Category: First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen
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“Follow Me, Friends!”
Theme: Jesus calls us to follow him – he calls us as God – and we respond as God’s children. Mark 1:14-20 (NRSV): Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe…
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“Prepare The Way!”
Theme: Jesus is among us today in our baptism. Mark 1:1-11 (NRSV): The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one crying out in the wilderness:…
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“Appearances of Grace”
Theme: Appearances matter. God shows up in our lives often – not just on Christmas Day. Titus 2:11-14 (NRSV): For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait…
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“Celebrate Him Home”
Theme: In Advent we prepare for the homecoming of Christ, into our hearts and back into our lives – and in preparing, we find our own way back home to God. Isaiah 40:1-11 (NRSV): Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to herthat she has served her term,…
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“In God’s Hands”
Theme: Advent is a time of expectant waiting for God to come among us. Our hope in our uncertain time is for advent of God who remembers us, even in our forgetfulness of God, and comes among us with the power to save. Isaiah 64:1-9 (NRSV): O that you would tear open the heavens and come…
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“Going All In”
Theme: Pledging our lives to Jesus is taking a great risk, but brings even greater rewards. Matthew 25:14-30 (NRSV): ‘For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to…
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“500 Years – One Big Idea”
Theme: Celebrating Reformation Sunday, we give thanks for God’s love and freedom. Matthew 22:34-40 (NRSV): When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘…
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“Giving Your All”
Theme: We are given many blessings, but called to give our all to God. Matthew 22:15-22 (NRSV): Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God…
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“Joyful Giving”
Theme: We rejoice in gratitude for God’s generous gifts to us, inspiring our own generous giving. Philippians 4:4-9 (NRSV): Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let…
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“Together at the Table”
Theme: The connection between what we do and what we say, reveals who we are. Matthew 21:28-32 (NRSV): ‘What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, “Son, go and work in the vineyard today.” He answered, “I will not”; but later he changed his mind and went.…
Ellen Clark Clemot 