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

This Sunday our guest preacher is Rev. Dr. Iain May who will continue our Sermon Series entitled “Our Faith, God’s Faithfulness.”  This week we will follow Abram and Sarai as they take it upon themselves to fulfill God’s promise of progeny. [Genesis 21:8-21]

What does their decision tell us about their faith?  How does God deal with that?  What might we learn from this to increase our faith in God’s faithfulness?

Come on Sunday and find out! 

Sermons in this series:

Our Faith, God’s Faithfulness

June 7           Part 1: "God and Abram"  [Genesis 12:1-9 – God calls Abraham]

June 14         Part 2: “God and Sarah”  [Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 – 
 God promises Abram and Sarah a son in their old age]

June 21         Part 3: “God and Hagar”  [Genesis 21:8-21 – 
 God saves Ishmael and Hagar]

June 28         Part 4: “God and Isaac”  [Genesis 22:1-18 – God tests Abraham’s faith]

Traditional Service, 9:00 am

The Gathering Service, 11:00 am

Dear SSPC Congregation,

Thank you for remembering my special graduation day (May 2026) with that beautiful cake you presented to me at our All-Church picnic on June 14^th. As many of you know I graduated in May 2026 from Moravian University with a graduate certificate in Spiritual Direction. The 14-month course was demanding, and I look forward to leading groups here at the church in the future. I was totally surprised, and a little embarrassed, because you all waited to eat until I could get into the gym. (I did bless the food before giving the benediction so you all could eat!) I was practicing a song in the sanctuary that we are going to perform in July, and I had no idea that you all were waiting for me. Again, thank you very much for your kindness. It was greatly appreciated and that cake was delicious. With Love – Pastor Lisa Chase

Sympathy

We extend our prayers and sympathy to Chad Hall, Gary Karkuff and Bill Moore and their families for the death of their mothers this week. Please keep these families in your thoughts and your prayers. Long-time member Richard Moyer also recently died. You can read his obituary here. Keep his family in your prayers as well.

Vacation Bible School: August 3-7, 2026

• Registration for VBS is now closed. If you want your child to be put on a waiting list, please contact Pastor Lisa. VBS is for children turning 3 (must be completely potty-trained), and older children entering PreK-5th grade in the fall. There is a $25 registration fee per family.

• If you are interested in helping in any way, contact Pastor Lisa or Scott Pepperman, co-chair of Christian Education. We need help with food, decorations, crafts, music, and of course teaching!

• The CE committee is collecting used newspaper and brown paper grocery bags for paper mâché to use at VBS. Please bring your recycled newspapers and brown paper grocery bags and put them outside Lisa's office. We will let you know when we have enough. Thanks so much! 

Adult Forum and Sunday School

We are back this Sunday, in Room 204, starting at 10:10 am. Bring your coffee and a friend and come and learn, come and discuss. This week we continue our Rob Bell video series, the video this week is called, "She", a special tribute to women and mothers. See you there!

Youth Church and Pre-K/K Youth Church are on summer recess.

The Intergenerational Choir is off for the summer.

Gathering Video for this Week

Our video for this week is from the contemporary Christian singer, Jeremy Riddle. It's called "Blessed Assurance" It speaks about how our story is about praising our Saviour all day long. Jesus is on trial every day and so are our beliefs about Jesus. But this should be our story, praising Jesus all day long! Come at 10:55 an to view the video or stay after the Benediction for the encore.

Volunteer Needed!

We are looking for a Gathering Snacks Coordinator effective July 1st. Our sincere thanks to Cindy Corbin for coordinating snacks the last several years. Please contact BJ Lopez if you are interested.

Monday Afternoon Bible Study - July 6th

All are invited, come and join this unique study. We meet 1 pm to 3 pm, every first and third Monday of the month, in Room 204. We continue our in-depth study of the Gospel of John, by Pastor Skip Heitzig. Come and join this growing group of interested adults, men and women! Learn and discuss.

Men's Bible Study - June 23rd

CE is excited to present a new Bible study, a Men's Bible Study Class. For the summer we will meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month in Room 204. For the next session we will be studying Prayer Like Jesus, a video by Pastor Gary Hamrick, based on the Gospel of Mark. We will discuss our thoughts, questions and our opinions. Suggestions for courses of study are welcome; contact Scott Pepperman at puppytrainer52@aol.com. This class is for all SSPC congregation men and friends, ages 18 and above.

Wednesday Bible Study

We will meet each week in the Parlor from 1-3 pm. We are currently studying a Max Lucado book. All are invited. Come and Learn!

Faith Walk Update

Join Pastor Lisa on Fridays, 9:30 - 11 am to walk and pray. She will not be able to meet on the following Fridays: June 26, and July 3^rd. Right now, the other Fridays between now and the end of August are good for Walking and Praying– weather permitting. We welcome you to join us!

