Shippensburg First Church of God

01/24/2026

Shippensburg First Church of God

01/24/2026

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Due to the Winter Storm Warning and the forecast of significant snowfall, all services for 1/25/26 will be cancelled.

We encourage you to worship God in the sanctuary of your own home or backyard, and stay safe and cozy! Be the Church by calling to check in on family and friends, or help out a neighbor this weekend.

“Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper…
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.”
—‭‭Psalms‬ ‭107‬:‭28‬-‭31‬ ‭

09/03/2025

This Sunday, September 7th, we will have our annual Church Picnic. This event takes place at the large pavilion at Memorial Park and features a combined worship service at 10:00 am, followed by a meal together. The church will provide chicken & ham, drinks, and paper products, and we invite each household to bring side items or dessert to share. You may also wish to bring lawn chairs. Please note, there will be no Sunday School or other services happening at the sanctuary, and no online livestream will be available. We hope to see you all there!

07/30/2025

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02/12/2025

Wednesday night services and activities cancel for tonight. 12 Feb 2025

11/19/2024

Incase you missed the bonfire hosted by the Shippensburg 1st Church of God.

10/09/2024

Chili cook off.. Go to ShipFCOG.org for more info.

07/25/2024

Our ”Ladies in Step” summer activity nights have been a great time for women to come together to try new things and share some laughs. Thanks to all the teachers and participants who have shared their time and talents!

07/18/2024

“What do you do for a living?”

What is your job or occupation? It’s a simple question, but there’s an unspoken hint of judgement in it—we often rank or value people based on their profession. Certain honors, criticisms, or prejudices may be given to certain professions.

When people learn what you do for work, does their opinion of you change? What about the other way around? Does your opinion of someone else change when you learn about their job?

Regardless of what you do for a living (or your social status), what matters is not whether we are rich or poor—not in the eyes of the world—but in the eyes of our Savior, Jesus.

Jesus must be the One to Define Truth for our identity-- Whether we feel rich or poor, free or imprisoned, blind or able to see, worthy or unworthy, blessed or cursed, loved or unloved, full of everlasting joy or brokenhearted, Jesus has the authority to determine what has value.

This Sunday, we will continue to study the context of Luke 4, where Jesus quotes from Isaiah 61:
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted…”
(Isaiah 61:1)

We will consider how different groups respond to the “good news for the poor,” including some fishermen in Luke 5, who choose to become poor so that they may experience the “Good News” up close and personal. As a result, Jesus gives them a new occupation— Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” (Luke 5:10b)

Let us continue to reflect on this Good News for the poor and the broken hearted – regardless of how society might rank you on the scale of jobs and professions, regardless of your Net Worth or how many figures you bring home… regardless of how the world may see your value, regardless of how you see yourself—Remember that Jesus sees your true value and worth.

Jesus wants to reshape how you view yourself, your occupation, your value, and your place in this world. He wants to give you a new job to do: He invites you to follow Him and join him in proclaiming His Kingdom.

Consider yourself hired!

Back in Isaiah 61:6-7, we can read about the wealth and riches the Lord has to offer to the poor and brokenhearted who worship him as King, and new job titles as well:

“And you will be called priests of the Lord,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.
Instead of your shame
you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy will be yours.”

07/11/2024

In a world that struggles to understand truth, we must let Jesus define it for us!

Consider— How do you know when a prophecy has “come true”? And what is “truth” anyway?

This week we begin a series looking at a very important passage of the Gospels where Jesus Speaks Truth about a text from the Old Testament, and it might challenge some things that we assume to be true. If Jesus is our Lord, we must always let His words challenge our thoughts.

We will spend the next few weeks digging into the words and meanings of this passage in Luke 4:16-21—
‘16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”’

This passage is from the Prophet Isaiah. The Jews have a few different interpretations of this passage that may place the fulfillment of the prophet’s words in the Past, Present, or the Future. From an Old Testament perspective, any of these could be true.

However, Jesus demonstrates His own authority to define Truth—Rather than offer a lengthy interpretation of the passage along these temporal lines, Jesus presents himself as the fulfillment of the passage as “TODAY” in your hearing.

Let that sink in – Jesus speaks with authority as One who determines when a prophesy is fulfilled, and that HE Himself is its fulfillment, in the ears of those who hear him!

‘Fulfilled’ is a word packed with meaning, and we will consider it together in the next few weeks. Come join us!

06/30/2024

It was a great morning to celebrate what God has done through VBS and Serve Ship! The work is not done, but we can rest in the presence of Jesus!

Check out our YouTube channel to hear stories from our youth ministry about Serve Ship and a few highlights from VBS!

https://www.youtube.com/live/xPHDpTCv3iw?feature=shared

“At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.”
‭‭—Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬-‭26‬ ‭NIV‬‬

11:00 Am services June 30, 2024

06/24/2024

VBS continues!