Sermon for Sunday Evening, June 27th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 2:14-47 ESV] 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. …
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Sermon for Sunday, June 27th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Job 1:6-12 ESV] 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” …
Sermon for Sunday, June 20th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 105:26-45 ESV] 26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. 27 They performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made the land dark; …
Sermon for Sunday, June 13th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 13:1-22 ESV] 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.” 3 …
The following is excerpted from “The History of Sullivan County” by James Eldridge Quinlan, 1873. Rev. Thomas Grier (or Greer) was the founding pastor of each the Westtown and Unionville Presbyterian Churches. Here we find him laboring in a neighboring county. There is ground for belief that Rev. Thomas Greer, a Presbyterian clergyman of …
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I’ve been working on piecing together the earliest history of churches in my area and in the process have acquired a number of digital maps of the area. Putting them here in chronological order may be of some benefit to later explaining the history. The following maps are from 1769, 1780, 1829, 1851, 1860, 1875, …
Sermon for Sunday, June 6th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 12:29-51 ESV] 29 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the …
There are a number of requirements to take communion in a Reformed or Presbyterian church. While specifics may vary from church to church, before participating in communion a person must be baptized, must be of sufficient maturity to “examine yourself,” must not be under church discipline, and must be a member of an evangelical (or …
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