Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 4:35-41 They were in absolute awe, staggered. “Who is this, anyway?” they asked. “Wind and sea at his beck and call!” (Verse 41)
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How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!It’s like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard,Flowing down Aaron’s beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes.It’s like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion.Yes, that’s where God commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner | Reading: Mark 4:26-34 How can we picture God’s kingdom? What kind of story can we use? It’s like an acorn. When it lands on the ground it is quite small as seeds go, yet once it is planted it grows into a huge oak
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How can we picture God’s realm? What kind of story can we use? It’s like an acorn. When it lands on the ground it is quite small as seeds go, yet once it is planted it grows into a huge oak tree with thick branches. Eagles nest in it.
Third Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 3:20-35 Jesus came home and, as usual, a crowd gathered — so many making demands on him that there wasn’t even time to eat. His friends heard what was going on and went to rescue him, by force if necessary.
So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without God’s unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish
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Second Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 2:23-3:6 Then Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made to serve us; we weren’t made to serve the Sabbath. The Son of Man is no yes-man to the Sabbath. He’s in charge!” (Verse 28)
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Second Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 2:23-3:6 Then Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made to serve us; we weren’t made to serve the Sabbath. The Son of Man is no yes-man to the Sabbath. He’s in charge!” (Verse 28)
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Then Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made to serve us; we weren’t made to serve the Sabbath. The Son of Humanity is no yes-person to the Sabbath. He’s in charge!”
First Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener | Reading: Romans 8:12-17 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are Children of God. (Verse 14)
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