(Sunday, February 4th At 11 AM, Hybrid Community Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 and Mark 1:40-45

Sermon: Half-free by Pastor Mark Harper

“Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” - Isaiah 40:31

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(Sunday, January 28th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:15-18 and Mark 1:21-28

Sermon: When Jesus Comes to Church by Pastor Mark Harper

“We are called to be the church: to celebrate God’s presence, to live with respect in creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God. Amen.” - Iona Abbey Worship Book

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(Sunday, January 21th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20 and Jonah 3:1-5,10

Sermon: Sacred Stubbornness by Pastor Mark Harper

“The good news is that with the anointing of the Holy Spirit, ordinary people can do extraordinary things.” - Dr. Teresa Fry Brown, African American History and Devotions

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(Sunday, January 14th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-12 and Luke 4:16-21

Sermon: Light to the Powers by Pastor Mark Harper

“There is a sort of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple act of living together as (siblings).” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Nobel Prize Lecture

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(Sunday, January 7th At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-12 and Matthew 2:1-18

Sermon: Light to the Powers by Pastor Mark Harper

“That is the trouble with God. God does not let you leave as you came. God sends you back, stripped of your presumptions, making for home by another way.” -from The Wild Goose Worship Group: Cloth for the Cradle

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(Sunday, December 24th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8 and Luke 2:22-40

Sermon: Letting Go and Getting On: Ritual of Recommitment for All God’s Children by Pastor Mark Harper

“The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all.” - Titus 2:11

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(Sunday, December 24th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 and Luke 1:26-38

Sermon: When the Script Changes by Pastor Mark Harper

“The Lord will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel (God is with us).” -Isaiah 7:14b

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(Sunday, December 17th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-15a and Mark 1:1-8

Sermon: Magnifying Jesus by Pastor Mark Harper

Virgin
It seems everyone wants at least 3-5 years experience.
Except God, that is.
[God] looks for the one willing to try something new. - Sam Gutierrez

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(Sunday, December 10th At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-15a and Mark 1:1-8

Sermon: Whose Gospel is it Anyway? by Pastor Mark Harper

“O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, Sun of justice: Come, shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death.” -from Litany for Advent O Antiphons, Book of Common Worship

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(Sunday, December 3rd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-9

Choral Sunday: Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi

“Hope is believing in spite of the evidence, and then watching the evidence change.” - Jim Wallis paraphrasing Hebrews 11:1

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

Scripture: Ezekiel 34:11-16 and Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon: When Did We See You by Pastor Mark Harper

“Loving as Jesus loves, helping as Jesus helps, giving as Jesus gives, serving as Jesus serves, rescuing as Jesus rescues, being with him twenty-four hours, touching him in his distressing disguise.” - Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 and Matthew 5:14-16

Sermon: Let Your Light Shine - Testimonies of Servant Leadership

“Against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up.” - Anne Lamott

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(Sunday, November 12th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 and Matthew 25: 1-23

Sermon: Come as you Are by Pastor Mark Harper

“(In the City of God), there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light … .”

-Revelation 22:5

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(Sunday, November 5th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Remember to turn your Clocks Back!!

Scripture: Psalm 107:1-9 and Matthew 23: 1-12

Sermon: Stewards of One Another by Pastor Mark Harper

“As followers of Jesus, we should not only believe in miracles, but we must live in a way that might necessitate one.” -Shane Claiborne

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(Sunday, October 29th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: I Corinthians 13 and Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon: The Map Is Not The Ground by Pastor Mark Harper

“Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we will bear each other’s faults and burdens. If we love enough, we are going to light that fire in the hearts of others. And it is love that will burn out the sins and hatreds that sadden us.” -Dorothy Day

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(Sunday, October 22nd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Psalm 121 and Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon: Render What? by Rev. Carolyn Tilley

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(Sunday, October 15th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-9 and Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon: The Wedding Crasher by Pastor Mark Harper

“ … God will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; God will swallow up death forever.” - Isaiah 25:7-8

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(Sunday, October 8th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Mark 8:34-35 and Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon: What Do You Really Want? by Pastor Mark Harper

“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” -Jesus (Mark 8:36)

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(Sunday, October 1st At 11 AM, Hybrid World Communion Sunday Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-13 and Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon: Show Us Your Papers by Pastor Mark Harper

“We are called to be obedient to Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, who loves the whole world and who invites us to be stewards of the earth and servants of his people, to be co-workers in the new Creation.” - “Peacemaking: The Believers’ Calling,” The United Presbyterian Church in the USA, 1980

(Sunday, September 24th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 and 4:1-11 and Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon: It’s Not Fair by Pastor Mark Harper

“What you do in the Lord is not in vain.” -N.T. Wright

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