by Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Jul 12, 2026
A MESSAGE FROM REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER CLIFTON Dear FPCB Friends, Thank you for your interest in our worship, and specifically for the text of the sermon. If you would like to receive a copy, please send an email to info@fpc-bethlehem.org and indicate the date of the...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Jul 5, 2026
We continue this morning in exploring spiritual practices to strengthen our role as disciples (student/followers) and apostles (messengers). Each of the practices we have explored on previous Sundays prepares us for the spiritual practice of being sent out. There is...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Jun 28, 2026
Before we begin exploring these passages of Scripture, it will be important to define what we mean when we speak about healing or being healed especially as we approach it from a sense of spiritual healing. Healing is different from curing. We tend to use healing as...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Jun 21, 2026
As I wrote in my pastor’s message in the newsletter, when I first thought about learning as a discipleship/apostleship practice for today’s world, I was thinking book learning, Bible studies, things like that. But over the week, it became apparent to me that where the...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Jun 14, 2026
One evening when my son was at college, he called me. Now parents of college-aged children, and indeed my kids now, know that calling rather than texting means pick up the phone – I need to talk to you. The conversation centered around a faith question – earlier that...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Jun 7, 2026
Those last six verses from Acts 2 have not left me since Pentecost. Disciples – followers of Jesus learning everything they can– have become Apostles – messengers sent out to be the teachers, preachers, healers. And, now there are thousands and thousands of believers...
