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North Decatur Presbyterian Church
Listen to sermons delivered at North Decatur Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Decatur, Georgia. We generally update each week, but if we miss a week, check back soon. (These stained-glass windows don't just gaze at themselves.) Make sure you subscribe, so you can stay up to date. Services also stream on Facebook. You can always go back and find past services in the Video section of the NDPC Facebook page: facebook.com/NDPChurch. We welcome all. ndpc.org facebook.com/NDPChurch Twitter: @dlewicki
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North Decatur Presbyterian ChurchIncarnational. 5.8.22.
5.8.22. On this fourth Sunday of Easter, NDPC ministry fellow Erin Tolar leads us as we reflect on the 3rd “mark” of church vitality: an outward, incarnational…
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Practice Resurrection. 4.24.22.
4.24.22. During Eastertide, we start a brand new worship series titled, “Full of Life.” In the seven Sundays from now through Pentecost, we look at the 7…
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Easter Sunday. 4.17.22.
Christ is risen! Rev. David Lewicki preaching.
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Palm Sunday. 4.10.22.
4.10.22. It is Holy Week. It is one worship service, extended into five gatherings over eight days. Today, Palm Sunday, we meet up with a procession headed to…
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Do We Need Jesus? 4.3.22.
4.3.22. We’ve reached week 5 of our Lenten series, “Lighten Up: The Joyful Truth About Sin and Grace.” We promise–no devastatingly revealing hand puppets this…
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How Does Grace Deal with Sin? 3.27.22.
3.27.22. It is the 4th Sunday in Lent. We continue our Lenten series: Lighten Up: The Joyful Truth about Sin & Grace. Grace is the fundamental reality of…
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What is Grace? 3.20.22.
3.20.22. This Sunday (3/20) is the 3rd Sunday in Lent. After two weeks talking about sin, this week we turn to grace. Grace is the single most important idea…
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Original Blessing. 3.13.22.
3.13.22. Welcome to the second week of our Lenten series on “Sin and Grace.” This week, we do some weed whacking around the dubious theological idea called…
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What is Sin? 3.6.22.
3.6.22. This first Sunday of Lent (3/6), we begin our Lenten series titled “Lighten Up: The Joyful Truth About Sin and Grace.” In worship together, we will…
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A Vital Congregation. 2.27.22.
2.27.22. We launch NDPC’s participation in the Vital Congregations Initiative. The VCI is a two year process that will involve the whole congregation in…
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What It Means to Be a Family. 2.20.22.
2.20.22. Joseph’s brothers could not be more surprised: the young man they left at the bottom of a well is now one of the most powerful figures in Egypt. Join…
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The Widow of Zarephath. 2.13.22.
Zeena Regis is our preacher this Sunday. Zeena invites us to explore one of the powerful stories from the Women’s Lectionary: Elijah’s encounter with the widow…
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What's the Catch? 2.6.22.
2.6.22. This Sunday, Jesus goes fishing… and he catches people ALIVE! It could be the premise of a really creative horror flick. But it’s actually the premise…
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I Love/Hate Your Sermon. 1.30.22.
1.30.22. We explore the provocative story from Luke’s gospel where Jesus stands up in the synagogue in Nazareth and preaches a rip-roaring sermon. Everyone…
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Read the Book. 1.23.22.
1.23.22. What do you know about the biblical figures Ezra and Nehemiah? Were these two leaders trying to Make Israel Great Again or build back better? Were…
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MLK Sunday. 1.16.22.
1.16.22. Our guest preacher today is the Rev. Nibs Stroupe. Nibs grew up in the Mississippi River Delta in Arkansas. He retired in 2017 after thirty-four years…
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Baptism of the Lord. 1.9.22.
1.9.22. Today’s worship service is NDPC’s annual Re-affirmation of Baptism. Those who are baptized are drawn into an extraordinary miracle–we are bound up in…
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Epiphany Sunday. 1.2.22.
1.2.22. Today is our annual Epiphany service–a service that blends poetic readings, music, images, and quiet reflection. Epiphany is the traditional day when…
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The First Sunday of Christmas. 12.26.21.
