Two weeks ago I said that I would be sharing a song each week that helps focus us on Advent and the different Advents in our lives and in the world. How I’d like us to go about these devotionals is for us to listen to the song I present each week at least two...
Last week, I said that I would be sharing a song each week that helps focus us on Advent and the different Advents in our lives and in the world. How I’d like us to go about these devotionals is for us to listen to the song I present each week at least two...
Every year my sister sends me this meme or a version of it on Facebook. She alternatively titles it “TC’s approach to Advent and Lindsey’s approach to Advent”. I’m clearly Will Ferrell’s Elf and she is the King...
This week begins the most overlooked holiday in the Holiday Season, Thanksgiving. If you were to only look at store trends and listen to popular radio, you would think that after Halloween there was only Christmas, with a random holiday celebrating Capitalism in there...
“13 Jesus went out again beside the sea; the whole crowd gathered around him, and he taught them. 14 As he was walking along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed...
May 1, 12:10pm | Christopher Urban, organ
Our final noontime recital of the 2023-2024 season. Chris will focus on music of spring
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May 1, 12:10pm | Christopher Urban, organ
Our final noontime recital of the 2023-2024 season. Chris will focus on music of spring and rebirth from the hymn tune All Things Bright and Beautiful to Edvard Grieg’s The Last Spring. A celebration of the new life and rebirth the season offers.
Child care is provided for 4:00 pm concerts by calling the office for a reservation (no later than four days in advance). All concerts livestreamed at firstpresah.org
FULL PROGRAM
Come Sweet Death
J. S. Bach, arr. Virgil Fox
Morning Has Broken
arr. Ron Boud
Spring
Antonio Vivaldi
All Things Bright and Beautiful
arr. Albert Travis
Fairest Lord Jesus
arr. Frederick Swann
The Last Spring
Edvard Grieg
This Is My Father’s World
arr. Jason Payne
How Great Thou Art
arr. Mark Thallander
Time
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 12:00 pm 12:00pm(GMT-05:00)
May 5 | 9:30am – 10:30am | Chapel
All families interested in scheduling a baptism and those who would like to learn
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May 5 | 9:30am – 10:30am | Chapel
All families interested in scheduling a baptism and those who would like to learn more about baptism in the Presbyterian Church should plan to attend this info session led by Revs. Anderson, Gorsky & Sherwood. All are welcome to stay after to attend the Children’s Musical, too!
Wednesday, May 8, 7:00pm
Our next God’s Honest Truth will be on the theme Untold: Hidden Stories from Our Past. We are looking for your
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Wednesday, May 8, 7:00pm
Our next God’s Honest Truth will be on the theme Untold: Hidden Stories from Our Past. We are looking for your own personal untold stories that have had a significant impact on your life. Please contact Rev. Rebekah Anderson with your story or talk to her at church. If you aren’t telling a story, plan to attend to support and hear the amazing stories from our congregation.
Come join PW’s Traditional Salad Luncheon on Wednesday, May 15, at 12:00 pm in Fellowship Hall. After lunch, we have an exciting program for you. One of our
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Come join PW’s Traditional Salad Luncheon on Wednesday, May 15, at 12:00 pm in Fellowship Hall. After lunch, we have an exciting program for you. One of our own local cafés, Gerry’s Café, will be letting us know how they got started and how they provide opportunities for adults with disabilities. Co-founders Natalie Griffin and Amy Philpott will be telling us the history of this awesome café and where it is going in the future. This event is open to everyone in the congregation.
Time
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 12:00 pm 12:00pm(GMT-05:00)
On Thursday, June 20, at 7:00 pm, please join Kim Hogan in the Parlor for a discussion of His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power
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On Thursday, June 20, at 7:00 pm, please join Kim Hogan in the Parlor for a discussion of His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope. Civil rights icon and U.S congressman John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma, Alabama, and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, was a visionary and a man of faith. Drawing on decades of wide- ranging interviews with Lewis, Jon Meacham writes of how this great-grandson of a slave and son of an Alabama tenant farmer was inspired by the Bible and his teachers in nonviolence.
Time
Thursday, June 20, 2024 7:00 pm 7:00pm(GMT-05:00)
Location
First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights - The Parlor