Bible Reading Program for 2012

This week we begin our new Bible reading program for 2012.  It is an expedited through-the-Bible-in-a-year reading program.  Every week there will readings for Monday through Friday from the book or books of the Bible that we will cover in our adult Sunday school class on the following Sunday. This program is designed to guard against the kind of frustration that usually comes quickly with most yearly Bible reading programs.  The readings are not too long. You will not read the entire Bible word for word, but only key portions of each book.  You can read more if you want.  Or you can even read less.  But if you read some portion of what is assigned and come to class the following Sunday, you will get a good overview of the entire Bible.

You can download the reading program here.

We will be posting the audio and any charts and outlines from the Sunday school classes here.

Advent Readings for 2011

Here are the daily readings for the season of Advent.

Monday, Nov. 28

        Isaiah 1:1-28

        1 Peter 1:1-12

        Psalm 24

Tuesday, Nov. 29

       Isaiah 2:1-22

       1 Peter 1:13-25

       Psalm 122

Wednesday, Nov. 30

       Isaiah 5:1-25

       1 Peter 2:1-12

       Psalm 33

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A Special Vespers Service of Prayer & Praise

On Sunday evening, December 4, at 6:00 PM, we will have a special evening worship service to celebrate Bill Hoover's 25 years of service as our organist and 20 years as our Director of Music. Our daughter churches, Cornerstone and Resurrection, are invited to join us that evening, including participating in the choir. Please bring a platter of appetizers to share at the reception.  Down load the service here.

Special Guest Speaker - Sunday Evening, August 7

This Sunday evening (Aug 7) we will have a special guest speaker.  Dr. Roy Atwood from New St. Andrews College will be with us for the evening service and the cookout afterwards.  Roy has some great insights on Christian education, especially higher education.  He will be speaking on "The Biblical Perspective on College for Christians."  His talk will be designed to help Christian parents make wise, godly decisions with their children about college.

Please fee free to invite others who may be interested.  The service begins at 5 PM and is followed immediately by a cookout on the church parking lot & grounds.

I Believe in Jesus Christ, His Only Son and Our Lord

For centuries, the miraculous incarnation of God in human flesh has been an offence against human reason and logic. As Thomas Jefferson hopefully specluated during the formation of our nation, "And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with all this artificial scaffolding."

And yet, in the Apostle's Creed, Christians still confess their belief and trust in Jesus Christ, the only son of God, their Lord, who was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. What do we mean when we confess that Jesus was born of a virgin? Why does it matter whether or not Jesus is the Son of God? Come and join us on Sunday evening, July 17 at 5pm at Providence Church as we consider these questions together.