Rev. Emily Bagwell preaches about the Christmas story. 12.26.21.
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Advent 4: Darkness. 12.19.21.
12.19.21. Our theme for Advent 2021 at NDPC is “Silent Nights.” Each of the four weeks invites you into the different rhythm of this season. Week 1 focused on…
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Advent 3: Silence. 12.12.21.
12.12.21. Our theme for Advent 2021 at NDPC is “Silent Nights.” Each of the four weeks invites you into the different rhythm of this season. Week 1 focused on…
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Advent 2: Stillness. 12.5.21.
12.5.21. Our theme for Advent 2021 at NDPC is “Silent Nights.” Each of the four weeks invites you into the different rhythm of this season. Week 1 focused on…
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Advent 1: Slowness. 11.28.21.
11.28.21. Our theme for Advent 2021 at NDPC is “Silent Nights.” Each of the four weeks invites you into the different rhythm of this season. Week 1 focuses on…
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The Whole Bible in Twenty Minutes. 11.21.21.
11.21.21. This Sunday is the last Sunday of the liturgical year. Advent marks a new beginning. To celebrate the end of the church year, Rev. Lewicki will offer…
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I'm Overwhelmed. 11.14.21.
11.14.21. The pandemic has taken a huge mental toll on many of us. The statistics about mental health are alarming, but perhaps not surprising: 2 in 5 of us…
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Critical Race Theory and Other Divine Offenses. 11.7.21.
11.7.21. On Sunday, November 7th, we celebrate Holy Communion at both 9 and 11AM. If you are worshipping online, remember to have your elements ready at home…
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All Saints Day. 10.31.21.
10.31.21. We celebrate the annual festival of All Saints and the 66th anniversary of NDPC’s founding. On this particular day, we remember the specific people…
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Children's Sabbath. 10.24.21.
10.24.21. What do you have in common with absolutely every other person who ever has been or ever will be? Each of us has the shared experience of childhood…
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There Is Enough. 10.17.21.
10.17.21. If you were to make a list of the most challenging, controversial gospel stories, the story of Jesus’ encounter with the Syrophoenecian woman in Mark…
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Pride Sunday 2021. 10.10.21.
10.10.21. Atlanta’s citywide Pride Celebration was cancelled again this year due to COVID, but we still celebrate Pride in worship in the sanctuary at NDPC…
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I've Been Meaning to Ask: Where Do We Go From Here? 10.3.21.
10.3.21. Some of the best conversations start with good questions—questions we’ve been meaning to ask, questions that keep us curious, and questions that lead…
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I've Been Meaning to Ask: What Do You Need? 9.26.21.
9.26.21. Some of the best conversations start with good questions—questions we’ve been meaning to ask, questions that keep us curious, and questions that lead…
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I've Been Meaning to Ask: Where Does It Hurt? 9.19.21.
9.19.21. We had some trouble with the audio this week. Please find a video of the full service on the website. ndpc.org. We'll try to do better. Some of the…
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9.12.21. I've Been Meaning to Ask: Where are You From?
9.12.21. We had some trouble with the audio this week. Please find a video of the full service on the website. ndpc.org. We'll try to do better.
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A Psalm for Every Season. 9.5.21.
This week's worship was a mix of music and reading. We don't have a regular recording this week. The theme of today’s worship is “A Psalm for Every Season,”…
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An Embodied Faith: The Mystical Body. 8.29.21.
8.29.21. The body is one of the central images in Christianity. Jesus Christ is the embodiment–the incarnation–of God. Paul imagines the church as the Body of…
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An Embodied Faith: The Body of Christ. 8.22.21.
8.22.21. The body is one of the central images in Christianity. Jesus Christ is the embodiment–the incarnation–of God. Paul imagines the church as the Body of…
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An Embodied Faith: The Earth as the Body of God. 8.15.21.
8.22.21. The body is one of the central images in Christianity. Jesus Christ is the embodiment–the incarnation–of God. Paul imagines the church as the Body of…
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An Embodied Faith: The Individual Body. 8.8.21.
