Purposely Creating Conditions To Starve People Is Sinful!!

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Welcome to North Presbyterian Church NYC Online

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The Place Where Harlem and Washington Heights Come Together! Sunday service on Zoom.

(212) 926-5162

Welcome to North Presbyterian Church NYC Online

Welcome to North Presbyterian Church NYC OnlineWelcome to North Presbyterian Church NYC OnlineWelcome to North Presbyterian Church NYC Online

The Place Where Harlem and Washington Heights Come Together! Sunday service on Zoom.

(212) 926-5162

Do Not Use The Bible As A Cover For Unjust Actions And Racist Policies. Feed The Hungry!

Do Not Use The Bible As A Cover For Unjust Actions And Racist Policies. Feed The Hungry!

Do Not Use The Bible As A Cover For Unjust Actions And Racist Policies. Feed The Hungry!

Do Not Use The Bible As A Cover For Unjust Actions And Racist Policies. Feed The Hungry!

Do Not Use The Bible As A Cover For Unjust Actions And Racist Policies. Feed The Hungry!

Do Not Use The Bible As A Cover For Unjust Actions And Racist Policies. Feed The Hungry!

NPC NYC Sunday Service

Join us on August 17, 2025, at 11 a.m. For the link, please email us at info@northchurchnyc.org

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Why Intentionally Hurt People?

As people of faith, we strive to live according to Jesus' teachings. As such, none of us is perfect, and we make mistakes. However, here in America, some people are purposely making a daily mistake. What is that mistake, you ask?


Weaponizing their Christian faith to hurt the vulnerable.


Here's a partial list of policies that the  current administration in the White House has used to hurt the vulnerable:


* Cuts to USAID and SNAP, taking food from the mouths of people in need, both domestic and abroad.

* Taking migrants, both documented and undocumented, off the streets, detaining and deporting them without due process by ICE and CBP.


There are numerous other examples, but the point is this - one cannot do these things to people AND call themselves followers of Jesus.


Jesus never said to starve people and deport your neighbors in His name.

"Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions." Proverbs 18:5

"Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions." Proverbs 18:5

"Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions." Proverbs 18:5

"Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions." Proverbs 18:5

"Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions." Proverbs 18:5

"Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions." Proverbs 18:5

Leviticus 19:33-34

"When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God."

NPC NYC Sunday Service, July 27, 2025

"How To Pray Like Jesus."

In today's reading, the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, which Jesus did. Although we have everyday responsibilities and demands in our lives, like the disciples, we should have a thirst for hearing the Word.


Here are a couple of essential things to adhere to as we pray:


Have a personal and intimate relationship with God. Think of Him as part of your family, not as a distant presence from above. We can also think of Him as a parent. This doesn't fall under the category of ideology or concept. We should feel this way deep in our souls as we pray.


Receiving our daily bread is asking God to give us enough to honor God. If that sounds somewhat abstract, let's define daily bread. This means not asking for excess from God, not to ask for riches or poverty, but to ask for us to have enough resources and be satisfied. This enables us to honor God, for when you pray, you are not only praying for your daily bread, but you are also praying to care for those who lack sufficient resources to live day to day. Remember that when you pray to God, it requires something from you; you must be invested in the process. Focus on helping to bring about the Kingdom of God.


This also means do not be complicit with evil. Do not sanction evil acts such as taking food away from people in need, taking healthcare from people, essentially kidnapping people off the streets with masked agents, holding them in inhumane conditions, then deporting the people without due process.


Finally, we can not be complicit with, or become immune to, the consistent bombing and killing of innocent people. This is a sinful act of inhumanity.


Prayer is not an act where we look out for ourselves. Jesus tells us to pray, investing in a personal relationship with God as we seek to help people, not to seek excessive riches, but to ask for our daily bread, and to forgive those who sin against us.


It's not an easy task, but we should get started on prayer today.


Join us for our next service on Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 11 a.m. For the link, please email us at info@northchurchnyc.org.





Selections: Luke 11: 1-13 and Proverbs 30: 7-9.

Thank you to Music Minister Tim for today's musical selections, "Mighty One" and "What A Beautiful Name."

Video of Rev. Chapman's sermon in Washington D.C.

Rev. Chapman's sermon as the guest pastor at the 19th Street Baptist Church from August 25, 2024, starts at this video's one-hour and 32-minute mark. The title is "The Holy Spirit and the Church IT Department."

 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. 

 Matthew 6:24 ESV


Read Pastor Mark's message for the 2024 Holidays!

Please click on the "Pastor's Holiday Message" at the top of the page!

"Still, I Rise" by Maya Angelou

Read Maya Angelou's acclaimed poem here; https://poets.org/poem/still-i-rise?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzqbLmdnm9gIVRhvUAR1t3ghtEAAYASAAEgJWqfD_BwE: 

New York City and Quality of Life issues

ICE is now detaining immigrants in NYC. What does Mayor Adams have to say?

It is not a stretch to think that ICE roaming New York City streets to detain immigrants (not so-called criminals, but a high school student and others attending an immigration hearing with their lawyers) has the tacit approval of Mayor Adams. Why? Could it be that this is paying the Trump Administration back for dismissing the federal corruption charges against Adams? The mayor encourages immigrants to keep their court appointments - to make it easier to detain and ship members of NYC's immigrant community away from their families? Note to Mayor Adams: Our immigrant community lives in fear of ICE right now! This is not a hypothetical! Read the article; the link is on the right.

Link:

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/03/adams-migrants-show-court-hearings-ice-roundups-fear-deportation-trump/

Pastor Mark has a question for us:

What is the new thing God seeks to do with AND through you in 2025?

"Take off your religious blindfold; It keeps you from seeing the light of the Gospel!" - Rev. Mark L. Chapman.

North Presbyterian Church NYC, 525 West 155 Street, New York, N.Y.

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