Monthly Archives: May 2020

The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio Pastor Karen Crawford Liturgists: Matt and Sarah Swigert Musicians: Caroline Heading, Alice Hoover, and Mark Wagner Prelude: We Now Implore the Holy Ghost by Dietrich Buxtehude (Alice Hoover, Organ) Greeting/Announcements: Pastor Karen Introit: Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song (A Capella Choir and Handbells) Opening Sentences/Gathering Prayer: Matt andContinue reading “May 31, 2020 Virtual Worship for Pentecost”

Meditation on Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost 2020 The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio Pastor Karen Crawford Today, on Pentecost, we had planned to welcome into membership our Confirmation students, who have been gathering on Wednesday nights since January. Our plans have changed, but I am not going to say that it’s bad news. Let me tell youContinue reading “All Together in One Place”

Pentecost! Pastor Karen Crawford Hi Kids! This is the banner you usually see hanging in our church on Pentecost. That’s today! Do you know why there is a white dove? This is the symbol for the Holy Spirit that came down on Jesus when he was baptized in the Jordan River. The Spirit came downContinue reading “Children’s Message for May 31, 2020”

Meditation on John 17:1-11, Graduation Sunday Pastor Karen Crawford, The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio The little ball of fur underneath my forget-me-nots didn’t move as I reached my hand close to it, without touching it. It was early evening, not yet dark. Rain pitter-pattered on the hood of my jacket pulled up over my head.Continue reading “May You Be One”

The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio Pastor Karen Crawford Liturgists: Sarah and Jacob Heading Musicians: Alice Hoover, Mark Wagner, and Caroline Heading Prelude: America, the Beautiful, Caroline Heading, Piano Greeting/Announcements: Pastor Karen Choral Introit: When You Believe, One Voice Choir Opening Sentences/Gathering Prayer: Jacob Heading We have gathered—new followers and lifelong disciples,  the powerful and the powerless,Continue reading “Virtual Worship for May 24, 2020”

Pastor Karen Crawford, The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio Do you know about Jonah and the great fish? I would like to share that Bible story with you today. I am reading this book: Links to children’s activities about Jonah: https://sermons4kids.com/jonah_and_the_great_fish_colorpg: https://sermons4kids.com/jonah_runs_from_god_group_activities.htm https://sermons4kids.com/jonah_runs_from_god_wordsearch https://sermons4kids.com/jonah_runs_from_god_decoder

The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio Ascension of the Lord Pastor Karen Crawford Musicians: Alice Hoover, Caroline Heading and Mark Wagner Liturgists: Gordon and Kelly Kendall Prelude: Love’s Redeeming Work Is Done…… Mark Wagner, Piano Lives again our glorious King; where, O death, is now thy sting?dying once, he all doth save; where thy victory, OContinue reading “Virtual Worship for May 17, 2020”

Meditation on Ephesians 1:15-23 and Acts 1:1-11  for Ascension Sunday The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio Pastor Karen Crawford May 17, 2020    Hello, dear friends. I have enjoyed recording outside in my backyard today. I am glad, however, that you can’t see how tall my grass is! I will have to get that mowed onContinue reading “Enlighten the Eyes of Our Hearts”

The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio Pastor Karen Crawford Ancient writers of the letters in the New Testament in our Bibles didn’t use paper like we use today. That wasn’t available to them. They wrote on papyrus scrolls, made from the papyrus plant. The writer of the Letter to the Ephesians wrote in Greek on papyrus.

Meditation on Proverbs 31:10-31 Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio May 10, 2020 Happy Mother’s Day, friends! The rain was relentless on Friday. It wasn’t a nice, gentle drizzle, splashing from the sky. It poured down on the mourners at Memory Gardens huddled under umbrellas around the grave of Johnalee Hebron. It seepedContinue reading “More Precious Than Jewels”