Join Pastor Dave the 2nd Sunday @ 9:15 am
Some months ago, Pastor Dave said he would teach a Sunday School class once a month on a specific topic on basic theology/doctrine of the church. He returns to teaching the Basics of Faith on Sunday, January 12 at 9:15 a.m. in the Bible Fellowship Room.
This winter we will be looking at the Theology of the Trinity!
January – Who Is God? The arguments for God’s existence, the attributes of God, the names of God, and more! Did you know that God has many names throughout Scripture that reveal the character and personhood of God? We’ll dig into God!
February/March – Who Is Jesus? His pre-existence, his incarnation, his humanity, his deity, his life, his death, his resurrection, his ascension, and his return! (Now, if I can cover that in 50 minutes that will be a miracle!) More likely that we will talk about Jesus in February and March!
April – Who is the Holy Spirit? Is the Holy Spirit a “person” or an “it?” The Nicene Creed has a phrase in it “he proceeds from the Father and the Son and is worshiped and gloried.” What a mouthful – what does that mean? It is a phrase that split the church in the 11th century from the east and west! Pastor will have PowerPoints and note sheets for each class. We are finite and God is infinite, we will only scratch the surface and hopefully make you more curious to learn more about the Trinity!
Welcome
New Gosh is a combination of human beings who live & work, who love & suffer, who worry & hope. No two people are alike. The one thing we hold in common is our faith in Jesus Christ.
Our Mission
New Goshenhoppen lives as a firm foundation for the Christian faith and shall continue to serve God by sharing the light, faith, and love of Jesus Christ with all people guided by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Music & Worship
Our church has a number of opportunities to lift praises to the Lord. Sing in our Senior and Youth Choir groups. Play an instrument? Join our Brass or Bell Choirs.
Services
Sunday services are held in-person at 8:00 am & 10:30 am in the Sanctuary. Live Streamed service begin at 10:30 am (use link at top of page).
An “old” tradition from the German Reformed Mercersburg period will appear at New Goshenhoppen beginning, February 16 – the three Sundays before Ash Wednesday are known as “gesima” Sundays, also known as “Pre-Lent.” We have had the joyous events of Christmas, the coming of the Magi to find him, his baptism, his celebration of a wedding, and such.
But a change is coming, one already present amid the joy. We know as we celebrate his birth that he was born for us so he could die for us. We know his blood spilled on the Cross to redeem us from the Law. After his baptism, Jesus will spend 40 days in the desert before beginning his public ministry, wherein he will be tempted to make him-self into the various false Messiahs into which humanity makes him anyway so often. We will soon imitate those 40 days for our own devotion with the season of Lent, on the way to the Cross, without which Easter is but another metaphor or myth. A change is coming...