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2013 Sermons

October 6: “The Gospel As Public Truth,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

September 29: “What Will Convince Us?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [no audio]

September 22: “What Shall We Do?” Sermon by Brian Russo  [Read] [no audio]

September 15: “Where He Finds You,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [no audio]

September 8: “Fear,” Sermon by Brian Russo  [Read] [no audio]

September 1: “Throw Away Your Buckets,” Sermon by Austin Crenshaw Shelley  [Read] [no audio]

August 25: “Reverence,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [no audio]

August 18: “Consequences,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

August 11: “Expectation,”  Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

August 4: Context,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

July 28: “Persistence,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

July 21: “Distraction,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read ] [Listen]

July 14: “Mercy,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [Listen]

July 7: “Lambs in Wolves’ Clothing,” Sermon by Austin Crenshaw Shelley  [Read] [Listen]

June 30: “Keeping the Corkscrew Handy,” Sermon by Edmund Jones  [Read] [Listen]

June 23: “Coagulation,” Sermon by Brian Russo  [Read] [Listen]

June 16: “Inheritance,” Sermon by Austin Crenshaw Shelley  [Read] [Listen]

June 9: “A Paradise Made Just for Two,” Sermon by Edmund Jones [Read] [Listen]

June 2: “The Authority of Scripture,” Sermon by Brian Russo  [Read] [Listen]

May 26: “Progeria,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

May 19: “Lightening up on Tech Stocks,” Sermon by Edmund Jones [Read] [Listen]

May 12: “Once Upon A TIme,” Sermon by Austin Crenshaw Shelley  [Read] [Listen]

May 5: “Is Fifty Nifty?” Sermon by Edmund Jones [Read] [Listen]

April 28: “Perception,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

April 21: “To Begin at the Beginning,” Sermon by Dr. Edmund Jones [Read] [Listen]

April 14: “Have You Believed Because You Can See Me?” Sermon by Brian Russo and Nicholas [Read] [Listen]

April 7:  “Do You Love Me More Than These?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [Listen]

March 31: “Whom Do You Seek?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [no audio]

March 28: ““Could You Not Keep Awake One Hour?” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [no audio]

March 24: “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

March 17: “Do You Not Yet Understand?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

March 10: “Why Do You Call Me Good?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

March 3: “What Do You Want Me To Do For You?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

February 24: “If You Greet Your Brethren Only, What is Unusual About That?” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

February 17:  “Why Are You Afraid? Why Do You Doubt?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

February 10: “Who Do You Say That I am?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

February 3: “What Does a Minister Expect of a Congregation?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

January 27: “How Do We Introduce God?” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

January 20: “What Does Sunday Have to Do with Monday?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [Listen]

January 13: “How Does Prayer Really Work?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [Listen]

January 6: “How Do You Forgive the Unforgivable?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [Listen]

2012 Sermons

December 30: “What Does Salvation Look Like?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [Listen]

December 23: “O Come, Emmanuel! Why Do We Need a Savior?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

December 16: “O Come, Root of Jesse! Why Do We Need a Savior?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

December 9: “O Adonai! Give Us This Day a Mighty Messiah,” Sermon by Austin Crenshaw Shelley [Read] [Listen]

December 2: “O Wisdom! Why Do We Need a Savior?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

November 25: “What is the Good Life?” Sermon by Edmund Jones [Read] [Listen]

November 18: “Enjoy God? Really?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

November 11: “What About Cain?” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

November 4: “What Did I Do to Deserve This?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [no audio]

October 28: “Can We Be Free and Destined at the Same Time?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

October 21: “Where Is God When Children Are Abused?” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

October 14: “How Do We Do What We Say We Believe?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [no audio]

October 7: “Is There One God?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

September 30: “Mustard Seeds and Mountains: How Much Faith is Enough?” Sermon by Austin Crenshaw Shelley  [Read] [Listen]

September 23: What Makes the Bible So Important?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [Listen]

September 16: “Why Church?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

September 9: “From Whence Does My Help Come,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

September 2: “God and Hatred,” Sermon by Brian Russo  [Read] [Listen]

August 26: “The Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

August 19: “The Fruit of the Spirit: Generosity (Goodness),” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

August 12: “A Step Along the Way,” Sermon by Ian, Daylan, Darren and Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

August 5: “Life’s Second Choices,” Sermon by Edmund Jones [Read] [Listen]

July 29: “The Fruit of the Spirit: Patience,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [Listen]

July 22: “The Fruit of the Spirit: Peace,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [no audio]

July 15: “The Fruit of the Spirit: Joy,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [no audio]

July 8: “The Fruit of the Spirit: Love,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

July 1: “The Meaningful in the Meaningless,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

June 24: “Playing Golf in St. Andrews,” Sermon by Edmund P. Jones  [Read] [Listen]

