Fear and Longing ~ Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Mark 1:21-28
Sunday, January 28th, 2018This morning’s sermon, Fear and Longing, begins around 21 minutes in. Change causes stress. There is an index that seeks to quantify levels of stress. Prolonged high stress can cause depression and illness. Just to note it has been found in studies that those who worship, pray, exercise and are part of a community have discernibly […]
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Use It or Lose It ~ Matthew 25: 14-30
Sunday, November 19th, 2017The sermon, Use It or Lose It, begins around the 29 minute mark, with music provided by the Cherub Choir, Voices in Bronze, and Sine Nomine. Before we get into today’s scripture, I want you to keep three things in mind: This scripture passage in Matthew is a parable. It is part of a collection […]
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>The Voice of the Spirit ~ Acts 2: 14-24, 41-42
Sunday, June 4th, 2017I’m very excited to be here – but to be honest, I’m also a little scared. You see, I was taught from a very early age that it was more important to think about what I want to say than say it; it was more valuable to listen than to speak. No wonder I spend […]
Tags: Acts 2, discernment, Holy Spirit, injustice, justice, Pentecost, Peter, prayer, preparation, risk, Spirit, stories, tension, truth, voice
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>What Do You Care About? ~ John 4: 7-42
Sunday, March 19th, 2017Two weeks ago, Ron Schmidt gave a Minute for Mission about caring and told a story about softball team members who carried a player from the opposing team who had just hit the game winning home run, but had injured her leg and couldn’t touch all the bases. Apparently if they had just left her […]
Tags: call, caring, commitment, faith-based organizing, Frederick Buechner, hunger, John 4: 7-42, John 4:7, leadership, motivation, nominating committee, ordination, risk, vocation, woman at the well
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Starlight ~ Isaiah 60: 1-6; Matthew 2: 1-12
Sunday, January 8th, 2017I saw the new Star Wars movie “Rogue One” over the holidays. If you are into those kind of movies, I recommend it. It’s the mythic battle of good vs. evil Just when the powers of the “dark side” seem certain to win, a person arises whose power and light confounds the darkness. In this […]
Tags: arise, darkness, epiphany, Good vs evil, Herod, Isaiah 60, light, magi, Mary Oliver, Matthew 2, power, risk, Rogue One, shine, tension, trust, wise men
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Lay Down Your Burdens ~ Joshua 5: 9-12
Sunday, March 6th, 2016There is no text for this service.
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Shaken and Stirred ~ Luke 21:25-36
Sunday, November 29th, 2015Preparations for Christmas begin every year at this time. The season is called Advent, which means Coming. During this season we are to wait and watch and look for signs of the coming of God. We look for signs of Jesus – incarnation – God taking on flesh.
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Seriously?!? ~ 1 Samuel 3: 1-10, Psalm 139: 1-18
Sunday, July 19th, 2015Rev. Clover Beal’s Farewell Worship Service
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Letting Go ~ John 12:20-33
Sunday, March 22nd, 2015Philip and Andrew tell Jesus that some Greeks want to see him. And Jesus knows that NOW his hour has come. There are at least three other times in John’s Gospel where Jesus declares that his time has not yet come, but now Jesus is deeply aware of a change and he turns towards Jerusalem and the […]
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Spiritual Bios: The Overlooked ~ Acts 1:15-26
Sunday, May 24th, 2009This may sound morbid, but I like graveyards. I like wandering through
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