Easter Sunday, Sundays, Season, Life
Easter was great here in Pauls Valley. In addition to being the most meaningful of all days for Christians, the weather was perfect, the...
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Pastor Chas
Apr 8, 20222 min read
Thoughts on Holy Week
The coming week is Holy Week. Starting with Palm Sunday, and including Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, this week culminates in Easter...
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Pastor Chas
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Palm / Passion Sunday
In April, the big event is Holy Week. This starts with Palm Sunday, then moves to Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, then some churches...
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Pastor Chas
Mar 31, 20223 min read
Communion is Now on First Sundays
At the stated meeting of Session, March 10, we decided to have communion once a month, on the first Sunday of each month. I'm very happy...
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Pastor Chas
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Lent as Self-Reflection
Lent can be a time of penitence, a time of repenting. These words, penitence and repenting, carry many connotations. In the Old...
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Pastor Chas
Feb 18, 20222 min read
Transitions in Music at FPC PV
Jack Bowman has resigned as Organist and Music Director at First Presbyterian Church Pauls Valley. Jack will be pursuing an opportunity...
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Pastor Chas
Feb 11, 20223 min read
Why Covid Practices? Covid Practices are Love Practices
I want to commend the session for their diligence and hard work grappling with the best way to be the community of faith during this...
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Pastor Chas
Jan 31, 20223 min read
Beyond Worship
On the liturgical calendar, we're again in a season called "ordinary time." This does not mean "boring time"--the root of ordinary in...
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Pastor Chas
Jan 14, 20222 min read
A Community Apart?
We at First Presbyterian Church here in Pauls Valley care about each other. We are made to be in relationship with other people. ...
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Pastor Chas
Dec 28, 20213 min read
Christmas, Epiphany, & Beyond
Christmas has come! Christ is born! Alelujah! The Eternal Word of God is hard to wrap our heads around. The immortal, invisible,...
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Pastor Chas
Dec 25, 20212 min read
Christmas Really Is All About Love
As the new guy in town (while I'm still the new guy in town), I want to say how grateful I am to be here in Pauls Valley. I get to see...
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Pastor Chas
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Thanks for Your Generosity
On behalf of the entire staff, I want to thank you, the congregation, for your generosity in supporting the staff with Christmas bonuses....
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Pastor Chas
Dec 15, 20211 min read
Morning Prayer Service: O Antiphons
According to the Book of Common Worship, the "O Antiphons" are liturgical prayers for part of the season of Advent. They are seven...
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Pastor Chas
Dec 3, 20213 min read
Advent Introspection
How do you feel about Christmas carols before Thanksgiving? For purists of the liturgical calendar, it's even worse; there should be no...
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Pastor Chas
Nov 25, 20213 min read
Thanks
This past Sunday, I got to preach for the Ministerial Alliance Community Thanksgiving Service. It was a pleasure to engage with...
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Pastor Chas
Oct 30, 20213 min read
Stewardship is not a dirty word
We often pray on Sundays that "all that we have and all that we are is from God." In the creation stories, God made all things good and...
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Pastor Chas
Oct 6, 20211 min read
Condolences to Goodland Academy
Our condolences and deepest sympathy go out to the community of Goodland Academy on the news of the passing of their President, David L....
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Pastor Chas
Sep 28, 20213 min read
Sacraments
The notes of the true Kirk, according to the Scots confession (3.18) and summarized in the Book of Order (F-1.0303), are: the Word of God...
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Pastor Chas
Aug 25, 20212 min read
Thinking about Worship
The most amazing part of worship, though, is that “In Christian worship, Jesus Christ is truly present and active among us” (W-1.0106).
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Pastor Chas
Jul 25, 20213 min read
Endings and Beginnings
I’ll be ordained, marking the end of my preparation, and installed, marking the end of the search for me and the PNC. Then the work begins.
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