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

Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-19 and John 1:29-42

Sermon: Four O’clock in the Afternoon by Pastor Mark Harper

“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

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

Sermon: Finding the Way Home by Pastor Mark Harper

“For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” - Amanda Gorman 

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(Sunday, January 1 At 11 AM, New Year’s Day, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Isaiah 63:7-9 and Matthew 2:13-33

Sermon: Rachel is Weeping by Pastor Mark Harper

Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Humanity has nowhere to lay his head.- Jesus of Nazareth

“He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him.” -John 1:10-11 (NRSV)

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

Scripture: John 1:1-14

There will be a congregational carol sing this week.

“Behold I bring you good news of a great joy; for to you is born in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” -Luke 2:10-11

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(Saturday, December 24 At 5 PM, Christmas Eve, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Time with all God’s Children: Cloth for the Cradle by Pastor Mark Harper

“Into this world, this demented inn in which there is absolutely no room for him at all, Christ comes uninvited. But because he cannot be at home in it, because he is out of place in it, and yet he must be in it, his place is with the others for whom there is no room. His place is with those who do not belong, who are rejected by power, because they are weak, those who are discredited, who are denied status of persons, who are tortured, bombed and exterminated. With those for whom there is no room, Christ is present in this world.” -Thomas Merton, Raids on the Unspeakable

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(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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