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May 2021
You Were Chosen to Fulfill a Purpose

The 6th Sunday of Easter – May 9th, 2021 Happy Mother’s Day! Summary: Jesus tells his disciples to abide in my love.  Jesus further defines the nature of God’s love by telling the disciples that God will lay down his life for his friends.  Jesus gave his live and suffered the consequences of our sin.  Throughout his life, everything Jesus did was about serving those around him.  This becomes to us a perfect example of what God’s love looks like.  God’s love comes to us not because of anything we do, but......

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March 06, 2021

Lent 3: The Wisdom of God

Summary: Today’s Gospel reading tells of what is referred to as “The cleansing of the temple”. From Jesus’ perspective, the temple represented God in the presence of God’s people, and should invoke religious awe. The...


January 01, 2021

The Manifestation of our Lord

Summary: Epiphany is a time a of God revealing himself to us. Christians believe we cannot accept Christ on our own – God must reveal himself to us. The story of the wise men is...


December 25, 2020

Christmas Lessons and Carols

In many Christian churches, it is a tradition to have a service simply of  lessons and carols on the Sunday following Christmas. We hope everyone will enjoy this service with some of our favorite Christmas...


November 20, 2020

November 22: Identity Politics in Matthew

Summary: In today’s parable from Matthew we once again learn that Jesus identifies with the least in the community, not with the powerful. As Christians, we are called to minister to those who are left...


September 18, 2020

September 20th: Divine Generosity

Summary: Today’s sermon examines the parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. In this parable the wealthy landowner is not concerned with merit, but rather making sure that he provides for all workers’ needs. Likewise,...