A Story of Two Dogs

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: April 1, 2020
Text: Exodus 20:17-22; Micah 2:1-3

March 29, 2020 Two dogs live in our apartment this year. You may know about Opie. He’s 11 ½ years old, as far as we know. We discovered him at the Denver Animal Shelter 10 ½ years ago. They didn’t know his name, his age, or much else. He’s white—unless he’s next to a truly... Read More →

Some Things are Just Holy

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: April 1, 2020
Text: Exodus 20:7-12 and Deuteronomy 5:7-14

March 8, 2020 Let’s talk about the Sabbath. The lesson from Exodus also includes keeping God’s name holy and honoring the older generation. So, there are three valuable topics, but let’s talk about just one, the middle one, the hinge between the commandments about how we relate to God and how we relate to each... Read More →

Truth and Lies

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: April 1, 2020
Text: Deut. 19:15-20; Exodus 20:16

March 22, 2020 Long ago, in a Tuscan village in Italy, a woodcarver named Geppetto carved a puppet and named him Pinocchio. He was created as a wooden puppet, but Pinocchio dreamed of becoming a real boy. So much did he want to become a real boy, and wanted people to see him that way, that... Read More →

The Quintessence of True Religion

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: April 1, 2020
Text: Exodus 20:13-15 and Matthew 5:21-24

March 15, 2020 Remember the man who told Jesus he had kept all of the commandments since his youth? How many people do you know who can say that? What I’ve heard is, the easiest, safest way to keep all three of the “thou shalt nots” in today’s reading from Exodus is to stay asleep.... Read More →

When Commitment Leads to Provocation

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: February 27, 2020
Text: Matthew 5:10

When You Help People Help Each Other

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: February 20, 2020
Text: Matthew 5:9

When You’ve Worked up an Appetite for Goodness

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: February 5, 2020
Text: Isaiah 55:1-2, 6-9, Matthew 5:6

Rev. Helena Epstein

Preacher: Helena Epstein
Date: January 23, 2020
Text: Matthew 12 : 1 - 2

The Grateful Foreigner

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: October 16, 2019
Text: II Kings 5:1-14, Luke 17:11-19

One Bread, One Body, Throughout the Earth

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: October 6, 2019
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17, Ephesians 4:4-6

Unpopular Preaching

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: September 22, 2019
Text: Luke 16:1-13, Jeremiah 8:18-9:1

Where Are Your Apron Strings?

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: September 8, 2019
Text: Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Luke 14:25-33

Praying for the Right Things

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: September 1, 2019
Text: Psalm 112:4-10, Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

Repairers of the Breach

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: August 25, 2019
Text: Isaiah 58:6-12, Hebrews 12:18-29

Start Running–and Never Quit!

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: August 18, 2019
Text: Hebrews 11:29-12:2

Whisper a Prayer

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: August 11, 2019
Text: Psalm 31:12-22, Luke 12:35-38

Message

Preacher: Rev. Baylee Smith
Date: August 4, 2019
Text: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23

Teach Us to Pray

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: July 28, 2019
Text: Psalm 138, Luke 11:1-13

The Better Part

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: July 21, 2019
Text: Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42

What must I do?

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: July 14, 2019
Text: Psalm 82, Luke 10:25-37

For Good Towards All

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: July 7, 2019
Text: Psalm 29, Galatians 6:1-10

Burning Your Plow

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: June 30, 2019
Text: Psalm 19, 1 Kings 19:19-21

Shock and Jubilation

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: June 16, 2019
Text: Psalm 8, Galatians 3:23-29

Greater Works

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: June 9, 2019
Text: Acts 2:1-12, John 14:8-17, 25-27

Connected by Broken Chains

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Phil Miller
Date: June 2, 2019
Text: Psalm 97, Acts 16:16-34

The What

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: May 19, 2019
Text: Mark 12:28-31, John 13:34-35, and Galatians 5:13-14

Members of The Neighborhood Youth Project (NYP) participated in the leadership of worship, including the sermon. Near the end of the message, you will hear silence during which the youth come forward to display posters that read: “God Bless Everyone, No Exceptions.” The preacher speaks briefly and then the youth rearrange themselves to communicate another... Read More →

Ordination of Paul Snyder

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christopher Copeland
Date: May 18, 2019
Text: Psalm 27:1-14, Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

Message

Preacher: Rev. Baylee Smith
Date: May 12, 2019
Text: John 10:22-30, Psalm 23

Proximity

Preacher: Rev. Emily Viverette
Date: April 28, 2019
Text: John 20:19-31

Have you seen the Lord?

