This morning’s sermon ties into All Saints Sunday, looking at the ancient story of the very first Passover and what it means to people of God today. What role does memory play in our faith? The people we remember and the stories we tell—how do they shape who become? This ritual of Passover, if we let it, has power to ground us and center us in a chaotic world that tries to tell us who we are.
10/25/2020: PLEDGE SUNDAY: Giving & Growing—Growing OUT
This final Sunday of our Stewardship series examines the final stage of Giving and Growing; where we grow OUT and plant seeds to help others to grow. True growth is never an individual activity, but always done with the help of God and others in community. Sometimes giving back is extremely countercultural, but we are called to be people of hope who plant seeds and believe in good beyond ourselves. Join us on the journey!
10/18/2020: Giving and Growing WEEK 3: Growing BRANCHES
This week, we explore how we know we are growing; what fruits we bear in our lives. Specifically we explore what Paul lists as fruits of the Spirit; enabled in all of us by the Holy Spirit living in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness and self control. None of us is finished growing yet. What is God growing in your life?
10/11/2020: Giving and Growing WEEK 2: Growing UP
This sermon considers how we grow once seeds and roots have been planted: how do we mature? What does maturity look like in the life of faith? What lessons can we learn for our spiritual maturity from the way that we grow up into adulthood? How does our giving change as we grow
This sermon begins with a video interview with two young ladies who grew up in our church community (Hannah Urlock—current Youth Group member; Megan Ciccarone—current Youth Group leader).
10/04/2020: Giving and Growing Week 1: Growing DEEP
This is the first week of our annual stewardship series with the theme Giving and Growing. Each week, we ask how we grow as people; how we mature and deepen our faith, our relationships and our purpose in this troubled world. This first week, we focus on growing DEEP, or planting roots. In a time where very few of us know how to be still or stay put, how can we ground ourselves in God and what God might want for our lives?