First Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso

I have loved our outdoor worship services this year. Out under the pavilion where we can enjoy the sunshine and the trees; the birdsongs. Plus, really excellent vibrant worship services! I for one would be willing to continue to worship there all the way to Christmas if the weather would only cooperate! Among some people in the outside world there is an impression that worship is a tedious unpleasant experience -- something one ‘ought’ to do once in a while like forcing down

When did you first know God…God as the center of the universe? The center of the created world? The center of all being—including yours? Did your awareness of this interconnectedness come as an adult, perhaps as a mountaintop moment? Or as a child, feeling deeply within that you were not alone, that something greater was with you? Where were you when this awareness first came to you? As I’ve shared with you in previous blogs, my recognition of the Spirit’s presence came when

Boy oh boy, just when you thought it was safe to go back into the church, here comes the Delta variant to slow things down. It was looking like we were making the kind of progress that would put us all in a better place and able to return our church life to a little bit more normal sequence then this Delta road bump popped up. So, our patience and our perseverance will again be called on to get us to the next level. We know we can do it as we have been doing it since March 20

It seems like every time I see or hear the news of the world on TV, radio or through social media, I become saddened and feel somewhat helpless. The turmoil in Afghanistan, earthquake in Haiti, a hurricane destroying the New Orleans region again, and, of course, the increasing numbers of people contracting COVID-19 as a result of the Delta variant. Quite frankly, all of this seems like a nightmare. Can’t we see and hear about something positive? Sure we can. Perhaps by turnin