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. Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:00:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://newportfpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Pastor's Blog Archives - First Presbyterian Church of Newport, Oregon https://newportfpc.org/category/pastors-blog/ 32 32 242762402 A Visit from The Lamb Who Stole Our Hearts https://newportfpc.org/a-visit-from-borealis-the-lamb-who-stole-our-hearts/ https://newportfpc.org/a-visit-from-borealis-the-lamb-who-stole-our-hearts/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:44:21 +0000 https://newportfpc.org/?p=26532 In a recent Godly Play Class, a three-week-old Valais Blacknose lamb named Borealis captivated everyone when Theresa Young led the session. His gentle spirit and bond with humans emphasized the importance of love and connection across all beings. Borealis’s presence brought joy and reminded participants of the beauty in gentleness.

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]]> https://newportfpc.org/a-visit-from-borealis-the-lamb-who-stole-our-hearts/feed/ 0 26532 🌿✨ Celebrate Easter Week with Us! ✨🌿 https://newportfpc.org/%f0%9f%8c%bf%e2%9c%a8-celebrate-easter-week-with-us-%e2%9c%a8%f0%9f%8c%bf/ https://newportfpc.org/%f0%9f%8c%bf%e2%9c%a8-celebrate-easter-week-with-us-%e2%9c%a8%f0%9f%8c%bf/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 04:35:37 +0000 https://newportfpc.org/?p=26219 Join First Presbyterian Church for a meaningful and joyous Easter season: 🌴 Palm Sunday 🔗 [Zoom Link]📖 Glory to God Hymnal Come together in spirit…

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]]> https://newportfpc.org/march-2025-beacon/feed/ 0 26182 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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