Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 6:22-38 Jesus answered, “You’ve come looking for me not because you saw God in my actions but because I fed you, filled your stomachs — and for free.” (Verse 26)
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In light of all this, here’s what I want you to do. While I’m locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk — better yet, run! — on the road God called you to travel. I don’t want any of you sitting around on your hands.
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener | Reading: Hebrews 13:17-23 May God, who puts all things together, makes all things whole… (Verse 20)
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Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense God’s grace.
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Wherever he went, village or town or country crossroads, they brought their sick to the marketplace and begged him to let them touch the edge of his coat — that’s all. And whoever touched him became well. (Verse
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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Wherever he went, village or town or country crossroads, they brought their sick to the marketplace and begged him to let them touch the edge of his coat — that’s all. And whoever touched him became well. (Verse
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My dear children, let’s not just talk about love; let’s practice real love. This is the only way we’ll know we’re living truly, living in God’s reality. It’s also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Lance Helms, Director of Communications | Reading: Mark 6:14-29 Excited, she ran back to the king and said, “I want the head of John the Baptizer served up on a platter. And I want it now!” (Verse 25)
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O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 6:1-13 Don’t think you need a lot of extra equipment for this. You are the equipment. No special appeals for funds. Keep it simple. (Verses 8-9)
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