Morning worship services are set to resume on Sunday, May 31st at 11am. We are encouraging congregants and visitors who are immunocompromised to worship along with us live from home. ...
The session of our church met on Wednesday of this week. I felt like for the May newsletter it would be prudent for me to update you on our church. This will seem a little scattershot, but there is much to say....
How do we think about plague, sickness, and potential economic devastation? What is it that the Lord could be doing?...
Physical services at Pearl PCA have been suspended for the month of April, including morning worship. The session will re-evaluate whether this suspension of services continues into the month of April. In the meantime, we will be posting new sermons each week and sending family worship guides as well as offering mid-week Bible studies and Sunday School lessons. Please read for more information....
Pearl Presbyterian Church will be instituting changes effective immediately to help mitigate the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus....
Our church is instituting a thorough Child Protection Policy in 2020. Not only do we need to know what those changes are, but we need to know why this is a good and precious thing....
But we should be careful to put music in its place and maintain a healthy perspective on its relationship to our own hearts. The ordinary means God has given us to grow are prayer, the sacraments, and the reading and preaching of the Bible. Let's start there, and build our spiritual health around those things first and foremost....
We as church members may have become accustomed to it, and for many of us it may be the norm, but all of us must admit, the use of grape juice in the Lord’s Supper is an innovation that was introduced by man and not by God. Not only has it been the historic practice of the church, but it is mandated for us in Scripture that we use wine in the Lord’s Supper. What then should we do? ...
Back at the end of September I decided to delete my Facebook account. I hope to mention a few reasons why this was the right decision for me, and then I’ll conclude by reflecting on what I’ve felt and experienced since quitting. I won’t say you should do the same thing, but I will challenge you to consider it....
One thing I have noticed is that when a Christian is challenged on the subject of sexual morality, one of the responses that is most common is for the other person to say, “Well the Bible says you’re not supposed to mix threads together, but your shirt is a polyester cotton blend. So you’re a hypocrite and you just pick one rule out of your Bible and ignore the other...
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