Welcome to the First Presbyterian Church of Bedford Indiana.

Established 1819

     The First Presbyterian Church of Bedford is a community of believers in Jesus Christ who seek to know God's will through worship, scripture, and prayer, and who feel called to share God's love through community and global ministry.  We are committed to providing a caring, welcoming and inclusive environment to fulfill the mission of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Worship time change!  Please join us for worship at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday morning.

Friday Email, June 6

My Friends,

I pray you are all doing well this Friday morning.  I'm feeling rather upbeat this morning.  God is so good, always.  There are some days where everything just seems to go right and yesterday was one of them.  Even the traffic lights all seemed to be green!  I suppose, in a way, it is our own attitude about the day that sets the tone.  I know some days, we have to look extra hard.  But if we do, the blessings are there, even on the bad days.

Gary Hunter will be filling our pulpit on this Pentecost Sunday.  I suppose, if I were ranking days of the church year in order of importance, Pentecost Sunday would be an easy third choice right behind Easter and Christmas Eve.  Christ came to us on Christmas, saved us on Easter, and sent his Holy Spirit to stay with us forever on Pentecost.  Gary's scriptures this Sunday come from Luke 10:25-37 and Acts 2:1-21.  And his sermon title is, interestingly enough, Let's God to Mitchell.  Hmm.  I'm curious to hear that story!

And oh yes.  Since it is Pentecost Sunday, WEAR RED!!  The brighter the better!

This will also be a special Sunday for another reason.  Following worship, the Women of the Church are hosting a celebration of the 100th birthday of Lee Hutchinson in the Fellowship Hall.  While this is a celebration from our church family for Lee, everyone is welcome.

And as previously announced, there will be a public Open House to celebrate Lee's milestone birthday next Saturday, June 14.  It will be at the First Baptist Church in Bedford from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m.  Please come and spread the word.

Next Tuesday, June 10, the session will be meeting at 6:00 p.m.  Our moderator, John VanderZee, has requested the later start time.  Since Betsey is out of town, committee reports need to be submitted to Mary Hardesty as soon as possible.

The discipleship study will be continuing on Wednesday, June 11, in the church library starting at 10:30 a.m.

We wear red on Pentecost Sunday to celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit in the form of "tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them" (Acts 2:3).  And, because of this gift, the Holy Spirit now rests upon all of us, and dwells in us.  Scouring the internet as I'm prone to do when looking for something to share with you each week, I ran across a meditation from the "Desiring God" website subtitled Seven Ways He Meets Us as We  Gather.  Here they are:

  1. The Spirit comes to enable us to worship God.

  2. The Spirit comes to assure us.

  3. The Spirit comes to unify us.

  4. The Spirit comes to transform us.

  5. The Spirit comes to empower us.

  6. The Spirit comes to enlighten us.

  7. The Spirit comes to reveal God's presence.

As I pray for our church every morning, I pray for whoever is preaching the next Sunday, for Susan as liturgist, and for myself (or whoever happens to be playing the organ that Sunday).  I also pray that we will all feel the presence of God's Holy Spirit in us as we worship. I know that His Spirit IS ALWAYS present.  It is everywhere!  It is just up to us to recognize it, to find it, to feel it.  I pray that you all will feel that Spirit in your hearts as we worship this Pentecost Sunday.

Blessings abound,

Mike

I will pour out my spirit on all people.  Acts 2:17

Contact Information      First Presbyterian Church of Bedford,   1504 L Street, Bedford, IN 47421

 Phone: 812-275-5853

 Email: office@bedfordpresby.org

 Clerks of Session:  Betsey Makximenko, vbat62@comcast.net

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