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 MARCH 11 — MARCH 17

Wednesday
11:30 AM – Soup & Word
Sunday
9:00 AM – Sunday School for All Ages
10:15 AM – Worship @ Christ Lutheran
Monday
9:00 AM – Quilters & Crafters


NEWS & NOTES
Family Fun Night
	A family fun night will be held on Friday, March 13th at Christ Lutheran. Please join us for another evening of fellowship together. Look for more information in the bulletin.
Bread, Bowl & Bible
	This Spring we’ll participate in the Oley Cluster’s return of Bread, Bowl and Bible (3-6pm Sundays in March). The dates are Sunday, March 8, and Sunday, March 15. The theme for this years is; “Seeing the Gospel in the Movies. Our presenter will be The Rev. Rich Moore. The Oley Cluster congregations will take turns providing soup & bread meals for this time of Faith Formation, Fellowship and Food! This 2-part series will be hosted at St. Joseph Hill Lutheran Church, 244 Koch Boyertown, PA.
Palm Sunday
	Come join us for worship on March 29th and celebrate the coming of the King, “Jesus Christ” as he rides into Jerusalem. There will be loud hosannas”, waving of palms, and “lifting the Lord’s name on High”. Don’t miss it. There will be a service at Salem UCC at 10:15 AM.
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.
Maundy Thursday
	April 2nd will be our celebration of Maundy Thursday. The service will be held at Christ ELCA at 6 PM with the celebration of a Sedar meal and the Last Supper. Look for information about tickets for the meal. Please come out and celebrate the Lord’s Supper as we journey with Jesus to the cross this Lent.
Good Friday Service
	The service will be held on Friday April 3rd, at 7:00 PM. This is an important day for the life of the church, and we should take time to be in worship and prayer sometime during Good Friday. The service will be held at Salem UCC, and it will also be recorded and posted online for you to worship by. The service will be a light to darkness service
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.
Good Friday Prayer Vigil
	The vigil will be held Friday; April 3rd and it will begin at 5 AM and last till 3 PM. We need people to sign up for half hour time slots. The purpose is to have someone praying during the hours that Jesus would have been suffering and dying on the cross. We will have the Sanctuary at Salem UCC open during this vigil. The time slots will begin at 5 AM in the morning the next time slot is 5:30 AM, 6:00 Am, 6:30 AM and so on until 3:00 PM. The signup sheet will be posted on the bulletin board in the hallway in Salem. Even if you don’t get to sign up you can come and spend a half hour in prayer, we just want to have each slot covered by someone. Please consider spending just one-half hour in sacrifice for the one who gave his life so you could have life.
Easter Sunday Services
	On April 5th there will be two services, an 8 AM service at Salem UCC and 10:15 AM at Christ ELCA. Let us celebrate together the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We will have communion onthis special day at both the 8 AM and 10:15 AM services.
Easter Dawn Service
	This year, we will hold an Easter Dawn service. It will be held in the Cemetery area in front of Salem UCC at 6:30 AM. The service will be about 30 minutes in length with some singing (acapella) we will not have communion at this service.
Easter Sunday Services
	On April 5th there will be two services, an 8 AM service at Salem UCC and 10:15 AM at Christ ELCA. Let us celebrate together the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We will have communion onthis special day at both the 8 AM and 10:15 AM services.