First Presbyterian Church Allentown

Join us as Pastor Carter continues his sermon series "Fruits of the Spirit", focusing this week on Generosity. Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: 2 Chronicles 31:1-8 & Luke 12:13-21 (Read by Linda Boyle & Pastor Carter) Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermo...

Join us as Pastor Carter continues his sermon series "Fruits of the Spirit", focusing this week on Justice. Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Amos 5:11-12, 21-24 & Luke 4:16-21 (Read by Trish Brown) Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on th...

Join us as Pastor Carter continues his sermon series "Fruits of the Spirit", focusing this week on Patience. Unfortunately due to technical issues, the Prayer for Illumination and Scripture readings were not able to be included in the recording. See below for text versions of each: Prayer for Illumination Almighty God, give us ears to hear your story in these words of Scripture; give us eyes to se...

Join us as Pastor Carter continues his sermon series "Fruits of the Spirit", focusing this week on Temperance and Self-Control. Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Proverbs 16:32, 25:28; 2 Timothy 1:6-7; Galatians 5:22-23 (Read by Bob Martin) Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcrip...

Join us as Pastor Carter continues his sermon series "Fruits of the Spirit", focusing this week on Peace. Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

Who has been an example of courage in your life?  What have you learned from their example? Reflect on this question as you go about your day, and join us as Pastor Carter Lester preaches a Sermon entitled "The Fruits of the Spirit: Courage". Due to some technical glitches on Sunday, we were unable to capture all of the Scripture readings. If you'd like, take a moment to read through Joshua 1...

Why do you call First Presbyterian Church of Allentown home? Reflect on this question as you go about your day, and join us as Pastor Taylor Hall preaches a Sermon for our "Fall Kick-off" worship service held on September 8, 2024, entitled "Welcome Home!" Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, pleas...

How have you seen God at work through your "work?" Reflect on this question as you go about your day, and join us as 6 of our members shared stories of " How have they have saught to serve God in their work? ", and " How have they seen God at work in their work? ". So come along as Kim Ceccatti, Andy Baranek, Dr. Laura Furge, Dr. Treasure Walker, Joel Hurley, and Kristi Smith share their stories o...

What in God's creation leaves you with wonder and awe? What does that teach you about God? Reflect on this question as you go about your day, and join us as Pastor Carter Lester preaches a Sermon entitled "Wonder and Awe". Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Psalm 104: 1, 14-24; Matthew 6:25-34 (Read by Erica Simmons); and a portion of Psalm 8 (as part of the ser...

Join us as Pastor Carter Lester preaches a Sermon entitled "Putting on the Clothes of Kindness", during our Imago Dei worship service on August 18, 2024. Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Colossians 3:12-17 & Matthew 11:28-30 (Read by Kim Ceccatti) and ending with a Litany of Affirmation following the sermon. (led by Lois Hensler) Join us Sunday morning's i...

Join us as Pastor Taylor Hall preaches a Sermon entitled "Bread for the Journey". As you go about your day, think on this: Think of someone who could use a word of encouragement or a small act of kindness. Intentionally reach out to that person this week and offer them "bread" for the journey. Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: 1 Kings 19:4-8; John 6:35, 41-51;...

Join us as Pastor Carter Lester preaches a Sermon entitled "What Is It?". As you go about your day, think on this: How have you received "manna," or daily bread, when you were struggling in a wilderness? Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 and John 6:24-35 (Read by Margaret Metzgar) Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallent...

Join us as guest preacher and church member Janine Carambot Santoro preaches a Sermon entitled "Divine Wisdom for a Hungry World". As well as a our Children's Sermon from Pastor Taylor featuring "Jesus Feeds the 5000" from the Spark Story Bible. And, as you go about your day, think on this: In what ways has the idea of scarcity prevented us from sharing what we have with others – whether that be o...

Join us as Pastor Taylor Hall preaches a Sermon entitled "No More Walls". As you go about your day, think on this: What dividing walls can you focus on tearing down in this season of your life? Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Ephesians 2:11-22 and Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 (Read by Bob Martin) Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sun...

