Pastor's Blog Archives - First Presbyterian Church of Newport, Oregon https://newportfpc.org/category/pastors-blog/ First Presbyterian Church of Newport: Anchored in Faith, United in Community. Sat, 13 Sep 2025 23:54:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://newportfpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/favicon.jpg Pastor's Blog Archives - First Presbyterian Church of Newport, Oregon https://newportfpc.org/category/pastors-blog/ 32 32 242762402 September Beacon https://newportfpc.org/september-beacon/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:18:28 +0000 https://newportfpc.org/?p=26806 The post September Beacon appeared first on First Presbyterian Church of Newport, Oregon.

]]> 26806 Zoom Link for Online Worship https://newportfpc.org/zoom-link-for-online-worship/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:02:49 +0000 https://fpcnewportor.com/?p=25768 Zoom link for worship on Sunday mornings: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/444725404 We are going to continue to gather for worship online for now. Please join us by clicking…

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]]> 25768 Sharing Stories https://newportfpc.org/sharing-stories/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:25:05 +0000 https://fpcnewportor.com/?p=25747 I got excited about a story I want to share with all of you. We got a call at the church yesterday from Kathy Garner.…

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]]> 25747 “Gathered” Worship on March 29th, 2020 https://newportfpc.org/gathered-worship-on-march-29th-2020/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:54:53 +0000 https://fpcnewportor.com/?p=25689 A few of us gathered on Zoom this morning to worship “together” from our own spaces. We plan on doing this again next week, and…

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]]> 25689 Should the Church Gather During the Spread of a Pandemic? https://newportfpc.org/should-the-church-gather-during-the-spread-of-a-pandemic/ Fri, 13 Mar 2020 19:08:31 +0000 https://fpcnewportor.com/?p=25667 *Update in April on this article: Even though all of this still rings true, for the safety of our community, we are gathering online for…

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]]> 25667 Shepherding Care https://newportfpc.org/shepherding-care/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:23:01 +0000 https://fpcnewportor.com/?p=25656 In the past few weeks, our church has been discussing a concept called shepherding care. This is the idea that Jesus is the good shepherd…

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]]> 25656 Exploration Team Update https://newportfpc.org/exploration-team-update/ Tue, 04 Feb 2020 20:54:08 +0000 https://fpcnewportor.com/?p=25652 Last Sunday, Feb. 2nd, the Exploration Team gave a short update about the work we have been doing. People have asked us to put it…

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]]> 25652 Peace Connections https://newportfpc.org/peace-connections/ Tue, 04 Feb 2020 20:41:02 +0000 https://fpcnewportor.com/?p=25649 Many of you have been part of our journey towards reconciliation and peace in our congregation as we have met with the Peace Connections team…

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]]> 25649 Update Of Membership Roles https://newportfpc.org/update-of-membership-roles/ Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:47:29 +0000 https://fpcnewportor.com/?p=25634 This past month the Session looked over the roles of the church members. We noticed that many people who are members of the church are…

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]]> 25634 Exploration Team https://newportfpc.org/exploration-team/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:45:53 +0000 https://fpcnewportor.com/?p=25598 Do you know what Presbyterian churches are good at?… Committees. We are famous for forming committees to accomplish our goals. Need to update the kitchen?…

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