🎄Happy St. Nerdnuk’s Day!🎄 (Monday After 2nd Sunday of Advent)

[Our church celebrated two Christmas Eve services which included a children-friendly puppet & glowstick service at 4:30 pm, and a tradit...

Do you know who St. Nerdnuk was? I would guess not. One of my seminary professors had created this fake saint day for the church calendar. H...

[Our church continues to celebrate the good news of Christ’s birth during these twelve days of Christmas which will conclude on January 6 (E...

Today (January 6) we celebrate the concluding 12th day of the Christmas Season. In our western Christian liturgical calendar, we conclude...

Christmas is a special time for many of us. Attending church on a Christmas Eve and holding a lit candle while singing "Silent Night...

Our church is in the process of preparing to launch new small groups in early February. These small groups, each consisting of 3 to 12 pe...

It was another banner year for Christmas Sweater Sunday at Lancaster First United Methodist Church! Enjoy these photos from today's wors...

Sunday After Christmas Day Prayer (Contemporary Version) Lord, on this Sunday after Christmas Day, we thank you that we can continue to...

Tuesday, December 23  - (7:30 pm) Wednesday, December 24  - (5:30 pm, 8:00 pm, & 11:00 pm) Sermon  - "Reclaim Christmas"...

This is how a typical church staff looks right before the busy Christmas season. Ha!   Top Row (L to R) - Dustin Roberts, Dan Kemp, Jil...

As we approach our church's 2nd annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Sunday (the Sunday after Christmas) a controversy is brewing. There see...

You would think that since our church's Advent and Christmas focus this year is to reclaim Christmas that I would not have forgotten ...

Do you know who St. Nerdnuk was? I would guess not. One of my seminary professors had created this fake saint day for the church calendar...

Here are photos from our Ugly Christmas Sweater (UCS) Sunday (December 29.) I can see that Lancaster First UMC is a pioneer congregation in...