Join Pastor Michelle for the Third Sunday in Advent as we light the candle of Joy in the Advent wreath! We continue our Advent series “I Believe Even When…Filling the Night with Music and Light” with Sunday’s sermon “I Believe in God: Ode to Joy.” What is joy? How is it different from happiness. Pastor Michelle will talk about this…
Join Pastor Michelle for the First Sunday in Advent as we light the first candle in the Advent wreath and begin our Advent series “I Believe Even When…Filling the Night with Music and Light.”Inspired by the words of an anonymous poet, scrawled on a wall during the Holocaust, “I believe in the sun, even when the sun is not shining,” this Advent series…
Time. There’s never enough of it, is there? Just when we think we’ve beaten the clock, a new project or forgotten appointment pops up and we have to squeeze more time into the day. Are we really in control of our time? Pastor Michelle will use a story about Esther and Mordecai (Esther 4: 1-16) as a jumping off point to…
All Saints’ Day Join us this Sunday as we celebrate those who have gone before us on this All Saints’ Sunday. All Saints Day, also known as All Hallow’s Eve or Hallomas, is a Christian celebration in honor of all the saints from Christian history. In Western Christianity, it is observed on November 1 by the Roman Catholic Church, the…
The Never-Ending Story Join us as Pastor Michelle leads us, on this Consecration Sunday, in a discussion about another parable, the Parable of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl. Why does Jesus talk in such cloaked language? Why all these parables? Just spit it out, Jesus! And how many images do we need of God’s Kingdom anyway? As we zero…
The book of Lamentations is a hard pill to swallow. What’s behind all the poet’s ranting? Is there any hope? Perhaps we need to look “Beyond the Conjunctions…” Read Lamentations 3: 19-26 in preparation for the sermon. World Communion Sunday offers congregations a distinctive opportunity to experience Holy Communion in the context of the global community of faith. The first Sunday of October…
Some conversations are difficult. September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. As Christians, we are called to love one another; to take care of each other. This Sunday, Pastors Michelle and Jayde have a conversation with Judy Cushing, former CEO of Lines for Life and current board member of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, about how our church…
This Sunday, as we continue to experience and hear of others’ suffering due to wildfires, hurricanes, pandemics and more, Pastor Michelle assures us that God sees our suffering. And God is there for us, and offers us hope. Read Ezekial 37: 1-10 in preparation for the sermon. CCLI License # 1221789 Steaming License 20276592 Disclaimer: The Allstate ad used in…
Rooted: How the Disciplines of the Faith Ground Us and Companion Us for a Hope-Filled Future Pastor Michelle and Pastor Jayde wrap up their 6-week series, this week, with a dialogical sermon where they discuss the spiritual disciplines and how they keep us Rooted; how they ground us and companion us for a hope-filled future. Read Jeremiah 17: 7-8, 14…
The Discipline of Simplicity In continuing the series on the Celebration of Discipline, Pastor Michelle discusses the Discipline of Simplicity. What would it mean if we could simplify our lives to free us from anxiety and worry? How can we simplify in our modern age? Read this part of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6: 25-33 and hear…
The Discipline of Sabbath-Keeping (With Hints of the Practice of Fasting) Pastor Michelle and Pastor Jayde continue their 6-week sermon series based on the book Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster this Sunday. Pastor Michelle discusses the Discipline of Sabbath-Keeping (with hints of the Practice of Fasting). Read Exodus 20: 8-11 in preparation for Sunday worship. Pastor Michelle recommends several…
Introduction and The Discipline of Prayer Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up… ~Luke 18: 1 This Sunday, Pastor Michelle introduces the sermon series Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. She and Pastor Jayde will be preaching over the coming six weeks on assorted disciplines, based…
