Reform Presbyterian Church

05/02/2026

Worship with us this Lord's Day at 11:00am.

First Presbyterian is located 2 doors down from the Alabama Power office in Reform.

You can't miss us....look for the orange cones and leaking water in the parking lot! 😅

04/10/2026

The true joy of Easter is the fact that Jesus paid the penalty for our sin and defeated death so that we may live eternally with Him. The secondary joy is to share the celebration with brothers and sisters in the Lord. The congregation of Reform Presbyterian Church was happy to fellowship at breakfast and worship with church members from Antioch Cumberland Presbyterian Church and New Light Baptist Church. It was a glorious day!!

03/31/2026

Easter Service 10:00am
Sunday, April 5th
All are welcome!

02/14/2026

The beloved of the LORD dwells in safety. The High God surrounds him all day long, and dwells between his shoulders.
Deuteronomy 33:12

01/25/2026

Sadly, First Presbyterian will not have services on Sunday, January 25th. Praying that everyone will stay warm and safe.

12/19/2025

50+ people attended Carols and Cookies last Sunday. It was a glorious time!! Hope to see more of you next year! Merry Christmas!!

12/11/2025

REMINDER: CAROLS AND COOKIES THIS SUNDAY THE 14TH AT 2PM. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

12/11/2025

Second Week of Advent
"The peace God brings to you is the peace God wants to bring through you. Advent reminds us that peace is not accidental. God steps toward us. Into our world. Into our pain.

When Scripture speaks of peace, it's not just the absence of conflict. The Hebrew word is shalom. It describes wholeness, restoration, completeness. Shalom is not passive. It is the active work of God making the world right again.

And when Jesus arrived, God's peace took on skin and walked among us. But here's the surprising part. God's peace is never meant to stop with you. It's meant to move through you. People often talk about 'keeping the peace.' Jesus calls us to make peace. That's harder.

Peacemaking requires courage. It means stepping toward difficulty, not away from it. It means refusing revenge. It means choosing mercy. It means seeing people the way God sees people:
Image-bearers.
Not enemies.
Not obstacles.

God restores us so we can participate in the restoration of others.
Advent peace is sacrificial. It costs us our pride, our hurry, our need to win all the time. Jesus says, 'Blessed are the peacemakers.'
Not the peace-wishers.
Not the peace-lovers.
Peacemakers.

The peace of God is a gift. But it's also an assignment. What God places within you. He wants to express through you. The peace God brings to you is the peace God wants to bring through you."
-Ian Simkins

12/01/2025

FIRST MONDAY OF ADVENT-HOPE
"Malachi prophesied about a coming Messiah. And for 400 years, they waited. There is purpose in your waiting too. God's silence doesn't mean His absence. Often when life feels darkest, God is nearest.

Advent is not passive waiting. It is active, attentive, hopeful participation. In Scripture, waiting is not empty. Waiting is a form of discipleship. It trains the soul to trust what it cannot yet see. The early church didn't treat waiting as an obstacle. They treated it as formation. Something God does in us while we long for what God will do for us. Walter Brueggemann reminds us that hope is not optimism. Optimism looks at circumstances. Hope looks at God.

Advent starts by naming our ache. We do not pretend everything is fine. We tell the truth about our longing for God to make all things new. Isaiah spoke into a world thick with fear and uncertainty. His message wasn't 'try harder.' It was 'the people walking in darkness have seen a great light.'(Isaiah 9:2)

On this first Monday of Advent, we're invited to slow down. To move from hurry to holy attention. To remember that God often arrives quietly, not dramatically. The Hebrew word for 'wait' (qavah) means to stretch, like a cord pulled tight. Waiting stretches our souls toward God. It strengthens the muscles of trust. Waiting is not wasted. It is where God does some of His best work.

And Advent waiting is communal. No one waits alone. The people of God learn to long together. Today, begin small. Light a candle. Take one slow breath. Pray, 'Lord, help me to pay attention.'
Ask God to make you awake to His presence, aware of His grace, and alive to His coming. Not just at Christmas, but here, now, today.

This is the first Monday of Advent.
A day to begin again. A day to wait with hope.
A day to remember: God always keeps His promises."
-Ian Simkins

11/17/2025

08/14/2025

As a new school year begins be in prayer for administrators, teachers, students, parents, bus drivers, and support personnel! Pray that His hand of protection and strength will be on everyone each school day and that God will be glorified.