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311 2nd St, Schwenksville, PA 19473    (610) 287-7104
10:30 AM - single worship service
Holy Communion* - 1st & 3rd Sundays, and festive holidays

Rev. Chris McKinstry, Pastor

David A. Crist, Dir. of Music

Glenda Ortiz, Adm. Assistant

 

 

 

Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church

Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church

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4th Sunday after Pentecost: 4/26/26

Worship Service April 26, 2026

hank you for joining us in worship! We have a 10:30 AM combined traditional and contemporary worship service on Sundays. Please join us. Leave a comment to let us know that you dropped by and say hello to members and guests during the service. Your gifts to our church enable us to fulfill our mission to SOW: The gospel of Jesus Christ to all generations. To GROW: His followers into spirituality mature disciples. GO: Back into the world to serve others in His name. Please click or copy and paste the link below to donate to our mission.

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COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Liturgy reprinted and streamed under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License #SB165193. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. ©2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Sheep May Safely Graze: Aria from Cantata No. 208 Music: J. S. Bach, arr. Stainton de B. Taylor, ©1942 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Spirit Song Words and Music: John Wimber, ©1979 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. On the Third Day Words and Music: Matt Maher and Marc Byrd, ©2006 Thankyou Music / PRS, admin. worshiptogether.com Songs / Spiritandsong.com Publishing / Meaux Mercy / Storm Boy Music / BMI, admin. EMI CMG Publishing. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Posted by Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schwenksville on Sunday, April 26, 2026
Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2026

hank you for joining us in worship! We have a 10:30 AM combined traditional and contemporary worship service on Sundays. Please join us. Leave a comment to let us know that you dropped by and say hello to members and guests during the service. Your gifts to our church enable us to fulfill our mission to SOW: The gospel of Jesus Christ to all generations. To GROW: His followers into spirituality mature disciples. GO: Back into the world to serve others in His name. Please click or copy and paste the link below to donate to our mission.

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COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Liturgy reprinted and streamed under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License #SB165193. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. ©2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Sheep May Safely Graze: Aria from Cantata No. 208 Music: J. S. Bach, arr. Stainton de B. Taylor, ©1942 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Spirit Song Words and Music: John Wimber, ©1979 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. On the Third Day Words and Music: Matt Maher and Marc Byrd, ©2006 Thankyou Music / PRS, admin. worshiptogether.com Songs / Spiritandsong.com Publishing / Meaux Mercy / Storm Boy Music / BMI, admin. EMI CMG Publishing. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Posted by Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schwenksville on Sunday, April 26, 2026

3rd Sunday of Easter: April 19, 2026

Worship Service April 19, 2026

Thank you for joining us in worship! We have a 10:30 AM combined traditional and contemporary worship service on Sundays. Please join us. Leave a comment to let us know that you dropped by and say hello to members and guests during the service. Your gifts to our church enable us to fulfill our mission to SOW: The gospel of Jesus Christ to all generations. To GROW: His followers into spirituality mature disciples. GO: Back into the world to serve others in His name. Please click or copy and paste the link below to donate to our mission.

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COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Liturgy reprinted and streamed under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License #SB165193. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. ©2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Orientis partibus (Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!) Music: French, 13th century, setting by Frank Ferko, arr, ©1996 Augsburg Publishing House, ©2000 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. Mighty to Save Words and Music by Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding, ©2006 Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding / Hillsong Publishing. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. You Are My All in All Words and Music: Dennis Jernigan, ©1991 Shepherd’s Heart Music, Inc, admin. WORD, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. Day of Arising Words: Susan Palo Cherwien, ©1996 Susan Palo Cherwien, admin. Augsburg Fortress, Music: Carl F. Schalk, ©1999 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. There Is a Hope Words and Music: Stuart Townend and Mark Edwards, ©2007 Thankyou Music, admin. wroshiptogether.com Songs. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. You Satisfy the Hungry Heart Words: Omer Westendorf; Music: Robert E. Kreutz, ©1977 Archdiocese of Philadelphia. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Eat This Bread, Drink This Cup Words and Music: Jeremy Young, ©1995 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. O Lord, Now Let Your Servant Words: Ernest E. Ryden, ©1925 Board of Publication, Lutheran Church in America. Music: KUORTANE, Finnish folk tune; arr. hymnal version, arr. ©2006 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Christ Is Alive, Let Christians Sing Music: TRURO, from T. Williams, Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789; setting by Wilbur Held, ©2005 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a division of MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774.

Posted by Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schwenksville on Sunday, April 19, 2026

2nd Sunday of Easter: April 12, 2026

Worship Service April 12, 2026

Thank you for joining us in worship! We have a 10:30 AM combined traditional and contemporary worship service on Sundays. Please join us. Leave a comment to let us know that you dropped by and say hello to members and guests during the service. Your gifts to our church enable us to fulfill our mission to SOW: The gospel of Jesus Christ to all generations. To GROW: His followers into spirituality mature disciples. GO: Back into the world to serve others in His name. Please click or copy and paste the link below to donate to our mission.

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COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Liturgy reprinted and streamed under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License #SB165193. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. ©2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Simple Gifts: I Danced in the Morning Music: American Shaker melody, arr. J. Wayne Kerr, ©1998 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Majesty Words and Music: Jack Hayford, ©1981 Rocksmith Music, c/o Trust Music Management. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. What a Beautiful Name Words and Music: Ben Fielding and Brooke Ligertwood, ©2016 Hillsong Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. Easter Triumph Words and Music: LYRA DAVIDICA, with excerpts by Jean Sibelius and Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Dan R. Edwards, ©2014 Choristers Guild. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Processional on Hail Thee, Festival Day Music: SALVE FESTA DIES, Ralph Vaughan Williams, setting by Michael Burkhardt, ©2005 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a division of MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774.

