Sermons – 2017

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Promises that Sound Like Lies 12-31-2017 Robert Brawley (First Sunday after Christmas)

Love Has Come 12-24-2017 Mindy Douglas (Christmas Eve)

Favor 12-24-2017 Marilyn Hedgpeth (4th Sunday of Advent)

Listen and Believe 12-20-2017 Mary Berry (Midweek Advent Service)

Lessons and Carols 12-17-2017 A service of Lessons and Carols

Advent Meditation 12-13-2017 Alex Stayer-Brewington (Midweek Advent Service)

A Compassionate Herald 12-10-2017 Marilyn Hedgpeth (2nd Sunday of Advent)

Through Fire 12-06-2017 Cherrie Henry (Midweek Advent Service)

Come Down, Lord! 12-03-2017 Mindy Douglas (1st Sunday of Advent)

The Shepherd King 11-26-2017 Sam Miglarese (Christ the King)

Do Something 11-19-17 Graham Curtis, Sigfried Fullenkamp, and Sam Henry (Youth Sunday)

Choose This Day 11-12-17 Mindy Douglas (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Invisible Saints 11-05-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (All Saints Day)

Reformed and Always Reforming 10-29-17 Mindy Douglas (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Reformation Sunday, Dedication Sunday)

Called By Name 10-22-2017 Marilyn Hedgpeth (National Children’s Sabbath)

Joy in These Days 10-15-2017 Mindy Douglas (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

From…To 10-08-2017 Cherrie Henry (27th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Saying Yes to Jesus: When Actions Speak Louder than Words 10-01-17 Mindy Douglas (World Communion Sunday)

Jonah’s Hissy Fit/ No Mercy for You 09-24-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Forgiveness Unlimited 09-17-17 Mindy Douglas (24th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Armor of Light 09-10-17 Mindy Douglas(23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Community of Love 09-03-17 Mindy Douglas (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Content of our Character 08-27-17 Mindy Douglas (21st Sunday in Ordinary Time)

He Made Himself Knowm 08-20-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (20th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Still Eye of the Storm 08-13-17 Sam Miglarese (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Wrestling at the River 08-06-17 Mindy Douglas (18th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Solutions: Part II 07-30-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Solutions: Part I 07-23-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (16th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A Festival of Hymns 07-09-17 (A hymn sing service, no sermon; 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Called to Welcome 07-02-17 Mindy Douglas (13th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Human Suffering and Discipleship 06-25-17 Sam R. Miglarese (12th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Grace for the Journey 06-18-17 Mindy Douglas (11th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

God in Threes 06-11-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (Trinity Sunday)

Signs of the Spirit 06-04-17 Mindy Douglas (Pentecost)

Start with Courage 05-28-17 Mindy Douglas (Ascension Sunday, Seventh Sunday of Easter)

Searching for God 05-21-17 Mindy Douglas (Sixth Sunday of Easter)

Even to Them? 05-14-17 Peter Hausmann (Fifth Sunday of Easter)

Walls, Gates, and Doors 05-07-17 Marilyn T. Hedgpeth (Fourth Sunday of Easter)

Puzzled and Discouraged 04-30-17 Sam R. Miglarese (Third Sunday of Easter)

Scars 04-23-17 Mindy Douglas (Second Sunday of Easter)

Love Wins 04-16-17 Mindy Douglas (Resurrection of the Lord / Easter)

Jesus’ Hands 04-13-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (Maundy Thursday)

Why Not? 04-02-17 Brian K. Blount (Fifth Sunday in Lent)

Seeing Jesus 03-26-17 Mindy Douglas (Fourth Sunday in Lent)

Well-Being 03-19-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (Third Sunday in Lent)

What Shamu Taught Me about Following Jesus 03-12-17 Mindy Douglas (Second Sunday in Lent)

Identity Theft 03-05-17 Mindy Douglas (First Sunday in Lent)

The Mirror of Ash Wednesday 03-01-17 Mindy Douglas (Ash Wednesday)

Redemption of Touch 02-26-17 Miroslav Volf (McPherson Lectureship / Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Love Your Enemies: The Impossible Possibility 02-19-17 Joseph S. Harvard (Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Choose Life 02-12-17 Mindy Douglas (Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Salt and Light 02-05-17 Mindy Douglas (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Focus Candle 01-29-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Pull Towards Home 01-22-17 Mindy Douglas (Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Amnesia and Heresy; or the Sin of Forgetfulness: Martin Luther King, Jr., Nonviolence, and the Religion of Jesus 01-15-17 Timothy B. Tyson (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time; MLK Sunday)

Remembering Our Baptisms 01-08-17 Mindy Douglas (Baptism of the Lord)

Refuge 01-01-17 Marilyn Hedgpeth (First Sunday after Christmas)