February 28, 2020 Rev. Deborah Church Worley Early last week, I was telling a friend about our upcoming Ash Wednesday service. Having grown up Congregationalist, she said, “Ash Wednesday? Isn’t that a Catholic thing? When did Protestants start celebrating Ash Wednesday? I don’t even remember knowing what Lent was growing up, let alone celebrating AshContinue reading “Why “do” Lent?”
Monthly Archives: February 2020
“Lent: Leave the Selfie Stick at the Door”
Isaiah 58:1-12, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Rev. Deborah Church Worley Ash Wednesday – February 26, 2020 White Rock Presbyterian Church Does anyone know what this is? (selfie stick) It’s a selfie stick. I don’t know about you, but I hate taking selfies! I don’t know how to get a good angle! (can you really get aContinue reading ““Lent: Leave the Selfie Stick at the Door””
“Choose Life!”
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Matthew 5:21-37 Rev. Deborah Church Worley February 16, 2020 White Rock Presbyterian Church “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying him, andContinue reading ““Choose Life!””
“Does What We Do Here Matter?”
Isaiah 58:1-12 Rev. Deborah Church Worley February 9, 2020 White Rock Presbyterian Church “Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw nearContinue reading ““Does What We Do Here Matter?””
“Blessed By Hard Battles”
Matthew 5:1-12 Rev. Deborah Church Worley February 2, 2020 White Rock Presbyterian Church When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Continue reading ““Blessed By Hard Battles””
Rev. Deborah Beloved Church (aka "Pastor Deb") 