Our Annual Lessons and Carols Service:

 

We are located at 1085 Kershaw Road,

just outside of Oriental, NC.

Please come join us for the peaceful service

of candlelight and carols.

Announcement for Sunday, Nov. 2

 There will be no services at PPC this Sunday, Nov. 2

We will be worshiping with Holt's Chapel Church,

just down Kershaw Road.

We will be celebrating their pastor's anniversary with them!

Pastor Adam will preach.

No Sunday school. The service is at 11:00 as usual, at Holt's Chapel.

Announcement for Sunday, October 12

 There will be no Sunday school on October 12. 

The worship service will be shorter, with prayers, Scripture readings, and hymn singing in the fellowship hall, followed by snack. Thanks for understanding. Pastor Adam will be unavoidably detained that Sunday morning out of town.

Thank you!

12th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner!

 

Annual Covered Dish Dinner on Dawson Creek

Tonight we enjoyed another fabulous gathering at the Halls' home -- perfect, glorious weather,

wonderful food, fun games, great conversations and fellowship.

What an exceptional evening!

We all stayed until it began to grow dark.

Many thanks to the Halls for their wonderful hospitality!

Happenings in Recent Months

This past week many of our church folks gathered at Gary's Seafood 

for a delicious lunch together and great fellowship!

On Saturday, a very welcoming baby shower was given for a granddaughter of our church and her new husband, as they await their new baby.

Even gathering at the church to clean the kitchen and bathrooms can turn into a party! Look at those smiles.

Pastor Adam Christiansen was the narrator for the Oriental live nativity in December.

Thanksgiving Day, many friends in the community gathered in the fellowship hall for our annual Thanksgiving Dinner, always a wonderful time with amazing food.

The Community 5th Sunday Sing in the autumn was a great event! So many churches participated, the music was excellent, and the fellowship was so heart-warming!

 

Fellowship Pot-Luck Supper

 Tonight is our monthly fellowship supper.

This time ... it's Italian night!

Bring an Italian dish, or really any dish you like,

and join us!

Adam is baking foccacia and slow-cooking

Italian sausage, peppers, and onions.

Afterward we play a game or two and laugh until the sunset tells us

it's time to drive home.

You are very welcome to come!

10th Community Thanksgiving Dinner!

Everyone is welcome to our

Community Thanksgiving Dinner!

*2:00 pm in our fellowship hall*

Please bring a side dish or dessert to share.

Turkey, rolls, mashed potatoes provided.

RSVP to Adam @ 252-772-5430

or M.K. @ 828-384-8090

 

Come to Worship; Come to Peace

Are you feeling anxious? Afraid? Depressed? Find peace in worship. These words were posted today:

 "We know there is danger but unlike being washed by fear while listening to the siren in the middle of the night alone in our beds, being together in worship and prayer fills our hearts with peace that surpasses understanding." 

- pastor's wife in Kyiv, about their worship this morning

"The Lord is near; 

 do not be anxious about anything, 

but in everything by prayer and supplication

 with thanksgiving

 let your requests be made known to God. 

 And the peace of God,

 which surpasses all understanding, 

will guard your hearts and your minds 

in Christ Jesus."

Phil. 4:5-7

The Seder Supper at Last!

 We've waited four years to celebrate the Seder together again! What a delightful, meaningful evening it was. The readings and history, the Scripture, the various dishes and dippings. We learned which bread Jesus passed to his disciples, and which of the four cups was the cup He passed to them also -- the cup for Elijah that had not been drunk at the Passover for hundreds of years. The prophet had come; the Messiah was here! Hallelujah!

Resurrection Day is almost here. 

He is risen; He is risen indeed!

Services Canceled!

 Tomorrow, January 23, 2022, there will be 

no Sunday school or worship service at our church,

 due to icy winter conditions on roadways 

and at our homes. 

Please be safe and we hope to see you next Sunday.

You Are Invited!

 

Everyone Is Welcome to our Thanksgiving Day Dinner!

 

We're excited to announce the return of our annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner in our church's fellowship hall -- Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixin's and so much wonderful community fellowship. We warmly welcome you to come. Please come before 2:00 to visit. Bring your favorite Thanksgiving side dish or dessert. Pastor Adam will be cooking all morning; stop by to say hello!

This will be a Covid-vaccinated event, in consideration of Pastor Adam's health, since we cannot wear masks during dinner. Thank you so much for your kindness.

Pastor Adam's Scripture Studies on Youtube

 Pastor Adam is periodically posting some Bible lessons on his Youtube channel ("Adam Christiansen" on Youtube). He's beginning with this interesting and exciting lesson from Matthew 4, "The Temptations of Jesus." Would it have been a sin for Jesus to turn stones into bread? Was Jesus really ever tempted to worship Satan? Find out Adam's answers to these questions and more:

Easter 2020 - "He Is Risen!" worship prelude

 

Of Our Lord Jesus, the Prophet Spoke:

"He is despised and rejected of men,
 a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief,
 and we hid as it were our faces from him;
 he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows,
 yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities;
 the chastisement of our peace was upon him,
 and with his stripes we are healed."

 All we like sheep have gone astray;
 we have turned every one to his own way; 
and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
 yet he opened not his mouth. 
He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, 
and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,
 so he opens not his mouth."

Isaiah 53

Worship Service, Jan. 10, 2021

 Here are portions of our worship service on January 10, 2021:

Thank you for joining us online, and we hope you will come worship with us in person soon!

Worship Service, January 10, 2021

 Preaching to God's people
after the horrible events at 
the nation's Capitol this past week
is difficult.

Pastor Adam reminds us that it is always good to begin with ourselves, and repent.

January 3, 2021 Worship Service

 

This video contains most of the worship service. If you are unable to join us for worship at this time, we invite you to watch our services on line when we are able to make them available, and we look forward to when we can worship with you in person again!

~Pastor Adam Christiansen

Advent Begins

This Sunday begins the season of Advent when we anticipate the birth of the promised Savior, Jesus. Church members place poinsettias in the church each year during December in memory or honor of loved ones, or in honor of the Lord.

Our Lessons and Carols Service will be on Sunday, December 20th, at 6:00 p.m. We ask that you wear a mask while inside our building, and maintain social distancing. We hope you'll join us!

 "There shall a star come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, with might destroying princes and cities. How bright the star of morning gleams, so Jesus sheddeth glorious beams of light and consolation. Thy Word, O Lord, radiance darting, truth imparting, gives salvation. Thine be praise and adoration!"

                                                            ~ Felix Mendelssohn