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December 2023
December 31
: NO SERMON -
CLICK HERE
for bulletin / Isaiah 61:10-62:3 & Luke 2:15-21
December 24:
“Going Forth” / Isaiah 40:1-11 & Mark 1:1-8 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
December 17:
“Seeing with New Eyes” / Isaiah 61:1-4 & Luke 1:26-38 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
December 10:
“Honoring Our Pain for the World” / Psalm 126 & Mark 13:24-37 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
December 3:
“Coming from Gratitude” / Psalm 85:8-13 & 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
November 2023
November 26:
NO SERMON / Matthew 25:31-45
November 19:
“Truth to Power” / Psalm 90:1-6, 12 & Matthew 25:14-30 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
November 12:
“Wisdom’s Light” / Wisdom 6:12-20 & Matthew 25:1-13 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
November 5:
NO SERMON / Psalm 24 & Matthew 5:1-12
October 2023
October 29:
“The Answer to Every Question” / Psalm 1 & Matthew 22:34-40 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
October 22:
“Kindom Currency” / Psalm 99 & Matthew 22:15-22 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
October 15:
NO SERMON (brief reflection) / Philippians 4:4-9 & Exodus 32:1-14 / Pastor Tim (
audio
)
October 8:
“The Word Beyond the Words” / Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 & Psalm 19 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
October 1:
“Expecting the Unexpected” / Exodus 17:1-7 & Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
September 2023
September 24:
“No Use Complaining” / Exodus 16:2-15 & Matthew 20:1-16 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
September 17:
NO WORSHIP to encourage participation in the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City
September 10
: “Community's the Thing” / Psalm 149:1-6a & Matthew 18:15-20 / Pastor Tim (no PDF or audio)
September 3:
NO SERMON -
CLICK HERE
for bulletin
August 2023
August 27:
“Resisting Empire” / Exodus 1:8-2:10 & Romans 12:1-8 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
August 20
: “Gender Matters” / Psalm 67 & Proverbs 8:1-4, 10-17 / Kristine Morrow (no PDF /
audio
)
August 13:
“Kissing Cousins” / Psalm 85:1-13 & Matthew 14:22-33 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
August 6:
"Blessed Beyond Belief" (meditation) / Genesis 32:22-31 & Matthew 14:13-21 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 2023
July 30:
"Kindom Training" / Psalm 105:1-10 & Matthew 13:31-35, 44-52 / Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
July 23:
“Ladders, Circles and Heaven on Earth” / Song of Songs 2:8-13 & Genesis 28:10-19a / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 16:
"Trauma and Healing" / Genesis 25:19-24 & Romans 8:1-11 / Dr. Cord J. Whitaker (
audio
only)
July 9:
“Dancing and Mourning” / Song of Songs 2:8-13 & Matthew 11:16-19, 28-30 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 2:
“Here I Am” / Genesis 22:1-14 & Matthew 10:40-42 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
June 2023
June 25:
"Troubles" / Psalm 86:1-10 & Genesis 21:8-21 / Pastor Tim (no PDF or audio)
June 18:
"Why Did Sarah Laugh?" / Psalm 100 & Genesis 18:1-15 / Alisha Berry (no PDF or audio)
June 11:
“Mercy, Mercy Me” / Hosea 5:15-6:6 & Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
only)
June 4:
NO SERMON -
CLICK HERE
for bulletin in honor of Pride Sunday
May 2023
May 28:
“Spiritually Speaking” / 1 Corinthians 12:4-12 & Acts 2:1-18 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
May 21:
NO SERMON -
Service of Centering & Healing
/ Psalm 61:1-5 & Isaiah 40:27-31
May 14:
“God of Advocacy” / Psalm 66:8-20 & John 14:15-21 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
May 7:
“Living Stones” / Psalm 31:1-5 & 1 Peter 2:4-10 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
April 2023
April 30:
“Awe and Abundance” / John 10:1-10 & Acts 2:42-47a / Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
April 23:
“A Haunting Place” / Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 & Luke 24:13-35 / Rev. John Pritchard (
PDF
/
audio
)
April 16 (Faith Climate Action Week):
“Believing Is Doing” / Psalm 16 & John 20:19-31 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
only)
April 9 (Easter Sunday):
“As Though Dead” / Matthew 28:1-10 & John 20:1-18 / Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
