by Jessie Lowry
In honor of Pentecost, this sermon explores the Holy Spirit and its gifts to us. One of God’s most important gifts through the Spirit is unity even amidst great difference and division. Our world needs that gift now more than ever, but are we open to it? Do we think unity means we have to all be the same? How does Pentecost reveal God’s dreams for our broken world?
VIDEO OF WORSHIP INCLUDING MUSIC
by Jessie Lowry
This sermon explores one of the central themes of the Christian faith: RESURRECTION, using one of the most famous passages in the Bible about it: 1 Corinthians 15.
What does it mean that we believe in victory over death? Not just for Jesus, but for us? What does this look like in an age of pandemic fears? How does resurrection connect to re-opening after quarantine?
Musical Offering from COA Contemporary Worship Team: “Love Lifted Me” by Tasha Layton
by Jessie Lowry
This sermon explores one of the most famous passages in the Bible—1 Corinthians 13. What does it really tell us about love, beyond romantic love and weddings? How do we live out the call of this love in our everyday lives; in the Church; in this pandemic era?
MUSICAL OFFERING FOR THE WEEK PREPARED BY MIKE JARJOURA (COA Assistant Music Director): “Love Is a Verb”
“How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
-Anne Frank, from her wartime diary The Diary of a Young Girl
Back in the 1960s when folk masses were in vogue, William Flanders wrote a folk hymn entitled Love Is A Verb. Love is a verb, not a noun. Love is not a thing; love is what one does. Love is action. What an interesting and profound thought! I may be wrong, but if we really want the world to look different the next time we step outside, we need to make love a verb, not a noun, and do some love. That is a challenge that is for each one of us!
by Jessie Lowry
This sermon dives into Paul’s letter to the Corinthian church and offers us a reminder that being Christians does not magically make us nice people who get along. So how do we deal with that? What power does faith have to overcome our divisions—in our families, neighborhoods, culture and churches?
FUN-Day School for this scripture lesson led by COA Christian Educator, Debbie Barbour
Presented by Diana Martin, vocalist, and Mike Jarjoura, pianist.
by Jessie Lowry
Today’s sermon is based on Acts 20:7-12—the little known (and seldom-preached) story of Eutychus, the youth who fell asleep during a long sermon by the Apostle Paul. Why was this story included in the grand stories of the early church, and what message might it have for us today?
A lesson on The Church at Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-9 and 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10) for children of all ages.
Worship Offering recorded by Fernando Ortega / Presented by Mike Jarjoura, Molly Fullerton, Chip Grounds, & Rob Werntz
9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship
(Nursery Provided)
10:40 a.m. Adult Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Contemporary Service
(Children's Sunday School: ages 4-grade 5, Sept-May)
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