Salt, Light and the Law of Christ This Sunday we return to the greatest sermon ever delivered: Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Jesus taught and preached using metaphors and after beginning with eight radically-empowering Blessings, Jesus engages subject of his sermon with two of them: “You are the salt of the earth” and “You …
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The Adult Faith Formation Committee is hosting a movie night for all ages! Come for Wednesday Night Supper and stay for a family movie night! We will be viewing the 1998 animated hit, The Prince of Egypt, in the Great Room, beginning at 6:45.
“Can I Ever Forgive Myself?” When people discuss the need for forgiveness, one of the most common things I hear is, “I can forgive others, but I have a real problem forgiving myself.” How might this honest confession relate to the Fifth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, where Jesus taught us to pray, “And forgive …
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There will be a special offering for Ukraine relief through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance at the 9:00 and 11:00 AM services. Additional parking will be available across the street at Lake Forest College. View the 7:00 AM Sunrise service bulletin View the 9:00 & 11:00 AM service bulletin Watch the Easter services
As our Plansoen Scholars begin the new year, four scholars will be graduating in May. This past year they have helped during the rummage sale, attended Wednesday night dinners, assisted in and attended morning worship. As you read their update along with their plans for the future, you will see that they are doing well …
“The Called Life” “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” -Isaiah 43:1 In the year 740 BCE, a young man stood within Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, whose 200-year-old limestone walls soared up to a high, raftered roof burnished with gold. Within that sacrosanct …
As our Plansoen Scholars begin the new year, four scholars will be graduating in May. This past year they have helped during the rummage sale, attended Wednesday night dinners, assisted in and attended morning worship. As you read their update along with their plans for the future, you will see that they are doing well …
Dear Friends, As the 20th anniversary of 9-11 approaches, it is natural for us to remember and even experience again the anguish and confusion brought about by watching the fall of the Twin Towers, the impact at the Pentagon and the crash in Pennsylvania. That calm September morning changed us–and our perception of the world …
This summer, our spiritual focus is on the value and practice of prayer. Each week online, Pastor Kristie Finley and Jim Cochrane are offering the Spiritual Toolkit to encourage personal prayer practices. Each Sunday, beginning on July 11 and continuing through August, our texts and sermons will lift up the prayers of the Bible …
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On a bright, sunny morning Deb and I roared up the hair-raising switchbacks that climb the steep flanks of Mt. Tabor in Galilee, the place long identified with “a high mountain apart” mentioned in the Story of Jesus’ Transfiguration, as it is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Along with a group …