Northmont will host the Ash Wednesday dinner on February 14 with Hiland and Wexford Churches. Hiland will provide the soup, Wexford will provide the bread, and Northmont will provide dessert. 

Please consider bringing your favorite dessert to share. Dinner will be at 6:00 p.m. with the Ash Wednesday service following at 7:00 p.m

The Annual Congregational Meeting will be held after the service of Jan 28.

Opportunities to serve at the WEST VIEW HUB

The HUB recently completed the addition of a new space beside the existing center. This new space opens up plenty of opportunities for Northmont to serve the needs of our neighboring community of West View. Volunteers are needed for the existing programs, such as the twice weekly food pantry, and about eight other programs serving youth up through the elderly. The programs are listed on their excellent website. On Facebook just look up: West View Hub.

The new space is an open room for creative efforts in the arts and indoor recreation for all ages. It also features a sound room which we are invited to use for recording music.

The months of January and February are an excellent time for volunteering your talents to start a new program in an area that you are willing want to explore. If you let them know what you want to do, they will promote it, provide the space, time, and volunteers.

Questions? Contact Ken Yoest 412-855-1459 missionstuff@comcast.net

A New Thing I’m Up To:

From January to March, I will be taking an online course with the goal of receiving an Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising. This program, offered through an organization called the Lake Institute, will give me tools and resources to better equip myself and the church to do some outreach-focused fundraising. 

Stay tuned for developments!

AMOS nights are our way of creating an atmosphere of fellowship and hospitality for families and all members of our church. We will be sharing a meal together and then breaking off for a time of learning. AMOS nights will take place once a month at 6pm.



Mark your calendars for the upcoming AMOS nights:

February 28

April 24

May 22

Mark your calendars for the following events.

Ligonier Retreat: 2/9-11

Confirmation Gathers: 1/28, 2/25, 3/24, 4/21, 5/19

Any questions? Contact Ben

Hymn of the Month - January

January finds us exploring a new tune that can be sung with several terrific texts. So far we have sung it to the hymn, When John Baptized by Jordan’s River and New Songs of Celebration Render. The first week in February we’ll use it for a beautiful communion text.

New Songs of Celebration Render was written by Erik Routley (1917-1982) in 1972 and is a paraphrase of Psalm 98, which begins, Sing a new song to the Lord. This splendid text is a paean of praise to God, whom Routley describes in ways that seem fresh and new to those familiar with the psalm. It is helpful to take a moment to read this thought-provoking hymn, which Routley wrote to be sung to this tune. 

Epiphany Service

The service of Lessons and Carols for Epiphany was outstanding! The readers, ringers, and singers did a marvelous job of conveying the Christmas story and exploring Christ as the light of the world. If you want to hear it, check out the video on YouTube.

Clef Notes

Music Director, Stephen Schall

This week we return to Green, Ordinary Time. Lent begins in a few weeks. In the meantime, we relax and bask in the light of Christ.