Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone! Blessings and Miracles Abound Today is a day of unexpected blessings and miracles, signs of how God is active and alive and present in our world and in our lives when we are open and receptive to the possibilities. We hear, [...]

Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone! Kyrie eleison: Persistence in Prayer Two characters step out of scripture today to teach us about persistence in prayer. One is named. Jacob is the devious brother who tricked his twin, Esau, out of his birthright and their father’s blessing, and [...]

Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone! God Be Merciful We may expect the religious insider to be blessed, the moral person to be right with God. But as is so often the case, Jesus’ parable for today sweeps away conventional expectations. Jesus surprises the disciples and us [...]

Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone! All Saints Sunday Wholly Saints Who are the saints, and what do they have to say to us? Rather than being perfect Christians, the saints are people who have been made whole by the grace of God, through baptism into Christ. [...]

Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone! 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Let’s Talk Resurrection When the Sadducees encounter Jesus with a technical question, he responds by humanizing and placing divine value upon each character in the Sadducees’ hypothetical scenario. Jesus’ response is about resurrection and about naming people [...]

Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone! 23rd Sunday after Pentecost From Life to Death and Death to Life In our baptisms we move spiritually from death to life. We are reminded of this in the words from the service of Holy Baptism: “In baptism our gracious heavenly Father [...]

Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone! Christ the King Sunday Who Is Jesus? Jesus’ true identity seems to remain a mystery for most of the disciples. Jesus can teach, preach, heal, cast out demons, challenge authority and more, but still they do not comprehend. You might say [...]

Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone! 1st Sunday of Advent Turn On. Tune In. Wake Up! In the 1960’s people were urged to turn on, tune in, and drop out—to leave the material world behind in favor of an alternate reality. In today’s gospel, Jesus also urges [...]

Film Club Watching Babette's Feast This event has been cancelled. The PHLC Film Club invites everyone to a special movie night on Friday, December 5 at 7:00 pm, when we will gather to watch the beloved 1987 film Babette’s Feast. This gentle, thoughtful, and beautifully crafted story offers a lighter and uplifting cinematic experience—one that [...]

2nd Sunday in Advent Join us at 9:30 am on Sundays — We Make a Place for Everyone! Pointing to Jesus John the Baptist is a fitting messenger for the season of Advent, a time for the church to prepare for both the nativity of the Christ and for his second coming. John’s call to [...]

3rd Sunday in Advent Today's service has been DELAYED ONE HOUR and will begin at 10:30 am — We Make a Place for Everyone! Living In the Now and the Not Yet In this season of Advent we stand in the discomforting quiet of waiting for the salvation of the Lord while simultaneously seeing that [...]

Blue Christmas Service In the midst of a season filled with bright lights, joyful music, and festive gatherings, many individuals carry quiet burdens of grief, worry, or weariness. At PHLC, our Blue Christmas Service offers a gentle, hope-filled space for anyone who finds the holidays difficult. Whether you are grieving the loss of a loved [...]