(Sunday, April 28th At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: John 15:1-8
Acts 8:26-40
Sermon: Two Conversations, Pastor Harper
“You are at the beginning of something new. You are learning a new way of being.”
-International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
(Sunday, April 21st At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: 1 John 3: 16-18
John 10:11-18
Sermon: Those Other Sheep, Pastor Harper
“The Shepherd never mentions the quality of sheep he demands. The Shepherd never holds auditions. The Shepherd never bases their protection and love and concern for their sheep on how the sheep look or feel or behave.”
-Nadia Bolz-Weber
(Saturday, April 20th At 2 PM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: John 20:11-18
Romans 8:18-25, 31-39
Psalm 23
Special Remembrances of David will be shared.
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters, He refreshes my soul.- from Psalm 23
(Sunday, April 14th At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Psalm 40:1-5
Sermon: Special Chorale Easter Music
““Praise God with trumpet sound, with lute and harp! Praise the Holy One with tambourine and dance, with strings and pipe! Praise the Creator with clanging cymbals, with loud and clashing cymbals! Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!” - from Psalm 150
(Sunday, April 7th At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: 1 John 1:1-2:2 and John 20:19-31
Sermon: Doubt by Rev. Carolyn Tilley
“We are not alone: saints and angels invisible, yet in splendor, surround us; Jesus the healer is with us. Your Holy Spirit, O God, leads us to yearn for our own completeness, for the well-being of others, and for a better life. Fill us with the expectation of goodness; and should any here feel burdened by guilt or inadequacy, let the grace of Jesus be made real in all its liberating power.” - The Iona Community
(Sunday, March 31st At 11 AM, Hybrid Easter Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 and Mark 16:1-8
Sermon: If Only He Had Stayed in the Grave by Pastor Mark Harper
“The Holy One will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more; for the first things have passed away. And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’” - Revelation 21:4-5
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(Sunday, March 24th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11 and Mark 11:1-11
Sermon: On a Colt Never Ridden by Pastor Mark Harper
“Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around, turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around, I’m gonna keep on a walkin’, keep on a talkin’, marching up to freedom land.” -Traditional Civil Rights Song
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(Sunday, March 17th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34 and John 12:20-33
Sermon: Seeds by Pastor Mark Harper
“What didn’t you do to bury me but you forgot that I was a seed.” -Dinos Christianopoulos (1931-2020)
Photo by Anastasia Zhenina on Unsplash
(Sunday, March 10th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 and John 3:14-21
Sermon: Exposed by Pastor Mark Harper
“Why did it have to be snakes?” --Indiana Jones
“Mature love casts out fear.” —1 John 4:18 (Cotton Patch Version)
Photo by Unseen Histories on Unsplash
(Sunday, March 3rd At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:1-7 and John 2:13-25
Sermon: The Power of Place by Pastor Mark Harper
“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” -Wendell Berry
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
(Sunday, February 25th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Genesis 17:1-7,15-16 and Mark 8:31-38
Sermon: Rebuking Jesus by Pastor Mark Harper
“The message of the cross is sheer folly to those on the way to destruction, but to us, who are on the way to salvation, it is the power of God.” -1 Corinthians 1:18
(Sunday, February 18th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Genesis 9:8-15 and Mark 1:9-15
Sermon: When God Takes the Wheel by Pastor Mark Harper
“The wilderness is a dangerous place. You only go there if you have to.” from “Godly Play” Sunday School Curriculum
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(Sunday, February 11th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Mark 8:34-35 and Mark 9:2-9
Sermon: Servant Summit by Pastor Mark Harper
“A church is a place you go out from. Just so, a mountain is a place you come down from. Listen. See. Come down. Go out.” - Bill Wylie-Kellermann
Photo by Aleesha Wood on Unsplash
(Sunday, February 4th At 11 AM, Hybrid Community Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 and Mark 1:40-45
Sermon: Half-free by Pastor Mark Harper
“Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” - Isaiah 40:31
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(Sunday, January 28th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:15-18 and Mark 1:21-28
Sermon: When Jesus Comes to Church by Pastor Mark Harper
“We are called to be the church: to celebrate God’s presence, to live with respect in creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God. Amen.” - Iona Abbey Worship Book
