Epiphany!
Third Sunday after the Epiphany | Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener | Reading: Luke 4:14-21 Then Jesus started in, “You’ve just heard Scripture make history. It came true just now in this place.” (Verse 21)
Luke 4:18
God’s Spirit is on me; It has chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor,Sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind,To set the burdened and battered free, to announce, “This is God’s time to shine!”
Strength Through Diversity
Second Sunday after the Epiphany | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people! The variety
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1 Corinthians 12:10
Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people! The variety is wonderful.
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An Act of Commitment
First Sunday after the Epiphany | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 And along with the Spirit, a voice: “You are my Son, chosen and marked by my love, pride of my life.” (Verse 22)
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1 John 2:11
Anyone who claims to live in God’s light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It’s the person who loves brother and sister who dwells in God’s light and doesn’t block the light from others. But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in the dark, doesn’t know which
The Book of Ruth
A Commentary by John Currid The book has a greater purpose than simply being a moral story of human uprightness. The author tells a story that took place in the time of the judges (see commentary on Judges for more on this period), which is one where “there was no king in Israel” (Judges 21:25).
The Real Consequences of Christmas
Second Sunday after Christmas | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 1:10-18 The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like the Creator, like Son, generous inside and out, true from start to finish. (Verse 14)
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John 14:27
I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left — feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught.
Colossians 3:12-14
So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear
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