Each year, FPC gives away 100% of its Christmas Eve offering to a local nonprofit. This year that nonprofit is the Fort Smith Boys Home! Pastor Tasha sits down with the Boys Home executive director Eddie Donovan to discuss the foster care needs in Arkansas, the role the Boys Home plays in meeting some of those needs, and how each of us can support and advocate for the foster children in our community.
Pastor Tasha Blackburn and Emotional Wellness Coordinator Maria Martinez discuss mental health trends Maria is seeing in Fort Smith as well as tools for dealing with grief and anxiety during the holidays.
The 1Pres Pod returns with a conversation between Tasha and Phil about being the church in times of upheaval.
The 1PresPod has had a longer break than expected! The season kicks off next week with an episode of "Between Two Pastors" but, until then, get your juices flowing with this conversation between Pastor Tasha and member Jarred Rego as they talk politics--no, not THOSE politics--and how we can all live out our citizenship on the local level.
This week, Phil and Stephen discuss souls. Does everyone have one? What happens to them? Where do we go from here? Join us.
This week, Phil and Tasha talk about preaching hard texts and topics. Wha t should be covered in a sermon? How should we approach challenging issues? What's it like for a pastor to approach hard subjects with their congregation? We discuss this and more this week. Join us!
This week Phil is joined by his good friend Kate Davis of the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. Together they will talk about the unique challenges facing clergy in modern America, as well as how congregations can best support pastors in this challenging time.
This week Phil and Tasha talk about marriage and pre-marital counseling. What have they learned over the years? How does one apply their faith to their marriage? What happens in a pre-marital counseling session? These questions and more, this week!
When someone says, "Let me tell you what the Bible says," what do they actually mean? This week, Stephen and Phil talk Bible translations and translation in general. Why are there so many translations of the Bible? Is there one that is "more right" than the others? How can we even begin to choose which one to read? Can we even know what the "Bible says?"
Lent has arrived once more. This week, Phil and Tasha talk about the significance of the season of Lent, what it means, and how it can shape us as followers of Jesus.
In this episode, Phil and Tasha take a look ahead to 2024 and what is in store for the 1 Pres Pod. Then they discuss Christmas and the Christmas season.
Wait, what?!?!?! Yes, that's right, God is not religious, so if you are someone who is saying, "I am not religious," congratulations, God is with you on this one.