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: April 21, 2019
Text: John 20:1-18

The Stones Will Cry Out

Preacher: Robert Martin
Date: April 14, 2019
Text: Luke 19:28-40

Always With You

Preacher: Rev. Jimmy Gawne
Date: April 7, 2019
Text: John 12:1-8

A Still, Small Voice

Preacher: MaryKate Holden
Date: March 31, 2019
Text: I Kings 19:9-12

Message

Preacher: Rev. Baylee Smith
Date: March 24, 2019
Text: Isaiah 55:1-19

Before and After

Preacher: Susan Cox
Date: March 10, 2019
Text: Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, Romans 10:8b-13

Practice and Purpose

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: March 6, 2019
Text: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Go figure! Go, transfigured.

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: March 3, 2019
Text: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18, Luke 9:28-43a

A sermon recording for March 3 is unavailable but the following manuscript can be read from Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy: I thought about draping a veil from the ceiling to the floor, with some kind of unveiling… I thought about positioning a large mirror here in the front so you could see the image of... Read More →

And after that…

Preacher: Shannon Axtell Martin
Date: February 24, 2019
Text: Genesis 45:3-11, 15

The Level Place

Preacher: Helena Epstein
Date: February 17, 2019
Text: Luke 6:17-26

No Place…Like Home?

Preacher: Rev. Jimmy Gawne
Date: February 3, 2019
Text: Luke 4:21-30

Today

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 27, 2019
Text: Luke 4:14-21

Can You Imagine That?

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 20, 2019
Text: Luke 3:21-31

Wise and Wandering

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 6, 2019
Text: Matthew 2:1-12 and Isaiah 60:1-3

This Big House is Our Home

Date: November 11, 2018
Text: John 14:1-3

Front of the Line

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: October 21, 2018
Text: Mark 10:35-45

For God All Things Are Possible

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: October 14, 2018
Text: Mark 10:17-31

Gift and Task

Preacher: Paul Snyder
Date: October 7, 2018
Text: Mark 9:33-37, 10:13-16

Jesus’ expansive welcome goes beyond just our children or the children in our neighborhoods to include all children of all times and all places.   Jesus took all the children up in his arms. We can imagine that these were the children who were crying and being loud, they were the children that go to... Read More →

Singing and Praying

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: September 30, 2018
Text: James 5:13-20

Where You Are and Who You Are

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 26, 2018
Text: Matthew 14:22-33

Come Sunday

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 19, 2018

Everybody’s Got An Act

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 5, 2018
Text: Matthew 9:9-13

My Last Sermon: The Heart of the Matter

Preacher: Rev. J.T. Moore
Date: July 29, 2018
Text: Matthew 16:13-18, 24-26 and John 14:22-26

The Power of Song by George Manley

Preacher: George Manley
Date: July 29, 2018

As part of our songs series, a church member shares his/her experience of the power of song.

Singing as Resistance

Preacher: Rev. Baylee Smith
Date: July 22, 2018
Text: Ephesians 5:18b-21

The Power of Song by Bella Myers

Preacher: Bella Myers
Date: July 22, 2018

As part of our songs series, a church member shares his/her experience of the power of song.

Part of the Choir

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: July 15, 2018
Text: Colossians 3:12-17

“We are not solos; we are part of a choir—a family, a neighborhood, a workplace, a school, a congregation. As members of one body, as part of the choir, we are called to peace. Whatever we do, whether in word or deed or song or silence, may we do it all in the name of... Read More →

What Love Can Be

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: July 8, 2018
Text: Song of Solomon 2:8-13

“We need to hear voices that speak boldly of true love. We need to remember what love can be. Love can be passionate, fierce, tender. Love can be faithful. Made in the image of God we are passionate, fierce, tender beings. Where and how do you encounter human love? Divine love? How can The Song... Read More →

The Power of Song by Sam Tucker

Preacher: Sam Tucker
Date: July 8, 2018

As part of our songs series, a church member shares his/her experience of the power of song.

