Sixth Sunday of Easter Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 14:23-31 That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left — feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught. (Verse 27)
Fifth Sunday of Easter Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 13:31-35 Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples — when they see the love you have for
Fourth Sunday of Easter Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 10:22-30 I told you, but you don’t believe. Everything I have done has been authorized by my Creator, actions that speak louder than words. (Verse 25)
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Third Sunday of Easter Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 21:1-19 Then he said it a third time: “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” (Verse 17)
Second Sunday of Easter Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Acts 5:25–36 Peter and the apostles answered, ‘It’s necessary to obey God rather than men. The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, the One you killed by hanging him on a cross. God set him on high at his side, Prince and Savior, to give
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Easter Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 16:1-8 The cross is the standing statement of what we do to one another and to ourselves. The resurrection is the standing statement of what God does to us in return. (Richard Rohr)
Palm Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 15:11-17 This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. (Verses 12-14)
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Fifth Sunday in Lent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: 1 Corinthians 13:1–13 Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the
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Fourth Sunday in Lent Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Philippians 1:9-11 So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. (Verse 9)
Third Sunday in Lent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are — no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. (Verse 5)
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