Dryland

IMPORTANT UPDATE CONCERNING THE COVID-19 VIRUS: 

Sunday Worship is being live-streamed and worship in the sanctuary has resumed. Our mission is to welcome and serve the broader community in the name of Jesus.  We look forward to welcoming you back online and in the sanctuary. CDC guidelines are being followed for COVID-19 preparedness.  Contact us if there is a question or accommodation that will help you be present with us and we will make every effort the assist. Stay tuned, as we will make necessary changes as CDC guidelines are updated.  We wish you health and peace during this unprecedented time.

Your friends in Christ,           

Dryland Church Consistory  

Nazareth Area Support Program

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The Nazareth Moravian Church is hosting on their website the information for the Nazareth Area Support Program, also known as the Social Worker Program.  If you are in need of counseling, please check out the link below.  The second link is for the program's brochure.

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https://www.nazarethmoravianchurch.com/nazareth-area-support

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Click here for the Program Brochure

Dinners from Dryland Will Be Curbside Pickup Until Further Notice Due to COVID-19 

The Kitchen Committee will be making Dinners to go until further notice. Orders for meals will be in advance only. The meals will be picked up at the church. There will be no need to get out of your vehicle as we will bring the meal to your vehicle. As Christians, we must not jeopardize the health and welfare of fellow members of society for any reason. The Kitchen Committee will be announcing upcoming meals online and through outside advertising. We thank everyone who supported this sale in such a trying time. We look forward to offering meals for sale in the New Year. 

Your Christian friends in cooking, 

The Kitchen Committee                 

Welcome to Rev. Edward Livingston

On June 2, 2019 the congregation of Dryland UCC voted to hire Pastor Edward Livingston as our settled pastor.  We welcome him after a long three-year search.  Pastor Livingston will begin full-time ministry at Dryland UCC on September 3, 2019. We are an open and affirming church and are very excited to have him as our pastor. We welcome any and all persons/families who would like to join us for worship. 

Reverend Edward Livingston is an ordained minister who has had a wide variety of experience.  His past experiences have given him the insight and skill we believe will make him the perfect spiritual leader to help move Dryland forward in our mission and purpose.

He attended the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA from 2004 – 2007 and obtained his Masters in Divinity.  He was ordained on November 14, 2010.  He most recently has been serving the Armenian Martyrs Congregational Church in Havertown, PA as an interim minister, 2017 – present. He has helped this congregation improve their administrative accountability, update financial standards, organized multiple discovery forums to prepare for a settled pastor, helped them identify historical traumas and hire a consultant who created retreats to foster reconciliation and healing and helped them move forward with community outreach.  During his time there, membership grew for the first time in seven years.

Prior employment includes the Associate Pastor for Living Water UCC in Philadelphia, PA from 2014-2017, which was a part time position.  He served as the Congregation-based Community Organizer and then the Executive Director for the Camden Churches Organized for People from 2008 – 2017.

He has been active within the United Church of Christ Penn Southeast Conference.  In that conference he has served as the Vice Moderator, Chair of the Personnel Committee and as a member of their Justice and Witness Mission Team. 

His other community-based involvement includes being a member of the Philadelphia Association Executive Committee and a member of the Armenian Inter-Communal Committee of Philadelphia.

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Pastor Livingston and his wife, Rev. Emily Ann Livingston, who is also a UCC minister in Allentown, have purchased a home in the Lehigh Valley and are looking forward to working and living in our community.