First Presbyterian Church News (Clarksville, TN)

Technology and the Christian Life April 2026 Sermon Series What is technology good for? For the Christian, especially Presbyterians, the answer cannot be everything, but it also cannot be nothing . Yet when the question comes up about the use of social media or AI and the like, we tend to hear only extremes.  Embrace it all with the Tech Bros or repudiate it entirely with the Luddites. The Presbyterian middle, it seems, is too hard or too ambiguously murky. This April, we invite you to find the middle ground.  Drawing on Scripture from Genesis to Revelation, this series explores three areas of life where a Christian approach to technology may differ from that of our world and our neighbors.  What does it mean to follow Jesus, a first century Rabbi, in the 21st century?  How do we follow Jesus in our use of technology in this digital age? April 12 | Second Sunday of Easter Green Light: Preservation Genesis 8:15–9:7 · Psalm 144:9–15 From Noah's Ark to the modern hospi...

 

 

A Three-Year Journey through the Gospels: Introducing the Lectionary A lectionary is a collection of readings or selections from the Scriptures, arranged and intended for preaching during worship.  Lectionaries have been used in churches since the fourth century, when large churches began to arrange their Scripture readings according to a schedule which follows the calendar of the church’s year. The Revised Common Lectionary provides a three-year plan or pattern for the Sunday readings. Each year is centered on one of the synoptic gospels. Year A is the year of Matthew, Year B is the year of Mark, and Year C is the year of Luke. John is read each year, especially in the times around Christmas, Lent, and Easter, and also in the year of Mark (the shortest of the gospels). Each year, we will follow the path of one of these gospels as it leads us again to Christ. Year A, Matthew, November 30, 2025 - November 22, 2026 Year B, Mark, November 29, 2026 - November 21, 2027 Year C, Luke...

 

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE ALL SAINTS' DAY 2025 COMMEMORATING THE FAITHFUL "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God." (Hebrews 12:1-2, NRSV) Don Atkins Ted Atkinson George & Margaret Ackley  Angel & Helen Adames  Dan & Lynette Aiken Janet Aiken Judy Aiken Marshall Aiken Robert Aiken Kathleen Rowe Agnew Dee Albright Celia Ambrester  Barbara Ann Arnold John M. Arrington  John K. & Mary Arrington Bayless G. Atkins Ed & Anna Kathryn Atkinson Ned Atkinson William Hunter Atkinson Harper N. Ausenbaugh  Crit Austin Elizabeth Baddley  Meredith Baggett ...

 ARTIST STATEMENT "Process defines outcome" Silkscreen Paintings "Process defines outcome" means that the series of actions taken to achieve a goal (the process) is what determines the final result or success (the outcome). By focusing on and improving the process, one can achieve desired outcomes. In the process of silk-screening, my focus is experimental - trial and error. Traditionally, the silkscreen process focuses on one color=one screen. An example would be a one-color silkscreened T-shirt design. My focal process has been on one screen = many colors, where the total design and colors are “loaded” on one screen, then “squeegeed” (pressed through the screen quickly) through the screen, resulting in a multicolored, painted effect. The “process’ is experimental. The “outcome” is unpredictable, colorful, many times loosely defined. One trouble spot in this process was that the paint was drying too soon while still on the screen, forcing me to work quickly in ‘loa...

  The Christmas story is filled with familiar sights and sounds: a lowly manger, a brilliant star, humble shepherds, and adoring parents. And weaving through it all are angels. We often see them as silent, decorative figures with halos and wings. But in the biblical narrative, angels are anything but quiet. They are God’s messengers, dynamic agents of change who arrive with earth-shattering, history-altering news. When they appear, they interrupt the ordinary with the extraordinary and command one thing: “Listen.” This Advent, we invite you to join us for a five-part sermon series, "The Angels of Christmas," based on the work of Susan Robb. Our theme will be "Hearing God’s Message, Listening to God’s Messengers." We will journey through the familiar nativity story by focusing on the four pivotal angelic encounters that paved the way for Christ’s birth. We’ll explore the visits to Zechariah, Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds, examining not only the message they receiv...