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Easter Sunday, April 9th, 2023 - "Seeking: Who are You Looking For?"

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Watch the Sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Seeking: Who Are You Looking For?” Rev. Amy Morgan April 9, 2023 Jeremiah 31:1-6   At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 2 Thus says the Lord: The people who survived the sword    found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, 3   the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love;    therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. 4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built,    O virgin Israel! Again you shall take your tambourines,    and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers. 5 Again you shall plant vineyards    on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant,    and shall enjoy the fruit. 6 For there shall be a day when sentinels will call    in the hill country of Ephraim: ‘Come, let us go up to Zion,    to the Lord our God.’ John 20:1-18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark,

Sunday, April 2nd, Palm/Passion Sunday - "Seeking: Where are you headed?"

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  Watch the sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Seeking: Where Are You Headed?” Rev. Amy Morgan April 2, 2023 Philippians 2:5-11   Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God,    did not regard equality with God    as something to be exploited, but emptied himself,    taking the form of a slave,    being born in human likeness. And being found in human form,    he humbled himself    and became obedient to the point of death—    even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him    and gave him the name    that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus    every knee should bend,    in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess    that Jesus Christ is Lord,    to the glory of God the Father. Matthew 21:1-11 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately