One of my favorite things to do when traveling is to visit the grave sites of famous composers--Bach, Handel, Haydn, and of course,...

I remember the first time I was ordained as a ruling elder in my 20s. The interim pastor, Harry Beverly, called in the big guns, and we...

Starting this Sunday, July 30, we are collecting a very specific school supply for LOVE PV to distribute to Pauls Valley and Whitebead...

FYI, there is a "Community Youth Bash" for youth from7th to 12th grades at the Pauls Valley First Church of God on August 19th from noon...

We found a 1978 pictorial directory, and in it was this cool picture of the previous church building. We think that's looking northeast...

Save the Date: July 23. The youth will be attending a matinee at the Royal Theater on Sunday, July 23. Plans and dates may change...

Due to extremely low, or in some cases no water pressure in our area of the city, we are canceling the Fellowship luncheon. A few brave...

UPDATE: the last time we would have normally collected the Deacons' Fund offering was the day the city water pressure was low, and so was...

UPDATE 2023-07-30 12:45PM : First Pres is afflicted with low water pressure. This morning we held our normal 11:00 worship service, but...

Tickets are $15. Deadline for registration is July 18.

Many years ago, I took piano lesson from Jane (Reidl) Hefley. In July, she would stop working on "lesson music" and have her students get...

Recently someone asked me who the most prolific American writer of hymns has been. Without blinking, I knew the answer: Fanny Crosby. ...

"A Scout is loyal: a Scout is true to his family, friends, Scout leaders, school, and country." This is the second point of the Scout...

When I was a consultant, I was trained in project risk management. List things that could go wrong. Assign a best guess of the percent...

For the Month of July, we will continue to collect prepackaged snacks, juice pouches and small toys for the summer reading program at the...

This is the first Sunday of the month, and on the first Sunday of the month, the Summer Choir sings. There is no Wednesday rehearsal; we...

Our church building was built in 1923, and we're going to celebrate our building being 100 years old. We will have a pot luck lunch on...

July is vacation time for Chas and office staff. Tina will be out of the office July 6th -15th. Jack will be gone July 6th - July 10th....

Variations on “America,” the organ music for this Sunday, was written by Charles Ives in 1891 when he was seventeen. According to...

Jack will be on vacation on Sunday, July 9, but that doesn't mean will not have any music! Our music for that Sunday will be live...