Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener
Reading: Matthew 7:1-14
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. (Verse 12)
Third Sunday after Epiphany
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Matthew 4:12-23
Change your life. God’s kingdom is here. (Verse 17)
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: John 1:29-42
The next day John was back at his post with two disciples, who were watching. He looked up, saw Jesus walking nearby, and said, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb.” (Verses 35-36)
First Sunday after Epiphany
Reading: Matthew 3:13-17
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
But Jesus insisted. “Do it. God’s work, putting things right all these centuries, is coming together right now in this baptism.” (Verse 15)
Transfiguration Sunday
Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar
Reading: 2 Corinthians 3:7–4:2
With that kind of hope to excite us, nothing holds us back. (Verse 12a)
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 6:27-38
Here is a simple rule of thumb for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you; then grab the initiative and do it for them! If you only love the lovable, do you expect a pat on the back? Run-of-the-mill sinners do that. If you only help those who help you, do you expect a medal? Garden-variety sinners do that. If you only give for what you hope to get out of it, do you think that’s charity? The stingiest of pawnbrokers does that. (Verses 31-34)
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 6:17-26
Popularity contests are not truth contests — look how many scoundrel preachers were approved by your ancestors! Your task is to be true, not popular. (Verse 26)
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)
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 23)
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 announce, “This is God’s time to shine!” (Verse 20)
