Join us for our Meet & Eat fellowship gathering on March 23, immediately following our 10:30 AM worship service. This special time of community and connection offers the perfect opportunity to deepen relationships with members and friends of St. Paul’s while enjoying a delicious Italian-themed meal together. Bring a dessert to share if possible. This sweet addition to our meal always makes for a wonderful conclusion of our time together! Please sign up so we can plan ahead. Whether you’re a longtime member or visiting for the first time, all are welcome at our table!

Whether you’re a longtime member or visiting for the first time, all are welcome at our table.

Join us for Messy Church on March 9 at 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Selinsgrove, PA. Our Messy Church team has many fun (and slightly messy) activities and crafts planned for us, and we hope you can join us as we explore the Bible story of Luke 7:36-50 together. The Bible teaches us a lot about forgiveness – how we can be forgiven and how we should be willing to forgive others. Most of us don’t always find this easy, especially if we have been hurt. Still, in teaching his followers to pray, Jesus includes the lines, ‘Forgive our sins, just as we have forgiven those who did wrong to us’ (Matthew 6:12). Jesus’ forgiveness is not like our natural inclination to only forgive as we feel is justified, but instead it is a forgiveness for all, and of all. He wants us to forgive others this way, too.

Please sign up so we can better prepare for all.

Hot Topic - March 2 at 9 a.m. - Learn about Ramadan

This year, Ramadan is taking place from Friday, February 28 to Saturday, March 29. Come learn about Ramadan and what it means to our Muslim brothers and sisters. Local Imam Muhammad Ali (Bucknell and SU’s Muslim Chaplain) will present on this topic.

You can participate on Zoom by clicking on this link.

Bring your friends and family to celebrate the music ministries of Central Association Congregations and enjoy a variety of performances with a reception to follow in the fellowship hall. Enjoy several of our choirs and small groups performing, participate in singing congregational hymn favorites, and a massed choir performance. A freewill offering will support a local ministry.

ONA Ministry Team Winter Gathering - March 1

For more info and registration info, click here. This event is a Zoom and in-person event. Please register by Monday, February 24.

Our first Meet and Eat of the spring (even if it doesn’t feel much like spring!) will be on Sunday, February 16, right after the morning service.  This time, our menu will be crock pot cooking- so hearty soups, stews, or chili.  We’ll also provide rolls, salad, and dessert. Rather than ask for homemade desserts, as we typically do, we will be ordering a cake to celebrate Reverend Grace’s ordination, which took place on February 8 in CT. We would love to have volunteers bring a crockpot of their favorite meal to share. You can sign up here.

Looking forward to sharing a time of food and fellowship and wishing our congratulations to Rev. Grace!

Become a Prayer Partner in 2025! Here's how it works: by submitting your name, you will be randomly assigned the name of a person for whom you will pray throughout the year. Every six weeks or so, and on their birthday, you will send your prayer partner a card letting him/her know that you are praying for them, signed with "Your Prayer Partner" and with the return address being 400 N Market St, Selinsgrove, PA 17870. Next Christmas, you will reveal yourself to your prayer partner with a small gift. You will also receive a randomly selected prayer partner to pray for you and send you cards. Thank you for participating!

Join us for the first Messy Church of 2025 on January 12 at 4 p.m. We are exploring the theme of mercy through engaging activities and the inspiring story of Jesus healing the man at the pool of Bethesda. ​ There might be bubbles involved… Come and experience a time of fun, reflection, and community as we learn how to show and receive mercy in our lives. Signing up helps us be well-prepared for all of you.

Join us Sunday, January 5th from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. for our first Hot Topic of the year! January is Human Trafficking Awareness month, and we want to be a community that is aware of and helpful to the human, labor, and sex trafficking victims in counties along Route 15 in PA. To achieve this awareness, we will have experts from Transitions of PA and Justice for Work present on those topics. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and coffee with our guests. Everyone in the community is invited to join us for this important discussion

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 6:00 p.m. - Church Council combined our two Christmas Eve services this year. We invite you to the 6:00 p.m. Candlelight Celebration service, which will be brimful with beautiful Christmas music, a meaningful and moving message, and the traditional candlelight with "Silent Night, Holy Night." Please invite your family and friends to our 6:00 p.m. Christmas Eve celebration!

Christmas Caroling on December 15 at 4 p.m. - Help us spread Christmas cheer to our homebound members. It's a great opportunity for children and adults alike to bring joy to others. We will meet at the church and then carpool.

The Sunday School children and their dedicated helpers will put on a charming Christmas pageant during our worship service on Sunday, December 15. We warmly invite everyone to come and enjoy what will surely be a delightful and heartwarming presentation filled with the spirit of the season.

If you want to learn how to make a beautiful woven star, we have the workshop for you! On December 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Sigrid will teach you how to make this beautiful star. No prior weaving experience is required! You first will create a practice star and most likely will have time to make a second star in the colors of your choosing. This project is for adults and children who are 12 or older and are accompanied by a parent/responsible adult. You must sign up in order to attend the workshop, as some prep work is required, and we need to ensure we have enough supplies. The number of participants is limited so that we can give adequate attention to each participant, so sign up soon. A fee of $6 per person will go towards the cost of the materials for 2 stars. I can’t wait to see you there and show you how to make this beautiful star. Sign up now!

