First United Methodist Church

Kane, PA

First UMC

112 Greeves St.

Kane, PA 16735

Ph: 814-837-7120

Fax: 814-837-8047

 

            We want to welcome you to First United Methodist Church of Kane.  Our Pastors are the Rev. William R. LaVelle, Jr. and newly appointed Rev. Jeffrey Little serving as our Associate and Youth Pastor.  We are very excited about this new appointment as our former Associate and Youth Pastor, Pastor Craig Smith is now serving full-time at his Mt. Jewett and Hazel Hurst churches.  We are very pleased for Pastor Craig and wish him the very best in his continuing ministry.  We welcome Pastor Jeff, as he wishes to be called, to our staff and look forward to the many exciting avenues he will take the youth down.  Pastor Jeff is a recent graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary and also holds an Art Degree from Edinboro University.  He is a cartoonist, with some of his strips being published, and he is also a caricaturist.  It will be interesting to see what he will do with these talents!  Pastor Jeff is serving the Johnsonburg United Methodist Church as their pastor on a ¾ time basis.  He will serve Kane First ¼ time.  What a great arrangement!

 

            Our church, nestled in the community of Kane, Pennsylvania, in the center of the Allegheny National forest, is a warm, friendly church.  We are like family and we want people that come to worship with us to feel the same way.  During the summer months, as with many churches, our attendance does slack off a bit but our doors are still open and we are one of few churches that continue our Sunday school program.  Many activities still take place during the summer months with our youth group just returning from Mission Discovery week held at Grove City College.  Each one asked has stated they had a wonderful experience.  Of course some of the adults look a bit tired but a wonderful time was had by all in attendance.

 

            As we enter into the month of September, many of our groups that took a vacation during the summer will start to reassemble.  Choirs will be starting up, our Kids’ Happening after school program will resume and with August comes the start of another school year here in Kane, PA.  As the days start to get shorter and the air a bit crisper (it seems that it is always crisp in Kane) we look forward to our annual Fall Festival that will be held the first weekend in October.  Our craft group gets busy making items in January.  This is one devoted group of ladies!  Also while working on items for the Fall Festival this same group of ladies make Memory Bears.  At the present time there are 11 adorable fur bears all lined up waiting to go to their new homes.  This is a wonderful ministry these women do.  They take items such as fur coats, pajamas, grandpa’s favorite flannel shirt, hunting coats and more that belonged to a loved one and turn them into the most adorable bears you can imagine.  A lasting memento of a loved one that has gone home to be with their Lord.  What a talented group of ladies!

 

            As you can readily see our church is a busy church, a growing church and a church full of love.  We hope you enjoy browsing through our website and we also hope that if you are ever up in the woods that you will stop in to see us, worship with us, and take with you a piece of the love and friendship that we have to offer – to you. 

 

            Any questions?   Please call our church office (1-814-837-7120) and we will do our best to answer any questions you may have.

 

            God’s blessings be with you.