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#48. Everyday Peacemaking - Rev. Alexis Coleman Feb 17, 2020

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In a world that seems to becoming more fractured daily, how can the followers of the Prince of Peace be counter-cultural? Can Jesus’ disciples make any real difference in our world or is it too late? What price are we willing to pay for following the way of Jesus?This Sunday we complete our sermon series on the Beatitudes as we think about the peacemakers and those who are persecuted for their righteousness. See you in worship!

#47. Blessed Are the Merciful... Feb 10, 2020

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This Sunday we will come to the penultimate sermon in our series on the Beatitudes. Like last week, we will consider two more of Jesus’s sayings that describe the happy soul: Happy are the merciful, for the will obtain mercy, and happy are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. As I said before, Jesus speaks in the indicative mood in each of these sayings. He’s hardly prescribing steps to become merciful or pure in heart. He’s simply declaring that those possessed of a merciful, pure heart will reach happiness. To become merciful or pure in heart (or poor in spirit or anything else) is a work of the Holy Spirit within us. Nevertheless, let’s find out why mercy and purity of heart belong to the happy.

#46. Blessed Are The Meek and Discontended - Rev. Shane Page Feb 03, 2020

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This Sunday our sermon series on the Beatitudes of Jesus in Matthew's gospel continues. We will consider two of the sayings of Jesus this week: blessed are the meek and blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. Like all the beatitudes, and most of the teachings of Jesus, these sayings likewise overturn our expectations and reconfigure our vision of the world.

#45. Happy Are the Tearful - Rev. Shane Page Jan 27, 2020

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This week we continue our reflection on the Beatitudes of Jesus in the gospel of Matthew. This Sunday we will reflect on Jesus's second pronouncement. Blessed or "Happy" are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Once again we find a strange, counter-intuitive definition of happiness (at least according to our culture). Mourning as the road to happiness? Really? What might Jesus mean here? Why is grief a means to happiness, according to Jesus? Let's think on it this Sunday.

#44. #Blessed - Rev. Shane Page Jan 21, 2020

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This Sunday we will launch a new sermon series during which we will ponder the Beatitudes of Jesus as recalled by the gospel of Matthew. Think of how our world believes we will find lasting happiness. Now consider how Jesus assures us we will find happiness (Matthew 5:1-12). This Sunday we will reflect on Jesus’s first step to happiness: Happy are the poor in spirit. What does this mean? What was Jesus’s intention behind saying it? Let’s think on these things this week.

#43. The Starting Point - Rev. Shane Page Jan 13, 2020

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This Sunday in worship we will continue to follow the church's worship calendar and commemorate the second high Sunday of the year (the first being last Sunday, Epiphany): The feast of the Baptism of the Lord. It is the moment where it all began for our Lord (at least concerning his ministry): his baptism in the Jordan River. What went under those waters was the Son of God. What arose from those waters was the Son of God in mission, empowered as he was to preach the imminence of the kingdom of God. Patterned on his baptism, we too will get a chance to recall and to reaffirm the moment when the journey of faith began for us. Baptism is the door of the Christian life. Let's remember why we passed through it this Sunday.

#42. The Distraction of the Palace Jan 06, 2020

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This Sunday we will follow the traditional liturgical cycle and observe the last day of the Christmas season, Epiphany Sunday. Every year on Epiphany the lectionary cycle has us revisit the story of those enigmatic stargazers from the East, the Magi, commonly referred to as the wise men. This Sunday let’s see what other lessons they can teach us in the new year awaiting us.

#41. Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Dec 23, 2019

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This service has its roots in late 19th century England. It has been made famous by the choir of King's College, Cambridge, who has sung this service every Christmas Eve since 1918. The music changes every year, but the readings remain the same. The readings tell us the story of God's plan for salvation for us beginning with Adam and Eve and continuing until the coming of Christ. It is our hope that you will find the joy of Christmas within your hearts as we lead the familiar carols of the season as well as our anthems.

#40. Redemption Song - Rev. Shane Page Dec 16, 2019

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This Sunday we will end our sermon series on the central figure of Advent next to Jesus, Mary his mother. This week will conclude things with a stroll through her great song of victory traditionally called the Magnificat. Subversive? Yes! Nevertheless, it remains fraught with good news, previewing as it does what Jesus will make his ministry about. Reflect on it this weekend in preparation for Sunday.

#39. The Return of the King - Rev. Shane Page Dec 09, 2019

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This Sunday we will continue our sermon series on Mary the Mother of Jesus as Luke’s gospel presents her. Last week we reflected on the story of the Annunciation, that is, the Announcement by the angel Gabriel that Mary, filled with grace, would be the mother of the Lord. This Sunday we will come to Act Two: Mary’s visit to Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-45), the latter being the mother of John the Baptist, the one whose preaching would prepare the way for the ministry of Jesus. On the one hand, it reads like a simple story. Yet upon closer examination it has a remarkable outline Luke’s original audience would have detected. Let’s think about it this Sunday.

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