October 12, 2025
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Our Generosity Story: Release”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Deuteronomy 15:1-11
October 5, 2025
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
World Communion Sunday
“Rekindle”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
2 Timothy 1:1-14
September 28, 2025
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Stewardship Kick-off
“Our Generosity Story: Remember”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Exodus 16:1-18 & Luke 22:1-23
September 21, 2025
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Where Have All the Prophets Gone: Hope”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Joel 2:23-32
Sermon Series: Where Have All the Prophets Gone?
PCUSA Special Offering for Peace & Global Witness
September 14, 2025
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Where Have All the Prophets Gone: Mixed Up Priorities”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Haggai 1:1-15
Sermon series: Where Have All the Prophets Gone?
September 7, 2025
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Where Have All the Prophets Gone: Again…”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Habbakuk 1:1-4
Sermon Series: Where Have All the Prophets Gone?
Worship Guide cover art: Layers of Lament by Created in Layers
August 31, 2025
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
“Where Have All the Prophets Gone: Wake Up Call”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Amos 6:1-7
Sermon series: Where Have All the Prophets Gone?
August 24, 2025
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
“Wonder Full”
Children & Youth Sunday
Jeremiah 29:11 & Luke 5:17-26 & John 2:1-11
Worship led by with liturgy written by FPC Kids & Youth: Alexander, Amelia, Audrey, Bea, Grace, Greer, Harper, Holden, Kately, Lily, MaryRentz, Paisley, Parker, Rose, Ruby, Ruth, Thornton, Valerie, William
Reflections by FPC Middle School Youth: Bea, Grace, Holden, Kately, Ruby
Commissioning our Sacred Arts Team
August 17, 2025
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Good News!”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Isaiah 61:1-3
August 10, 2025
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
“Star-Full Promise”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Genesis 15:1-6
Blessing of the Backpacks and Commissioning of Teachers, Administrators, and Staff
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Worship Guide cover art: Star Gaze by Rose Ralston (age 12)
August 3, 2025
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
“A New Day!”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Colossians 3:1-11
July 27, 2025
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
“Rooted”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Colossians 2:6-19 & Luke 11:1-13
July 20, 2025
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
“Who is Jesus Christ?”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Colossians 1:15-28
July 13, 2025
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
“Back to Basics”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Colossians 1:1-14
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
July 6, 2025
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
“Bear With One Another in Love”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Ephesians 4:1-16
June 29, 2025
Third Sunday after Pentecost
“A Spirit Focused Life”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
June 22, 2025
Second Sunday after Pentecost
“Child of God!”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Galatians 3:23-29
June 15, 2025
First Sunday after Pentecost
“Dear Church, …Grace!”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Romans 5:1-5
June 8, 2025
Day of Pentecost
Rev. Erin Morgan
Acts 2:1-21
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Special Offering for PCUSA’s Pentecost Offering
June 1, 2025
Seventh Sunday of Easter
“Ripples of Freedom”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Acts 16:16-34
May 25, 2025
Sixth Sunday of Easter
“She Sells Seashells”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Acts 16:9-15
May 18, 2025
Fifth Sunday of Easter
“Dreams”
Rev. Patrick Day
Psalm 148 & Acts 11:1-8
Baptism of AC Hardigree & Owen Hardigree
Graduates Sunday
Art from “First Presbyterian Church” by Elise Hammond (c)
May 11, 2025
Fourth Sunday of Easter
“Interwoven”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Acts 9:36-43
Special Offering For the Caring Hands Fund supporting Presbyterian Homes of Georgia
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
May 4, 2025
Third Sunday of Easter
“…and a little hope”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Isaiah 61:1-3
Worship art from “How to Heal a Broken Wing” by Bob Graham (c) 2008 by Bob Graham
April 27, 2025
Second Sunday of Easter
“Faith AND Doubt”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
John 20:19-31
Art: “Covington First Presbyterian Church” by Elise Hammond
April 20, 2025
Easter Sunday
The Resurrection of the Lord
“Resurrection Hope!”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Luke 24:1-12
Worship Series: Everything In Between | Liturgy by Rev. Sarah A. Speed | Graphic Design by Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org | Art Provided by PCUSA Special Offering: One Great Hour of Sharing
April 18, 2025
Good Friday
Community Worship
Rev. Dr. Robert Crawford
John 18:1-19:42
April 17, 2025
Maundy Thursday
Experiential Communion
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
John 13:1-12 & Matthew 27:45-51
