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May 2021
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 30, 2021
God’s Word Accomplishes What it Promises
Summary: The Gospel of Mark tells us that Jesus proclaims that the Kingdom of God has come near. What does this mean? When he refers to the kingdom of God, Jesus is talking about 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...
December 24, 2020
The Nativity of our Lord – Christmas Eve
The familiar story of Christmas introduced a moral and spiritual revolution into the world in terms of the values we live by. Leading up to Christmas is advent, which celebrates Peace, Hope, Joy and Love....
December 11, 2020
Advent 3: The Heart of the Christian Faith
Summary: The Gospel of John often refers to Jesus as the light. Like a light, faith in Jesus allows us to see things we could not see otherwise. It is through the work of the...
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...
November 13, 2020
November 15 – The Risky Investments of Faith
Summary: Today’s sermon text is a parable from the book of Matthew which teaches that we are called to invest our faith to share the gospel message. The problem is that people today are expected...
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,...