This Week’s Message | Proverbs 31:8-9
Speak up for the people who have no voice, for the rights of all the misfits. Speak out for justice! Stand up for the poor and destitute! (Proverbs 31:8-9)
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Deep Water
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 5:1-11 When he finished teaching, he said to Simon, “Push out into deep water and let your nets out for a catch.” (Verse 4)
This Week’s Message | Ephesians 4:25
What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself. (Ephesians 4:25)
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Provoked
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 4:21-30 He answered, “I suppose you’re going to quote the proverb, ‘Doctor, go heal yourself. Do here in your hometown what we heard you did in Capernaum.’ Well, let me tell you something: No prophet is ever welcomed in his hometown.” (Verse
This Week’s Message | Romans 12:10
Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle. (Romans 12:10)
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The Road Map to Ministry
Third Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 4:14-21 God’s Spirit is on me; God 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
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This Week’s Message | Matthew 7:12
Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them. Add up God’s Law and Prophets and this is what you get. (Matthew 7:12)
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Everyone Gets In On It
Second Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar 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. (Verse 8)
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This Week’s Message | 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15
Gently encourage the stragglers, and reach out for the exhausted, pulling them to their feet. Be patient with each person, attentive to individual needs. And be careful that when you get on each other’s nerves you don’t snap at each other. Look for the best in each other, and always do your best to bring
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Because You Are Loved
First Sunday after 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 Child, chosen and marked by my love, pride of my life.” (Verse 22)
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