November 11 – 17 , 2026
This Week @ First Church
Wednesday November 11
Mindful Meditation – 6 p.m.
Come every Wednesday evening and leave the troubles of the world outside as you spend an hour in meditation. Enter the church through the Delaware Street entrance.
Friday November 13 – 7:30 p.m
Narcotics Anonymous Meeting
Enter the church through the alley parking lot entrance.
Sunday November 15
Worship Service – 10 a.m.
Worship Service In-Person and on Facebook
SERMON “Risky Business” by Tom Seeberger Based on Matthew 25:14-30
Notes for Matthew 25:14-30
Our gospel reading is from Matthew 25:14-30 and it is the Parable of the Talents / or the Parable of the Parable of the Bags of Gold. This parable was shared with the Disciples during Passion Week. Jesus has just finished confronting the religious leaders in the Temples and he has predicted its’ destruction. The Disciples are wanting to know more about Jesus second coming. “What will it be like? How will we know?” Jesus is warning his followers that no one knows the exact time of his return. Because he will be gone for an extended period. The core message to this parable is how to wait watchfully—not by standing idle, but by taking risks to actively and faithfully do the work of the kingdom.
Matthew 25:14-30
14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags
of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, [a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received
five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. 17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two
more. 18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received five bags of gold
brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many
things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
22 “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’
23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many
things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’
26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered
seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with
interest.
28 “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an
abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
HYMNS
“How Great Is Our God”
“GOD OF GRACE AND GOD OF GLORY”
“THEY WILL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS BY OUR LOVE”
.Sunday School – 10 a.m.
Sunday School – 10 a.m.
Confirmation Class – 11 a.m
Monday November 16
Narcotics Anonymous Meeting – 8 p.m
Enter the church through the alley parking lot entrance.
Tuesday November 17
7 p.m Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
Enter the church through the alley parking lot entrance.
