Our pastoral staff are working together each week to record a worship service for our church family.

The service will be available on the HBIC YouTube Channel on Sunday mornings by 9 am, as well as anytime thereafter. This pre-recorded, online service is available in addition to the in-person worship services at Lingle Park.

We are live-streaming both the 9 and 11 am in-person services, giving one more worship service option for those who are not able to join us at the park. If all works well, you'll be able to link to either of the live-stream services on our HBIC YouTube Channel (youtube.com/c/HarrisburgBICChurch) at the time of the service, or you'll be able to watch the recording of the livestream anytime.

The Worship-At-Home Resource Page serves as a companion to the weekly worship video on the HBIC YouTube Channel and includes the song lyrics, the sermon scripture, reflection questions, plus some links for children. ...If you have more than one device and you'd like to see the lyrics to sing along, or have the sermon scripture handy to read along, you can have the video playing on one device while you follow along with the worship resource on the other!

Each week, we'll include here a link to the children's message... You can click here to view this week's children's message by Pastor Patty.

If you've registered for one of the worship services at Lingle Park tomorrow, 9 am and 11 am, please look for an email with a few last minute details and reminders.

...If you still need to register for one of the September 27th services, click here for 9 am, or click here for 11 am.

We will be having Child Dedications in both services this week, several families in each service! At 9 am we'll be celebrating the dedication for the Collins, the Herrs, the Hortons, and the Myers. Then at 11 am, we'll be celebrating the dedication for the Barrons, the Liddicks, and the Sommers.

If you have any questions between today and tomorrow morning (before 8:00 am), feel free to contact Pastor Hank or Pastor Lynda.

We've been calling for people to come pull weeds at the church, especially while we have great weeding weather. We have been able to tackle some of the unsightly areas around our property with the help of various volunteers (many thanks to all who have answered the call to help!), yet there is still plenty more to do...Much help is still needed!

Perhaps you'd like to come to the church to do some weeding when you have some extra time, and you'd prefer to do so without a lot of planning and arranging with the church staff. Feel free to stop by when it suits you and work on one of the areas still in need...Click here to watch our Weeding Tutorial, a video tour of our property and the areas which need some weeding help, complete with instruction captions! (Note: If you'd like to make use of any of the helpful tools/equipment featured in the video, you'll have to come to do weeding at a time when staff or property committee members are at the church, or pre-arrange your schedule with them.)

If you have any questions or would like to volunteer some time, feel free to contact Pastor Lynda, or call the church office.

It's not too late to sign up for one of the Life Group and Study Group opportunities available this fall... you can link to the information here. We're excited about the groups being offered and hope you'll sign up for one of them this week! (To sign up for one of the groups, click on the light green button below.)

Most groups will be meeting online; those meeting in person will do so with the church's covid-safety-protocols (mask wearing, 6 ft. distancing, etc.).

We believe that an important aspect of our walk of faith is to learn and grow with others, so we hope you will consider joining a group! You can contact Pastor Woody if you have any questions about any of the groups. Don't wait any longer - sign up today!

Since we do not have a weekly worship service bulletin during this time, we are including a Schedule for the Week in this weekly email.

The following will be taking place during the week of September 27 to October 3:

If you'd like more information, contact any of the pastors or the church office. And please keep these groups, gatherings, and meetings in prayer this week as you pray for the church.

Our youth are having In-Person Youth Group at Lingle Park on Sundays from 4:00 to 5:30pm, combined for both Jr and Sr High. These outdoor gatherings will take place through the end of October. Contact Pastor Brie for more info!

Pastor Patty and some of our children's ministry volunteers are looking forward to hanging out with your children on Zoom, Monday and Thursday afternoons at 4 pm, catching up with one another, playing some games, and praying together. Contact Pastor Patty for the link that your child will need for these times of connection designed especially for kids.

All are invited to join us for a Virtual Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evenings on Zoom, 7 pm.

We hope to see you at this special gathering to pray for one another, our church, community, and world! Click on the purple button below to link to the Prayer Meeting. Contact Pastor Hank for more info.

