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About this Sermon | Revelation 7:9-17 On All Saints' Day, we find ourselves picturing a big ol' family reunion, where we sit elbow-to-elbow around the table with all the saints, both the living and the dead. Revelation 7 paints a picture of the heavenly family reunion we are anticipating. What do family reunions have in common with that picture of…

About this Sermon | ... About this Series | Exploring Generosity: Snapshots from the Gospel of Mark Have you ever wondered what the virtue of generosity really looks like? In 2 Corinthians, Paul encourages Christians to cultivate a spirit of generosity within themselves, but what does that mean? What does it look like? How can we be generous? Can you…

We encountered technical issues with the video feed throughout the service, but the audio recorded without issue. We apologize for the inconvenience! About this Sermon | Mark 21:41-44 Jesus is eager to point out to his disciples -and us- a picture of extravagant generosity in the form of an unnamed widow in Mark 12. But what is it that he…

About this Sermon | Mark 14:17-26 Nowhere do we find a clearer picture of what generosity looked liked to Jesus than when we find Him at the Last Supper. On World Communion Sunday, we explore what we can add to our working definition of generosity from Mark's telling of this story About this Series | Exploring Generosity: Snapshots from the…

About this Sermon | How does Jesus define the idea of generosity? In Mark's Gospel, we find several narratives where Jesus speaks about the generous gifts of another person. Today, we observe an unnamed woman interrupting a meal in order to generously and extravagantly anoint the head of Jesus with an entire vial of expensive nard (a perfume). What does…

About the Sermon | ... About the Guest Preacher| Rev. Soozi Whitten Ford is the Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of Indiana & Kentucky. | Order of Worship | Sunday, September 20, 2020 Click here to download a printable PDF Prelude - When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, arr. Pethel - Melanie Manges Welcome to Worship - Len Wilson Gathering…

About this Sermon | ... About this Series | The Summer Between: Adventures in Liminality liminality [lim-uh-nal-i-tee]: a state of transition between one stage and the next. The Summer of 2020 finds us in the threshold between what was and what is yet to come. In the midst of a global pandemic, we are somewhere between lockdown and vaccine. In…

About this Sermon | The prophet Haggai confronts the people of God with an uncomfortable truth: they've been so busy rebuilding their own individual lives after their return to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile, they have neglected rebuilding their community life. 18 years after returning, the temple of God is still in ruins and the altar has not been rebuilt.…

Order of Worship | Sunday, August 30, 2020 Click here to download a printable PDF Prelude - “Come, Thou Fount” arr. Smith - Melanie Manges Welcome to Worship - Gordon Coppoc    Gathering Song - “Thy Word” #664 (Refrain) Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light…