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January 5 | Fresh Start: Living in Christ's Newness | Renewed in Christ
January 12 | Fresh Start: Living in Christ's Newness | Recentered on Christ's Purposes January 19 | Fresh Start: Living In Christ's Newness | Revived for the Mission Origins In comic books a character's "origin story" sets up and comes to add definition to a character's journey. For us who see the Bible as pointing to the God revealed in the person of Jesus Christ, the Bible provides a perspective on the origin story of humanity. Over the course of 6 weeks, we are diving into the beginning of Genesis to gain some clarity on the shape and contour of the biblical origin stories. We will work through how: when God looks at the world he made, he declares it good. He installs humans as his partners in ruling creation, but the humans choose to do what is good in their own eyes, leading ultimately to death. In the first eleven chapters of the Bible we will see God's goodness and humanity's repeated rebellions, which introduce violence, disorder, and the founding of Babylon. It's these first chapters that set the plot in motion for God to respond to human evil with his redemptive plan. January 26 | Origins | Genesis 1 & 2: In the beginning... February 2 | Origins | Genesis 3: The Great Rebellion February 9 | Origins | Genesis 4: Sin Ripples Out February 23 | Origins | Genesis 6-9: The Great Deluge March 2 | Origins | Genesis 11: The Tower of Babel Lent 2025 March 9 | The Old Rugged Cross: with John Sutherland March 16 | Matthew 20:1-16 - The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard March 23 | Luke 15 - Parables of Things Lost March 30 | Luke 10:25-37 - The Parable of the Good Samaritan April 6 | Matthew 13:24-43 - The Parables of the Kingdom April 13 | Matthew 25:1-13 - The Parable of the Ten Virgins April 20 | PFC Easter 2025: Mary's Journal We Believe: Foundations of Faith In a world that sometimes seems to be coming apart at the seams, the biblical call to unity is stirring and striking. Join us as we work through a look at the Apostle's Creed, a historic point of unity for many streams of the Christian church. The invitation is to consider and embrace the essential points of Christian doctrine articulated by the Creed. "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity" April 27 | We Believe: Foundations of Faith | An Introduction to the Apostle's Creed May 4 | We Believe: Foundations of Faith | "In God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth" May 11 | Mother's Day 2025 | Faith and Mothering; An Interview with Vanessa Atkinson May 18 | We Believe: Foundations of Faith | "And in Jesus Christ..." Part 1 May 25 | We Believe: Foundations of Faith | "And in Jesus Christ..." Part 2 June 1 | We Believe: Foundations of Faith | "In the Holy Spirit..." June 8 | We Believe: Foundations of Faith | From Confession to Wonder SPICES 2025 As a historically Quaker congregation, we respect and seek to hold open-palmed the historic Quaker distinctives of Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship. Over several weeks we dig into each of these distinctives, reflecting on how they invite us into a faithful pursuit of Christ for today. July 6 | SPICES 2025: Simplicity July 13 | SPICES 2025: Peace July 20 | SPICES 2025: Integrity July 27 | SPICES 2025: Community August 3 | SPICES 2025: Equality August 10 | SPICES 2025: Stewardship PFC | MISSION, VISION and VALUES As we seek to be faithful where we have been planted it can be important to reflect on the unique ways that God is developing our church family. It can be helpful to reflect on some of what makes us unique as a church community so that we can continue living into who God is making us to be. August 17 | PFC Mission August 24 | PFC Vision August 31 | PFC Values DISARMING THE EMPIRE: The Kingdom Strikes Back The book of Romans has been a focal point of theological reflection and argumentation throughout the history of the Christian Church. In the midst of all that's been said before, what if the book of Romans wasn’t written to defend empire, but to disarm it? This fall, join us as we navigate a 12-week journey through Paul’s letter to the Romans—read not as a dense, theological treatise, but as a bold, hope-filled act of resistance. Rooted in the historical realities and everyday struggles of displaced people living under Roman rule, Romans speaks directly to our world of injustice, division, and power. Through this series, we’ll rediscover Paul’s gospel as a call to radical welcome, economic justice, and covenant faithfulness. It’s a vision of a new kind of community - a new household in Christ - where no one is excluded, everyone belongs, and empire’s lies are exposed by the truth of God’s love. September 7 | Romans 1:1-17; An Introduction September 14 | Romans 1:18-2:16; Homeless September 21 | Romans 1 & 8; Home, Homeless, & Homecoming September 28 | Romans 12 & 6; Economic Solidarity in the Household of Faith October 5 | Romans 14:1-15:13; Kingdom Ethos: Welcoming the Powerless October 12 | Romans 13: Pax Romana and the Gospel of Peace October 19 | Romans 8:6-11: Life Giving Spirit (God's Indwelling) [Paul Adams] October 26 | Romans 1:26-27: Imperial Sexuality and the Mirror of Romans 1 November 2 | Romans 3:21-26 (Due to technical difficulties, there is no recording of this sermon) November 9 | Romans 4:1-5:11: Kingdom Perspective: Faith like Abe; Welcome to the Family November 16 | Romans 5:13-21: Kingdom Perspective: From Adam to Christ; Empire Unmasked November 23 | Romans 12:1-21: Living Disarmed in the Household of God
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