(Sunday, December 18 At 11 AM, Fourth Sunday of Advent, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Psalm 81:1-10 and Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon: A Man of Few Words by Pastor Mark Harper

“ … when God shows up, it’s in the thick of things.” - Peter Enns, The Bible Tells Me So

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(Sunday, December 11 At 11 AM, Second Sunday of Advent, Hybrid Choral Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Passages from Isaiah, Zechariah, Luke, Matthew, and Revelation

Proclamation: Selections of Handel’s Messiah, performed by the TPPC Choir and friends under the direction of Dr. James Bingham

“It’s like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.” - Anne LaMott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

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(Sunday, December 4 At 11 AM, Second Sunday of Advent, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12 and Acts 10 (selections)

Sermon: Radical Inclusion by Mark Charles

“What is decolonizing? It’s hearing a different story and changing your mind.” - Rev.Dr. Cheryl Bear, Nadleh Whut’ en First Nation

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(Sunday, November 27 At 11 AM, First Sunday of Advent, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Romans 13:11-12 and Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon: The First Church by Pastor Mark Harper

“Advent isn’t just a season in the Christian calendar. Advent is a state of being … it means to live in hopeful anticipation during a season of suffering and fear and uncertainty. When we just don’t quite know when it’s going to be okay, Advent reminds us of the discipline of hope.” - Kate Bowler

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(Sunday, November 20 At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Colossians 1:11-20 and Luke 23:33-43

Sermon: The First Church by Pastor Mark Harper

“Success and failure, ultimately, have little to do with living the gospel, Jesus just stood with the outcasts until they were welcomed or until he was crucified – whichever came first.” - Greg Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

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(Sunday, November 13 At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10 and Luke 21:5-19

Sermon: Unscripted Speech by Pastor Mark Harper

“Do not be silent; there is no limit to the power that may be released through you.” - Howard Thurman

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(Sunday, November 6 At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-6 and Luke 20:27-38

Sermon: God of the Living by Pastor Mark Harper

“I stand here on trial on account of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors, a promise that our twelve tribes of Israel hope to attain, as they earnestly worship day and night. It is for this hope your Excellency, that I am accused by Judeans! Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?” -Paul testifying before King Agrippa (Acts 26:6-8)

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(Sunday, October 30th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Isiah 1:10-17 and Luke 19:1-10

Sermon: Calling Us Down — Rev. Mark Harper

“The most painful act the human being can perform, the act that (the human) dreads the most is the act of seeing. It is in that act of seeing that love is born or rather more accurately, that act of seeing is Love.”

-Anthony de Mello

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

Scripture: Micah 6:6-8 and Luke 18:9-14

Sermon: Recovering from Being Right — Rev. Mark Harper

“The Gospel is frankly hard for the pious to understand. Because the Gospel confronts us with the truth saying you are a sinner, a great and desperate sinner. Now come as the sinner you are to the God who loves you madly.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5 and Luke 18:1-8

Sermon: The Sound of Hope — Rev. Mark Harper

“History belongs to the intercessors – those who believe and pray the future into being.” Walter Wink

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

Scripture: Psalm 111 and Luke 17:11-19

Sermon: Jesus in the Borderlands — Rev. Mark Harper

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

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-10 and Luke 17:5-10

Sermon: Mustard Seeds, Mulberry Trees, and a Much Smaller Footprint, Please — Rev. Mark Harper

Today is World Communion Sunday

(Sunday, September 25 At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Matthew 6:6-7

Sermon: Reflections by John Peacock

“As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male or female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” - Galatians 3:27-28

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(Sunday, September 18 At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Psalm 63:1-4 and Luke 16:1-13

Sermon: The Bottom Line by Pastor Mark Harper

“As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male or female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” - Galatians 3:27-28

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

Scripture: Timothy 1:12-17 and Luke 15:1-10

Sermon: Whole is the Goal by Pastor Mark Harper

“Why do people go missing? Why are Indigenous women and girls going missing? We have to speak out against the systems that make it possible for them to go missing in the first place. A part of us will always be missing until there is justice, visibility, and acknowledgment of those who are missing. A part of our voices cannot rise until their voices rise.” - Idelette McVicker

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(Sunday, September 4th At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 and Luke 14:25-33

Sermon: The Cost

We will celebrate Communion this Sunday.

(Sunday, August 28 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:1,8-16 and Luke 13:10-17

Sermon: A Congregational Hymn Sing

“No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that Rock I’m clinging.

Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing?”

Robert Lowry, 1869

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(Sunday, August 21 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:1,8-16 and Luke 13:10-17

Sermon: “Thanking Mother Earth“ by Mike Tidwell

“Me encanta la naturaleza. Dios nos ha puesto aqui no solamente para aprovechar de ella sino a cuidarla.”

“I love nature. God has put us here not just to enjoy it but to care for it.” 

Jaime Escobar, Café Justo

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(Sunday, August 14 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Exodus 24:1-18, 32:1-6 and Luke 22:54-60

Sermon: “Hold it together (until I come)“ by Rev. Eugene Eastman

“I wish I could live like I’m longin’ to live.” from “I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free”, Billy Taylor

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(Sunday, August 7 At 10 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Romans 8:31-39 and John 20:11-18

Sermon: “Lowella’s Witness“ by Pastor Mark Harper

This worship service serves as a celebration of the life of Lowella Ganoczy.

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