Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 16:19-31

Abraham replied, “If they won’t listen to Moses and the Prophets, they’re not going to be convinced by someone who rises from the dead.” (Verse 31)

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 16:1-13

If you’re honest in small things, you’ll be honest in big things; If you’re a crook in small things, you’ll be a crook in big things. (Verse 10)

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar
Reading: Philippians 3:1-16

I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ. (Verse 9)

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar
Reading: Luke 14:1, 7-14

But if you’re content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself. (Verse 11)

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 13:10-17

But Jesus shot back, “You frauds! Each Sabbath every one of you regularly unties your cow or donkey from its stall, leads it out for water, and thinks nothing of it. So why isn’t it all right for me to untie this daughter of Abraham and lead her from the stall where Satan has had her tied these eighteen years?” (Verses 15-16)

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 12:49-56

Not so. I’ve come to disrupt and confront! (Verse 51)

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 12:22-40

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)

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Reading: Luke 12:13-21

That’s what happens when you fill your barn with Self and not with God. (Verse 21)

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar
Reading: Luke 6:27-36

To you who are ready for the truth, I say this: Love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. (Verse 27)

The Other Serenity Prayer: God, grant me the serenity to stop beating myself up for not doing things perfectly, the courage to forgive myself because I’m working on doing better, and the wisdom to know that you already love me just the way I am. (unknown)

“Everything Is Beautiful” by Ray Stevens

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)