by Secretary | Nov 26, 2023 | Sermons
Everything’s Fine? Everything’s Fine? On Christ the King Sunday Matthew’s gospel summarizes the mission of Christ we are called to live out. Scripture: Matthew 25: 31-46 This morning is Christ the King Sunday. A day in the church year when we mark...
by Secretary | Nov 19, 2023 | Sermons
Faithfulness While Waiting Faithfulness While Waiting Scripture: Matthew 25: 14-30 What does faithfulness look like in a period of waiting? I’ll confess that while I was faithfully waiting for a clear direction on where to go with the sermon, I noticed that my...
by Secretary | Nov 12, 2023 | Sermons
We Have Enough, We Are Enough We Have Enough, We Are Enough The question that runs through my mind as I continue to reflect on this passage surrounds those 5 so called foolish bridesmaids. What if they trusted in what they had, what if they had enough oil and...
by Secretary | Nov 7, 2023 | Sermons
Remembrance Sunday 2023 Remembrance Sunday 2023 This past Sunday St. Andrew’s marked Remembrance Day. As is our tradition, the Sunday before November 11th is Remembrance Sunday. A special thank you to all who participated in the service: Janet Leadbeater, Peter...
by Secretary | Oct 29, 2023 | Sermons
Love God, Love People Love God, Love People Scripture: Matthew 22: 34-46 Have you ever seen an image or a picture that if you stare at long enough you begin to see another shape? Perhaps there are faces embedded within the drawing or a series of circles. Others have...
by Secretary | Oct 22, 2023 | Sermons
To Give Back To Give Back Scripture: Matthew 22: 15-22 In the famous words of Admiral Akbar, “It’s a trap!” The question we might ask is a trap for who? Welcome to our passage from Matthew this morning. As sure a trap as I’ve ever seen. It isn’t Jesus who is trying to...
by Secretary | Oct 15, 2023 | Sermons
Garments of Grace Garments of Grace Scripture: Matthew 22: 1-14 I know why this parable gives me a hard time and I wonder if perhaps you have same difficulty. It’s that individual who actually comes to the wedding, but doesn’t have the proper clothes. The one who gets...
by Secretary | Oct 1, 2023 | Sermons
Authority Authority Scripture: Matthew 21: 23-32 There is an old Jewish witticism in which someone asks his rabbi, “Why do rabbis always answer a question with another question?” to which the rabbi replied, “Why shouldn’t a rabbi answer a question with another...
by Secretary | Sep 24, 2023 | Sermons
Share the Blanket Share the Blanket Scripture: Jonah 3:10 – 4:11 and Matthew 20: 1-16 If you read the gospels, you will discover that people ask Jesus a lot of questions. If you read a little deeper and do a little bit of math you will discover that of all the...
by Secretary | Sep 17, 2023 | Sermons
Forgiveness Forgiveness Scripture: Genesis 50: 15-21 and Matthew 18: 21-35 Is there a harder commandment in all of scripture? Chelsey Harmon tells a story or paints a picture about forgiveness. She writes, “One of the complaints that student loan borrowers made about...