OUR MISSION is to love and praise God, love and nurture our church family, and love

and serve our neighbors,

   through worship, prayer, fellowship, education, hands-on work, financial support

    and compassionate care,

     in order to follow Jesus and make known the Kingdom of Heaven.

OUR VISION is to be a grace-filled family of faith sharing Christ’s love with all.

OUR VALUES:

• Glorify God: Glorify and praise God through worship, discipling, sharing faith

and serving with love

• Show Compassion: Compassion expressed as care and concern for all
• Share Hospitality: Inclusive hospitality through welcome, acceptance and fellowship
• Nurture Relationships: Nurture relationships through respect, support and communication
• Steward God's Gifts: Faithful stewardship of all God's gifts

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sermons in this series:

Our Sin and God’s Grace

February 22    Part 1: "The Original Sin"  [Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 – Adam and Eve’s disobedience]

March 1          Youth Sunday

March 8         Part 2: “The Sin of Testing”  [Exodus 17:1-7 – The Israelites grumble and God provides]

March 15       Part 3: “The Sin of Blindness”  [John 9:1-41 -- Jesus cures the man born blind]

March 22       Part 4: “The Cure for Sin”  [John 11:1-45 – Jesus raises Lazarus]

9 AM Traditional Service

11 AM The Gathering Service

Daylight Savings Time is Here

Don't forget to set your clocks AHEAD one hour before retiring to bed Saturday night.

2026 Lenten Series begins this week

Seeking to find meditative, reflective silence and deeper connection with God in your spiritual life?

Join Pastors Lisa Chase and Don Wahlig for a meaningful four-week Lenten Series beginning Wednesday, March 4, 2026, from 6 – 7 pm in the Chapel.

This series is designed as an in-person experience, as it is highly participatory and invites attendees into spiritual practices that will foster a deeper experience of God in their faith journeys. Together, we will explore sacred disciplines, such as Lectio Divina, Meditative Prayer, and discernment practices that deepen our ability to notice and listen to God.

Through guided reflections, shared conversation and spiritual exercises, we will learn how to apply discernment in everyday life and cultivate awareness, clarity, and faithful responses throughout the Lenten season and beyond within a supportive, prayerful community. Hope to see you there!

The dates are March 4, 11, 18, and 25, from 6-7:00 pm. We hope to see you there!

Please sign up in the Gathering Place, or CLICK HERE to register online through Realm.

Easter Lily Orders

Help us celebrate Christ's resurrection by ordering an Easter lily to decorate our beautiful church. Order forms can be found in the Gathering Place. Lilies are $15.00 (checks only please, made payable to SSPC). Please submit your order by Monday, March 30th. You can also click here for the order form.

Blood Pressure Sunday

Come to have your pressure checked this Sunday in Room 201 from 10 am to 10:45 am.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt!

CE and the CORE Youth are pleased to announce that this year's Easter Egg Hunt will take place on Saturday, March 28th, from 9 am to 11 am. It is open to children from 1 to 10 years old. we will be serving coffee and donuts starting at 9 am. The Hunt will begin at approximately 10 am and last as long as there are eggs. The Easter bunny will make an appearance to meet the children and be available to take pictures. Prizes will be awarded to finders of the special "golden" eggs. 

Look for a decorated basket in the Gathering Place, if you would like to donate candy or empty plastic Easter Eggs to the event. This will be SSPC's next outreach event, come one, come all!

The Intergenerational Choir

The Intergenerational Choir will practice this Sunday, March 8th. We will start to prepare for our next performance over the Lenten season. All Sunday School children are invited to sing, along with parents and grandparents. Come and join us as we praise the Lord with song!

Adult Forum and Sunday School

We will meet at approximately 10:10 am this Sunday morning and continue our Lenten study, "He Choose the Nails" from Max Lucado. Come and join us for this five-part series explaining the meaning behind the symbols of Easter. This class is for all adults, 18 and older. Come and listen, come and discuss. See you on Sunday!

Youth Church this week, Room 112

We will continue with the Dwell curriculum, studying about Jesus and the Bible, and will sing, do crafts and play games. This class is for children from 5 to 17! Parents and grandparents are invited to attend along with the children.

The Pre-K/K youth Church, Room 108, 10:15-10:50 am

The Pre-K/K youth Church meets this week. Each class will include singing, a lesson, and play time!

Gathering Video

The Gathering Video for this week is from the contemporary Christian group, Lakewood Music featuring Jami Garcia. The song is "This is the Day". This is the day that the Lord has made for us, let us rejoice and be glad in it! We will rejoice! Come at 10:55 am to see the performance or stay after the Benediction for an encore performance.

Monday Bible Study - March 9th

All are invited to join this unique study. We meet 1 pm to 3 pm, every second and fourth Monday of the month, in Room 204. We continue our in-depth study of the Gospel of John. Come and learn, come and discuss.

Wednesday Bible Study

Our Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study meets each week in the Parlor from 1-3 pm. The group is studying Max Lucado's new book, "Taming Your Thoughts". This class is for adults from 19 to 99. Come and learn, come and discuss.

Lunch Bunch

The Lunch Bunch will meet on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 11:30 am at Carrabba's Italian

Grill, 5250 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg. For reservations, sign up at church or email Dale or Linda Darkes at dldarkes@comcast.net.

Save the Date – Ladies Tea Luncheon on May 2^nd

Ladies, reserve May 2^nd for the annual Presbyterian Women’s Tea Luncheon starting at 11 am.  This year’s guest speaker will be from Pink Hands of Hope – a non-profit in our community committed to supporting women fighting breast cancer. 

