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Granpres
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A Lenten podcast from the First Presbyterian Church of Granville.
Episodes
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God Of Many Names- Rev. Wallace W. Bubar- June 16, 2025
Wallace preaches on Trinity Sunday
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Senior High Mission Trip Reflections- Kristin Ream, Max Holtsberry, Andrew Worrell, Kaityn Fallon, and Sophie Bubar
Senior High Students speak about their time in TN/NC doing Hurricane Helene Flood Relief work.
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Then Sings My Soul- Wallace W. Bubar- June 29,2025
Wallace preaches on why we should sing!
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A Better Country- Rev. Wallace W. Bubar- July 6,2025
Wallace preaches on patriotism and faith.
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Called and Claimed- Kristin Ream- May 4,2025
Isaiah 43:1-7 Kristin preaches on confirmation Sunday about belonging to God.
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"...But..." Easter Sunday - Rev. Wallace W. Bubar- April 20,2025
Luke 24:1-12 Pastor Wallace preaches on how one word can change everything.
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Heaven Scent- Rev. Wallace W. Bubar- April 6,2025
Heaven Scent John 12:1-8 Mary had experienced first-hand the grace of God in her life. And once that happens to a person, they’ll sometimes find themselves responding in surprising, extravagant ways.
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The Real Prodigal- Rev. Wallace W. Bubar- March 30,2025
The Real Prodigal Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 So I had always assumed that the word prodigal meant something like wayward, or wild, rebellious—something along those lines. So you can imagine my surprise when I happened to look up the word in the dictionary, and discovered that I had been wrong all this...
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem- Rev. Wallace W. Bubar- March 16,2025
Luke 13:31-35 The world says: You can’t be too careful. Jesus says: Oh, yes you can. You most certainly can be too careful.
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Ordinary Transfigurations
Luke 9:28-36 Irenaeus of Lyons, one of the great fathers of the early Church, said it well: “The glory of God is a human being, fully alive.” That’s one of my favorite quotes. The glory of God is a human being, fully alive. When we are fully alive—when we’re standing at full stretch, exercising…
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Jesus Calling- Rev. Wallace Bubar- Feb 9,2025
Jesus Calling Luke 5:1-11 "But whether he’s calling us to go to the other side of the world, or the other side of town, or just the other side of the room, Jesus is still calling. Even today, still showing up on the lakeshore. Or in the classroom, or the lab, or the office. Still showing up.…
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Grace by the Gallon- Rev. Wallace Bubar- Feb 2,2025
Grace by the Gallon John 2:1-11 "And the wine is the grace of God, poured out in abundance, made available to everyone. Wine to quench our thirst, and gladden our hearts. But also wine that promises to satisfy our deeper thirsts, by putting us into a life-giving relationship with God, and...
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Bring Your Bible- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Jan 26,2025
The last sermon from transitional pastor Rev. Wendy McCormick. Wendy preaches on Luke 4:14-21 and Nehemiah 8:1-10 "It is a challenging time to be God’s people, a time when we need the power and guidance of the scriptures more than ever. It is a change. It is a transition. But the overwhelming...
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Remember Your Baptism- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Jan. 12,2025
Isaiah 43:1-7 We’ve learned together over this year that transition is not one thing, a one-day happening as one person vacates this office and another person moves in. Transition is an ongoing process of moving from one place or state to another. In a way, we are always in transition from who we...
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Ephiphany- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Jan 5,2025
Ephesians 3:1-12 "What interests me and frankly touches me more than the how and when of holiday decorating and de-decorating is the why – the deep why – I can’t help noticing how powerful it is to hang lights against the darkness and how we have that in common with our most ancient pre-Christian...
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Advent 3- The Angel Visits Mary- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Dec 15, 2024
Luke 1:26-35; 46-55 "We have to wonder: Who is silenced in our world? To whom might such a great reversal grant a voice in our day? And what does it mean for those who have been silenced to not just speak up but to shout and sing?"
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Meditation for Christmas Eve 2024- Rev. Wendy McCormick
Christmas Eve 2024
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Advent 4: Joseph
Matthew 1:18-25 "This season we wonder what it means for us to honor tradition in ways that are forward-looking, risk-taking, bold, courageous, and, above all, following the beckoning lead of God? That’s how Matthew means for us to read the Christmas story and all of the Jesus story. How do we...
