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#18. A New Ism - Rev. Alexis Coleman Jul 22, 2019

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9 to 5. 996. 24/7. What is your pattern of work? How we work also determines how we rest. This Sunday in worship we continue our sermon series on Sabbath as we examine our patterns of work and rest more closely. Who or what is driving our work in the 21st century? Are we trying to make bricks without straw? Is resting just another word for laziness? And for those of us who are retired, there’s an added challenge for you as you seek to make Sabbath a unique weekly experience. You can prepare for worship by reading Exodus 5 and Exodus 16.

#17. Our Chief End - Rev. Shane Page Jul 08, 2019

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Now that the dog days of summer are upon us, and with so many families in the church planning, anticipating, or taking time away from the daily grind, vacationing, we thought it might be only appropriate to think during July about God's own design for our rest: The Sabbath. Lo and behold, it's still a commandment, and yet it may be the one most often broken by us (and in some cases with boasting!). This Sunday will we begin our Sabbath-themed July by beginning at the beginning: Genesis 1. Let's reflect once again on this rich chapter and ask ourselves what it still teaches us about our purpose within the unfolding drama of God's creation.

#16. Vital Signs - Rev. Shane Page Jul 01, 2019

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This Sunday, three Sundays removed from the Sunday of Pentecost, the day on which the Holy Spirit gave birth to the church, we will reflect, in keeping with the theme of the Holy Spirit, on a few verses from Paul's letter to the Galatians (chapter 5). Here Paul juxtaposes two conditions, two lifestyles: The first is a life lived according to the passions of the flesh; the other is a life lived according to the power of the Holy Spirit. The former brings death, the other brings life. Paul then catalogues the sure signs of a Spirit-filled life, the fruit of the Holy Spirit. This Sunday let's simply run through these signs of the maturing disciple and check our vitals.

#15. Rev. Preston Davis Jun 24, 2019

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#14. Rev. Shane Page - More Jun 20, 2019

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The Father sent the Son into the world and then the Son, through the power of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, sent the church into the world. On the Sunday following Pentecost, the church encourages us each year to pause in mystic contemplation. Now that Spirit of Jesus the Son burns with a fire glorifying the Father, it is only fitting to ask, "Just who is this God whom Jesus has revealed?" God, we discover, is truly the Mystery of mysteries, the One who eludes our reductionistic attempts to dumb Him down. God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the great One in Three. Perhaps this Sunday, Trinity Sunday, God can grant us no better gift than to be flummoxed by the sheer incomprehensibility of the true God worthy of all praise, God in three persons, Blessed Trinity.

#13. Fire In The House - Rev. Shane Page Jun 18, 2019

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This Sunday we end our sermon series on the book of Acts almost at the beginning, the day that started it all for the disciples and their bold witness to the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah: Pentecost. The fire of heaven blew through the gathering, Luke recounts, emboldening the disciples to continue what King Jesus had only begun. Let's think through this Sunday just what the gift of the Holy Spirit was and is for, according to our text from Acts 2. The Holy Spirit has come upon all those baptized in Christ, but why and for what purpose?

#12. Out Is In - Rev. Shane Page Jun 03, 2019

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This Sunday we come to part five of our six part journey through the book of Acts. This week we will reflect on the most critical interpretive moment in the church's early life, a moment without which none of us, unless my reader happens to be Jewish, would be followers of Israel's Messiah, Jesus. Acts 10 presents the moment when the plot thickened for the Jewish apostles, all of whom devoted themselves to the observance of the purity laws of the Torah. Peter finds himself summoned by the Spirit of God to the home of a Gentile, a non-Jew, even to eat with him--a shocker!--and wonder of wonders, the Spirit of Jesus Christ descended upon him as it did for his Jewish followers. Even the non-Jews have access to the God of Israel! Let's ponder this Sunday what truly was a revelatory earthquake for the first Christians whose shockwaves persist to this day.

#11. Intrusive Grace - Rev. Shane Page Jun 03, 2019

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This Sunday we come to the fourth part of our sermon series on the book of Acts. This week we will meet Saul of Tarsus, the self-avowed enemy of the burgeoning Christian community, who had just cheered on the brutal death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, and watch as he finds himself displaced, upended, and overturned by an personal invasion of the resurrected Christ. The greatest enemy of the early Church thereby becomes one of its greatest evangelists. Saul of Tarsus becomes Paul the Apostle. This Sunday let's ponder again what happens whenever grace invades.

#10. Easter Revolution - Rev. Shane Page May 20, 2019

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#9. When A Sermon Goes Right - Rev. Shane Page May 13, 2019

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