Sing Louder

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: July 1, 2018
Text: Psalm 150

“From the ways we care for each other to the ways we care for our world, the earth and our neighbors–all of our neighbors–these are our love songs and songs of praise. In order for our song to be heard by a hurting world we must sing louder.”

The Power of Song by Travis Bogan

Preacher: Travis Bogan
Date: July 1, 2018

As part of our songs series, a church member shares his/her experience of the power of song. From Travis Bogan: It turns out that music stimulates more parts of the brain than any other human function. It seems amazing that something so profound can so often go unnoticed. Much like the air that we breath... Read More →

The Parable of the Sower

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: June 17, 2018

The Road to Jericho

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: June 3, 2018
Text: Luke 10:25-37

Lost

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 27, 2018
Text: Luke 15:4-32

Learning the Language

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 20, 2018
Text: Acts 2:1-21

With Joy

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 13, 2018
Text: Luke 24:44-53

Joyful Noise

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 6, 2018
Text: John 15:9-17, Psalm 98

Youth Sunday: Spreading Love and Joy

Preacher: Shannon Huth
Date: April 29, 2018
Text: 1 John 4:7-8, 21

Sunday After Easter

Preacher: Paul Snyder
Date: April 8, 2018
Text: Acts 4:32-35, 1 John 1:1-2:2

Fear and Great Joy

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: April 1, 2018
Text: Matthew 28:1-10

Message from Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 This is the first time in some 60 years that Easter has fallen on April Fool’s Day. Easter moves around the calendar, unlike other holidays that are on set days. By ancient tradition of the church, the date of Easter is always the first Sunday after the first... Read More →

Forming Faith

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 4, 2018
Text: Mark 1:29-39

Breaking the Rules

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 28, 2018
Text: Mark 1:21-28 and 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Hope Giving

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 21, 2018
Text: Mark 1:14-20

When Visions Were Not Widespread

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 14, 2018
Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Starlight

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 7, 2018
Text: Matthew 2:1-12

From the Ends of the Earth to the Ends of Heaven

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: December 3, 2017
Text: Isaiah 64:1-9, Mark 13:24-37

“Come, sit by me.” Sermon from the Ordination of Melissa Guthrie Loy

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Diane Lipsette
Date: November 26, 2017
Text: Luke 14:15-24

Give Thanks

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: November 26, 2017
Text: Acts 4:32-37, Isaiah 58:1-11

Power in the Bread

Preacher: Paul Snyder
Date: November 12, 2017
Text: Matthew 14:13-21, Matthew 14:1-12

Breaking Open

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: November 5, 2017
Text: Luke 24:28-35

Many Members, One Body

Date: October 29, 2017
Text: Romans 12:4-5

Come On In

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: October 22, 2017
Text: Luke 14:15-24

It Won’t Be the Same Without You

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: October 15, 2017
Text: Luke 15:1-10

Let me ask you this…

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: October 8, 2017
Text: Luke 10:25-37

We Can Do Hard Things

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: October 1, 2017
Text: I Kings 17

Can These Bones Live?

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: September 24, 2017
Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14

To Be a Blessing

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: September 10, 2017
Text: Genesis 12:1-9

What’s Your Story? Paul Snyder shares

Preacher: Paul Snyder
Date: September 10, 2017
Text: Genesis 12:1-9

In worship services, in the newsletter, and online, we’ll be sharing stories from you about how the stories of the Bible have touched your lives. Many thanks to Paul Snyder for sharing a story this Sunday morning. Tell us… Tell us about a time when you were afraid and the presence of God was a... Read More →

What’s in a Name?

Preacher: Rev. Baylee Smith
Date: September 3, 2017
Text: Exodus 3:1-15

Wide Enough

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 27, 2017
Text: John 4:7-10

In the Darkness, Light

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 13, 2017
Text: Matthew 5:13-14

Stage, Page, and Screen

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 6, 2017
Text: Exodus 1:15-22

A Reflection on Wisdom and Wonder, Travis Bogan

Preacher: Travis Bogan
Date: July 30, 2017

During the month of July, we are privileged to hear reflections on Wisdom and Wonder. We are grateful for the voices and experiences of our church members.

