Our Christmas Eve services this year are scheduled for 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The 6:00 p.m. Family Service features story, candle lighting, and communion served by intinction. The 9:00 p.m. Festival Service will feature choir, sermon, candle lighting, and communion served in the pews.
January 5 – “How to Help” (Bagels and Belief)
The Rev. Ruth Moore will prepare us to help those with a mental illness cope, dispelling common myths, sharing valuable resources, and supplying statistics. She’ll also preach at the 10 o’clock service. Rev. Moore is the Director of Business Development and Admissions at the Pennsylvania Psychiatry Institute.
January 12 – “Suicide & its Prevention”
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, but you can help, and Govan A. Martin III will show you how. Mr. Martin is the Executive Director of Prevent Suicide PA.
January 19 – “Overcoming Addiction”
William Milchak, MSW, will educate us on addiction, why people often struggle in silence, and treatment options such as faith-based care. Mr. Milchak is the Senior Instructor for the Department of Psychiatry at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
January 26 – Dr. Rachel L. Levine, Secretary of Health, Pennsylvania
We’re honored to have Dr. Levine speak about her work and the health concerns affecting the Commonwealth.
EXTENDING GOD’S LOVE CORE TEAM POTLUCK
Sign up at the Welcome Center to attend the Mission Potluck on Sunday, January 26, at 11:30 a.m., in the Fellowship Hall. The team will provide a brief overview of its 2019 mission activities and plans for 2020. Just bring a dish to share. Beverages will be provided.
Recent events show antisemitism has raised its ugly head in our society. On the first three Sunday of February, join Neil Leifert, the Director of the Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg, as he explains its origins. Dr. Russell Sullivan, Pastor of Pine Street, will conclude the series on February 23.
February 2 – “Overview of Antisemitism” – What are the origins of Christian and-Judaism? How id this develop into racial antisemitism in the 19th century? As we journey into the 20th century, we’ll note the significance of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the work of Henry Ford and his antisemitic publication, The International Jew.
February 9 – “The Jewish Enemy” – Nazi propaganda vilified “World Jewry” as a “clear and present danger” to German survival. What was their motive for genocide and the Holocaust?
February 16 – “Lingering Ideology” – Jewish conspiracies and the Holocaust denial abound in our world, and antisemitism masks in the guise of anti-Zionism. How can we understand these phenomena?
February 23 – “Does God Only Have One Blessing?” – Dr. Sullivan will propose that we have read the relationship between Christians and Jews incorrectly for centuries. Can we read the Christian story in a new way? How can we counteract antisemitism?
Sunday Service Time - Word & Sacrament: 10:00 a.m. | Church School: 8:45 a.m.
MAPS is the concert arm of the musical offerings of the church. We present internationally renowned artists as well as local artists. From our Happy Hour Concerts to our popular joint-choir projects, there’s bound to be something for virtually every music lover.
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Scripture and music are intricately woven together in the majestic setting of Pine Street’s sanctuary. The service will begin with a 30-minute organ recital featuring guest organist Matthew McMahan from Decatur, Georgia, playing the 83 rank Ernest M. Skinner and M.P. Möller pipe organ.
The service will begin with the traditional opening carol “Once In Royal David’s City.” A brass quintet, members of The Central Pennsylvania Oratorio Singers, and Pine Street’s Chancel Choir under the direction of the church’s new Minister of Music and Worship Joseph W. Garrison will lead the service.
Free admission. Free parking in the South Street Garage. Donations appreciated.
Friday, February 21, 2020 | 7:00 p.m.
Recently retired from the University of Mississippi, Diane Wang and Stacy Rodgers have extensive performance careers. Countless students owe their music careers to this dynamic duo. Mr. Rodgers has performed with soprano Kallen Esperian, members of the New York Philharmonic, the University of Michigan wind faculty, violinist Scott St. John, and Rolf Smedvig, founder and the lead trumpet of the Empire Brass Quintet, and many others. In a typical year Mr. Rodgers performs more than twenty different full-length programs.
Ms. Wang, a native of the San Francisco Bay area, has an impressive record of performances on both piano and flute. She has given performances throughout the United States as well as China and Mexico, appearing as a solo recitalist and as a soloist with orchestra and chamber musician. As a collaborative pianist and flutist, she has performed regularly with several professional ensembles, including the Sara Isom Trio, The University of Mississippi Faculty Woodwind Quintet, and the Wang-Rodgers Piano duo.
Free admission. Free parking in the South Street Garage. Donations appreciated.
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 | 7:00 p.m.
The combined choirs of Grace United Methodist Church, Market Square Presbyterian Church, and Pine Street Presbyterian Church present Beethoven’s Mass in C with orchestral accompaniment. Dr. Shelly Moorman-Stahlman will perform The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, on the church’s Fazioli concert grand piano.
Free admission. Free parking in the South Street Garage. Donations appreciated.
Friday, May 15, 2020 | 7:00 p.m.
Described as “scintillating” and “tremendously virtuosic” (The Straits Times, Singapore), concert organist Michael Hey has been increasingly visible on U.S. and international stages. He has performed organ concertos with the San Francisco Symphony, the Juilliard Orchestra, and New York City Ballet Orchestra. Mr. Hey has appeared at renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden.
In 2015, Mr. Hey was appointed Associate Director of Music and Organist of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, where one of his first major tasks was to perform for the first U.S. visit of Pope Francis. He plays for over 700 services a year at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, many of which can be heard on Sirius XM radio, television, and online.
Not exclusively a solo organist, Mr. Hey enjoys collaborating with other artists. He has performed with Renée Fleming, Matthew Polenzani, and Isabel Leonard. He performs duo recitals with violinist Christiana Liberis.
Mr. Hey is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he received his B.M. and M.M. degrees in organ performance under Paul Jacobs. He is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
This recital is presented in partnership with The American Guild of Organists, Harrisburg Chapter.
Free admission. Free parking in the South Street Garage. Donations appreciated.
Featuring
Wednesdays during Lent at 6:00 p.m.
March 4, 2020 – Pianist Anne Guenin
March 11, 2020 – Pianist Caleb Flick
April 18, 2020 – Tenor Timothy Lupia
April 25, 2020 – Organist Joseph Garrison
Hors d’œuvres served before and after the concerts in the Gathering Place of the church. These concerts are a presentation of Music at Pine Street (MAPS).
Concerts begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Free admission. Free parking in the South Street Garage. Donations greatly appreciated.
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