In her sermon, Pastor Cara Scriven helps us to consider the chaotic events of Wednesday through the lens of this week's scripture lesson, John the Baptist's call to repentance, and our shared baptismal vows.
Sermon: Gratitude and Gifts
This Sunday explore what the Wise men's gifts can teach us when we look at this story through the lens of gratitude.
Sermon: The Non-Silent Night
Pastor Melinda and Pastor Cara offer a reflection on the non-Silent Night that occurred on the night Jesus was born. This sermon was part of the Service of Lessons & Carols that took place on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2020.
Sermon: Song of Hope
On this fourth Sunday of Advent, we explore the story of Mary’s visitation with Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-56) and the confirmation it provides to both women. Pastor Cara Scriven also leads us in reflecting upon Mary's song and a more contemporary one about her.
Sermon: Radical Hope
For our third week of Advent, Pastor Cara Scriven expands upon our scripture lessons from Isaiah 61:1-11 and Luke's Gospel (1:26-38) where Mary learns of her pregnancy from an angel. Taking scripture as pretext, what voices and from where should we look for hope today?
Re-Turning to Hope
As we celebrate the second Sunday of Advent, Pastor Cara’s message will have us wondering about locusts, change, and repentance. Her sermon touches on this week’s scripture reading from Joel (2:12-13, 28-29) and the Gospel of Matthew (1:18-25) as well as a new, favorite Christmas movie.
Sermon: Delivering Hope
The story of Daniel and the Lions (Daniel 6:6-27) is one often taught to children in Sunday School. In her sermon, Pastor Cara Scriven unpacks this interesting story helping to draw out connections to the season of Advent (Gospel of John 1:1-5) and the challenging time within which we are living today.
Sermon: Holding on to Hope
In this week's scripture lesson (Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-28; then 31:31-34), the prophet Jeremiah produces a scroll calling for repentance, but the king burns it. Pastor Melinda Giese finds a few similarities between the kingdom of Judah Jeremiah was writing in and the difficult times we are living in.
Despite the dire prophecy, Jeremiah promises a new covenant, written on the heart. Pastor Melinda finds hope for us in this too.