Posted by Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schwenksville on Sunday, April 12, 2026

Easter Sunday: April 5, 2026

Happy Easter!

Thank you for joining us in worship! We have a 10:30 AM combined traditional and contemporary worship service on Sundays. Please join us. Leave a comment to let us know that you dropped by and say hello to members and guests during the service. Your gifts to our church enable us to fulfill our mission to SOW: The gospel of Jesus Christ to all generations. To GROW: His followers into spirituality mature disciples. GO: Back into the world to serve others in His name. Please click or copy and paste the link below to donate to our mission.

Giving
COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Liturgy reprinted and streamed under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License #SB165193. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. ©2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Hallelujah (Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God) Words and Music: Karen Lafferty, ©1972 Maranatha! Music, admin The Copyright Company. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Music: LLANFAIR, Robert Williams, arr. Robert J. Powell, ©1995, 2000 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Jesus Lives! The Victory’s Won! Music: JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT, Johann Crüger, setting by David Cherwien. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks Words: Donald Fishel. Music: Donald Fishel, arr. Betty Pulkingham, ©1973 Word of God Music, admin. The Copyright Co. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen! Words: Herbert F. Brokering, ©1995 Augsburg Fortress Music: EARTH AND ALL STARS, David N. Johnson, ©1969 Contemporary Worship 1, admin. Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Alleluia! For Christ the Lord Is Risen, from the cantata Auf schmetternde Toene, BWV 207a Words and music: Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. by John Leavitt Arr. ©2002 John Leavitt, c/o Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Bread of Life from Heaven Words: Susan R. Briehl, Music: Argentine traditional, refrain; Marty Haugen, stanzas. ©2001 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia (Mfurahini, haleluya) Words: Bernard Kyamanywa, tr. Howard S. Olson. Music: Tanzanian traditional. Words ©1968 Lutheran Theological College, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Tr. ©1977 Howard S. Olson, admin. Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds Words: Paul Z. Strodach, ©1958 Service Book and Hymnal, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, Köln, Public Domain. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. O Lord, Now Let Your Servant Words: Ernest E. Ryden, ©1925 Board of Publication, Lutheran Church in America. Music: KUORTANE, Finnish folk tune; arr. hymnal version, arr. ©2006 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Easter Prelude on “Victory” Music: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, setting by Dennis Eliot, ©1975 Lorenz Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774.

Posted by Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schwenksville on Sunday, April 5, 2026

Good Friday Tenebrae Service: April 3, 2026

Good Friday, April 3, 2026

Thank you for joining us in worship! We have a 10:30 AM combined traditional and contemporary worship service on Sundays. Please join us. Leave a comment to let us know that you dropped by and say hello to members and guests during the service. Your gifts to our church enable us to fulfill our mission to SOW: The gospel of Jesus Christ to all generations. To GROW: His followers into spirituality mature disciples. GO: Back into the world to serve others in His name. Please click or copy and paste the link below to donate to our mission.

Giving
COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Liturgy reprinted and streamed under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License #SB165193. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. ©2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Lenten Carol Words and Music: Carolyn Schwartz, ©1983 The Sacred Music Press. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. What Wondrous Love Is This Words: North American folk hymn, alt. Music: W. Walker, Southern Harmony, arr. Paul J. Christiansen, alt., Arr. ©1955 Augsburg Publishing House. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. How Deep the Father’s Love For Us Words and Music: Stuart Townend, ©1995 Thankyou Music, admin. by worshiptogether.com Songs. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573.

Posted by Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schwenksville on Friday, April 3, 2026

Palm Sunday: March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026

Thank you for joining us in worship! We have a 10:30 AM combined traditional and contemporary worship service on Sundays. Please join us. Leave a comment to let us know that you dropped by and say hello to members and guests during the service. Your gifts to our church enable us to fulfill our mission to SOW: The gospel of Jesus Christ to all generations. To GROW: His followers into spirituality mature disciples. GO: Back into the world to serve others in His name. Please click or copy and paste the link below to donate to our mission.

Giving
COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Liturgy reprinted and streamed under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License #SB165193. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. ©2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Jerusalem from Easter Organ Album: Nineteen Characteristic Pieces for Lent and Easter, 9811 Music: Charles H. Perry, arr. Homer Whitford, ©1968 J. Fischer & Bro. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Lamb of God Words and Music: Twila Paris, ©1985 Straightway Music/Mountain Spring Music. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. How Deep the Father’s Love For Us Words and Music: Stuart Townend, ©1995 Thankyou Music, admin. by worshiptogether.com Songs. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. Here Is Bread Words and Music: Graham Kendrick, ©1991 Make Way Music, admin. Music Services. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. O Lord, Now Let Your Servant Words: Ernest E. Ryden, ©1925 Board of Publication, Lutheran Church in America. Music: LLANGLOFFAN, Welsh tune, Public Domain. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. O Sacred Head from Select Organ Works for Lent and Easter, 4517 Music: S. Kirnberger, arr. by Gordon Young, ©1967 Harold Flammer, Inc. All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774.

Posted by Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schwenksville on Sunday, March 29, 2026

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