WHEN WE CANNOT FIND THE WORDS Psalm 139 The disease had reduced his voice to a faint whisper, so when he made the effort to speak, it was about something important. “I’m having a hard time praying,” he said. “I start to pray and then I…I just can’t finish. I can’t put my [...]
Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your [...]
Dear Friends in Christ, Throughout the past year the session of First Presbyterian Church has had a difficult job, balancing the safety of our congregation, public health advice, and the desire to maintain the mission that we have called to do. I want to commend our elders, both for their thoughtfulness, and for their [...]
Dear Friends in Christ, Thank you to so many of you who were able to complete our church reopening survey. Based on your feedback and continued decreasing case counts of COVID-19 in our community, the session has authorized a limited return to in-person worship beginning this Sunday, March 14. Our Sunday morning experience will [...]
Dear Friends in Christ, For almost a year now we have been waiting for things to feel “normal.” When can we do things together again? When are we going to return to worship? When will this all end? I shared with you some months ago that our session would begin to reconsider opening our [...]
