Sermons Cast Your NetUnlikely Calls and Unsung Heroes September 24, 2023The people at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights will be spending much of the 2023-2024 school year looking at the story of God’s people as recorded in the New Testament book of Acts. We engage in this series of messages convinced of the fact that God’s power changes apparently small and nondescript groups of people […]Ted Talks: The Wisdom and Spirituality of Ted Lasso (2) September 19, 2023Session Two: Diamond Dogs – Mount Up! In the Fall of 2023, I am embarking on a series of studies that will invite anyone, regardless of their familiarity with the hit series on AppleTV, to conversations that will help participants explore key themes of living a life that follows Jesus. Our introduction to these themes […]I Can’t Remember Jesus September 17, 2023The people at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights will be spending much of the 2023-2024 school year looking at the story of God’s people as recorded in the New Testament book of Acts. We engage in this series of messages convinced of the fact that God’s power changes apparently small and nondescript groups of people […]Ted Talks: The Wisdom and Spirituality of “Ted Lasso” (1) September 10, 2023Session One: Call and Response In the Fall of 2023, I am embarking on a series of studies that will invite anyone, regardless of their familiarity with the hit series on AppleTV, to conversations that will help participants explore key themes of living a life that follows Jesus. Our introduction to these themes will come […]The Cost of Ignorance September 3, 2023In the Summer of 2023, the saints at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights are spending time listening to some of the stories that Jesus told. As you’ll see below, so often when Jesus spoke, his first hearers wanted to kill him. Why is it that we, so often, are filled with warm fuzzy feelings at hearing the […]The Generous Employer August 27, 2023In the Summer of 2023, the saints at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights are spending time listening to some of the stories that Jesus told. As you’ll see below, so often when Jesus spoke, his first hearers wanted to kill him. Why is it that we, so often, are filled with warm fuzzy feelings at hearing the […]Sinning Like a Christian August 13, 2023In the Summer of 2023, the saints at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights are spending time listening to some of the stories that Jesus told. As you’ll see below, so often when Jesus spoke, his first hearers wanted to kill him. Why is it that we, so often, are filled with warm fuzzy feelings at hearing the […]2023 Youth Mission Update #5 August 12, 2023For most of the past four decades, young people connected with The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights and The Open Door Youth Outreach have spent a week or so each summer in service learning and mission partnership. This week, we are privileged to once again be the guests of our partners at the Wright Memorial Presbyterian […]2023 Youth Mission Update #4 August 11, 2023For most of the past four decades, young people connected with The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights and The Open Door Youth Outreach have spent a week or so each summer in service learning and mission partnership. This week, we are privileged to once again be the guests of our partners at the Wright Memorial Presbyterian […]2023 Youth Mission Update #3 August 10, 2023For most of the past four decades, young people connected with The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights and The Open Door Youth Outreach have spent a week or so each summer in service learning and mission partnership. This week, we are privileged to once again be the guests of our partners at the Wright Memorial Presbyterian […]