by Secretary | Apr 17, 2018 | Sermons
This past Sunday, April 15th, we made the decision to cancel our service of worship due to the freezing rain and icy conditions. Posted below is the sermon which Rev. Ellis wrote for the service. It focuses on the words of Jesus to the disciples, “You will be...
by Secretary | Apr 9, 2018 | Sermons
It is still Easter. Though the events of Easter Sunday have been buried under a mountain’s worth of weekly activities, it is still Easter. Christ is Risen! It seems an odd refrain given our disembodied response to time. Often it is hard to maintain connections....
by Secretary | Apr 2, 2018 | Sermons
Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! The glorious chorus is raised on Easter morning. The tomb is empty, Jesus is alive, death has been conquered. The resurrection of Jesus is a central theme and doctrine of the Christian faith. We are resurrection people, but...
by Secretary | Mar 27, 2018 | Prayer
As we enter Holy Week a range of emotions come upon us. We witness the betrayal, death and resurrection of Jesus. We ask questions of who we are in the understanding of God’s holy light. I hope that this short poem/prayer can align our hearts and minds during...
by Secretary | Mar 26, 2018 | Sermons
We have entered Holy Week and in doing so have entered Jerusalem with Jesus. The Triumphal Entry celebrates the kingship of Jesus Christ. His followers recognize that something new is happening. For Jesus it is the beginning of a long, dark week which will end with...
by Secretary | Mar 19, 2018 | Sermons
Do people see Jesus through us? This is the question that our passage from John’s gospel raises in me. Do people see Jesus, through me? A group of Greek’s approach one of the disciples and ask to see Jesus. It is a simple and deeply profound request. ...
by Secretary | Mar 12, 2018 | Sermons
Our passage from John’s gospel this morning contains in it one of the most famous lines in all of scripture. In John 3:16 we read “for God so loved the world that he sent his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal...
by Secretary | Mar 5, 2018 | Sermons
The third Sunday of Lent has us journeying to John’s gospel. Here we have a slightly disembodied encounter. We witness Jesus clear the temples courts. An event that surely belongs in the season of Lent, though the positioning in John’s gospel is curious...
by Secretary | Feb 26, 2018 | Sermons
The second Sunday of Lent features Jesus speaking openly to the disciples and others who have gathered. He teaches a powerful truth about his future and what it means to follow him. It is a message the Peter has trouble with and for which Peter receives a stern public...
by Secretary | Feb 21, 2018 | Devotionals
Below is a wonderful poem by Linda Pastan titled Imaginary Conversation. I used it as a sermon illustration a few weeks ago and felt that it deserved to have its own place. Imaginary Conversation You tell me to live each day as if it were my last. This is in the...
