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Sunday, March 17th, 2024: "Waiting"

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Watch the sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Waiting” Rev. Amy Morgan March 17, 2024 Psalm 130 1 Out of the depths have I called to you, O GOD; GOD, hear my voice; * let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication. 2 If you, GOD, were to note what is done amiss, * O GOD, who could stand? 3 For there is forgiveness with you; * therefore you shall be feared. 4 I wait for GOD; my soul waits for GOD; * in GOD’s word is my hope. 5 My soul waits for GOD, more than sentries for the morning, * more than sentries for the morning. 6 O Israel, wait for GOD, * for with GOD there is mercy;   7 With GOD there is plenteous redemption, * and GOD shall redeem Israel from all their sins A month before my ninth birthday, the attention of the whole world was captured by an 18-month-old toddler named Jessica McClure. “Baby Jessica,” as she was quickly dubbed by the news media, had stumbled into a 22-foot well in Midland, TX. For days, it was all we heard about. CNN provided live coverag

Sunday, March 10th, 2024: "Tables"

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Watch the Sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Tables” Rev. Amy Morgan March 10, 2024 Psalm 23 1 GOD is my shepherd; *   I shall not be in want. 2 GOD makes me lie down in green pastures *   and leads me beside still waters. 3 GOD revives my soul *   and guides me along right pathways for their Name's sake. 4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; *   for you are with me;   your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You spread a table before me in the presence of my enemies; *   you have anointed my head with oil,   and my cup is running over. 6 Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days   of my life, *   and I will dwell in the house of GOD for ever. On October 27, 1962, an unarmed U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane was shot down over the island of Cuba. Thirteen days before, the same plane with the same pilot had confirmed the existence of Soviet missile sites just 90 miles from the American mainland, igniting what came

Sunday, March 3rd, 2024: "Blessing"

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Watch the Sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Blessing” Rev. Amy Morgan March 3, 2024 Psalm 63 1 O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; *   my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you,   as in a barren and dry land where there is no water. 2 Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place, *   that I might behold your power and your glory. 3 For your loving-kindness is better than life itself; *   my lips shall give you praise. 4 So will I bless you as long as I live *   and lift up my hands in your Name. 5 My soul is content, as with marrow and fatness, *   and my mouth praises you with joyful lips, 6 When I remember you upon my bed, *   and meditate on you in the night watches. 7 For you have been my helper, *   and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice. 8 My soul clings to you; *   your right hand holds me fast. 9 May those who seek my life to destroy it *   go down into the depths of the earth; 10 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword, *   and let t