by Kelly Potts | Dec 16, 2025 | Devotionals
Musical Rendition & Lyrics Week 3: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear LISTEN Click Here to Listen to “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” Music provided by members of the First Presbyterian Church Youth Group and Youth Choir LYRICS It came upon the...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 15, 2025 | Devotionals
A Weary World Week 3: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Our devotional focus on carols turns to “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” this week. The writer, Rev. Edmund Sears had suffered a breakdown after several years at a large church and returned to a former congregation in...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 14, 2025 | Devotionals
The Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40:1-5; Luke 1:39-56 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins....
by Kelly Potts | Dec 13, 2025 | Devotionals
Prayer Week 2: People Look East Holy and gracious God, you come to us in so many ways; as kindness that makes the difference between life and death; as hope when no hope is possible; as love that is already with us and still reaching out to us; make us ready to...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 12, 2025 | Devotionals
Love, the Lord Week 2: People Look East JOHN 1: 1-5, 14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 11, 2025 | Devotionals
Love, the Rose Week 2: People Look East ISAIAH 11:1-5 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and...
by Cierra Christian | Dec 10, 2025 | Devotionals
Love, the Guest Week 2: People Look East GENESIS 18:1-10 The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 9, 2025 | Devotionals
Musical Rendition & Lyrics Week 2: People Look East LISTEN Click Here to Listen to “People Look East” Music provided by members of the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir LYRICS People, look east. The time is near Of the crowning of the...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 8, 2025 | Devotionals
Video On This Week’s Carol Lucy Baum introduces this week’s hymn, “People, Look East,” and its joyful vision of all creation—fields, birds, stars, and angels—preparing for Love’s arrival. We’re invited to look east with hope, trusting that Love...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 7, 2025 | Devotionals
The Second Sunday of Advent Rev. Lucy Crain reflects on Isaiah’s servant and Mary’s “Here am I” to remind us that God’s covenant of justice and hope now continues through us. As we hear God’s promise, “I have taken you by the hand and kept you,” we’re invited to...
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