Exhibit 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OR THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Annual Report of Orrstown Financial Services,
Inc. (the Corporation) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2002 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date therein specified
(the "Report"), I, Kenneth R. Shoemaker, President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
      of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
      respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
      Corporation as of and for the period covered by the report.



                                        /s/  Kenneth R. Shoemaker
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                                        Kenneth R. Shoemaker
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: March 25, 2003