Click here to watch the sermon. Psalm 139:1-18 O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, […]
Click here to watch the sermon. Matthew 28:16-20 How many of you have been to an escape room? How many of you know what an escape room is? For those who don’t, escape rooms are a popular form of entertainment. You pay $20-$30 per person, and you and friends and sometimes strangers are all put in a room together to solve
Click here to watch the sermon. Mark 14:22-26 “While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, ‘Take; this is my body.’ Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it. He said to them,
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Click here to watch the sermon. Luke 10:25-37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
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Click here to watch the video. Mark 14:32-42 Our scripture passage for today is Mark 14:32-42, on p 52 of the New Testament in the pew Bibles for those who want to follow along. This passage is one we don’t hear often outside of Holy Week, but it has lessons for us year-round. They went to a place called Gethsemane; and
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Click here to watch the sermon. Exodus 25:1-9 Revelation 21:1-5 Our first scripture reading is from the book of Exodus. It takes place after the people have been set free from Egypt and after God’s provision of manna in the wilderness. They are camped around Mount Sinai, and God is beginning to give them instructions on how they are to live
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Click here to watch the video. Psalm 150 Our prayer response song this week was probably familiar to some of you and new to many of you. It says, “Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary.” For the next few weeks I will be preaching on the concept of sanctuary: where we find it, how we become God’s sanctuary, and how
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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
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Click here to watch the sermon. When I was deciding what to preach on this week, someone in my house said, “Ooh, do the Gospel According to Disney Princesses!” (Someone in my house has always been a fan of Disney princesses; she is alone in that fascination.) I thought, “Hmmm, should I preach on Sleeping Beauty, who falls in love in
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Click here to watch the video. Mark 10:13-16 When I first decided to do this summer sermon series on “The Gospel According to…” I thought it sounded like a fun, light thing to do in the summer months. But I had two other reasons. We know we see God in the beauty of the world around us—we feel close to God
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