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In this four-week series, we explore the profound importance of rest in our lives. We start with Elijah's experience of divine rest, learn how to find a healthy balance of rest, work, and play, understand the rhythm of rest modeled by God, and affirm that God has given everyone the gift of rest to be embraced.
Week 1: Release into Rest | 1 Kings 19:1-9
Week 2: A Rhythm of Rest | Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
Week 3: What Kind of Rest: The Science Behind Rest | Genesis 2:1-3
Week 4: The Gift of Rest | Leviticus 25:1-19
Do you ever feel like if you just make it over the next hurdle or reach your next goal that you will have finally arrived in life? Many people do, including our Biblical friends, but guess what? That’s called the arrival fallacy, and it can keep us feeling disappointed and unhappy when we get to the “next thing” and find we still haven’t arrived at our hoped-for destination. We are still unfailingly human, flawed, broken. This Lent, let us learn to savor our uniquely human journey without the pressure of arrival, as we reconnect with the God of Jesus Christ who leads us in the way, providing sustenance, meaning, and hope through all our ups and downs.
Ash Wednesday: The Classic Overreach | Week 1: Getting Free and Staying Free | Week 2: It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey | Week 3: Who’s Your Hope? | Week 4: No Going Back | Week 5: The Fake Out | Week 6: Staying Power | Holy/Maundy Thursday: Detour Ahead | Good Friday: Holding On When the Cross Feels Final | Easter Sunday: Setting Out Again
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God,” (Matt. 5:9). But in a world divided by conflict, violence, and war, there is so much that gets in the way. This series delves into some of the common obstacles to peacemaking – complacency, resentment, and violence – leading us first to receive Christ’s peace in our own spirits and then get to the hard work of making peace in the world.
Week 1: Wade in the Waters | Amos 5:21-24
Week 2: When Resenting is Preventing | Matthew 20:1-16
Week 3: From Death to Life | Micah 4:1-5
Week 4: The Kingdom of God: And Let it Begin with Us | Ephesians 2:14-16
Real people don’t neatly fit into boxes. In a world of either/or we have a both/and faith. This sermon series addresses the complexities of our spiritual experience. Often, we put ourselves into boxes, or others do it to us. Rather than labels, let us embrace each other and not see the either/or but the both/and.
Week 1: Heart & Head | Mark 12:30-31, Acts 8:26-40
Week 2: Sacred & Secular | Acts 10:9-16
Week 3: Us & Them | Galatians 3:28-29, Hebrews 13:1-2
Week 4: Saint & Sinner| 1 Timothy 1:12-17
This stewardship series focuses on the countercultural, often radical way that Jesus calls his followers to relate to their resources, financial and otherwise. This way of relating stems from a relationship with Christ, shaping values and an identity that come alive in daily action to transform our relationships with others and the world.
Week 1: Who Are You? | Romans 12:1-2
Week 2: Who Are You Wearing Today? | Colossians 3:12-17
Week 3: Love in Action | James 2:14-18
Week 4: Authentic Loving, Authentic Giving | Matthew 22:15-22, 34-40
Coming soon for Laity Sunday 2025.
“There is no room at the inn” is a phrase we hear each Christmas. We see it in our Christmas pageants, as kids dress up like Mary and Joseph. Providing sanctuary was not only part of the Christmas story but is part of our story as people of faith. This Advent, how do we create space in our lives, our churches, and our communities for Jesus, for those close to us, and for the stranger?
Week 1: Room, When Pressure is Closing In | Joshua 2:1-21, Matthew 1:1-5
Week 2: Room in Your Heart| Mark 1:1-8
Week 3: Room in Relationships | Luke 1:24-45
Week 4: Room for Hope | Matthew 1:18-25
Christmas Eve: Making Room | Luke 2:1-20
Week 5: Refuge and Sanctuary | Matthew 2:1-18