Linway Church thanks the Reverend Dr. Larry Ruby for serving as our interim pastor over the last 18 months. As Dr. Ruby’s time here comes to an end, Linway Church is grateful for his tireless efforts. Dr. Ruby has implemented several positive changes during his tenure, which will undoubtedly benefit our church community for many years to come. Please keep our PNC committee and Linway in your prayers as the search for our new full time pastor continues. Linway also welcomes our new student pastor, Jakob Harmon to our church family.
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem” – Ps 122:6 ESV
Please find the postings of our online Weekly recordings of the Scripture Reading, Morning Prayer, and Sermon on this church website and Fasxcebook page. The postings are done no later than MONDAY EVENINGS.
The video recording of the October 26th service is available. Thank you for your patience and interest.
Inspiration Passage
October 26th, 2025 Service
7 “Though our iniquities testify against us,
act, O Lord, for your name’s sake;
for our backslidings are many;
we have sinned against you.
8 O you hope of Israel,
its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why should you be like a man confused,
like a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
and we are called by your name;
do not leave us.”
10 Thus says the Lord concerning this people:
“They have loved to wander thus;
they have not restrained their feet;
therefore the Lord does not accept them;
now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins.”
— Jeremiah 14:7-10 (ESV)
19 Have you utterly rejected Judah?
Does your soul loathe Zion?
Why have you struck us down
so that there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace, but no good came;
for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord,
and the iniquity of our fathers,
for we have sinned against you.
21 Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake;
do not dishonor your glorious throne;
remember and do not break your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
Are you not he, O Lord our God?
We set our hope on you,
for you do all these things.
— Jeremiah 14:19-22 (ESV)
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
— Luke 18: 9-14 (ESV)
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One Hundred and Twenty Five Years
Written by member Frank Fawcett to celebrate Linway’s 125th Anniversary on June 1, 2022.
God of Creation
God of All times
God of All reason
God of All rhyme
Thank God and give glory
For all of these years
He truly has blessed us
With Laughter and Tears
With Friendship and Fellowship
We, Together are one
One in the Father
One in the Son
One in the Spirit
Yet somehow unique
We all have good reason
To reach out and speak
Good reason to celebrate
To dispel all our fears
Thank God for
"One Hundred and Twenty Five Years"
Used with permission of Frank Fawcett
Linway United Presbyterian Church
Jakob Harmon, Student Pastor
600 Lincoln Highway North Versailles, PA 15137
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