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Worship and Preaching

Worship with Providence Sunday morning at 10:30 

In the sanctuary on Oakland Street in Hendersonville

or

On line at Facebook.com/PBCHendersonville

On Wednesday evening 7:30-8:30, the Congregation circles up for what we call Deeper, which is an hour of structured meditation, conversation (about the sermon), announcements, reports, and prayer. (Deeper is suspended through the summer.)

Recent Sermons

Indiana Jones came riding into town this week. And before he left, he had demonstrated every conceivable kind of chase scene a director has ever imagined: cars, of course, and…

One Nation Under God

July 2, 2023
Thursday, I attended the fund-raiser for the Donnie Shell Scholarship Foundation. Our friend the Rev. Dr. U. A. Thompson invited me. It was an honor to meet Mr. Shell. He…
This scene from the life of Jesus our Lord is very familiar to us, isn’t it?. First, we have read this story many times and we know the narrative: Jesus…

Ask. Seek. Knock.

June 11, 2023
  Ask and you shall receive. Last week, I asked Reggie to sing today the old Christian rock song “Since I Opened Up the Door.” It is from the soundtrack…

What Shall We Do?

May 28, 2023
  Every day is a mixture of the new and the old. New feelings, old feelings; new businesses, old businesses. I read the article about the new sober social club,…
  It is a good feeling to finish something important: building a house, writing a book, planting a garden, putting a kid through college! Or maybe it is something you…

The Power of Touch

May 14, 2023
Mary may be the most famous mother in history.  She is a central character of the gospel stories in the Bible. She is a primary person in the Christian faith and…

The Other Side

May 7, 2023
I am not a fisherman, but I understand this story. I have a good friend who is a fly-fisherman. He works the rivers of Texas on a regular basis. He…
  There are 2,550 questions in the Bible, give or take a few. What questions come to your mind? We normally think of the Bible as full of answers, but…

Something Happened

April 23, 2023
In 1901 and 1902, a Harvard University professor gave a series of lectures in Edinburgh, Scotland. His name is William James. The lectures were published under the title The Varieties…

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