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Meditation on Mark 1:9-15 The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. 4th St., Coshocton, OH 43812 Pastor Karen Crawford First Sunday in Lent Feb. 21, 2021 Audio of the message:  “You’re not good enough.” That’s what Gladys Aylward heard when she tried to answer the call to serve as a young missionary to China in the 1930s.Continue reading “Hope and Help in the Wilderness”

The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. 4th St., Coshocton, OH 43812 Pastor Karen Crawford Mark Wagner, Organist Debbie Clark, Liturgist If you would like to print out the bulletin with the hymns, download here: Feb. 17, 2021 @ 7 p.m Prelude: Aria, Charles Callahan Greeting Opening Sentences: Debbie Clark God sent Christ into the world notContinue reading “Ash Wednesday Worship”

Meditation on Isaiah 58:1-12 Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church 142 N. 4th St., Coshocton, OH 43812 Ash Wednesday 2021 I was blessed to speak with a friend this week who serves as the director of performing arts for children and youth at a Florida church. The after-school program has been inactive for about aContinue reading “Repairers of the Breach”

The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. 4th. St., Coshocton, OH 43812 Pastor Karen Crawford Alice Hoover, Organist Sarah and Andrew Swigert, Liturgists Prelude: Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service…setting, Wilbur Held Greetings/Announcements Joys and Concerns Opening Sentences: Liturgist Come, let us go to the holy mountain and worship Christ with the disciples! We will see ChristContinue reading “Worship for Feb. 14, 2021”

Meditation on Mark 9:2-9 Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. 4th. St., Coshocton, OH 43812 February 14, 2021 I receive some interesting mail here at the church. Do you get some interesting mail at your house? Sometimes you can look at the outside of an envelope and know right away, “Yeah, I don’tContinue reading “Transformed by the Transfiguration”

The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. Fourth St., Coshocton, OH 43812 Pastor Karen Crawford Tina Johnson, Liturgist Alice Hoover, Organist Prelude: In Faith I Quiet Wait… Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. David Paxton Opening Sentences: Tina Johnson Have we not known? Have we not heard? Has it not been told to us since the beginning? Those whoContinue reading “Feb. 7, 2021 Worship”

Meditation on Mark 1:29-39 The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. 4th Street, Coshocton, OH 43812 Pastor Karen Crawford Feb. 7, 2021     Someone at our Zoom presbytery meeting yesterday commented on the beauty of the stained-glass windows in my virtual backgrounds. We mourned what may be a vanishing art form.     That may be one ofContinue reading “Joy in the Morning”

The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. 4th St., Coshocton, OH 43812 Pastor Karen Crawford Mark Wagner, Organist Bob and Marialice Mauch, Liturgists Debbie Clark, Soloist Prelude: Dir, dir Jehova will ich singen August Reinhard (1831-1912) Mark Wagner, organ Jehova, let me now adore TheeWhen thus my heart in prayer ascendeth, through Thine own Holy Spirit, untoContinue reading “Jan. 31, 2021 Worship”

Meditation on Mark 1:21-28 Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. 4th St. Coshocton, OH 43812 Jan. 31, 2021 An important holiday is coming up this week! No, I’m not talking about the Super Bowl! Groundhog Day is Feb. 2! Do you have any special plans? Me, neither! But I may watch that wonderfulContinue reading “A New Teaching—with Authority!”

Meditation on Mark 1:14-20 Jan. 24, 2021 Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. 4th St., Coshocton, OH 43812 Audio of the message: Do we have any folks who enjoy fishing, here? I know a few people in our congregation who would rather fish than do many other things. That’s true for the SwigertContinue reading “How to Fish for People”