Category: First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen
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“Walking in the Light”
Theme: We know that Christ is our salvation – we await his coming in Advent in memory and in anticipation of new things – new hope and new life – not as a forgotten people, but as a grateful one. Isaiah 2:1-5 (NRSV): The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.…
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“The Big Rebuild”
Theme: God calls us to rebuild and renew our worship place, our connection to God, our very lives, for a better today, and grants us God’s promise for a better tomorrow. Haggai 2:1-9 (NRSV): In the second year of King Darius,in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the…
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“World Series Redemption”
Theme: Even the most down and out among us can turn our lives around and find redemption, a second chance at life, through Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4; 11-12 (NRSV): Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from…
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“A Letter to My Son”
Theme: The grace and strength of Christ becomes most apparent, and experienced most fully, in the depths of human weakness, vulnerability, and suffering. 2 Timothy 4:6-8; 16-18 (NRSV): As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I…
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“The Prayer Paradox”
Theme: The paradox of prayer is that prayer changes us through the Spirit’s work of bringing our purposes closer to God’s, as unexpected as they might be. Luke 18:1-8 (NRSV): Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was…
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“Hope for a New Generation”
Theme: We are reminded to rekindle the treasure of faith within us – so that we might be strengthened to accomplish extraordinary good for the world. 2 Timothy 1:1-14 (NRSV): Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, To…
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“Field of Dreams”
Theme: We can have hope in the future because we put our faith in God, through Jesus Christ: a God who keeps God’s promises – and has promised us a peaceful future, a life of abundance, and steadfast love – even in face of the challenges of our day. Jeremiah 32:1-15 (NRSV): The word that…
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“Hope as a Healing Balm”
Theme: All is not lost, even when our world seems to be – we can live on hope, if we can trust in God, and set our sights on the promised future ahead. Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 (NRSV): My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick. Hark, the cry of my poor people…
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“Lost, Found, and Forgiven”
Theme: We all get lost sometimes, living lives as saints and sinners at once, so loved by God that we are chased down by God’s loving grace – so we might become the best people we can be, as God intended, as God would have it, and God patiently awaits our homecoming with just that…
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“Mother Love”
Theme: God is our Creator, whose maternal love for us is abundant and never-ending, beyond belief and beyond escaping. Psalm 139:1-6; 13-18 (NRSV): To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.…
Ellen Clark Clemot 