Welcome to First Presbyterian Church!

Last Sunday, we saw what happened when Ezra entered the picture during the rebuilding of Jerusalem.

Ezra made a big splash when he came to town. He told the people that they were not following the Law of Moses the Lord handed down at Mt. Sinai. If they wanted to be God's chosen people again, they had to straighten up!

Once they started to get their act together, it became apparent that all was still not quite right. To have a Temple and the beginnings of a community again was great, but to make Jerusalem an important city you just have to have walls and gates in them.

Enter Nehemiah. He was the cupbearer to the king of Persia.

Now cupbearers didn't just walk around holding the cups and pouring the drinks. He was like the chief butler to the king. If you've ever seen an episode of Downton Abby, you know how important that is to the household.

This week we will look at Nehemiah's strategy for putting the walls of Jerusalem back up. If you were going to be a self-respecting city-state in Nehemiah's time, you had to have walls.

Who did it? The butler did it!

See you Sunday! Scripture will be the entire first chapter of the book of Nehemiah.

God bless,

Pastor Paul

Previous worship services may be viewed by clicking on the links below:

Sunday, January 23, Bulletin

Sunday, January 23, Worship Service

Sunday, January 16, Worship Service

Sunday, January 9, Worship Service

Sunday, January 2, Worship Service