Biblical scholar Elaine Pagels’ recent book Revelations; Visions, Prophecy & Politics in the Book of Revelation (226 P) is a profound exploration of the Bible’s strangest and most controversial...
Author: Donna Gresh
Let Me Be Your Hands
Three times mention is made in the Gospels of how children wanted to come to Jesus and how the Disciples tried to turn them away. Three times the writers recount that Jesus rebuked them and said, “Let...
Mother’s Day Cards
The Mission Commission will offer Mother’s Day cards to support the PCUSA program Healthy Women, Healthy Families. The cards will be available on May 4. The recommended donation is $10. Healthy Women,...
Planned Giving: Our Church Looks Ahead
Just as you have, no doubt, been hearing about the concept of Planned Giving from your colleges or universities, you probably know that our church is also committed to establishing a long-term endowment,...
SPARK: Ignite Faith
As we wind down the 2013-2014 Church School year, exciting things continue to happen. Next fall, our Church School is going to introduce a new curriculum for preschool through grade 4 called Spark: Ignite...
Who Taught You?
Train children in the way they should go; when they grow old, they won’t depart from it. ~Proverbs 22:6 Last month as I was preparing to lead one of the adult studies on the glittering vices, I...
A Living Hope
By God’s great mercy God has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. ~ 1 Peter 1:3 Happy Easter! As we live through this Easter season, youth...
Youth Group Meeting – Friday, May 2nd
“Youth Event: Friday, May 2nd, 7:30 – 9 p.m. in the FPCY Youth room Guns, knives, bullying– there’s so much violence in the world that we don’t even know how to talk about...
Home Front Project – Saturday May 3rd
Adult volunteers and teens aged 14 and older are still needed and very welcome to join the HomeFront work team for this Saturday, May 3rd. Please feel free to decide to join us even if you have not completed...
Come to the Progressive Dinner!
Please save the date – May 31, 2014 – and be a part of our annual Progressive Dinner festivities. For over 30 years, the Progressive Dinner has been a celebration of warm weather and fellowship...