Category: Sunday Messages
Our Turn Now
Worship, Jul 28, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. So far in our four-week journey through Mark, we have watched Jesus calm a storm, cast off Empire, respond to a hemorrhaging woman, and lift up a little girl all but dead. Now it’s our turn. No longer spectators, we have things to do. Pastor Harry calls us to see ourselves in Mark 6:1-13.Read more
Jesus Took Her by the Hand
Worship, Jul 21
VIDEO. Last Sunday it was a woman healed of her hemorrhaging. Now it’s raising a little girl from the dead. Jesus is making his way through a society coming apart at the seams and offering life. How might we experience God’s life-giving presence in our day? The day's scripture is Mark 5:35-43.Read more
A Woman Tells the Whole Truth
Worship, Jul 14, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. A woman suffering for twelve years is healed by touching Jesus’ cloak and by telling him the whole truth (Mark 5:25-34). Pastor Harry poses the question: How might this story of touch and truth bring healing to us and the nation?Read more
They came to the other side of the sea
Worship, Jul 7, 10am
VIDEO. We continue the story from last Sunday (Mark 5:1-13) when Jesus and his disciples reach the “other side” of the Sea of Galilee. It is a foreign, dangerous, and hostile land, and a man with an unclean spirit is running among the tombs for he had wreched off his chains. Pastor Harry invites us to come and see how Jesus brings healing to the man and the land. Read more
Let us go to the other side
Worship, Jun 30, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. The sea is raging. The disciples are scared to death. Jesus is asleep on a pillow in the back of the boat. How might this scene in Mark 4:35-41 address the fear and anxiety we feel today? Explore that thought with Pastor Harry this Sunday.Read more
May We Plant a Thousand Seeds
Worship, Jun 23, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. Let’s begin to plant the Parable of the Mustard Seed in the world! These tiny seeds will be given out during worship and our job will be to cultivate and name them as our hope for coming generations. Pastor Harry challenges us with the questinon: What seed will you plant? The scripture for the day is Mark 4:26-34. Read more
The Spirit of Juneteenth Fathers
Worship, Jun 16, 10am
VIDEO. Rev. Jeff Morgan delivers our Sunday message, “The Spirit of Juneteenth Fathers Then and Now” at our service celebrating Juneteenth in Federal Park. His wife Toni Morgan leads the singing in an African American style worship service, with Malachi Roberts playing the drums. The service is followed by a picnic with Deollo Johnson leading us in line dancing. Read more
Coming Together as One
Worship, Jun 9, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. Paul instructed the Corinthians to break down barriers and come together, using the metaphor of “we are all one body” to teach the concept of community. So how do we do that—really. Janis Chitwood helps us try to sort that out. (Scripture: I Corinthians 12:14-26)Read more
The People’s Court
Worship, Jun 2, 10am
VIDEO. In Matthew 20:1-16 we encounter big questions of what is right, what is fair, and what is gracious. Pastor Andrew puts us in a dramatic court scene, and you are the jury. You must decide. View the video. Make your decision.Read morePage 2 of 7