Give It All Away! ~ Mark 10:17-31
Sunday, October 14th, 2018Today’s sermon begins shortly after the 31 minute mark. (The timing is slightly different on Apple devices.) To those who are visiting today or who have only been worshiping with us for the past few months – each year at this time we have a Stewardship Campaign – we raise money in order to pay […]
Tags: caring, faith practices, giving, Job, love, stewardship
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Holding the Vision ~ Psalm 8; Colossians 1: 15-20
Sunday, April 22nd, 2018On this Earth Day Sunday, we celebrated with an opening Prelude by the Cherub Choir (min. 9), Rev. Annich’s sermon on the theology of science (min. 28:30), and Anne Wilson’s Love Your Neighbor offertory (min. 55:15). Last Monday night Richard and I were channel surfing in search of a baseball game. My dear husband gets very […]
Tags: climate change, Colossians 1: 15-20, Creation, dominion, earth care, Earth Day, Jean Rostand, Mark Powell, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Psalm 8, science, stewards, stewardship, Tierra Guinn Fletcher, wonder
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Leading Together ~ 1 Corinthians 12: 12-26; John 21: 15-17
Sunday, April 15th, 2018Highlights from this Sunday’s worship audio recording include the Sine Nomine’s Zulu Choral Introit We Sing Praise, O God accompanied by Chris Vandal on percussion at around 4:30 and their jazz anthem Listen at around 11:30, John Dugard’s entertaining and encouraging words on leadership and serving as a Deacon at 14:15, and the Come Thou Font offertory […]
Tags: 1 Corinthians 12: 12-26, characteristics of leadership, Deacons, discernment, discover, equipping the saints, gifts, John 21: 15-17, leadership, leading, power, servant leadership, service, stewardship, talents, time, willingness
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 […]
Tags: "Use It or Lose It", Anne Morrow Lindberg, Cherub Choir, Emily Dickenson, extravagance, failure, fear, jealousy, Kathleen Norris, literalism, Marilynne Robinson, parables, risk, Scottish Penny Song, Sine Nomine Choir, stewardship, The Parable of the Talents, Viktor Frankl, Voices in Bronze
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>I Mean to Be One Too ~ All Saints Sunday ~ 1 John 3:1-2; Matthew 5:1-12
Sunday, November 5th, 2017Rev. Annich’s sermon, I Mean to Be One Too, begins around the 28 minute mark. The service includes a celebration of Communion and the Case Western Reserve Trombone Choir. I love All Saints’ Sunday. It’s a sweet celebration, a time of joy as we remember those who have gone before us. But it’s also a […]
Tags: 1 John 3, All Saints, legacy, life, Matthew 5, pledge, stewardship, trombone choir
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Every Blessing in Abundance ~ 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15
Sunday, October 22nd, 2017Listen to the entire service online including, about 32 minutes in, Rev. Dr. John C. Lentz Jr.’s sermon Every Blessing in Abundance on 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15. The last six weeks have been a revelation to me. Six weeks ago, on Tuesday, Sept. 5 we welcomed Lenor Garcia into our church family. A stranger, an […]
Tags: 2 Corinthians 9, abundance, change from the inside out, definition of church, Edwin Markham “Outwitted”, following Jesus, immigration, J. Clif Christopher, our mission, power of the church, sanctuary, stewardship, the beloved community, Whose Offering Plate Is It?
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Widow Warriors and the Communion of Saints ~ Hebrews 12:1-2
Sunday, May 29th, 2016I learned a lot about community these past couple of weeks. In response to the death of my father my mother was swept up in this communal show of support and affection. Circles of friends from old neighborhoods; former fellow church members at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, First Church Arlington and current members of […]
Tags: Brueggemann, common humanity, community, create community, death, dying, faith, Hebrews 12:1-2, Kingdom of God, stewardship, together, widow warriors
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>A Glimpse of the Kingdom ~ Micah 6: 6, 8; Matthew 6: 19-21
Sunday, October 18th, 2015A parishioner came to his pastor, Rev. Peter Marshall, the once renowned pastor of my home church – New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. This person had a “problem” that would be nice to have! The person said: “I used to tithe when I didn’t make so much money, but now I make […]
Tags: Matthew 6, Micah 6, pledge, Sermon on the Mount, spiritual discipline, stewardship, tithe, treasure
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