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Adult Study: What’s So Amazing About Grace?
A new adult interactive Bible study beginning January 8 explores grace at street level and asks if grace is God’s love for the undeserving then what does it look like in action? Ten Sunday morning sessions led by Scott Mayfield meeting 9 AM in the Faith Center’s Fireside room.
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Denominational Questions
Many of you have read or will read various articles that suggest that a change has been made in the denomination of which our church is a member (PC-USA). Specifically, the change reported is a change to allow practicing homosexuals to serve as clergy, elders or deacons. Here is a short answer to a discussion that will continue on our church level and in our local Presbytery Level. What has changed? What does this mean for our Presbytery and church? What is the road ahead look like? The long and the short of it is that there is a...
read moreChurch Telephone Options Updated
Due to requests to help alleviate the inordinate amount of time needed to leave a message at the church, we’ve updated our phone system to try to solve two problems at once – 1) the ability to leave messages for the pastor and secretary in a timely manner and 2) the ability to try to reach someone in other parts of our facility who might be meeting there. Here’s the solution we’ve come up with. During Office Hours - The phone will ring a number of times and if there is no answer, the menu options will come up. At...
read moreGlobal Church Conference 2010
The Global Church Conference 2010 In the U.S., we have many opportunities to attend a wide variety of Christian conferences that are focused on equipping us to live out our faith in the world. First Pres Berkeley is home to the Global Church Conference (GCC), a conference born out of the desire to faithfully consider issues of faith and justice in a global context. The GCC is unique in that all the speakers are Christian brothers and sisters from places in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. We need to hear our fellow...
read moreEPC is now on Facebook!
Click on the image at the bottom of this post to open our Facebook page. Our Facebook page is not one that you join in terms of membership. You simply click on the “like” link next to the title (Escalon Presbyterian Church) when you visit the page and your own personal Facebook newsfeed will be updated when we post certain events. You can also bookmark the page in your browser to stay up-to-date with any news or events that are posted. Go ahead, click on the link below and join the...
read morePay Attention to N. T. Wright
I’ve grown quite fond of the Bishop N. T. Wright. N. T. Wright has become a world-renowned scholar of New Testa-ment with quite a number of books in the field of the NT as well as biblical theology. Wright is also a bishop in the Anglican Church, most recently as Bishop of Durham in England. Wright has just recently ac-cepted a post as Research Professor of New Testa-ment and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. One of the first reasons I enjoy Wright is that his scholarly work is impeccable. He has embarked on...
read moreRecommended Reading
This is a post for the book readers of our congregation and an encouragement to those who would like to (and should) read more about faith and life. There are a few links for you to follow, that I hope can be of help to you. The first is a quick link to a few recommended books by topics on our website: Recommended Reading Click on any of the titles listed there to be taken to a more detailed view at Amazon.com. The second is a link to the books of my own library: Pastor’s Library This link is to a new program called “Google...
read moreServing In Mission
The second statement of our church’s mission statement, after the first and most important (Seek – to bring others to faith in Jesus Christ), is a statement showing our commitment to mission: Serve – in mission locally and globally. As the year 2009 passes I’d like to highlight the ways in which our congregation has served in mission both in giving and in action. Over the past year – our congregation has given well over 10% of our giving to mission. Our annual budget gives around $10,000 to the work of mission in our Presbytery...
read moreWhat God Ordains Is Always Good
The following is the text from a classic hymn concerning the Sovereignty of God in times of struggle. We hope these lyrics could be a strength for you in whatever season you are presently in. This hymn greatly sustained our friend David Jolliff in his struggle with cancer and will be a part of his service of burial. What God Ordains Is Always Good By: Samuel Rodigast What God ordains is always good: His will is just and holy. As he directs my life for me, I follow meek and lowly. My God indeed, In every need, Knows well how he will shield...
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