On this Third Sunday in Lent, we will share the sacrament of communion and continue our journey with the disciple Peter. Our gospel lesson is Matthew 16: 13-20 https://bit.ly/3uSOoHK and Pastor Katie’s reflection is “Peter: A Chip Off the Old Block”.
Category: Worship
2024 Maundy Thursday Soup Supper & Worship Service
The last time Jesus had dinner with his disciples before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion was on Maundy Thursday. The term “Maundy” comes from the Latin word maundatum, meaning commandment, which refers to Jesus’ statement that night, “I give you a new commandment; that you love one another…”
A very special worship service is planned to remember this supper on Thursday March 28th at 6:00pm in the Fellowship Room. Participants will share a simple soup & bread supper at round tables as we move through a worship service reenactment of foot-washing, Jesus’ teachings, and his last supper that we now know as communion.
This is an interactive service and appropriate for all ages. We ask that you sign up on the bulletin board or call the church office at (920) 437-8121 or email office@firstpresgreenbay,org to indicate your attendance so we can plan for our set up and food.
Please join us!
Worship Service February 25, 2024
On this Second Sunday in Lent, we continue our journey with the disciple Peter in Matthew 14: 22-33 https://bit.ly/49HMRmr and Pastor Katie’s reflection “Peter: Daring the Deep”. We will have special music from Elliott Stenson on the cello and Kris Melton on piano.
Worship Service February 18, 2024
On this First Sunday in Lent, we begin our emphasis on the discipleship of Peter with the story from Luke 5: 1-11 https://bit.ly/4bFo8Ro and Pastor Katie’s reflection “Peter: Resisting Abundance.”
Worship Service February 11, 2024
This Sunday February 11th we celebrate the Transfiguration of Jesus. Our text is Mark 9: 2-9 https://bit.ly/483rJGd and Pastor Katie will reflect on “Contagious Glory.” Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges will share the solo “Here I Am.”
Worship Service February 4, 2024
On this first Sunday in February, we are pleased to celebrate Scout Sunday and offer a blessing to the troop who meet in our church. Our scripture focus will be Isaiah 40: 21-31 https://bit.ly/3UsJP1f, and Pastor Katie’s message is “Compared to a Grasshopper”. We will share in the sacrament of holy communion, and we welcome Jeff Verkuilen as guest organist.
Ash Wednesday 2024
February 14, 2024
What are you doing for Valentine’s Day this year? Want to avoid the crowded restaurants and skip the overpriced greeting cards?
Here’s a completely different option: Wednesday, February 14th is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. Lent is the forty days (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, and is a time set aside in the church year to reflect on our Christian walk.
An Ash Wednesday worship service will be held virtually via our Facebook Livestream and in person at 6:30pm on February 14th in the Sanctuary, and features candlelight, scripture, contemplative music and the imposition of ashes on each person’s forehead as a reminder of our own mortality. We wear ashes not to brag about our humility or piety, but to mark ourselves as part of the community of faith and recognize how far we are from God’s will for us. While some feel like this is primarily a Roman Catholic practice, the distribution of ashes has been a part of Protestant and Reformed traditions for many years.
Please come join in the family of faith as we begin our Lenten journey together.
Scout Sunday
February 4, 2024
Calling all scouts: young, old, and in-between!
The first Sunday of February is set aside as a day to lift up and celebrate scouting in our midst.
We have invited the scout troop who meet in our facility to join us for worship at 10am and we will recognize them and offer a blessing. We also hope to include others in our congregation who are currently involved or have been involved in the past in the Scouts program.
If you were or are a Scout, please wear your shirt or other garb and help us in this celebration.
Lenten Theme: Wandering Heart—Figuring Out Faith with Peter
The Sundays of Lent will carry a special theme this year: Wandering Heart—Figuring Out Faith with Peter. We will focus on the life and faith of one of Jesus’ most famous disciples. In Peter, we see a person who is both steadfast and unsteady, a dear friend and a betrayer, a follower and a wanderer. In Peter, we often see ourselves. By following Peter’s journey, we watch the story of Jesus unfold through the eyes of a very normal human trying to figure it all out—just like us.
One element of our worship practice will be a deep dive into hymn #475 “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” As we look at Peter’s faith journey, the lyrics of this hymn sound in our hearts. It’s as if Peter himself wrote this song, though we know he did not. Like many of us, Peter has a wandering heart. His journey is not polished, or linear, or perfect, but he is always tethered to the love of God.
Together through this season, we intend to affirm that faith is a constant journey of steadfast pursuit, one that ebbs and flows. We will focus on the ways Peter keeps going: he drops his nets, he walks on water, he runs to the empty tomb, he swims to the shore to meet the risen Christ. He keeps searching and yearning and loving, even after missteps or mistakes.
Ultimately, in Peter’s story, we are reminded that God loves imperfect people—in fact, time and again, that’s precisely who God claims and calls.
Through this series, we will look for ourselves in the stepping stones of Peter’s story. We will reflect on the stages of our own faith journeys as well as who and what has shaped us along the way. As we wander, let us tune our hearts to sing God’s grace.
Worship Service January 28, 2024
On this fourth Sunday after Epiphany, we reflect on Mark 1: 21-28 https://bit.ly/3UetKMo and 1 Corinthians 8: 1-13 https://bit.ly/48T6dFb. We welcome guest Preacher, Tom Schoffelman, who will share with us “The Gray Zone”.
