First Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Readings: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 13; 2 Corinthians 13:10-14 The authority the Master gave me is for putting people together, not taking them apart. (2 Corinthians 13:10)
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Pentecost Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 14:8-17, 25-27 If you love me, keep my commands. (Verse 15) Picture referenced in today’s sermon by Pastor Paul:
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Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Romans 5:1-6, 20-21 All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten
Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: James 2:14-26 The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse. (Verse 26)
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Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 12:38-44 All the others gave what they’ll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn’t afford — she gave her all. (Verse 44)
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Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Matthew 28:16-20 Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations. (Verse 19a)
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Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 14:1-10 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Creator except through me.” (Verse 6)
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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 10:17-31 This is once again the Great Reversal: Many who are first will end up last, and the last first. (Verse 31)
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Matthew 16:1-4 You find it easy enough to forecast the weather — why can’t you read the signs of the times? An evil and wanton generation is always wanting signs and wonders. (Verse 3)
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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 22:1-14 That’s what I mean when I say, “Many get invited; only a few make it.” (Verse 14)
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