First Presbyterian Church, Sterling IL

Welcome to First Presbyterian Sterling Online! Visit past services at firstonsecond.blogspot.com . Click here for an automatic playlist that plays this week's videos. (Click "Play All.") God’s People Gather *Welcome with Christina *Prelude with Amy Prelude Pondering Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. --Martin Luther King, Jr. *Call to Worship (Romans 6, Matthew 10) with Emmett Leader: In our baptism, we are united with Christ. People: So that we may walk in newness of life! Leader: We are no longer servants of the world, People: but servants of our living Christ! Leader: We have been set free! People: And we walk in the light of the Lord! ALL: Let us worship God! *Opening Song - Morning Has Broken *Call to Confession, Prayer of Confession, and Assurance of P...

Welcome to First Presbyterian Sterling Online! Visit past services at firstonsecond.blogspot.com . Click here for an automatic playlist that plays this week's videos. (Click "Play All.") God’s People Gather *Welcome with Christina *Prelude with Amy Prelude Pondering “What kills a soul? Exhaustion, secret keeping, image management. And what brings a soul back from the dead? Honesty, connection, grace” ― Shauna Niequist, author, Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living *Call to Worship (Romans 6, Matthew 10) with Mary Jo Leader: In our baptism, we are united with Christ. People: So that we may walk in newness of life! Leader: We are no longer servants of the world, People: but servants of our living Christ! Leader: We have been set free! People: And we walk in the light of the Lord! ALL: Let us worship God! *Opening Song - Would I Have Answered When You Called *Call to Confe...

  Welcome to First Presbyterian Sterling Online! Visit past services at firstonsecond.blogspot.com. Click here for an automatic playlist that plays this week's videos. (Click "Play All.") God’s People Gather  *Welcome with Christina *Prelude with Amy Prelude Pondering “When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym *Call to Worship (Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19) - with Kayla, Mike, & Brayden Leader: Let us join our words with the words of the Psalmist, as we are gathered to worship. We gather to worship in gratitude and love for God. People: Because God has heard our cries for mercy; God listens carefully to ...

Welcome to First Presbyterian Online! Visit past services at firstonsecond.blogspot.com . Click here for an automatic playlist that plays this week's videos. (Click "Play All.") God’s People Gather *Prelude with Amy Prelude Pondering Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into the divine communion. One cannot, however, have a self-enclosed communion with the Triune God- a "foursome," as it were-- for the Christian God is not a private deity. Communion with this God is at once also communion with those others who have entrusted themselves in faith to the same God. Hence one and the same act of faith places a person into a new relationship both with God and with all others who stand in communion with God.” ― Miroslav Volf, After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity *Welcome with Christina *Call to Worship with Toni & Diana Leader: We a...