The monthly meeting of our women’s service group (PW) will be on Saturday, June 2 at 1:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall.
We have moved this meeting from our usual Wednesday so that Debbie Berkley could join us. Debbie will be our guest speaker and she will tell us of her participation with the Voices of Orthodox Women. This is not the same as Women’s Bible Study on Wednesday at 9:00 am.
May 13, 2012
Mt. Pisgah Presbyterian Church
Roslyn, WA
Dr. James D. Berkley
On this Mother’s Day Sunday, I want to talk about Christian marriage—and weddings in particular. A wedding is a service of worship, in which a couple joins their lives together in the presence of God and witnesses. The Bible says little about weddings, per se. They get mentioned in passing, such as the wedding at Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine. But nowhere is there a passage saying how to do a Christian wedding. I only wish it were so! Continue reading »
Save the date: On May 27, we will hold a service to formally rededicate this totally refurbished building, a gift from God! Invite former members and friends to return for this event during Memorial Day weekend. A 1:00 service and 2:00‒4:00 open house will mark the occasion.
This week, May 13-19
Tuesday: 4:00, Session Meeting, here
Tuesday: 6:30 pm, Men’s Group, here
Wednesday: 9:00 am, Women’s Group, here (note new day and time)
Wednesday: 7:00 pm, Celebrate Recovery @ Cle Elum Community Church
Friday‒Saturday: Rest stop coffee ministry
Following week, May 20‒26
Sunday‒Monday: Rest stop coffee ministry
Tuesday: 6:30 pm, Men’s Group, here
Wednesday: 9:00 am, Women’s Group, here
Wednesday: 7:00 pm, Celebrate Recovery @ Cle Elum Community Church
The Women’s Group began a new study at a new day and time this week. All women are invited to the 9:00 am Wednesday Bible study, with Pastor Jim Berkley. As the group starts anew for four weeks, still a good time to join.
Save the Church Rededication date: May 27. In two weeks, we will hold a service to formally rededicate this totally refurbished building, a gift from God! Invite former members and friends to return for this event during Memorial Day weekend. A 1:00 service and 2:00‒4:00 open house will mark the occasion.
The monthly meeting of our women’s service group (PW) will be on Saturday, June 2 at 1:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. We have moved this meeting from our usual Wednesday so that Debbie Berkley could join us. Debbie will be our guest speaker and she will tell us of her participation with the Voices of Orthodox Women. This is not the same as Women’s Bible Study on Wednesday at 9:00 am.
On May 9, the Women’s Group began a new study at a new day and time. All women are invited on Wednesdays at 9:00 am.
Bible study will be with Pastor Jim Berkley. As the group starts a new four week study, it’s never too late to join in.
Mt. Pisgah Presbyterian Church
May 6, 2012
Roslyn, WA
Dr. James D. Berkley
What are you doing here? Is there something wrong with you? This is a weekend. Aren’t you supposed to be taking it easy? Hey, this could be a Bud moment! After all, this is the Northwest. Nobody goes to church out here, right? You’re the oddity in town when someone asks, “What did you do this weekend?” Church? Of all places to be! What were you thinking? Continue reading »
April 15, 2012
Mt. Pisgah Presbyterian Church
Roslyn, WA
Dr. James D. Berkley
Heartbroken Cleopas! I feel like I know the guy. Reading through his story, I was struck by his humanity. So I want to take you on a journey into the experiences of Cleopas and his colleague.
Easter, April 8, 2012
Mt. Pisgah Presbyterian Church
Roslyn, WA
Dr. James D. Berkley
I want you to know something important, right from the start. I believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was really dead and really buried, and Jesus gloriously, magnificently, supernaturally came back to life. Jesus lives and reigns today—really, existentially, concretely, not just as a metaphor or myth, not just because I choose to believe it is true, but because it is really, objectively, historically, absolutely true. Truly true!
Easter Sunrise, April 8, 2012
Mt. Pisgah Presbyterian Church
Roslyn, WA
Dr. James D. Berkley
I figure that you know the experience of running on empty. Every time I cross the pass, I plan to have plenty of gas, because running on empty across a wintry mountain pass is a bad idea. Or there are times when my laptop computer is using its battery. I’m writing away, and I see that my minutes left on my battery are becoming few. Sometimes I get distracted, and right in mid-sentence, my screen goes ping and darkens. The computer has shut itself down, because it was running on empty and finally became empty. Not good.
April 1, 2012
Mt. Pisgah Presbyterian Church
Roslyn, WA
Dr. James D. Berkley
A reason for hope. How desperately we humans need a reason for hope! Hope is such a vital commodity! Lose hope, and you might as well lose life. We cling to hope precariously and tena-ciously.
But how can we retain hope? After all, the daily news offers scant reason for hope. Earthquakes killing tens of thousands, people shot in their homes, floods and fires, criminals—of both the white-collar and blue-collar variety—ripping off people, the economy tanking, dis-eases, brutality, and selfishness. If we have our eyes open, how can we hope? Continue reading »
