Salem United Church of Christ

Hello, I am Pastor Bob Witmyer and I welcome you to Salem UCC. Thank you for visiting our website. We especially enjoy welcoming new friends, and we hope you will visit us soon!

THIS WEEK @ CHURCH

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11 — FEBRUARY 17

Sunday
9:00 AM – Sunday School for All Ages
10:15 AM – Worship @ Christ Lutheran
Monday
9:00 AM – Quilters & Crafters
6:30 AM – Consistory Meeting


NEWS & NOTES
Family Fun Night
	On Friday, February 13 at 6 PM we have a movie night at Salem UCC. We will be serving spaghetti and meatballs and popcorn as a snack. Please join us for another fun night.
Ash Wednesday Service
	Services will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7:00 PM. This service is an appropriate way to begin our Lenten journey. It is a service of repentance and remembering who we are as children of God. God expects our repentance; therefore, it is only right, in fact, necessary, that all Christians should begin the Lenten journey by remembering who they really are. This year we will be again joining Friedens UCC in worshiping on Ash Wednesday. We will be hosting the service this year at Christ ELCA, it will include Ashes and communion. I look forward to seeing everyone at our service this year.
Sunday Lenten Communion
	Sunday, February 22nd begins for us the season of Lent, a time of Preparation and Repentance. We will begin this new season of the church with the celebration of Holy Communion at the 10:15 AM worship service.
Soup & Word
	This year, I will again offer an opportunity for those who would like to spend some time in a Lenten devotional journey. This year it will again be held every Wednesday during Lent, starting with Wednesday, February 25, 2026. The Theme for this year is “ Voices of Repentance”. Those attending would meet from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM for Soup, Bread and the Word. Please don’t hesitate to come; there will be enough for all, I’m sure. If you can only come to one or two sessions, please come.
Lenten Daily Devotional
	During Lent Pastor Bob will be again posting on YouTube and Facebook a daily Lenten devotional following themes “Eyes on Jesus” from “Lisa M. Clark”. Look for an email in your email box with the You tube link or check on Facebook on Salem’s or Christ Lutheran’s pages for the daily devotional. I hope these will be helpful as we journey together this Lenten Season.