Shame and Dishonor, Covered by Glory
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion Worship Theme: God’s mercy covers the shame of wrongs we have done and wrongs done to us. He clothes us in ascribed honor that we do not deserve. Sermon Text: Zechariah 1:14–17; 2:8–12; 3:1–5 Other Scripture Readings: Psalm 3; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7; 1 Peter […]
A Foolish Medium
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion Worship Theme: For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of preaching to save those who believe. Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18–25 Other Scripture Readings: Psalm 126:5–6; Acts 13:44–46
A Foolish Message
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion: 10:45am Worship Theme: The Word of the Cross is Folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18–25 Other Scripture Readings: Isaiah 29:13–14; Luke 8:4–8
A Future and a Hope?
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion Worship Theme: In a harsh and violent world far from God’s ideal, God commands His people to seek the well-being of the cities in which we live. Our faithful exilic living is a testimony to the nations of God’s redeeming love, shown most fully […]
Hard-Baked, or Soft Hearts?
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion Worship Theme: In a sin-hardened world, God softens the hearts of His people and molds us into the useful vessels and beautiful images of His Son that He intends us to be. Sermon Text: Jeremiah 18–19 Other Scripture Readings: Psalm 49 (Wisdom); Romans 8:26–30; 12:1–2
The Strength of My Heart and My Portion Forever
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion Worship Theme: In our confusing world where the wicked often prosper and the righteous suffer, encountering and enjoying the true and living God in worship reorients our thinking and reorders our desires and priorities. Sermon Text: Psalm 73 Other Scripture Readings: Psalm 81 (Prophetic); Philippians 3:7–11
Look, YHWH, and See!
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion Worship Theme: As we experience weariness and pain in a sin-marred world, God shares our weariness and our anger, and when we protest sin and injustice, and appeal to his covenant—we are behaving as his faithful children. Sermon Text: Book of Lamentations (various) Other Scripture Readings: Psalm 109 […]
Receiving Double
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion Worship Theme: When we experience significant loss, even the loss of a child, God sees. We come to know Him and His compassion deeply through suffering and loss, and we can hope in His power to save, to “restore double,” and to raise the dead. […]
How Blessed Is Weakness
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion Worship Theme: God allows our weaknesses to humble us, so that His power is displayed in our reliance on Him. Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 Other Scripture Readings: Psalm 30 (Thanksgiving); Matthew 11:25–30
Faith Against Hope
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost — Service of Worship with Holy Communion Worship Theme: The inheritance promised to Abraham is guaranteed to all who share his faith—both Jew and Gentile—not through adherence to the Law, but by grace alone. Sermon Text: Romans 4:13–25 Other Scripture Readings: Genesis 17:1–8, 15–19; Psalm 33:12–22