Maundy Thursday: Potluck Liturgy by The Fat Pastor | Everything In Between Graphic Design by Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman | Art “Open Table” by Lauren Wright Pittman | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
April 13, 2025
Palm-Passion Sunday
“The Song Everlasting”
Luke 19:29-40
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
“The Song Everlasting” cantata by Joseph M. Martin | Copyright (c) 2011 by Hal Leonard - MILWIN MUSIC CORP. | Worship Series: Everything In Between | Liturgy by Rev. Sarah A. Speed | Graphic Design by Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman | Art “I Believe” by Steven Prince | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
April 6, 2025
Fifth Sunday in Lent
“Everything In Between Righteousness & Mercy”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Luke 19:1-10
March 30, 2025
Fourth Sunday in Lent
“Everything In Between Lost & Found”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Luke 15:1-7
March 23, 2025
Third Sunday in Lent
“Everything In Between Rest & Growth”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Luke 13:6-9
Guest Worship Artist: Wanda Reagan
Congregational Meeting
March 16, 2025
Second Sunday in Lent
“Everything In Between Faith & Works”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Luke 10:38-42
March 9, 2025
First Sunday in Lent
“Everything In Between Strangers & Neighbors”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Luke 10:25-37
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Guest Worship Artist: Scott Fuss
March 2, 2025
Transfiguration of the Lord
“Transfiguration: Wake Up!”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Exodus 34:29-35 & Luke 9:28-43a
Art: “Covington First Presbyterian Church” by Elise Hammond
February 23, 2025
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
“Joseph”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Genesis 45:3-11, 15
Art: “Reconciled” by Hannah Garrity | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
February 16, 2025
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
“Live Coal & Freedom Songs”
Rev. Erin Morgan
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Art: “Covington First Presbyterian Church” by Elise Hammond
February 9, 2025
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
“In the Midst of It All”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Luke 5:1-11
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
The Souper Bowl of Caring
Art: “Covington First Presbyterian Church” by Elise Hammond
February 2, 2025
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
“Just.Love.”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Art: “Covington First Presbyterian Church” by Elise Hammond
January 26, 2025
Third Sunday after Epiphany
“A Dash of Salt and a Little Light”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Matthew 5:13-16
Installation of Officers
Annual Congregational Meeting
Art: “Covington First Presbyterian Church” by Elise Hammond
January 19, 2025
Baptism of the Lord
“Washed by the Water!”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Luke 3:21-22
January 12, 2025
Worship on January 12, 2025 was cancelled due to inclement weather and icy roads. A snow day Zoom was held instead and our Baptism of the Lord service, including communion was postponed to January 19.
January 5, 2025
Epiphany of the Lord
“Words for the Beginning: The Road Isn’t Straight”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Matthew 2:1-12
STAR WORDS
December 29, 2024
First Sunday of Christmas
“Lessons & Laughter”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Luke 2:10 Isaiah 9:2-3, Matthew 2:10, Psalm 148, Psalm 126:1-3, & Isaiah 55:12-13
December 24, 2024
Christmas Eve
“Love Knows Your Name”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Luke 2:1-20
December 22, 2024
Fourth Sunday of Advent
“Words for the Beginning: Hope is Worth the Risk”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Matthew 1:18-25 & Luke 1:46-55
December 18, 2024
“Darkness”
The Longest Night
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 & Isaiah 43:16-21
Art | Night © Jan Richardson from Night Visions: Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas. Used by permission. janrichardson.com
December 15, 2024
Third Sunday of Advent
“Do Not Be Afraid”
Children’s Christmas Pageant
“Do the Good that is Yours to Do”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Isaiah 58:9b-12 & Luke 3:7-16
Art: “Magi” by Harper Holder | Pageant: “Do Not Be Afraid: A Christmas Pageant | (c)2020 Illustrated Ministry, LLC | Advent Series | “Words for the Beginning: Advent Reminders for New Seasons” | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
December 8, 2024
Second Sunday of Advent
“A Festival of Lessons & Carols”
John 1:1-8
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
A Festival of Lessons and Carols adapted from “Ceremony of Candles: A Cantata for Advent and Christmas” by Joseph M. Martin | Narration by Pamela Martin | (c)2006 Malcolm Music
December 1, 2024
First Sunday of Advent
Hanging of the Greens
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Luke 1:26-38
Worship guide cover art by Ruby Wells | Advent Series | “Words for the Beginning: Advent Reminders for New Seasons” | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
November 24, 2024
Christ the King Sunday
“Christ the King”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Psalm 93 & John 18:33-37
Worship guide cover art by Elise Hammond
November 17, 2024
Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost
“Her Story”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
1 Samuel 1:4-20
