Steve’s Word

Prayer is our essential connection, our link with God. Often, we make prayer an exercise as opposed to a conversation with God: a conversation, which God yearns to have with God’s children. Learning how to be people of prayer is a wonderful journey. In fact, the results of prayer are even more incredible, for we begin to see that our God is real and very much involved in our lives and world.

How do we become people who are committed to ...

Christians around the world begin Holy Week on Palm Sunday and continue with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. We experience the journey into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ’s earthly obedience, suffering, and death is a tangible reminder that the Son of God, fully God and fully human did something for humanity that it could not do for itself: Salvation.

As I reflect upon the meaning of the Holy Week Story, I ...

PCUSA.org – February 12, 2025

• LOUISVILLE — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is among more than two dozen plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in response to a rescission of the Department of Homeland Security’s “sensitive locations” policy. That policy had restricted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from conducting immigration raids, arrests, and other enforcement actions at houses of worship.
• The case, Mennonite Church USA et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al., was filed in federal district ...

The Worship Service Part 3

Silence beckons us to cast our burdens on God and claim the promises of Scripture that remind us that God is faithful, that nothing is impossible with God.

We Are Sent as God’s Servants into the World

¨ Response to God continues with the “Closing Hymn.”

¨ Then the “Charge and Blessing” is given. God’s blessing is bestowed upon each of us, and we depart to serve.

¨ We conclude worship with “Sending Music” and “The Postlude”.

¨ We leave The ...

The Worship Service Part 3

Silence beckons us to cast our burdens on God and claim the promises of Scripture that remind us that God is faithful, that nothing is impossible with God.

 We Are Sent as God’s Servants into the World

• Response to God continues with the “Closing Hymn.”
• Then the “Charge and Blessing” is given. God’s blessing is bestowed upon each of us and we depart to serve.
• We conclude worship with “Sending Music” and “The Postlude”.
• We leave The Great Room and Sanctuary ...