Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church

Food for Thought: “Go to dark Gethsemane, all who feel the tempter’s power; your Redeemer’s conflict see, watch with Him one bitter hour; turn not from His griefs away, learn from Jesus Christ to pray.” - Words to a hymn by James Montgomery.
Faith in Action: Attend Holy Week worship services or read and meditate on [...]

This week’s Food for Thought was provided by Suellen Barnett.
Food for Thought - “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.” — “Declaration of Rights and Sentiments”, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1848, Seneca Falls, NY, Women’s Rights Commission.  
Faith in Action - Support Justice and equality for all people. 

This week’s Food for Thought was provided by Seminary Intern Joshua Dunham. 
Food for Thought - “A discipline won’t bring you closer to God.  Only God can bring you closer to Himself.  What the discipline is meant to do is to help you get yourself, your ego, out of the way so you are open to [...]

Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday worship will be held at 10:00 am in the Sanctuary, followed by a gathering in Burnside Hall to say “farewell” to Cornel.  Please join us for this special day.
Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services will not be held this year at Lincoln Park Church. Instead, Cornel and Joshua, along with pastors from [...]

One Great Hour of Sharing Offering, supporting Presbyterian mission projects in the U.S. and around the world, including the Presbyterian Hunger Program, Self-Development of People, and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, will be collected on an ongoing basis during Lent, and will dedicated on Easter Sunday, March 23.

This sermon was given by Joshua Dunham, our Seminary Intern.
The Refocusing of Lent
Psalm 23, and John 9:1-12
March 2, 2008

Whew, 4th Sunday of Lent. We made it! We’re now over half the way through. Only 3 more weeks until Easter! But frankly now is the time where the struggle of our Lenten disciplines can start to [...]

Cornel Barnett
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church
San Francisco, California
February 24, 2008
Luke 9.51-62
“He set his face to go to Jerusalem 3: Walk the Walk”
In the last two weeks we looked at Lent through the eyes of two cultural events: the Chinese New Year and Black History Month. We read the biblical story of Jesus’ descent from the mountain [...]

Cornel Barnett
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church
San Francisco, California
February 17, 2008
Luke:51; 11:14-26
“He set his face to go to Jerusalem 2″
Like last week, the title of my sermon, “He set his face to go to Jerusalem,” is taken from the scriptural passage, this time read by Joshua. It is spoken during Jesus’ descent from the mountain of transfiguration.
We [...]

Cornel Barnett
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church
San Francisco, California
February 10, 2008
“He set his face to go to Jerusalem 1″
We have just heard that the title of my sermon, “He set his face to go to Jerusalem”, is taken from the passage read by Alvyn. It is spoken during Jesus’ descent from the mountain of transfiguration. Last Sunday [...]