What does it mean to make the most of time? Does it mean that we should cram as much as we can into a day, hour, minute—get more done than some think is more than humanly possible and then add more to the list just for kicks? Or does it …
Baggage – we’ve all got it. When I travel with youth, I’m fond of saying, you pack it you carry it. There’s a lot of it in our lives. And it gets heavy and hard to bear. There’s physical baggage, emotional baggage, spiritual baggage. It’s tiring to just think about …
Here’s what Pastor Tina said last Sunday… Sermon Pentecost +9 P17 YrB
John Lennon’s iconic song “Imagine” begs of the listener to imagine a world as one. St. Paul, from jail, declares to the Ephesians that in Christ we are one – one body, one Spirit, one hope, for the building up of the body of Christ. Not something to imagine. Something …
Sermon – Jul.y 19, 2015
We Welcome. Don’t Forget – Midweek Summer Worship! As part of our summer experiment, Wednesday nights in July and August will feature a light meal and worship! The meal is served at 6:30 PM. We ask a suggested donation of $2 per person. We will then worship around the tables …
How do you define abundance? Our culture is oriented toward accumulation and often we can hardly see beyond it. It’s a defense against not having enough. Behaving as if we believe that we line in God’s abundance means that what we have comes from something more lasting than anything here …
Pentecost P+7, L15B Ephesians 1:3-14 July 12, 2015 BLESSED: CHOSEN, ADOPTED, FORGIVEN, REDEEMED This morning – I’d like to start with you all thinking about you. You will need a post-it note and a pencil. What are 5 characteristics that you would use to describe yourself? Write them on the …
This week, we continue with our summer series – Behave As If You Believe… Moving into Ephesians 2, we now focus on the peace that Jesus brings to our lives. And let’s admit it – day to day, there isn’t a whole lot of that in our personal or public …
Pentecost P+6, L14 July 5, 2015 2 Corinthians 12:1-12, Mark 6:1-13 GOD’S GRACE IS ENOUGH… In the name of Jesus. Amen. God give me grace to accept the things that I can’t change because your grace is enough. Sounds good. Sounds like a plan. Until …