Category: Worship

  • Sermon: Choosing JOY [August 23]

    Sermon: Choosing JOY [August 23]

    What shall I choose? Have you ever been faced with choices? None of us have any choice about being born, the family we have, or the era in which we live. The choosing begins with how we will use the circumstances we inherit. Paul had a hard choice in front of him. He was languishing…

  • August 16 Worship Service

    August 16 Worship Service

    Please join us for worship from your home. If you would like to follow along, please have a candle (and a match) ready, prepare elements for Communion, and consider your participation in the offering. Order of Worship Welcome Prelude, “Wash, O God, Your Sons and Daughters” arr. by Eric Carlson Centering Lighting of the Christ…

  • Sermon: Come on in. The water’s fine! [August 16]

    Sermon: Come on in. The water’s fine! [August 16]

    “Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou” is one of my favorite movies. And I particularly love Delmar’s baptism scene. As you watch the scene unfold you see the human need, the tugging of the heart and spirit as Delmar sees and recognizes the baptismal procession. He instinctively recognizes his need for spiritual cleansing and renewal. And…

  • August 9 Worship Service

    August 9 Worship Service

    Please join us for worship from your home. If you would like to follow along, please have a candle (and a match) ready, prepare elements for Communion, and consider your participation in the offering. Order of Worship Welcome Prelude, “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship” arr. by Mark Hayes Centering Lighting of the Christ Candle:…

  • Sermon: Becoming a Water Walker [August 9]

    Sermon: Becoming a Water Walker [August 9]

    I do not wish to talk with you today about miracles. That is, I do not want to talk about miracles of the phenomenal kind, the physical kind. Instead I do want to talk with you about miracles of another kind, a far more important kind. I want to talk about life, our life, your…