Sermons

Hallelujah! Now what?

Click here to watch the service. Acts 4:32-37 On the weeks after Easter, the scriptures we usually hear in worship are the post-resurrection appearances of Christ.  And you will probably hear one of them next week.  But in the lectionary, that three-year cycle of readings many churches follow, we also are given a scripture each week from the book of Acts.  […]

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Easter 2021-Indeed!

Click here to watch the service. Mark 16:1-8 The Christian Bible contains four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.  They all tell the stories of Jesus, but we have four because they (clearly) are not all the same.  They were written by different people, for different audiences, with different perspectives and agenda.  There are many similarities, to be sure; more is

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Waking Up

Click here to watch the service. Mark 5:21-42 When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at

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I Do Choose

Click here to watch the service. Matthew 8:1-4 (or Mark 1:40-4) When Jesus had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; and there was a leper who came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.” He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do choose. Be made clean!”

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