8.8.21. The body is one of the central images in Christianity. Jesus Christ is the embodiment–the incarnation–of God. Paul imagines the church as the Body of…
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Celebration. 8.1.21.
8.1.21. There’s a party goin’ on right here A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter too We gonna celebrate your…
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Re-Boot: Appreciating Beauty. 7.25.21.
7.25.21. Throughout June and July, as we return to in-person worship and begin new rhythms for life after quarantine, the NDPC community will focus on…
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Ashley Wilcox. 7.11.21.
7.11.21. NDPC is pleased to welcome our preacher for Sunday, July 11th, Ashley M. Wilcox. Ashley is a Quaker minister and the author of The Women’s Lectionary…
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Ministry Fellow Zeena Regis. 7.4.21.
7.4.21. DPC is pleased to welcome our preacher for Sunday, July 4th, Zeena Regis. Zeena will be joining the NDPC staff this fall as one of our new Ministry…
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I Love to Tell the Story. 6.27.21.
6.27.21. Throughout June and July, as we return to in-person worship and begin new rhythms for life after quarantine, the NDPC community will focus on…
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Re-Boot: Prayer. 6.20.21.
6.20.21. Throughout June and July, as we return to in-person worship and begin new rhythms for life after quarantine, the NDPC community will focus on…
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Re-Boot: Sabbath. 6.13.21.
6.13.21. Re-boot: Sabbath, Rev. Lewicki, preaching. Throughout June and July, as we return to in-person worship and begin new rhythms for life after…
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Re-Boot: Ritual. 6.6.21.
6.6.21. Throughout June and July, as we return to in-person worship and begin new rhythms for life after quarantine, the NDPC community will focus on…
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Re-Boot Your Faith. 5.30.21.
5.30.21. You know when your computer has been running for a long time and it starts getting slow and you get that little spinning wheel and it feels like you…
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Practicing the Power of Three. 5.23.21.
5.23.21. God’s presence is manifest in many ways throughout scripture. Pentecost celebrates the arrival of the Spirit of God into the church, but God-as-spirit…
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Can Jesus Teach Us Anything Useful about Love? 5.9.21.
5.9.21. Many of you have been extensively trained. Most of you had more than a decade of "formal" classroom education. You trained for your work so that you…
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5.2.21. God is Love.
5.2.21. “God is love.” It is one of the simplest, most impactful, most misunderstood, and most ignored teachings in Scripture. This Sunday, Rev. David Lewicki…
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The Power to Lay It Down and the Power to Take It Up. 4.25.21.
4.25.21. The Power to Lay It Down and the Power to Take It Up. Text: John 10:11-18 Rev. Beth Waltemath Preaching If Jesus is the good shepherd, what does it…
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Scripture: John 20:19-29 | Rob Schoonover Preaching. 4.18.21.
4.18.21. Scripture: John 20:19-29 | Rob Schoonover Preaching
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Unity in the Resurrection. 4.11.21.
Scripture: Acts 4:32-35 and Psalm 133: Unity In The Resurrection | Kendra Peebles Kendra will take a closer look at what unity looks like by naming a recent…
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Christ is Risen! 4.4.21.
4.4.21. Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen indeed! We gather this Sunday to receive the best news of all: the tomb is empty and Christ is risen. In Mark’s…
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John 12:1-9. 3.28.21.
3.28.21. Text: John 12:1-9 | Rev. Beth Waltemath preaching.
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Sacrifice. 3.21.21.
3.21.21. As we get closer to Holy Week and the story of Jesus’ death, the lectionary readings get messier. More specifically, bloodier. This week’s reading…
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John 3:16. 3.14.21.
3.13.21. John 3:16 is perhaps the most well-known verse in the Christian scriptures. Over the years, the verse has shown up on the eye black of football…
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Building. 3.7.21.
3.7.21. The Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis invites us to imagine the faithful work of Building (and reBuilding) the church through the lens of Acts 2 and 12-step…
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"Who do you say that I am?" 2.28.21.
2.28.21. “Who do you say that I am?” Have you ever asked someone what they thought of you? Have you wondered what your eulogy might one day say? “Take up your…