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Grow, Care, Share of Faith
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: How does one explain faith to a person who has little or no faith? How do you help them understand faith and why it is so important? With this, we must consider how we create and grow faith, how and why we care for it, and...
In Memoriam: Barbara K. Lantz
Beloved TPC member Barbara K. Lantz entered the Church Triumphant on Aug. 2, 2017. Barbara K. Lantz was born March 13, 1937, in Baltimore, MD, the daughter of Wilton and Pauline Jones. Barbara was a lifelong educator. She spent most of her career teaching in Seminole...
Where is God in all the Pain and Suffering?
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: Where is God in all the pain and suffering? Is God with us? Does God help us? Or are we left to fend for ourselves? Suffering is a sad fact and part of life, ever since the entrance of sin into the world with Adam and Eve....
Support our Kitchen Renovation
The renovation of our church kitchen is nearing completion and we are excited about having a new facility where we can serve our congregation and community. We have been blessed with an abundance of contributions, including project management, labor, equipment and...
Stained Glass of the Sanctuary
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: People are fascinated by the beautiful stained glass windows in our sanctuary. The first stained glass window installed in our sanctuary was made in 1995 and is located directly behind where the choir sits during the 11 a.m....
Mission Trip Report – July 2017
Report from our mission team as they serve others and share the love of Christ in Westmoreland, TN: Sunday, July 16 The team was commissioned during the 9 a.m. worship service then piled into a five-vehicle caravan to drive to Westmoreland. They ran into some bad...
Finding Contentment
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: This was not a question but a statement. How "little" can be so much when you are happy. How can we find happiness? It beings with contentment. “Your way of life should be free from the love of money, and you should be content...
Water, Baptism, and Reformed Theology
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: Why do some churches perform water immersion baptism while others just do the “sprinkling” on the forehead or head? Is there a theological reason for choosing the method of baptism? Let’s break this down into three parts: Why...
Jesus’ Role in Getting to God
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: Why do we have to go through a man (Jesus) to get to God? We should be able to go straight to God and not through Jesus first. Before Jesus, there was already a line of communication with God. But God realized it wasn’t...
What and When to Fear
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: What does it mean to “fear God”? Are we to be afraid of Him? Fear is very real and it is often psychologically and physically stronger than we may even realize. Sometimes fear grows out of respect. When we genuinely respect...
Closer through Hardships
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: Does God give us tests (hardships or sufferings) to pull us closer in a relationship with Him? In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he writes that we should “Take pride in our problems, because we know that trouble produces...
Why We Read from Both the Old and New Testaments Each Sunday
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: Why do we read passages from both the Old and New Testaments each Sunday during worship? First of all, it allows people to get exposure to greater portions of the Bible. If I were to read only one passage per Sunday, that...