Can’t Buy Me Love
The Third Sunday After Pentecost This week, Pastor Lauren continues her series of sermons – “Let Me Tell You A STORY” – from Jesus’ parables. The Gospel text for this week is from Luke 12:...
Hide it Under a Bushel – NO!
The Third Sunday After Pentecost The Sunday, Pastor Lauren continues her series of sermons – “Let Me Tell You A STORY” – from Jesus’ parables. The title of the sermon for this Sunday is: “Hide...
I Heard It Through the GrapeVine
The Second Sunday After Pentecost This week, Pastor Lauren begins a series of sermons – “Let Me Tell You A STORY” – from Jesus’ parables. The Gospel text is from Mark 12: 1-12. This passage...
The Great Co-Mission
Holy Trinity Sunday This Sunday is Holy Trinity Sunday at Hope! Trinity Sunday commemorates the Christian doctrine of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—three persons in one substance, an eternal community of...
Christ the King of Second Chances
This Sunday is Christ the King Sunday. It is the last Sunday of the Church year. Pr. Lauren’s message is taken from today’s gospel, Luke 23:33-43. In this passage Jesus endures scoffing and slander from...
Our God of the Living
This Sunday we welcome back to Hope Pastor Ted Peters. His message is titled “Our God of the Living” (Luke 20:27-38). In this text from the Gospel of Luke, Jesus responds to questions from the...
Just a Plain Ol’ Sermon
This Sunday we observe All Saints Day with a prayer and acknowledgement of our congregation members that have gone to their eternal home this past year. Our guest pastor this Sunday is Lauren Chambers. We...
True Piety
Luke’s Gospel tells us that the coming reign of God will involve unexpected reversals of fortune with judgement rooted in mercy. This week’s message is “True Piety” (gospel text Luke 18:9-14) where Jesus tells a...
The Prayer of Persistence
In our continuing series of sermons from Luke’s Gospel, this Sunday we consider Jesus’s parable of a hateful judge who is worn down by a widow’s pleas. The message is titled: “The Prayer of Persistence”...
The Danger of Presumption
In the heart of our Communion liturgy we hear this phrase, “It is always right and appropriate that we should at all times and in all places give God our thanks and praise. This week’s...