First Presbyterian Church of Marion, Illinois, celebrated 110 years of service to Marion and the surrounding communities.
First Presbyterian Church of Marion, Illinois, celebrated 110 years of service to Marion and the surrounding communities.
Matthew 1:1-17 Genealogy of Jesus Genesis 5 Descendants of Adam How We Got Here We’ll be celebrating All Saints’ Sunday, and looking back at more than the saints we have lost since our previous All Saints’ We’ll be looking at the family of faith that has gathered in this community and as this community. We’ll ask each other to tell stories about the names that…
The Kids lead worship and hold us accountable to our mission and vision.
As we approach stewardship as a journey of the heart, we invite you to hear again the journeys we have taken to get to where we are today. Gayla outlines that journey for us here, a journey of the heart. Several members have shared their stories, here they are for you to hear. We start with Gayla Martini – And we also…
Week 5 of the Solas – Soli Deo Gloria Hebrews 13:20-21 Isaiah 43:1-13 Sermon Notes – Soli Deo Gloria points to three things: first, that everything we do ought to be done for God’s glory; second, that glorifying God serves a missional purpose; and third, that we look forward to the time when we can see the fullness of God’s glory. It may be too…
Week Four of the Solas – Sola Scriptura Jeremiah 31:33+ 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Sermon Notes – Scripture contains everything necessary for salvation and righteous living. Though it doesn’t give us the answers to all our questions, or a blueprint for our daily living, it gives us enough to know how God wants us to be in relationship with him and with others as well as…
Week Three of the Solas – Solus Christus Hebrews 4:14-5:10 Sermon notes – It sometimes is hard to get an audience with someone in authority. It seems that the higher up people are, the tougher it is for a regular person to be able to talk to them. Someone else is answering their phones and emails and keeping their calendars, and if you aren’t deemed…
Week 1 on the Solas – “Sola Gratia” – From Reformed Worship, June 2017 Ephesians 2:1-10 Sermon notes – While the world may teach us that “there is no such thing as a free lunch,” according to Scripture – the greatest gift of all – grace itself is freely give, Ephesians 2:8-9 teaches, “For it is by grace you have been saved,…
In the Beginning – The First First Presbyterian Genesis 1:1—2:4a Creation by word; light, life; it was good. (John 1:1-5) Once Upon A Time We tell stories about how we get here, or how we got here. We tell the story of creation as one such beginning, and the story of Jesus as another beginning. Sometimes the beginning isn’t the beginning, as we find…
Shelter and Kingdom Joshua 2 Rahab 1 Kings 17, 2 Kings 4 Elijah/Elisha and the widow(s) John 8 Stopping the stoning Isaiah 11 Lamb and Lion shall lay down together Leviticus 23:39-44 Feast of Booths Psalm 23 Matthew 25 One of the old tenets of government, very old, is that there is responsibility up and down. In feudal states, the people had responsibilities…