This Sunday’s Worship: March 30, 2025 , Lenten Choral service
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This Sunday’s Worship: March 30, 2025 , Lenten Choral service

Sunday, March 30th at 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom.

Scripture:

Hebrews 4:14-16

Hymns:

Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty
O Love, How Deep, How Broad            

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Sermon: This week's proclamation of God's Word comes through the musical presentation of portions of Handel's Messiah.

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This Sunday’s Worship: March 23, 2025
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This Sunday’s Worship: March 23, 2025

Sunday, March 23rd at 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom.

Scripture:

Psalm 63:1-3 and Luke 13:1-9

Hymns:

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
We Come to You for Healing, Lord
When We Are Living              

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Sermon: Living Close to the Ground by Rev. Mark Harper

“Friends, you need deeper roots to be strong.”

-The Harmony Tree: A story of Healing and Community by Randy Woodley

Link to Bulletin (PDF)

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This Sunday’s Worship: March 16, 2025
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This Sunday’s Worship: March 16, 2025

(Sunday, March 16th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Psalm 27:1-5, 13-14 and Matthew 12:43-45

Sermon: Anybody Home? by Rev. Mark Harper

“Listen! I stand at the door and knock: if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me.”

-The Revelation to John (3:20)

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This Sunday’s Worship: March 9, 2025
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This Sunday’s Worship: March 9, 2025

(Sunday, March 9th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13

Sermon: An Opportune Time by Rev. Mark Harper

“I sat there in the vision pit … all by myself, left on the hilltop for four days and nights without food or water … If Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, would give me the vision and the power, I would become a medicine man and perform many ceremonies.” -from Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions

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This Sunday’s Worship: March 2, 2025
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This Sunday’s Worship: March 2, 2025

(Sunday, March 2nd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Exodus 34:29-35 and Luke 9:28-43a

Sermon: We See You by Rev. Mark Harper

“Significance: to have a distinct mark, to be known. I long to be known and to know I belong. In an era of tyrants, the desire to be known is not only personal but political. Performative cruelty demands submission of individuality, hiding our true selves, and reduces the value of each person’s dignity to a punch line. My desire to know myself and be known is an “anchor for the soul, firm and secure: (Hebrews 6:19) beyond the tumult of dehumanizing forces.” -Rose Marie Berger

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This Sunday’s Worship: February 23, 2025
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This Sunday’s Worship: February 23, 2025

(Sunday, February 23rd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-29 and Luke 6:27-38

Sermon: Counter(intuitive) Punch by Rev. Mark Harper

“To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him or her, and he or she is no longer our enemy.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

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This Sunday’s Worship: February 9, 2025
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This Sunday’s Worship: February 9, 2025

(Sunday, February 9th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-13 and Luke 5:1-11

Sermon: Going After the Big Fish by Rev. Mark Harper

“I am so tired of waiting
Aren’t you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two –
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.” -Langston Hughes

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This Sunday’s Worship: February 2, 2025
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This Sunday’s Worship: February 2, 2025

(Sunday, February 2, At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10 and Luke 4:21-30

Sermon: Exorcising Jesus by Pastor Mark Harper

“The worth of an individual does not lie in the measure of [their] intellect, [their] racial origin, or [their] social position. Human worth lies in relatedness to God.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. , Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

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This Sunday’s Worship: January 26, 2025
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This Sunday’s Worship: January 26, 2025

(Sunday, January 26th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 and John 2:1-11

Sermon: Learning from the Water Carriers by Rev. Mark Harper

“In times of change learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” - Eric Hoffer

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This Sunday’s Worship: January 19, 2025
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This Sunday’s Worship: January 19, 2025

(Sunday, January 19th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Matthew 22:35-40 and Matthew 25:34-45

Sermon: The Bottom Line by Members of CRM Ministry

Yes, Jesus, I want to be on your right side or your left side, not for any selfish reason. I want to be on your right or best side, not in terms of some political kingdom or ambition, but I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so we can make of this old world a new world.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

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