Sermons in 2009

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

"And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shall rule over him." Genesis 4:7b KJV

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

June 7: A Time To Embrace [ Read ]
Sermon by Brian Russo

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."