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Mar 16, 20223 min read

Will Many be Saved?

Psalm 105:1-42; 2 Chronicles 20:1-22; Luke 13:22-31 "Will only a few be saved?" I think the fact that Jesus does not answer this...

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Lisa Shepherd

Mar 16, 20221 min read

Hand To Heart Quilting Group

For those of us who love to quilt, every quilting item we make is an act of love. There are times when a special quilted item is...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 15, 20222 min read

Pointing to Joy

Psalm 105:1-42; Numbers 14:10b-24; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 The lectionary gives us great passages that we might not otherwise read. The...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 14, 20222 min read

Whose works?

Psalm 105:1-42; Exodus 33:1-6; Romans 4:1-12 "For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God....

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First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK

Mar 11, 20222 min read

Covid Practices 2022-03-10

All practices related to Covid are optional Following the decline of the Omicron variant, Session has decided to restart all programs of...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 11, 20222 min read

Blessed Be You by God Most High

Psalm 27; Genesis 14:17-24; Philippians 3:17-20 The blessing of Melchizedek is cited by the author of Hebrews. You can see why...

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First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK

Mar 11, 20221 min read

Pick Up Fred Rogers Coloring Sheets

Sunday, March 20 is Fred Rogers Day. This Sunday, March 13, we will have copies of a coloring sheet that PC(USA) has made available to...

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First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK

Mar 10, 20221 min read

Spring Forward

Before you go to bed this Saturday night, March 12, set your clock ahead one hour or you will be late for Sunday School or Worship...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 10, 20222 min read

God for God's Own Sake

Psalm 27; Genesis 13:1-7, 14-18; Philippians 3:2-12 There are some cool things in all three of these scriptures. One is an answer from a...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 9, 20222 min read

Strength to Escape

Psalm 17; Job 1:1-22; Luke 21:34-22:6 Three days each week, the lectionary looks backwards to the previous Sunday. We get one Psalm...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 8, 20222 min read

The Lord Knows How to Save

Psalm 17; Zechariah 3:1-10; 2 Peter 2:4-21 Peter sure is grumpy and judgy today. The high point to me in Peter was "the Lord knows how...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 7, 20222 min read

Chronicles?

Psalm 17; 1 Chronicles 21:1-17; 1 John 2:1-6 The first thing I have to say about the lectionary and Chronicles today is that personally I...

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First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK

Mar 4, 20221 min read

Easter Candy Collection

We are collecting candy for the Community/Ministerial Alliance Easter Extravaganza to be held on Saturday, April 2 at Wacker Park. Time...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 4, 20221 min read

Commendation, not Exhortation

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Exodus 6:1-13; Acts 7:35-42 We who are full of innate depravity and self-conviction get into the bad habit of...

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First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK

Mar 3, 20222 min read

Ukraine Help

The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is the emergency response program of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. You can help the Ukrainian...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 3, 20222 min read

Praise for Moses' Leadership

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Exodus 5:10-23; Acts 7:30-34 The relationship between Moses and the Hebrew people is a rocky one. He was their...

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Tina

Mar 3, 20221 min read

Everything Has Become New!

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! (2 Corinthians 2:17...

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Pastor Chas

Mar 2, 20221 min read

Laud for Ash Wednesday Lectionary

Here's a link to the Ash Wednesday Scripture at the Vanderbilt Lectionary site. Here's all the stuff that I liked about the Daily...

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First Presbyterian Church, Pauls Valley, OK

Mar 1, 20221 min read

Prepare-Enrich: Premarital Counseling / Relationship Enrichment

Prepare-Enrich is a program for premarital counseling and relationship enrichment. It is good for all phases of marriage: dating...

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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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