Views from the Valley
Pastor Mary Jo's Sermons from Charlotte Valley Presbyterian Church
About
Pastor Mary Jo Koehler serves the Charlotte Valley Presbyterian Church in Davenport, New York. She has served parishes in Kentucky, New York, Iowa (she originates from Iowa), and Wyoming. The church is a small, loving congregation nestled in a valley of the foothills of the Catskill mountains. Sunday worship services are held at 10:00 a.m. Coffee hour follows worship on the second Sunday of the month.
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Sunday, July 5, 2026 The Scripture: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ “For John came neither eating nor…
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Sunday, June 21, 2026 The Scripture: Matthew 10:24-39 “A disciple is not above the teacher nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign…
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Sunday, June 28, 2026 The Scripture: Matthew 10:40-42 [Jesus said,] “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive…
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Sunday, June 14, 2026 Scripture Matthew 9:35-10:8 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like a sheep without…
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Sunday, June 7, 2026 Scripture Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners…
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for Sunday, May 31, 2026 Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go…
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Sunday, May 17, 2026 Acts 1:6-14 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive…
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Sunday, May 10, 2026 — MOTHER’S DAY John 14:15-21 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows…
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Sunday, May 3, 2026 John 14:1-14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare…
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Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, …
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