2024 Sermons

Lectionary Based Sermons

April

April 28, 2024

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

January 14, 2024 - "Gold and Frankincense, and ... Mrryh?" / 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 Crux" / 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

Sermon Series "This I Believe..."

November

November 26 - "Chariots of Fire" / Large Print

November 19 - "Pulling It All Together" / Large Print

November 12 - "The Jesus Lens" / Large Print

November 5 - "Heaven will be a Nightmare (for some people)" / 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 Practices" / 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