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28/01/2024

Jonah and the Disciples

Listen this week as Pastor Carter and Pastor Taylor team up to preach on Jonah 1-3. Scripture Readings: Mark 1:14-20, "Jonah and the Big Fish" (Spark Story Bible), and Jonah 3:1 - 4:2Liturgist: Betty Jo RichardsChildren's Sermon: Rev. Taylor HallPreacher: Rev. Dr. Carter Lester The Children's Sermon & Sermon were preached on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at First Presbyterian Church of Allentown

28/01/2024

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28 min
24/12/2023

How Does a Weary World Rejoice? We Sing Stories of Hope.

Join us as we continue with our Advent and Christmas sermon series "How Does a Weary World Rejoice?" For the fourth Sunday in Advent, Pastor Carter reminds us that to help a weary world rejoice, we recount stories of hope. Scripture Text: Luke 1:46-55Liturgist: Bob MartinPreacher: The Rev. Dr. W. Carter Lester, Jr.

24/12/2023

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20 min
20/10/2024

Fruits of the Spirit: Generosity

Join us as Pastor Carter continues his sermon series "Fruits of the Spirit", focusing this week on Generosity. Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: 2 Chronicles 31:1-8 & Luke 12:13-21 (Read by Linda Boyle & Pastor Carter) Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

20/10/2024

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24 min
03/11/2024

Fruits of the Spirit: Humility

Consider Jesus' model of humanity? What adjectives would you use to describe his humility? Who has modeled some of those characteristics for you and how? Join us as Pastor Carter continues our sermon series on "Fruits of the Spirit", focusing this week on Humility. Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Mark 10:35-45 & Philippians 2:5-11 (Read by Kim Ceccatti) Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

03/11/2024

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21 min
19/01/2025

Danger in the Promised Land

Rev. Liz Heinzel-Nelson, Executive Director of our mission partner, Villages in Partnership (VIP), preached on a snowy January 19th service. VIP is a faith based nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate extreme poverty in rural Malawi. Liz co-founded VIP after she and her family stepped away from serving Allentown (New Jersey) Presbyterian Church to live and serve in Malawi for one year. When they returned to Allentown they felt called by God to set up VIP in 2009, with a strategy to address and improve the six underlying areas human thriving: food, water, education, health, economics, and infrastructure simultaneously. In doing so, they have seen entire villages emerge out of extreme poverty. Liz has dedicated her life to inviting others to come alongside the poor and most vulnerable, leading several teams to Malawi each year. I think you will find her work inspiring – as have those in this congregation who have traveled to Malawi to work with VIP. Liz and her husband, Stephen, have four adult children and two grandchildren.

19/01/2025

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34 min
04/09/2023

Our Faith and Our Work: Part 1

Over Labor Day weekend, seven of our faithful members shared the connection between their faith and their work. What makes First Presbyterian Church of Allentown is our people and our stories. In part 1 of this 2 part series from September 3, 2023, listen to Erica Simmons, Josh Luey, and Megan Sciarrino as they share their stories about how they connect their passion to purpose.

04/09/2023

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25 min
03/06/2024

An Amazing Inclusive Truth

Join us as Pastor Kathryn preaches a Sermon entitled "An Amazing Inclusive Truth". Some key takeaways from this sermon include: "If I ever saw a title that summarized the bible in two words, I think LOVE WINS would be those two.""Peter, the Apostle, might have thought that God changed God's mind about the Jewish law; when in fact, God changed Peter's mind about it.""The Amazing Inclusive Truth of God is that ALL people are acceptable to God if they respect God and use LOVE as guide for their lives." Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Acts 10:34-35 and Romans 12:6-21. (Read by Nelson Rabenold). Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details.

03/06/2024

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21 min
14/04/2024

Eastertide: Fear and Reality

Join us as Pastor Kathryn preaches her sermon entitled "Eastertide: Fear & Reality". Scripture Readings: Luke 24:36-43; Psalm 4:4-8; Acts 3:17-19 Liturgist: Bobbie McGareyPreacher: Rev. Kathryn Foster "Charlotte's Web" Audio clip used by permission under CVLI License.

14/04/2024

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21 min
06/04/2025

Everything [in] Between: Righteousness & Mercy

How does it feel to be restored to a community you have lost? This week Pastor Stephanie Anthony continues our Lenten sermon series, inspired by "Everything [in] Between" from A Sanctified Art. The fifth sermon looks at the topic of "Righteousness & Mercy" through the story of Zacchaeus the Tax Collector (Luke 19) Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Psalm 84:1-4, 10-12 & Luke 19:1-10 (Read by Kim Ceccatti) Join us Sunday mornings in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

06/04/2025

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21 min
13/10/2024

Fruits of the Spirit: Justice

Join us as Pastor Carter continues his sermon series "Fruits of the Spirit", focusing this week on Justice. Check out the whole sermon, as well as this week's scripture readings: Amos 5:11-12, 21-24 & Luke 4:16-21 (Read by Trish Brown) Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

13/10/2024

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23 min

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