June 17: “A Remarkable Father,” Sermon by Edmund S. P. Jones  [Read] [Listen]

June 10: “I See You,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [no audio]

June 3: “May the Words of My Mouth,” Sermon by Matthew Gaventa [Read] [Listen]

May 27: “How is it That We Hear,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

May 20: “Out of Sight,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read] [Listen]

May 13: “Fruit That Will Last,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

May 6: “The Scandal of This Supper,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

April 29: “Practice Resurrection,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

April 22: “Then He Opened Their Minds,” Sermon by Cynthia Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

April 15: “How,” Sermon by Brian Russo and D. Ball [Read] [no audio]

April 8: “The Power to Redeem,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

April 1: “More than Watchmen for the Morning,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

March 25: “Andy Dufresne,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

March 18: “The Aftermath of Forgiveness,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [no audio]

March 11: “Who Can Stand?”, Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [no audio]

March 4: “Hear, O Lord!,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

February 26: “Falsetto,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read] [Listen]

February 19: “Keeping Our Eyes on Jesus,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

February 12: “Moved with Anger,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

February 5: “Why He Came,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

January 29: “Presuming to Speak in God’s Name,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

January 22: “Big Boots,” Sermon by Brian Russo  [no text] [Listen]

January 15: “What We Hope for Our Children,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read] [Listen]

January 8: “Recalculating,” Sermon by Cyntha A. Jarvis [Read]  [no audio]

January 1: “The Brevity,” Sermon by Cyntha A. Jarvis [Read]  [no audio]

2011 Sermons

December 25: “Jesus [Christ] was born!” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read]  [no audio]

December 24: Christmas Eve service

December 18: “He Has Helped,” Sermon by Cyntha A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

December 11: “The Strength of God’s Arm,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

December 4: “Mercy and Might,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

November 27:  November 27 Sermon by Brian Russo  [no text] [Listen]

November 20: “When He Shall Reign,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

November 13: “The Reckless Abandon of Those Who Believe,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [no audio]

November 6: Like a Thief in the Night [Read]  [no audio]

October 30: “Shall Not Want,” Sermon by J. Barrie Shepard   [no text]  [Listen]

October 23: “The Persons We Would Be,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read]  [Listen]

October 16: “Following What You Can’t See,” Sermon by Brian Russo [no text]  [Listen]

October 9: “Waiting,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read]  [Listen]

October 2: “What Unsighted Hope Believes,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read]  [Listen]

September 25: “Is the Lord Among Us or Not?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read]  [no audio]

September 18: “Latecomers to the Vineyard,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read]  [Listen]

September 11: “Accountable to God,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read]  [Listen]

September 4: “How Did You Weather the Storm?” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [no text]  [Listen]

August 28: No service due to inclement weather

August 21: “Broken Dawn,” Sermon by Matthew Gaventa [Read]  [Listen]

August 14: “Before God in Guilt,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

August 7: “Asking for the Impossible,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

July 31: “Defiance,” Sermon by Matthew Gaventa [Read]  [Listen]

July 24: “Foxhole Prayers,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

July 17: “The Invitation to Ask,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

July 10: “Keeping God to God’s Promises,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

July 3: “Whatever Your Lot,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read]  [Listen]

June 26: “The Things We Do to Children,” Sermon by Matt Gaventa [Read]  [Listen]

June 19: “A Divine Evolution,” Sermon by Brian Russo [no text]  [Listen]

June 12: “Easter’s Promised Power,” Sermon by Diane Jamison Fitch [Read]  [Listen]

June 5: “It’s Not About You,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

May 29: “Decoration Day,” by Brian Russo [Read]  [Listen]

May 22: “Lust,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

May 15: “Walking,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

May 8: “Just After Daybreak,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

May 1: “The Parable of Inquiry,” Sermon by Brian Russo and Taylor [Read]  [Listen]

April 24: “While It Was Still Dark,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

April 17: “The King of Glory,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

April 10: “Intercession,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read]  [Listen]

April 3: “If It Had Not Been the Lord Who Was On Our Side,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read]  [Listen]

March 27: “The Joy that Comes with the Morning,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

March 20: “Like Sheep for the Slaughter,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

March 13: “The Time Traveler’s Life,” Sermon by Matthew Gaventa [Read]  [Listen]

Ash Wednesday, March 9: “Down on the Corner,” Sermon by Matthew Gaventa [Read]  [no audio]

March 6: “The Sound of Sheer Silence,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  [Read]  [Listen]

February 27: “Memory, Mercy and Moving On,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

February 20: “It’s Complicated!,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [no audio]

February 13: “I Will,” Sermon by Brian Russo  [Read]  [Listen]

February 6: “How to Interpret the Present Time,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

January 30: “The Attitude of an Implorer,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

January 23: “in a pretty how town,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read]  [Listen]

