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Welcome to the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana! We believe that everyone who enters these doors is God’s guest. This is a safe place, to search for and find God, to ask questions along with others who know that the life of faith is not about having all the answers, and to open doors to paths that might be familiar and some that might be entirely new. Read more …
PCUSA News
- Jihyun Oh named director of Mid Council MinistriesNew job begins July 1 June 18, 2019 Rick Jones | Office of the General Assembly LOUISVILLE A familiar face in the Office of the General Assembly is taking on the leadership role in Mid Council Ministries. Jihyun Oh, who currently serves as the OGA manager of call process support and teaching elder ministries, has been […]
- A dozen 1001 New Worshiping Communities awarded Mission Program GrantsJune 18, 2019 The Presbyterian Mission Agency approved 12 Mission Program Grants to worshiping communities during its latest grant cycle. Among them are eight $7,500 seed grants to help an assortment of 1001 new worshiping communities get started in various presbyteries across the country.
- Ghost Ranch chooses next executive directorJune 18, 2019 Paul Fogg’s next post in the Presbyterian camp and conference center world comes with a strong sense of call.
- Mission Toolkit: The ties that bind usJune 18, 2019 Imagine a set of strings lying across a table, each one a different and vibrant color. Individually, the strings are beautiful — they are bright red, golden yellow, vivid green, chocolate brown, royal purple. Each has a different thickness, weight and texture; each was created in a different place, by different hands. […]
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Malawi, Zambia — World Council of Churches
Oh God, our Father, of all the people of the earth, look with favour upon us and hear the prayer we make for our country Zambia. We ask for your loving guidance upon all men and women in all that they...
Church Softball Team News: Members of our congregation, together with several Mennonites and Baptists, form the Fighting Presbyters softball team. Come on out and cheer them on! Teens and adults of any gender can join the team by contacting David Bullock (dsbulloc@illinois.edu). Here’s the schedule for the remainder of the season:
Monday, June 17, 6:15 p.m. vs. Grace Church of Mahomet, Dodds, Field #1
Monday, June 24, 7:00 p.m. vs. First Christian Church, Dodds, Field #1
Monday, July 1, 9:00 p.m. vs. Christ Community Church, Dodds, Field #4
Dodds Park is located next to Parkland College in Champaign.
Trinity Sunday - June 16, 2019
Bible Study – 8:15 a.m.
Worship – 9:30 a.m.
Childcare is available for infants through preschool age, downstairs in Rooms 4 and 5 for morning and evening services
Fellowship Time – after worship
Photo: “Wisdom,” by Robert Lewis Reid, in the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Trinity Sunday marks the grand transition from Eastertide to Ordinary Time. To launch us into common time properly oriented, the readings for this Sunday remind us of the awesome work of the three persons of the Trinity. God creates. Jesus saves. The Holy Spirit speaks. Jesus promised that an Advocate would come after his death, resurrection and ascension. What we see in these readings is how that Advocate, the Holy Spirit, is the same Spirit that was present with God at creation. The Spirit is the spirit of wisdom. Proverbs rehearses all that Wisdom has seen and all of the places it has been. We come away with the assurance that Wisdom has seen everything and been everywhere. Thus, the wisdom the Holy Spirit offers freely can be trusted completely. All we have to do is pay attention, listen, and then live as wisdom suggests. Join us on Sunday as we celebrate the saving wonder of the Trinity.
Pastor David
