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Wallace preaches on Trinity Sunday

Senior High Students speak about their time in TN/NC doing Hurricane Helene Flood Relief work.

Wallace preaches on why we should sing!

Wallace preaches on patriotism and faith.

Isaiah 43:1-7 Kristin preaches on confirmation Sunday about belonging to God.

Psalm 148

Luke 24:1-12 Pastor Wallace preaches on how one word can change everything.

Heaven Scent John 12:1-8 Mary had experienced first-hand the grace of God in her life.  And once that happens to a person, they’ll sometimes find themselves responding in surprising, extravagant ways.

The Real Prodigal Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 So I had always assumed that the word prodigal meant something like wayward, or wild, rebellious—something along those lines.  So you can imagine my surprise when I happened to look up the word in the dictionary, and discovered that I had been wrong all this time about what the word prodigal actually means.

Luke 13:31-35 The world says: You can’t be too careful .  Jesus says: Oh, yes you can.   You most certainly can be too careful.

Luke 9:28-36   Irenaeus of Lyons, one of the great fathers of the early Church, said it well: “The glory of God is a human being, fully alive.”  That’s one of my favorite quotes.  The glory of God is a human being, fully alive .  When we are fully alive—when we’re standing at full stretch, exercising all of our God-given potential—then our faces, too, shine with the glory of God.

  Jesus Calling   Luke 5:1-11  "But whether he’s calling us to go to the other side of the world, or the other side of town, or just the other side of the room, Jesus is still calling.  Even today, still showing up on the lakeshore.  Or in the classroom, or the lab, or the office.  Still showing up.  Still grabbing ahold of us.  Still calling us to follow."

Grace by the Gallon John 2:1-11 "And the wine is the grace of God, poured out in abundance, made available to everyone.  Wine to quench our thirst, and gladden our hearts.  But also wine that promises to satisfy our deeper thirsts, by putting us into a life-giving relationship with God, and unleashing the wellspring of joy within us.  "

The last sermon from transitional pastor Rev. Wendy McCormick. Wendy preaches on Luke 4:14-21 and Nehemiah 8:1-10 "It is a challenging time to be God’s people, a time when we need the power and guidance of the scriptures more than ever. It is a change. It is a transition. But the overwhelming message is the continuity of the scriptures and the tradition of the people gathering to receive and...

Isaiah 43:1-7 We’ve learned together over this year that transition is not one thing, a one-day happening as one person vacates this office and another person moves in. Transition is an ongoing process of moving from one place or state to another. In a way, we are always in transition from who we are to who we are becoming. Always. And our church is in transition from what it has been and what it...

 Ephesians 3:1-12 "What interests me and frankly touches me more than the how and when of holiday decorating and de-decorating is the why – the deep why – I can’t help noticing how powerful it is to hang lights against the darkness and how we have that in common with our most ancient pre-Christian ancestors as well as most other world religions. However post-modern we are, we still have a kind of...

Luke 1:26-35; 46-55 "We have to wonder: Who is silenced in our world? To whom might such a great reversal grant a voice in our day? And what does it mean for those who have been silenced to not just speak up but to shout and sing?"

Christmas Eve 2024

Matthew 1:18-25 "This season we wonder what it means for us to honor tradition in ways that are forward-looking, risk-taking, bold, courageous, and, above all, following the beckoning lead of God? That’s how Matthew means for us to read the Christmas story and all of the Jesus story. How do we weave a path forward that honors and serves the God we know in scripture and tradition without getting ca...

The Rev. Wallace Bubar gives his candidating sermon on Luke 3:1-8a, 10-14, 18. Wallace will begin his pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Granville on Feb 1, 2025.

 Luke 1:5-25, 57-64   “Do not be afraid” is the most frequently repeated message in scripture --- over 300 times --- From Genesis to Revelation; from the prophets to the psalms; from Jesus to the faithful ones who followed, the words have become a mantra across time and space. Clearly faith cannot thrive when fear is in charge. Maybe that’s why some of the most awe-inspiring expressions of this me...

Senior High Youth Director and first-year seminary student, Kristin Ream, guest preaches on Jeremiah chapter 29 and finding hope in exile.

 Matthew 5:1-12 "In the Beatitudes, disciples then and now are invited to help advance the new kingdom and this manifesto. The emphasis on human agency and advocacy suggests that when we see people who are hurting and oppressed, marginalized, victimized, forgotten, lied about, the question need not and should not be Where is God, but Where is God’s community, and what are we doing to advocate? "

Hebrews 11:1-3, 32-38; 12:1-2 "But more than that, perhaps with me you feel a renewed sense that we do not get to sit back, that just as those who went before had their moment to live in faith, even when times were hard, even when faithfulness was risky, we do too. This is our moment. Whatever span of life we have."

 Job 38:1-7, 34-41; 42:1-6  "If you’ve been following this little series, you’ve been waiting three weeks for an answer. If you read the book of Job, you wait through 37 long chapters. If you are a human being who has ever tried to make sense of suffering and pain, then you have been waiting a very long time, perhaps a lifetime..."