­January 16: “Doing the Truth,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

January 9: “What God Assumed,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

January 2: “The Time Between: On Being Lame Duck Christians,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

2010 Sermons

December 26: “Saving Christmas,” Sermon by Matthew Gaventa [Read]  [Listen]

December 19: “What Mortals Said,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

December 12: “What God Said,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

December 5: “What the Angels Said,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

November 28: “By Random,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read]  [Listen]

November 21: “Mirrors of God’s Glory,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

November 14: “To Be of Use,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

November 7: “Cirrhosis of the Giver,” Sermon by Nancy E. Muth [Read] [no audio]

October 31: “Sacred Sound,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

October 24: “The First Resurrection,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

October 17: “O-,” Sermon by Brian Russo [Read]  [Listen]

October 10: “Where Does God Live?,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]

October 3: “The Dangerous Memory That Is Our Hope,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen] “Do this in remembrance of me.”

September 26: “Wisdom in an Age of Information,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen] “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

September 19: “The Foundation of this House,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen] “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid: that foundation is Jesus Christ.”

September 12:  “Taking Him Seriously,” Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis [Read]  [Listen]  “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you….”

September 5: “Rules can be Broken” [ Read]  [Listen] Sermon by Brian Russo “Thus, the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude; and on the seventh day God rested and hallowed it.

August 29: Contrition [ Read] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'”

August 22: Thanksgiving [ Read] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Then Jesus said, `Were there not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?'”

August 8: “Foreigners, Crumbs and Puppies” [ Read] Sermon by Diane Jamison Fitch

August 1: Supplication [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him?”

July 25: Praise [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplished all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.”

July 18: Inspire [ Read] Sermon by Brian Russo “Immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him.”

July 11: Waiting [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.”

July 4: To Know in Part [ Read] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “All the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord. I bring low the high tree, I make high the low tree; I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I the Lord have spoken; I will accomplish it.”

June 20: To Know in Part [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “While Paul was making this defense, Festus exclaimed, ‘You are out of your mind Paul! Too much learning is driving you insane.'”

June 13: Daring the Depths [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.'”

June 6: Silence [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo

May 23: Harmony [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo

May 16: Our Stammering Alleluias [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But I am slow of speech and slow of tongue,’ Then the Lord said to him, ‘Who gives speech to mortals? Who makes them mute of deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?'”

May 9: When Your Children Ask You [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “When your children ask you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your children..”

April 18: A Whole New Order [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Then he looked up at his disciples and said, ‘Blessed are you..'”

April 11: Lost Language [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo

April 4: Reconciled! [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.”

March 28: The Forgiveness That Begets Love [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

March 21: A Community of Habitual Forgiveness [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you.”

March 14: God as Artist [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these?”

March 7: The Truest Weapon [ Read ]Sermon by Brian Russo

February 28: Original Forgiveness [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.”

February 21: In the Bedroom [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo

February 14: Glimpsing God’s Glory [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east, the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.”

February 7: Down on the Ground [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.”

January 31: Stories to Tell [ Read ] Sermon by Diane Jamison Fitch “So there arose an Israelite custom that for four days every year the daughters of Israel would go out to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.”

January 24: Up In The Air [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo “And the LORD changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on the people”

January 17: Why the Shepherds? [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “The shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.”

January 10: Three Meditations for Daniel Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

January 3: Nothing New Under the Sun? [ Read] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see on my side..”

2009 Sermons

December 27: “The Wonder” [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo

December 13: The Love That Kept the Shepherds [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “For thus says the Lord God: I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.”

December 6: Redeeming the Whole Creation [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation but we ourselves..”

November 29: The Gift of Time and Hope [ Read ] Sermon by Diane Fitch

November 22: Remembering How You Got There [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “When the priest takes the basket from your hand and sets it down at the alter of the Lord your God, you shall make this response before the Lord your God, ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor..”

November 15: The Ultimately Interested Party [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Remember the long way that the Lord God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart..”

November 8: “The Swimmer” [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo

November 1: Our Essential Homelessness [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.”

October 25: Election, Education and Effectual Calling [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.”

October 18: To Dare Delight [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith-being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire-may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”

October 4: The Choice Before Us [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.” Genesis 4:7b NRSV

September 27: All Things in Common [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “All who believed were together and had all things in common….”

September 20: To Be Continued. [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “And let us consider how to provoke one another in love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”

September 13: “The Third Reading” [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo

September 6: In Search of Lost Time [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Moreover [God] has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.”

August 23: When We Are Left Alone [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.”

August 16: A Rose by Any Other Name [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.”

August 2: Still Life [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Consider the lilies of the field..”

July 26: Think On These Things [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think on these things.”

July 19: How Will You Cope? [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo

July 12: On Making Lemonade [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “For I have learned to be content with whatever I have.”

