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“Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose”

Date: July 5, 2026
Scripture: Genesis 21:8-21
Preacher: Rev. Eileen Parfrey

If you are of a certain age, you might remember Janis Joplin singing the line I’ve used as today’s sermon title: “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.” We are celebrating this nation’s 250th birthday this 4th of July weekend, and while that sermon title might suggest patriotism, the story definitely does not. … read

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Peace and Welcome

Date: June 28, 2026
Scripture: Jeremiah 28:5-9; Matthew 10:40-42
Preacher: Rev. Junha Kim

Jeremiah is considered the “Debbie Downer” of the prophets that we read today and admittedly, he is. Considered also having authored the Book of Lamentations, Jeremiah laments. He grieves, mourns, and cries out—almost desperately and panickedly—worried about everyone ignoring what the Lord has told him is to come: the destruction of their kingdoms and end … read

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Syllabuses

Date: June 14, 2026
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-10, CEB
Preacher: Rev. Lindsey Hubbard-Groves

A few weeks ago, when I preached, the lectionary landed on Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, and I leaned on some commentary from New Testament professor Valerie Nicolet, who said: the way Paul and this community connect is not one way. It’s not whatever Paul says, goes—because the folks in Corinth seem to give … read

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Not My Table

Date: June 7, 2026
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Preacher: Rev. Lindsey Hubbard-Groves

A couple weeks ago the lectionary had us in 1 Corinthians and I leaned on a three-year-old commentary of New Testament professor Valerie Nicolet, who, among other great things, is studying queer theory at the Institute of Protestant Theology in Paris. I didn’t say it in French before and I won’t now, but what I … read

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Love, Always

Date: May 31, 2026
Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:1-10
Preacher: Rev. Junha Kim

Hannah’s prayer is considered the spiritual ancestress to “Mary’s Magnifcat” that Mary, mother of Jesus, prays after learning she is pregnant and visiting Elizabeth. Hannah, like Mary (and others), is written to have had a miracle birth, and to a sort of regal line, no less: Samuel, one of Israel’s latest and greatest judges, and … read

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Connections

Date: May 24, 2026
Scripture: Numbers 11:25-29, 1 Corinthians 12:1-7
Preacher: Rev. Lindsey Hubbard-Groves

Let’s pray. God, though sometimes overbearing, Paul also wrote that the Spirit intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. All our sighing and all our crying and four-letter words are prayers. And so, we ask that those meditations and the words I speak now be life giving, as we try to figure out … read

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