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The  Annual Congregational Meeting is schedule for this Sunday, February 1st, at the end of Worship.

Please enjoy this preview of FPC Virtual Connection for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany at First Presbyterian Church 1793

Micah 6 articulates what God desires from faithful followers. “O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?  Micah’s words can be heard as marching orders and a profound mission statement for us all.

Alongside Micah’s calling to faithfulness, we have Matthew’s version of the Beatitudes. One definition of beatitude is complete happiness that come from being blessed by God.  The beatitudes turn traditional value systems upside down.  How could the poor in spirit, those who mourn, those who hunger and thirst and those who are persecuted possibly be happy and blessed?

Pollyanna is a name often used as an insulting, derogatory description of naïve people who practice shallow happiness or simplistic optimism.  Who wants to be poor in possessions or in spirit?  Who seeks happiness by grieving?  Persecution, even for a good cause doesn’t sound appealing.  Does Pollyanna comprehend the depths of despair?  Or could Pollyanna understand the Beatitudes better that we do?

God promises us happiness and blessing to those in the worst of situations and circumstances.  The gospels’ Beatitudes are presented in plural, not individual terms.  We are all in this together.  There is strength and blessing in a community of human beings who work together to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with their God.  Will we walk with such a company of Christ followers?  It is possible for us to discover happiness and blessing along the way?

We hope you’ll join us for 10:30 a.m. Worship.

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