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(Sunday, January 21th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Mark 1:14-20 and Jonah 3:1-5,10
Sermon: Sacred Stubbornness by Pastor Mark Harper
“The good news is that with the anointing of the Holy Spirit, ordinary people can do extraordinary things.” - Dr. Teresa Fry Brown, African American History and Devotions
(Sunday, January 14th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Exodus 3:1-12 and Luke 4:16-21
Sermon: Light to the Powers by Pastor Mark Harper
“There is a sort of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple act of living together as (siblings).” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Nobel Prize Lecture
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(Sunday, January 7th At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-12 and Matthew 2:1-18
Sermon: Light to the Powers by Pastor Mark Harper
“That is the trouble with God. God does not let you leave as you came. God sends you back, stripped of your presumptions, making for home by another way.” -from The Wild Goose Worship Group: Cloth for the Cradle
(Sunday, December 24th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8 and Luke 2:22-40
Sermon: Letting Go and Getting On: Ritual of Recommitment for All God’s Children by Pastor Mark Harper
“The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all.” - Titus 2:11
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(Sunday, December 24th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 and Luke 1:26-38
Sermon: When the Script Changes by Pastor Mark Harper
“The Lord will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel (God is with us).” -Isaiah 7:14b
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(Sunday, December 17th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-15a and Mark 1:1-8
Sermon: Magnifying Jesus by Pastor Mark Harper
Virgin
It seems everyone wants at least 3-5 years experience.
Except God, that is.
[God] looks for the one willing to try something new. - Sam Gutierrez
Photo by Daniel Sessler on Unsplash
(Sunday, December 10th At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-15a and Mark 1:1-8
Sermon: Whose Gospel is it Anyway? by Pastor Mark Harper
“O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, Sun of justice: Come, shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death.” -from Litany for Advent O Antiphons, Book of Common Worship
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(Sunday, December 3rd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-9
Choral Sunday: Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi
“Hope is believing in spite of the evidence, and then watching the evidence change.” - Jim Wallis paraphrasing Hebrews 11:1
Photo by David Beale on Unsplash
(Sunday, November 26th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Ezekiel 34:11-16 and Matthew 25:31-46
Sermon: When Did We See You by Pastor Mark Harper
“Loving as Jesus loves, helping as Jesus helps, giving as Jesus gives, serving as Jesus serves, rescuing as Jesus rescues, being with him twenty-four hours, touching him in his distressing disguise.” - Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Photo by Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash
(Sunday, November 19th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 and Matthew 5:14-16
Sermon: Let Your Light Shine - Testimonies of Servant Leadership
“Against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up.” - Anne Lamott
(Sunday, November 12th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 and Matthew 25: 1-23
Sermon: Come as you Are by Pastor Mark Harper
“(In the City of God), there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light … .”
-Revelation 22:5
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(Sunday, November 5th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Remember to turn your Clocks Back!!
Scripture: Psalm 107:1-9 and Matthew 23: 1-12
Sermon: Stewards of One Another by Pastor Mark Harper
“As followers of Jesus, we should not only believe in miracles, but we must live in a way that might necessitate one.” -Shane Claiborne
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(Sunday, October 29th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: I Corinthians 13 and Matthew 22:34-40
Sermon: The Map Is Not The Ground by Pastor Mark Harper
“Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we will bear each other’s faults and burdens. If we love enough, we are going to light that fire in the hearts of others. And it is love that will burn out the sins and hatreds that sadden us.” -Dorothy Day
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(Sunday, October 22nd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Psalm 121 and Matthew 22:15-22
Sermon: Render What? by Rev. Carolyn Tilley
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(Sunday, October 15th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Philippians 4:1-9 and Matthew 22:1-14
Sermon: The Wedding Crasher by Pastor Mark Harper
“ … God will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; God will swallow up death forever.” - Isaiah 25:7-8
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