First Church Williamsport

By First Church Williamsport

We seek transformation in Christ. We hope, plan, and pray for the transformation of as many lives as possible by the love of Jesus Christ through the people of First Church. "Do not conform to the pat... more

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April 24, 2016What and Why: Why Does God Allow Suffering To Occur?
Reflection Questions
Where do I see suffering in the world?

Where am I suffering the most right now?

Can I trust that God meets me and us collectively in the suffering?

Can I trust that God can even bring redemption out of the suffering I am going through? Am I able to surrender the suffering I see to the loving hands of God?
Prayer: May we find comfort in Christ who knows our suffering since Christ Himself experienced suffering.

Job 2:1-10
Reverend Matt Lake
April 24, 2016
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31min
April 17, 2016What and Why: Why Does The Bible Have Disturbing Passages In It?
Reflection Questions
What parts of the Bible are the most disturbing for me, and why?

What do I most need to remember in relation to those passages?

Prayer
Lord, help me to remember that Your word is Your word: it is holy, God-breathed, and authoritative for my life. Help me to submit to it, even when I do not fully understand it. Amen.

2 Timothy 3:10-17
Reverend Matt Lake
April 17, 2016
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37min
April 10, 2016 What and Why: Why Do Science and God Conflict?
Our approach to faith is that we are informed by Scripture, tradition, experience, and reason.

Acts 17:24-28a
Reverend Janet Durrwachter
April 20, 2016
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28min
April 03, 2016What and Why: What Is It About Religion That Causes War and Violence?
Reflection Questions
Why does violence seem like such a natural response for myself and/or others?

Do I really believe that Jesus offers an alternative to violence in our world, or does this seem unrealistic to me? What would it take for me to believe and live into the model that Jesus offers towards violence?

Do I believe that love and humility are truly stronger than force and violence? Why?

What would it look like for me to absorb the world’s violence in my life?
Prayer
Lord, help me to trust your ways over my ways and your model over my model.

Genesis 4:8-10; Matthew 5:9, 38-45
Reverend Matt Lake
April 3, 2016
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33min
March 27, 2016Easter: Answered Prayer
Reflection Questions
Where in my life do I need some answered prayers? Can I trust that the One who defeats even death can answer those prayers? Can I trust that Jesus can bring new life out of any difficult situation?

Do I believe that Jesus holds me even when I have not been holding on to Him? Do I know that Jesus knows me, and calls me by name?

What would it look like for me to fully trust the Resurrected Jesus with everything, including my own life?

John 20:1-18
Reverend Matt Lake
March 27, 2016 (Easter Sunday)
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32min
March 20, 2016The Lord's Prayer: For Thine Is
Reflection Questions
Do I seek to conform the Lord’s prayer to fit my life? Or do I conform my life to fit the Lord’s Prayer? Why?

What would it take for me to conform my life to the Lord’s Prayer?

Who defines the politics of my life?

What does it mean for me to live into God’s kingdom rather than my own? What does it mean for me to live into God’s idea of power? What does it mean for me to live into God’s idea of glory?
Matthew 6:9-13
Reverend Matt Lake
March 20, 2016 (Palm Sunday)
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26min
March 13, 2016The Lord's Prayer: And Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Reflection Questions
Where in my life am I experiencing temptation? Does anyone else know it?

Where do I need to ask God to lead me? From what do I need delivered?

Am I willing to share my temptations with others so that I might experience healing?
Action Point
Pray, “Lord help me to know and be led by you. Lead me not into temptation. Deliver me from the evil one.”

Matthew 6:9-13
Reverend Matt Lake
March 13, 2016
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33min
March 06, 2016The Lord's Prayer: Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Reflections Questions:
Who in my life has caused me great pain and sinned against me? Who do I harbor much resentment against?

Who is it that I have trouble forgiving? Am I willing to pray the miracle of forgiveness?

Am I willing to believe in the power of prayer and the significance of God’s forgiveness in my life, and for the world, as the Lord’s Prayer reminds us?

Do I see how the miracle of prayerful forgiveness contributes to God’s desire for beauty, peace, and grace in our world?

Action Point:
Pray, “Lord, help me to forgive ________ as you forgive me.”

Matthew 6:9-13
Reverend Matt Lake
March 6, 2016
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34min
February 28, 2016The Lord's Prayer: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
Reflection Questions
What is it I am truly searching for in my life? Am I finding it?

What am I feeding my soul? Am I feasting regularly on Christ as the Bread of Life, or just once a week in worship? Am I consuming garbage in my life?

Is Christ the one who truly sustains me and moves me forward in growth?

Matthew 6:9-13
Reverend Matt Lake
February 28, 2016
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31min
February 21, 2016 The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come
The Lord’s Prayer leads us to expand God’s kingdom by inviting God’s reign in our hearts as we put God’s will above our own.
Reflection: As we are transformed, think differently, and act differently through the power of the Holy Spirit because we’ve prayed - God’s kingdom becomes that much more present on earth - just as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:9-13
Pastor Rick Waters
February 21, 2016
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25min

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