Join us as Pastor Carter Lester preaches a Sermon entitled "A Prayer for All of Us". As you go about your day, think on this: What words in Paul's prayer for us are words we especially need to hear and hold on to?  What gets in the way of us recognizing the length, breadth, and depth of God's love for us - or for others? Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: M...

Join us as Pastor Carter Lester preaches a Sermon entitled "A Thorn in the Flesh". Some key takeaways from this sermon include: Whatever Paul’s thorn in the flesh might have been, most of us have had a thorn in the flesh in our lives. Fear and loneliness, confusion and doubt, physical pain, emotional heartache, or some form of disability – they are all part of the human condition, even for Ch...

Join us as guest preacher and friend of the church Rev Susan Gilbert Zencka preaches a Sermon entitled "On the Edge of Despair and Hope". Some key takeaways from this sermon include: “Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up.” -- David W. Orr God doesn’t expect us to do what we can’t do, but God does expect us to do what we can—and that makes a difference.  Our actions matter—they are votes...

Join us as Pastor Carters preaches a Sermon entitled "Let Us Go Across to the Other Side". As you go about your day, think on this: Think about a time of change when you had to "go to the other side." How did you experience God's presence in the midst of that transition? Were you able to recognize that Jesus was in the boat with you? Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture rea...

Join us as long-time FPCA Member Pam Weiss preaches a Sermon entitled "Get Up and Walk the Talk". Some key takeaways from this sermon include: Stop thinking that you don’t matter. Get up and walk. You do matter, and it is through Jesus that you can now know the love and mercy of God that offers healing and wellness, and a new life. Stop thinking that you don’t matter. Get up and walk. You do matte...

Join us as Pastor Taylor preaches a Sermon entitled "Naked in Shame / Clothed with Grace" . Some key takeaways from this sermon include: But God asks the two, “ Who told you that you were naked? ” Not why! But “ Who told you? ” Because God knew the two were always naked. They were created naked. And God and humankind felt no shame in their nakedness because humans were created in the image of God,...

Join us as Pastor Kathryn preaches a Sermon entitled "An Amazing Inclusive Truth". Some key takeaways from this sermon include: "If I ever saw a title that summarized the bible in two words, I think LOVE WINS would be those two."  "Peter, the Apostle, might have thought that God changed God's mind about the Jewish law; when in fact, God changed Peter's mind about it." "The Amazing Inclusive Truth...

Join us for this last week's sermon, preached by Pastor Carter, entitled "The Geography of God". This sermon was preached on May 26, 2024 at First Presbyterian Church of Allentown at our 11:00am Worship Service in the Sanctuary. [0:20] - Scripture Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8, Romans 8:12-17; 26-27 (Linda Boyle) [3:35] - Sermon: " The Geography of God" (Rev. Dr. Carter Lester) Join us Sunday morning's i...

This Pentecost, we heard God's word in 3 languages, as well as a special treat from our youth. Join as we celebrate the birthday of the Church. [0:20] - Prayer for Illumination & Scripture Reading (Bob Martin, Afaf Khoury, and Abraham PaCawi) [4:15] - Faith Formation Class sings "Thanks God!" [6:20] - Sermon Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship fo...

Pastor Taylor and the youth of FPC Allentown led worship on May 12, 2024. Check out the sermons & children's sermon here, but we also encourage you to watch both services over on YouTube if you missed them: [0:20] - Prayer for Illumination & Scripture Reading (Lexie Simmons) [1:55] - Children's Sermon (Pastor Taylor) [11:22] - Tommy Gilchrist's Sermon [16:39] - Sophia Sciarrino's Sermon Jo...

Tune in to this last week's sermon as Pastor Carter preaches about "The Dreaded 'J' Word". What is the J-word? Listen to find out! Scripture Readings: Psalm 98, John 15:9-17 Liturgist: Bruce Gunn Preacher: Rev. Dr. Carter Lester The sermon was preached on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at First Presbyterian Church of Allentown during our 11:00am service in the Sanctuary. Join us Sunday morning's in person or...