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God for God's Own Sake
Psalm 27; Genesis 13:1-7, 14-18; Philippians 3:2-12 There are some cool things in all three of these scriptures. One is an answer from a...
Pastor Chas
Mar 10, 20222 min read
Strength to Escape
Psalm 17; Job 1:1-22; Luke 21:34-22:6 Three days each week, the lectionary looks backwards to the previous Sunday. We get one Psalm...
Pastor Chas
Mar 9, 20222 min read
The Lord Knows How to Save
Psalm 17; Zechariah 3:1-10; 2 Peter 2:4-21 Peter sure is grumpy and judgy today. The high point to me in Peter was "the Lord knows how...
Pastor Chas
Mar 8, 20222 min read
Chronicles?
Psalm 17; 1 Chronicles 21:1-17; 1 John 2:1-6 The first thing I have to say about the lectionary and Chronicles today is that personally I...
Pastor Chas
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Easter Candy Collection
We are collecting candy for the Community/Ministerial Alliance Easter Extravaganza to be held on Saturday, April 2 at Wacker Park. Time...
First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK
Mar 4, 20221 min read
Commendation, not Exhortation
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Exodus 6:1-13; Acts 7:35-42 We who are full of innate depravity and self-conviction get into the bad habit of...
Pastor Chas
Mar 4, 20221 min read
Ukraine Help
The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is the emergency response program of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. You can help the Ukrainian...
First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Praise for Moses' Leadership
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Exodus 5:10-23; Acts 7:30-34 The relationship between Moses and the Hebrew people is a rocky one. He was their...
Pastor Chas
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Everything Has Become New!
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! (2 Corinthians 2:17...
Tina
Mar 3, 20221 min read
Laud for Ash Wednesday Lectionary
Here's a link to the Ash Wednesday Scripture at the Vanderbilt Lectionary site. Here's all the stuff that I liked about the Daily...
Pastor Chas
Mar 2, 20221 min read
Prepare-Enrich: Premarital Counseling / Relationship Enrichment
Prepare-Enrich is a program for premarital counseling and relationship enrichment. It is good for all phases of marriage: dating...
First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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...
Pastor Chas
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Cautiously Open with Ice
On Sunday, February 26, 2022, the church is planning on being OPEN for all activities. This includes Worship with communion, the...
Pastor Chas
Feb 26, 20221 min read
Community Ash Wednesday Service
The first of our series of community worship services for Lent and Holy Week will be at our church, First Presbyterian Church, on Ash...
First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK
Feb 26, 20221 min read
Transfiguration Sunday & Communion
We are currently expecting the weather to allow us to have worship on Sunday. We will certainly continue monitoring the situation and...
Pastor Chas
Feb 25, 20221 min read
Lent and Handel's Messiah
Beginning this Sunday, March 6, thru Sunday, April 10, the Adult Sunday School Class will be studying the scriptural text of George...
First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK
Feb 23, 20221 min read
Lauds for the Lectionary
Lent is a good time for self-reflection, but God also wants us to enjoy good things. One thing I do as a spiritual discipline is read...
Pastor Chas
Feb 22, 20222 min read
Community Worship
We in Pauls Valley will be sharing worship in ecumenical services with the community for Ash Wednesday and Holy Week. Ash Wednesday,...
First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK
Feb 22, 20221 min read
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...
Pastor Chas
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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...
Pastor Chas
Feb 11, 20223 min read
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