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    Pastor Chas
    • 3 days ago
    • 4 min

    Discipleship is Love is Intentionality

    I'm going to be examining the scriptures this summer with a particular question in mind: What does this passage teach us about...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Jun 1
    • 3 min

    Beyond Pentecost and Trinity, What?

    Pentecost Sunday is June 5. Sometimes it is called the "birthday of the church." The disciples have been in hiding since the trauma of...
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    Pastor Chas
    • May 3
    • 3 min

    Easter Sunday, Sundays, Season, Life

    Easter was great here in Pauls Valley. In addition to being the most meaningful of all days for Christians, the weather was perfect, the...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Apr 8
    • 2 min

    Thoughts on Holy Week

    The coming week is Holy Week. Starting with Palm Sunday, and including Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, this week culminates in Easter...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Apr 1
    • 2 min

    Palm / Passion Sunday

    In April, the big event is Holy Week. This starts with Palm Sunday, then moves to Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, then some churches...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Mar 31
    • 3 min

    Communion is Now on First Sundays

    At the stated meeting of Session, March 10, we decided to have communion once a month, on the first Sunday of each month. I'm very happy...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Feb 28
    • 2 min

    Lent as Self-Reflection

    Lent can be a time of penitence, a time of repenting. These words, penitence and repenting, carry many connotations. In the Old...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Feb 18
    • 2 min

    Transitions in Music at FPC PV

    Jack Bowman has resigned as Organist and Music Director at First Presbyterian Church Pauls Valley. Jack will be pursuing an opportunity...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Feb 11
    • 3 min

    Why Covid Practices? Covid Practices are Love Practices

    I want to commend the session for their diligence and hard work grappling with the best way to be the community of faith during this...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Jan 31
    • 3 min

    Beyond Worship

    On the liturgical calendar, we're again in a season called "ordinary time." This does not mean "boring time"--the root of ordinary in...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Jan 14
    • 2 min

    A Community Apart?

    We at First Presbyterian Church here in Pauls Valley care about each other. We are made to be in relationship with other people. ...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Dec 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Christmas, Epiphany, & Beyond

    Christmas has come! Christ is born! Alelujah! The Eternal Word of God is hard to wrap our heads around. The immortal, invisible,...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Dec 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Christmas Really Is All About Love

    As the new guy in town (while I'm still the new guy in town), I want to say how grateful I am to be here in Pauls Valley. I get to see...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Dec 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    Thanks for Your Generosity

    On behalf of the entire staff, I want to thank you, the congregation, for your generosity in supporting the staff with Christmas bonuses....
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    Pastor Chas
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Morning Prayer Service: O Antiphons

    According to the Book of Common Worship, the "O Antiphons" are liturgical prayers for part of the season of Advent. They are seven...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Dec 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Advent Introspection

    How do you feel about Christmas carols before Thanksgiving? For purists of the liturgical calendar, it's even worse; there should be no...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Thanks

    This past Sunday, I got to preach for the Ministerial Alliance Community Thanksgiving Service. It was a pleasure to engage with...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Oct 31, 2021
    • 3 min

    Stewardship is not a dirty word

    We often pray on Sundays that "all that we have and all that we are is from God." In the creation stories, God made all things good and...
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    Pastor Chas
    • Oct 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Condolences to Goodland Academy

    Our condolences and deepest sympathy go out to the community of Goodland Academy on the news of the passing of their President, David L....
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    Pastor Chas
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Sacraments

    The notes of the true Kirk, according to the Scots confession (3.18) and summarized in the Book of Order (F-1.0303), are: the Word of God...
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