March 13, 2011 Bulletin
Congregations of the Swissvale area ministerium will be hosting worship services Wednesday evenings at 7 PM during Lent. A Good Friday via dolorosa walk will also be held during Holy Week. All are invited to attend. Services will be held at the following locations: Wednesday, March 16, 7 PM: Living Spirit Ministry United Methodist Church, 7415 Irvine St. Wednesday,
Lent is a period of spiritual self-examination and penance in preparation for Easter. Each of the five Sundays in Lent, our adult Christian Education class will watch and discuss a Nooma video, and the sermon will focus on a chapter from the book unChristian by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons. These resources can be tools for us during Lent as we reevaluate what it
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will host the annual Schaff Lectures Wed., March 23 at the Seminary. Keynote speaker is the Rev. Dr. Hak Joon Lee, associate professor of theology and ethics at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, N.J. These lectures are free and open to the public. This year’s Schaff Lectures will address the topic
The bulletin for our March 6 worship service is now online. Click here to view it.
Get a first-person view of homelessness at a March 12 screening of The Bridge, an independent documentary about homelessness in Pittsburgh. It follows Al Ferguson, part of the Hot Metal Bridge faith community, as he transitions from living under a train trestle in the South Side to his own apartment. Hot Metal is hosting a
Visit www.10-fold.org live Thursday, March 10 to hear stories farmers who are becoming agents of transformation by learning new ways of working with the land, new crops to grow, and techniques to pass along their knowledge to other farmers. There will be a live update at 12:00 noon with an opportunity ask questions, or you
The United Methodist Church is set to debut an online Bible study March 14, where participants will have an opportunity to explore and discuss contemporary topics and how they relate to the Christian faith in response to the call to Rethink Church. Participants who sign on for the Encounter Faith Bible study, available for free
Methodist support for the right of workers and employers to bargain collectively dates back to John Wesley in the 18th Century and the 1908 Social Creed, writes Wayne Rhodes in the current issue of Faith in Action. Wesley built his Methodist movement from the ranks of beleaguered workers who heard his call for justice, fair