Transformations and Whispers

By John A. Dalles

Friday, November 16, 2018

The Meaning of the Campanile Windows

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The Meaning of the Campanile Windows This serves as my last post during my pastorate at Wekiva Presbyterian Church. The Campanile ...
Thursday, November 15, 2018

“The Living Water Window”

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“The Living Water Window” -         An appreciation – By Dr. John A. Dalles In the Gospel of John, Chapter Four, we find the enc...

“Beside Still Waters” An Appreciation of our Old Testament Window

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“Beside Still Waters” An Appreciation of our Old Testament Window by Dr. John A. Dalles We are on safe ground when we say that t...

The Bovey Memorial and Honor Windows in the Chancel of Wekiva Presbyterian Church

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The Bovey Memorial and Honor Windows   The two matching windows came to us as a gift of Wekiva Presbyterian Church members, Mr. an...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Worship and World Communion Sunday - Origins of World Communion Sunday

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Worship and World Communion Sunday By John A. Dalles Origins It gleams like a polished jewel in the center of a compass, in th...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

World Communion Sunday Origins - Written in 1997

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The practice of celebrating World Communion Sunday on the first Sunday in October began as part of a stewardship emphasis in a local Presbyt...

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World Communion Sunday Sermon 2018 By the Rev. Dr. John A. Dalles Pastor of Wekiva Presbyterian Church in Longwood, Florida For ...
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John A. Dalles is a Presbyterian clergyman & hymn-writer. Most recently he was Interim Senior Minister of Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. A graduate of Penn State, Lancaster Seminary (MDiv) & Pittsburgh Seminary (Doctor of Ministry), he has served First Presbyterian Church of South Bend, & Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. From 1997 through 2018, he was Senior Pastor of Wekiva Presbyterian Church in Longwood, FL. As a part of his ministry, Wekiva became the first church in the USA to present live webcasts of worship, a ministry inaugurated Sun, Jan. 2, 2005. Dalles is a writer of hymn texts. His hymns are published in hymnbooks in the USA, Canada and Australia. He has published three books of hymns, COME, O SPIRIT, SWIFT CURRENTS AND STILL WATERS, and WE TURN TO GOD. His hymn texts are also set as choral anthems by noted sacred composers. His 2009 hymn, "God Bless the Work Your People Do" won the 14th annual Macalester Plymouth United Church Hymn Contest. He is married to the former Judith Taylor; they have a son, John Taylor Dalles and a daughter, Anne Elizabeth Dalles Sandoval.
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