April 2 (Palm & Passion Sunday):
NO SERMON -
CLICK HERE
for bulletin
March 2023
March 26:
“You Shall Live” / Psalm 130 & Ezekiel 37:1-14 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
March 19:
“Spit and Mud” / Psalm 23 & John 9:1-17, 24-25 / Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
March 12:
“Digging Deep and Stretching Wide – Reprised” / Exodus 17:1-7 & John 4:7-15 / Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
March 5:
“Umbilical Faith” / Psalm 121 & John 3:1-17 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
February 2023
February 26:
"Disruptors of the Peace" / Matthew 4:1-11 & Luke 12:49-53 / Rev. Dr. Calenthia Dowdy (no PDF or audio available)
February 19:
NO SERMON
-
Service of Healing
February 12:
"Cultivating Community" / Deuteronomy 30:15-20 & 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
February 5
:
"Repairers of the Breach" / Isaiah 58:6-12 & Matthew 5:13-19 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
January 2023
January 29:
"In a Nutshell" / Micah 6:1-8 & Matthew 5:1-12 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
January 22:
"Answering the Call” / Psalm 22 & Matthew 4:18-23 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
January 15:
"Empathy, Intuition and Opacity” / Psalm 40:1-11 & John 1:29-42 / Lesley Curtis (
PDF
/
audio
)
January 8:
"The Road Less Traveled” / Isaiah 60:1-6 & Matthew 2:1-12 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
January 1:
NO SERMON -
Service of Prayer, Reflection & Song
December 2022
December 25 (Christmas Day):
NO WORSHIP
December 18:
"It Takes a Village” / Isaiah 7:10-16 & Matthew 1:18-25 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
December 11:
"Managing Expectations” / Isaiah 35:1-10 & Matthew 11:2-10 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
December 4:
"J is for …” / Isaiah 11:1-9 & Matthew 3:1-12 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
November 2022
November 27:
"Plowshares Prayers" / Isaiah 2:1-5 & Matthew 24:36-44 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
November 20:
"God in the Stillness" / Psalm 46 & Luke 23:33-43 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
November 13:
"Imagine That!" / Isaiah 65:17-25 / Rev. John Pritchard (
PDF only
)
November 6:
"The Long Line of Love" / Psalm 17:1-9 & Luke 6:20-31 / Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
October 2022
October 30:
"Short and Sweet" / Psalm 119:137-144 & Luke 19:1-10 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
October 23:
"Sinners and Saints" / Joel 2:23-32 & Luke 18:9-14 / Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
October 16:
"Keep the Faith" / Psalm 19 & Luke 18:1-8 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
October 9:
NO SERMON -
small-group discussion
October 2:
"Homesick" / Psalm 137 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
September 2022
September 25:
“Taking Hold of Life” / 1 Timothy 6:6-10, 17-19 & Luke 16:19-31 / Pastor Tim (
PDF only
)
September 18:
"Be the Balm" / Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 & Luke 16:1-13 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
September 11:
"Lost and Found" / Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 & Luke 15:1-10 /
Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
September 4:
"Works of Art, in Progress” / Jeremiah 18:1-6 & Psalm 139:1-15 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
August 2022
August 28:
"Hospitality as Solidarity” / Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 & Luke 14:1, 7-14 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
August 21:
NO WORSHIP
August 14:
"Taking the Baton and Running with It” / Jeremiah 1:4-10 & Hebrews 11:29-12:2 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
August 7:
"Blood On Our Hands” / Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 & Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-12 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 2022
July 31:
"Life Actually” / Colossians 3:1-3, 8-11 & Luke 12:13-21 / Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
July 24:
"Gospel of Generosity and Grace" / Hosea 1:2-10 & Luke 11:1-13 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 17:
"The Better Part" / Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 & Luke 10:38-42 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 10:
No sermon, just space for individual spiritual reflection
July 3:
"Getting In Our Own Way" / Psalm 30 & 2 Kings 5:1-14 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
June 2022
June 26:
"Right Relation to Mortality” / 1 Kings 19:15-16 & Luke 9:51-62 / Rev. John Pritchard (
PDF
/
audio
)
June 19:
"Choosing Otherwise” / 1 Kings 19:1-16 & Galatians 3:26-29 / Rev. John Pritchard (
PDF
/
audio
)
June 12:
"Wisdom’s Call” / Psalm 8 & Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
June 5 -
NO SERMON,
shorter service
to enable participation in Philly Pride March
May 2022
May 29: NO SERMON
-
brief introductory reflections
as part of a
Service of Lament
May 22:
"Not as the World Gives” / Psalm 67 & John 14:23-29 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
May 15:
"Your Grief Will Make Room for You" /
Job 2:7-9 & Revelation 21:1-6 /
Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart
(no PDF /
audio
)
May 8
: "To Be Alive" /
Psalm 23 & Acts 9:36-43 /
Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
May 1:
"Business as Un-usual" / Acts 9:1-6 & John 21:1-17 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio)
April 2022
April 24:
“How Shall We Live?” / Psalm 150 & Revelation 1:4-8 / Lauren B. (
PDF
/
audio
)
April 17 (Easter Sunday):
"Unimaginable” / Isaiah 65:17-25 & Luke 24:1-12 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
April 10:
No sermon -
Liturgy of the Palms & the Passion
April 3:
"Open-Hearted, Open-Handed" / Isaiah 43:16-21 & John 12:1-8 / Pastor Tim (
PDF only
)
March 2022
March 27:
“Prodigal Love” / Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
March 20:
“God of Life ... and Compost” / Isaiah 55:1-9 & Luke 13:1-9 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
March 13:
“The Fox and the Hen” (guided meditation) /
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 & Luke 13:31-35 /
Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
March 6:
“Tempted Off Center” / Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 & Luke 4:1-13 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
February 2022
February 27:
"Light Revealed, Light Reflected" / Exodus 34:29-35 & Luke 9:28-43a / Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
February 20:
“Blessed, Part 2 – The Fruit of Blessing” / Jeremiah 17:5-10 & Luke 6:27-38 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
February 13:
“Blessed, Part 1
–
The Root of Blessing” /
Psalm 1 & Luke 6:17-26 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
February 6
:
“Worthy from the Start” / Isaiah 6:1-8 & Luke 5:1-11 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
January 2022
January 30
:
"Love Beyond the Noise" / 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 /
Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
January 23:
No sermon -
Service of Healing & Wholeness
January 16:
"Common Good" / 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF only
)
January 9
:
“The Holder and the Held – Witnessing with Love” /
Isaiah 43:1-7 / Rev. Dr. Lesley S. Curtis
(
audio only
)
January 2
: “In the Flesh” / Sirach 24:1-9 & John 1:1-9, 14 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
December 2021
December 26:
no sermon
December 19:
"Love Actually" / Luke 1:39-55 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
December 12:
“Joy-Full” / Isaiah 12:2-6 & Philippians 4:4-7 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
December 5:
“Preparing for Peace” / Luke 1:68-79 & Luke 3:1-6 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
November 2021
November 28:
“Stubborn Hope” / Luke 21:25-36 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
November 21:
“Not from This World” / Revelation 1:4b-8 & John 18:33-37 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
November 14:
“The Labor of Love” /
1 Samuel 1:4-20 & Mark 13:1-8 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
November 7:
“In a Drought” /
Psalm 146 & 1 Kings 17:8-16 / Rev. John Pritchard
(
PDF
/
audio
)
October 2021
October 31:
“In Death as in Life” /
Ruth 1:1-18 & Mark 12:28-34 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
October 24:
“Like Those Who Dream” /
Psalm 126 & Mark 10:46-52 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
October 17:
No Sermon -
Service of Healing
(
CLICK HERE
for Prayer for Healing)
October 10:
“Saved from Impossibility” /
Mark 10:17-31 & Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
October 3:
“Love Fulfilled” /
Luke 22:14-23
/
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
September 2021
September 26:
