Geneva Presbyterian Church
June 2023
GENEVA NEWS Worshipping | Learning | Connecting | Giving | Serving
Spring Concert Sunday, June 4, 10:30am Geneva's Chancel Choir will present Come Away to the Skies: a High, Lonesome Mass, a work that features the traditional movements of the Mass accompanied by a bluegrass band.
Food Drive a TON of Success! Genevans, together with our community, collected over a ton (that’s over 2,000 pounds!) of non-perishable food items for the South County Outreach Food Pantry in our week-long food drive last month. Thank you to all who stood outside Stater Bros. Market asking for donations and to those who contributed food items for our neighbors facing food insecurity. A shout out also goes to the Missional Life Ministry Team for organizing the event.
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Unlock the Holy Spirit Within You A message om the Rev. Dr. Steven M. Marsh The Holy Spirit appeared that first Pentecost. The disciples were all together in one place. As the sound of a rushing wind filled the room, they all began to speak in tongues. Each was filled with the Holy Spirit. They could hear one another speak in their own native language. When a person from another language group spoke, the hearer could understand. They were given spiritual gifts by the Spirit. The disciples that day experienced God. And all disciples to come have that same opportunity...to receive spiritual gifts and to experience God. Early in May, I was having a session with my therapist. We were talking about aspects of my work as a pastor. Music came up. And then my therapist said, “Did you know that music is the medium by which the feelings portion of the brain is accessed which enables us to feel “experience?” When one experiences God’s presence in a 1
