, she is forced to move away from the Promised Land due to famine and suffers the deaths of her husband and both her sons. In a day and age when women were entirely dependent on a husband or male family member to provide for them, Na...

Beginning on July 1, the youth group began meeting again on Wednesday nights. Things are a little different, but we're glad to be back again! We have to meet outside, which means that there will be a lot of bonfires and water games this summer. Students are asked to bring masks to wear in the event that social distancing isn't possible, but meeting outside provides us with...

Due to the COVID-19 shutdown and restrictions, our VBS this year will be online. Each day, the students will participate by watching one video which will be posted online (with music and a message) and completing one Activity Sheet. Depending on the governor's guidelines, we may be able to host one or two family events throughout the week. The theme this year is a pirate o...

July is here! Do you like the heat? I really don't. However, I love the anticipation of the Fall.Sometimes the Christian life is exactly like that! We go through challenging times, the heat is on, and as we walk with the Lord through the trials what gets us through is the hope we have on the other side. Ultimately our hope is in the Lord and what He will do. What a challen...

Christ - Our Answer So, how do we handle the virus, racism, social upheaval and unrest that surrounds us today? What are we to do? How do we act? What can we say? What should we say? How do we balance our rights as citizens in a Democratic Republic and our Christian faith? How do we maintain our focus in an emotionally charged environment? As Christ followers how are we t...

Dear Church family, Walk by Faith! This is one of the primary commands of the New Testament and certainly the whole of Scripture. "Love one another" is certainly a primary command given to believers and we can see how this is reflected throughout Scripture as well. With that said, we are to walk by faith. What does that mean? How does this work in our lives? How do we kno...

One of the things I've missed most over the past couple weeks is Wednesday night youth group! Fortunately, we've still been able to meet with some of the students every week from 7-8pm on Zoom. Each week we play a game (like Pictionary), have a Bible study, and spend time together in prayer. We've had asmany as fifteen students on so far! Although it's not the same thing a...