Lesson: Isaiah 65:17-25. "Isaiah’s message from God is stunning in its simplicity and ability to transcend the ages. God desires us to be fulfilled: So, be glad and rejoice forever in what I (God) am creating."

Lesson: Luke 20:27-38. "But together, we can help each other catch the vision of that new life and new world that Jesus described, a life of inclusion and justice and freedom and shalom, and love. Together, working toward that vision, we practice resurrection. Together, we serve. May it continue to be so for at least another 116 years."

Lesson: Lesson: Luke 19:1-10. "Thanks be to God that Jesus follows us home. And thanks be to God for the saints of San Anselmo."'

Lesson: Psalm 65. "But what I will say is that in our tradition, our giving is the awe-filled and grateful response to the gifts from God our Creator, the Source of all that we are and all that we have, and an important way we partner with God in reforming God’s creation.

Royce Truex: "My great desire and hope is that what we do in this congregation proves that we all believe those things, that anyone looking at us will know that we treat everyone as a child of God, love the entire creation, are loyal to Jesus’ teachings, and, as members of the body of Christ, doing our best to be partners with God, doing God’s work in the world."

Lessons: Luke 17:11-19; Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7. “Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is the ability to dance to that music now.”

Lesson: Psalm 37:1-6; Luke 17:5-10. "You do not get more faith by closing your eyes, trying really hard to feel or to believe something, or by clicking the heels of your ruby slippers together. More faith comes through faithful living. You can do it. We can help. And your faith will be increased, not as a personal achievement, but as a gift of God.

Lesson: Jeremiah 32:1-15. "There's an old Greek proverb which says that a society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. I believe we can say the same thing about a great church.Trusting that God owns our tomorrow, may we, the church of Jesus Christ, have the courage and strength and faith to make that investment."

Lesson: Jeremiah 8:18-9:1. " I believe if we can cry together, our situation will change. Only to the extent that we remember that what we do to others is what we do to ourselves will we together be well again. Only then is there a balm in Gilead."

Lesson: Luke 15:1-10 "God loves ALL the sheep, ALL the coins, ALL the apartment seekers and landlords, children and parents, religious leaders and many more who make up our world and our lives. They are, we are, all precious in God’s sight. May we rejoice as a community of connected, messy, lost and found people, because we are so loved, and so precious in God’s sight."