222 Niantic Road, Barto, PA 19504
Phone: 610.845.2583
Office E-mail: christluthchurch@windstream.net
Rev. Matthew Finney, Pastor
clcpastor@windstream.net
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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.
​ "May God be merciful to us and bless us; may the light of God’s face shine upon us."
​​ Psalm 67: 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.
Fifth Sunday after
Epiphany /
Youth Sunday
Sunday, February 8, 2026
8:30 AM Coffee & Conversation
(W/C)
9:00 AM Youth Led Worship /
"Souper" Bowl of
Caring (please bring a
non-perishable food
item and at least
$2.00 for the soup
pot for Open Link,
Pennsburg
10:00 AM Congregational
Meeting (sanctuary)
10:30 AM Confirmaton (room I)
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 January on Wednesday: January 28 (weather permitting).
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 book of the Bible we will be exploring in January is the book of Isaiah. 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.
YOUTH SUNDAY rescheduled to Sunday, February 8 at 9:00 a.m.
Join us as we are led in worship by the Confirmands, their teachers, parents and others!
Congregational Meeting:
Sunday, February 8th
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The February Congregational Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2026, following the service at 9:00 AM. We will hold the meeting in the sanctuary.
As we did in 2025, annual reports of
committees and organizations as well as
the new membership directory are not mailed, but will be available for pick up in the church office or on the counter in the narthex on Sunday, February 1.
Quilt Tying
will be held on Tuesday, February 10
at 10:00 a.m. in room H in the church
(across from the music room),
THEN we will join the …
Lutheran Ladies Lunch
at 12 noon at
Frederick Living, Zieglerville.
We will meet at the church at 11:30 a.m. to carpool to Frederick Living for
a 12 noon lunch or you can meet us there
at 12 noon.
If you plan on attending, please RSVP to June Herb by Thursday, February 5.
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Book Club
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The Book Club will be reading the book:
“The Measure” by Nikki Erlick.
The book can be borrowed from a local library or purchased at
Amazon or your favorite book store.
We will meet on Tuesday, February 10 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.
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ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE –
Wednesday, February 18
7:00PM at
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
On Ash Wednesday, February 18 at 7:00 p.m., Christ Lutheran members are invited to St. Paul’s Lutheran to join them for an Ash Wednesday service of Holy Communion and the imposition of ashes on the foreheads of those who desire to receive them.
As you receive the ashes, the words of Genesis 3:19 are spoken:
“From dust you came and to dust you
shall return.”
NOTE: During the Brown Bag Bible Study, a shortened Ash Wednesday service will be held for those who do not wish to drive at night.
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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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.