July 5: The Church and the Common Good [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “For you were called to freedom. Brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.”

June 28: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions..”

June 21: Like Birds in a Snare [ Read ] Sermon by Brian Russo

June 14: A Cup of Cold Water [ Read ] Sermon by Andrew Plocher

May 31: Many Flocks [ Read ] Sermon by Andrew Plocher

May 24: He Makes the Blind to See [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.’ Then he went, and washed, and came back able to see.”

May 17: The God Who Does Not Condemn You [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Jesus straightened up and said, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one sir.’ And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.’

May 10: The Love That Knows No Bounds [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “In Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.”

May 3: The Love That Follows [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Do you love me more than these? Follow me.'”

April 19: A Week Later [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “A week later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them..Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”

April 12: The God Who Lives [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.”

April 5: The God Who Dies [ Read] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.”

March 29: The God Who Calms Our Fears [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But he said to them, ‘I am; fear not.'”

March 15: The God Who Is Our Judge [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.”

March 8: The God Who Does Not Rest [ Read ] sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is still working and I also am working.'”

March 1: The God Who Wills Us to Live [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Jesus said to him, ‘Go, your son will live.’ The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way.”

February 22: The God Who Slakes Our Thirst [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, give me this water..”

February 15 : The God Who Is True [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Whoever has accepted his testimony has set a seal to this, that God is true.”

January 25 : When the End Is in the Beginning [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.”

January 18 : The God Who Finds Us [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, ‘Follow me.'”

January 11 : The God Who Chooses To Be Known [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

2008 Sermons

December 28 : God Was In Christ [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace the truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.”

December 21 : Born in the Spaces Between [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis  “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.”

December 14 : Magnificat! [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “My soul magnifies the Lord..”

December 7 : What We May Expect [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.”

November 23 : Life We Have Been Given [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life.”

November 16 : Nothing is Lost [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.”

November 9 : The Wicked Good People of God [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

November 2 : A Meeting Most Profound [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind..”

October 26 : Perseverance [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus..”

October 12 : Because He Was Tested [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.”

October 5 : More Than a Slave [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother-especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.”

September 21 : Doxology, Depravity and the Dow [ Read] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction..He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords: it is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.”

September 14 : Beginning with the Benediction [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

August 31 : Jubilee [ Read ] Sermon by Andrew Plocher “Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.”

August 24 : Christian Civility [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.”

August 17 : No Other Place to Be [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”

August 10 : The Ecstasy and Agony of God’s Claim [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong.”

August 3 : So You Want to be a Liberal?! [ Read ] Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas “They voluntarily gave according to their means, and even beyond their means, begging us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in this ministry to the saints”

July 27 : But We Have This Treasure [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.”

July 20 : A Still More Excellent Way [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Love never quits.”

July 13 : Flip-Flopping for Christ’s Sake [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “I have become all things to all people that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.”

July 6 : On Forming a More Perfect Union [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose.”

June 29 : Heaven on Earth [ Read ] Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas “Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, to the glory of God.”

June 22 : Becoming [ Read ] Sermon by Andrew Plocher “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

June 15 : A Puzzle of Crossed Words [ Read ] Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas “Put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead.”

June 8 : Porcupine Quills All Around [ Read ] Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas “God is kind, but he’s not soft. In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change.”

June 1 : To an Unknown God [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription: ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.”

May 25 : A Certain Kind of Forgetting [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “For the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.”

May 18 : What Next [ Read ] Sermon by Andrew Plocher Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”

May 11 : The Mother of Believers [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “She is free and she is our mother.”

May 4 : Seeing for the First Time [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going.'”

April 27 : Seeing for the First Time [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.’ Then he went, and washed, and came back able to see.”

April 13 : To Follow the Living Lord [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve ‘Do you also wish to go away?'”

April 6 : A Sense of Occasion [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.”

March 23 : How Foolish We Are! [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”

March 16 : When Darkness Wins the Day [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Jesus said to them, ‘The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you.'”

March 9 : Mary Magdalene’s Jesus [ Read ] Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas “In overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.”

March 2 : John’s Jesus [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through him.”

February 24 : Luke’s Jesus [ Read] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Go tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them.”

February 17 : Mark’s Jesus [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved, and with you I am well pleased.’. Now when the centurion, who was facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, ‘Truly this man was God’s Son.'”

February 10 : Matthew’s Jesus [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

February 3 : When God Tackles the Economy [ Read] Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas “Am I not allowed to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?

January 27 : Stumbling Blocks [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to the one by whom the stumbling block comes!”

January 20 : What Proceeds From the Heart [ Read] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles.”

January 13 : Is There a Doctor in the House? [ Read ] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “But when he heard this, he said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.'”

January 6 : Seeking Him Who First Sought Us [ Read] Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis “When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was.”