Welcome to Extra Christy --- the Monday email message from
Rev. J. Christy Ramsey, Pastor Goodyear Heights Presbyterian Church


Yesterday was September 11th, 4 years after the attack on America. One of those days when you remember where you were and what you were doing. One of the feelings I remember is one of not feeling safe. Now, after four years of homeland security, airport screening, and terror alert programs I am reminded of Psalm 127:1


Unless God builds the house,
  Those who build it labor in vain.
Unless God guards the city,
  The guard keeps watch in vain.


God is our foundation and our safety. Here's hoping we always build on faith and not fear.

Welcome to Extra Christy — the weekly email message from Rev. J. Christy Ramsey, Pastor Goodyear Heights Presbyterian Church.

The devastation of Hurricane Katrina is overwhelming. I recall another September 4 years ago when I was overcome with grief and glued to the television pictures of destruction and death.

What word does the church have for a world in suffering?

 It is fitting we shared communion yesterday where we remember and experience the greatest evil and the greatest good of God's salvation bound up in the betrayal death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christians believe that God is greater than death and evil; that no matter how bad Good Friday is…God will bring Easter morning.

Being with you in your Good Fridays….and looking forward with you to Easter morning….

Matthew 1:18-25

Recorded 12/27/1998

Pastor Christy considers getting direction from dreams and recalls Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech.

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Luke 2:15-20

Recorded 12/24/1998

Pastor Christy considers what "Here's Your Sign" means in the Christmas story and in our lives as a sign to others.

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Rev. Dr. Harry David Rose returned to preach at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Goodyear Heights Presbyterian Church congregation on June 3, 1990.

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