On July 6, Jill Patterson Tolbert joins us as the Minister for Congregational Life at OPC! Jill graduated from Mercer University in 1988 with a BA in Psychology and Human Development and Services. After graduation, she obtained her state teaching certificate and worked at her first vocational calling, teaching middle school math, for five years. She married her husband [...]
Marthame Sanders (Marthame’s sermons and other reflections are also available on his blog) Luke 9:51-62 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 In today’s lesson, we see the transfer of power from Elijah to Elisha. Elijah is modeled on Moses: both flee into the wilderness in fear where their call is clarified; both are able to part the [...]
Marthame: Tiffany, so much has happened in the three years that you’ve been with us that it is hard for me to believe that it has been such a short time. Then again, Jesus’ ministry was only three years. But don’t worry—I don’t think a trial or a cross awaits you today. Instead, we want [...]
(the service didn’t get recorded this week. sorry. But here’s a bonus special message from Marthame) Tiffany Kromer (Tiffany’s sermons and other reflections are also available on her blog) Luke 8:26-39 1 Kings 19:1-15 A few years ago, Tim and I visited my parents’ home in Kailua, Hawaii on the island of Oahu…my dad was stationed [...]
Marthame Sanders (Marthame’s sermons and other reflections are also available on his blog) Luke 7:36-8:3 I Kings 21:1-21 What’s in a name? I loved reading those “Stranger Than Fiction” type stories when I was a kid. One story I remember in particular was of Johnny Nevermissashot, a Lakota Sioux Native American descended from a heralded [...]
Marthame Sanders (Marthame’s sermons and other reflections are also available on his blog) Luke 17:11-17 I Kings 17:8-24 This morning we begin our series on the prophets. Even though we tend to think that prophets are people who can predict the future, that’s not so much the case. Instead, it is much more about seeing [...]