Preaching: Dylan LewellynWhat if “so glad you made it” isn’t the finish line, but the starting bell? We open with Genesis 2 and Revelation 21, then move through a seminary walk, a well-timed lyric, and a fragile cat to uncover a deeper t...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Proverbs 4:25-27 & Philippians 4:6-9What happens when Scripture sits on the bench and your phone takes the stand? We put social media and AI through a playful mock trial, using Phil...

What happens when you put social media and AI on trial using Scripture as the judge? We invite you into a creative, candid journey through anxiety, attention, and the spiritual disciplines that help us live with peace in a noisy world. Grounded...

A winter storm closed our doors, but not our hearts. We met from living rooms and kitchen tables, lit by lamps and laptop screens, to breathe, pray, and remember what steadies us when the world feels heavy. Guided by Mary Oliver’s poetry and th...

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Jeremiah 6:16 & Matthew 11:28-30 When the world shouts from every screen, how do we stay awake to suffering without burning out our souls? We open with Jeremiah’s call to “stand...

Presenter: Rev. Dr. Kit SchooleyA vineyard without hedges. An angel who sounds like Christ. A slave who weeds beyond the brief and is named co‑heir with the son. We dive into The Shepherd of Hermas, a wildly popular early Christian text ...

Presenter: Rev. Dr. Kit SchooleyA fragile manuscript, a private room, and a challenge that still stings: who gets to speak for Jesus when the records are broken and the crowd isn’t there to witness it? We unpack the Gospel of Mary agains...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Kit SchooleyTexts: Genesis 1:1-9 & Mark 1:4-11A world that once felt like welter and waste can be reordered with a word and a pour. We follow the current from Genesis’s first light to the Jordan’s torn-open...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Matthew 2:1-12, 16-18A star rises over a troubled world and we’re left with a choice: move the way fear moves, or let love lead us down another road. We follow Matthew’s story of the Ma...

Presenter: GPPC Parish Associate Rev. Kit SchooleyWhat happens when the eyewitnesses are gone, the libraries are empty, and communities stretch from Syria to Africa with different memories of Jesus? We step into that world and explore ho...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: Luke 2:1-20Ever notice how fear always sounds like it’s holding a megaphone while hope shows up as a whisper? We gather on a holy night to test those voices against the Christmas story, ...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Isaiah 41:5-10 & Matthew 1:18-25Fear is loud, but solidarity speaks louder. We open with Isaiah’s steady promise and follow the quiet courage of Joseph, then bring those ancient wor...

The sanctuary felt different on the longest night: softer voices, slower breath, and a circle of candles passing from hand to hand. We opened a gentle space where grief and fear could sit beside hope without apology, naming what hurts and honor...

Fear doesn’t vanish on command, and it rarely keeps office hours. We open with a breath prayer—mercy in, mercy out—and let that rhythm carry us into Isaiah 41, where trembling coastlands meet a voice that says, “Do not be afraid, for I am with ...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: Luke 1:26-39A well-worn story can still wake the soul when we let it speak without the safety net of clichés. We open the season with Jeremiah’s protest and Mary’s trembling yes, trackin...

What if the words do not be afraid are less command and more shelter? We open the season by sitting with two call stories—Jeremiah’s reluctant start and Mary’s steady yes—and discover how fear, hope, and community braid into courage. The readin...

Text: Matthew 11:1-11Preacher: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingThe most honest prayers start with hunger: for bread, for laughter, for a hand to hold. From that place we follow John the Baptist into a prison cell and hear the question ...

What if the clearest sign of hope isn’t a headline-worthy rescue, but a street-level repair you can name by heart? We step into Advent’s quiet tension with John the Baptist—not the fiery prophet at the river, but the truth-teller in a cell—aski...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: Luke 1:5-13The season opens in a world humming with anxiety, and we refuse to look away. We begin with a prayerful grounding, then move into the charged space of Luke 1—Zechariah at the ...

Preaching: Leslie Loyd, President & COO of A Simple GestureWhat if the miracle starts before the bread ever breaks? We open with a prayer for wisdom and peace, then move through Psalm 100 and Philippians 4 to ground a timely, human c...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: Colossians 1:11-20What holds when every other promise comes apart at the seams? We open Colossians 1:11–20 and hear a hymn the early church sang to steady their lives: Christ is the imag...

Presented by: Rev. Wes Pitts, First Presbyterian Church (Reidsville, NC)A single nasal spray can turn a silent crisis into a second chance—and many of those chances unfold in everyday places like sanctuaries, parking lots, and fellowship...

Preacher: Landon BryantTexts: Jonah 1:3-5, 15-17; 2:1, 10 & Matthew 14:22-33What if the storm outside isn’t the real threat—and the storm inside is? We open with breath and prayer, then move into two sea-soaked stories that re...

Presenter: Dylan LewellynWhat if prayer wasn’t a task on a checklist, but a way of coming to the table where God already waits? We dive into the living rhythm of prayer—how presence is formed in ordinary habits, why intention matters mor...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: Job 19:23-27aWhat if the most faithful move in a season of suffering isn’t finding the right answer but recovering a sense of awe? We turn to Job’s defiant confession—my Redeemer lives—a...