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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Second Sunday in Lent Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Mark 12:29-34 And loving God… Why, that’s better than all offerings and sacrifices put together! (Verse 33)
First Sunday in Lent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 14:8-14 Believe me: I am in my Creator and my Creator is in me. If you can’t believe that, believe what you see — these works. (Verse 11)
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)
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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
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)
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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)