Category: Smithtown First Presbyterian Church
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“Saying Goodbye to Begin Anew”
Theme: Being a ‘new creation’ in Christ is about how we behave, with every day a new beginning. 2 Cor. 5:14-17 (NRSV): For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might…
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“God’s Garden Stroll”
Theme: God created us to love and be loved back – let nothing stand in the way. Genesis 3: 8-15 (NRSV): They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God…
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“Best Friends Forever”
Theme: We are invited to abide in God’s love and Jesus sets us the example of how. John 15:9-17 (NRSV): As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and…
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“Called to Witness”
Theme: Christ opens our eyes to his presence in our lives and invites to go out into the world as witnesses to his love, ministering in his name to spread the message of hope. Luke 24:36b-48 (NRSV): While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with…
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“A Meal to Remember”
Theme: God liberates us after a hurried meal in a foreign land, and forgives us through a feast with Christ . Exodus 12:1-7; 11-14 (NRSV): The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the…
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“Mother God”
Theme: God, our Creator, loves us abundantly and without end, like the mother who will not forsake her nursing child and the father who welcomes the prodigal home. Psalm 139: 1-18 (NRSV): 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…
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“Lenten Promise”
Theme: In reconciling with God, we discover that even in the darkness of Lent we celebrate new life. 2 Cor. 5:20b-6:10 (NRSV): So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be…
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“Called to Make The Old World New – MLK Jr. Remembrance Sunday”
Theme: God calls us to follow Christ, an invitation to make the old world new, just as MLK did, by living lives of justice, love, and mercy. 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (NRSV): Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not…
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“Breaking News”
Theme: The Good News of the Birth of Jesus is reported by The Bethlehem Breaking News Team. Matthew 18:21-35 (NRSV): In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their…
Ellen Clark Clemot 