What time is it?

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: July 30, 2017
Text: Ecclesiastes 2:24-3:8

During the sermon, the congregation speaks the words printed below. Perhaps you will speak the words, too, and make them your prayer of thanksgiving: As we journey through life, God is with us. In seasons of rejoicing, we do not laugh alone. In seasons of mourning, we do not weep alone. When we sow and... Read More →

A Reflection on Wisdom and Wonder, Dottie Cox

Preacher: Dottie Cox
Date: July 23, 2017

During the month of July, we are privileged to hear reflections on Wisdom and Wonder. We are grateful for the voices and experiences of our church members.

Meaning in Life

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: July 23, 2017
Text: Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

A Reflection on Wisdom and Wonder, Jim Tebow

Preacher: Jim Tebow
Date: July 16, 2017

During the month of July, we are privileged to hear reflections on Wisdom and Wonder. We are grateful for the voices and experiences of our church members.

Seeing or Believing

Preacher: JT Moore
Date: July 16, 2017
Text: Selected Scriptures

A Reflection on Wisdom and Wonder, Susan Cox

Preacher: Susan Cox
Date: July 2, 2017
Text: Proverbs 1:1-7, 3:1-8

During the month of July, we are privileged to hear reflections on Wisdom and Wonder. We are grateful for the voices and experiences of our church members.

The Beginning of Knowledge

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: July 2, 2017
Text: Proverbs 1:1-7, 3:1-8; Psalm 130

Created and Re-Created

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: June 25, 2017
Text: Psalm 139, Romans 6:1-11

And the Spirit Rushed In

Preacher: Vy Nguyen
Date: June 4, 2017
Text: Psalm 66:1-5, Acts 2:1-11, Psalm 90:1-2

This Time and This Place

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 28, 2017
Text: Acts 1:6-14

The Way

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 14, 2017
Text: Acts 9:1-19

Practice Resurrection

Preacher: Amanda Kerr
Date: April 23, 2017
Text: John 20:11-23

Christ is Risen Indeed!

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: April 16, 2017
Text: An Easter Reading adapted from Genesis, Mark, and John

The Tasks Before Us

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: April 9, 2017
Text: Matthew 21:1-11

Lazarus, Come Out

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: April 2, 2017
Text: John 11:1-2, 17-45

Muddy Vision

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: March 26, 2017
Text: John 9:1-11

How to Love the World

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: March 19, 2017
Text: John 4:5-42

Bringing Our Question to Light

Preacher: Amanda Kerr
Date: March 12, 2017
Text: John 3:1-17

In The Presence of God

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: March 5, 2017
Text: Matthew 4:1-11

Beyond

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 26, 2017
Text: Matthew 17:1-9

Flipping the Script

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 19, 2017
Text: Matthew 5:38-48

The Fasts We Choose

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 5, 2017
Text: Isaiah 58:1-12

Kingdom Work

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 22, 2017
Text: Matthew 4:12-23, Psalm 27

The Light Has Come

Preacher: Amanda Kerr
Date: January 15, 2017
Text: Matthew 2:1-12

A New Thing

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 3, 2017
Text: Matthew 2:13-23, Isaiah 43:19

Do Not Be Afraid: The Angels Sing

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: December 18, 2016
Text: Isaiah 64:1-4

There’s something about those angel songs. The strings and the piano And the pipes of the organ and the voices of the choir. The way Luke tells the story Makes me think he knew something about music Maybe he was a singer himself Maybe he’d been in the choir Had played the lute or the... Read More →

Do Not Be Afraid: Sing, Mary, Sing

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: December 4, 2016
Text: Isaiah 11:1-10, Luke 1:26-33

Be Not Afraid: Come, Let Us Walk in the Light of the Lord

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: November 27, 2016
Text: Luke 1:12-15, Isaiah 2:2-5

Who We Are

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: November 20, 2016

Who We Are November 20, 2016 Philippians 4:4-9 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Sitting at lunch with a friend the other day, I reached into my pocket for a tissue and found instead a folded up piece of paper. It was a short list of things I’d thought of during breakfast that morning, things I needed to do... Read More →

