Tag: Sunday Worship Service
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March 9th 2025 -“This is an opportune time”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME: Be sure to turn your clocks forward one hour before heading to bed tonight otherwise you are liable to miss the service. Daylight savings time begins at 2 AM on Sunday. HOW FIRM IS YOUR FAITH? On…
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March 2nd 2025 -“Prayer changes us”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. SUNDAY MARKS THE END OF THE SEASON OF EPIPHANY and the Feast of the Transfiguration. In her commentary on this passage Meg Jenista writes: “It’s instructive that the season of Epiphany, which begins with a bright star in the East,…
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February 16th 2025 – “It’s all about the heart”
Dear friends, HOW FITTING that on the weekend when we celebrate St. Valentine’s Day our readings turn to the state of the heart. Jeremiah with prophetic thundering states: 9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Who can know it? Good question! … then answered by our Lord…
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February 9th 2025 -“Most to be pitied”
Dear friends, THIS WEEK the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries our Interim Moderator will be with us to lead worship and preach. He will also lead us in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. The sermon this week will be based on the lectionary text of 1 Corinthians 15, and is a reflection on the…
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February 2nd 2025 “Looking forward Moving Forward”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. OUR SCRIPTURE READING is taken from Luke 4: 21-30, “Jesus Rejected at Nazareth”. Jesus speaks in the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth, declaring that he fulfills Isaiah’s prophecy about the Messiah. At first, the crowd is amazed, but when he…
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January 25th 2025 “100th Anniversary”
Dear friends, THIS WEEK WE CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONGREGATION of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, St. Lambert. What a joy and privilege to mark this wonderful anniversary and milestone. Worship will be led by the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries, and will be followed by lunch and a presentation on the history of…
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January 19th 2025 -“Rules! What Rules???”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. OUR SCRIPTURE READING is taken from John 2: 1-11, “The Wedding at Cana”. In our readings this week, John recounts Jesus’ first miracle at a wedding in Cana, where he turns water into wine at his mother’s request. This was his…
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January 12th 2025 -“The big influence of small things”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. OUR SCRIPTURE READING is taken from Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22, “John the Baptist Prepares the Way”. John the Baptist points to someone greater than himself, Jesus, who will baptize with the Holy Spirit. When Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit came down…
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January 5th 2025 -“What will you give him?”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. OUR SCRIPTURE READING is taken from Matthew 2: 1-12, “The Visit of the Wise Men”. Our reading recounts the magi following a star to find Jesus, the “King of the Jews.” They presented him with gold, frankincense and myrrh, often seen…
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December 29th 2024 -“Do we need to change our perspective?”
Dear friends, OUR SCRIPTURE READING continues in the gospel of Luke 2: 41-52, “The Boy Jesus in the Temple”. Mary and Joseph lose 12-year-old Jesus on their way home from the Passover festival, thinking he’s with the group. After three days of searching, they find him in the temple, discussing with the teachers, who are amazed…