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April 1, 2020 Lenten Service Podcast

Posted by Deb Zorn on April 1, 2020

Join in worship through our April 1st, 2020 Lenten Podcast by clicking for the PODCAST, and the BULLETIN. 

Join us in the Palm Sunday Processional by sending a photo to dzorn@fdlpresbyterian.org of you and your family processing. Palm’s may be picked up in front of the church doors or just substitute your own. Photos and other images will be made a part of the service for Sunday.

Check out our website www.fdlpresbyterian.org for our Sunday morning video worship service on YouTube. 

03/08/2020 Second Sunday of Lent

Posted by Deb Zorn on March 9, 2020

Sermon:                       God’s Call to a New Place

Theme:            We are called to a new, better life of wholeness, healthy relationships, love, and peace.

Purpose:          We will commit to changes that will open us to new possibilities of relationship with God and others.

Scriptures:       Genesis 12:1-4 God calls Abram to leave behind his family and home to a new land that God will show him.

                        John 3:1-17     Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus the Pharisee at night.

Questions:

What do we need to be willing to leave behind in order to move to a healthier place in our faith and relationship with God? What does it mean for us to be “Born from above” and how do we participate with God in our rebirth? In what ways is Nicodemus’ question “how can a person be reborn when they have grown old” describe our own sense of being unable to change? How do we open ourselves to the “water” and the “Spirit” to act in our lives in a new way? What is the difference between being faithful and being transformed by the power of God’s Holy Spirit?

Click HERE to listen to the message.

03/01/2020 Communion Sunday, First Sunday of Lent.

Posted by Deb Zorn on March 2, 2020

Sermon:           Our Problem

Theme:            We are people who are mired in sin and unable to overcome our weakness.

Purpose:          We will understand our need for submission to God.

Scriptures:       Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7            God’s commandment to not eat of the fruit of the knowledge of Good and Evil.

                        Matthew 4:1-11          Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness by the devil.

Questions:

What role does temptation and trial play in our process of sorting out our priorities? How is it that we come to examine what we truly believe rather than the things we wish we believed? What is the path we need to walk in order to come to a place where we are able to be authentic in our faith? What causes people to be more focused on their own will and desires rather than on what would truly be fulfilling and joyful?

Click HERE to listen to the message.

03/22/2020 Fourth Sunday of Lent Podcast

Posted by Deb Zorn on February 29, 2020

Sermon:           Choosing the Light

Theme:            We choose to listen to God’s direction and gifts rather than return to our need for control or comfort.

Purpose:          The congregation will renew their commitment to listening to God’s call upon their lives.

Scriptures:       Ephesians 5:8-14         Be people of the light, take no part in the works of darkness.

                        John 9:1-41     Jesus heals a man born blind, the conflict with the Pharisees who cannot accept the healing.

Questions:

What is blinding us from seeing the possibilities of God’s presence and power in the world around us? In what ways do we miss God’s grace and power because of our perceptions and judgments? How do we release our need for control and our false over confidence in order to see God’s movement in the world around us? What do we need to do in order to be part of God’s light coming into the world, rather than to be locked in our own limited points of view?

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Click HERE for the bulletin.

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