by Leslie Young | Jul 29, 2018
When I was in high school, the movie Top Gun came out. If you’ve seen the film, you know it’s a flashy and adrenaline-fueled depiction of U.S. Navy fighter pilots training to be the “best of the best” at an elite flight school. Not only was it spectacularly...
by Leslie Young | Jul 20, 2018
As I mentioned in the sermon last Sunday, July 15 was the six-month anniversary of the start of the “new era” of First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, when we officially reassumed administration of the church property after the approximately 18 months that the...
by Leslie Young | Jul 13, 2018
“What’s the Deal With … the Prayer of Confession?” (part of an occasional series on aspects of being Presbyterian) Every now and then, someone asks about the Prayer of Confession. You have the Call to Worship, you have what’s usually a pretty energetic opening hymn,...
by Leslie Young | Jul 6, 2018
I send you a special thank you for your continued prayers for our members who are in the hospital, rehab, skilled nursing facilities, or home bound. Whenever I tell someone I am visiting that their church family is praying for them, they are so grateful! Some say,...
by Leslie Young | Jul 2, 2018
Log College Project Update About a month ago, I wrote to you that we had been chosen as one of 53 congregations to participate in the “Log College Project” of the Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary. I am pleased to give you a brief update...
