Sermons 2023

Rev. Mark Stryker preaches to Facing Our Fear of… Pain. Isolated and abandoned. Hungry and thirsty. Vulnerable and alone. Most of us spend our entire lives avoiding these very things. Instead, we surround ourselves with people, stock our refrigerators, and make sure we are always in the know. And yet, it is these uncomfortable experiences that are trademarks of the hallowed space we know in Scripture and in life as the wilderness. While the concept of wilderness often evokes images of desert plains and physical suffering, it can also be found in the busiest of cities and endured within our minds [...]

Rev. Dr. Charlene Han Powell preaches to Facing Our Fear of… Silence. Isolated and abandoned. Hungry and thirsty. Vulnerable and alone. Most of us spend our entire lives avoiding these very things. Instead, we surround ourselves with people, stock our refrigerators, and make sure we are always in the know. And yet, it is these uncomfortable experiences that are trademarks of the hallowed space we know in Scripture and in life as the wilderness. While the concept of wilderness often evokes images of desert plains and physical suffering, it can also be found in the busiest of cities and endured within [...]

Rev. Tom Elson preaches to Facing Our Fear of… Powerlessness. Isolated and abandoned. Hungry and thirsty. Vulnerable and alone. Most of us spend our entire lives avoiding these very things. Instead, we surround ourselves with people, stock our refrigerators, and make sure we are always in the know. And yet, it is these uncomfortable experiences that are trademarks of the hallowed space we know in Scripture and in life as the wilderness. While the concept of wilderness often evokes images of desert plains and physical suffering, it can also be found in the busiest of cities and endured within our minds [...]

Rev. Dr. Charlene Han Powell preaches to Facing Our Fear of… Being Invisible. Isolated and abandoned. Hungry and thirsty. Vulnerable and alone. Most of us spend our entire lives avoiding these very things. Instead, we surround ourselves with people, stock our refrigerators, and make sure we are always in the know. And yet, it is these uncomfortable experiences that are trademarks of the hallowed space we know in Scripture and in life as the wilderness. While the concept of wilderness often evokes images of desert plains and physical suffering, it can also be found in the busiest of cities and endured [...]

Rev. Dr. Charlene Han Powell preaches to Facing Our Fear of… the Unknown. Isolated and abandoned. Hungry and thirsty. Vulnerable and alone. Most of us spend our entire lives avoiding these very things. Instead, we surround ourselves with people, stock our refrigerators, and make sure we are always in the know. And yet, it is these uncomfortable experiences that are trademarks of the hallowed space we know in Scripture and in life as the wilderness. While the concept of wilderness often evokes images of desert plains and physical suffering, it can also be found in the busiest of cities and endured [...]

Rev. David Vásquez-Levy preaches on Relevant Leadership: Esther. The last thing anyone wants to be called is “ordinary.” We think being “ordinary” means not being special or making a difference…yet Scripture begs to differ. From the Old Testament to the New, God uses ordinary individuals in ordinary circumstances in ordinary places to do the extraordinary. Join us in worship this winter as we delve into the sacred Ministry of the Ordinary—where we are all called to serve God through our everyday actions and interactions. Together we will listen to the stories of ordinary faithfulness found in the Bible as well as [...]

Rev. Michelle Vecchio-Lyzenga preaches Raising Up Our Youth: Hannah and Eli. The last thing anyone wants to be called is “ordinary.” We think being “ordinary” means not being special or making a difference…yet Scripture begs to differ. From the Old Testament to the New, God uses ordinary individuals in ordinary circumstances in ordinary places to do the extraordinary. Join us in worship this winter as we delve into the sacred Ministry of the Ordinary—where we are all called to serve God through our everyday actions and interactions. Together we will listen to the stories of ordinary faithfulness found in the Bible [...]

Rev. Dr. Charlene Han Powell preaches Everyday Evangelism: Zacchaeus. The last thing anyone wants to be called is “ordinary.” We think being “ordinary” means not being special or making a difference…yet Scripture begs to differ. From the Old Testament to the New, God uses ordinary individuals in ordinary circumstances in ordinary places to do the extraordinary. Join us in worship this winter as we delve into the sacred Ministry of the Ordinary—where we are all called to serve God through our everyday actions and interactions. Together we will listen to the stories of ordinary faithfulness found in the Bible as well [...]

Rev. Dr. Charlene Han Powell preaches to Loving On Empty: The Widow at Zarephath. The last thing anyone wants to be called is “ordinary.” We think being “ordinary” means not being special or making a difference…yet Scripture begs to differ. From the Old Testament to the New, God uses ordinary individuals in ordinary circumstances in ordinary places to do the extraordinary. Join us in worship this winter as we delve into the sacred Ministry of the Ordinary—where we are all called to serve God through our everyday actions and interactions. Together we will listen to the stories of ordinary faithfulness found [...]

Rev. Kamal Hassan preaches on The Fierce Urgency of Now. The last thing anyone wants to be called is “ordinary.” We think being “ordinary” means not being special or making a difference…yet Scripture begs to differ. From the Old Testament to the New, God uses ordinary individuals in ordinary circumstances in ordinary places to do the extraordinary. Join us in worship this winter as we delve into the sacred Ministry of the Ordinary—where we are all called to serve God through our everyday actions and interactions. Together we will listen to the stories of ordinary faithfulness found in the Bible as [...]