Thoughts on Thankfulness: Darilyn Knibb

Preacher: Darilyn Knibb
Date: November 13, 2016

Thoughts on Thankfulness: Melissa Guthrie Loy

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: November 13, 2016

Thoughts on Thankfulness: John Flynt

Preacher: John Flynt
Date: November 13, 2016

Sabbath: Resist, Remember, Reimagine

Preacher: Amanda Kerr
Date: November 6, 2016
Text: Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Mark 2:23-27

As many of you know, we just wrapped up our Fall series titled, “The BIG Questions” where we explored all sorts of topics that are important to the Christian faith: “Who is God, Who is Jesus, What is the Bible, Why do we need the Church?” Well since Rev. Lee isn’t here today I decided... Read More →

Here Am I

Preacher: Dr. Mark Jensen
Date: October 23, 2016
Text: Micah 6:6-8; Isaiah 6:1-8; Mark 12:28-31

Gather the People, Break the Bread, Tell the Stories

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: October 2, 2016
Text: Ephesians 2:19-22, Acts 2:42-47

Sharing Our Stories: Why I Give: George Manley

Preacher: George Manley
Date: October 2, 2016

Over the next several weeks, you’ll be hearing from church members about why they give, and why this church is important. Why do you give? Why is this church important to you? Read more about Our Path to Commitment.

Our Sacred Story

Preacher: Amanda Kerr
Date: September 25, 2016
Text: Exodus 33:12-17, John 5:39-40

Thank you choir – your gift of song continually invites us into God’s presence. Will you pray with me? Divine Comforter, Gathering with this community week after week is a reminder of your presence and faithfulness. We are thankful for the Holy Scripture as well as your continuous revelation, which guides us toward justice, reconciliation,... Read More →

Who do you say that I am?

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: September 18, 2016
Text: Philippians 2:5-11, Matthew 16:13-17

I may have told you before that the church I served before coming to Greensboro, in Northern Virginia, looked a lot like this one. I don’t mean the people – you all look like yourselves. I mean, the church building was almost exactly the same. It was built about the same time, early 1950s, at... Read More →

God Is

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: September 11, 2016
Text: 1 John 4:7-12, Isaiah 43:1-3

The other night, our home phone rang. Nobody really has our home phone number; we use our cell phones for everything, so when that phone rings, I know it’s going to be a telemarketer or somebody trying to upgrade our insurance. And yet, out of some ingrained habit, I always answer anyway, being, apparently, a... Read More →

For Such a Time as This

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 28, 2016

As part of our summer worship series on pop culture, today’s message features the British television show Dr. Who. I should start with a confession: I have never been much of a fan of Dr. Who. I’d never seen more than a handful of episodes, and those were watched under the guise of being kind... Read More →

The Worlds We Create

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: July 31, 2016
Text: John 1:1-5

When Life is the Best

Preacher: John Ledford
Date: July 24, 2016
Text: John 10:11-16

The Tree that Owns Itself

Preacher: John Richardson
Date: July 17, 2016
Text: Luke 10:38-42

A Continuing Process

Preacher: JT Moore
Date: July 10, 2016

God is Silence

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: July 3, 2016
Text: Psalm 46 and Lamentations 3:22-28

Serve One Another

Preacher: Mike Wildman
Date: June 26, 2016
Text: Galatians 5:1, 13-25

Messengers

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: June 12, 2016
Text: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, 5:6-10, 16-21

Assurance of Grace

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 30, 2016
Text: 2 Corinthians 1:24-2:8, Matthew 18:2122-

An excerpt from “Assurance of Grace” May 29, 2016: The thing about forgiveness is that it’s complicated. It’s rarely as simple as saying you’re sorry. It’s rarely as simple as somebody saying they’re sorry to you. In the case of the church at Corinth, it sounds like maybe there was one person who messed something... Read More →

Partners in Crime, Partners in Comfort, Partners

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: May 22, 2016
Text: 2 Corinthians 1:1-11

Let’s Dream Together

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: May 15, 2016
Text: Acts 2:1-21

This Changes Everything

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 8, 2016
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:51-57

I guess what I mean to say is that I love the idea of heaven as a far-off perfect someday where we get to eat ice cream and dance full-bodied with the ones we love, and I also love the idea of heaven as something that breaks into life on earth, right into the here... Read More →

