Weekly Worship with FPC

 

FPC News 5.15.26   

Worship with FPC  | May 17th, 2026 | Acts 20.17-38

 

If you knew your time of influence in a place were growing short, what would you prioritize to say? How would you emphasize what matters most?

 

This week we step into one of the most personal moments in Acts. It’s a farewell from Paul the Apostle to believers he loves deeply in Ephesus. 

 

Paul knows what lies ahead for these leaders will be challenging. So he speaks to what matters most: humility, tearful service, courage, and grounded faithfulness. 

 

Paul reminds his friends of their undying center: (re)turning to God and trusting in Jesus. He urges them to stay alert to anything that might interfere with their loyalty, to care genuinely for others, and to remember the freedom from the world they’ve known in Jesus is a gift of grace, not something they can accomplish or control.

 

It’s the kind of moment that asks something of us, too. 

 

Where is God encouraging you (and us) to live with genuine faithfulness, wisdom, courage, and generosity right now?

 

Prayer: Gracious God, strip away what is not essential in us. Shape our days by your freedom-giving grace so that we might live with humility, speak truth with courage, and love others with open hands. Help us to be faithful, Lord, with this good life you’ve entrusted to our care. Amen.

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We will be together in the Sanctuary for worship this Sunday at 9:30am. You can also click this link to live-stream our worship service (or view it afterward) https://youtube.com/live/ZIR5MdNUwoA?feature=share

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To listen by phone to the live 9:30am worship service on Sunday via Zoom, call 253-215-8782. You will be asked to enter three codes:
Meeting ID: 84025131691 (then #)
Participant ID: (just press #)
Password: 658627 (then #)
 
You will also be able to find our Worship on Facebook at 'First Presbyterian Church Missoula'