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Meditation on John 2:1-11 The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Pastor Karen Crawford Jan. 16, 2022 Link to livestream of the service and my meditation: https://fb.watch/aAhHszOnjW/ Downloadable bulletin: It wasn’t the week that I expected. A couple days before I left for my week for my first intensive class with Austin Seminary’s D.Min. program, we receivedContinue reading “The Faith of Mary”

Jan. 6, 2022: The Epiphany of the Lord Pastor Karen Crawford

Meditation on Matthew 2:1–12 Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Epiphany: Jan. 2, 2022 Link to a recording of the live-streamed service: https://fb.watch/ahDjcSZfyC/ Link to downloadable bulletin:        On New Year’s Day, I got a call from my aunt, uncle, and sister, who live in Maryland. They live in a suburb of Washington,Continue reading “Journey to Bethlehem”

The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio Pastor Karen Crawford Malik Khalfani, Director of Music Alice Hoover, Organist

Meditation on John 1:1-14 Pastor Karen Crawford Christmas Eve 2021 The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Link to livestream of the Christmas Eve service: https://fb.watch/a78FTMJAPZ/ Link to Christmas Eve bulletin: Do any of you have any last-minute Christmas shopping to do? Maybe, like me, you have a few presents to wrap? Stockings to stuff? Cards toContinue reading “We Have Seen His Glory”

Pastor Karen Crawford Dec. 23, 2021

Meditation on Luke 1:39–55 Fourth Sunday of Advent Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Dec. 19, 2021 Link to live-streamed service: https://fb.watch/a0Eg01TNPe/ Downloadable bulletin:      I have been thinking this week at how grateful I am for the blessing of strong, Christian women—my spiritual sisters and mothers in the Lord. You know whoContinue reading “Blessed Is She Who Believed!”

Pastor Karen Crawford Dec. 18, 2021

Meditation on Luke 3:7–18 Third Sunday of Advent The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton Pastor Karen Crawford Livestream of the service: https://fb.watch/9S9N3jS_8A/ Bulletin: Monsieur Charles Blondin became the first person to cross the Niagara Falls on a tightrope in the summer of 1859.  This was something the French acrobat would go on to do hundreds of times,Continue reading “Filled with Expectation”

Dec. 10, 2021 Pastor Karen Crawford