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Advent 2-Road Construction Ahead- Rev. Wallace Bubar- Dec. 8,2024
The Rev. Wallace Bubar gives his candidating sermon on Luke 3:1-8a, 10-14, 18. Wallace will begin his pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Granville on Feb 1, 2025.
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Advent 1- Zechariah- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Dec 1,2024
Luke 1:5-25, 57-64 “Do not be afraid” is the most frequently repeated message in scripture --- over 300 times --- From Genesis to Revelation; from the prophets to the psalms; from Jesus to the faithful ones who followed, the words have become a mantra across time and space. Clearly faith cannot...
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Finding Hope In Exile- Kristin Ream- Nov. 24,2024
Senior High Youth Director and first-year seminary student, Kristin Ream, guest preaches on Jeremiah chapter 29 and finding hope in exile.
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Going Forward- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Nov. 10,2024
Matthew 5:1-12 "In the Beatitudes, disciples then and now are invited to help advance the new kingdom and this manifesto. The emphasis on human agency and advocacy suggests that when we see people who are hurting and oppressed, marginalized, victimized, forgotten, lied about, the question need…
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For All The Saints- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Nov. 3,2024
Hebrews 11:1-3, 32-38; 12:1-2 "But more than that, perhaps with me you feel a renewed sense that we do not get to sit back, that just as those who went before had their moment to live in faith, even when times were hard, even when faithfulness was risky, we do too. This is our moment. Whatever…
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Job part 3- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Oct 20,2024
Job 38:1-7, 34-41; 42:1-6 "If you’ve been following this little series, you’ve been waiting three weeks for an answer. If you read the book of Job, you wait through 37 long chapters. If you are a human being who has ever tried to make sense of suffering and pain, then you have been waiting a very...
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Job part 2- Job's Lament- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Oct. 13,2024
"We have both an emotional need and a faith need, a spiritual need, to express our pain and sorrow, to lament." Rev. Wendy helps us understand Biblical Lament through the lens of Job; and why you should never say "Everything happens for a reason."
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Job 1- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Oct. 6,2024
"The opening chapters of the book of Job invite us to consider what it means to love God, to worship God, to confess that we are blessed, when health and wealth elude us, when we have absolutely nothing to show for our faith, materially or otherwise. We may say all our blessings don’t matter to…
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Blessed To Be A Blessing - Mission
Please join us for the third episode of a mini series called Blessed to be a blessing.
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Blessed to be a Blessing - Worship Planning
Please join us for the fourth episode of a mini series called Blessed to be a blessing.
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Blessed To Be A Blessing- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Sept 29,2024
Genesis 12:1-3 1 Peter 2:9-10 Matthew 5:13-16 "It doesn’t fit on a pillow, and it’s too long for a hashtag, but knowing we are blessed demands that we ask: so what? Or, more precisely, “for what?” From the very, very beginning, God’s people are blessed --- the Jews and Presbyterians like to say...
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Blessed To Be A Blessing -Youth discussion
Please join us for the first episode of a mini series called Blessed to be a blessing.
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What Are We Doing Here?- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Sept 15,2024
Isaiah 6:1-8 We talk about “going” to church and “attending” worship . . . what if we more consciously thought of doing worship, of our own participation as an essential performance? It changes our perspective. It calls on each of us to ask of ourselves, “Have I given my best to God in this hour…
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Causing A Stir- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Sept 8,2024
Mark 7:24-37 "Healing stories from the Bible are so challenging. Because we all know somebody – probably several somebodies – for whom no amount of prayer, no amount of faith in Jesus was enough. Despite fervent prayers for healing, despite being on every prayer chain imaginable, there was no...
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Wash Your Hands- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Sept 1,2024
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 But it’s not just individual, personal advice. We who are the church need to ask those beyond our immediate circle --- we need to ask our guests and first-time visitors, we need to ask those who’ve never been here, those who only know us by perception, reputation, or...
