![]() We invite them to worship services, to Sunday school, to special events, and to all those events in the life of the congregation that form us as a people. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise." Deuteronomy 11:18-19Ĭhildren are welcomed into First Presbyterian Church at any age. "You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead. The minister charges the people to love God and neighbor and to receive God's love in gratitude so they may reflect that love in all they do in their life within and outside the church setting. The pastor seeks to lead the people in prayers for health and wholeness to unify the people in their listening for God's call and to establish with the people in God's name a climate of love, hospitality, generosity, inclusiveness, and service in and outside the congregation. The pastor prays for and with the people. The minister loves the people and challenges them to live into the calling of Christ to be the Body of Christ, with every person offering his or her unique gift to the work of the Body. Pastoral ministry at First Presbyterian looks to God in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit in all acts of leadership of the people. ![]() The minister strives to preach the true Word of God and to minister the Sacraments of the Lord's Supper and Baptism in the manner consistent with the teaching of Jesus Christ in Holy Scripture. ![]() The pastoral ministry at First Presbyterian Church is led by the minister, who is pastor, preacher, teacher, and guide in the name of Jesus Christ, Head of the Church. ![]() "But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body's growth in building itself up in love." Ephesians 4:15-16 ![]()
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