Category: Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church

Scout finishes Eagle project at Chestnut Level

5/28/2019

On Thursday evening, May 16, Alex Wright and other members of Boy Scout Troop 91 leveled the soil around a prayer and reflection area in front of Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church's Family Life Center.
Once the ground is seeded and two benches are assembled, the project will be finished and Wright will have completed the last requirement he needs to become the troop's latest Eagle Scout.

St. Catherine of Siena celebrates 175th anniversary

5/22/2019

    Members of St. Catherine of Siena parish recently celebrated the congregation's 175th anniversary.
   On Sunday, May 19, The Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer, bishop of the diocese of Harrisburg, celebrated the Mass at the Southern End's only Catholic church.
   "We've been planning this for about two and a half years," said the church's pastor, the Rev. Mark Speitel. "We had to make sure of the bishop's schedule and then plan from there."

Bluegrass concert’s encore performance

4/22/2019

Last year's concert was a success.
It wasn't a sure thing, organizer Les Davis said recently.

Choir to perform Easter cantata on Palm Sunday

4/8/2019

Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church's chancel choir will perform Joseph Martin's Rose of Calvary on Palm Sunday.
The Easter cantata is a sequel to Martin's Winter Rose and follows, by 16 months, Chestnut Level's performance of that composition.

Chestnut Level bell choir rings in the hymns

2/18/2019

At 6:45 every Wednesday evening, members of a specialized choir meet in a room behind the sanctuary of Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church to practice.
Recently, they uncased their instruments, lined up behind a row of music stands, and rehearsed the numbers they will be playing later this month.

Chestnut Level Presbyterian welcomes new pastor

10/27/2017

Although he's new at Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church, the congregation's pastor already feels at home.
"It's a lot like my first church," said the Rev. John Hartman. "It's been a long time since I've been in a close-knit community."

PHOTOS: Signing up for the next Century

7/14/2017

Cindy Derr credits J.P. Barnett and Frank Galen with the idea of signing new slates for the roof of Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church's sanctuary.
Although she never met either man and doesn't know anything about their history, Derr does know they signed their names to a wall under the sanctuary's roof, probably in January, 1888.

Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church will benefit from artist's legacy

1/27/2015

In the decades she lived on a farm near Peach Bottom, artist Doris Hough contributed paintings and sketches to help Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church raise money.
Now, five months after her death, Hough's children will be selling some of the late artist's works and donating a portion of the proceeds to the church.

Chestnut Level Presbyterian breaking out from fundraising rut

4/21/2014

    Members of Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church's youth group are breaking out of a fundraising rut.
   "We had done a youth auction for years and it had run its course," youth ministries director Aaron Atkinson said. "This is the second year we haven't done that."
   So Atkinson reached into his immediate past to come up with a solution - a performance by a breakdancing team.
   "I don't see breakdancing being very big in this area," he said.