Speaking of Faith; Why Religion Matters—and How to Talk About It(200 T) is by creator and host of public radio’s Speaking of Faith program Krista Tippett, who has spent countless hours doing just...
Author: Donna Gresh
Church Library – February 2010
When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Penn-sylvania schoolhouse in 2006, attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by...
Church Library – May 2010
The Great Emergence; how Christianity is Changing and Why (270.8 T), Phyllis Tickle, long an astute observer of religion, examines a once-every-500-years trend within Christianity she calls “the...
Church Library – Summer 2010
Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join once again to present a new understand-ing of early Christianity–this time to reveal a radical Paul who has been suppressed by the church. In The First...
Church Library – October 2010
New in the Church Library “Christianity has an image problem.” That’s the first sentence of UnChris-tian; what a new generation really thinks about Christianity … and why it matters...
Church Library – January 2011
If you attended or heard about Peter Rollins appearance at the church in October, you may want to follow up by reading some of his books. The Orthodox Heretic (230 R) is in the library’s col-lection,...
Church History by Reverend William J. Cumming
An excerpt from a sermon by Rev. William J. Cumming on August 6, 1876. He was the congregation’s 10th pastor, serving from 1876 to 1906. This church antedates the Declaration of Independence by nearly...
December 2010 – History Highlights
Some of the highlights of 272 years of the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown, which was organized in 1738. The church has had four names: 1. First Presbyterian Society 2. First Presbyterian Church 3....
October 2009 – 1910’s & 1920’s
From 1912-1926, during Mr. Roberts pastorate, Sunday worship was at 10:30 followed by Sunday School. All this was held in the Sanctuary as there were no other buildings at that time. Evening service began...
March, 2010 – the Church Building in the Early Days
As I look at the church I try to imagine how it was in the early days, and how time changes things. These are some of the changes that came about over time. As you pull up in front of the church on the...