Archive for December 2014

Thank you – Thank you – Thank you – Thank you … to everyone who had anything to do with my retirement party on 12/13/14. Thanks to the instigators; the setter-uppers and the taker-downers; for those who were able to attend in the flesh, and those who attended in spirit. For the fun food and…

Each year in December we hear “Keep Christ in Christmas.”  With statues of Santa kneeling at the manger or holding a baby wrapped in a blanket, “Keep Christ in Christmas” has become a big retail market! There’s a better way to imagine what it really means to “Keep Christ in Christmas.”  Speaker, author, consultant, and…

As we light the Third Advent candle we pray for Joy. Rev. Carolyn Schwarz will share the Message “Joy: For All People “. Reading from our Tradition is “Luke 2:8-20 “. The PVCC Choir will be singing the Anthem “The Babe of Bethlehem -Trad/Coates.                      

Thanks to our Pine Valley musicians who are providing special Christmas music during Advent and Christmas.  Greg Yarnell and Judy Harrison will be performing several piano duets; Tim Naden and Liz Dary will each be providing beautiful vocal solos; and Lisa Brightup (flute), Judy Harrison (flute) and Brenda Rohr (clarinet) will be enhancing our worship…

Help support the Christmas Offering by giving your offering on December 14 and 21! The Christmas Offering for Regional Ministry. In 32 regions across the U.S. and Canada, ministers are nurtured and congregations are provided opportunities for work and worship. Often recognized for the ministries of camps and conferences, regions also play a critical role…