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Reflections On Reading Through the Bible in a Year

Reflections On Reading Through the Bible in a Year: Gathering Together Around God’s Word By Rev. John DeBevoiseAugust 2022 Last fall, Will Wellman encouraged the pastors and the adult Faith Formation team to look at a church-wide journey of reading through the Bible in a year, accompanied by weekly classes reflecting on the readings, and…

Reaching Out to Suffering Ukrainians

by Marsha Rydberg, Witness & Service Committee Member at Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church, Tampa, Florida April 13, 2022 It has been a little more than a month since Russia launched its brutal offensive against Ukraine. One only need view any news outlet to see the devastation that has occurred. Thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, are…

Praying During Lent

by Rev. John DeBevoise On Wednesday, February 17th, the church enters the season of Lent, a time for increasing our attention to practices of Christian faith as a way of nurturing and strengthening our faith. Chronologically, Lent takes the faithful on the journey from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday (April 4th). I think of it…

Sign Up for PCPC’s Daily Lenten Devotional

Join us as we journey as a church through Lent! PCPC has put together a daily devotional that will be emailed out each morning throughout Lent and contain a Scripture text from the Lectionary, a short reflection, and a prayer. All reflections are written by members and staff of PCPC. The emails will run from Feb.…

Don’t Fall for This Scam!

Your minister isn’t emailing you to ask for gift cards — and neither is Presbytery Coach and Coordinator Patrice Hatley! Your minister, youth minister, former minister, presbytery staff — or pretty much anyone else you know — will NEVER send you a cryptic message asking you to “help me purchase this gift cards at the…

You’re Invited to a Virtual Organ Concert

Tonight, August 30th, at 6pm online“A BIRTHDAY GARLAND“Haig Mardirosian, OrganistPalma Ceia Presbyterian Church Music marking the anniversaries of:Leo Sowerby (b. 1895 – 135 years)Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (b. 1835 – 185 years)Ludwig van Beethoven (b. 1770 – 250 years)Louis Vierne (b. 1870 – 150 years) Online at 6pm Sunday, August 30th at Facebook.com, YouTube.com, and palmaceia.org/live