2/19/22 Matthew 17.1-9  A Fellowship of Fear  The predominant emotion of those who encounter Jesus is not joy or excitement but fear…and not the fear that comes from our  frail human condition when confronted with scary or dangerous situations. Rather it’s a fear that comes in the presence of Jesus the Christ…AND the cross he asks us to take up… the demands he puts upon on our following him.

2/12/22 (communion) 1 John 3.18-23   A Sweetheart of a Deal  Share the Love… A valentine’s sermon…in essence.

2-5-2023  Making Hope Adjustments We welcome Rev. Paul Bailey

1/29/22 Matthew 5.1-12   Portrait of a Beatitude Suppose you could you combine the personality traits of the beatitudes and put them into one person. What would Mr. or  Ms. Beatitude look like? Somehow, he or she would reveal that Jesus, to paraphrase one  writer has not come to establish just one more political kingdom in which the powerful  in, the confident grin, and the rich pull all the strings. He has come to usher in a new  order where the last are first and where the truly excellent are the ones who get sneered at by the rest of the world.

1/22/22 Matthew 4.12-23   The Long  Search  One reason we come to church…or DON’T  is because many of us are engaged in a search…a search for God or the meaning of life,  or some sense of joy, or some way to identify the source of joy or the world…you know  what I mean. But the reality is: the reach of God extends to all the places many are searching…and so the long search is really over.

1/15/22 John 1.29-42   Untidy Lives The life and death of Jesus were not neat and  clean…sacrifice is always messy. To remember and glorify that sacrifice made for us means we cannot become obsessed with keeping worship need and tidy. At the core, I think this is what goes through my mind each Sunday when I try to find a way to make our worship “experiential.”

12.24.22 Christmas Eve Matthew 1.18-25 Hebrews 1.1-4 God With Us Series: Baby Talk Baby Talk! After trying all these years to get through to us, the God of Israel attempts a remarkable experiment in communication. God comes to us as the Son, a baby in a manger. Here in the Flesh is The Word made flesh, dwelling among us, a sign, a visible embodiment of God’s great love for us…

12.11.22 Advent 3   Luke 1.39-57 God With us Series Part 3: God With Us Brings Joy To understand Elizabeth’s joy you have to understand her pain (from her childlessness)

12.4.22 Advent 2   1 John 4.7-21 God With Us Series Part 2: God With Us Brings Love Love is a word that is thrown around today and used in so many contexts…and it is experienced on so many different levels. What would the story of Mary and Joe look like as a love story…a love story that showed us something about God’s love

11.27.22 Advent 1  Psalm 139.1-18, Lamentations 3.21-26 God With Us Series Part 1: God With Us Brings Hope The Scriptures portray a long journey of hope. This morning we’ll encourage a rekindling of hope and think about hope based on God’s word, and hope based on God’s character, and hope based on God’s faithfulness