Keeping College Admissions In Perspective
Keeping College Admissions In Perspective by Wanda Sevey, Director and Instructor for Council for Relationships If you’re a senior in high school or the parent of a senior in high school, the end of [...]
Epic Fail: Redefining Failure in Light of God’s Love
Sermon preached by Rev. Kyle Anderson, March 31, 2019. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2019/Service+2019-03-31.mp3
Fortunate Fault
If failure is a teacher, what does it have to teach us? Biblically, the answer could be understood in one word: trust. Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Vamos, March 24, 2019. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2019/Service+2019-03-24.mp3 [...]
Successful Failure
God sent Ezekiel to do a task at which he ultimately failed. Did God believe that failure was the only teacher that could convey what Israel needed to learn? Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. [...]
First Things
Our images of success determine how we think of failure. Does success for you accord with your most deeply-held values? To use Stephen Covey's image, what is the wall against which your ladder is [...]
Illuminating Stories
Sermon preached by Brett Gudeman, March 3, 2019. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2019/Service+2019-03-03.mp3
Women’s Retreat 2019 | April 26-28
Women’s Retreat – April 26-28, 2019 Calling all PCOL women! Save April 26–28 for the Annual Women’s Retreat at the St. Joseph-by-the-Sea Retreat Center right on the beach in South Mantoloking, NJ. Two nights, 5 [...]
Conversations with Luke
Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Vamos, February 17, 2019. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2019/Service+2019-02-17.mp3
PCOL Blog for All
No "Safe Space" for Jesus By John MacDonald February 12, 2019 In the decades following the dominant rise of commercialism in the 1950’s, American culture increasingly promoted the concepts of ease, comfort, safety and [...]
The State of the Communion
How are we doing in our mission to serve Christ in this place, and in this time? Dr. Vamos reflects on the past year, and on the future, in his annual "State of the Communion" [...]
Orange Zone Religion
Should our religion make us comfortable? Just as a wimpy workout doesn't have much effect on our physical fitness, we can expect something similar in our practice of faith. Jeremiah and Jesus asserted [...]
MLK Day of Service 2019
Here are some pics from our MLK Day of Service, January 21, 2019!
Inclement Weather
Inclement Weather FEBRUARY 20, 2019: Following the Lawrence Township Public Schools, the Logos Program for this evening is CANCELED. The Session Meeting is postponed until tomorrow, Thursday February 21. Please check this page for [...]
One Body, Many Members
One Body, Many Members The "body of Christ" is a metaphor that has been preached many times; we understand it to be synonymous with the Church. The implications, of course, being that God has [...]
5 Steps to Helping Children Deal with Loss
5 STEPS: Helping Children Deal with Loss by Betsy Ie, LCSW, Grief Recovery Specialist Parents and caretakers generally do everything to try and help their children to be happy and successful in life by providing [...]
Of Malice and MAGA Hats: Faith Seeking Truth
by Jeff Vamos According to Matthew, when Jesus sends the disciples out into the world to preach the gospel – they go out two-by-two if you recall, from town to town – he instructs [...]
Of Disasters and I Do’s
The story of the Wedding at Cana is the story of a wedding gone almost disastrously wrong. Dr. Vamos tells the story of another - modern - wedding gone wrong, told by Robert Fulghum. [...]
What’s So Amazing About Grace?
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Vamos, preached January 13, 2019. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2018/Service+2019-01-13.mp3