Project Description
Services
Every Sunday
8:15 a.m. & 10 a.m.
- Holy Communion celebrated on the first Sunday of each month
- Special services conducted during Lent, Holy Week, Advent and Christmas, including ‘Hanging of the Greens’
- Outreach offering taken on the third Sunday of each month
Additional Service
Roosevelt Assembly Room located in the Masonic Health Care Center
Every Sunday, 2 p.m.
Sell Chapel services are broadcast on Masonic Village cable channels.
Welcome!
Welcome to the Congregation of Sell Chapel, a non-denominational church located at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown.
Wishing to provide an appropriate place of worship at the Masonic Village, and at the same time honor the memory of her late husband, Mrs. Kate E. Sell, widow of John S. Sell, donated the funds for the chapel. Her vision became reality with the service of dedication on June 30, 1927.
The first worship service conducted in the new chapel took place on Sunday, July 3, 1927. The beauty and grandeur of the chapel is surpassed only by the comfort and spiritual well-being that is perpetuated through the various religious services offered.
Through the years, though regular religious services were conducted in the chapel, a formal congregation was not established until January 11, 2004, when the first members of the Congregation of Sell Chapel were received. The membership continues to grow, and we invite you to join us. If you choose to maintain your current church membership, you are always welcome to worship with us.
Outreach Ministry
One of the commitments of the Masonic fraternity is to lend a helping hand to individuals in need. This is a responsibility we take seriously at Sell Chapel. Your Outreach Committee has identified three areas of opportunity where each of us can help: through donating to individual response requests and Employee Assistance Fund, community-wide programs and annual special funds.
Your gifts – from the dollars in the offering plates to the checks in the mail – make it possible for Sell Chapel to respond to needs on the Masonic Village campus, in our surrounding community and throughout the world. We appreciate your interest in aiding us in our mission to reach out to those in need.
Areas of Opportunity
Annual Special Funds
Sunday Sermons
The sermons published here are not necessarily the most recent Sunday’s messages, but rather a collection of sermons from the last several years.
The Best Things Come in Pairs
Identical twins Kitty Brandt and Lois Vaughn have called Masonic Village at Elizabethtown home for longer than most residents. First moving on campus at just 13 years old, the sisters have since returned for retirement – as neighbors!
Getting Back to Life and Each Other
Denise and Gerald “Jerry” Francis were not planning to move, but sometimes life doesn't go as planned. In early May 2021, Jerry became critically ill, and after multiple surgeries, he was given little hope of survival. Rehabilitation at Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill gave him hope for recovery and the possibility of reuniting with his wife of more than 50 years.
It Takes a Village to Fight Breast Cancer
Edie Yeager has been involved in supporting the fight against breast cancer since her daughter’s diagnosis 16 years ago. This year was the first time she participated in a walk to raise money, and her friends at Masonic Village helped her to become the top fundraiser in Pennsylvania.