Special Offering for Thornwell Home for Children
Worship guide cover art by Elise Hammond
November 10, 2024
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
“A Deeper Well…The Multitude”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Revelation 7:9-19
Worship Series for Stewardship: “A Deeper Well: Dig Deep. Draw Deeply.” by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett of Deep Well Worship
November 3, 2024
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
All Saints’ Sunday
“A New Heaven and A New Earth”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Revelation 21:1-6
Baptism of William Scudder Dobbs
Liturgy by Rev. Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
Worship guide cover art by Shin Maeng | Revelation 21 | shinhappen.org
October 27, 2024
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
“A Deeper Well…Messy, Complicated Love”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Genesis 29:1-4
Worship Series for Stewardship: “A Deeper Well: Dig Deep. Draw Deeply.” by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett of Deep Well Worship
October 20, 2024
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
A Deeper Well… Elijah and the Widow of Zarepath
Rev. Erin Morgan
1 Kings 17:8-16
Worship Series for Stewardship: “A Deeper Well: Dig Deep. Draw Deeply.” by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett of Deep Well Worship
October 13, 2024
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
Stewardship Kickoff
“A Deeper Well…”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
John 4:4-15
Worship Series for Stewardship: “A Deeper Well: Dig Deep. Draw Deeply.” by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett of Deep Well Worship
October 6, 2024
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
World Communion Sunday
Stillman College Choir
Under the direction of Dr. Jocqueline K. Richardson
Philipians 2:1-13 & Acts 2:42-47
Liturgy by Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
September 29, 2024
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“My Soul Cries Out”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Psalm 42 & Isaiah 43:-12
Worship Series: “And With All Your Mind: A Series on Faith & Mental Health” by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett of Deep Well Worship
September 22, 2024
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Holding Space”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
“Mental Health Matters: A Conversation with Neeley & Erin”
Job 2:11-13
Worship Series: “And With All Your Mind: A Series on Faith & Mental Health” by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett of Deep Well Worship
September 15, 2024
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Liturgy of the Ordinary… checking email”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Numbers 6:22-26
Worship Series adapted from: “Liturgy of the Ordinary: sacred practices in everyday life” by Tish Harrison Warren (InterVarsity Press, 2016)
September 8, 2024
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Liturgy of the Ordinary…Losing the keys”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
1 John 1:5-9
Worship Series adapted from: “Liturgy of the Ordinary: sacred practices in everyday life” by Tish Harrison Warren (InterVarsity Press, 2016)
September 1, 2024
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Liturgy of the Ordinary… Making the Bed”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Psalm 138 & 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
Worship Series adapted from: “Liturgy of the Ordinary: sacred practices in everyday life” by Tish Harrison Warren (InterVarsity Press, 2016)
August 25, 2024
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Liturgy of the Ordinary…Waking!”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Mark 1:1-11
Worship Series adapted from: “Liturgy of the Ordinary: sacred practices in everyday life” by Tish Harrison Warren (InterVarsity Press, 2016)
August 18, 2024
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“In the Middle of It All”
Children & Youth Sunday
Mark 5:25-34 & Matthew 1:23 & Psalm 139
Worship lead by with liturgy written by FPC Kids: Amelia, Audrey, Emmalin, Elizabeth, Greer, Harper, Kora, Lily, MaryRentz, Paisley, Parker, Ruby, Thornton, Valerie, William
Message by FPC Middle School Youth: Beatrice, Holden, Kately
Congregational Meeting
August 11, 2024
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
“Plant Anyway”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Matthew 13:1-9
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Worship Series: “Planting Peace” originally created for Montreat Youth Conference 2024
August 4, 2024
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
“Peace is…”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Ephesians 2:13-18 & John 16:29-33
Rally Day & Blessing of the Backpacks
Worship Series: “Planting Peace” originally created for Montreat Youth Conference 2024
July 28, 2024
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
“The Blessing of a Lunch Box and Leftovers”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Job 6:1-15
A Conversation with Laurel Ardis
July 21, 2024
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
“Where You Go, I Will Go”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Ruth 1:6-18
July 14, 2024
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
“New Creation”
Rev. Erin Morgan
Isaiah 65:17-25
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
July 7, 2024
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
“Stubborn… who me?!”
Rev. Neeley Rentz Lane
Ezekiel 2:1-5
