Welcome to Catonsville Presbyterian Church

We gather to worship God, share fellowship and challenge each other to grow in experiences of faith.  We are a teaching and learning community grounded in the word of God.

As disciples of Christ, we glorify God by sharing the good news of God's grace and affirming the inherent worth of each person as a child of God.  We endeavor to discern and apply Christ's teaching by working for justice and peace in the local and world community.

Catonsville Presbyterian is a church whose faith is in dialogue with our world.
 

Worship in air-conditioned comfort in Fellowship Hall.

“To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.”
 - Karl Barth (1886-1968)

Scripture: Luke 11: 1-13

Sermon: Prayer 101: Ask. Seek. Knock.

I’m beginning to be a little suspicious of all the books about prayer on the market these days, whether books about secrets, techniques, and methods of prayer or yet another collection of prayers. Jesus didn’t need prayer manuals or prayers written by others. Jesus – prayed. He didn’t learn about prayer, he prayed. He didn’t worry about deepening his prayer life – he prayed. He got on with it. For Jesus, prayer wasn’t an option; it wasn’t something he got around to at the end of a busy day. My guess is he never went very long between prayers; it was a constant in his life. He prayed. He just did it. A lot. His disciples knew he prayed, for he was forever going off by himself to pray. They knew how central it was in his life, in his ministry. They didn’t know how to do it. So one day they asked him. And he told them – tells us. This is how you pray….

See you in worship!

Ken Kovacs