Category: Bitter and Sweet
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4/27/2025 – “More with Honey than Vinegar”
Hello friends! It’s the second Sunday of Easter, and Pastor Rachael is finishing up her sermon series “Bitter and Sweet” with a message from Acts 8:26-40. In this passage, Philip explains Isaiah 53 to the Ethiopian man riding in a chariot. Pastor Rachael’s sermon will be called “Bitter and Sweet”, and just like Philip joined…
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Holy Week is here!
This weekend is a full weekend of celebrating Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection, and we’d love to have you join us at FPCD for this very special time. Here’s what’s happening:-Tonight, we have Maundy Thursday gatherings at various places and various times. -Tomorrow night, the Good Friday service is at 6 PM. Please join us…
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04/13/2025 – “The Bittersweet Arrival”
This Sunday is Palm Sunday! We’re so excited to celebrate this special day with all of you at FPCD. It’s our Youth Sunday, so the youth will be our liturgists as well as beginning the service with a processional with palm branches. We can’t wait! Pastor Rachael will be preaching a sermon titled “The Bittersweet…
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4/6/2025 – “Bitter Cups”
We’re just two weeks out from Easter, which means this next sermon in the series “Bitter and Sweet” is moving us farther along in the Passion narrative. This week, Pastor Rachael will be preaching a sermon called “Bitter Cups”, from Matthew 26:36-46. We’ll be talking about Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and the cup…
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03/30/2025 – “Sweet Victory Through Bitter Loss”
This week, we continue our Bitter & Sweet series with “Sweet Victory through Bitter Loss” from John 12:23-26. Jesus teaches that true life comes through sacrifice—just as a seed must fall to the ground and die to produce new life. In God’s kingdom, victory often comes through surrender, and the path to glory is marked…
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3/23/2025 – “The Sweetness of Grace”
This Sunday, join us at First Presbyterian Church Duncanville as Pastor Rachael continues our Bitter & Sweet series with a message titled “The Sweetness of Grace” from Isaiah 55:1-9. God’s grace is abundant, unexpected, and freely offered — far beyond what we can earn or imagine. Come and be reminded that God’s ways are higher…
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3/16/2025 – “The Bitter Truth”
This Sunday, we continue our Bitter and Sweet series with a message titled “The Bitter Truth” from Psalm 51:1-12. In this powerful psalm, David cries out to God in repentance, acknowledging his sin and pleading for a clean heart. Sometimes the truth is hard to face — yet in that bitter truth, we find the…