Join Us! We Make a Place for Everyone Overview A fundamental decision is placed before us this day: Will we choose the way of blessing or the way of woe? The death and resurrection of Jesus is the pivot on which the decision turns. To be in Christ means that we get planted by streams [...]

Join Us! We Make a Place for Everyone! Overview The promise and its fulfillment may not look at all alike, even though they are intimately connected. Paul speaks about seeds and plants as he tries to picture resurrection life. Joseph’s brothers never thought they would see him alive again, so how shocking he must have [...]

Support our PreKindergarten Invite family, friends, neighbors, or even potential future PHLP family who may be interested to our PHLP Concert & Fundraiser Celebration on Friday, February 28, starting at 6:30 pm. There will be a Concert with ALL programs participating together for the FIRST time. The concert will be followed by refreshments, cute fun [...]

Transfiguration of Our Lord/Last Sunday after Epiphany Join Us! We Make a Place for Everyone! Lifting the Veil The transfiguration is frustrating for disciples—past and present—who long for an unmediated experience of God. Jesus’ glory is revealed, and then, just as suddenly, a cloud descends and the vision fades. And even though Paul contrasts the [...]

Indulge Before Lent! Join Us for the 3rd Annual Pancake Supper Mark your calendars and bring your appetite! The Fellowship Team invites you to our 3rd annual Pancake Supper on Tuesday, March 4th, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM in the fellowship hall. This cherished tradition is the perfect opportunity to indulge in a delicious meal [...]

Ash Wednesday Service Join us on Wednesday, March 5, at 6 pm for our Ash Wednesday service. On Ash Wednesday we begin our forty-day journey toward Easter with a day of fasting and repentance. Marking our foreheads with dust, we acknowledge that we die and return to the earth. At the same time, the dust [...]

First Sunday in Lent Join Us! We Make a Place for Everyone An Identity on Which We Can Rely In Luke’s gospel, the story of Jesus’ temptation comes immediately after his baptism and a lengthy listing of his ancestors. Both help confirm the identity of Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God. Now [...]

Observing Lent at PHLC Each Wednesday during the season of Lent, PHLC will host a light supper from 6-6:30 pm, followed by a meditative service at 6:30 pm. Stay after the service for a book study from 7-8 pm. Join us! All are welcome as we make a place for everyone. What is Lent? Lent [...]

Second Sunday in Lent Join us ~ We Make a Place for Everyone! Purpose and Perseverance This week’s gospel text from Luke presents another temptation for Jesus. The Pharisees approach Jesus with a warning about his safety, telling him to “get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you” (Luke 13:31). Not only do [...]

Observing Lent at PHLC Each Wednesday during the season of Lent, PHLC will host a light supper from 6-6:30 pm, followed by a meditative service at 6:30 pm. Stay after the service for a book study from 7-8 pm. Join us! All are welcome as we make a place for everyone. What is Lent? Lent [...]

Third Sunday in Lent Join us ~ We Make a Place for Everyone! Fertilized, Fruitful, and Free God’s word for us today is nutritious and wholesome, though hard to digest. The gospel reading seems oddly brutal alongside the abundance and comfort of the texts from Isaiah (“delight yourselves in rich food”) and Psalm 63 (“My spirit [...]

Observing Lent at PHLC Each Wednesday during the season of Lent, PHLC will host a light supper from 6-6:30 pm, followed by a meditative service at 6:30 pm. Stay after the service for a book study from 7-8 pm. Join us! All are welcome as we make a place for everyone. What is Lent? Lent [...]