Wine-Tasting Group - July 11th

The next wine tasting event will be on Saturday July 11 starting at 5:00 at the home of Mike and Nancy Gawlas (612 S. Market St., Mechanicsburg). We'll be outside on what will be a glorious, rain-free evening in a wonderful setting. As usual, please bring an appetizer to share and we do split the cost of the wines among those who are there. It's always a very reasonable price for the wines and the great time that we have. Please RSVP to Nancy at nmgawlas@gmail.com as soon as possible for planning purposes. There is also a sign up sheet in the Gathering Place.

NEW! Self Defense Class offered July 11th

Sensei Lisa Chase and her teacher, Sensei Rich King will offer a free Self-defense class to members of SSPC on July 11th: For Seniors (65 and up), 2-3:00 pm; for Women and girls, 3:30-4:30 pm. Come learn something new! We need you to sign up either on Realm, or in the Gathering Place. To sign up on Realm, click here for the senior's class at 2 pm and click here for the women/girls class at 3:30.

Fall Faire - October 24, 2026

The Fall Faire committee – a dedicated group of wonderful Deacons, are looking for beautiful items to place and sell in the Boutique area. If you are looking to downsize, or you have things you need to get rid of, we’d love to take a look at any accessory items and furniture, such as lamps, side tables, small sofas, paintings, chairs – and have first dibs on what you want to get rid of before you do anything else with them. Please contact Pastor Lisa, who will then schedule with the FF team to come and look at the items first. Please note that for the White Elephant section, we are no longer taking glassware or small appliances. We will begin taking donations the first week of September.

Young Adults Christian Education Group, the Pathfinders!

CE and young leaders from SSPC started a new group for young adults over 18 called "Pathfinders!" For further information, contact Ty Headley. Currently, the group is studying from the Book of Matthew. Come and discuss, come and learn!

Laundry Ministry Update - Loads of love!

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.

Donation Update - Thanks to the blessings of our congregation, we have now raised over $1,000, in quarters! We have handed out hundreds of dollars of gift cards and our ministry continues!

Storyboard Ministry

The Youth have an easel in the Gathering Place with Post-it notes and markers for your prayer requests (no names, please). Each Sunday we 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. 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 beside the Storyboard. Feel free to place any answered prayers that you are thankful for in the box. God does indeed answer prayers! Blessings.

Earth Care - Pet Waste [part 3] What you can do to help the problem:

Cat litter: Try using a plant-based litter [corn, wheat, walnut or recycled paper. This reduces landfill volume. Buy larger packages to reduce packaging per pound. Scoop daily rather than dumping the whole box to stretch. Don't flush cat waste or compost it because of Toxoplasma risk.

Dog Waste: Always pick up. Pet waste is a documented water pollutant, not a fertilizer. Use mail-in programs for pouches and treat bags. Look up local options [Earth911] Try brands moving to recyclable bags.

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)

This past March, 30 SSPC volunteers joined Turning Point Church (TPC) Mechanicsburg to pack 233,280 meals for El Salvador—enough to feed 639 children daily for a year. Since 2018, over 6,800 volunteers have packed 1.5 million meals with TPC. SSPC will host a mini mobile pack later this summer; details to come.

New Hope Ministries
Needs for June include: ketchup, mustard and mayo. Please place your items in the bin outside of the Chapel. Thank you!

CORE Youth
There is no Core youth group this week, so enjoy the extra free time and a break from your usual routine.  

Save the Date for Many Voices, ONE SONG!

Sunday, August 30, 2026, 4:00 PM

• Guest Preacher: Rev. Cecelia "Cece" Armstrong, Co-Moderator of the 226th General Assembly
• Outstanding Music: Unity vocal choir, Unity Bell Choir, Unity Youth Choir, Hallelujah Chorus Sing-Along
• Food and Fellowship before and after Worship, special gatherings for children & youth

Hosted by Second Presbyterian Church, 528 Garland Drive, Carlisle. Planned by the Presbytery of Carlisle for our 7000+ members and 40+ congregations.

Prayers of healing and comfort:

Carol Boyer, Gail Bumsted, Roxanne Dagino, Carol Gebert, Margaret Glockner, Angie Katzenstein, Ron Kutz, Pat Miller, Rich Morelli, Betsy Neilson, Judy Perrine, Chris Sebring, Jim and Harriet Shoop, Ruth Stoll, Millie Swatt, Tanya Wagner, Amy Wentz, Chris Winning

Prayers for sympathy: Chad Hall for the death of his mother; Bill Moore for the death of his mother; Gary Karkuff for the death of his mother; Kris Carpinello for the death of her 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:

Judy La Pointe
Roy McLain

Deacon Servers:

Susan Evans
Matthew Wieseman

Gathering Snack:

BJ Lopez

Downtown Daily Bread

for June 26th:

Bob and Emily Krebs

SUNDAY WORSHIP ATTENDANCE

June 7

9 am Traditional Service - 120

9 am YouTube views - 59

11 am Gathering - 62

11 am YouTube views - 21

Sunday School - 20

June 14

11 am Combined Worship - 100

11 am YouTube views - 53

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