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Sunday Jan 23, 2022
A Church That Takes Risks
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Last week Pastor Rob has talked about how this church reminds us our mission to welcome all. Using stories from the church in Normandy with medics who treated Germans as well as allied soldiers along with civilians. Those bloodstains most likely come from all the people treated. The church is to welcome all to know the hope and truth of Jesus Christ.
Today, as we get ready for the presentation of our long range vision next Sunday, we consider one final metaphor for the mission of the church: taking risks.
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Sunday Jan 16, 2022
A Church That Welcomes All
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Pastor Rob continues in this series, Our Unwritten Story as he talks about "A Church That Welcomes All" and the parable in Matthew that reminds us that anyone is invited. The good and the bad are accepted. Because what Jesus is describing in this parable is the church. He’s giving us a picture of what the church is meant to be, a place where all are welcome.
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Monday Jan 10, 2022
A Church That Heals
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Pastor Rob primes the pump and invites us to spend a few weeks thinking about the purpose of the church, not just St. Luke’s, but THE church. What is the mission of the church today? Do we even need the church? Given the increasing numbers of people disconnecting from organized religion that seems a relevant question. With the shifts in popular attitudes about church and questions about how our world will be different because of this pandemic, what does this mean for the future of the Church? Join him for the first in this series: A Church That Heals.
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Sunday Jan 02, 2022
ReNEWed
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Rev. Mindie Moore is preaching on Martha and Mary and what it looks like to have a renewed sense of faith heading into the new year.
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Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Did I Buy Enough Gifts?
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
This Sunday, Rev. Kevin Davis steps into the pulpit and talks about what gifts we bring to Jesus and how do we know when we've given enough. Join us.
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Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monologue: Saving Joachim
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
This Sunday Pastor Rob presented a monologue titled Saving Joachim (though the first part will really be a dialogue with a special guest)! The monologue is based on the father of Mary, a non-biblical character, but one who is identified in apocryphal literature-writings of the same time period as biblical books but not included as Holy Scripture. In this case, the story of Mary's parents, Joachim and Anna (for whom there is a church dedicated in her name in Jerusalem built over the site where their house was believed to be) is told in the apocryphal Gospel of James. You can access that writing here. The stories about Joachim and Anna are told in the first three chapters.
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Sunday Dec 12, 2021
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Children really make the Christmas story. Literally.
It starts with the baby Jesus, which is kind of amazing if you think about the way the world viewed children in that time. Listen as Pastor Rob reminds us of why Jesus came to the world as a baby and this is often how we find hope for ourselves, that look beyond, we look ahead, we act now in ways that will bless those far beyond the horizon we see and experience the miracle of Christmas to bring a light that never dims.
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Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Messy Christmas
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
It might not be all that appealing, but wouldn’t it be refreshing to write a Christmas letter that’s honest? It can be hard to wish people a Merry Christmas when we are living in a Messy Christmas. Christmas, of all times, is when we want the messes of the world to go away, if only for a few weeks. Cover the trees and shrubs in twinkling lights. Deck the house with garland. Play Christmas music.
What if God wants to meet you in that place to use that in some way that can bring light and hope to other people. Light that can redeem pain is a light that never dims.
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Monday Nov 29, 2021
Bright Spots
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Today we start a new sermon series called, The Light that never dims. In this series we are going to look at the story of Advent through a missional lens. Here is the question we are trying to answer, “In what ways does Christ’s presence in the world inspire us to look outward in order to be the hope, peace, joy and love for others? This will be different for some of us because society places us in the mind frame of being receivers during this time. What can we get? How can we be blessed? But maybe the story of Christ coming into the world has practical implications on we live out our faith for others. And today we are highlighting our continued commitment to our neighbors in work with Afghan relief.
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Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Patient Praise
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Often at Thanksgiving we are sanctioned to be grateful as if the feeling of gratitude is created by our determination. Just be thankful! But what if gratitude sometimes comes as a surprise, something we don’t generate? What if it’s more serendipitous, like happiness, something we find not because we set out for it, or made it our object, but simply because we are open to experiences that leave us thankful and actually help us?
