new church life: jan uary/february 2016
new church teen weekend
The General Church in Canada, along with the Carmel New Church in
Kitchener, Ontario, and the Olivet Church in Toronto, sponsored a New
Church Teen Weekend in mid-October in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It had been several years since the event had been hosted in Pittsburgh,
which is more centrally located for teens in the United States. In addition to
Kitchener, Toronto and Pittsburgh, teens attended from Glenview, Illinois,
Detroit, Michigan, and Kempton, Pennsylvania.
Leadership for the weekend was provided by: the Rev. Pearse Frazier,
hosting pastor; the Revs. Nathan Cole and Ron Schnarr from Kitchener;
Naomi and John Reid from Toronto; Alan David, Detroit; the Rev. Brett
Buick, Mark Wyncoll, Katrin Jungé, Bracken Brown and Jordan Cooper
from Kempton, plus many volunteers from Pittsburgh.
Forty-five teens attended the weekend, plus several others part time from
Pittsburgh. Activities included:
• Trash clean-up at a local watershed park
• A class on “Good and Bad Authority and Love of Ruling”
• A community sponsored hayride and bonfire
• Games, a craft project and a movie, “God is Not Dead”
• A Sunday worship service led by Pearse Frazier and good-bye socializing
These weekends, which usually occur in early April and late October,
are open to teenagers in 7th through 12th grades. The next will be hosted by
Kitchener.
new pastor
The Rev. Mark D. Pendleton has been called and
accepted as the new pastor of the Immanuel Church
in Glenview, Illinois, where he has been serving as
associate pastor for the past 13 years.
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