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About Us
Founded in 1952, Lakewood Presbyterian Church is now in its seventh decade of serving the Jacksonville community. We are a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a member of the Presbytery of St. Augustine, which is composed of churches in 14 Northeast Florida counties. The mission of Lakewood Presbyterian Church is to worship the living God as revealed in Jesus Christ, teach the Scriptures, encourage Christian spiritual development, build a fellowship of love and trust, and send forth disciples to serve in the community and the world.
News & Events
Reopening Postponed
When the session met in June, the elders felt that the time had come to put together a re-opening plan and set a date to return to in-person worship. We were optimistic and hopeful, and like you, we felt eager to experience the joy and comfort that comes from being with each other in our own church building. As we have seen in this “new normal,” things can change quickly, and things have changed since the session met. Presently, we are seeing that Jacksonville and Florida are setting record breaking numbers of new cases each day, and this has caused us to pause. Not only are the elders concerned about your safety, but the results of the congregational survey showed that most of you felt that a drop in the number of cases would be the top reason you would feel safe to return to in-person worship. Taking all of this together, it does not seem that July 12 is the right time to re-open. We remain hopeful about re-opening soon, but for now, the Session has voted to push the anticipated date for re-opening to August 16.
Our Sunday worship service is streamed on our Lakewood Presbyterian Church Facebook page and on YouTube at 10:00 a.m. each Sunday morning. In addition, the sermon is posted on this website. We invite you to log on and attend our worship service from home! Pastor Joy Laughridge will be preaching this Sunday. Her sermon will be "The Parable of the Weeds" from her Seeds & Weeds Sermon Series.
Pastors Care Call
Pastor Joy will host a Pastor’s Care Call on Zoom on Sunday evenings at 5 pm. If you would like to join in, please call the church office (904) 733-8055 and ask for the link. A virus may prevent us from going to church, but it can never prevent us from being the church. Care for each other. Call each other. Pray for each other. Help each other.
2 Minutes at 2 0'clock
Join Pastor Joy each day (Monday through Thursday) at 1:55 p.m. on the Lakewood Presbyterian Church Facebook page. She will share Scripture and/or words of encouragement prior to spending 2 minutes to be quiet, pray and know that God is God and is with us always. If you miss it at that time, you can still see it on the Facebook page.
When the session met in June, the elders felt that the time had come to put together a re-opening plan and set a date to return to in-person worship. We were optimistic and hopeful, and like you, we felt eager to experience the joy and comfort that comes from being with each other in our own church building. As we have seen in this “new normal,” things can change quickly, and things have changed since the session met. Presently, we are seeing that Jacksonville and Florida are setting record breaking numbers of new cases each day, and this has caused us to pause. Not only are the elders concerned about your safety, but the results of the congregational survey showed that most of you felt that a drop in the number of cases would be the top reason you would feel safe to return to in-person worship. Taking all of this together, it does not seem that July 12 is the right time to re-open. We remain hopeful about re-opening soon, but for now, the Session has voted to push the anticipated date for re-opening to August 16.
Our Sunday worship service is streamed on our Lakewood Presbyterian Church Facebook page and on YouTube at 10:00 a.m. each Sunday morning. In addition, the sermon is posted on this website. We invite you to log on and attend our worship service from home! Pastor Joy Laughridge will be preaching this Sunday. Her sermon will be "The Parable of the Weeds" from her Seeds & Weeds Sermon Series.
Pastors Care Call
Pastor Joy will host a Pastor’s Care Call on Zoom on Sunday evenings at 5 pm. If you would like to join in, please call the church office (904) 733-8055 and ask for the link. A virus may prevent us from going to church, but it can never prevent us from being the church. Care for each other. Call each other. Pray for each other. Help each other.
2 Minutes at 2 0'clock
Join Pastor Joy each day (Monday through Thursday) at 1:55 p.m. on the Lakewood Presbyterian Church Facebook page. She will share Scripture and/or words of encouragement prior to spending 2 minutes to be quiet, pray and know that God is God and is with us always. If you miss it at that time, you can still see it on the Facebook page.