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Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Generous on Every Occasion
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
We’ve been looking at Paul’s discussion of giving with the Corinthians, noting that Paul is trying to inspire the Corinthians to return to taking a collection for the poor in Jerusalem. And we’ve noted several points Paul has made in these chapters:
- Generosity involves everything we have. Its not just our money. Stewardship
involves all God gives us which God can use to better the world.
- God is the source of our blessings. Everything we have comes from God. We are
just temporary renters.
- Generosity is contagious. Others get inspired by generous people
- When we live generously, life is generous to us.
- Generosity should come from a desire, not guilt.
- God doesn’t expect us to do more than we can.
- Generosity gets to the heart of spiritual maturity. That’s why we called this series
For Mature Audiences. Paul’s main concern was helping people mature in their faith, which meant becoming like Christ, which meant being people of grace.
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Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Not Grudgingly Given
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sometimes we get a little tripped up with this word “saint” and even get uncomfortable with being called one ourselves and seeing the idea that a saint is something we should live up to. Some believe being a saint means being holier than others, someone to be revered or honored or great. But in reality a saint is nothing more than a person who allowed their lives to be melted down and used as currency in God’s economy of mercy, service and justice in the world. Listen as Pastor Rob talks about saints on earth and how what you do today can make a difference tomorrow.
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Sunday Oct 31, 2021
According To What One Has
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Paul wrote 2 Corinthians chapters 8 and 9. He heard something that was very concerning, the Corinthians no longer had a desire to give to the poor in Jerusalem. Maybe times were tight and they didn’t feel they could afford to keep giving. Maybe they questioned whether the poor in Jerusalem were really all that poor. Perhaps they could do something to better their situation and weren’t. For whatever reason they stopped giving. Listen to Pastor Rob as he explains how Paul instructed us to give "according to what one has."
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Sunday Oct 24, 2021
This Grace of Giving
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
In Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians, he spends the most amount of all of his letters, two whole chapters(!), to address the offering because many in the church have grown weary with the focus on money in church. They’ve started coming with their hands on the wallets and they’re getting tired of it. Join Pastor Rob as he talks about the grace of giving at church.
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Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Audience of One
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Worship is an expression of our love for God made public. Worship is the outward expression of the inward beliefs and emotions that we have about the character and nature of God. At its core, worship is a response. It’s not an expression of our desperation. It’s not because we want something from God. It’s not because we need something from God. Join Pastor Jevon as he invites you to worship for an audience of one.
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Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Whose Kingdom Are You Building?
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
What if we tried building the kingdom that was a community with no more pain. No more crying. No more tears. Isn’t that what we’ve been taught to pray.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy (your, not mine, not my parents, not my circle ) your kingdom come, thy will be done (your vision) on earth just as it in heaven. Listen as Pastor Jevon guides us to know whose Kingdom we should be building.
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Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
What It Means to be Church
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Without needing to rehearse any more of the Church’s sordid past, let’s talk this morning about why the church is here in the first place, and what it looks like when serves it purpose well.
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Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Who Is Jesus
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
How could people who act in the name of Christ believe horrible actions represent Jesus? What Jesus had they come to know and believe in? Of course, there are many examples we could name through history of what happens when the church gets it wrong. Let's talk about when the church gets it right...
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Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Understanding His-story
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
The Bible is the story of Salvation History, in which history should have a hyphen (His-Story), meaning it is God’s story. If the first step of faith is to understand how our story is a part of God’s story, then the next step is to understand our spiritual history, or His-story. So today we continue our STEPS series as we think about the importance of the Bible in our spiritual journeys.
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Sunday Sep 12, 2021
What‘s Your Story
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
This morning we begin a series that is important not only St. Luke’s present but St. Luke’s future. We are introducing a curriculum that will be like an entry point to the discipleship process of our congregation. If the purpose of the church is to make disciples, then what does a disciple look like, and what is our process for nurturing someone in their development?
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