Providence Presbyterian Church

04/14/2026

Our wonderful Preschool is now enrolling for next year!

Registration for the 2026-2027 school year is open to the public. Please help us spread the word to our community!

04/10/2026

Join us for worship at 11 am this Sunday as we welcome Rev. Roger Gench to our pulpit!

Rev. Gench is currently an Adjunct Professor at Union Presbyterian Seminary and frequent guest preacher in our Presbytery. He will preach on the Road to Emmaus resurrection appearance in Luke; his sermon title is "Where's Emmaus?"

Roger J. Gench retired in 2019 from seventeen years of service as the senior pastor of The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington DC. He also served for twelve years as the senior pastor of Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He has spent the last thirty years connecting the contemplative arts and theological reflection to the practice of community organizing and urban ministry.
He is an alum of Union Presbyterian Seminary, where he completed a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics, and the author of
The Cross Examen: A Spirituality for Activists (Cascade, 2020) and Theology from the Trenches: Reflections on Urban Ministry (WJKP, 2014).

04/09/2026

An Easter Sunday blessing: the congregation's first flowering cross ~ layered with meaning, collective attention and the grace and love of the risen Christ!

"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near."
~Philippians 4:4-5

04/04/2026

Join us for Easter breakfast and worship!
Breakfast will be served beginning at 9:30 am.
Worship begins at 11:00 am.

New this year: a flowering cross!
Little by little we will cover a wooden cross with new life.
Fresh flowers will be available at church, but bring your own flowers if you like.

Alleluia! Christ is risen!

Art by Hannah Garrity: "Meet Me In Galilee"

04/02/2026

All are welcome to our Maundy Thursday Tenebrae service:
April 2 at 7 pm.

"Tenebrae" means "shadows." The service, based on 12th century traditions, includes the gradual extinguishing of candles as Gospel readings, prayers and hymns centered on the shadows of the betrayal of Christ are offered.
We depart the service just after the sun sets, trusting in the enduring light of Christ and anticipating the joy of Easter.

We hope you will join us!

03/28/2026

Join us for Palm Sunday worship tomorrow, followed by our annual Easter Egg Hunt!
11 am Worship
12 pm Refreshments
12:30 Easter Egg Hunt

Blessed is the One
who comes to us
by the way of love
poured out with abandon.
Blessed is the One
who walks toward us
by the way of grace
that holds us fast.
Blessed is the One
who calls us to follow
in the way of blessing,
in the path of joy.

Blessing and image by Jan Richardson, https://www.janrichardsonimages.com/.

02/20/2026

This Sunday, February 22, we welcome back Rev. Gay Lee Einstein!
Rev. Einstein's sermon, "A Second Genesis?," will focus on the Geneses 2:15-17, 3:1-7 -- the lectionary passage for this first Sunday of Lent.
Worship begins at 11 am.
All are welcome!

02/17/2026

To mark the beginning of the Lenten season, all are welcome to:

Ashes and Prayers
Wednesday, February 18
Any time between 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Come by the sanctuary for the imposition of ashes and a personal prayer with the pastor; stay if you like for quiet contemplation.

As Jan Richardson says:
This is the moment we ask for the blessing
that lives within the ancient ashes,
that makes its home inside the soil of the sacred earth.

02/07/2026

Friends,
We'll be back at church in person tomorrow.
Julia Kwolyk (juliakwolyk.com/music)will lead our music and singing -- always a gift!

We gather at 11 am for worship.
Fellowship Hour follows; tomorrow we'll have hearty soups and a celebration of February birthdays.
We're also collecting cans of soup for our Souper Bowl Sunday.

Join us if your path, driveway and road are clear!

02/01/2026

Friends, in consideration of everyone's safety, will not meet in person this morning.
We will gather for worship by Zoom, at 11 am.
Please reach out to Rev. Susan Steinberg for the link:
[email protected].

May God bless you and keep you, and may God's face shine upon you!