Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 10:40-42 This is a large work I’ve called you into, but don’t be overwhelmed by it. It’s best to start small. Give a cool cup of water to someone who is thirsty, for instance. (Verse 42)
What are you waiting for? Return to your God! Commit yourself in love, in justice! Wait for your God, and don’t give up on God — ever! (Hosea 12:6)
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Take nothing for granted. Stay wide-awake in prayer. Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. Be quick to give a meal to the hungry, a bed to the homeless — cheerfully. Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around
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Third Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 4:35-41 Awake now, he told the wind to pipe down and said to the sea, “Quiet! Settle down!” The wind ran out of breath; the sea became smooth as glass. Jesus reprimanded the disciples: “Why are you such cowards? Don’t you have
Second Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Matthew 10:5-23 Touch the untouchables. (Verse 8)
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It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about
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First Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 8:1-3 And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him. (Verse 3)
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Well, the message hasn’t changed. God-of-the-Angel-Armies said then and says now: “Treat one another justly. Love your neighbors. Be compassionate with each other. Don’t take advantage of widows, orphans, visitors, and the poor. Don’t plot and scheme against one another — that’s evil.” (Zechariah 7:10)
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“Receive the Holy Spirit,” he said. “If you forgive someone’s sins, they’re gone for good. If you don’t forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?” (John 20:23)
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It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about
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