No One Knows

Ok...I'm going to get in trouble with at least one of my superiors with this one, but here it is anyway. How many times have you heard someone speak with great certainty about the Rapture, or the End Times? Did it set your teeth on edge, or is that just me? Why do people want to invest so much energy into creating scenarios about the end times when the truthful answer would be "No One Knows"? That was the answer Jesus gave in Matthew 24. Do these people who speak with such certainty think they are smarter than Jesus? Join the Congregation of Community Presbyterian Church for this week's sermon, No One Knows, by clicking here.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Christ the King

Community Presbyterian lost its beloved Sexton this week. It was a shock to all of us. He had been part of the church since he was a youngster, and it seems so strange to see his pew seat empty. As we planned a memorial service for him, we extended an offer to the community to join with us in our grief. To our great surprise, the church was filled to the balcony.

How could one so quiet and unassuming have touched so many lives? Don't you need to have been a community leader, a doer of great things, to be mourned by masses of people? How could quiet John Bell have made such a stir in the community?

Since today is Christ the King Sunday, it gives us a chance to think of another humble servant -- Jesus of Nazareth -- and to meditate on the power of the servant life. Come join the congregation of Community Presbyterian and the friends and family of John Bell Judd for this week's sermon, Christ the King, by clicking here.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Pie

You don't have to hang around this old world very long before coming up against religious arguments. That's why people advise youngsters not to talk about religion or politics. And yet, what a shame that God's word becomes just a venue for tiresome argument. St. Soupy offered some good advice about this. Join the congregations of St. Starbuck's the Jittery and Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte for this week's sermon from Luke 20 entitled "Pie" by clicking here.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

The Pharisee, The Tax Collector -- and a Bear

A Pharisee and a Tax Collector walk into a bar and notice that the bartender is a bear...no, that's not right...there's something wrong with this. Check in with the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church for this week's sermon, The Pharisee, the Tax Collector, and -- a Bear? to hear about this story from Luke 18 by clicking on the title, or HERE.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Trial and Error

Bunch of cavemen sitting around the fire deciding what to eat. One had mushrooms. After they buried their dead, the tribe decided "Don't eat mushrooms. You'll die". Find out what happens next by joining the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky for our sermon, Trial and Error, by clicking HERE.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Exile

This week, our part of the country was touched by a terrible fire. Five young people died in the flames. Another seven were injured. While trying to assist the victims to find clothes and other necessities, I read the letter to the exiles from Jeremiah. What had happened to the survivors of the flames was similar to the experience of the exiles to whom Jeremiah wrote -- they were exiled from their home, their clothing, everything that makes us feel secure. Where do you go to restart your life after that? Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Belllefonte, Ky for this week's sermon from Jeremiah 29:1,4-7, "Exile" by clicking HERE.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Rodney King

Rodney King, after getting his brains beat in by the LAPD, famously said, "Why can't we all just get along?"

Good question, that. But the efforts directed toward peace seem to be met with cries of "Our salvation lies in superior fire power." When have the peace makers done enough, that they may hear "Well done, good and faithful servant?" Our passage from Luke 17:1-10 suggests, "Never". Join the Congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, KY for Rodney King by clicking HERE.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.