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November 2, 2025 (PDF)
"On Saintly Shoulders” (reflection)
Psalm 149:1-5 / Luke 6:20-31
Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
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October 26, 2025
NO SERMON - CLICK HERE for bulletin
Psalm 65 / Luke 18:9-14
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October 19, 2025 (PDF)
"Faith for the Long Haul"
Psalm 121 / Luke 18:1-8
Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
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October 12, 2025 (PDF)
"Welfare State”
Psalm 66:1-9 / Jeremiah 29:4-7
Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
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October 5, 2025 (PDF)
"Plain as Day”
Habakkuk 2:1-4 / 2 Timothy 1:1-7
Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
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September 28, 2025 (PDF)
"Chasms of Our Own Making”
1 Timothy 6:6-10, 17-19 / Luke 16:19-31
Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
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September 21, 2025 (no PDF)
"Jesus Wasn't Playing"
​Romans 12:9-21 / ​Matthew 5:38-48
Cara Blouin
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September 14, 2025 (PDF)
"No One is Illegal”
Psalm 14 / Luke 15:1-10
Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
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 September 7, 2025 (PDF / no audio)
"Created in and for Love”
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-15 / Luke 14:25-33
​Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
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August 31, 2025 (PDF / no audio)
"Kindom Co-Conspirators”
Hebrews 13:1-3 / Luke 14:1, 7-14
Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin
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August 24, 2025
NO SERMON - Service of Healing
Isaiah 58:9b-14 / Luke 13:10-17
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August 17, 2025 (PDF)
“Old-Time Religion”
Psalm 80:8-19 / Isaiah 5:1-10
Rev. John Pritchard
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August 10, 2025 (no PDF)
"Breakfalling Faith"
Psalm 33:12-22 / Hebrews 11:1-3
Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart
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August 3, 2025 (PDF)
"Enough”
Psalm 107:1-9 / Luke 12:13-21
Pastor Tim
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July 27, 2025 (PDF) 
"Open-Door Policy"
Psalm 85 / Luke 11:1-13
Pastor Tim
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July 20, 2025 (no PDF)
"The Frightening Power of Interconnectedness"
Psalm 15
Lesley Curtis
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 July 13, 2025 (PDF)
"Go and Do Likewise"
Amos 7:7-15 / Luke 10:25-37
Pastor Tim
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July 6, 2025 (PDF)
"Each Other's Keepers"
2 Kings 5:1-14 / Galatians 6:7-15
Pastor Tim
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June 29, 2025 (no PDF)
"Passing the Mantle" (brief reflection)
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 / Luke 9:51-62
Pastor Tim
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June 22, 2025 (PDF)
“Sheer Silence”
2 Kings 19:1-15a
Pastor Tim
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June 15, 2025 (PDF)
“Wisdom’s Delight”
Psalm 8 / Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
Pastor Tim
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June 8, 2025 (PDF)
“Lost & Found in Translation”
Genesis 11:1-9 / Acts 2:1-18
Pastor Tim
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June 1, 2025
NO SERMON - Pride Sunday
Genesis 11:1-9 / Acts 2:1-18
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May 25, 2025 (PDF only)
"Heaven Is Other People"
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 12 / John 5:1-9
Cara Blouin 
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May 18, 2025 (PDF)
“Heaven on Earth”
Psalm 148 / Revelation 21:1-6
Pastor Tim
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May 11, 2025 (PDF)
“Feed. My. Sheep.”
Psalm 23 / John 21:1-17
Pastor Tim
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May 4, 2025 (no PDF or audio)
“One Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, Divided Church?”
Ephesians 4:1-6 / John 17:20-23
Rev. Noé Gabriel López
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April 27, 2025
NO SERMON - Earth Month / Faith Climate Action Week
Genesis 1:1-2:4 / Leviticus 25:1-5, 8-12, 18-24

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April 20, 2025 (PDF only)
“Easter as a Verb”
Isaiah 65:17-25 / Luke 24:1-12
Pastor Tim
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April 13, 2025
NO SERMON - Palm & Passion Sunday / Stations of the Cross
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April 6, 2025 (PDF)
"Dream On”
Psalm 126 / Isaiah 43:16-19
Pastor Tim
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March 30, 2025 (no PDF)
“When the Chickens Come Home, But Don’t Roost”
Psalm 32 / Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart
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March 23, 2025 (PDF)
"Of Fig Trees, Faith and Fruit"
Isaiah 55:1-3 / Luke 13:1-9
Pastor Tim
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March 16, 2025 (PDF only)
“Ashes and Stardust”
Matthew 4:1-11
Cara Blouin
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March 9, 2025 (PDF only)
“Grounded”
Psalm 91:9-16 / Luke 4:1-13
Pastor Tim
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March 2, 2025 (no PDF or audio)
Luke 9:28-43a
"Faith Through the Fog"
Pastor Tim
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February 23, 2025 (PDF)
"Flipping the Script”
Psalm 37:1-11 / Luke 6:27-38
Pastor Tim
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February 16, 2025
NO SERMON - Service of Healing & Resilience
Psalm 1 / Jeremiah 17:5-10
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February 9, 2025 (PDF)
"Deeper, Wider Still"
Isaiah 6:1-8 / Luke 5:1-11
Pastor Tim
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February 2, 2025 (PDF)
