First Presbyterian Church of Fairfield Sermons

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Isaiah and Acts, preaching on how God gives us His love and faith through people in our lives. “God delivers hope through the Christian community and faith through people.”

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Provers and Ephesians, and talks to not only parents, but all those who play a role in caring for children, about the importance of bringing God and faith into their upbringing.

Guest pastor Liz Whitney reads from Genesis and John, and, in honor of Mother’s Day, talks about women in faith and stood up and protected their people in the name of the Lord.

Guest pastor Kim Hill reads from I Samuel, and examines what it genuinely means to pray, and how it affects us before, during, and after.

Guest pastor Melissa Penza reads from Luke, and talks about our unassuming abundance of sin, and how we must go to God to repent — “No one is good except God, alone.”

Pastor Greg Penza reads the resurrection story from Luke, and shows how God’s love provides eternal life.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Zechariah and Matthew, and shows us how when we choose Jesus as our king, He sets us free.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from John, looking at moments in life that we don’t necessarily have to do, but feel compelled to do as part of our mission.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Isaisah and Matthew, helping us to understand the way we need to follow Jesus and do what’s needed in the name of faith.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Isaiah and Luke, and explores the way Jesus puts people and pathways in our lives to help us find our purpose.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Luke, and discusses the complexities with which evil can pervade the world and our minds, and how we can combat it.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Isaiah, and helps us to understand our God-given identity — being God’s beloved.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Luke, and invites us to understand and learn how to repent and be cleansed of our unrighteousness.

Guest Pastor Liz Whitney reads from Matthew and Mark, and shows us how we can be inspired by a child’s innocence and good view of the world in our relationship with God.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from 1 Corinthians, asks and teaches us how we can win over people for Christ, and explores how we must “become all things for all people.”

Pastor Greg Penza continues reading from Jonah, and discusses the way in which our occasional anger, as humans, is counteractive to worship and how to turn the passion from anger to love for God.

Pastor Greg continues reading from Jonah, and talks of how when we know the truth of the Gospel and of God, then “he wants others to hear his message through us.”

Pastor Greg Penza continues reading from Jonah, and discusses how salvation occurs when we are finally ready to cry out to the Lord.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Jonah and illustrates the ways in which we, just as Jonah, have a tendency to run from God’s plan for us.

Guest Pastor Liz Whitney reads from Genesis and illustrates how when we come to a place of humility, it is then when God can entrust us with more responsibility.

Guest speaker Melissa Penza reads from Samuel, and while exploring the story of Saul and Samuel, teaches the three action steps of obeying, opting in, and abiding.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Matthew and talks about the various responses to Jesus’s birth.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Luke, and talks of Mary's story and her worries, fears, and the expectation to bring forth the son of God into the world — and how God spoke through her to comfort her.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Samuel II and Luke, and on the third Sunday of Advent, talks about the foretelling of Jesus to become a good and righteous king.

Pastor Greg Penza reads from Isaiah and Matthew, discussing the beginnings of Jesus’s story and his undying love for us.