On this Pentecost Sunday, please read this fascinating writing by Rev. Shirley C. Guthrie, on the Holy Spirit. (Click for PDF) QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER REFLECTION AND STUDY Do you agree that the Holy Spirit is also at work in the world outside the church, among and in people who are not...
Summertime, and the Livin’ Is … Well, Different Greetings, friends! This is our last LivingRoom Lesson before we take a little summer break. This week makes number 11! I never thought when we began this endeavor that we would still be meeting this way almost 3 months later. As Lennon...
Greetings Families! I hope you enjoy this week’s LivingRoom Lesson. It will be the last one for a little while because we’ll be taking a break during the summer. BUT – we’ll have new opportunities for your family to participate in some fun activities as well, so please stay tuned...
Sunday, May 24 LivingRoom Lesson Today’s discussion is a REALLY fascinating one about the role of women in the New Testament and the early church. In today’s episode, looking at the last chapter of Philippians, Chris and Brennan are joined by renowned New Testament scholar Beverly Gaventa, a longtime member of the faculty...
What’s Next, Papa? Greetings, friends! Over the next week, some of our church family will visit our recent graduates to congratulate them on their accomplishments. Even if you’re not graduating, the end of a school year brings with it a sort of “ending” feeling – and especially right now with...
Greetings Families! Our lesson today is about Paul’s (also known as Saul) encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. Paul is changed, or transformed, by this experience. Transformation means that something or someone completely changes and becomes a new thing. All around us during the spring, we see transformations...
Sunday, May 17 LivingRoom Lesson Read Philippians 2:19-4:1 In 2:19-24, Paul seems anxious to get news about his friends, frustrated by people around him who are self-serving, and joyful that Epaphroditus has survived a major illness. Life is complicated and many-layered. Do you think it is possible to be anxious/worried and joyful...
Live Like That Dear FPC Youth, I was getting ready one morning earlier this week and listening to some music on Alexa. I’m sure many of you have some sort of smart speaker in your home – I like to joke that we got ours because another female whose name...
Greetings Families! Wow! I can’t believe we are about to start the last week of school. What an unpredicted turn this school year has taken! Our family is happy to have a break, but we are already looking forward to returning to school in August! We miss our friends and...
Sunday, May 10 LivingRoom Lesson In describing her work on 1 Peter and the notion of being “resident aliens” in society (so as Christians we should not feel quite so at home in the normal values and ways of the world), Janette describes the experience of Asian Americans in the midst of the...
