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Called to Serve in Love February 23, 2020 Scriptures: Isaiah 58:1-12, 1 Cor. 2:9-13, Matthew 5:14-16 Today is a special day…not only is it the annual meeting of our fellowship where we have a chance to hear about all that God is doing in our midst…but it also is the time each year when we […]

‘face power’… February 16, 2020 Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 In an age of unreliability with a high degree of cultural and social fear and unease…I believe that there is a certain power in the way we portray our faith and confidence in our Lord to the world around us. A power that could not be more

12 important promises February 9, 2020 Scripture:1 John 4:7-21              I would like to welcome our Boy Scout troop here today; we are always glad when you join with us on a Sunday morning.  Each year on Scout Sunday I look for ways to make your time with us relevant to you, to share with

You can’t have one, without the, other… February 2, 2020 Scripture: Micah 6:1-8 It is always nice, when we come up against a difficult question, to have an answer given to us that is specific, an answer that seems to give concrete directions as to how to deal with the question or the matter at

‘leave…and follow’ January 26, 2020 Scriptures: Mark 1:14-20 Jesus called…and ‘they left their nets’.  And I think it is important to note that our passage does not say, that they just, ‘Left them there at the side of Lake Galilee’, but rather that, ‘They left them immediately’! They seemed to have just stood up from

‘…the story we tell II’ January 19, 2020 Scripture: John 1:29-42, Matthew 25:34-40 As I shared last week, I believe very deeply that there is a very real crisis in Christian faith understanding all across our nation. A crisis that is due to the inadequacy of the way we tell the truth of our faith,

‘…the story we tell’ January 12, 2020 Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-7, John 12:32 …I would like you to meet a dear friend of mine… I…have known him for a very long time and he is as close as the air I breathe. …He is the one who really knows me…who really knows me from the inside

…what gifts do you bring? January 5, 2020 Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-10:                                                                               Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him

…prophets are we December 1, 2019 Scripture: Selections from the first Chapter of Luke There is another amazing birth narrative in our Christmas story other than that of Jesus…and it is the story of the events surrounding the birth of John the Baptist.  And that story is the subject of our reading today from Luke’s

‘giving thanks in the shadow of the cross…’ November 24, 2019 Scriptures: Luke 1:68-79, Luke 23:33-43             The lectionary readings for today are curious in that they include two gospel readings from the gospel of Luke, one of which recounts the very beginning of Jesus’ life and the other that looks at the very end.