2025 Sermons
Sermons are available in standard print and large print formats
Lectionary Based Sermons

May

May 25 - “For the Healing of the Nations” / Large Print
May 18 - "A Same Gift" / Large Print
May 11 - " Coming out of the Great Ordeal" / Large Print
May 4 - "Epilogues" / Large Print

April

April 27 - Pastor Bob on Vacation
April 20 - Easter - "The Wolf and the Lamb" / Large Print
April 18 - Good Friday - "Crucifixions" / Large Print
April 17 - Maundy Thursday - " All Things" / Large Print
April 13 - Palm Sunday - "Visitation From God" / Large Print
April 6 - "Perfume" / Large Print

March

March 30 - "The Ministry of Reconciliation" / Large Print
March 23 - "Come to the Waters" / Large Print
March 16 - "The Fox and The Hen" / Large Print
March 9 - "All This Could Be Yours" / Large Print
March 5 - "Don't Stop Trying" / Large Print (Ash Wednesday)
March 2 - "With Unveiled Faces" / Large Print

February

February 23 - "Enemies" / Large Print
February 16- "A Level Place" / Large Print
February 9 - Canceled due to weather
February 2 - "Love for Others" / Large Print

January

January 26 - "Saving the Best for Last" / Large Print
January 19 -  church canceled due to impending snow storm
January 12 -  " I Have Called You By Name" / Large Print
January 5 -  "The Kings of the Jews" / Large Print

 

2024 Sermons

Lectionary Based Sermons

December

December 29 - "A New Suit of Clothes" / Large Print
December 22 - "The Rebel Song of Love" / Large Print
December 15 "Shout Aloud and Sing for Joy" / Large Print
December 8 - "The Way of Peace" / Large Print
Decebmer 1 - "The Hope of Redemption" / Large Print

November

November 24 - "Not From Around Here" / Large Print
November  17
November 10 - "The Two Widows" / Large Print
November 3 - "No Greater Commandment" / Large Print

October

October 27 - "He Is Calling You" / Large Print
October 20 - "The Will of the Lord" / Large Print
October 13 - " A Bumper Crop" / Large Print
October 6 - "One World, One Flesh, One Loaf" / Large Print

September

September 29 - "Hoist with His Own Petard" / Large Print

September 22 - Guest Pastor, Rev. Samuel Juma

September 15 - "A Face Like Flint" / Large Print

September 8 - " Be Opened" / Large Print

September 1 - "Priscilla and Aquila: Partners in Ministry”" / Large Print

August

August 25 - "Naboth: Taking Possession" / Large Print

August 18 - "Hagar: The God Who Sees" / Large Print

August 11 - "Shiphrah and Puah: Civil Disobedience" / Large Print

August 4 - Pastor on vacation

July

July 28, 2024 - "Barnabas: Son of Encouragement" / Large Print

July 21, 2024 - "Tamar: More Righteous" / Large Print

July 14, 2024 - "Lot: A Matter of Character" / Large Print

July 7, 2024 - "Deborah: Leading the Way" / Large Print

June

June 30, 2024 - "Samuel: Your Servant Is Listening" / Large Print
June 23, 2024 - "Jonathan: Lament for a Friend" / Large Print
June 16, 2024 - "Mary of Bethany: The Day of My Burial" / Large Print
June 9, 2024 - "Rizpah: Dancing Alone" / Large Print
June 2, 2024 - " Jephthah:Blaming the Victim" / Large Print

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May 26, 2024 - "The Spirit of Adoption" / Large Print
May 19, 2024 - "All the Truth" / Large Print
May 12, 2024 - "Keep Us Dangerous" / Large Print
May 5, 2024 - “Fruit That Will Last” / Large Print

April

April 28, 2024 - "Look, Here is Water!" / Large Print
April 21, 2024 - "Greater Than Our Hearts" / LargePrint
April 14, 2024 - Pastor Bob on Vacation - Video link to YouTube Rev. Bob Stewart
April 7, 2024 - "Resurrection Economics" / Large Print

