Sermons

Sermon: The Cure for What Ails You – Second Sunday After Pentecost (Matthew 9:18-26)

In an effort to plan ahead and get information about upcoming sermons in the bulletin and in the AveNews, I ...
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Sermon: Pass It On – First Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 28:16-20)

It is appropriate that we sit here this morning, gathered around a decorative campfire, because we have entered the season ...
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Sermon: Where Do You Look When You Pray? – Seventh Sunday of Easter (John 17:1-11)

Our reading today is part of Jesus’s farewell address to his disciples, as told in the Gospel of John. These ...
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Sermon: What Does God Need from Us? – Sixth Sunday of Easter (Acts 17:22-31)

Some of you may remember that last week, we read the from Acts chapter 7 about the stoning of Stephen ...
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Sermon: The Stoning of Stephen – Fifth Sunday of Easter (Acts 7:55-60)

I had a stone thrown at me once. When I was about 11 or 12, we had a pool in ...
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Sermon: The Traveling Companion – Third Sunday of Easter (Luke 24:13-35)

Once, when I was out on the road, I found myself having to make a stop to use a rest ...
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Sermon: A Draft in the Upper Room – Second Sunday of Easter (John 20:19-23)

Last week, of course, was Easter and we read together the Gospel of Matthew’s account of the Resurrection story. Jesus ...
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Sermon: Tell Me Something Good – Resurrection of the Lord (Matthew 28:1-10)

Happy Easter! This is the day we say together, “Hallelujah! He is risen!” He is risen indeed. That might be ...
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Sermon: Reason to Celebrate – Palm Sunday (Matthew 21:1-11)

Happy Palm Sunday! We are now one week before Easter. This is the Sunday that begins Holy Week and the ...
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Sermon: The Rest of the Story – Fifth Sunday in Lent (John 11: 1-45)

I saw a play recently, it was called, simply, Home. It told the story of a young black man and ...
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