Welcome
Our church is warm and loving and we want you to feel comfortable and at liberty to call on us for anything you need. Feel free to browse through the various areas of our website and learn about our fellowship.
If you are considering a new place of worship or a relocation to our area, we would love to have you be our guest!
When you visit our church, you will find:
- A caring congregation that will gladly welcome you
- Preaching/teaching that is centered on the Word of God
- Ministries to meet the spiritual needs of every age
We would like to invite you to come and share the love of Jesus Christ within a community of loving and caring individuals & families. We seek to serve one another and the communities in which we live, and to do so in ways that are Biblically-Anchored and Christ-Centered. We gather together on Sunday mornings with great excitement and anticipation in meeting the Lord through Scripture, Prayer, Music, and Sacrament. We gather together throughout the week in a variety of ways to live out the charge of being followers of Christ. Please come and join us to share in the building of Christ’s kingdom.
Contact Info
2720 Brodhead Rd
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 15001
Announcements
- Ash Wednesday Service
Mt. Carmel’s Ash Wednesday Service will be on Wednesday February 26th at 7pm
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. By the fourth century the Western Church had determined that the Lenten period of fasting and renewal should correspond to Christ’s forty-day fast (Matt. 4:2), and, by counting forty days back from Easter (excluding Sundays, which remain “feast” days), arrived at the Wednesday seven weeks before Easter. At one time Lent was primarily viewed as a period during which converts prepared for baptism on Easter Sunday, but later the season become a general time of penitence and renewal for all Christians. Thus Ash Wednesday became the day that marked the beginning of the Lenten renewal.
The aim of Ash Wednesday worships is threefold: to meditate on our mortality, sinfulness, and need of a savior; to renew our commitment to daily repentance in the Lenten season and in all of life; and to remember with confidence and gratitude that Christ has conquered death and sin. Ash Wednesday worship, then, is filled with gospel truth. It is a witness to the power and beauty of our union with Christ and to the daily dying and rising with Christ that this entails. (taken from The Worship Sourcebook, pg. 541).
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- Homeowner Applications for Work to be completed Summer 2020
We are now taking applications from Homeowners in Plan 11 for Kingdom Week 2020. If you or one of your neighbors could use some assistance with small labor projects (painting, fixing steps or fences, landscaping, flowers) please complete and return this application to Mt. Carmel. Applications are also available at Mt. Carmel Church. Follow the link below to access the application.
Summer Mission Home Repair Application
- The Bible Recap Bible Reading Program
READINGS FOR THIS WEEK
READINGS FOR THIS WEEK...
Sunday February 23: Day 23, Genesis 32, 33, 34
Monday February 24: Day 24, Genesis 35, 36, 37
Tuesday February 25: Day 25, Genesis 38, 39, 40
Wednesday February 26: Day 26, Genesis 41, 42
Thursday February 27: Day 27, Genesis 43, 44, 45
Friday February 28: Day 28, Genesis 46, 47
Saturday February 29: Day 29, Genesis 48, 49, 50
Sunday March 1: Day 30, Exodus 1, 2, 3 - Pathfinders
Pathfinders Sunday School
Kids on the Move is a unique Sunday School model aimed at kids from 1st Grade through 5th Grade, in which lessons are taught in rotations with the following workshops
- Bible Story Teacher: Dina Butcher
- Drama Teachers: Rob and Karla Chamberlain
- Crafts Teachers: Lee and Laura Guyaux
- Science and Games. Teachers: Boone and Kathia Carlini
- Through the workshop model, kids learn the same lesson over multiple weeks, driving home the spiritual truths of each topic in a fun, interactive way.
This year’s lesson topics include subjects such as:- Prayer (a series of lessons to introduce children to the importance of prayer in their daily lives)
- Nehemiah
- Esther
- Job …and many more
Pathfinders Junior High (Grades 6-8)
Teachers: Andrew McClure / Melissa Law
Term Series Title: “Your Word is Truth”
Pathfinders Senior High (Grades 9-12)
Teacher: Clara Montanari
Term Series Title: World Religions From a Christian Perspective
Adult Pathfinders:
WINTER 2020: Starting January 5th
Teacher: Steve Halavanja (Starts January 5th)
Title: Introduction to Revelation and 7 messages from Jesus.
Description: This class will be a study of the first 4 chapters in Revelation with an emphasis on Jesus’ messages to the 7 churches. We will discuss what these letters were telling each church back then and what we can learn from them now. Rev 1:3 says we will be blessed by the reading, hearing and following of these words. Come and be blessed!
- Goals for 2020
After prayerfully seeking the Lord’s will for His church, the Mt. Carmel Session believes that the following are our church top priorities for 2020. We are asking everyone to pray and support these top five goals:
1. Renewed Vision for Mt. Carmel- Where are we at as a church? Where does Jesus want to take us? How can we get there? Pastor Eric is spearheading this effort that includes meeting with people and key leaders individually to gather information via a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Analysis to help the session come to a consensus of where we are at as a church. The next step will be forming a Vision Team that will do the work of discerning where Jesus wants to take us as a church. Then Pastor Eric will gather an Implementation Team to help provide recommendations to the session about how we can get there as a church and create a ministry structure to accomplish our Renewed Vision.
2. Children’s and Student Ministry Development- We will prayerfully form two new teams (Children’s Ministry and Student Ministry) to develop a comprehensive ministry for the youth of our church and in our community from infancy through high school. Please prayerfully consider becoming a part of one of these teams.
3. The Glory of God- We will continue to pray to know God, His Heart for people, and His great love more. We will seek to see God’s Glory in our Sunday morning worship services as we consider what the bible says about our stewardship, worship, suffering, in Jesus’ resurrection, our families, global mission, creation, recreation, work, church, world, and Jesus’ incarnation. As we encounter God’s Glory we are trusting God’s Spirit to transform us so that others will be drawn to embrace Jesus as Savior and Lord. We need everyone to prayerfully consider being more consistent in their church attendance.
4. Work toward becoming a healthier church family- We need to seek to heal, reconcile, and grow deeper in our relationships. This happens through worshipping, praying, fellowshipping, fasting, and working together. Every Third Thursday the session is inviting everyone to fast, pray, and gather together for a time of community prayer, testimony, worship, and fellowship at 6:30pm. Please mark your calendars to attend Third Thursdays beginning in February.
5. Chronologically read or listen to the entire bible together- We will be following a bible reading plan from The Bible Recap by D-Group, Year 2, that will begin February 1st. The plan is available via a podcast and includes a very short teaching to aid your bible reading. For those that do not use podcasts or prefer not to, we will place the bible readings for the upcoming week in the church bulletin, the church’s Facebook page and website, and in the weekly Flock Notes emailed out each Friday. Reading the scriptures together as a church community will help unite us to God and one another. Will you read the entire bible this year?
