Volume 31 | July 26, 2020

Greetings!

We hope this week's Evotional brings you all the news, information and insight you've been wanting. Please feel free to comment on or share your weekly message with friends, family and co-workers.

Service spotlight ....

Sunday, July 26, 2020
Rev. Dr. Mark McDonough

Please join us for our virtual service at 9:30 a.m.

To watch this service, click HERE !

And click here , to download the bulletin for this service.

With your help....

As the PNC moves forward in their search for our new pastor, we are trying to make our website informative and eye-catching.

We are in need of photos that you may have taken during recent events - especially youth events. If anyone has photos that were taken during the Noah's Ark Puppet Show, we would appreciate them.

If you have photos this or other events, please share them with Shelley via email , Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.

And your assignment for the week? Check out our website using the eyes of a visitor. What do you see that's missing? Are there typos? Remember, this is YOUR website .

Thank you!

In our prayers ....

  • Please pray for Bob & Mary Johnson, Sharon Campbell, Steve Simpson, Marilyn MacCaughey, Mary Lou Schuler, the Schaal family, Mary Eastman, Evelyn Vanderheyden, Bill Blandford, Kay Mahl, Mary Ralston, Louise Shapley, Don & Nancy Tobias, Marlene Wilson, Mary Jane Johnston, Larry & Ellen Cardwell.
  • Prayers for Elizabeth—mother of Amy Schaal, Jeff—nephew of John Reitsma, Jennifer—daughter of Jim & Georgia Hall, Meg—niece of Dennis & Nancy Reeser, Cindy, Chuck & Lynn—siblings & in-law of Ed Lehmann, Samantha—friend of First Presbyterian, Christi— friend of Music & More and our church, Kesney—granddaughter of Andy & Denise Park, Tim—brother-in-law of Sheila Lawrence, Mary—sister of Carrie Massey, Betty—grandmother of Jenny Humphrey & Jessica Smith, Charlie—niece of Carrie Massey & Kathi Wilson, Shawn—friend of Denise Park, Gillian and Ben—friends and former pastors of First Presbyterian, an unspoken prayer for spiritual healing.
  • Continued prayers for those serving—Col. Jay Brooke, Nicholas Hansen, Evan Humphreys, Mary Workman, Chad Lawrence, Jared Smith, Jordan Smith.
  • Thoughts, prayers and love for all those who have recently lost loved ones. May they know some peace and comfort.

Living our faith ...
Did you know that by volunteering a few hours each month YOU can make a positive impact on someone else’s life?

Our Food Pantry is in need of a few more volunteers. The Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

This would be a great experience for a high school student who needs to complete community hours for school.

If you’d like to make a difference, meet new people and are willing to work hard for a few hours each month, please contact LuAnn Hansen .
In the know ....

Chalk Talk's Team Seversen Strikes Again!

This time they visited the home of Bob & Mary Johnson.
These graphics will surely
help Bob & Mary heal fast!
Pause ....
The Invitation | Oriah Mountain Dreamer
 
It doesn’t matter what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for,
And if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
 
It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams,
for the adventure of being alive.
 
I want to know if you have touched the center of your sorrow,
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or
have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.
 
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own...
if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be
realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
 
I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty
when it is not pretty every day,
and if you can source your life from God’s presence...
 
It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair,
weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children.
It doesn’t interest me who you are, how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
 
Where to find us ....
To add a name to our prayer wall, listen to weekly lessons for online bible study, hear daily poetry on our podcast at First Pres Holy Post or to give online - click on the appropriate graphic above!