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...

A roomful of voices, a handful of scriptures, and a stack of hymns become something larger than a program: a living prayer. We open with Psalm 100 and Colossians 3, then move through beloved songs—some requested in hard seasons, others tied to ...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: Ephesians 1:11-23The question keeps returning in whispered prayers and hallway check-ins: where do we find hope when grief is heavy and the world feels unsteady. We take that question to...

Presenter: Dylan LewellynEver felt put on the spot to pray and didn’t know where to start? We open the door wide: anyone can pray, anywhere, with words or without them. Together we map the landscape of gratitude and intercession, then di...

Ever notice how a small flash of judgment can snowball into stress, distance, and a short fuse at home? We trace that pattern from a vivid scene in Luke 18—the Pharisee who boasts and the tax collector who pleads—into the very real moments wher...

A small phrase can shake the world. We take a clear-eyed walk through the Nicene Creed’s closing movement and ask why a line about the Spirit, a set of four ancient marks, and a single baptism still shape how we pray, belong, and hope together....

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: Genesis 32:22-31Darkness, a riverbank, and a stubborn grip that wouldn’t let go—Jacob’s night at the Jabbok shows how real transformation often starts where our strength runs out. We wal...

Presenter: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingWhat if the best way to understand God isn’t a triangle or a formula, but a dance? We open with gratitude and laughter, then step straight into the Nicene Creed’s richest lines—“begotten, not made” a...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7What if the most faithful thing you can do in a hard season isn’t to escape, but to build right where you are? We open with Psalm 66’s arc from testing to rescue and mo...

Presenter: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingWhat if the best way to understand God the Father isn’t an argument, but a song you can’t forget? We gather around a hymnal and let music do what treatises rarely can: hold storm and stillness in the...

Presenter: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingA single line—“There was a time when he was not”—ignited one of the most consequential debates in Christian history. We open with the shared words of the Nicene Creed and follow the thread back to cr...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: 2 Timothy 1:1-14A single line from 2 Timothy—“Guard the good treasure entrusted to you”—opens a tender, practical conversation about how faith survives and flourishes across generations....

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Luke 16:19-31 & 1 Timothy 6:6-19What if generosity isn't just something God does, but who God is? Drawing from the parable of Lazarus and the rich man alongside Paul's wisdom in 1 T...

Presenter: Rev. Kit SchooleyJourney through 4,000 years of Hebrew scripture evolution in this fascinating exploration of how ancient oral traditions transformed into standardized sacred texts. Discover the dramatic moment when King Josia...