Weekday Email to Members and Friends – 2020-08-28
Friday 28 August 2020
Members and Friends of
First Presbyterian Church
Champaign, Illinois
Dear Friends,
Nancy MacGregor wrote an email seeking prayer for a student whose family home burned to the ground this week. She lifts her student up for prayer.
Nancy doesn’t know this, but she is living into the sermon I’m preaching on Sunday about, of all things, midwives. Much to your surprise, perhaps, you, too, are living into this sermon. The care you bring to your vocation, the holy touch you bring to your neighbors, the ways you stand humbly for justice, the ways you invest in our community.
Midwives? you ask.
See you on Sunday. Shiphrah and Puah (look them up) will be there. Invite a friend.
Pay attention to God’s activity in the world around you.
Be amazed.
Tell somebody.
PEACE,
Matt Matthews
864.386.9138
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PHOTO Challenge!
From your Nurture Team — Congrats to Brandi Lowe for being the first to guess last Friday’s photo was of Gary Peterson!
Here’s this week’s photo.
Visit http://fb.com/groups/
We are getting low on photos, so please join in the fun! We would like you to select a photo from your younger years (grade school, high school or early adulthood). Photos need not be professional. Candid shots are welcome. Please send your photos to photos@
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Two things I miss. Chicago. Symphony. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Christmas in August in Liberia via Atlanta (?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
