Jan 16, 2021
Paul Gilmore, first president of the Council of Churches of Williamsport and
Vicinity, now called United Churches of Lycoming County, sits at a typewriter
in this undated photo.
For 75 years, the United Churches of Lycoming County has been bringing together area churches to serve the community. Sunday marks the beginning of a yearlong celebration of that achievement as they look ahead to the next challenges. The UCLC will kick off the celebration, which is titled “Shining Brightly Together,’ with an event livestreamed at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The featured speaker will be Bishop Barbara Collins, Upper Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, who will speak on “Shining Brightly Together: Be Strong and Courageous,” based on scripture from the first chapter of the Book of Joshua. Other events planned throughout the year begin with a week of prayer for Christian Unity to be held Jan. 18-25 as well as participating in the Martin Luther King Jr. v