Breast cancer has touched the lives of so many people, and we would like to know if you are among them. If you or an immediate loved one has ever used the services of Pink Hands of Hope in Mechanicsburg, please let us know by contacting Ellen Frey or Carol Service.

Young Adults Christian Education Group, the Pathfinders!

CE and young leaders from SSPC started a new group for young adults over 18. Watch for new events being planned! For more information, please contact Ty Headley. The group is currently studying from the Book of Matthew.

Laundry Ministry Update

The SSPC Youth and CORE members continue their new ministry here at the church, the Laundry Ministry. We continue to collect quarters in the Gathering Place, in the laundry basket and purchase laundry cards to hand out to patrons at local Morris Laundromats. The weather has curtailed our efforts, but we will be back at it soon. Thanks for the prayers and quarters!

Storyboard Ministry

The SSPC Youth started a new ministry called the Storyboard Ministry! Here is how it works: The Youth have an easel in the Gathering Place with Post-it notes and markers. Fill out a Post-it note with a prayer request or hope (no names, please) and each Sunday we will collect the requests and pray for them at our CORE meetings. Whatever is on your heart, put it on the storyboard and we will pray for each request.

We continue to pray each week around the Storyboard, thanks to everyone who continues to add requests. If you see a request that you would like to take with you and pray for, feel free to do so. If you want to add one, please do as well. Our new box for answered prayers is now in place beside the Storyboard. Feel free to place any answered prayers that you are thankful for in the box. God does indeed answer prayers! Blessings.

Short Stories

A group of us are writing a series of short stories reflecting the precious and tender work of a minister of word and sacrament. Please find the latest installment on the bulletin board. Any questions about this, please reach out to Pastor Lisa. If you would like to share something funny, meaningful, a God-sighting, please let me know. And let me know what you think! Warm regards- Lisa

Save the Date for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt - Saturday, March 28 at 10:00 am.

Earth Care: Money saving garden tip

If you are planting seeds, a good tip to save money:

Toilet paper tubes make excellent biodegradable starters. Cut them in half, fill with potting soil and plant the seeds. Place in tray to keep damp. When the seeds are ready for planting, plant the whole thing. Seeds will grow and the cardboard of the tube will deteriorate.

In case of inclement weather,
 check our website at www.silverspring.org for 
updates on cancellations or schedule changes.

Feed My Starving Children

According to UNICEF about 13,000 children under the age of five die every day, with malnutrition being a major underlying factor in these premature deaths.

FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN (FMSC) is a Christian non-profit organization committed to feeding God’s starving children. With God’s help they work together with local organizations and ministries to end hunger. They have developed a process they call “Mobil Pack” that allows them to pack, label and box thousands of meals in a weekend.

Locally, the Turning Point Church Mechanicsburg is hosting a Mobil Pack operation on the weekend of March 13-15. Their goal is to raise $65,000 and pack over 200,000 meals.  

The Mission Committee is recruiting a team to volunteer on Friday March 13th for either the 2-4 PM or the 6-8 PM shift. Not all work requires standing. While donations are welcome, they are not required.

Early volunteer registration begins on February 9th. If you’re interested, please send an email to Fred Shatto at fredshatto@gmail.com and indicate which shift you can volunteer. This is a great event and fun for people to do together. I hope you can join us. 

Fred Shatto

New Hope Ministries

Needs for March include: pancake mix, pancake syrup, and shampoo. Items can be placed in the bin outside the Chapel. Thank you for your help to our local community!

Click HERE for the 
March 2026 Krislund Korner.

EARLY BIRD Discount Ending March 31st.

CORE Youth

There will be Core this week from 6PM-8PM. We will meet in the Core room and stuff Easter Eggs. Once we are done we will continue our evening with prayer, and games. Have a great week and we'll see you then!

Prayers of healing and comfort:

Kris Carpinello and her parents, the Arbogasts, Gail Bumsted, Roxanne Dagino, Margaret Glockner, Chad Hall, Betty Hawk, Russ Janson, Ron Kutz, Ken Miller, Pat Miller, Bill Moore, Rich Morelli, Betsy Neilson, Deb Pfaff, Chris Sebring, Tanya Wagner, Chris Winning



Prayers for sympathy: Bill Cook for the death of his mother

Prayers for our Military Members & First Responders: Olivia Chase, Jacob Flenner, Wyatt La Pointe, Justin Ledvina, Josiah Scandle, Chloe Scott

SERVING THIS WEEK

Ushers:

Susan Neville

Roy McLain

Gathering Snack:
Claudia Lempesis

Deacon Servers:

Jenny Bell and Charlie Dagino

Downtown Daily Bread

for March 13:

Jonathan and Carol Service

SUNDAY WORSHIP ATTENDANCE

February 22

9 am Traditional Service - 78

9 am YouTube views - 106

11 am Gathering - 42

11 am YouTube views - 33

Sunday School - 16

March 1

9 am Traditional Service - 140

9 am YouTube views - 93

11 am Gathering - 48

11 am YouTube views - 25

Sunday School - 18

GIVING OF YOUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS ELECTRONICALLY:



1- Direct Link to our Website:

https://onrealm.org/silverspring/-/give/now



2- If you’d like the church to set up contributions for you, please complete and return the attached form by clicking here.

For questions, please email Diane Rabold, Business Manager, at dianer@silverspring.org.

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