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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”

The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio Pastor Karen Crawford Musicians: Caroline Heading and Mark Wagner Liturgists: Bob and Marialice Mauch and Diane Jones Prelude: My Faith Has Found a Resting Place, Mark Wagner, Piano Greeting/Announcements: Pastor Karen Opening Sentences: Bob and Marialice Mauch Happy are the people Who do not follow the advice of the wickedContinue reading “Virtual Worship for May 10, 2020”

In Memory of Lois Forsythe June 20, 1931-May 5, 2020 It makes sense to me that a godly woman like Lois, who was passionate about youth ministry, would ask for 1 Corinthians 13 to be read at her funeral. If you are going to do youth ministry, you have to understand love. It isn’t justContinue reading “Meditation on 1 Cor. 13”