March

March 31, 2024 - (Easter) "The Gardener" / Large Print
March 24, 2024 - (Palm Sunday) - "A Tale of Two Processions" / Large Print
March 17, 2024 - "Caterpillarity and Butterflyness" / Large Print
March 10, 2024 - Guest preacher Rev. Kevin McLemore from the PSEC. No written doc available
March 3, 2024 -  "The Name of the Lord" / Large Print

February

February 25, 2024 - "Why Peter was Wrong" / Large Print

February 18, 2024 - "Acclamation, Temptation, Proclamation" / Large Print

February 11, 2024 - "Three Dwellings" / Large Print

February 4, 2024 - "Have You Not Heard?" / Large Print

January

January 28, 2024 - "The Only Measure That Matters" / Large Print

January 21, 2024 - "A Better Baptism" / Large Print

January 14, 2024 - "Gold and Frankincense and ... Myrrh?" / Large Print

January 7, 2024 - Service Canceled due to Snow

2023

Lectionary-Based Sermons

December

December 31 - "The Consolation of Israel" / Large Print
December 24 - Christmas Eve - "The Crib and the Cross" / Large Print
December 24 - 10:15am "Merciful Reversals" / Large Print
December 17 -
December 10 - "The Beginning of the Gospel" / Large Print
December 3 - "The Human One" / Large Print

November

November 26 - "Chariots of Fire" / Large Print
Sermon Series "This I Believe..."
November 19 - "Pulling It All Together" / Large Print
November 12 - "The Jesus Lens" / Large Print
November 5 - "Heaven Will Be a Nightmare (for Some)" / Large Print

OCTOBER: "tHE P - WORD" (POLITICS - GASP!)

October 22 - "The Opposite of Racism" / Large Print
October 15 - "Nonviolent Resistance" / Large Print
October 8 - "The Politics of Jesus" / Large Print
October 1 - "Inclusive Language and Practice" / Large print

SEPTEMBER: THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS

September 24 - Essential Elements and Negotiable Forms / Large Print
September 17 - "Stuff Happens" / Large print
September 10 — "Scarcity and Abundance" / Large print
September 3 — "The Dignity of Work" / Large print

August: THE COMMONWEALTH OF GOD

August 27 - "The Church and the Commonwealth" / Large print
August 20 — "The Manifesto"
August 13 — "New and Unexpected"
August 6 — "Why 'Commonwealth'?"

July: All about Discipleship

July 30 — Incarnational Discipleship
July 16 — Discipleship and Advocacy
July 9 — The Call to Discipleship
July 2 — The Perils of Patriotism

June: The Nature of God

June 25 — Non-coercive Power
June 18 — Justice
June 11 — Inclusive Love

Lectionary-Based Sermons

June 4 — Worship and Doubt (Trinity Sunday)
May 28 — Upon All Flesh (Pentecost Sunday)
May 21 — Sometimes the Work Is Waiting (Ascension Sunday)
May 14 — Advocates
May 7 — Living Stones
April 30 — Glad and Generous Hearts
April 23 — From Passive Voice to Active Faith
April 9 — Wreaking Havoc (Easter Sunday)
April 6 — The Meanings of the Eucharist (Maundy Thursday)
April 2 — Palms and Passion (Palm Sunday)
March 26 — The Wheeelbarrow Moment
March 19 — Awake
March 12 — The Empty Jar
March 5 — Untamable Wind
February 26 — Jesus, Satan, and Tyrannical Authority
February 19 — The Glory of the Lord (Transfiguration Sunday)
February 12 — Things We Can Do
February 5 — The Fast That God Chooses
January 29 — Radical Engagement
January 22 — Of Fish and Empire
January 8 — Your Name Is Beloved
January 1 — The Way God Works ... and Doesn't