222 Niantic Road, Barto, PA 19504
Phone: 610.845.2583
Office E-mail: christluthchurch@windstream.net
Rev. Matthew Finney, Pastor
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Deborah Matthews, Parish Musician
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Melissa Seasholtz, Administrative Assistant
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Christ Lutheran Church is handicap accessible.
Please join us on a Sunday morning.
​ “​So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.”
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Colossians 3: 1
We of Christ Lutheran Church Niantic...
Gather to worship and praise God,
Grow through scripture and prayer, and
Go into the world to share God's love and grace.
Welcome
Christ Lutheran Church is located in the quaint village of Niantic at the crossroads of Niantic and Congo-Niantic Roads, less than 1 mile off of route 100.
We are a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). From the beginning, Christ Lutheran Church has grounded itself on God's amazing love, God's holy Word and sacrament.
Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, know that you are welcome here!
The Ministries of Christ
Lutheran Church:
Please click on Ministry for more information.
Eighth Sunday after
Pentecost
Sunday, August 3, 2025
8:30 AM Coffee &
Conversation (W/C)
9:00 AM Worship / Holy
Communion
10:00 AM Coffee & Conversation
(W/C)
Worship Services are streamed
live on the church's Facebook
page or YouTube at: (Christ
Lutheran Church, Niantic -
YouTube).
Niantic News Newsletters:
Brown Bag Bible Study
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The “Brown Bag Bible Study” will
continue in August beginning on
the first Wednesday, August 6th and continue the remaining Wednesay’s in August. The Bible Study will be held in the Welcome center at 12 noon, and you are invited to bring along a lunch if you wish. It will be a casual discussion-based study. The weeks in August will focus on the book of Genesis. This study is open to everyone. No prior knowledge is required. Please feel free to invite friends, family, and neighbors. Bring along your own Bible or you can borrow one from the church.
Quilt Tying
will be held on August 12th
at 9:30 a.m. in the social hall,
THEN we will join the …
Lutheran Ladies Lunch
at 12 noon at
Countryside, Rtes. 100 & 29,
Emmaus (Shimerville).
We will meet at the church at 11:30 a.m. to carpool to Countryside for
a 12 noon lunch or you can meet us there
at 12 noon.
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PLAY BALL!!
Sunday, August 17 Reading Phils ~ 5:15 PM
Game
On Sunday, August 17 those who signed up for tickets for the 5:15 p.m. game will be heading to the game at First Energy Stadium, Reading!
The Philly Phanatic will be in attendance! Tickets will be handed out in early August.
Any questions, please contact Nancy or Dave Fioriglio.
Book Club
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The Book Club will be reading the book:
“The Stranger in the Lifeboat” by Mitch Albom.
The book can be borrowed from a local library
or purchased at a bookstore or Amazon.
We will meet on Wednesday, August 27 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Welcome Center to discuss the book.
Participants are asked to come with suggestions for future reads.
If you have any questions, please contact Roxanne Fox.
Christ Union Cemetery
Guideline News:
All planting of shrubs, trees or plants is prohibited. Remove all winter decorations 3 weeks before Easter. April through October all flowers and memorials will be removed 7 days after all holidays. All arrangements affixed on top of the gravestones may remain until they are unsightly.
Pastoral Emergencies
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Pastoral Emergencies,
please call the church office and the Administrative Assistant will contact Pastor Finney.
All other calls can be called
into the church office and the Administrative Assistant will
get back to you.
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We invite to join our mailing list
and receive emails we send out
with news, newsletters or special worship/event schedules.
Please e-mail the church at christluthchurch@windstream.net
and let us know what you would
like to receive. Thank you.
Announcements
HELP WANTED | ALL AGES
Worship and Music Committee is looking for volunteers to
greet/usher, lector, communion assist, assisting minister or acolyte! We thought it would be a great idea to get everyone involved, so we are asking youth and adults to volunteer in any of these capacities. We really need your help in this ministry! Please volunteer by contacting calling or e-mailing Melissa in the church office.