Sermons
What Belongs to God – Have your Priorities Straight
This Sunday Pastor Doug will begin a series called “Getting Ready for the King.” The scriptures and themes in the coming weeks will come from Matthew chapters 22-25 in the critical days after Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on what Christians call Palm Sunday and before his betrayal and arrest on Thursday. This Sunday, our focus…
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Ending the Famine of Friendship
This Sunday Pastor Doug will be talking about friends and how invaluable they are in enriching our life. Proverbs 17:17 declares, “A friend loves at all times,” and we see from the experience of Job that friends sit with us in our grief, suffering, and pain. There is a great need for friendship in our…
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Celebrating the Life of Rev. Dr. Victor F. Scalise, Jr.
We thank you for joining us in Celebrating the Life of Rev. Dr. Victor F. Scalise, Jr. (May 21, 1932 — September 15, 2023). Pastor Doug and Jill, Suzanne, Carolyn and all of their family thank you for your prayers, cards, emails, and texts throughout this time. Download or print the Bulletin Obituary – online…
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The Parable of the Good Samaritan
This week in worship, continuing our series on “Important Choices” Pastor David shares “The Parable of the Good Samaritan” from Luke 10:25-37 and the choices we make when we’re asked to love our neighbor. Thank you for worshiping with us. If you would like to give toward the work we are doing to share God’s…
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One Important Task
We learn from Psalm 78 that it is our responsibility to tell the generations younger than us, “the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.” There are many people who have children, grandchildren, and even great children who you wish and pray, and hope would share your…
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Two Approaches to God: Complaining and Trusting
In the lives of people in the Bible and in our own lives there are two approaches to God that we can take, one is complaining and the other is trusting. How do we learn to trust God even in challenging times? That’s what we’ll be thinking about on Sunday as we look at the…
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Handling a Bruised Reed
There are times in our lives when we need to know that there is someone who is conscious of our needs and cares enough about us to help find the open door God has already provided. This Sunday we welcome Rev. Dr. Ernest Vermont sharing from Matthew 12:9-21 that Jesus heals our spiritual and emotional…
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We’re in This Together
There are many important choices we face in life and on the path to becoming a mature follower of Jesus and one of those choices is choosing to address and resolve conflict. In Matthew 18:15-20, Jesus outlines a process for the church to follow to resolve conflict. Thank you for worshiping with us. If you…
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Why It’s Important Where You Set Your Mind
Have you ever lost or misplaced something? How do you feel when you lose something? Most of the time we don’t try to lose something on purpose. Yet in today’s Gospel passage, that’s what Jesus is telling his followers to do. What Jesus says you need to lose on purpose is your life! Why would…
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