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

Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25 and Luke 24:1-12

Sermon: “Looking for the Living” by Pastor Mark Harper

“So, friends, every day do something
that won’t compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for nothing.
Take all that you have and be poor.
Love someone who does not deserve it …
As soon as the generals and the politicos
Can predict the motions of your mind,
Lose it. Leave it as a sign
to mark the false trail, the way
you didn’t go. Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.

Wendell Berry, from Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

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

Scripture: Luke 19:29-40 and Psalm 118:19-24

Sermon: “The Work of Rejected Stones” by Pastor Mark Harper

“Jesus was crucified on a cross as an insurrectionist because he bore witness to the divine truth that no one has to be defined by his or her circumstances. Liberation from oppression is God’s gift to the powerless in society. Freedom is Jesus’ gift to all who believe. And when one accepts this liberating Gospel and makes the decision to follow Jesus, you must be prepared to go to the cross in service to others – the least of those in society.” - James Cone, from his ordination sermon for Chris Hedges

Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash

(Sunday, April 3 At 11 AM, Lenten Choral Communion Service, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21 and John 20:11-13

Sermon: “Mary from the Margins” by Pastor Mark Harper

Special Anthems: TPPC Choir with Guest Musicians, directed by Dr. James Bingham

“Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?”

From “The Summer Day,” by Mary Oliver

image: Albrecht Dürer, Noli me tangere (Do Not Touch Me), from the Small Passion, woodcut, c. 1510, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Junius Spencer Morgan, 1919

(Sunday, March 27 At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10 and Luke 15:11-32

Sermon: “Party Time” by Pastor Mark Harper

“I do not understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.” Anne Lamott

Photo by Jackson David on Unsplash

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

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-19:15 (NIV) and John 2:13-22 (NRSV)

Sermon: “Who’s Holding Up Your Arms? And, Oh … What About the Memory of the Amalekites?” by Rev. Carolyn Tilley

Photo by I.am_nah on Unsplash.