Reflections On Reading Through the Bible in a Year: Gathering Together Around God’s Word By Rev. John DeBevoiseAugust 2022 Last fall, Will Wellman encouraged the pastors and the adult Faith Formation team to look at a church-wide journey of reading through the Bible in a year, accompanied by weekly classes reflecting on the readings, and…
by Rev. John DeBevoise On Wednesday, February 17th, the church enters the season of Lent, a time for increasing our attention to practices of Christian faith as a way of nurturing and strengthening our faith. Chronologically, Lent takes the faithful on the journey from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday (April 4th). I think of it…
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A Message from Pastor John this weekend: 1) Tomorrow is Pentecost Sunday where we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit for the way it comforts, challenges, and exhorts us. 2) A special Followers of the Way discussion will be released Sunday 5/31, with the pastors talking about racism as seen in the past week,…
Your generosity is making possible PCPC’s COVID-19 Relief Fund. The church is using it to help those who are suffering the most, directly. We’re also using it to support key partner agencies in the critical areas where they’re helping hurting people as well. And a portion of it we’re using to help some hurting global…
From the Pastor’s Desk:Home at Christmasby Rev. John DeBevoise Home is a regular theme at Christmas — lots of Christmas songs reference it, and many Christmas cards show idealic images of homes decorated with family gathering around some sort of hearth, even if it’s a digital one. It’s an interesting dynamic since the Gospel tells…
The traditional end of the season of Christmas finds the church, by tradition, remembering Matthew’s story of the visit of the wise men. In the larger church around the world, historically, this Sunday has been called Epiphany Sunday. The appearance of the wise men heralds the truth that the good news of Jesus is not…
The hurricane in Haiti was serious and deadly enough to shake up everyone’s world. It was powerful enough to raise up for many spiritual questions. And as with any episode of human vulnerability, Did it tear a little at the fabric of your faith in a loving God who rules over wind and rain? So as…