Category: Sermons
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2/25/18 – The Power to be a Witness
This Sunday, February 25, join us for Sunday School for all ages at 9:15 AM followed by worship at 10:30. We will have a contemporary worship service this Sunday led by our youth, with a dramatic reading “The Woman’s View” performed by Angel Kezar and a message called “The Power to be a Witness” by…
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2/18/18 – Jesus Explains the Meaning of Born Again
The phrase “born again” may be familiar to you, especially those of you who remember the 1970s. It is quite interesting to look the phrase up on Dictionary.com. There it is described as someone who has “committed or recommitted to religious faith through an intensely religious experience.” Jesus describes it as a radical birth, not…
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2/11/18 – Jesus Saves the Celebration!
How often do you celebrate something? A birthday? Most likely! A wedding? Why, yes! The tradition has gone on for thousands of years. This week at First Presbyterian, the worship service will be a celebration. The entire service is built around testimonies of people who have been inspired to do ministries and why. We are…
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2/4/18 – Do You Want to See Great Things?
What if a man came up to you and said, “I see in you a man (or woman) in whom there is no hypocrisy!” That would feel sort of good, wouldn’t it? Would you think to yourself, well, that’s a smart man! Such a greeting might initiate a conversation. The one to whom such words…
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2/28/18 – God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity
Take a look at the title of this week’s message. Do you recognize where it comes from? While we may know the song, and you may know the creed that affirms our belief in the triune God, how much do you know the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit? Now the question is…
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1/21/18 – The Most Positive Final Word
Can you remember a time you went to the store and the clerk was so nice to you or to the person in line before you, that it made your day? You even went back to her line the next time to have that same pleasant experience again. What about that friend who never worries…
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1/14/18 – The Preparation: Accepting Grace and Truth
There’s been a television show called Saving Grace. And another one was called Truth or Consequences. Truth and Grace: we often seem to operate more on one side or the other. We rarely see those two words together. John, the writer of the fourth gospel, began by describing Jesus as “the light coming into the…
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1/7/2018 – The Beginning: Do You See God?
HAPPY NEW YEAR! As we enter 2018, what is more appropriate than taking a spiritual review. How is your faith? Do you see God present in this world? John begins his biography of Jesus by shining a light on who Jesus is. It’s the perfect tool for us to use to inventory our own spiritual…
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12/24/17 Merry Christmas!
This Sunday, December 24, we offer two services, one at 10:30 AM and a 5:00 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. We hope you and your family will join us for both services as we worship God and celebrate the birth of Christ! On Sunday morning, we travel with the Wise Men as they seek Jesus.…
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12/17/2017 – Handel’s Messiah
Join us this Sunday at 9:15 and 10:30 am for Sunday School and Worship, then come back Sunday evening at 6:00 pm to be blessed by a performance of Handel’s Messiah! The choir is joined by soloists Dameron Growe, Brandon Johnson, Christion Draper, Chloe Bonner, and Candice Maughan. Choir Director Nyadia Thorpe leads, along with…
