Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 12:49-56
Do you think I came to smooth things over and make everything nice? Not so. I've come to disrupt and confront! (Verse 50)
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Are We Preoccupied With Giving — Or Getting?
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 12:32-40
What I’m trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God’s giving. (Verse 29)
Greed
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 12:13-21
Speaking to the people, he went on, “Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.” (Verse 15)
Praying
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar
Reading: Luke 11:1-13
Don’t bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. (Verse 10)
Missing the Point
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 10:38-42
The Master said, “Martha, dear Martha, you’re fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing.” (Verse 41)
Stop! In the Name of Love
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 10:25-37
A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man’s condition, his heart went out to him. (Verse 33)
Don’t Take It Personally
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 10:1-12
When you enter a town and are not received, go out in the street and say, "The only thing we got from you is the dirt on our feet, and we’re giving it back." (Verse 10)
Coming Out
Third Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar
Reading: Matthew 10:24-39
So don’t hesitate to go public now. (Verse 27)
The Thing About Evil
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 8:26-39
Later, a great many people from the Gerasene countryside got together and asked Jesus to leave — too much change, too fast, and they were scared. (Verse 37)
The Spirit of Truth
First Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar
Reading: John 16:12-15
But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth... will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. (Verse 12)