Guest Speakers

Click here to watch the sermon. As Cindy mentioned in the Weekly Word, I asked to give today’s sermon. I asked several times, in fact. There’s a joke about me in our family, going back to when we were dating. I was talking with a friend who advised me not to overwhelm Cindy with my intensity. “You’re like a dog with […]

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 & Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 I am grateful to be with you this morning. At times when the news of the world is overwhelming, it is good to gather together as a community of faith. In the past week, our lives have been filled with talk about unspeakable acts of violence in San

Click here to watch the sermon. Scripture: Psalm 23 I want to tell you a true story. Please forgive me if you’ve heard me tell it before.  But my records show that the last time I told this story in public was more than 50 miles from here and more than 12 years ago, so I think the statute of limitations

Click here to watch the sermon. Please join me in the Prayer for Illumination Open our hearts and minds, O Lord, by the gift of your Holy Spirit, so that as the Word is read and proclaimed, we may hear what you have to say to us today. Amen Our scripture today is taken from the Good News Bible… Genesis 1:

Clich here to watch the video of the sermon. Genesis 32:22-31 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 22 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. 24 Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled

Click here to watch the sermon. Leviticus 19:15-18, 33-34 1 John 4:7-8, 21 It is said that when humans try to plan in advance, God laughs. And so it was with this service. A month ago, inspiration struck on my commute home from work. Within thirty minutes of arriving home, I had today’s service half planned; I had chosen a theme,

Watch the sermon here. Sermon by Bryan Wiggins Message Introduction: Jesus was a storyteller. He knew that the escape stories provide into some other world can be the best way to reveal the true nature of our own. This morning I’m going to read my own short piece of fiction. It’s simply the best way I know to share

This morning three people are providing information about organizations that help our neighbors.  Our speaker are Jan Hamilton, Debra Honey and Andrea Thompson McCall   Good Morning, my name is Jan Hamilton. I am the first of three to share with you this morning.  The Mission and Outreach Team has planned the service today and

Church is important to me, as anyone who knows me can guess. Seems like I am always here. Some people think that they don’t need to come to church to be close to God. They say that they feel close to God in lots of other places.  I’m not here to argue that point –

By the Rev. Marvin M. Ellison, Ph.D. Watch the sermon here. Mark 1:14-20 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw