Oct 28, 2018 |
Clearer Vision
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinClearer Vision
"We have our limits. We cannot change the world from where we sit, but we can connect with each other. We can see those moments where an act of kindness on our part can make a difference for a family, for an individual, even for a community. Seeing these moments, it isn’t an eye thing, its not a physical vision thing. It’s a heart thing… seeing with our hearts."
Mark 10:46-52
Mark 10:46-52
Oct 21, 2018 |
Our Liturgical Act
| The Rev. Mitchell BojarskiOur Liturgical Act
“You participate as the way of serving the people. This is the kind of work that God calls us to do – to go out and serve in civic and our personal life, in our work, in our homes… to go and be a servant. And, the greatest among us are servants of all."
Mark 10:35-45
Mark 10:35-45
Oct 14, 2018 |
Real Friends
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulReal Friends
“We live in a world that is about image. We live in a world, in a culture that tells us that we are what we earn, what we make, what we achieve – how to win, how to succeed, how to be great… this is what we know. And, that’s not actually anything that’s connected to the REAL love that we know in our lives.”
Hebrews 4:12-16
Mark 10:17-31
Hebrews 4:12-16
Mark 10:17-31
Oct 14, 2018 |
The Good News
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinThe Good News
"Whatever the obstacles that we are putting in the way, we are in relationship with a God that loves us. And, it’s not all up to us, because with God all things are possible."
Mark 10:17-31
Mark 10:17-31
Oct 07, 2018 |
All In: A Sermon About Money
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulAll In: A Sermon About Money
"God has built you for this place and for one another, and God has brought you here. God has brought us all here so that we can learn how to live lives of love together. And, part of doing that, just like God is all in on us, part of doing that is being all in on our community – our place – our church – our Christian family."
Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12
Mark 10:2-16
Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12
Mark 10:2-16
Sep 30, 2018 |
Share Your Water - Jason Leo
| Guest SpeakerShare Your Water - Jason Leo
"I think every one of us has a glass of water to offer. We all do. And I don’t know what that glass of water looks like for you – it might change over time. But, there is no experience that you have had in your life, no particular gift that you have as an individual that cannot be used by God to be a sign of grace."
Mark 9:38-50
Mark 9:38-50
Sep 30, 2018 |
Share Your Water
| Guest SpeakerShare Your Water
"I think every one of us has a glass of water to offer. We all do. And I don’t know what that glass of water looks like for you – it might change over time. But, there is no experience that you have had in your life, no particular gift that you have as an individual that cannot be used by God to be a sign of grace."
Mark 9:38-50
Mark 9:38-50
Sep 30, 2018 |
The Bigger Picture
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinThe Bigger Picture
"How can we be for each other? We don’t have to be exactly on the same team, but we need to recognize the bigger picture. We need to recognize that regardless of politics, regardless of gender, regardless of education, or economics, or all those things that we might think of that differentiate us – regardless of all those. The bigger picture is we’re all children of God. The bigger picture is whose we are.”
Mark 9:38-50
Mark 9:38-50
Sep 23, 2018 |
The Fundamental Uselessness of Children
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulThe Fundamental Uselessness of Children
"This isn’t about your achievement. This is about learning how to love and be loved right now for who we are… to live into the love life of God – to live into it. Is there work to be done? Of course there is. Do I look around and see a bunch of useless people? I do not."
Mark 9:30-37
Mark 9:30-37
Sep 23, 2018 |
Servant Leadership
| The Rev. Mitchell BojarskiServant Leadership
"As much as we might talk in our contemporary fashion about servant leadership, Jesus means a whole different kind of servanthood. For Jesus, servanthood means giving up your life... walking right into defeat... letting the bad guys win. For Jesus, that’s servanthood."
Mark 9:30-37
Mark 9:30-37
Sep 16, 2018 |
Prioritizing Love
| The Rev. Mitchell BojarskiPrioritizing Love
"I think what James is trying to remind me is that, as passionate I might get for a cause... as passionate I might get for a policy or a candidate, if i work for that candidate in a way that tears down other people, I’m just like Peter. I’m thinking about human things and not divine. When I go about the world believing that I know what’s right and telling other people what’s evil, I tear down relationships, and I'm thinking about human things and not the divine."
Isaiah 50:4-9a
James 3:1-12
Mark 8:27-38
Isaiah 50:4-9a
James 3:1-12
Mark 8:27-38
Sep 16, 2018 |
Finding Your Voice
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulFinding Your Voice
"You all need to find your voices… all of us. And, those of us who have had a voice, we need to relearn how to use it. God is calling us – in this time – to rethink how we speak, and he’s calling others of us for the first time to speak louder than ever. And, when we do it, we are being told to do it with love and honesty – with care and respect.”
James 3:1-12
James 3:1-12
Sep 09, 2018 |
Brought Together by Brokenness
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinBrought Together by Brokenness
"Its when we hit those hard places – when we know we don’t have the magic answer; we don’t have control of the circumstances; we don’t have the skills to get through them. It’s in those moments that we are most ready to reach out to each other and to reach out to God."
Mark 7:24-37
Mark 7:24-37
Sep 09, 2018 |
When Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulWhen Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
"There is no part of your life that is too dark or confusing that God is not willing to be present. There is no low to which you can sink where God will not go and meet you there. There is no part of your life – even in your own pettiness, your own blindness or naivety – that God will not be willing to shake you out of your doldrums and help you recognize God’s holy presence and the holy presence of God in every person you meet."
Mark 7:24-37
Mark 7:24-37
Sep 02, 2018 |
God is Bigger Than Beliefs
| The Rev. Mitchell BojarskiGod is Bigger Than Beliefs
"It’s easy to follow a God who only comforts me, and only calls me to do things that I want to do, and loves the same people I love, and hates the same people I hate. That’s an easy God to follow. The God of the New Testament loves all the people I hate and calls me to love them. The God of the New Testament – the God of the Bible – wants to comfort but also to challenge me. The God of the bible wants to love me and transform me."
James 1:17-27
James 1:17-27
Sep 02, 2018 |
What Matters is Within Us
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinWhat Matters is Within Us
"What we say matters. What we do matters. And the simplest measure of this is God’s commandment to love – to love. Love is the litmus test. Are our actions loving of God, our neighbor, ourselves… are our words loving of God, our neighbor, ourselves?"
Psalm 15
James 1:17-27
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Psalm 15
James 1:17-27
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Aug 26, 2018 |
The War is Over
| The Rev. Mitchell BojarskiThe War is Over
"You don’t need to go win the war. The war is done. All these powers that try to thwart the good work of good people have already lost. So, our job is to stand firm knowing that faith, and righteousness, and peace, and truth, and all of these armaments that we can put on ourselves – that's enough to protect us."
Ephesians 6:10-20
Ephesians 6:10-20
Aug 19, 2018 |
Weirdos in the Park
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulWeirdos in the Park
“We are church. Church is’t a place we go. Church is a thing we are, and it is a thing we bring into this world with all our hearts, with all our souls, and with all our minds. And so it is fitting for us to be big, and ridiculous, and beautiful out here in this weather and in this place."
Aug 12, 2018 |
Play God
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulPlay God
"You’re going to play God now let’s talk about what it looks like to play God. It looks like you forgiving each other because you are forgiven. It looks like you being kind to one another because God is kind to you. It looks like you breaking down the walls in this community that tear us apart."
Ephesians 4:25-5:2
Ephesians 4:25-5:2
Aug 05, 2018 |
From THEM to US
| The Rev. Mitchell BojarskiFrom THEM to US
“God wants you to come join the ‘Us' – be part of the ‘Us'. And, those of us who are here with the ‘Us' need to welcome ‘Them'as part of ‘Us'. And doing that will leave us changed."
Ephesians 4:1-16
Ephesians 4:1-16