The Greatest of These

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 1, 2016
Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sharing Our Stories, Babs Gordon

Date: May 1, 2016

From time to time we are inviting people from our community to share stories of how God is and has been at work in each of our lives. We come from many different places and bring different stories when we become a part of this community. Through the sharing of stories the history, the present,... Read More →

Choosing to See

Preacher: Rev. Baylee Smith
Date: April 17, 2016
Text: Acts 3:1-10

Ninety-nine and Counting

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: April 10, 2016

You Will Be My Witnesses

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: April 3, 2016
Text: Acts 1:1-14

Broken Places and Empty Spaces

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: March 27, 2016
Text: Mark 16:1-8

What are you doing?

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: March 20, 2016
Text: Mark 1:1-11

A Return Story: Ellen Smith

Date: March 20, 2016

Someday Now

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: March 13, 2016
Text: Mark 13:1-8

A cool thing happened last fall on September 14, just before 6:00 a.m. You probably didn’t notice, and most of us didn’t hear about it until last month. But on September 14, just before 6:00 in the morning, two observatories – one in Louisiana and one in Washington – detected a gravitational wave for the very... Read More →

A Return Story: Dottie Cox

Date: March 13, 2016

Jesus’ One Straight Answer

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: March 6, 2016
Text: Mark 12:28-44

A Return Story: John Flynt

Date: March 6, 2016

Tax Time

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 28, 2016
Text: Mark 12:13-17

A Return Story: Troy Desselles

Date: February 28, 2016

Sight

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 22, 2016
Text: Mark 10:46-52

A Return Story: Baylee Smith

Date: February 22, 2016
Text: Mark 10:46-52

Disorientation

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 14, 2016
Text: Mark 10:17-22

A Return Story: George Manley

Date: February 14, 2016

Ash Wednesday Meditation

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: February 10, 2016

This Ash Wednesday meditation is a reflection on Jan Richardson’s poem Return.

The Attentive Disciple

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: February 7, 2016
Text: Mark 8:27-9:8

The Crowds Around Us

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 31, 2016
Text: Mark 5:21-43

Everything Comes in Stories

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 17, 2016
Text: Mark 4:1-20

Surroundings

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: January 10, 2016
Text: Mark 2:13-22

Prayers and Pray-ers

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: December 6, 2015
Text: Isaiah 40:1-9

An Expected Encounter

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: November 29, 2015
Text: Luke 21:25-36

Like Those Who Dream

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: November 22, 2015
Text: Isaiah 11:1-10 and Psalm 126

The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing... Read More →

God’s Lament Song

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: November 15, 2015
Text: Hosea 11:1-9

Written on Hearts

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: November 8, 2015
Text: Jeremiah 31:31-33

When we left off last week, the kingdom of Israel had just been divided, primarily because of the leadership (or lack thereof) of King Rehoboam, If you remember, we’re tracing the story of the Hebrew people this fall, from the time when they were slaves in Egypt to the wandering in the wilderness, to the... Read More →

The Ones Who Came Before

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: November 1, 2015

Things are going to break.   Relationships get broken. Traditions get broken. Lives get broken. Things are not the same as they were before.   And yet. The story is not over. God always and forever remakes the promise with us, in spite of and through all our brokenness, God is faithful to us, to... Read More →

Dangers and Possibilities: A Public Faith

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: October 25, 2015
Text: 2 Samuel 6:1-12

All of Us Here Alive Today

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: October 18, 2015
Text: from Deuteronomy 5 and 6

First Things First

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: October 4, 2015
Text: from Exodus 3 and Deuteronomy 26

A Crossing

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: September 27, 2015
Text: Genesis 32:22-30

Contagious

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: September 20, 2015
Text: From Genesis 18 and 21

We Belong To Each Other

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: September 13, 2015
Text: From Genesis 2

Inside Out

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 30, 2015
Text: Psalm 126:1-6, Psalm 137:1-4

The Way

Preacher: Judith Guy
Date: August 23, 2015
Text: John 9:30-41

The Lego Movie

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 16, 2015
Text: Psalm 139:1-15, Genesis 1:1-2, 31

Selma

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 9, 2015
Text: Micah 6:6-8, Luke 4:16-19

It’s a Wonderful Life

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: August 2, 2015
Text: Matthew 6:24-26

We Call Ourselves Disciples: Where We’re Going

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: July 26, 2015
Text: Isaiah 40:28-31; John 6:1-14

Sunday’s sermon reflected on the recent General Assembly. Several blog posts highlight the assembly.

