First Presbyterian Church of Auburn PC(USA)

“Called, Created, and Re-Created” January 9, 2022 | FPC Auburn Rev. Kathy Wolf Reed Isaiah 43:1-7 But now thus says the Lord, he who...

Matthew 2:1-12 2:1 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2...

Is this fluttering what hope feels like?

God’s salvation is too glorious not to sing about to all the earth. Joy in God’s love for us through Christ is why we sing.

Experiencing hope as a community is what defines us as a church.

The world ends for all of us, over and over agin. But it also begins anew.

The commandment to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength guides our life and our stewardship towards how we love God

Jesus made sure the community played a part in Bartimaeus restoration by having them seek him out and letting him know his presence matters.

Mark 10:35-45 35James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we...

Mark 10:17-31 17As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to...

God created everything to be connected to one another, and created everything and everyone with an ecological purpose.

If scripture is a testament of God's relationship with humanity, then what do you do with a story where God is simply not there?

God’s reign of love of gospel greatness faithfully confronts the way we as humans set up our own values and cultures of human greatness.

Mark 8:27-38 27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do...

We can be happy and full of hope, trust and praise because God’s sovereign love seeks justice for the oppressed...cares for the vulnerable.

...our primary call in this world as followers of Jesus is that painstaking, work of healing and reconciling that which has been broken.

“The place you are going into is going to test you.... So decide now what is going to guide you.”

It's the "why" -- the purpose behind the plan-- that makes everything else matter.

The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.”

The stories from scripture are meant to tell us something true about God and true about the world, even if it is uncomfortable to hear.