Sermons – 2016

Beginning May 1, 2016, some sermons will be available as audio files for download. Because sermons are meant to be preached and are therefore prepared with the emphasis on verbal presentation (i.e., are written for the ear), the written accounts occasionally deviate from proper and generally accepted principles of grammar and punctuation. Most often, these deviations are not mistakes per se, but are indicative of an attempt to aid the listener in the delivery of the sermon.

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Love in Action 12-24-16 Mindy L. Douglas (Christmas Eve)

The Challenge 12-18-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (Fourth Sunday of Advent)

A Song of Mary 12-11-16 Sam R. Miglarese (Third Sunday of Advent; A Service of Lessons and Carols)

Possible Impossibilities 12-04-16 Mindy L. Douglas (Second Sunday of Advent)

Habitually Ready 11-30-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (First Sunday of Advent)

From Darkness into Light 11-20-16 Ellie Dilworth, Aurelia Klinck, and Peter Compton (Christ the King; Youth Sunday)

Christ the Center 11-13-16 Mindy L. Douglas (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Dedication Sunday)

Saints Among Us 11-06-16 Mindy L. Douglas (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time; All Saints’ Sunday)

Small Speaks to Small 10-30-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time; Reformation Sunday)

What’s Building?! 10-23-16 Cheryl Barton Henry (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Children’s Sabbath)

Soul Food 10-16-16 Sam R. Miglarese (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Grace and Gratitude 10-09-16 Mindy L. Douglas (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Write the Vision 10-02-16 Mindy L. Douglas (27th Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Communion Sunday)

Christian: Noun or Adjective? 09-25-16 Charles Kimball (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Repairers of the Breach 09-18-16 Mindy L. Douglas (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time; FPC Sanctuary and Organ Centennial Celebration)

Faithful Questions Lead to Remarkable Reversals 09-11-16 Lee Hinson-Hasty (24th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Potter’s Hands 09-04-16 Mindy L. Douglas (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

How to Plan a Banquet 08-28-16 Mindy L. Douglas (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Who Will Be Saved? 08-21-16 Sam R. Miglarese (21st Sunday in Ordinary Time)

An Insatiable Appetite for God’s Shalom 08-14-16 Mindy L. Douglas (20th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Our Ultimate Concern 08-07-16 Mindy L. Douglas (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Build Bigger Barns 07-31-16 Mindy L. Douglas (18th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Prayer: Why Bother? 07-24-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Out of Alignment 07-10-16 Mindy L. Douglas (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Into the World 07-03-16 Mindy L. Douglas (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Colonies on Earth 06-26-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (13th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Let Us Love 06-19-16 Mindy L. Douglas (12th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Impossible Possibility of Forgiveness 06-12-16 Sam R. Miglarese (11th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

What Are the Chances? 06-05-16 Mindy L. Douglas (10th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Unlikely Places of Faith 05-29-16 Mindy L. Douglas (9th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Blessed Be the Ties that Connect 05-22-16 Michelle J. Bartel (Service of Installation for Mindy Louise Douglas)

At the Crossroads 05-22-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (Trinity Sunday)

The Spirit-Filled Church 05-15-16 Mindy L. Douglas (Day of Pentecost)

Witnesses 05-08-16 Mindy L. Douglas (Ascension of the Lord)

A Light in the City 05-01-16 Mindy L. Douglas (6th Sunday of Easter)

Last Things: Tidying Up 04-24-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (5th Sunday of Easter)

The Simple Witness of a Table Grace 04-17-16 Wallace M. Alston, Jr. (4th Sunday of Easter; FPC Sanctuary and Organ Centennial Celebration)

Visits with God 04-10-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (3rd Sunday of Easter)

A Sense of Touch 04-03-16 Sam R. Miglarese (2nd Sunday of Easter)

Hope Is a Thing with Feathers 03-27-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (Resurrection of the Lord / Easter Sunday)

Stoop to Serve 03-24-16 Sam R. Miglarese (Maundy Thursday)

Dying As He Lived 03-20-16 Sam R. Miglarese (Palm/Passion Sunday)

Could We Start Again, Please? 03-13-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (Fifth Sunday in Lent; Lenten Lessons and Music)

Today 03-06-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (Fourth Sunday in Lent)

Why Do You Eat and Drink with Tax Collectors and Sinners? 02-28-16 Douglas F. Ottati (McPherson Lectureship/Third Sunday in Lent)

An Attitude of Gratitude 02-21-16 Olanda Carr (Second Sunday in Lent)

Test 02-14-16 Sam R. Miglarese (First Sunday in Lent)

Veiled in Flesh 02-07-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (Transfiguration of the Lord)

Love 01-31-16 Susan J. Dunlap (4th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

No Day But Today 01-24-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Not Another Dream 01-17-16 M. Keith Daniel (2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time; MLK Sunday)

Decisive Turning Point 01-10-16 Sam R. Miglarese (Baptism of the Lord)

Five Epiphanies 01-03-16 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (Second Sunday after Christmas)