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How can you see God? Dr. Vamos offers a very simple answer to that question in this sermon, addressed to our 2019 Confirmation Class. Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Vamos June 9, 2019. [...]
Are We Free?
Sermon preached by Rev. Kyle Anderson, June 2, 2019. https://pcol-media.s3.amazonaws.com/sermons/2019/Service+2019-06-02.mp3
Courageous Compassion
Sermon preached by Dr. Abigail Rian Evans, May 26, 2019. https://pcol-media.s3.amazonaws.com/sermons/2019/Service+2019-05-26.mp3
Child or Suitcase?
Sermon preached by Sue Steen, May 5, 2019. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2019/Service+2019-05-05.mp3
Doubting Thomas
Sermon preached by Rev. Kyle Anderson, April 28, 2019. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2019/Service+2019-04-28.mp3
I Have Seen the Lord
Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Vamos, April 21, 2019. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2019/Service+2019-04-21.mp3
The View from Friday
Sometimes failure is just...failure, when seen from the Friday point of view. But even in the darkest of moments, the most abject of failures, we are never alone. Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Jeffrey [...]
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 [...]