FIDE: Faith & Illumination in a Digital Environment A Presbyterian Faith Formation Collaborative Acts: Catching Up with the Spirit In the season between Easter and Pentecost, we focus on how God’s Spirit is working in and through the Church. This 6-week study will provide an introduction to the Book of Acts (the story of …
Dear Friends, This Sunday commemorates Jesus’ Entrance into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week, when Christians worldwide remember the saving death and resurrection of our Lord. During Holy Week the Church raises again the Palms of Christ’s Kingship, singing, “Hosanna in the highest!” During Holy Week the Church remembers his Cleansing of the Temple, …
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Important details to remember when attending worship in person: Please wear a MASK and stay SOCIALLY DISTANCED. STAY HOME if you are in a high-risk group, have recently traveled, aren’t feeling well, or know you have been exposed to someone with Covid-19. Please arrive early and be patient as we try to seat everyone as …
Important details to remember when attending worship in person: Please wear a MASK and stay SOCIALLY DISTANCED. STAY HOME if you are in a high-risk group, have recently traveled, aren’t feeling well, or know you have been exposed to someone with Covid-19. Please arrive early and be patient as we try to seat everyone …
“Could you not stay awake with me one hour? “ -Matthew 26:40 On the night before his crucifixion, Jesus took his followers to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. They were overcome with weariness and could not stay awake to pray with him in his moment of need. Shortly thereafter, the soldiers came to take …
Last week I took my study leave in Borrego Springs, surrounded on all sides by the mountainous vistas of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. It is a place of stark contrasts and sere beauty, where just a couple of hundred feet from the few desolate highways which cross its vast emptiness lies a silence and a …
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Maundy Thursday is usually a high touch service. We break the bread, pass the cup, wash feet. This year we still want to share in this holy day together. In doing so we are going to use some ordinary everyday things and locations. We will walk the labyrinth in Fellowship Hall, wash our hands in …
Watch our Holy Week services by clicking the links below! > Watch the Palm Sunday service on YouTube An extended Taize service for Holy Week. > Watch the Holy Week Taize service on YouTube Walk the labyrinth and visit our Last Supper Prayer Stations. A Vigil of Unbroken Prayer followed by a worship service …
FIDE: Faith & Illumination in a Digital Environment A Presbyterian Faith Formation Collaborative Using the book written by Magrey deVega, we will explore why the cross is the central symbol of the Christian faith. What exactly did Jesus do to save us from our sins? Why was the cross necessary, and what does it mean …
Lent Bags Let us know if you’d like a Lent bag, and we will prepare one for you to pick up from the Food Depot! Each bag contains a devotional/journal, a printed schedule, and other materials to supplement your Lenten spiritual practices. You may call the church at 847.234.6250 or email Dina Price at dprice@firstchurchlf.org. …