Before Church – Join us for Bible Class at 9:30. New this week: Use the same link as for the service, see below, just join earlier.
Welcome to #YourHeartChrist’sHome
April 26, 2020 – 10:30 a.m.
The Third Sunday of Easter
Beverly Hills United Presbyterian Church, Upper Darby
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lansdowne
This week’s Scripture: St. John 4.19-26
The early Church, of course, had no “church buildings”; they met in their homes. So the opportunity of our Zoom meetings is to join together in the same spirit from our homes. So join us once again online or by phone, per the attached invitation, or go to bhpcud.com or www.stpaulslansdowne.org – with welcoming hearts. (Please note, if you’re keeping score at home, that we now have a new Zoom account.)
Join the Service from a computer or device (Zoom Meeting): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86002740088
Join by phone: Call this number: +1 929 205 6099
Meeting ID: 860 0274 0088
ANNOUNCEMENTS
You are welcome to contact Pastor Tung directly for pastoral needs. Tel. 610.246.8240 • Email – arttung@gmail.com
Pastors Nancy Haigh Ross and LoisAnn Furgess-Oler are also assisting in visitation. Pastor Ross: 267.254.0187 pastor.nancy@yahoo.com • Pastor Furgess-Oler: 410.239.1515 lafodav@aol.com
In Memoriam
Bob Haring, April 21, 2020
Blessed are they who die in the Lord. – Revelation 14.13
Don’t forget your regular stewardship giving! Both congregations continue to receive mail (thanks to our faithful carriers!). In honor to Jesus Christ, we give to sustain our worship AND our work in our community and world.
Mailing address:
Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church
500 Midvale Road
Upper Darby, PA 19082
FOOD HELP
Continuing our Life Center Ministry – Monetary donations are needed to continue providing meals for the Life Center.
For the past three decades, churches and groups have been preparing a hot meal to serve at the Life Center at 63rd Street every single day. What a miraculous ministry! Though this practice cannot continue in the same way because of the COVID-19 crisis, you can still help by making a monetary donation to keep this ministry alive. Mail a check – payable to Community Outreach Project (or COP for short) – to:
COP Meals COP Meals
c/o Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church c/o St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
500 Midvale Road 50 East Plumstead Avenue
Upper Darby, PA 19082 Lansdowne, PA 19050
And if any organizations/businesses can donate a case or more of plastic utensils, napkins, paper/plastic cups and plates, please email the details to copmeals@gmail.com.
The Upper Darby Emergency Food Cupboard, 7766 Wayne Avenue, is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00-Noon. (Tel. 610.853.2481).
Philabundance distributes food at multiple locations in Upper Darby. https://www.philabundance.org/find-food/food-map/
At First Presbyterian Church of Lansdowne (140 N. Lansdowne Avenue), families in the William Penn School District (Aldan, Colwyn, Darby, East Lansdowne, Landowne and Yeadon) can call the Interfaith Food Cupboard (tel. 610-622-0800, x 4). The church is also a pickup site for Grab-and-Go Meals for children of William Penn District, Mondays through Fridays.
Needed donations include:
Canned chicken, tuna, or salmon Pasta sauce
Peanut butter, jelly Crackers
Powdered milk Canned vegetables, fruit
Canned chili with meat Canned soup (especially chunky, with meat)
Items may be dropped off on Mondays and Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m. at the door closest to the playground.
Answer the 2020 Census Today
It’s essential that every resident complete the 2020 census. Since you probably have some extra time now, do it today!
You should have received a letter with online instructions and an access code. Can’t find that? Don’t worry, other ways to complete the census:
• Online at https://2020census.gov/en/ways-to-respond.html
• By phone at 844-330-2020
• The Census website offers support for 50 different languages! See the complete list and instructions for language support at https://2020census.gov/en/languages.html.
Remember: the census counts residents (people), not citizens. There is no citizenship question on the census. Estimates are that each resident who is counted brings about $2,000 per year to Lansdowne, Delaware County, and Pennsylvania.
THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – MAY 3
9:30 a.m. – Adult Bible Study on the Book of Nahum
10:30 a.m. – Morning Worship
“Getting Through This” Pastor Tung
Psalm 23
Today’s Text
John 4:19-26 New International Version (NIV)
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”