(April 1, 2020) Colossians 4:6 “Let your conversations be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Yesterday’s guidelines by our government officials have once again added new restrictions, and have extended the state of things through April. It seems the virus may peak in our area closer [...]
(March 31, 2020) Luke 5:16 “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” From the moment we are born, we need care that is constant, stable and dependable. When mixed messages are sent by our caregivers, it is easy to lose a sense of safety. Life becomes confusing, and we begin to unconsciously internalize [...]
(March 28, 2020) Psalm 23:1 A Psalm of David. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” While many of the Psalms might very well be unfamiliar to us and blend together nebulously in our minds, Psalm 23 tends to be the exception. We may be more than familiar with it; this may be the [...]
(March 27, 2020) Genesis 2:15 “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden, to work it and take care of it.” In the beginning, God made the man and Eve. He made a special place in which they could live together. There was no anxiety, no hurting, no loneliness, no [...]
(March 26, 2020) Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” In our lives, we have too much. We struggle not to eat too much, not to overload our lives with business, not too fill our lives with too many things. Unconsciously, we often seek comfort in [...]
(March 25. 2020) See I Peter 1:1-2 “To God’s elect, strangers in the world… who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.” I Peter 1 is beautiful. [...]
(March 24, 2020) From Matthew 10: “…do not worry about what to say or how to say it. …you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” The more restrictions that are placed on social gatherings, the more people will be [...]
(March 23, 2020) Psalm 147:11 “The Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.” The practice of spending time with the Lord in the morning brings steadiness. It helps reorient our lives and attune our hearts to the Truth. With all the changes and challenges of this season that we [...]
Women's Retreat All Women In Ministry at First Presbyterian Church in Florence are invited to a fellowship and fun retreat at Black Water Farms on Saturday, February 29, 9 am to 2 pm. Black Water Farms is a beautiful privately owned farm in Florence County. It's not too far, but just far enough to enjoy the [...]
Women in Ministry will be gathering items in January for “Cold Weather Bags” in support of the House of Hope’s ministry to the homeless. Items for the bags include: hand warmers, packets of hot chocolate/instant coffee/Ramen noodles, bottles of water, socks, gloves, toboggan beanies, and hand sanitizer. There is a box in the Welcome Center for [...]