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Our Worship Service starts at 9:00 a.m. every Sunday. Sunday School is at 10:15 a.m.
Everyone is encouraged to come, lend a hand, as we complete yard work for shut-ins or other projects. Regular IGNITE worship services will resume on September 7.
Contacting Pastor Ray ~ email: revoran@gmail.com Home: (717) 656-0812 Cell: (717)333-6939 Look for me on Facebook: Ray Voran
Regular Events Knepper Care Group – First and Third Mondays, 7:00 p.m. Naval Care Group – Second and Fourth Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m. Bazaar Workshops – Second and Fourth Tuesdays, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Community Senior Center – Second Thursday, 10:00 a.m. Seniors meet at Yoder’s Restaurant – Third Saturday, 11:15 a.m. Burgers-n-Bibles –First Thursday, 11:30 am, at Wendy’s Restaurant LUMINA ministry – Second Thursday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Special August Events IGNITE service project – August 24 Vacation Bible School – each Sunday at 10:15 a.m. VBS Worship program – August 25
Ignite News Due to busy summer schedules for those involved, the IGNITE Service will not be meeting regularly throughout the summer. We WILL meet again on August 24 for some service projects, to be explained later. 2
The Call:
An LED Team Update By Kip Wolf
Humble Beginnings and Rich Heritage The Rev. David Dickson is quoted as having said that “this part of Lancaster County was not, at first, friendly toward the fervor and experiential religion of the people called Methodists”. But the Methodists in New Holland have been steadfast for over 200 years. Preaching is said to have started with itinerant preachers and in the home of John Davis as early as 1797. The first Methodist minister said to reside in this area and preach from his home was Isaac Davis, ordained in 1803. In 1828 irregular services began in a log school house, and later in 1836 a ½ acre property was purchased at the north east corner of East Main Street and Heister Avenue where a handsome two-story meeting house was built. However, the society struggled and could not continue to maintain the property. It was eventually sold to the East Earl School district around 1841. Worship services and Sunday school continued to be held irregularly in the first meeting house and the log school house from 1841-1860. Then, in 1860, God sent revival through a Methodist Home Missionary and the Methodist meetings being held in the Town Hall, resulting in a number of people being converted and a new society being organized: the New Holland United Methodist Church (NHUMC) was formed!
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