St John's United Church of Christ Emmaus, PA

06/12/2026

Come and worship this Sunday at 9:15am. We are on our summer schedule til the first Sunday in September.

06/11/2026

06/11/2026

I choose the way of Jesus...
because I can and I want to...
You can choose as you wish...
I will always choose Jesus...
Kyrie eleison...

06/09/2026

MISSION CONTINUES TO HELP CHURCH DESTROYED BY FIRE

Our mission continues to help the congregation of a western Pennsylvania church that was destroyed by fire last month.
The May 6 fire collapsed the roof over the sanctuary of Trinity United Church of Christ in Dorseyville, northeast of Pittsburgh.
The congregation lost its primary worship and gathering place.
The church has been celebrating its 175th anniversary this year as well as the 150th anniversary of its sanctuary.
Trinity’s congregation will meet at 6:30 p.m. June 15 in the Indiana Township Community Center to learn about the future of the church. A committee is expected to recommend plans to move forward with reconstruction.
The cause of the fire was ruled accidental by the Allegheny County fire marshal.
The Keystone Conference, the UCC’s new state office for Pennsylvania, has called on UCC churches across Pennsylvania to donate cash to help Trinity.
As of June 9, members of our congregation have donated $135.
In addition, Pastor Paul and St. John’s missions committee have decided to take half of the $840 our members donated to the UCC’s annual Strengthen the Church offering in May and send that $420 to help strengthen Trinity Church.
That boosts our total for Trinity up to $555. And we’re not finished yet. This fund-raising mission will continue as long as your contributions keep coming in.
“We are committed to rebuilding, but we cannot do it alone,” said Trinity church officials in a statement. While insurance will cover a portion of the cost to rebuild the church, “there are immediate and significant costs that fall outside that scope.”
Our financial contributions will help Trinity meet its insurance deductible as well as secure and furnish temporary workspace for its staff, cover the costs of off-site worship services (rentals, equipment, etc.) and support ongoing pastoral care and needs of the congregation.
To help, please make your checks out to St. John’s UCC, but designate them for Trinity UCC in the memo line.
“Every gift, regardless of size, moves us one step close to home,” said Trinity officials. “Thank you for your prayers, your kindness and your generosity.
“God’s story at Trinity does not end in ashes.”

06/09/2026

Registration is open for Summer Vacation Bible Camp for ages 4-14. It is free to attend. July 20-24,2026. M-F, 9am-12pm.

The theme is "Big Top Bible Heroes". It is designed to help teach children about some of the most exciting and inspiring bible heroes in a fun and interactive way.

REGISTER HERE
https://form.jotform.com/230585454801153

06/09/2026

From Benjamin Cremer

06/09/2026

St. John’s United Church of Christ-Mickleys in Whitehall Township is closing its doors after 177 years of ministry.
A community service celebrating the landmark church right along MacArthur Road will be at 10 a.m. Sunday, according to the UCC’s Keystone Conference. The final congregational service will be at 10 a.m. June 21.

06/06/2026

Have shared this in the past, it is too good not to share again!

06/02/2026

JUNE MISSION: FEED THE KIDS

“Feed the Kids” is the first of three “Summer for Children” missions that St. John’s missions committee has planned for the summer of 2026.
The Emmaus food pantry in nearby Bethel Bible Fellowship Church regularly helps feed at least 75 children in local families. In summer, those children can’t take advantage of free breakfasts or lunches that are offered to students from lower income households in East Penn schools during the school year. So we’ve decided to help by asking for food donations, specifically to feed those kids, through June 28.
Operators of the food pantry suggest donating single serving, shelf stable foods that do not require refrigeration.
Finding such foods for breakfast or lunch may be a challenge. But pantry operators say you can even buy string cheese, fruit cups, Lunchable type snack or meal kits, even milk and yogurt (drink or spoonable) products that don’t require refrigeration.
Suggested breakfast items include Nutri-grain bars, granola bars, cereal, applesauce, muffins and bagels.
Suggested lunch items include crackers-and-cheese, pudding and potato chips — again, all single serving.
Drink boxes containing real fruit juice are a good option for either meal.
They suggest avoiding anything containing peanuts, because of possible food allergies. And they don’t need peanut butter because they get that from the regional Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley.
Please bring your food donations to our church and place them in the shopping cart in the narthex. We’re asking for food donations, not cash, for this mission. But if we do get any cash donations, we intend to use that money to buy fresh fruit — such as apples, grapes or oranges —for the children.
Continuing our Summer for Children, in July the missions committee again will ask you to donate school supplies that will be distributed to local children by the Lehigh Conference of Churches. The committee already has purchased 96 colorful backpacks with leftover money contributed for that mission last year. In August, the committee again will ask for your support to provide new duffel bags and clothing for foster children helped by the local Kindness Project. Those kids often go into foster care with no clothing except what they are wearing.
(Poster by Angie Dillman)

05/30/2026

Don found a true treasure at the yard sale!