Second Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Philippians 3:17-4:1 My dear, dear friends! I love you so much. I do want the very best for you. You make me feel such joy, fill me with such pride. Don’t waver. Stay on track, steady in God. (Verse 1)
First Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 4:1-13 Scripture reassures us, “No one who trusts God like this — heart and soul — will ever regret it.” It’s exactly the same no matter what a person’s religious background may be: the same God for all of us,
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Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany | Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener | Reading: Luke 6:27-38 I tell you, love your enemies. Help and give without expecting a return. You’ll never — I promise — regret it. (Verse 35)
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Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 6:17-26 There’s trouble ahead when you live only for the approval of others, saying what flatters them, doing what indulges them. Popularity contests are not truth contests — look how many scoundrel preachers were approved by your ancestors! Your
Fifth Sunday after the 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)
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Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: 1 Corinthians 13 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe,
Third Sunday after the Epiphany | Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener | Reading: Luke 4:14-21 Then Jesus started in, “You’ve just heard Scripture make history. It came true just now in this place.” (Verse 21)
Second Sunday after the Epiphany | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people! The variety
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First Sunday after the Epiphany | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 And along with the Spirit, a voice: “You are my Son, chosen and marked by my love, pride of my life.” (Verse 22)
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Second Sunday after Christmas | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 1:10-18 The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like the Creator, like Son, generous inside and out, true from start to finish. (Verse 14)
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