Sermons
October 22, 2023 – Financial Stewardship
October 22, 2023 First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Rev. Steve Nofel Romans 12:1-13 Matthew 22:15-22 Jesus is absolutely right when he calls these Pharisees and Herodians out as hypocrites. These…
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October 15, 2023 Sermon – Truth or Consequences
Rev. Rhonda Cooper First & Franklin Presbyterian Church October 15, 2023 Philippians 4:1-9 John 13:34-35 I have learned from the newspapers that we as Americans have a First Amendment right…
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August 27, 2023 Sermon: Who Do You Say that I Am?
Rev. Steve Nofel First & Franklin Street Presbyterian Church August 27, 2023 Romans 12:1-2 Mark 8:27-35 At exactly the half-way point of the Gospel of Mark – to the verse,…
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June 25, 2023 Sermon: Fear Not!
Rev. Steve Nofel First & Franklin Street Presbyterian Church June 25, 2023 Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 Matthew 10:24-39 As we get to know each other, you will come to…
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June 18, 2023 Sermon: What Kind of Harvest
Dorothy Churn LaPenta First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church June 18, 2023 Exodus 19: 2-8 Matthew 9:35-10:8 There’s a lot going on- as if you didn’t know. Yes, it is…
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April 2, 2023 Sermon: Of The Same Mind
Dorothy Churn LaPenta First and Franklin Presbyterian Church Palm Sunday April 2, 2023 Philippians 2: 5-11 We’re beginning to hear echoes of resurrection. Maybe you have heard the choir practicing. …
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March 12, 2023 Sermon: The Water Locks of Life
By Rev. Renee Mackey I fulfilled one of my dreams a few months ago and went part-way through the Panama Canal ending in Gatun Lake and then exiting through the…
Read More“Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety”
“Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety” February 21, 2021 — First Sunday in Lent First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Rev. Jack Hodges The Prayer for Understanding: The Witness…
Read MoreChicken Necks and Lifting Weights: God’s Radical Kingdom
“Chicken Necks and Lifting Weights: God’s Radical Kingdom” Psalm 62: 5-12 Mark 1:14-20 Rev. Kate Foster First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Sunday, January 24, 2021 My senior year of high…
Read MoreFitting In
Dorothy Churn LaPenta First and Franklin Presbyterian Church – January 10, 2021 Mark 1: 4-11 Acts 19:1-7 FITTING IN There was a difference between John’s baptism and Jesus’ baptism. John’s…
Read MoreOde to a Shepherd
“Ode to a Shepherd” – Rev. Rhonda S. Cooper – November 22, 2020 Ezekiel 34:11-16, Matthew 25.31-40, 41-46 Jesus was well aware of both the Psalms and the Prophets, having…
Read MoreThe Risk-Free Option
The Risk-Free Option Matthew 25:14-30 Stephen Hollaway Sunday, November 15, 2020 This story used to frighten me more than all the other judgment parables combined. When I was in college…
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