Blessings and Benedictions
Each Sunday, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor offers a blessing and benediction for the week ahead. We hope that these will inspire you and nurture your faith.
7/20/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Dr. Andy Kort
Psalm 139 is one of my favorite psalms. I love the thought of God knowing me, watching me, and understanding me. It is a great comfort. It is like a warm security blanket. However, there are times when it makes me a little nervous. There are things I think, say, and do that I wish that God wouldn’t see. But the psalm says otherwise.
7/13/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Elizabeth Kanerva
Listen church family and persevere in your faithful cultivation!
Weed and mulch, for what we say and do matters in this world.
Love with compassion and serve with humility and we will bear fruit.
7/5/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Ivan Herman
Rather than letting headlines shape your outlook,
let God’s wisdom shape your path and your purpose,
its yoke is easy and burden light.
Eat it like honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
Its sweetness is good for your soul.
6/28/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Adriene Thorne
We hold out hope for a time to come soon when all goodness will be available to all people. May you, and all God’s people, experience a portion of God’s rest today and in the days to come.
6/15/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Dr. Rose Niles
Welcome to God’s refuge and strength, God’s very present help in all our troubles
6/8/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Dr. Glen Bell
May the only One, the Holy One
confront transform you,
stretch renew you,
surprise redeem you,
enfold deliver you,
sustain enliven you,
now, forever.
Glory, glory, glory.
6/1/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Emma Nickel
Let the lightness of the Spirit fill you from the tips of your toes to the top of your head.
5/24/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Robyn Davis Sekula
May this warm season help us to find rest and joy
5/18/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Jeniffer Rodríguez
God listens to everything we bring aloud and silence
There is power when we bring everything in prayer.
5/11/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Rebecca Mallozzi
In love, we are called to imagine and live out the ways Jesus calls us to love – following the command to love one another the way God first loved us.
5/4/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Jeff Sockwell
The season of abundance is upon us. Thanks be to you, Creator God.
4/27/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Dr. Andy Kort
So, on this day, and always, may you have the grace to share your life with others, and may you have the grace to let others share theirs with you