November 3, 2019 - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture: 1 Kings 21:1-16 Moment for Mission:  COG Christmas Shopping Spree  Sermon Audio: 11-3-19File Size: 28934 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

November 3: Love Your EnemiesJohn Sprole leads a study of Arthur C. Brooks' new book, Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. Brooks blends cutting-edge behavioral research, ancient wisdom, and a decade of experience leading one of America’s top policy think tanks in a work that offers a better way to lead based on bridging divides and mending relationships. The presentation focuses on how each of us can have better, more respectfu [...]

October 27:  Issues for Faithful Voters - Healthcare (Second in 2 Week Series)The health insurance system is cumbersome for providers as well as patients. P.J. Parmar runs a clinic that specializes in low-income patients and makes money doing it. This class included a TED Talk in the recorded audio. Watch the talk on the TED website or embedded here:​Further watching: The health care system assumes patients can do things many people can't.Class Audio: Healthcare W [...]

October 20, 2019 - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:1-11 Moment for Mission: Lamb Award, Recipient - Peri Van Tassel  Sermon Audio: Shepherds DedicationFile Size: 28196 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

October 20 - Contemporary Issues Although Americans disagree about what to do with the health care system, Rebecca Onie shows that we actually agree on what creates health.This class included a TED Talk in the recorded audio. Watch the talk on the TED website or embedded here:​Further watching: Health outcomes are based on environment, not just genetics and lifestyle.And, what if getting older didn't have to mean getting less healthy and more expensive?Class Audio [...]

October 13 - Contemporary IssuesContemporary Issues takes a look at global food insecurity. Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war.This class included a TED Talk in the recorded audio. Watch the talk on the TED website or embedded here:​Further watching: Ellen Gustafson lays out the connections between hunger, obesity, a [...]

October 13, 2019 - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture: Ruth 1:1-18 Moment for Mission:  Youth Emergency Shelter Services (YESS)  Sermon Audio: Children's Bible PresentationFile Size: 22776 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

October 6, 2019 - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture: Deuteronomy 5:1-21 ​ Sermon Audio: 10/6/2019File Size: 27095 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

October 6, 2019 - Contemporary Issues Contemporary Issues begins looking at "Issues for Faithful Voters" with a look atrefugees and asylum seekers. What do those terms mean? And what could be done to fix the broken global refugee system?  Helpful background: "Refugee" and other related terms have specific meanings. Here's a quick primer.This class included a TED Talk in the recorded audio. Watch the talk on the TED website or embedded here:Further viewing: What is the re [...]

September 29, 2019 - 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture: Matthew 2:16-18; Exodus 1:8-22Speaker: Rev. Marcy Campbell, HR ​ Sermon Audio: Power vs. InnocenceFile Size: 23961 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]