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Sunday, April 28, 2024

April 28, 2024 - Abide in Me

The Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves examines John’s gospel reading’s use of the word “abide” which, in the Greek, means so much more than our English usage: “He doesn't use the word Trinity, but that's where he's going. He's opening up that idea of God in three and God as one.”

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

April 21, 2024 - Looking and Seeing

Just looking at something doesn’t necessarily mean you’re seeing it, or even understanding it. The Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves takes us to Jesus’ empty tomb for a look in. What do you see?
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Sunday, April 14, 2024

April 14, 2024 - A World in Peace

With inspiration from her recent visit to the Navajo nation, the Rt. Rev. Susan Brown Snook challenges us to envision a world in peace: “That means it's up to us in the church to help people have a true experience of the risen Jesus…to offer his peace to the world. That is the mission of the church.”
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Sunday, April 7, 2024

April 7, 2024 - A New Age

Thomas was just one of many eyewitnesses to the risen Christ. The Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves describes this new age that has been ushered in by the historical fact of Jesus’ resurrection. “Our resurrection hope is that God is at work now by His spirit, restoring His creation to how it was meant to be.”
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Easter Day, March 31, 2024

March 31, 2024 - Christ the Cornerstone

This Easter the Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves urges us to heed St. Peter, and build our lives around Christ as the cornerstone: “We can be living stones. That which is dead and lifeless can be given new life because of what happened that first Easter morn.”
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Good Friday, March 29, 2024

March 29, 2024 - Loss and Betrayal

On his last day Jesus experienced heartbreaking loss and betrayal, yet used that experience to pour out love. Taking Jesus’ example the Rev. Christina Miller urges “…we each let what pierces our hearts enable love to pour through us.”

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Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024

March 28, 2024 - Humility and Service

At that last supper Jesus modeled actions to follow demonstrating humility and service, or as the Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves offered “our faith is worked out in the midst of life as we serve one another.”

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Sunday, March 24, 2024

March 24, 2024 - Even Stones Would Shout

As we enter Jerusalem with Jesus, we learn that even stones would shout God’s praise. As the Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves points out “it's not just humanity that praises God, the whole of creation joins in praise of the creator.”
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Sunday, March 17, 2024

March 17, 2024 - Transformational Journey

On a baptism Sunday, The Rev. Christina Miller ask us to consider where each of us are on our transformational journey in Christ, allowing that “Wherever you are is exactly where you need to be and exactly where God is meeting you.”
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Sunday, March 10, 2024

March 10, 2024 - First Principles

The Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves examines our readings for the day, describing how they bring out “first principles” of our faith, those of both loving and giving. “We worship a God who loves us, who gave Himself for us and calls us to walk with Him so that we might be raised up with Him.”
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Sunday, March 3, 2024

March 3, 2024 - Jesus as Disruptor

The Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves speaks to Jesus overturning tables in the temple and the given wisdom of the world. Giving us concrete suggestions, he offers that “We need to overturn our thinking and embrace God's knowledge, God's wisdom, God's perspective, God's power.”
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Sunday, February 25, 2024

February 25, 2024 - Never Too Late

Abram and Sarai chose to accept God’s call to them. As we contemplate our Lenten journeys, the Rev. Christina Miller allows as how “Abraham and Sarah’s story reminds us that we can always set out on the next iteration of our spiritual journeys…leading deeper into the very heart of God.”
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Sunday, February 18, 2024

February 18, 2024 - The Choices We Make

Looking at St. Mark’s gospel account of Jesus in the wilderness, the Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves examines the choices Jesus both had and didn’t have, asking us “Maybe there are areas of our life in which we feel we don't have a choice, and maybe that's not the case?”
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

February 14, 2024 - The Paradoxes of Ash Wednesday

The Rev. Christina Miller notes the myriad of paradoxes that confront us as we honor Ash Wednesday on St. Valentine’s Day are but “…a reminder that we are deeply, irrevocably interconnected to all of creation and to one another.”
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Sunday, February 11, 2024

February 11, 2024 - Praise and Glory

In his final sermon before Lent the Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves encourages us, starting with Psalm 145, to use the psalms over the next weeks to learn praise and glory, in preparation for the  “…one day we will see God truly in all his glory face to face.” He refers us to today’s bulletin for six other psalms to study over Lent’s 40 days (they are psalms 8,19,33, 66,96, and 103).
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Sunday, February 4, 2024

February 4, 2024 - On Eagle Wings

The Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves speaks to the prophet Isaiah’s words of encouragement to those who may grow weary that God comes in the person of Jesus to lift us on eagle wings: “May all of us who feel weary, find the rest that Jesus offers.”
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Sunday, January 28, 2024

January 28, 2024 - Finding Our Way To One Another

The Rev. Christina Miller uses Jesus’ encounter in the synagogue with a man consumed by demons to demonstrate how each of us can find our way to one another so we can both heal and be healed.
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Sunday, January 21, 2024

January 21, 2024 - Follow Me

The Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves talks about how Jesus’ command to his disciples to “follow me” was a “Kairos” moment for them, a moment when time stood still and the rest of their lives hinged on their decision. Rev. Mark says “Follow me is both the invitation to and a promise of new life ... What do we need to leave behind that we might follow Jesus?”
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Sunday, January 14, 2024

January 14, 2024 -

The Rev. Mark speaks on "seeing"; how we tend to "look" but not see with spiritual insight as God sees.
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Sunday, January 7, 2024

January 7, 2024 -

The Rev. Mark speaks on the lessons learned for the new year from the story of the Magi seeking Jesus.
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Sunday, December 31, 2023

December 31, 2023 - Christmas 1

The Rev. Christina Miller speaks about the transition into the new year using the Prayer of Examen from St. Ignatius.
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