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     The First United Presbyterian Church of Loveland “I’ve Been Meaning to Ask: Where Do We Go From Here?” Rev. Amy Morgan August 22, 2021 Acts 10 In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as it was called. 2 He was a devout man who feared God with all his household; he gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God.   3 One afternoon at about three o'clock he had a vision in which he clearly saw an angel of God coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius." 4 He stared at him in terror and said, "What is it, Lord?" He answered, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.   5 Now send men to Joppa for a certain Simon who is called Peter; 6 he is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside."   7 When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his slaves and a devout soldier from the ranks of those who served him, 8 and after telling them everything, he ...

  The First United Presbyterian Church of Loveland “I’ve Been Meaning to Ask: Where Do We Go From Here?” Rev. Amy Morgan August 15, 2021 Ruth 1:1-22 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and two sons.   2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.   3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.   4 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years,   5 both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.   6 Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab, for she had hear...

  The First United Presbyterian Church of Loveland “I’ve Been Meaning to Ask: Where Does it Hurt?” Rev. Amy Morgan July 11, 2021 1 Samuel 1:1-18 There was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Elihu son of Tohu son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 Now this man used to go up year by year from his town to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the LORD. 4 On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters; 5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the LORD had closed her womb. 6 Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb. 7 So it went on year by year; as o...

  Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash The First United Presbyterian Church  July 4th, 2021  Rev. Amy Morgan Dual Citizenship: A Service of Readings and Hymns Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr wrote: "Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound uneasiness about our highest social values." As our nation celebrates today those social values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the values of freedom from tyranny and independence from oppressive power, we, as a church, pause this morning to feel the “profound uneasiness” that arises when true religion must reckon with how those social values interact with the inbreaking reign of God. This is not to say we should not celebrate or feel proud of our nation. We will give thanks for all the ways we see God’s liberating power at work in our nation and praise God for the blessings of our earthly citizenship. But th...

The First United Presbyterian Church of Loveland “I’ve Been Meaning to Ask: Where are You From?” Rev. Amy Morgan June 20, 2021 John 1:35-51 35 The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God!" 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.   38 When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"   39 He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.   40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated Anointed).   42 He brought Simon to Jesus, wh...