Imprints

The task of training children in spiritual matters rests primarily and squarely on the parents; not the public school, not even Sunday School and Church—but the parents. Unless Christian parents play their role, the likelihood is that the child will be deprived of spiritual nurture. The importance of what to do is clear in the verses above, but how to do it is a puzzle for Christian parents. As a result many parents, if they do anything at all, do too little, too late.

This book provides biblically-oriented training for children up through the teens, training them in the way they should go—not in the way they would go. Woven into the fabric of the Presbyterian System is this insistence on parental responsibility. In the baptismal vows, the parents promise to “unreservedly dedicate your child to God, and promise in humble reliance upon divine grace, that you will endeavor to set before him a godly example, that you will pray with and for him, that you will teach him the doctrines of our holy religion, and that you will strive, by all the means of God’s appointment, to bring him up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”ISBN 0977747212

Why should we memorize Scripture and the Catechism? We ought to memorize Scripture, it is the Word of God which he uses to bring our children to faith and by which they grow in that faith and in grace, but our children also need a framework in which to understand the Scripture they are learning. So Scripture and Catechism memorization work together to this end.

Following the pattern of the early Church, catechism of the children of believers and new converts has been the universal practice of the Christian church since the earliest days. That pattern was to learn the Apostles' Creed; the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments, and the Reformation carried on and expanded this practice.

However, and much more importantly, if we begin catechizing our children early enough, by the time they reach adolescence, we can expect them to begin to "discern the body" (1 Corinthians 11.29), to be ready for profession of faith, to take up the covenant for themselves and to be ready to be fed by Christ's body and blood with His visible church. If we begin to catechize our children early, by the grace of the Spirit, they become able to rightly discern His body and discern the truth from the lie.

This CD contains all 107 questions and answers, one question and answer per track, save the last 10 questions which are on one track due to the 99 track limitations of current CD technology.

The Reformers understood that in worship we express our emotion through music. Therefore, the words and melodies were both important.  The words should be simple, and the melodies reverent. Music at First Pres follows this principle.

For many years our Wednesday evening prayer meeting has been preceded with a selection of traditional worship and praise hymns to assist in preparing us for the right worship of a sovereign, righteous, holy, and forgiving God.

This CD contains 49 of the congregation's Christmas favorites played in Marian's unique flowing style, recorded on a Yamaha acoustical grand piano. Playing time: 78 minutes.

The Reformers understood that in worship we express our emotion through music. Therefore, the words and melodies were both important.  The words should be simple, and the melodies reverent. Music at First Pres follows this principle.

For many years our Wednesday evening prayer meeting has been preceded with a selection of traditional worship and praise hymns to assist in preparing us for the right worship of a sovereign, righteous, holy, and forgiving God.

This CD contains 40 of the congregation's Christmas favorites played in Marian's unique flowing style, recorded from a Boston acoustical grand piano. Playing time: 66 minutes.

The Reformers understood that in worship we express our emotion through music. Therefore, the words and melodies were both important.  The words should be simple, and the melodies reverent. Music at First Pres follows this principle.

For many years our Wednesday evening prayer meeting has been preceded with a selection of traditional worship and praise hymns to assist in preparing us for the right worship of a sovereign, righteous, holy, and forgiving God.

This CD contains 46 of the congregation's favorites played in Marian's unique flowing style, recorded from a Yamaha acoustical grand piano.

The Reformers understood that in worship we express our emotion through music. Therefore, the words and melodies were both important.  The words should be simple, and the melodies reverent. Music at First Pres follows this principle.

For many years our Wednesday evening prayer meeting has been preceded with a selection of traditional worship and praise hymns to assist in preparing us for the right worship of a sovereign, righteous, holy, and forgiving God.

This CD contains 36 of the congregation's favorites played in Marian's unique flowing style, recorded from a Yamaha acoustical grand piano.