• A Note of Encouragement:  Your Session is Here for You!

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:   Our congregation is working through a prolonged period of transition between called pastors.  The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for all churches t…

  • Pastoral Update 01-06-21 Congregational Letter From Joel Larson

    Dear First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood,   With immense gratitude for the last 13 ½  years, I have served at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, I want to let you know that I have accepte…

  • Pastoral Update 12-28-21

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,   Gerlinde and I hope you all enjoyed a Blessed Christmas, and we are disappointed that our medical struggles have prevented us from being present to worship…

  • Welcome FPCH Interim Senior Pastor Dave Watson

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,   Your Interim Pastor Nominating Committee is very happy to let you know that Session has approved the hiring of The Rev. Dr. David M. Watson (“Pastor Dave”)…

  • Pastoral Update 8-20-21

      In approaching our gospel reading for this week, Mark 12:1-12 I am keenly award of the tumultuous world in which we live. Whether it’s the recovery efforts following the earthquake in Haiti, th…

  • Pastoral Update 8-13-21

      This week as we continue our journey through the gospel of Mark find ourselves in the Temple with Jesus. It is a couple of days past Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem riding on a colt with crowds fol…

  • Pastoral Update 7-30-21

      On Sunday we come to a “Y” in the road in our journey studying, reading, and praying through the gospel of Mark. We come to Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem or for us a revisiting of Palm Sunday. In…

  • Pastoral Update 7-16-21

      In our reading and studying the gospel of Mark we are coming to some very difficult passages. Last week was one’s hardness of heart regarding relationships as noted in how one thinks and lives…

  • Pastoral Update 7-9-2021

      This week we come to Mark 10:1-16 where we find the Pharisees and Jesus discussing the lawfulness of divorce. The question at hand is but is not really about divorce. The question or discussion…

  • Pastoral Update 7-2-21

      The reading for Sunday 4 July 2021 from the gospel of Mark 9:42-50  raises more questions than answers. What is going on when Jesus talks to his disciples about cutting off a hand or a foot or,…

  • Pastoral Update 6-18-21

      Grace, mercy, and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ.   In our study of the gospel of Mark we need to keep in mind five elements that influence our comprehension of this gospel. They…

  • Pastoral Update 6-4-21

      “This is the day that the LORD has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it,” (Psalm 118:24).   This very familiar verse is one I have been using to greet you at the beginning of worship. It…



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