We Call Ourselves Disciples: Understanding Our Heritage

Preacher: JT Moore
Date: July 19, 2015

We Call Ourselves Disciples: Who We Are

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: July 12, 2015
Text: Isaiah 40:3-5, Ephesians 2:11-22

A Gift of Darkness

Preacher: Lindsey Altvater
Date: July 5, 2015
Text: Romans 8:14-19, 22-24a

Sing a New Song

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: June 28, 2015
Text: Psalm 40:1-10

In the House of the Lord

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: June 21, 2015
Text: Psalm 27

Sad Songs Say So Much

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: June 14, 2015
Text: Psalm 69:1-7, 13-16

Forevermore

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: June 7, 2015
Text: Psalm 113

Like a Tree

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 31, 2015
Text: Psalm 1

Not Surprising

Preacher: Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy
Date: May 24, 2015
Text: Acts 2:1-21

It was as if someone had told them ahead of time that, if they only trusted, if they only believed, if they only had faith, it would happen just like it did. Dry bones? Wind? Flames? Different languages? It’s a lot to cover but let’s look at these stories. For many of us, they are... Read More →

Living Word

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: May 3, 2015
Text: Acts 8:26-40

Hymns that are Meaningful to Me

Date: April 26, 2015

Members of the Elders and laity participated in and planned the day’s worship service. The following speakers shared reflections on their favorite hymns and music guided us through our worship. Many thanks to all who contributed on Laity Sunday.   From Darilyn Knibb, Reflections on “In the Garden” My earliest memories of my paternal grandparents... Read More →

Five Smooth Stones

Preacher: Lindsey Altvater
Date: April 12, 2015
Text: 1 Samuel 17

During Eastertide, the church season which follows Easter—once we have discovered the empty tomb and sung our “Alleluias!,” once we have said yes to embodying the light of hope and committed ourselves to living out the rest of the Easter story—we consider what it means to be people of the resurrection. Trusting that God is... Read More →

Easter Sunday: In Search of an Ending

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: April 6, 2015
Text: Mark 16:1-8

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they could go and anoint Jesus’ dead body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they came to the tomb. They were saying to each other, “Who’s going to roll the stone away... Read More →

Shouting Hosanna

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: March 29, 2015
Text: Mark 11:1-11

Lent 5: Abide in the Light

Preacher: Lindsey Altvater
Date: March 22, 2015
Text: John 3:14-21

Lent 3: God In All Things

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: March 8, 2015
Text: Exodus 20:1-17; John 2:13-22

Lent 2: More to Come

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: March 1, 2015
Text: Genesis 17:1-7,15-16; Mark 8:31-38

Lent 1: A Love Story

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 22, 2015
Text: Genesis 9:8-17; Mark 1:9-15

Let’s start of by saying that 40 days is a long time to do any one thing – to be out in the wilderness, to fast, to be stuck on a boat with a bunch of animals. At my house, it feels like 40 days since anybody’s been to school, but maybe that’s just me. You get... Read More →

Darkly Beautiful

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 18, 2015

Last year on Ash Wednesday, as we visited after the service, the ash and oil still fresh on our foreheads, someone said to me, “I’ve always liked Ash Wednesday, but I don’t know why. There’s something darkly beautiful about it.” And that phrase, darkly beautiful, stuck with me – all through last year’s Lent season,... Read More →

Thing #4: Learn New Rules

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: February 1, 2015
Text: Mark 1:21-28; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Thing #3: Get Up and Go

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 25, 2015
Text: Jonah 3:1-5,10; Mark 1:14-20

Thing #2: Listen for the Call

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 18, 2015
Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-10; John 1:43-51

Thing #1: Let There Be Light

Preacher: Rev. Lee Hull Moses
Date: January 11, 2015
Text: Genesis 1:1-5, Mark 1:4-11