First Presbyterian Church
Silver City, NM
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Our Pastor, The Reverend Bob
Reese Welcome! And thanks for visiting our
site!
Hello Friends, So, how is your love life? Last Sunday (8/22) we made it clear that, in this instance, the question has to do with "the first and greatest commandment" to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind" (LK 10:27, NIV). Joan Gray, a recent Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA) asked it this way, "How has your intimacy with God changed over the course of the last year?" It’s a wonderful question that we don’t ask often enough. We are asking the question afresh because ... well, we don’t want to just live where we land, and as ours is a living love, we won’t. We’ll rise up in the strength of this God given love and make every effort to grow closer to the Lover of Our Souls. I loved how these snippets of famous love letters make this active nature of love clear (found at – Famous Love Letters) No, nothing has the power to part me from you; our love is based upon virtue, and will last as long as our lives. Adieu, there is nothing that I will not brave for your sake; you deserve much more than that. — Voltaire
I’m not sure how mature these loves were or how long the flames of passion had been burning. But we all know this, for a love to survive over time, it needs to be tended and nurtured. So today let’s adapt the question; What are we doing to care for our love, to preserve and nurture its vitality? We are continuing a "Lord, Make My Life a Miracle" sermon series and as we do, Sunday bulletins and our website will soon have a summary of activities and disciplines that you may chose from (or inspire your own imagination) that might help you fan to greater flame your love for God. I hope you'll check them out and consider how God would like to work with you to deepen your intimacy with God. God loves you and this world without reservation. May God help us to return and share that love without reserve. God's great love be with you,
Pastor
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1915 North Swan Street
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Sunday Worship Schedule
Every Sunday
10:00 - 10:30am Fellowship Time
10:30 am Traditional Worship
2nd and 4th Sundays
9:00 am Contemporary Worship Service