Why I Belong

Last modified Sunday, July 04, 2010 @ 10:19pm

A Community of Believers by Lisa Roberts

1983 was a year of life-changing events for me: Our first child was born in May, I quit my 60-plus hour a week job to be a stay-at-home mom, and my husband Bill & I moved to our new, partially-finished log home in Poolesville (built by Bill). My parents had moved from a too large home in Rockville to a smaller ranch-style home in Poolesville earlier that year and started attending church for the first time since moving to Maryland in 1967. They chose to attend Poolesville Presbyterian Church because they had immediately felt accepted and welcomed by the small congregation. I too, felt it was ... (read the remainder)

 

A New Family To Belong To by Jerome Hobart

I started attending the Poolesville Presbyterian Church in October of 2008. I had found out about the church by the postcard mailing back in 2007. The reason for the delay from 2007 to 2008 was my deployment to Iraq. While overseas I had some experiences that made me really focus on the importance of having faith in God. The experience left me with the need to learn more about God, Jesus and a structured religious belonging. We chose PPC because it was a small church that looked very beautiful. We instantly were drawn to the architecture and once inside were greeted ... (read the remainder)

 

“ If anyone among them comes into want while they themselves have nothing to spare, they fast for two or three days for him. In this way they can supply any poor man with the food he needs. ”

- Aristides of Athens