First Presbyterian Church of Auburn PC(USA)

God created everything to be connected to one another, and created everything and everyone with an ecological purpose.

If scripture is a testament of God's relationship with humanity, then what do you do with a story where God is simply not there?

God’s reign of love of gospel greatness faithfully confronts the way we as humans set up our own values and cultures of human greatness.

Mark 8:27-38 27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do...

We can be happy and full of hope, trust and praise because God’s sovereign love seeks justice for the oppressed...cares for the vulnerable.

...our primary call in this world as followers of Jesus is that painstaking, work of healing and reconciling that which has been broken.

“The place you are going into is going to test you.... So decide now what is going to guide you.”

It's the "why" -- the purpose behind the plan-- that makes everything else matter.

The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.”

The stories from scripture are meant to tell us something true about God and true about the world, even if it is uncomfortable to hear.

The community of Christ is not hindered by expectations, but is expansive in its acceptance.

The world and its pain is so much bigger than any one miracle could ever change. But there was more than anyone had imagined possible.

Like Isaiah, sometimes we answer calls that may not have our names written all over them.

The breath of God, the wind of the Holy Spirit, blows through.

Testimony is a gift that God has given us all as we are sent out into the world.

John 15:9-17 9As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my...

God loves. Love God. Love others.

Luke 24:36b-48 In all the joy of Easter it might be easy to forget the fear, the doubt, and the grief the disciples were feeling before...

If you want to be healed, you have to look at the wound.

In our reformed tradition we believe the 10 commandments to be a gift of communal direction for common life in God’s created community.