Be prepared to laugh as Pastor Beth tells some interesting ‘stories’ on this Second Sunday of Easter. This Sunday is known by many different names in different congregations, such as Low Sunday because, after the church being full on Easter Sunday, attendance is lower today. It is also known as Doubting Thomas Sunday because of…
A Place of Grace
Sermons (Page 46)
The image of Jesus on the Altar Art Wall was an Easter morning surprise! Artists David N, Gerry H and John M created the sequences of color throughout the Lenten season. Then…this morning, we were greeted with the image of Jesus ripping through the infinite to the finite world, opening and infusing God’s grace and…
Today’s worship included an extended reading from the Gospel of Matthew. Our service began with a palm procession commemorating Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The tone of the service changed quickly as we meditated upon Jesus’ passion and death. This story is central to our faith. Today we remember how Christ offered his life for…
In John 11, the Gospel for this fifth Sunday in Lent, we hear how Jesus calls his friend Lazarus out of the tomb and restores him to life. When he came out of the tomb, Lazarus was bound in bandages. Jesus told the others to unbind Lazarus and set him free. Pastor Beth reminded us the…
The 9th Chapter of the Gospel of John, verses 1-41, is long and tells the story of Jesus using mud in the healing of a man who had been born blind. The congregation joined with Pastor Beth in reading it out loud. Today we are brought back to ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Lent…
At Jacob’s well, things happened. Jesus asked the Samaritan woman to give him a drink. He told her that those drinking this water will be thirsty again. But, “those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty”. The Samaritan woman went into the city and told of meeting a…
On this second Sunday in Lent, the Gospel is taken from the third chapter of John. Nicodemus comes to Jesus in the night and asks a difficult question about being born again. Nicodemus asks if someone can be old then born again from the mother’s womb. Jesus explains to him that being born again requires…
Matthew’s Gospel tells the story of Jesus going into the desert where he fasted for forty days and nights. The devil appeared to him and tempted Jesus a number of times but Jesus rebuffed him every time. Pastor Eric told us that Baptism is for us again and again. Jesus experienced temptation the same as…
Today’s Gospel is the 17th chapter of Matthew in which Jesus takes three Disciples, Peter, James and John, up on a mountain and there Moses and Elijah appeared and spoke with Jesus. When the voice of God came from the heavens, the Disciples became afraid but Jesus calmed them with his own words. Pastor Eric…
On the 7th Sunday after Epiphany, the Gospel of Matthew (5:38-48) gives us the familiar lesson from Jesus: “You have heard it said, love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” But how do we do that in the face of…