Pastor's Corner
Video of Kerry's Installation
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It is truly a remarkable opportunity to have this virtual conversation with you. Thanks for navigating to this page.
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Let me tell you about us. We are a very hospitable gathering of Christ’s disciples working to be faithful together. This congregation ministers to each other well and not just on Sunday, we see and talk to each other several times during the week. First Presbyterian has a vibrant ministry to the local community providing food to the hungry, shelter to the homeless, and service to the poor. This is our greatest privilege and the best way we know how to love God and neighbor.
Our worship is exciting. We have two services, an early prayer service @ 9:00 called First Fellowship – A Moment Apart. This service is intended to provide a contemplative time to the gathered so that we might be refreshed and renewed in the Spirit. The later service is more traditional in that all the elements of a Presbyterian service are present. Be warned, though – for this congregation “traditional” does not mean boring!
Update, June 7th
I am a news junkie, mostly politics and world events. I am stunned absolutely to the core by both in the last few days. The images coming out of the Gulf states, especially Louisiana, is heartbreaking. These states have only recently recovered from Katrina and now this.
I am cheered, though, by this news from Dr. Russ Chianelli, a professor at the University of Texas, El Paso. Dr. Chianelli was the lead scientist during the clean-up after the Exxon Valdez. He believes that bioremediation may advance the clean up. I hope so.
And that – nature’s ability to clean itself up – makes me think on God’s creation. According to Genesis, God created everything and gave everything order: the planets in their courses, seed and fruit in their appropriate seasons, the sun and the moon to give light. It doesn’t surprise me then that God created microorganisms that digest oil and turn it into something benevolent.
Do we have enough of these creatures in the Gulf? I sure don’t know. I believe that the world will be OK again. Until then, pray, serve the people and animals and the environment of the Gulf states as best as you possibly can, and trust God.
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Grace and Peace,
