The N.E.W.S. Bible Study will meet this month on Wednesday, September 24th at 7:00 – 8:30 PM in the Youth Suite. We will be viewing a special webinar by the Rev. John Creasy (he preached here in August) on Stewarding for Ecology on Church Property in keeping with our Season of Creation theme. All are welcome!
Sunday School Online Padlet
Padlet Learning for Children: On-Line and In-Person
Last Fall we introduced a way for children (and their grown-ups) to engage in Christian Formation (Sunday School/Bible learning/Growing in Faith) that could be accessed on the go or at home called Padlet. This method is highly used by all forms of secular education to teach in schools and home schools. Often times, church education has lagged behind in using the latest technologies that children are using in their secular education but with Padlet, we are able to offer something that is right in their wheelhouse!
Each month, our dedicated team of Christian Formation Team members will be putting together a series of online lessons on a particular Christian theme or Bible story focus. There will be story reading, scripture, music, crafts, activities and more that help to tell the particular story for children. They are accessed by a link or by scanning a QR code. This makes the lessons accessible anywhere on a phone, tablet or computer. The children have Bible learning from their own church members right at their fingertips!
This year, you will see posters in the hallways with each months theme and QR code so that it can be scanned for access. The children will also be receiving postcards in the mail with the QR code as well. Our goal this year is to get the access out there and to have children connect! So please share our endeavors with grandchildren and friends too!
On the 3rd Sundays of each month at 9 AM (traditional Sunday School hour)– we will have our PADLET LAB! Padlet Lab will bring the children together to explore the unit together with enrichment activities that will only be offered in person! Our Christian Formation leaders will be hosting this time together before worship. Each unit will also have a special gathering built in to the unit that might be an intergenerational brunch and lesson, a special fun event or church wide activity too!
We are looking forward to an exciting year ahead with some great lesson units!
September Padlet
September’s unit will be focusing on the Sacraments of Baptism and Communion!
Lessons will include: John the Baptist and The Baptism of Jesus
Baptisms in the Early Church
Baptism in the Church Today
The Last Supper
Communion in the Church Today
Padlet Lab Day: September 21 at 9 AM in the Youth Suite
Special Event: Communion Training for children (ages 5 and up) led by Pastor Carolyn
September 28 - 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM - this will include an understanding of why we receive Communion in church, how Communion is prepared with a little bread making, and what it means to us as Christians to remember Jesus in this way. We will have a simple lunch before we dive into our training day. Please register with Pastor Carolyn for this training so she can prepare this special event.
Youth Club
Youth News
Youth grades 8 to 12 will be meeting on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month in September at 11:30 to 1:00 PM in the youth room for lunch, Bible Study and Fellowship. Friends are welcome too!
Sunday, September 7th will be our kick off meeting and we will check out the new Youth Suite and look at some options of what we will study together and how we will engage in our study. We will have pizza provided.
Sunday, September 21st, we will begin the study we choose and have regular fellowship and lunch. Bring a lunch this Sunday!
ALL YOUTH: Saturday , September 20th at 7 PM, Grades 5 to 12 will invited to go see the Movie Theater version of Noah (the Lancaster, PA Sight and Sound production). Let Pastor Carolyn know if you or friends want to go so she can reserve tickets.
Wednesday, September 24th at 6:00 to 7:30 PM the youth Grades 5, 6 and 7 will be meeting for a mid week fellowship, dinner and Bible time. We will meet upstairs in the youth suite to start.
Wonder Space
September’s Wonder Space for Children
As our Sunday Sermon Series will highlight the season of Creation, our children will also have time with their own set of Creation stories too! They will begin September with one of the foundational stories from the Wonder Space curriculum, The Story of the Light! This story helps the children to visualize receiving God’s light. Vintage glass candle holders make this story a special one! They are then given their own candle to take home. The remainder of September will be spent building the Creation story Puzzle together. Each week, we will take several days of creation and wonder together about the plan God had for Creation.
Our story leaders will be looking for helpers to be with them as they lead the story each week. They may be asking you to help them on one of the Sundays that they are leading the story so please say YES! You will not be disappointed as you hear the children wonder together and respond with their art work. It is not more than 30 minutes of your time but the impact it will make on you, seeing the children grow in their faith will last much longer. Wonder Space is part of our in-person Christian Formation plan for children ages 4 to grade 5!
Stories for September
September 7: The Story of The Light
September 14: The Creation Puzzle: Days 1, 2 and 3
September 21: The Creation Puzzle: Days 4, 5 and 6
September 28: The Creation Puzzle: Day 7, a Day for Rest
Nursery Care
Our nursery is open during worship hours!
Adult Bible Studies
Opportunities for fellowship and study together.
Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study
Wednesdays 1:00 PM in person and on Zoom
Wednesday weekly Bible study is a group that loves scripture, loves the Lord, and fellowship.
This is an ecumenical study.
Contact Pastor Carolyn (pastor@plumcreekpc.com) to request the Zoom meeting information.
Join us!
