Sermons in 2003 (also available for 2002, 2004 )

December 28: Wondering As We Wonder [ Read ]
Sermon by Brigid A. Boyle

"And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them."

December 21: Duffing Into the Material [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn."

December 14: The Luminous Imperative of Writing [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord."

December 7: The Messiah Who Did Not Come [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Are you the one who is to come or are we to wait for another?"

November 30: While We Wait [ Read ]
Sermon by Brigid A. Boyle

"'The days are surely coming,' says the Lord, 'when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.'"

November 23: The Word That Feeds Us [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Do not work for the food the perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you."

November 16: A Believing Community [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Then they said to him, 'What must we do, to be doing the works of God?' Jesus answered them, 'This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.'"

November 9: Between Memory and Hope [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"But many of the priest and Levites and heads of families, old people who had seen the first house on its foundations, wept with a loud voice when they saw this house, though many shouted for joy, so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people's weeping."

November 2: The God Who Says "Go": Go Therefore [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Go ye therefore and teach all nations.."

October 26: The God Who Says "Go": On Going To [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"'Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring forth my people out of Egypt.' But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?'"

October 19: The God Who Says "Go": On Going From [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Go from your country and your kindred.Go to Pharaoh to bring my people out.Go therefore and teach all nations."

October 12: The One Significant Detail [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

".but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead."

October 5: The Timeless Plea of the Gospel [ Read ]
Sermon by Brigid A. Boyle

"The glory that you have given me, I have given them, so that they may be one as we are one."

September 28: The Public Character of Faith [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior. I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses, says the Lord."

September 21: The Bounds of Baptism [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, 'Abba! Father!'"

September 14: Given a Little Room [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

".that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have the power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge."

September 7: Back to Basics [ Read ]
Sermon by Brigid A. Boyle

"Surely, this commandment that I man commanding you is not too hard for you, nor is it too far away."

August 31: Who Dares Stand Idle? [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

".moreover it is God's gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil."

August 24: "P" Stands for Perseverance of the Saints [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"By his great mercy, he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled and unfading."

August 17: "I" Stands for Irresistible Grace [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them-though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me."

August 3: "L" Stands for Limited Atonement [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us."

July 27: "U" Stands for Unconditional Election [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath named us accepted in the beloved."

July 20: "T" Stands for Total Depravity [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"They have all fallen away, they are all alike depraved; there is none that does good, no, not one."

July 13: Putting Away Bitterness [ Read]
Sermon by Brigid A. Boyle

"Put away from you all bitterness ."

July 6: The Allegiance That Sets Us Free [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free."

June 22: Summertime Renewal [Read]
Sermon by Jeff Van Orden

June 15: Getting the Name Right [Read]
Sermon by Brigid A. Boyle

"And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying 'Abba! Father!' So you are no longer a slave, but a child, and if a child, then also an heir, through God."

June 8: God's Breath [Read]
Sermon by Brigid A. Boyle

"In the last days, it will be, God declares, that I pour out my Spirit upon all flesh."

June 1: Our Anxious Toil [Read]
Sermon by Brigid A. Boyle

"It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved."

May 25: Identifying Marks [Read]
Sermon by Brigid A. Boyle

"'By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.'"

May 18: The God Who Believes in You [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion in the day of Jesus Christ."

May 11: On Refusing Comfort [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Rachel is weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted for her children, because they are no more."

May 4: Excused From the Table of Discipleship [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"And they excused themselves, saying, 'This age of lawlessness and unbelief is under Satan, who does not allow the truth and power of God to prevail over the unclean things of the spirits. Therefore, reveal your righteousness now.'"

April 27: Instruments of Peace - Youth Sunday [ Read]

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."

April 20: Who Will Roll Away the Stone for Us? [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"They had been saying to one another,'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?' When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled back."

April 13 to March 9 - a five sermon series encompassing "Questions on the Way to Cross."

April 13: "Surely Not I" and "Could You Not Keep Awake One Hour?" [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis and Brigid A. Boyle

"They began to be distressed and to say to him one after the other, 'Surely not I?'"

April 6: "What Do You Want Me To Do For You?" [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"'Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.' And he said to them, 'What is it you want me to do for you?'"

March 30: "Why Do you Call Me Good?" [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.'"

March 16:"What Were You Arguing About?" [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Then they came to Capernaum and when he was in the house he asked them, 'What were you arguing about?' But they were silent, for on the way, they had argued with one another about who was the greatest."

March 9: "How Much Longer Must I Put Up With You?" [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"You faithless generation, how much longer must I be among you? How much longer must I put up with you?"

March 2: The Endurance We Are Given [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised."

February 16: Fate, Destiny and the Devil [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell."

"When they found him, they said to him, 'Everyone is searching for you.' He answered, 'Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do.'"

February 2: The Miracle and Mystery of a Changed Mind [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind...."

January 19: Who Needs the Church? [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Welcome everyone, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God."

"And I have seen and born witness that this is the Son of God"

January 5: The News That Troubled the World [Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him."

2002 Sermons