Weekly Schedule
Summer Sunday Worship Begins May 26:
8:30 Chapel Worship 10:00 am - Sanctuary
No Summer Sunday School
Sign Language Interpreter
Saturday Worship:The REVIVE!
2nd & 4th Saturday
5:00 p.m. Will resume in September.
Welcome to Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church!
A Community of believers making a difference by making disciples
Join us on Sunday, May 26 as we celebrate Trinity Sunday with worship at 8:30 a.m. in the Chapel and 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Rev. John Roper will be preaching on the following scriptures: Pslam 8; John 16;12-15. There will be no Summer Sunday school. This week we will begin our summer worship schedule.
Monday, May 27 building will be closed for the Memorial Day Holiday.
Vacation Bible School will be held June 17 - 21. HB Members $20/first child, $10/additional child with $40 family max. Non-Church members $25/first child, $15/additional child with a $55 family max. Registration form is due by May 31. VBS Registration Form
Church office Hours - Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Prayer Group meets on Monday's for prayer at 9:30 a.m. in the Prayer Room
For updates on the Capital Campaign - please visit www.harveybrownespirit.com.
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Feeling Under the Weather?
Are you like me and just feel better when the sun is shining? I don’t know whether I suffer from seasonal depression, but I do know that I suffer from dark and dreary depression. Sometimes I feel that if I want to know how my mood will be tomorrow I can just look at the forecast. If it says "overcast" I am so going to be there. Perhaps this is why I am so drawn to the gospel writer John’s images about darkness and light. On Easter morning we were reminded that the light we celebrated coming into the world at Christmas is now vindicated by God to be not just a light but THE light. The light that darkness cannot overcome. Sadly, however, the gospel reminds us that we tend to choose darkness over light. Our inability to face the truth about us becomes a wall blocking the light God has given to the world. So what are we to do? Are we going to seek cover in darkness, or are we going to practice the discipline of confession and repentance? It is for this reason we always include confession in our worship because confession opens us to receiving what God wishes to give to us. We pray, for example, "God of mercy, your command to love one another across all differences opens us to new horizons, yet we often respond with fear and judgment that hinders your goal for humanity." In other words, God seeks to open us to the light, yet we seek darkness. Again, "We confess that we are anxious people who deny your blessing and fail to keep your word." Then we move to those wonderful words of pardon: "Let your hearts be still, for God loves you and forgives all your wrong doing. Beloved, receive the peace of Christ." Sunshine is not always available to lift my mood, but the light of Christ that calls us to the light always shines. At the Easter Vigil this year, we entered the sanctuary the same as we always do. We all go out and light our candles outside in the darkness. We then enter the sanctuary in total darkness as the candle bearer who is leading the way with the Christ Candle sings, "The light of Christ!" The congregation follows in procession responding to his or her words with "Thanks be to God!" Soon all the small candles are inside and their light lights the darkness with the Christ Candle leading the way. Thanks be to God indeed for the light that has come into the world!
John