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About this Sermon | In John 21: 1-14, we find a story where Simon Peter & several other disciples to return to a familiar rhythm:  they go fishing.  Jesus encounters them on the lakeshore, realizing they've caught nothing after an entire night of fishing.  After suggesting they try again on the other side, the disciples catch an abundance of fish,…

About this Sermon | Rev. Andrew Guthrie of First Christian Church of Lafayette joins us this week with his sermon, "Haven't You Heard the News?" Order of Worship | Prelude - "There is a Balm in Gilead"  Harriet Coppoc, flute Welcome to Worship - Gordon Coppoc Gathering Song - "He is Lord"  #305 He is Lord, He is Lord, He is…

About this Sermon | The disciples followed Jesus into the unknown, which they realized was risky after his death on the cross. On the days when the unthinkable happens, the disciples (and us) are left wondering:  "Where are you going?  Don't leave me alone.  How do I follow you into the unknown?"  What does Jesus demonstrate in this passage from…

 About this Sermon | The way that Mark 16: 1-8 tells the resurrection often makes readers feel really uncomfortable. If we take the time to really listen to this story, however, perhaps it will cause us to hear the Good News again. Order of Worship | Prelude - Mr. Jeff Goodspeed Welcome to Worship - Lisa Williams Hood Call…

About this Service | Worship with First Baptist and First Christian on this Upside Down Palm Sunday.

About this Sermon | Mark 10: 46-52 At the end of Mark 10, we listen in on an exchange between a blind man named Bartimaues and Jesus. As we listen to this story, how might we strive to see the greatness of Jesus with tenacity, too? About this Series | Uncomfortable Words is a Lenten sermon series listening for the…

About this Sermon | In Mark 10, we listen in on a conversation between a man and Jesus, and the man shuffles away from the conversation disappointed.  He seeks an answer to his question about how to be sure to inherit eternal life, but he doesn't like the answer Jesus gives him.  His expectations aren't met by reality.  As we…

  About this Sermon | At the end of Mark 8 and the beginning of Mark 9, we rapidly read through three different scenes with Jesus and his disciples.  First, Peter accurately declares that Jesus is Messiah, the Anointed One.  Then, Jesus comments on how he must suffer and be rejected and die before rising again on the third day,…

About this Sermon | Today we begin the work of paying attention to uncomfortable words, words that just might describe the way individuals who interacted with Jesus were feeling. Today we explore the disgust of the Pharisees & scribes, and our own feelings of disgust, too. What disgusts us, and is our disgust born out of us trying to follow…