What love looks like – 1st John 5: 1-6
Thomas J Parlette “What love looks like” 1st John 5: 1-6 5/13/12, Mother’s Day Today is Mother’s Day. I hope I’m not catching anyone by surprise with that news. This is the Sunday when we remember how much our mothers mean to us. I think back over the years, I remember how much I’ve learned from my mother. My first lessons in religion were from...
Read MoreSimply Put – 1 John 4:7-21
Thomas J Parlette “Simply Put” 1 John 4: 7-21 5/6/12 Miroslav Volf, in an article that appeared in the Christian Century, called “Allah and the Trinity”, tells of an encounter with a Muslim religious leader. He writes: “In the fall of 2008, I got a chance to ask one of the Muslim world’s most prominent clerics, Sheikh Habib Ali al-Jifri, founder and director of...
Read MoreSunday Bulletins – May 2012
To ensure you can always view our worship service bulletin, First Presbyterian Church of Rochester archives all of its Sunday bulletins for your reflection and use. Below are the Sunday worship bulletins for May 2012. To view these Sunday worship bulletins, you will need Adobe Reader. If you do not have the software, you can download it by clicking here. May 13,2012 Sixth Sunday of Easter Rev....
Read MoreTrading the Blues for Hallelujahs – Mark 16: 1-7
Thomas J Parlette “Trading the Blues for Hallelujahs” Mark 16: 1-7 4/8/12, Easter Let me ask you a question. Does anyone here know how to sing the blues? I know that’s a pretty strange question for an Easter Sunday, but bear with me. Back at the turn of the 20th century, a new form of music came forth from the coal mines and cotton fields of the South. It was a sad,...
Read MoreA Little Humility Goes a Long Way – Phillipians 2: 5-11
Thomas J Parlette “A Little Humility Goes a Long Way” Phillipians 2: 5-11 4/01/12, Palm Sunday Palmer Destry had a great job. Palmer Destry had a great salary. What Palmer Destry did not have was a shred of humility. And that’s what led to his downfall. By day, Destry was a respected chemical engineer at a jet propulsion laboratory. But by night,...
Read MoreSunday Bulletins – April 2012
To ensure you can always view our worship service bulletin, First Presbyterian Church of Rochester archives all of its Sunday bulletins for your reflection and use. Below are the Sunday worship bulletins for April 2012. To view these Sunday worship bulletins, you will need Adobe Reader. If you do not have the software, you can download it by clicking here. April 29,2012 Fourth Sunday of...
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