Okay, so my proud blogging moment of March was when I went through and updated all of my pages and then created a Year of Mark page where all of my sermons from Mark are archived!  It's crazy to look back and see how far we have gotten.

Here is my sermon from last Sunday.  It was the end of chapter 12, the end of the Gospel narrative, before the apocalypse in chapter 13 transitions us into the Passion.  I feel like everyone in the church is really into this right now!  It's going to be a little bit odd celebrating Easter and then jumping back into the Passion and the crucifixion and resurrection but also we are all really caught up in the story right now, so I think it will be fine.

Here's my sermon!  Enjoy ... 

-Sarah

Full disclosure - according to the timestamp on my phone, I texted Bruce at 9:22PM last night (Saturday night) and said:

Word count: 75

I haven't done this in a long time.  I have really tried to move away from the whole Saturday night sermon writing thing - it just doesn't work for me in this particular season of my life.  But for so many reasons this week, I just couldn't get it together - and yet, I was totally calm about the whole thing.  We had our annual Spaghetti Supper and Dessert Auction last night and after we cleaned up and everyone left, I sat down in my office and started to write.  And at 10:51PM I sent this text:

1657. Done!

Once I sat down, the words just flowed.  I love this scripture and I love preaching on it.  I love charging my church to be a Greatest Commandment church!

Here's the sermon.  Enjoy ... 

Sarah

I explained this in the sermon, but the timing of where we are in the Year of Mark is not totally lined up with the timing of where we are in the church year.  Technically we are already in Jerusalem - we skipped over the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, because we are going to read that in a few weeks on Palm Sunday.  So give yourself a minute, get yourself to Jerusalem and here's my sermon from this past week!

Enjoy ... 

-Sarah

It will come as no surprise to anyone who reads or hears my sermon that I for sure wasted four hours of my life on the two-part Bachelor finale this week and y'all - I am so glad it is over!  What a hot mess, but everyone seems happy in the end, so - okay?

Let's all focus on Lent and get caught up in some actual world-changing drama, shall we??

-Sarah

Hi friends!  I am a little bit behind in posting (what else is knew) but we have had a tough couple of weeks at the church and spend a lot of time just loving my people and walking through that with them.

Here is my sermon from March 3rd - Transfiguration Sunday!

-Sarah

We had such a special morning at RCC! I presided over a double baptism - a mother and son. It felt different to gather around the font with someone who was coming to it of their own free will.  Don't get me wrong - I love infant baptisms, they are honestly one of my favorite things in the world to do.  But this was special and it felt like such a privilege to have the opportunity to preside over this moment.

If you are looking for the video I talk about in my sermon, you can find it here.

Enjoy! - Rev. Sarah

Hi friends!  Here is my sermon from this morning.  If you are preaching on this text and looking for a children's sermon, I had all the kids wear crowns and we talked about what we would do if we were kings and queens and princes and princesses and then I talked about how Jesus said if we want to be great that we first have to serve others.  I charged the kids (and later the adults) to do at least one thing to serve others this week.

Enjoy!

Hi friends!  Here is my sermon from this past Sunday, February 10th.  For the first time, Bruce said to me after church, "I like the whole Year of Mark thing and I get why we are doing it, but I kind of miss the Old Testament."   A year is definitely a long time to preach through one book!  I'm already starting to think about what I want to do next.  Any favorite sermon series?  Things you'd like to hear my thoughts on?

Enjoy!

-Sarah

Hi friends!  Sorry I didn't get to post this on Sunday - we hosted an impromptu Super Bowl Party (although does anyone follow Young House Love on instagram? Apparently you're supposed to call it "the big game" because "super bowl" is under copyright - who knew?) and I also figured no one would be listening to my sermon during the Super Bowl anyway - ha!

But on that note - the RCC Super Bowl Challenge is on!  I always tell the church that, if the Patriots win, Bruce and I would match, dollar for point, the total number of points the Patriots scored and donate the money to the church.  At halftime (when the score was 3-0) our Financial Secretary texted me and said, "The church isn't going to make any money."

Granted, the Patriots helped us out a little bit more in the second half, but the challenge has sort of become a free-for-all - people are multiplying the number of points scored by the number of members in their household, by the number of Super Bowls Tom Brady has won, by the MVPs number or just arbitrarily giving me $20 because "that's what I have in my wallet."  We also have a couple of Patriots-haters that are donating $3 for the Rams - ha!

So if you'd like to join in on the fun, you can send cash or a check to:

Rehoboth Congregational Church P.O. Box 325 Rehoboth, MA 02769

Write "Super Bowl Challenge" in the memo line and let us know what your challenge is!

Here is my sermon from Sunday.  Kind of a tough passage to preach on, but a really good message when you do the research and look at what Jesus is talking about.

Enjoy!

Hi all and Happy Sunday!  It was so nice to have clear skies for worship this morning.

Here is my sermon.  I was having a hard time coming up with a children's sermon - there's something about Jesus telling the disciples to cut off their hands and feet if they cause them to stumble that just doesn't translate well to children's ministry, ha!  Eventually I just gave up and asked Allison, our church school director, what their lesson was going to be.  They were learning about Daniel and how God makes us strong so I brought in a free weight and talked about different kind of strength.

Enjoy!

- Rev. Sarah