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This sermon is a reflection on Isaiah 42:1-9, Matthew 3:13-17 and the Baptism of the Lord. Together we remember our own baptism and our call “to be a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon…”

We hope you also enjoy our choir performing a moving worship song at the end of the sermon.

Sermon by Jenna Meyers recorded January 15, 2017.

Epiphanies challenge us to see and recognize that which we have recognized and seen before.

Sermon by Jeff Gaines on January 8th

As Luther Smith wrote in Intimacy and Mission: "The call to community is experienced as a promise… When God calls people, God sustains them in answering the call. And when God sustains, life is blessed."

Sermon by Joan Huff on Luke 2.15-21 recorded on January 1, 2017.

The incarnation is all about God say to us: Welcome! Sermon by Jeff Gaines on Luke 2.8-14 recorded on Christmas Day, December 25, 2016.

Joseph was in a catch 22. He know the law and loved Mary. What was he to do? He trusted, even though he may not have believed that what messenger in his dream told him was true. This sermon looks at how light/God gets into us and the world.

Sermon by Jeff Gaines on Matthew 1.18-25 recorded on Sunday, December 18, 2017.

This sermon is a reflection on Isaiah 35:1-10 and Luke 1:46-55 (the Magnificat). With the help of Christine Rodger’s poem, “Pondering the Winter Mystery” in Once Upon a Luminous Night, we wonder what keeps bringing us to the stable year after year.

Sermon by Jenna Meyers recorded December 11, 2016.

Light and darkness live in harmony with one another. We are called not to be afraid, but to walk in the light of repentance which leads to hope.

Sermon by the Rev. Scott Clark on Matthew 3.1-12 on December 4, 2016

This sermon is a reflection on Isaiah 2:1-5 and Matthew 24:36-44. In conversation with Stacey Simspon Duke, Mark Yurs, and the retelling of events by Dallas Goldtooth at Standing Rock in South Dakota, we listen for how the light gets in even when we have reason to fear.

Sermon by Jenna Meyers recorded Nov 27, 2016.

In light of the national elections how do we respond; how do we grieve our lost and unmet expectations.

Sermon by Jeff Gaines based on Colossians 1.11-20 recorded on November 20, 2016.

Lay Sunday reflections on stories of giving. Stories from Denise Bradley and Nick Endres.