Who Is Family?
Date: May 12, 2019
Scripture: Mark 3:31-35
Guest Preacher: Caroline Kurtz
Scripture: Mark 3:31-35
Guest Preacher: Caroline Kurtz
Sermons
Ordinary Resurrection
Date: April 28, 2019
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; John 20:19-23
Preacher: Rev. Eileen Parfrey
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; John 20:19-23
Preacher: Rev. Eileen Parfrey
Here’s my dirty little secret: I work out my faith questions through writing sermons. Which explains why I’ve put together two scripture texts not normally read together in worship—a fragment of a Transfiguration Sunday epistle and part of the annual Second Easter gospel lesson.This is an issue that has bugged me since seminary, something that … read
The Living Christ
Date: April 21, 2019
Scripture: Luke 24:1-12
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel
Scripture: Luke 24:1-12
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel
Let us pray. O Christ, our familiar stranger, you meet us on our way, and will not let us go. As we listen to your incredible tale this morning, Give us your deepest blessing, so that, washed in hope and grace, We may lose our fear, and be a church that lives by your love, … read
Parading
Date: April 14, 2019
Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman
Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman
How many sopranos does it take to change a light bulb? Ten. One to change it, and nine to think they can do it better. (I myself am a soprano, and I believe there is some truth in that joke.) But it’s true for all of us, isn’t it, that we frequently judge and rank … read
Trash or Treasure
Date: April 7, 2019
Scripture: Philippians 3:4b-14
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel
Scripture: Philippians 3:4b-14
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel
We’ve spent this Lenten season looking at some bits of the letters of the apostle Paul, and I must commend you all for hanging in there with the apostle. Paul is rarely easy; if anything, his brilliance and his zealousness for Christ are hard to translate into our post-modern days. Paul can be pretty black … read
On Reconciliation
Date: March 31, 2019
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16b-21
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16b-21
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel
Every once in a while I wish I could go back in time and visit this congregation in Corinth, because reading between the lines of Paul’s letters, I sense a quirky, opinionated, faithful, fallible group of people who were trying to follow Jesus and not doing a very good job of it. Oh, to have … read