Join the First Presbyterian Family as we listen to Dr. A. Lee Zehmer bring God's word to the people. Dr. Zehmer has served First Presbyterian for 11 years, and he delivers his sermons in an easy conversational style.
Pastor Lee's weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee's weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee's weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee's weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee's twice weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee's twice weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee's twice weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee's twice weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee begins twice weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee begins twice weekly podcast for connecting, informing, and inspiring church members during this time of social distancing. We hope this will be a way to keep us all connected while we are not meeting together.
Pastor Lee reflects on the challenges and opportunities of waiting for God to be revealed in our lives.
Pastor Lee reflects on the foolishness of the Gospel as seen by those outside of the faith. He tells us that we need to recapture the wonder of the foolishness of God's action in history. We need to realize that what we claim to believe is not obvious and ho hum, but remarkable in its brazenness and foolishness.
Pastor Lee reflects on the image of God as a poet and what that means for who we are as God's precious creation.
Pastor Lee reflects on the miracle at Cana and what it has to teach us as disciples of Jesus.
Pastor Lee reflects on the importance of baptism in our lives both as the assurance of the love of God and a call to be involved in ministry.
Pastor Lee challenges the congregation to "turn to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven" in 2020!
For his Christmas Eve Sermon, Pastor Lee reflects on our busy lives and what we must do to make room in our hearts for love.
Pastor Lee looks at the temptation to get so caught up in our Christmas celebrations that we actually miss Jesus and what he came to do for us.
Pastor Lee looks at how God is working in the midst of our failed plans to bring about God's purposes for our lives.
Pastor Lee looks at James' instruction to the church to be 1) Quick to Listen; 2) Slow to Speak; and 3) Slow to Anger. We are to have grace and patience with those around us seeking first to understand others before seeking to be understood.
Pastor Lee encourages us to develop the ability to see the world around us through the eyes of Jesus.
Pastor Lee reflects on the returning Israelites mourning of the loss of the temple and how their longing for past glories kept them from seeing the new thing God wanted to do through them. He challenges us to get up out of the rubble of what once was and begin building the new thing God has for us.
Pastor Lee looks at Paul's instruction to do all things without grumbling or arguing. By being people who look to see the good around us and call it good, we become shining lights for Jesus in a world that needs the light.
Pastor Lee looks at Joseph and how he forgave his brothers of their sin against him. God's forgiving grace can allow us to leave the past behind and open ourselves up to a new reality in God.
Pastor Lee continues his series looking at various people in the Bible. This week he looks at the courageous faith that allowed Abraham to respond to the call of God to leave his home and go to the place that God would show him.