Spiritual Growth Archives - Catoctin Presbyterian Church

Dreaming God’s Dream: Grow

Date: January 12, 2025

Bible Text: Acts 8:1-17, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Dreaming God's Dream

By David Douthett|2025-01-12T16:12:48-05:00January 12th, 2025|

Dreaming God’s Dream: Follow

Date: January 5, 2025

Bible Text: Ephesians 3:1-12, Matthew 2:1-12 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Dreaming God's Dream

By David Douthett|2025-01-05T17:47:10-05:00January 5th, 2025|

SRT2 Week 13: Nonviolence

Date: September 22, 2024

Bible Text: Romans 12:1-2, 14-21, Matthew 5:21-24, 38-48 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

This is it! The end of our summer "road trip" through spiritual practices. We have explored very briefly a dozen different ways that disciples can grow closer to Christ in their daily lives.

By David Douthett|2024-10-15T15:33:12-04:00September 23rd, 2024|

SRT2 Week 12: Simplicity

Date: September 15, 2024

Bible Text: Philippians 4:4-14, Matthew 6:24-34 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

We're almost at the end of our series on spiritual practices. This week we will explore simplicity, especially as described by Richard J. Foster in his classic book, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual

By David Douthett|2024-10-15T15:33:12-04:00September 15th, 2024|

SRT2 Week 11: Hospitality

Date: September 8, 2024

Bible Text: Genesis 18:1-14, Matthew 25:31-40 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

We are continuing our series on Christian spiritual practices, with just a couple left. These practices are intended to help us experience a closer relationship with God in Jesus Christ by making us more intentional

By David Douthett|2024-10-15T15:33:12-04:00September 11th, 2024|

SRT2 Week 9: Spiritual Direction and Companionship

Date: August 25, 2024

Bible Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-2, 3:10-17, John 15:4-17, Proverbs 27:17 |

Series: Summer Road Trip Through Spiritual Practices

Our summer series keeps on rolling down the highway! There is a proverb that says, "If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." This week's spiritual practice

By David Douthett|2024-10-15T15:33:12-04:00August 27th, 2024|

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 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|2024-10-15T15:33:12-04:00June 18th, 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|2024-10-15T15:33:13-04:00June 4th, 2024|

Check This Out

Date: January 14, 2024

Bible Text: Psalm 139:1-6,13-18, John 1:35-51 | Rev. David A. Douthett

In the weeks after Epiphany we look at texts in the gospels that demonstrate the appearing (meaning of "Epiphany") of Jesus Christ, opening with his baptism by John the Baptizer (last week), then the call

By David Douthett|2024-01-14T22:29:59-05:00January 14th, 2024|

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