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Hedgesville Presbyterian

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We're the folks who worship and serve at the quaint, American Gothic-style white church just a block from the center of Hedgesville village. We care. We care about each other, our community and our world--and our active ministries and missions prove it. How, as we seek to serve in the way Christ served and to love in the way Christ loved, may we serve you?

                  

 

                                                 

 

 

                    

    

 

 

 

          

 

About the Pastor

Carl Howard has served as pastor of Hedgesville Presbyterian Church since January 2004.

     A Master of Divinity graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., he also has served as a chaplain at the University of Maryland Hospital Center in Baltimore and at the Ingleside at Rock Creek Presbyterian Retirement Center in Washington, D.C.

     Before entering the ministry, Pastor Carl was a foreign service officer handling public affairs for the Department of State. He and his wife Beverly served at embassies and consulates overseas for 20 years, 12 of them in Brazil. Earlier, he was a journalist. A native of Texas, he holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. Pastor Carl also studied national security issues at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., and Latin American affairs at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru.

      The Howards enjoy music, gardening, and being with their two granddaughters, children of daughter Lita and her husband Orlando Gois.          

 

"We are the church as God intended ...

...a community of believers who come together to follow the teachings of the Bible and spread the message of God's love. Along the way, we teach and share. We sing and laugh. We roll up our sleeves and get involved. And sometimes, we're quietly still in the presence of God."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We sponsor Boy Scout Troop 137 and Cub Scout Pack 137.   

 

 

 

 

 

:: Family......(click for more) :: Worship......(click for more) :: Mission and Community       (click for more)

"Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."

(Deut. 11:19)

 

We pray for Haiti

 

 

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Sunday School ... 10:00AM

Fellowship... 10:45AM

Worship Service ... 11:00AM

 

       

Please join us as we

worship our risen Lord.

 

 

 

           Communion Schedule:

February 14

April 1 (Maundy Thursday) at Little Falls

May 23

August 1

October 3 (World Communion Sunday)

November 28

December 24 (Christmas Eve)

 

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"Lord's Supper"...(click here)

 

Lent

 

A period of 40 days (not counting Sundays) before Easter, Lent originally was a period of preparation for those to be baptized at Easter. It later became a time of penitence for all Christians. Thus, it reminds us the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness preparing for His ministry, resisting temptations.

Christians often fast or give up various things during Lent to remind themselves of Christ's sacrifice and to overcome destructive habits. Christians may also take on disciplines as they learn new habits that are constructive and useful for disciples of Jesus Christ. Lent began with Ash Wednesday.

The work of the Mission Committee is to create a mission mindset for our church in everything we do.

Serve and tell the story of Jesus Christ to those outside the walls of the church.

 (Matthew 28:19)

 

 

 

 

Community and Beyond

Community and Beyond

:: Education....(click for more)

Today's Message

 :: Lectionary......( click for more)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is Spiritual Formation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Growing in the Life of Christian Faith

 

 

 

 

Resources for Lent