Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 25:1-13 So stay alert. You have no idea when he might arrive. (Verse 13) 

Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 23:1-12 Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant. If you puff yourself up, you’ll get the wind knocked out of you. But if you’re content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty. (Verses 11-12)

Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Matthew 22:34-46 Jesus caught them off balance. (Verse 41) 

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 22:15-22 Jesus knew they were up to no good. He said, “Why are you playing these games with me?” (Verse 18) 

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 22:1-14 The servants went out on the streets and rounded up everyone they laid eyes on, good and bad, regardless. And so the banquet was on — every place filled. (Verse 10)

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Concelebrated with First Christian Church of Decatur Officiants: Rev. Dr. James Brewer-Calvert, Senior Pastor, First Christian Church of Decatur Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor, Gentle Spirit Christian Church Order of Worship 

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Matthew 21:23-32 Jesus said, “Yes, and I tell you that crooks and whores are going to precede you into God’s kingdom. John came to you showing you the right road. You turned up your noses at him, but the crooks and whores believed him. Even when

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 20:1-1 Here it is again, the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first. (Verse 16) 

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 18:15-20 Take this most seriously: A yes on earth is yes in heaven; a no on earth is no in heaven. (Verse 18) 

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 18:21-35 Jesus replied, “Seven! Hardly. Try seventy times seven.” (Verse 22) Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until there is something to forgive. (C.S. Lewis)