Join us as Pastor Stephanie Anthony preaches a sermon entitled "Wisdom's Call".

Today's scripture reading is Proverbs 8 (Read by Betty Jo Richards and Pastor Stephanie)

This sermon was preached at First Presbyterian Church of Allentown at our 11:00am Worship Service on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

Join us for a special sermon brought to you by the Confirmation Class of 2025 as they read excerpts from their Statements of Faith.

• [00:18] - Prayer for Illumination & Acts 2:1-21 (Pastor Stephanie Anthony)
• [04:04] - Introduction (Pastor Taylor Hall)
• [07:00] - Kate Brion
• [07:46] - Chris Longyhore
• [08:35] - Connor Sarnoski
• [09:22] - Daniel Prosser
• [10:16] - Anna Palaia
• [11:00] - Sophia Kim
• [11:34] - Paige Hamilton
• [12:14] - Maddie Prosser
• [13:00] - Julia Sciarrino
• [13:52] - Sonia Kim
• [14:25] - Sophia Treiber
• [14:58] - Grace Cooper
• [15:44] - Bella Lakatosh
• [16:20] - Rebecca Grum
• [17:10] - Charge to the Confirmands

Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

1 John 4:18 says, "Perfect love casts out fear."

God loves us with that perfect love, but we might understandably still fear the difficulties of this human existence.

Along with knowing God's love, how can we reason together and also cast out some fear?

Join us as Pastor Kathryn Foster preaches a sermon entitled "Reason, healing.... yeah, but fear and...and....you know us!".

Today's scripture readings are Isaiah 1:16-20 & John 2: 23-25 (Read by Erica Simmons)

Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

What do you need to do (or not do) to make space for God in your life?

Join us as Pastor Stephanie Anthony preaches a sermon entitled "Making Space".

Today's scripture readings are Psalm 67 & Acts 16:9-15 (Read by Bob Martin)

Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

When has your discipleship challenged you to do something difficult, something counter-cultural?

Join us as Pastor Stephanie Anthony preaches her sermon from May 18, 2025.

Today's scripture readings are John 13:31-35 & Acts 11:1-18 (Read by Linda Boyle)

Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

What does resurrection look like in the here and now of our daily lives? How is God calling you to embody that resurrection for others?

Join us as Pastor Taylor Hall preaches a sermon entitled "Resurrection: Right Here, Right Now".

Today's scripture readings are Psalm 23 & John 10:22-30 (Read by Aaron Wilcoxson)

Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

Join us as Pastor Stephanie Anthony preaches a sermon entitled "The Last Breakfast".

Today's scripture reading is John 21:1-19 (Read by Kate Gilchrist)

Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org

Do you think Jesus smiled or laughed when things were funny or joyful even though the Bible doesn't explicitly say so?

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Join us as Pastor Kathryn Foster preaches a sermon for the second Sunday of Easter. Traditionally, this Sunday is often called Holy Humor Sunday because after all the shadows of Lent, we celebrate and laugh – laugh because who expected this turn of events?

Join us Sunday morning's in person or online, visit fpcallentown.org/sunday-worship for more details. For a text transcript of the sermon, please check it on the FPCA Blog: blog.fpcallentown.org