Sermons

About this Sermon | Mark 4:35-43 Guest Preacher Lydia Herin shows us how the story of Jesus calming the stormy seas applies to life today. - Order of Worship | Sunday, September 26, 2021 Click here to download a printable PDF

About this Sermon | 1 Samuel 7:1-14 1 Peter 2:1-9 Today we celebrate our own personal Faces of Our Faith, featuring stories from members of our congregation of the faces that have helped shape who they are and how they understand their faith. About this Series | Who has shaped your faith? Who has nurtured you, baptized you, taught you,…

About this Sermon | Philemon 1:1-24 In the letter to Philemon, Paul is encouraging his brother-in-Christ to do something radical: to willingly lay down some of his power in order to change. Paul is sending Onesimus back to Philemon, letter in hand, asking Philemon to accept Onesimus back as a brother-in-Christ, not just during the church service, but every day…

About this Sermon | Luke 23:32-43 Synopsis coming soon! About this Series | Who has shaped your faith? Who has nurtured you, baptized you, taught you, transformed you? Who are the figures who have opened your mind to expand your faith? Who are the people who have helped you to feel God's love in startling ways? Who are the faces…

About this Sermon | Acts 16:11-15,40 In Acts 16, Paul's missionary journey takes him to the city of Philippi, where he meets a God-fearer named Lydia. After speaking with her and the others gathered for prayer near the river, Lydia's heart is opened and she believes in Jesus. After being baptized along her entire household, Lydia immediately offers whatever she…

*Note: We encountered technical difficulties with our cameras at the start of the service, resulting in issues with no video being available or audio being out of sync with the video. These issues were resolved a few minutes into the service. About this Sermon | Acts 20:7-12 In Acts 20, a young man named Eutychus attends a worship service that…

About this Sermon | Luke 2:21-38 In Luke 2, we meet a pair of devout Jews who showed up at the right place at the right kairos time named Simeon & Anna. After long lives of being faithful in the ordinariness of being devoted to God in the ordinary manner of prayer and service, they each were given a blessing:…

About this Sermon | Luke 23:44-56 In Luke 23, we meet a man who knows his opinion has not won the day. Joseph of Arimathea was a member of the high council who did not approve of the decision to hand over Jesus to the Romans for execution. What can we learn from Joseph's actions that can help us to…

About this Sermon | Mark 16:1-11 In Mark 16, we meet an infamous follower of Jesus named Mary Magdalene. History is filled with different interpretations of who exactly Mary Magdalene was, but who was she, really? Have we gotten her story all wrong? The disciples don't believe her astonishing news about Jesus being alive. Why not? What would have allowed…

About this Sermon | Daniel 3 In Daniel chapter 3, we meet three young Hebrew men who are the intrepid heroes of the story. But King Nebudchadnezzar offers a mirror for us to reflect on our own actions. How often do we find ourselves trying so hard to do the right thing, but miss the point? How do we determine…