Church guide

The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. Psalm 138:8 NRSV

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. Matthew 16:25 NIV

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“‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:18 NIV

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Acts 2:42-44

This last week was the 4th anniversary of the mass shooting at a white supremacist Dylann Roof walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, S.C., sat through a Bible study, then pulled out a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun & shot to death 9 black worshipers. This movie is a story of faith, forgiveness & healing.

You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, Psalm 91:1 NRSV

For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Mark 8:36 NRSV

For those in Deport, who care about what happens at First Presbyterian in Paris - The opportunities I've had in the last 10 months, to get to know some of the residents from the New Hope Center, have been very rewarding. Getting to know them, & asking them to share their stories has been enlightening. One thing I've noticed, they don't share their story w/out being asked (probably for fear of being judged, given the reputation of many church people), & then they won't share more than a little, unless you show that you care at least a little. I can tell you this - I'm much less judgmental of homeless people than I was a year ago.

“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death." by Peter in Acts 2:22-25a.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds— his name is the Lord— be exultant before him. Father of orphans and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. Psalm 68:4-5 NRSV

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him. Proverbs 23:24 NRSV

Reminder: Thomas & Nanalee's 50th anniversary & renewal of their vows will be tomorrow, Sat., at 1 pm at church.

If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:13 NIV

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. Psalm 19:1-2 NIV

...forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3:13 RSV

‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Acts 2:17

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever." John 14:15-16 NRSV

There will a surprise in church on Sun. & plan to bring a dish to our potluck luncheon. "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night." Psalm 90:2,4 RSV