On Friday, October 2, there will be a Children’s Ministry Meet-Up for families and volunteers at 3B’s Ice cream on Derry St., 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Join us for a fun time together and some great ice cream! Bring a chair or blanket to sit on the lawn. (CM will purchase ice cream for the kids, and adults are on their own! )

One of our special times of gathering each fall is for our Missions Prayer Breakfast... We wondered, can we still have a prayer breakfast without the breakfast? Sure we can!

Join us on Saturday morning, October 3 (with your own breakfast if you'd like), 9 to 11 am for a special time of gathering to pray. Missions Prayer on Zoom, sponsored by the Prayer and Missions Ministry Teams, will give us the opportunity to pray for - and in some cases with - our missionaries! We hope you'll be able to be with us... Click the blue button below to link to the prayer gathering.

Each week, the opening page of our church's website, HBIC.church, has the registration links for both the 9 am and the 11 am services!

October 4th will be our first Sunday holding outdoor services on the church property! During October, we won't be meeting at Lingle Park any longer; instead we'll be holding services outdoors in our fenced-parking-lot on 22nd St., across from our building's main sanctuary entrance. Bring your own chair if you can! (We'll also have some extra chairs available for those who may not have one.)

Volunteers will be needed to help with set up and tear down each week. If you'd like to help, please be sure to register early in the week (don't wait til Saturday), and check off that you'd be able to help if needed. Thanks!

Please be sure to register (by Saturday at the latest) in order to help the staff to prepare the check-in list, etc. If you have any questions about our outdoor services, contact Pastor Hank or Pastor Lynda. We look forward to seeing you if you are able to join us at our church property for our outdoor services next week!

(Click here to see our protocols for meeting together during this time of COVID-19.)

Next Sunday, October 4 we will celebrate our annual Missions Sunday - we hope you'll join us, either in person or online, for this special service!

Jonathan Lloyd, Director of BIC World Missions, will be with us to share the morning's message, Following the Commands of Christ: Go and Make Disciples of All Nations (Matthew 28:19-20). We're looking forward to Jonathan's inspiration and challenge from the Word! And some of our church's missionaries will also be taking part in the service. Don't miss it!

And each year on Missions Sunday, we take a special Missions Offering, which is used primarily to provide a love gift to all of the missionaries sent out from our church, plus a small portion for BIC World Missions. Our Offering Goal for this year is $10,000 or more. It will take many gifts, both large and small, to reach this goal. Each of us is encouraged to ask God for direction in what we are to share in order to support and bless our missionaries this year. You can give your Missions Offering in person at our services on October 4, or you can give online or mail a check to the church (marked for Missions Offering) anytime between now and the last Sunday in October.

Beginning October 4th, Youth Sunday School will resume - all youth in grades 6-12 are invited! Sunday School will take place during our 11 am service, in the large youth room! Contact Pastor Brie if you have any questions.

All youth are welcomed to a Fall Party at 5pm on October 24th. We'll have food and lots of outdoor games. We're holding it at 339 North Locust Point Road, Mechanicsburg. Please look for an email from Pastor Brie with more details. 

Bring your family, chairs and blankets and join us Saturday, October 24th for an Outdoor Movie Night sponsored by the Children’s Ministry Team! Our feature movie will be Two by Two, God’s Little Creatures. One ark, 50,000 animals, what could go wrong? This is a charming, fun story of forgiveness, featuring the voices of Martin Sheen and Amy Grant - it's the story of Noah’s Ark like you’ve never seen before! The movie is rated G (81 minutes long), so everyone can enjoy. Popcorn will be served. The movie will begin at 6pm. Contact Pastor Patty with any questions.

We wanted to share some church dates that we know of for later in October and beyond for your calendar and planning... Contact any of the pastors or the church office for questions.

Some changes are coming to all Zoom accounts... Starting Sunday, September 27, Zoom will require that all meetings have a Passcode or a Waiting Room enabled.

We're not quite sure how this will go - we'll all be learning together. But don't be alarmed if you are put in a "waiting room" to start or if you're asked for a passcode. The leader of each meeting/gathering will keep an eye out for waiting room entries, and/or we will start providing passcodes with the links for meetings and gatherings. If you have any questions, contact Pastor Brie, who is managing our church's Zoom account and schedule.