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How Many Ways Can You Spell “House”?

Date: July 22, 2018
Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:1-17
Preacher: Rev. Eileen Parfrey

When I worked in construction, I had a front-row seat to the often interminable process of getting a building permit. Satisfying the municipality’s code requirements, easing the neighborhood association’s concerns, working out site-access agreements. It often seemed to take forever. If you witnessed what it took to get the parking-lot upgrade into the ground here … read

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Lavish Love

Date: July 15, 2018
Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14
Guest Preacher: Rev. Jon Andres

For one long sentence, this one is packed with a lot of theology. For instance, we’re talking redemption, forgiveness, adoption, election, and yes, predestination. This one long sentence reads like a poem and it sings like a hymn. And we are singing it today. The writer of Ephesians packs a lot into one long sentence. … read

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Two by Two

Date: July 8, 2018
Scripture: Mark 6:1-13
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman

There are some remarkable things in the passage that Eileen just read. One is that when Jesus was in his own hometown, he was limited in his power. “He could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them.” Another remarkable thing is the … read

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The Better Angels of Our Nature

Date: July 1, 2018
Scripture: Mark 5:21-43
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman

A message caught my eye this weekend at the Presbytery meeting in Salem. It said “Love everyone. I will sort them out, later.”—God I believe it is safe to say that right now, globally and nationally, we are not doing a very good job of loving everyone. But we are good at sorting each other … read

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Onwards

Date: June 24, 2018
Scripture: Mark 12:28-31; Philippians 1:6
Guest Preacher: Youth Mission Team

Seed and Harvest

Date: June 17, 2018
Scripture: Mark 4:26-34
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman

Who remembers preschool or kindergarten, and cleaning out an empty half-pint milk carton, cutting off the top, pouring dirt into it, and then burying a lima bean in the dark soil? Do you remember looking at the dirt doubtfully? Nothing interesting is visible for a while. We water the dirt. Now, we have a cup … read

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