Rev. David A. Douthett Archives - Catoctin Presbyterian Church

SRT2 Week 6: Self-Examination and Confession

Date: July 7, 2024

Bible Text: Psalm 51:1-12, Romans 7:21-8:2 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

It's week 6 of our series on Christian spiritual practices, our "road trip" for this summer. So far we've stopped to "see" lectio divina, prayer, our worship together, and fasting, after acknowledging our spiritual hunger

By David Douthett|2024-07-07T22:51:43-04:00July 7th, 2024|

SRT2 Week 5: Fasting

Date: June 30, 2024

Bible Text: Jonah 3:1-10, Matthew 6:1, 16-21 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

It's week 5 of our series on Christian spiritual practices, our "road trip" for this summer. So far we've stopped to "see" lectio divina, prayer, and our worship together, after acknowledging our spiritual hunger that

By David Douthett|2024-06-30T13:13:33-04:00June 30th, 2024|

SRT2 Week 4: Corporate Worship

Date: June 23, 2024

Bible Text: Psalm 100:1-5, Revelation 4:1-11 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

This is the third stop (and fourth week) on our summer "road trip" through spiritual practices. Today we will be checking out corporate worship. This does NOT refer to bowing down to multinational companies. Quite

By David Douthett|2024-06-23T15:59:48-04:00June 23rd, 2024|

SRT2 Week 3: Prayer

Date: June 16, 2024

Bible Text: Psalm 62:1-8, Matthew 6:5-13 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

We had some technical issues with the livestream again today, and it split into two files again. Both videos should appear here, and we're including the links, too. The first half can be found here:

By David Douthett|2024-06-18T22:44:53-04:00June 18th, 2024|

SRT2 Week 2: Sacred Reading

Date: June 9, 2024

Bible Text: Psalm 119:33-40, 2 Peter 1:10-21 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

We had some technical trouble with the livestream for this service, so it's ended up in two parts that hopefully are displaying here. If not, the links for the two halves are: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/live/_lh_m_7vVNE Part

By David Douthett|2024-06-09T18:19:17-04:00June 9th, 2024|

Our Spiritual Hunger

Date: June 2, 2024

Bible Text: Psalm 63:1-8, Ephesians 3:12-21 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

It's June, so it's summer! That means it's time for Road Trip sermon series! Last year we took a summer road trip through the Bible. This year we're hitting the road again, this time through Christian

By David Douthett|2024-06-04T16:42:23-04:00June 4th, 2024|

Family Resemblance

Date: May 26, 2024

Bible Text: Romans 8:12-25, John 3:1-17 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Blessings to you on this Trinity Sunday! In the Christian calendar, on the Sunday after Pentecost when we celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit fifty days after Easter, we pause to celebrate and meditate

By David Douthett|2024-05-26T18:47:17-04:00May 26th, 2024|

Expecting, Receiving, Living

Date: May 19, 2024

Bible Text: John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15, Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 | Rev. David A. Douthett

It's Pentecost Sunday! Fifty days (the "pente" in Pentecost) after Easter we celebrate the pouring out of the Holy Spirit and the beginning of the Church's ministry after Jesus had ascended to heaven. The disciples

By David Douthett|2024-05-21T14:47:16-04:00May 21st, 2024|

Filling In the Cracks

Date: May 12, 2024

Bible Text: John 17:6-19, Acts 1: 15-17, 21-26 | Rev. David A. Douthett

We are nearly at the end of Eastertide, the time between our celebrations of Jesus Christ's resurrection (Easter) and the giving of the Holy Spirit to the Church (Pentecost, which is next week). For the

By David Douthett|2024-05-14T16:12:54-04:00May 14th, 2024|

How Things Change

Date: May 5, 2024

Bible Text: Acts 10:1-48 | Rev. David A. Douthett

One of my favorite stories in the New Testament is in Acts 10, the story of Cornelius the centurion and Simon Peter. It's a remarkable weaving of how God works in the lives of otherwise

By David Douthett|2024-05-05T18:30:13-04:00May 5th, 2024|