“The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred, and your father’s house to the land I will show you’…So Abram went” (Genesis 12:1-4a) The scripture is abrupt…God said it and Abram did it! Abram is one part of a long journey that included people such as Terah (Abram’s father), Isaac, Jacob Read more
We are in the liturgical season of Lent. Our study this morning has us looking at sin (Genesis 2:15- 17, 3:1-7) and temptation (Matthew 4:1-11). For most of the church, our understanding of sin begins with Adam and Eve, not necessarily from them eating fruit from the tree of knowledge, but from them not trusting Read more
What do you worry about? Money? Aging? Your looks? Retirement? Siblings? Parents? The world turmoil? Politics? Does it do you any good to worry about those things? With all our worrying, we are becoming more and more distracted from our reality and from the people around us. We are social animals, and our emotions build Read more
“Turn the other cheek; go the extra mile.” We are told these words (Matthew 5:38- 48), but they don’t mean for us to be a doormat or to be violent against our oppressors. We should use these words as a way to restore the humanity of the oppressed and put those that are doing the Read more
Love one another as we have loved ourselves (John 15:12- 17). Easy, right? Before we can love others, we need to be able to love ourselves; before we can love ourselves, we need to cultivate our love for God. The difficulty in cultivating that love is that God is not tangible; God isn’t someone or something Read more
Jesus said, “Come and follow me.” And they immediately left their nets and followed. (Mattthew 4:12- 23) Following isn’t easy…especially when it is Jesus asking us to follow him! Pastor Sara tells us some stories of people that followed Christ and what their life became. God works things out in ways that would never imagine! Read more
Today was we celebrate “Student Sunday” as three of our college students prepared and led us in worship. Listen to their stories about how their faith grew and developed during their college years. What a wonderful opportunity for us to hear how the seeds of faith we have nurtured are growing a developing in these Read more
Pastor Sara talks about the shepherds…the dirty, weak, “icky” outcasts of society and how they were selected to be the first ones to hear of Jesus’ birth! What a joy to be a shepherd! Enjoy this Christmas Eve homily and may the peace and love of Jesus be with you today and everyday and may Read more
“Repent, for the Kingdom of God is near!” These words, said by John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1-12), are familiar words to many of us. What exactly does the word “repent” mean? Typically, we use the term repent to mean remorse or give up our sins. Another way of looking at the word is to return, come Read more
In this fourth installment of the sermon series, Pastor Sara reminds us to “Always Go To The Funeral.” On this eve to All Saint’s Day, remember the saints that have gone on before us, the saints that have taught us and shown us what it means to live a life full of faith, the saints that Read more
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
