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…
This month is the month when a great percentage of this congregation is climbing back into school, either as students, teacher, administrators, or as parents launching students. It is, I think, a significant enough moment and enterprise that we ought to surround it with prayer. People are often writing me concerned that schools don’t offer…
Triune God,in your will our lives are lived, and by your wisdom truth is found.We pray for graduates who finish a course of study,and move on to something new.Take away anxiety or confusion of purpose,and give them confidence in the future you plan,where energies may be gathered upand given to neighbors in love.We ask that…
Choral Trio Brings Peace to Those at Life’s Thresholds You might recognize Bonnie Givens, Elsa Gorr-Sinicrope, and Bob Coates from the PCPC Chancel Choir. But leading the congregation in worship music on Sunday mornings isn’t the only way they’re lending their musical talents to the community. Bonnie, Elsa, and Bob make up the “Peace Trio,”…
by Rev. John DeBevoise Almighty God, great and wondrous are your works. You placed Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden to till and keep it. You have blessed us with ability, and skills, and talents. Through our work, You invite us to partner with You, shaping the world in which we live. You…
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that the scourge of war may speedily pass away. With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for…
The Tampa Bay area is home to the second largest population of refugees in Florida and is one of the larger refugee populations in the country. Throughout the past two years, Palma Ceia has become involved in a number of ministries to serve these strangers among us (cf. Matthew 25). We have been overwhelmed by…
Our heart-felt prayer today, O God, is but this, bless our family, and help us be a blessing to it… Touch all those who are fathers to us – or to others…. we give you thanks for the ways we have been blessed by good character, wisdom, helpfulness, or care. Anoint with your healing goodness…