by Kelly Potts | Dec 25, 2025 | Devotionals
A Christmas Prayer Rev. Mary Bowman leads us in a Christmas prayer, marveling that the King of the universe became small and came to our neighborhood as Emmanuel, God-with-us. Whether you’re surrounded by loved ones or spending this day alone, you are not alone—God is...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 24, 2025 | Devotionals
Candlelit Christmas Eve Week 4: Silent Night It’s Christmas Eve. Tomorrow we will celebrate the birth of the Messiah, our savior Jesus Christ. Here at First Presbyterian Church, today is filled with a variety of worship opportunities. At 11:00 AM we have the Children...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 23, 2025 | Devotionals
Musical Rendition & Lyrics Week 4: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Hymn #121) LISTEN Click Here to Listen to “O Little Town of Bethlehem” Music provided by members of the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir LYRICS O little town of Bethlehem,...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 22, 2025 | Devotionals
Video on This Week’s Carol In today’s video devotional, Rev. Chuck Williamson shares the surprising story behind “O Little Town of Bethlehem”—born out of Civil War grief, a Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, and a simple children’s musical no one...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 21, 2025 | Devotionals
The Fourth Sunday of Advent In today’s video devotional, Rev. Chuck Williamson invites you into the wonder of a Service of Lessons and Carols—where Scripture and song trace the story of Christ’s birth from ancient promise to joyful fulfillment. As we hear how...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 20, 2025 | Devotionals
Prayer Week 3: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear God who ruptures our darkness with your angelic melody of hope, we give you thanks for the light that hovers over our weary world, calling us, if only by a floating whisper, to stillness and peace. We praise you for the...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 19, 2025 | Devotionals
Participating in Peace Week 3: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear In the final stanza of “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”, writer Edmund Sears rouses from his restless midnight ruminations to look to the future. “The days are hastening on,” he says, when we will come to...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 18, 2025 | Devotionals
Hope in the Tension of Opposites As we read in Luke 2:8-14, the angel message came at night to shepherds who were guarding their sheep on the hillsides. They surely knew the skies well and perhaps found comfort in the familiar patterns of stars. Nightly doses of...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 17, 2025 | Devotionals
Angels Week 3: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Have you ever noticed that “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” never mentions a Messiah, a manger, or a mother with child? Surprisingly, we still sing it every year despite the absence of Advent’s central character, Jesus...
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...
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