Experience the true essence of Christmas at our Messy Church on December 8 at 4 p.m., where we explore how God humbly joined us in our struggles and joys through Jesus’s birth. He was conceived by an unmarried teenager and soon to become a refugee. He knows what it is like to be human, struggle, and suffer, and can understand, support, and guide us through life. Dive with us into the nativity story with engaging activities, thought-provoking questions, and creative crafts that bring the wonder and excitement of Christmas to life. ​Perfect for families and individuals alike, come and experience the true meaning of Christmas in a fun and interactive way. Please sign up so we can prepare everything for you.

Hanging of the Greens - Come help us decorate our sanctuary for Advent and Christmas! Many hands are needed to make our worship space festive. Cookies and a little snack will be provided.

As the holidays are starting to sneak up on us, know that on November 24th, we will have a Thanksgiving service at Saint Paul’s. Our wonderful Worship Team will make the space feel warm and homey as we think about time together with family, friends, and loved ones. Pastor Grace will lead and preach this service, with Jaime Namminga and Julia Dudek providing music!

We are now accepting orders for red poinsettias to adorn the sanctuary during Christmas. You can honor or remember a loved one by purchasing a poinsettia in their name. You can also donate money to Bethany's Children's Home or an American Indian Congregation. Please place your order here by Wednesday, November 20, 2024.

"How to Embrace the Future with Hope" will be the focus of our worship service on our Stewardship Sunday, November 17, at 10:30 a.m. We will explore how we can invest in God's bright future for us.

St. Paul’s Messy Church will participate again this year in the Selinsgrove Library Tree Fest of Children’s Books. We picked a delightful book about all the colors of Christmas and planned many fun activities for everybody. Come and help us create the many ornaments in all the colors of Christmas to decorate the St. Paul’s Messy Church tree that will be proudly displayed in the library from November 20 until January 4.

Are you interested in exploring more about St. Paul’s and what it takes to join our congregation officially? We already have a small group of people who want to join, and Pastor Dietmar is offering a New Member Orientation beginning Sunday, October 20, following our worship service. The group will learn more about who we are as St. Paul’s, our vision, mission, and ministries, and what meaningful membership will look like. We will get to know each other more closely, clarify expectations, and answer questions. There will be refreshments. The new member orientation takes place over three meetings on Sunday after worship, on October 20, October 27, and November 10, with the opportunity to officially join St. Paul’s during our worship service on November 17. Please indicate your interest in participating in the New Member Orientation to Pastor Dietmar at dietmar@saintpauls-ucc.org or (570) 541-0121 or to the church office at office@saintpauls-ucc.org. Thank you! 

We invite you to our second Meet & Eat on October 27 after church. Enjoy a shared meal and good company with members and friends of St. Paul's. Please sign up so we know how many people to plan for. If you can, bring a dessert to share.

The Selinsgrove VFW will host our Loaves and Fishes Food Bank for their Thursday, October 17, Bacon Burger Benefit Night starting at 5 p.m. This event is open to the public and is a bargain at $7 for the burger, choice of French fries, onion rings, macaroni and cheese, and a fountain drink. Randy Tanner will need a few people to join him at 4 p.m. to clean tables and to help set up. He will also need a few servers to help serve starting at 5 p.m. Last year’s turnout was fantastic, and we hope for another well-attended night.

We're excited to invite you to join us at Messy Church on Sunday, October 13th, at 4 p.m. to explore the love of Jesus. Jesus reminds us to love one another as he has loved us, which is super important. We'll chat about how we can extend this love to everyone, even those we might not see eye to eye with. Just imagine how awesome the world would be if we focused on spreading love, challenging hate, and reaching out with peace!

At Messy Church, we'll be having a blast painting gourd birdhouses, making and savoring campfire cookies, fixing up hearts, doing leaf paintings, creating gratitude paper pumpkins, decorating cute little lanterns, and a whole bunch more. We'd love to have you with us!

Shane Sanders, Assistant Director of the GO Program at Susquehanna, will present to community members about her recent time in the Congo DRC - one of the 5 poorest countries in the world. She will share her experience staying in the capital of Kinshasa to visit orphaned children of the ongoing civil war, and the team that cares for them. Come join the conversation about this aspect of what it means to be a global citizen. A Q&A with coffee will follow the 45-minute presentation. All are welcome to join in this conversation!

Our first Meet & Eat of the new program year will take place on September 29th after church, and everyone is invited. We're looking forward to sharing a meal and fellowship with you! Please sign up so we know how many people to plan for. If you can, bring a dessert to share.

Hey there! We are so excited to invite you to St. Paul’s All Church Picnic on Kickoff Sunday, September 8th, at East Snyder Park from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. It's going to be a lovely afternoon filled with good food and even better company. We'd love for you to bring a dish to share and your own reusable plates, cups, and utensils to help us reduce waste. Don't forget to sign up so we can plan for your arrival and know what delicious dish you'll be bringing. And guess what? At the same time and place, we'll be having Messy Church with the theme “Who is God? What is God like?” It's going to be double the fun and excitement! We can't wait to see you there! Oh, and just in case it rains, the event will be moved to September 15th.

Hot Topic on Gun Violence on September 8 at 9 a.m. in St. Paul’s sanctuary - As a community, we will come together to engage in the topic of gun violence, presented by Dave Wilson, President and CEO of Citizens for Gun Safety. The Surgeon General, America’s top doctor, issued a first-of-its-kind advisory recently, declaring gun violence a national public health crisis and recommending it be treated as such. Dr. Wilson raises awareness about gun violence being a public health crisis and provides hope with proven common sense solutions on how to reduce gun violence deaths. A Q&A with coffee will follow the 45-minute presentation. All are welcome to join in this important conversation!