6-1-25 “God’s One-Way Love Story: United in Christ”

Click here for worship material “God’s One-Way Love Story: United in Christ”            I want to start with something funny I found an internet site. A pastor once shared that she and her husband had the same fight every week—it was about how to load the dishwasher. She said, “I load it for the glory…

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5-25-25 “Peace the World Cannot Give”

Click here for worship materials “Peace the World Cannot Give”         I want to start with something funny that I found on a website: One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Johnny staring at the large plaque that hung in the church lobby. The pastor walked up and stood beside him, also gazing up at…

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5-18-25 “What if There were No Grace from God?”

Click here for worship material “What if There were No Grace from God?” I want to start with something funny I found on a website: A man dies and goes to heaven. Of course, St. Peter meets him at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter says, “Here’s how it works. You need 100 points to make…

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5-11-25 “The Love that Never Separate Us”

Click here for worship material   “The Love that Never Separate Us” I want to start with something funny that I found on an internet site: One day, a little girl is sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly notices that her mother has several strands of white…

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4-27-25 Rejoice and Be Glad Barb Loomis (G)

Click for Sunday worship material (G) Barbara Loomis 4/27/25 Rejoice and Be Glad Psalms 118:14-29 Traditionally the second Sunday of Easter usually has the story of Doubting Thomas. I didn’t feel like speaking about Doubting Thomas this Sunday and the other scripture choices I had was one in Revelation and Psalms. Revelation is intimidating to…

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4-27-25 Musings on Empathy (Kathleen Gionis) (A/SCF)

Click here for worship material   MUSINGS ON EMPATHY Empathy had been on my mind for the past month or two, ever since I heard some commentators discussing Elon Musk’s view on empathy when he reportedly stated in an interview that, “The fundamental weakness of Western Civilization is empathy. The empathy exploit.” This is not…

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4-20-25 “God, My Father and Your Father”

Click here for worship materials “God, My Father and Your Father” I want to start with something funny. I heard a story about three Catholic ladies who were boasting about their sons: One said, “My son is a priest. When he walks into a room, people say, ‘Father.’” The second said, “My son is a…

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4-13-25 “From Palms to Passion”

Click here for worship material   “From Palms to Passion” I want to start something funny that I found an internet site: Did you hear about the donkey that carried Jesus into Jerusalem? Well, he wasn’t seen around Jesus the next day because he went back into town alone. He strutted in, expecting cheers and…

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4-6-25 “A Better Choice and A Better Life”

Click here for worship material  “A Better Choice and A Better Life” I want to start with something funny that I found on the internet: There was a preacher who fell into the ocean and couldn’t swim. A boat came by, and the captain yelled, “Do you need help, sir?” The preacher calmly replied, “No,…

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