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The Christmas Joy Offering helps form future leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Their student days may have been a generation apart, but both Lemuel Garcia-Arroyo and his nephew Jasiel Hernandez found the Presbyterian Pan American School (Pan Am) to be an incubator for Christian...
In the Church Library: Two Books for Advent
Two new books in the Church Library are especially relevant for the Advent season. Waiting Here for You, an Advent Journey of Hope (242 G) is a set of daily readings and prayers for Advent, with an added...
Bells Toll in Remembrance of the Victims of Sandy Hook
On Thursday, December 14th at 9:35 am, church bells at First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown and across the nation will be ringing 26 times in remembrance of the 26 lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary...
Single Service on December 31
This year, New Year’s Eve falls on a Sunday. We will have a single service at 10:00 am that day.
YAV Emma – What Peace?
Emma writes: So what do I believe? This year is an excuse to declare myself a constant learner, or, a student of planet earth, a phrase coined by an artist I met here. But in all honesty, I really don’t...
Waiting in the Dark — December 3, 2017
Scripture reading: Psalm 80:1-7, Mark 13:24-27; 32-37 Sermon by Chip Low: Waiting in the Dark To download the audio of the sermon, click here or you can simply play the sermon below. If you would...
Christmas Joy gifts help bring about happy endings after tragedies strike
In 2014, Elisabeth Scotland’s college graduation day turned from joy and celebration to trauma and heartache in an instant. After receiving her diploma from Boston University, Elisabeth, along with...
Adult Ed This Christmas Season
Bah Humbug! You thought we might say “Merry Christmas?” No, not this Advent. Join us beginning Sunday, December 3, and continuing on December 10 and 17, ending on Sunday, January 7, 2018. We’ll...