Category: Sunday Messages
Upside-down Blessings for an Upside-down Kin(g)dom
Worship, Mar 1, 10am
VIDEO. This Sunday, as we look at Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain in Luke’s Gospel, Pastor Ashley has us consider anew the radical love Jesus calls us to exercise as well as Jesus’ “upside-down” blessings for the “upside-down” kin(g)dom of God that Jesus continually invites us to live into.Read more
Remaining Rooted in the Wilderness
Worship, Feb 22, 10am
VIDEO. Moving through the season of Lent can be its own wilderness journey, but this Lenten season is not the only “wilderness time” we are facing. As we begin the Lenten season, as well as our time with Pastor Ashley as our Transitional Pastor, she explores with us what Jesus’ responses to his temptations in the wilderness may have to say to us about remaining rooted in the wilderness that is this transitional season of this congregation’s—as well as our wider country’s—life.Read more
A Time to Be Attentive
Worship, Feb 15, 8:30& 11am
VIDEO. We are swamped by radical changes in the world around us and are faced with transitions in the life of our congregation. This Sunday, the Rev. Jim Brown calls to our attention to the Second Letter of Peter which advises that "you will do well to be attentive to the prophetic message of God's own glory and goodness."Read more
Standing in the Spirit: From Vision to Vocation
Worship, Feb 8, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. This week, LV West delivers a sequel to his "Watching the Wheel" message from Watch Night. Then in Ezekiel 1 we accompanied the prophet as he watched the Great Cosmic Wheel, and now we stand with the mighty prophet in the Spirit as he receives his prophetic calling in Ezekiel 2.Read more
For Such a Time As This
Worship, Feb 1, 10am
VIDEO. We live in interesting times, times of empire, where power is centralized, fear is weaponized, and entire communities live at the mercy of decisions made far away from them. Times when a cold darkness settles over the land and God can seem hidden. Pastor Andrew asks us, What does it mean to be faithful in such times?Read more
Our Wide, Messy Circle
Worship, Jan 25, 10am
VIDEO. Everybody has their perceptions of which camp is best, which version of the truth is the most compelling. We quickly define ourselves by what we are for and against; we divide and judge. But we follow a Savior who calls us to strive for unity and harmony. The Rev. Elizabeth Graham looks at Paul urging the Corinthians to deal with their divisions.Read more
What the World Needs Now
Worship, Jan 18, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk who received a standing ovation from the 7,000 persons attending the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago on September 11, 1893. The Rev Jim Brown will highlight Vivekananda's message on religious tolerance as something sorely needed in today's fractured world.Read more
Baptismal Problems and Promises
Worship, Jan 11, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. This Sunday is the Baptism of the Lord Sunday. We hear God’s voice declaring that Jesus is God’s beloved Son in whom God is well pleased. These empowering words of grace spoken here to Jesus are also meant for us. For we, too, are God’s beloved children, those with whom God is well pleased. Join the Rev. San Williams at 8:30 in Pope Hall and 11:00 in the sanctuary and via livestream.Read more
Making A Way Out of No Way
Worship, Jan 4, 10am
VIDEO. Have you ever lost your way? Has the American Church lost its way? What Jesus really mean when he says "I am the way, the truth and the life" (John 14:1-7)? Pastor Andrew takes on one of the most misused and abused biblical texts in America to call us in this new year to deeply reexamine our way of life, the truths we depend upon and the life we live.Read morePage 1 of 14