Merritt Island Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian Church in the heart of Merritt Island. Our mission is to worship sincerely, to grow in love, and to share God's grace through service to others.

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Pastor Christina in Salt Lake City for PC(USA) General Assembly! (jump to 2:10 in video) https://t.co/4a21dB8D1o

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This Lent, we focus on the life & faith of Jesus’ disciple Peter. A person who is both steadfast and unsteady, a dear friend and a betrayer, a follower and a wanderer. A very normal human trying to figure it all out—just like us. Sundays, 10 AM, in person or Facebook Live.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
"God is in the seed-starters on the porch,
and the space between my bones;
in garlic butter, early mornings, and twinkle lights.
Certainly in dancing and laughing, in cups of coffee..."

— from “Everywhere and Always” by Rev. Sarah Speed | @sanctifiedart

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"No matter how your story is unfolding, may you find that this sacred story holds space for you. For this is how God shows up—in a child who cries, in hands that hold, in human flesh, in life and in death." — "How God Shows Up" by Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity | @sanctifiedart

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"On Christmas Eve, let’s look to the ancestral ties Jesus leaves with us on earth by focusing on his mother and her courage and vulnerability—a woman who needed postpartum care, a good meal, compassionate partners, and rest." — Dr. Christine J. Hong on Lk. 2:1-20 | @sanctifiedart

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"Every year we show up here—
at the end of the year,
after another 12 months
of humanity, of me
trying to
keep it all together,
trying to
keep my head above water,
trying to
keep up appearances."

— from “Every Year” by Rev. Sarah Speed | @sanctifiedart

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"My mother, my daughter, and I added water to the paint that Nana had placed on her palette so many years ago. We took turns with the brushes. Adding water, letting generations flow into one another, we painted." — "Dance of the Soul" by Hannah Garrity | @sanctifiedart

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"Despite their difference in age, the two cousins find comfort in each other in the midst of the unconventional timing of their expanding families." — "The Golden Cradle" by Carmelle Beaugelin (@BeauFolioStudio) | @sanctifiedart

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"Any fear Mary had was met with the contagious courage of Elizabeth... They were one another’s spiritual midwives—birthing together transformation, grounded in one another’s courage and steadfastness." — Dr. Christine J. Hong on Lk. 1:39-58 | @sanctifiedart

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"The dimple in your right cheek, the child playing peek
a-boo from his stroller, the abuelita who spends her
afternoons in the park by 86th; the teenagers on the
subway who cannot control their laughter..."

— from “Where I Saw God Last” by Rev. Sarah Speed | @sanctifiedart

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"[My great-aunt] Peanut learned to cook early on because she wasn’t able to work in the fields with the rest of her family. Her pecan pie was my Poppa’s absolute favorite." — Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman | @sanctifiedart

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"Like Joseph woke from sleep to find
his pathway had been changed
Still here today God calls us all
to choose the better way
Beyond our wildest dreams is still
a calling that remains..."

— "A Better Way" by Rev. Anna Strickland for @sanctifiedart

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"A kaleidoscope doesn’t expose your eye to anything that isn’t there. It takes what is in view, and with light and mirrors, creates a new, dynamic, luminous image." — "Wilderness Blossom" by Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman | @sanctifiedart

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Reflect on a time when you made a difficult decision. How did you find your way to the choice you made? How was God at work in that experience? | @sanctifiedart

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"Don’t be afraid of the social stigma... Don’t be afraid to experience a love greater than you have ever known. Don’t be afraid to make the courageous choice...” — "The Courageous Choice" by Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity | @sanctifiedart

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"I hope [Joseph] eventually realized that doing right by [Mary] shouldn’t have necessitated divine intervention. I hope we might be people who do not need convincing that there is a better way." — Dr. Christine J. Hong on Mt. 1:18-25 for @sanctifiedart

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"First, you must take a deep breath.
Let oxygen dance through your lungs.
Exhale it slowly. Allow the hurt, the shame,
the anger to rise up in you. Let your mind run wild,
like a million loose horses..."

—from “Instructions for a Hard Choice” by Rev. Sarah Speed | @sanctifiedart

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"My grandmother’s kitchen table became an art studio splattered with flour and sprinkles when, each year, she retrieved the metal tin filled with...cookie cutters, and we spent the afternoon crafting edible Christmas treats." — Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity | @sanctifiedart

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"Week by week in Mary's belly
God was growing flesh and bone
As her life and path were changing
Never was she left alone
With her all the while
Was Mary's holy child
Pledge of 'Here I am' of God's own"

— "Here I Am" by Rev. Anna Strickland for @sanctifiedart

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"The threat looms, yet the roots thrive and the sprout emerges from the stump. The prey and the predator are on equal terms; no longer is one superior to another." — "Ancestral" by Hannah Garrity | @sanctifiedart