Third Sunday of Advent (Joy) White Gift Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Thessalonians 5:16-24 Don’t suppress the Spirit, and don’t stifle those who have a word from the Master. On the other hand, don’t be gullible. Check out everything, and keep only what’s good. Throw out anything tainted with evil. (Verses […]
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Don’t suppress the Spirit, and don’t stifle those who have a word from the Master. On the other hand, don’t be gullible. Check out everything, and keep only what’s good. Throw out anything tainted with evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:19-22)
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Second Sunday of Advent (Peace) Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 1:1-8 His baptism — a holy baptism by the Holy Spirit — will change you from the inside out. (Verse 8)
A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together.
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First Sunday of Advent (Hope) Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 13:24-37 And then they’ll see the Son of Humanity enter in grand style, this Arrival filling the sky — no one will miss it! (Verse 26)
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God, who got you started in this spiritual adventure, shares with us the life of the Son and our Master Jesus. God will never give up on you. Never forget that. (1 Corinthians 1:9)
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Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23 I couldn’t stop thanking God for you. (Verse 15)
God — you’re my God! I can’t get enough of you! I’ve worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts. (Psalm 63:1)
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Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 25:14-30 Take the thousand and give it to the one who risked the most. And get rid of this “play-it-safe” who won’t go out on a limb. Throw him out into utter darkness. (Verses 28-30)
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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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