Author Archives: First Presbyterian Church Staff

Epiphany Sunday

January 3, 2021 Our live-streamed worship service can be found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5eiBCTDS00&t=1424s Follow along with the bulletin & hymn sheet: This first Sunday of the New Year, we are celebrating the end of Christmastide and the beginning of Epiphany. Our Gospel lesson is a well-known and theologically rich passage that speaks to the theme of darknessContinue reading “Epiphany Sunday”

Christmas Sunday

December 27, 2020 Due to icy road conditions, we did not live-stream our service today. However, there is still quite a lot of Christmas content on our Youtube page! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaqxIAcS7mob18SYsNvqD7g Though we didn’t have a service, we still have reflection questions for what would have been our passage for the week: ThisContinue reading “Christmas Sunday”

Fourth Sunday in Advent

December 20, 2020 Watch our live-streamed worship service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZuDBo6dDrA You can follow the liturgy and hymns here: We have been working our way through the ‘Songs of the Season’ this Advent, beginning with the prophet Isaiah, then Zechariah’s song of praise and Mary’s Magnificat. Today we get to hear the shortest song, but one thatContinue reading “Fourth Sunday in Advent”

Third Sunday in Advent

This week’s live-streamed worship video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbSuUp9eoi4 Follow along with the liturgy and hymns: December 13, 2020 Today’s Song of the Season is one of the best-known in scripture: Mary’s Magnificat. On the Third Sunday of Advent we light the pink Gaudete candle (Latin for ‘rejoice’), and we can hear Mary’s joyContinue reading “Third Sunday in Advent”

Second Sunday in Advent

December 6, 2020 Watch our live-streamed worship service on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc0a2eTaxmw You can join in the liturgy and hymns with the documents below: As we continue looking at some of the Songs of the Season in Advent, we turn to the first baby born in the Christmas narrative, a few months before the stable sceneContinue reading “Second Sunday in Advent”

First Sunday in Advent

November 29, 2020 Happy New Year! Join our virtual worship, live-streamed on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo1t6BFXtBQ&t=2308s The bulletin and hymn sheet are available here: As we begin a new liturgical year on the church calendar, we find ourselves once again in Advent. I know that many folks are feeling the weight of the season ofContinue reading “First Sunday in Advent”

Christ the King Sunday

Nov. 22, 2020 Join us for Virtual Worship, live-streamed on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB8xubpKfMc&t=1s An order of worship and hymn sheet are available here: Today is Christ the King Sunday, the last week of the liturgical year. What began in Advent, waiting with the prophets for a Savior, ends in a joyous celebration of theContinue reading “Christ the King Sunday”

Reflections – 11.15.2020

Each week, we post reflection questions from Sunday’s sermon text for those who would like to go deeper in their study of the Word. You can find the worship service for this Sunday on our Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYTINJvMDfA Nov. 15, 2020 This week is the last Sunday of Ordinary Time on the Church calendar. NextContinue reading “Reflections – 11.15.2020”