“Listen! I stand at the door and knock: if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me.”

-The Revelation to John (3:20)

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2025 Lent Activities at TPPC

TPPC offers many opportunities for worship during Lent in 2025.

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Lenten Choral Service on March 30

The Takoma Park Presbyterian Church Choir and Friends will present a service of meditation on Sunday, March 30, at 11:00 a.m. This service will feature selected movements taken from George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, Parts 2 and 3.

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This Sunday’s Worship: March 9, 2025

(Sunday, March 9th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13

Sermon: An Opportune Time by Rev. Mark Harper

“I sat there in the vision pit … all by myself, left on the hilltop for four days and nights without food or water … If Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, would give me the vision and the power, I would become a medicine man and perform many ceremonies.” -from Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions

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Worship Video and Audio, March 2, 2025

A link to the video of the online worship service held at the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church on Sunday, March 2, 2025, is now available.

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This Sunday’s Worship: March 2, 2025

(Sunday, March 2nd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Exodus 34:29-35 and Luke 9:28-43a

Sermon: We See You by Rev. Mark Harper

“Significance: to have a distinct mark, to be known. I long to be known and to know I belong. In an era of tyrants, the desire to be known is not only personal but political. Performative cruelty demands submission of individuality, hiding our true selves, and reduces the value of each person’s dignity to a punch line. My desire to know myself and be known is an “anchor for the soul, firm and secure: (Hebrews 6:19) beyond the tumult of dehumanizing forces.” -Rose Marie Berger

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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and Talent Show on March 4

The Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and Talent Show will take place on March 4th at 6 PM in the Church Assembly Room.

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Video and Audio Files for February 9, 16, and 23

Links to the video and audio of the worship services held on February 9, 16, and 23 at TPPC are now available on the TPPC website.

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This Sunday’s Worship: February 23, 2025

(Sunday, February 23rd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-29 and Luke 6:27-38

Sermon: Counter(intuitive) Punch by Rev. Mark Harper

“To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him or her, and he or she is no longer our enemy.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

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This Sunday’s Worship: February 16, 2025

(Sunday, February 14th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-3 and Luke 6:17-26

Sermon: The Leveling by Rev. Mark Harper

“Take a day to heal from the lies that you’ve told yourself

and the ones that have been told to you.” -Maya Angelou

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This Sunday’s Worship: February 9, 2025

(Sunday, February 9th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-13 and Luke 5:1-11

Sermon: Going After the Big Fish by Rev. Mark Harper

“I am so tired of waiting
Aren’t you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two –
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.” -Langston Hughes

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