by Neil Ellis | Jun 7, 2020 | Sermons
Created in the Image of God Created in the Image of God God works and moves in ways that I will never understand. Over the past week we have held in tension our ongoing anxiety of a global pandemic and have confronted questions and issues of race that have long been...
by Neil Ellis | May 31, 2020 | Sermons
Rebuilding Community in Partnership with the Holy Spirit Rebuilding Community in Partnership with the Holy Spirit It is Pentecost Sunday, a day when the church celebrates, the renewsing, sustaining and transformative power of the Holy Spirit, the third figure of the...
by Neil Ellis | May 24, 2020 | Sermons
Can I Get a Witness? Can I Get a Witness? It is Ascension Sunday. The day we celebrate when Jesus left the diciples and ascended to sit at the right hand of God. Though it is only afforded a few verses in Luke’s gospel, the ascension provides a powerful image....
by Neil Ellis | May 17, 2020 | Sermons
We Are Not Alone We Are Not Alone We are coming to the end of the Easter season and Jesus is preparing us, as he did with the disciples, for what comes next. In our passage from John, Jesus speaks of the Advocate who will come and be with us. We know the Advocate as...
by Neil Ellis | May 10, 2020 | Sermons
Between Vulnerability and Trust Between Vulnerability and Trust Our passage this morning is familiar and comforting. Jesus asks that our hearts not be troubled. He reminds us that he is the way, the truth and the life. All comforting statements for us to hear in the...
by Neil Ellis | May 3, 2020 | Sermons
Life Abundant Life Abundant It is Anniversay Sunday! As we celebrate this milestone in our congregation we consider two well known passages of scripture, both of which deal with the comforting pastoral image of the Good Shepherd. Scripture: Psalm 23 and John 10: 1-10...