"Obstacle or Vehicle?" /
Mark 9:38-50 /
Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio)
September 19:
"Like a Tree" /
Psalm 1 /
Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
September 12:
“Forget Your Life” / Mark 8:27-37 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
September 5
:
"Open Up" /
Mark
7:24-37 /
Pastor Tim
(PDF
/
audio
)
August 2021
August 29
:
"Worthless Religion" /
James 1:17-27 & Mark
7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
August 22
:
"Gotta Be the Shoes" /
Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-17 & Ephesians 6:10-18 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
August 15
:
"Heart Songs" /
1 Kings 3:3-14 & Ephesians 5:15-20 /
Pastor Tim
(
PDF
/
audio
)
August 8
:
"A Dwelling Place for God" /
2 Samuel 7:1-14a & Ephesians 2:17-22 /
Rev. John Pritchard (
PDF
/
audio
)
August 1
:
"Enough Is Enough" /
Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 /
Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 2021
July 25
:
"More Than Enough" /
2 Kings 4:42-44 & John 6:1-21 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 18
:
"Pursued By Love" / Psalm 23 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 11
:
"What Do You See?" /
Amos 7:7-15 /
Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
July 4
:
"Finding (Y)our Footing" / Ezekiel 2:1-5 & Mark 6:1-13 / Pastor Tim (
PDF
/
audio
)
June 2020
Jun 28
: "Reflections of an Interim Pastor" / Psalm 100 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
Jun 21
: "Holy Boldness, Revolutionary Love" / Matthew 10:24-39 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
Jun 14
: "Surprised by Hope" / Kristine Morrow
Jun 7
: no sermon
May 2020
May 31
(Pentecost): "Deep Breaths" / 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 & Acts 2:1-21 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
audio recording
of Pentecost scripture readings and sermon
May 24
: "No Hands But Ours" / Acts 1:6-14 & John 17:1-11 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
May 17
: "God Moves" / Psalm 91 & Acts 17:22-31 / Lesley Curtis
May 10
: "Finding Our Way" / John 14:1-14 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
May 3
: "The Voices We Follow" / John 10:1-10 / Rev. Amy Emmett-Rardin
April 2020
April 26
:
brief reflection as part of Service of Healing for the Earth / Psalm 19:1-6 & Luke 24:13-35 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
April 19
: brief reflection as part of Service of Healing/ Isaiah 40:6-8, 11, 21-31 & John 20:19-29 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
April 12
(Easter): “With Fear and Great Joy“ / Jeremiah 31:1-6 & Matthew 28:1-10 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
audio recording
of Easter scripture readings and sermon
April 5
(Palm and Passion Sunday): No sermon
March 2020
March 29
:
"Life Interrupted" / Ezekiel 37:1-14 & John 11:17-44 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
March 22
:
"Digging Deep and Stretching Wide" / Exodus 17:1-7 & John 4:5-15 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
March 15:
Worship canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
March 8
: "Born and Born Again . . . " / John 3:1-12 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
March 1
:
"Remembering Who(se) We Are" /
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 & Matthew 4:1-7
/ Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
February 2020
February 23
:
"Get Up, Stand Up" /
Exodus 24:12-18 & Matthew 17:1-9 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
February 16
:
"Life or Death" /
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 & Sirach 15:15-20 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
February 9
:
"Light(s) of the World" /
Isaiah 58:1-12 & Matthew 5:13-20 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
February 2
:
"Recipes for Blessing" /
Micah 6:1-8 & Matthew 5:1-12 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
January 2020
January 26
:
"Following Jesus" /
Isaiah 9:1-4 & Matthew 4:12-23 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
January 19
:
"A New Song" /
Isaiah 49:1-7 & Psalm 40:1-11 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
January 12
:
"Beloved" /
Isaiah 42:1-9 & Matthew 3:13-17 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
January 5:
"Gracious Uncertainty" /
Isaiah 60:1-6 & Matthew 2:1-12 / Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin