“Take away the stone.”

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Monday Lunch Bible Study is on hiatus once more this week – we’ll return on November 2nd!  Check out the Gospel reading for this coming Sunday and reflection questions below! John 11:32-44 32 When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would …

Worship, Dinner and Pumpkins!! 10/29

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Halloween is approaching and next Thursday we will be mixing things up a bit!! We’ll gather for worship at 5:45 pm in the Worship Hall at Pasquerilla Spiritual Center as usual.  There will be some changes in our worship service, but we’ll still have song, prayer, time to reflect on the readings together, and holy communion. After worship, instead of dinner …

“God keeps showing up in the least likely of people”

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“What if that person you’ve been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today?” – Nadia Bolz-Weber In her new book, Accidental Saints, New York Times  bestselling author, Nadia Bolz-Weber, invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls “a religious but not-so-spiritual life.” Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, …

“My teacher, let me see again.”

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Monday Lunch Bible Study – 19 October 2015 – This week, Bible study is on hiatus, but you will find the reading and some reflection questions below!  Take a look! Mark 10:46-52 46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the …

Homecoming and Home

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Homecoming weekend is upon us, and soon, thousands of PSU alumni will flood the town and the campus in their return “home.”  It is remarkable that thousands and thousands of people who no longer live here at the university consider this place home.  Despite how long ago their college years may have been, the fact that this school and this community …

“Why I Do What I Do” with Penn State Laureate Susan Russell

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Come hear Penn State Laureate Susan Russell talk about the meaning and passions behind her work as Penn State faculty member in Arts and Architecture, actor and her work as laureate. Susan Russell will speak on Wednesday, October 21st at 7 pm (location TBD – check back for update) “Why I Do What I Do” is part of  discernPSU, a project inviting Penn State students, and those who work with them, …

Gray Matters: Engaging Christian Faith Without Black or White Answers

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Being a Christian isn’t easy. Here’s a place to ask big questions, without getting back cliche answers, or furrowed brows. Engaging Christian Faith without getting black and white answers. Gather for time of community and connection, to grapple with Christian faith, ask questions without judgement, and spend some time in the gray space between the black and white. This free …