by Katherine Turk | Sep 21, 2020 | Churchwide, Congregational Life
MPPC’s Health Ministry Team has partnered with Walgreens to host this year’s Community Flu Clinic. Most insurance is accepted for Quadrivalent (10+ years) and high-dose flu shot (65+ years.) Please wear a mask and a loose top, allowing easy access to upper...
by Katherine Turk | Aug 3, 2020 | Churchwide, Congregational Life, Pastoral Care
Matters of Life and Death Congregational Care is offering an information series exploring some implications of COVID-19 on life and end of life. Each Sunday in August beginning the 9th, join the Congregational Care team and guest presenters for a 30 minute session...
by Administrative Assistant | Mar 21, 2019 | Congregational Life, Spotlight
Shepherd’s Center of Charlotte (SCC) was formed 39 years ago by a group of Myers Park area churches and members of the local medical community to provide seniors with educational, travel and volunteer opportunities. Myers Park Presbyterian shares a deep relationship...
by Administrative Assistant | Feb 18, 2019 | Churchwide, Congregational Life
Teaching, learning, and building relationships throughout Lent. The season of Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and self-examination in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of the Lord at Easter. Our sermon series through Lent will explore ideas of...
by Administrative Assistant | Jan 15, 2019 | Congregational Life
There is something to be said about early morning meetings: one feels strangely refreshed and energetic by the end of them. Maybe it is because there is an opportunity to truly focus and take notice of what and who is around you before all the stress of the day sets...
by Deborah Conner | Dec 6, 2018 | Congregational Life, Pastoral Care
In more than one place in scripture, God promises to be with us. In our sermon series this month, we have already seen how Mary, the mother of Jesus, trusted that God would be with her in the events leading up to Jesus’ miraculous birth. What about our...
by Millie Snyder | Dec 3, 2018 | Churchwide, Congregational Life, Uncategorized
I finished reading The Ninth Hour over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The author, Alice McDermott, is an easy storyteller sharing a story about grace, sacrifice and family. Sometimes we read sweeping novels that cover lots of territory but this one is more of a...
by Millie Snyder | Nov 1, 2018 | Adult Faith Formation, Congregational Life, Uncategorized
“We are bewildered most of the time and doomed to be lost to history,” says Benny, a central character in Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig. This historical novel spans 40 years of history and uses the unfolding historical events to drive the plot and to keep...
by Millie Snyder | Sep 6, 2018 | Adult Faith Formation, Churchwide, Congregational Life, Uncategorized
“The boy asks the girl a question. It is a question of marriage. Ask me again tomorrow, she says, and he says, That’s not how this works.” So the novel Chemistry opens and we learn that this is a novel about anxiety and indecision and pressure. The world doesn’t work...
