I’m grateful for Justin Earley’s sermon this Sunday that reminded us of the great themes of this Advent season: darkness, waiting and light. We’ll continue to reflect on those themes this Sunday we we look at the next Song of Christmas from Luke 1:67-80, Zechariah’s song.
Read MoreThis Sunday we’ll begin Advent and thus a new series on “The Songs of Christmas.” One of our Parish Elders, Justin Earley, will be our preacher this week on a famous Advent text.
Read MoreThis Sunday we’ll be talking about what it means to “Walk Humbly with God.”
Read MoreTogether, we’ll look at what it means to "love mercy." Mercy is the Hebrew word Hesed, which means loving-kindness, faithfulness, or loyal love. We'll look at the ways God shows hesed to us, and then calls us to people of hesed to one another and our neighbors.
Read MoreWhat does this ancient word from an Israelite prophet have to say to us about how God’s people are called to live in the complex world of the 21st century? That’s what we’ll spend a few weeks exploring.
Read MoreThis Sunday we are shifting to our final focus, “Life for the World.” The church is such a peculiar institution in that we are always oriented toward the good of those who are not yet a part of our community. This Sunday, Elisabeth Hayes will be preaching on what it means to Love our Neighbors.
Read MoreThis week we’ll be talking about how we use our gifts to serve and give to one another.
Read MoreThis Sunday we’ll move into our third practice in this current sermon series, “Make time to gather with your community.”
Read MoreThis Sunday we’ll look at this pattern in Jesus’ life and what we can learn about our need for “the solitary place” in our own lives.
Read MoreThis Sunday we'll look at why corporate worship is so important and what it does for us to commit to this weekly practice.
Read MoreThis Sunday Corey focuses on the simple call to return to Christ, the one around whom our life is centered.
Read MoreThis Sunday, we'll wrap up our summer series "Taste and See" with the culminating image of food in the Bible: the wedding feast of the Lamb in Revelation 19.
Read MoreThis Sunday, we'll wrap up our summer series "Taste and See" with the culminating image of food in the Bible: the wedding feast of the Lamb in Revelation 19.
Read MoreThis Sunday we’ll continue our Taste and See series by looking at a story of the early church from Acts 2. Many have commented how often Jesus is going to meals, eating meals, or coming from meals in the four Gospels. So it is no surprise that when we look at the early church in the book of Acts, they are doing a lot of eating! Very quickly, the meal became a focal practice in the early church for participating in Jesus’ work of salvation. We’ll talk this week about why the common meal was so important in the early church and why it is a vital practice for our life together today.
Read MoreThis Sunday, we'll be looking at a fascinating meal that the resurrected Jesus shares with Peter and a few other disciples in John 21. This story has so much to say about shame and grace, about guilt and restoration.
Read MoreThis week Nan Clarke will be looking at the final Passover meal that Jesus’ disciples share with him, a meal that marks a dramatic and unexpected new direction in God’s story.
Read MoreThis week, we will continue our Taste & See sermon series, in which we've been invited to deeply experience God's goodness. On Sunday we will hear from Drew Cleveland, who will preach on Jesus' invitation to all people to feast at his table.
Read MoreThis week, Charles Teixeira will dive into a moment in Christ’s ministry that shows us the compassion of God which sees our every hunger and is eager to satisfy our needs for our sake and for his glory.
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