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Bread 4: Who is Jesus? Word Made Flesh- Rev. Wendy McCormick Aug 25,2024
John 6:51-58 "When we think about the increasing number of Americans who identify religiously as ‘none of the above,’ I wonder: Are people less interested in joining us because Christianity looks like a challenging way to live, because following Jesus is a deep and complex journey without easy...
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Bread 3: Who Is Jesus: I Am the Bread of Life- Rev. Wendy McCormick
Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 John 6:24-35 "And so we come. Like children trying to make sense of a mysterious shape under a sheet. Like those ancient Hebrew complainers. Like those confused and literalist followers of Jesus. We come like people desperate for their next meal and like people desperate for...
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Bread 2: Who is Jesus- Rev. Wendy McCormick- August 11, 2024
Isaiah 43:1-7 John 6:15-21 Rev. Wendy preaches on the storm at sea from John's gospel, as we further consider "Who is Jesus?" "On the waters of chaos in the dark. Consider the times when that has been the metaphor for your life, for your faith. Sometimes “the waters of chaos in the dark” is the...
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Bread 1: Who Is Jesus- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Aug 4,2024
Rev. Wendy preaches on the familiar story of the feeding of the 5000. We also ask the question Who is Jesus? 2 Kings 4:42-44 John 6:1-15
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Anxiety and Joy- Kristin Ream- July 28,2024
Philippians 4:4-7 Kristin guest preaches on Anxiety and Joy, using some imagery from Pixar's Inside Out 2. "When Anxiety is at the controls for too long, it's time to access our Joy."
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N is for Nicodemus- Rev. Wendy McCormick- July 14,2024
John 3:1-10, 7:45-52, 19:38-42 n the words of Dr Anna Carter Florence: “Tradition has been kind to Nicodemus. He’s held up as an example of faith and a model of generosity; the Pharisee who eventually came around. But to be frank, it took a while. Which is exactly what John wants us to notice in...
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Proclaim Liberty- Rev. Wendy McCormick- July 7,2024
Leviticus 25:8-12 Galatians 5:1, 13-26 Rev. Wendy discusses freedom in Christ and what that has to do with freedom in our country. "May we be fed again on love of God and neighbor, on liberty throughout the land for every inhabitant. And may we go forth renewed to share Christ-like freedom"
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P is for Puah- Rev. Wendy McCormick- June 30,2024
Rev. Wendy takes us through an unfamiliar to many story of heroic midwives in Exodus 1:15-22.
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J is for Joseph-Rev. Wendy McCormick- June 23,2024
We continue our series on The Good Book with J is for Joseph, the familiar story found in Genesis Chapter 50:15-21.
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G is for Growing Up- Rev. Wendy McCormick- June 9,2024
Luke 2:40-52 "But thanks to them and likely to other relatives and friends whose names are long lost to history, Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and his fellow humans. Maybe it gives us pause to give thanks for those who have helped us attain whatever modicum of wisdom and...
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S is for Salt- Rev. Wendy McCormick- June 2,2024
Genesis 19:15-17, 24-26 Wendy invites us to open our imaginations to the questions that aren't answered in scripture.
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Pentecost- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Sunday May 19,2024
"On this Pentecost day, I wonder where you find yourself in this story? More connected to church tasks than to the spirit? A little nervous about change because of where it might lead? Maybe outside the camp looking in, feeling led by the spirit but shut out by Joshua and the way things have…
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Look Out- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Sunday May 12,2024
Listen as Dryden Dickenson reads Acts 1:6-11 and Wendy preaches about the Ascension of Christ. Wendy reminds us to not spend so much time looking up that we forget to look around also.
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All In- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Sunday May 5,2024
Rev. Wendy McCormick preaches on the Acts 10 passage and relates to the news from the United Methodist Church this past week. "If we believe God with Peter that our minds can be changed, if we believe that God shows no partiality and that God’s heart breaks at LGBTQ people being told their...
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Abiding Branches- Rev. Wendy McCormick- Sunday April 28,2024
Wendy preaches on gardening, pruning, and where the best fruit grows. John 15:1-8
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You Are Changing The World Whether You Like it or Not- David LaMotte Week 2
The first of two podcasts about the book "You Are Changing the World Whether You Like it or Not" by David LaMotte. We will conclude this series with a pub theology discussion at Trek Brewing Company on Thursday, May 2nd.
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