"Good Noise"
Psalm 71:1-5 / 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Pastor Tim
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January 26, 2025 (PDF)
“Time and the Global Body”
Psalm 19:1-6 / 1 Corinthians 12:12-25
Cord J. Whitaker
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January 19, 2025 (no PDF)
"When Jesus Runs Late"
Psalm 36:5-10 / Mark 5:21-42
Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart
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January 12, 2025 (PDF)
“Beloved Belonging”
Isaiah 43:1-2 / Luke 3:21-22
Pastor Tim
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January 5, 2025 (PDF only)
“Love Light”
John 1:1-5 / Matthew 2:1-12
Pastor Tim
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December 29, 2024
NO SERMON - CLICK HERE for bulletin
Colossians 3:12-16
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December 22, 2024 (PDF)
“Promise and Possibility”
Luke 1:39-55
Pastor Tim
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December 15, 2024 (PDF only)
“Wells of Salvation”
Isaiah 12:2-6 / Philippians 4:4-7
Pastor Tim
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December 8, 2024 (PDF)
“A Way in the Wilderness”
Luke 1:68-79 / 3:1-6
Pastor Tim
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December 1, 2024 (PDF)
"Hope with Claws"
Luke 21:25-26
Cara Blouin
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November 24, 2024 (PDF)
“The Anti-King”
Psalm 126 / John 18:33-38
Pastor Tim
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November 17, 2024 (PDF)
“Breathe and Push”
Psalm 16 / Mark 13:1-8
Pastor Tim
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November 10, 2024
NO SERMON - CLICK HERE for bulletin
Psalm 42
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November 3, 2024
NO SERMON - CLICK HERE for bulletin
Ruth 1:1-17 / Mark 12:28-34
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October 27, 2024 (PDF)
“See(n)”
Psalm 34:1-8 / Mark 10:46-52
Pastor Tim
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October 20, 2024 (PDF)
“Servant’s Heart”
Psalm 104:1, 24-35 / Mark 10:35-45
Pastor Tim
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October 13, 2024 (no PDF)
"It's A Beautiful Day to Yell at God"
Job 23:1-9, 16-17 / Psalm 22:1-15
Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart
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October 6, 2024 (PDF)
“Love Happens”
Job 2:1-10 / Psalm 26
Pastor Tim
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September 29, 2024
NO SERMON - Service of Healing & Wholeness
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September 22, 2024 (no PDF)
"Drawing Nearer"
James 3:13-4:3, 7-8 / Mark 9:33-37
Pastor Tim
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September 15, 2024 (PDF)
“Not So Simple”
Proverbs 1:20-33 / Mark 8:27-37
Pastor Tim
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September 8, 2024 (PDF)
“Community, for Real”
James 2:8-13 / Mark 7:24-37
Pastor Tim
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September 1, 2024
NO SERMON - CLICK HERE for bulletin
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August 25, 2024 (PDF)
“Armor of Resistance”
Psalm 84 / Ephesians 6:10-18
Pastor Tim
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August 18, 2024 (PDF)
“Loving the Material”
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 / Proverbs 9:1-6
Lesley Curtis, Ph.D.
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August 11, 2024 (no PDF)
"Prisoners of Hope"
Psalm 130 / Ephesians 4:1-16
Rev. David Tatgenhorst
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August 4, 2024 (PDF)
“Complaints and Confessions”
Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 / 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a
Pastor Tim
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July 28, 2024 (PDF)
“Rooted and Grounded in Love”
Ephesians 3:14-19 / Mark 6:35-52
Pastor Tim
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July 21, 2024 (PDF)
“Sheep Without a Shepherd”
Jeremiah 23:1-4 / Mark 6:30-34
Pastor Tim
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July 14, 2024 (PDF)
“Plumb and Level (or Not)”
Psalm 24 / Amos 7:7-15
Pastor Tim
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July 7, 2024 (PDF)
"Take a Whiff"
Mark 6:1-13
Rev. John Pritchard
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June 30, 2024 (PDF)
“Healing Faith”
Mark 5:21-43
Rev. John Pritchard
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June 23, 2024
NO SERMON - CLICK HERE for bulletin
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June 16, 2024 (PDF only)
“Scattering Seeds”
Psalm 92:1-4 / Mark 4:26-34
Pastor Tim
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June 9, 2024 (PDF)
“Extended Grace, Extended Family”
2 Corinthians 4:13-18 / Mark 3:31-35
Pastor Tim
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June 2, 2024
NO SERMON - Pride Sunday
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May 26, 2024 (PDF)
“Sent”
Psalm 29 / Isaiah 6:1-8
Pastor Tim
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May 19, 2024 (PDF only)
Pentecost Sunday
“(Re)born of the Spirit”
Ezekiel 37:1-14 / Acts 2:1-18
Pastor Tim
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May 12, 2024 (no PDF)
"Replacing Judas"
Psalm 1:1-3 / Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart
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May 5, 2024 (PDF)
“Joyful Love” (homily/mini-sermon)
Psalm 98 / John 15:9-15
Pastor Tim
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April 28, 2024 (PDF)
“Indwelling Love”
1 John 4:7-21 / John 15:1-6
Pastor Tim
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April 21, 2024
Faith Climate Action Week
NO SERMON - CLICK HERE for bulletin
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April 14, 2024 (PDF)
"Spiritual Activism"
Psalm 133 / Julian of Norwich
Lesley Curtis, Ph.D.
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April 7, 2024 (PDF only)
“A Different Ending”
Esther 9:18-28 / John 20:19-29
Pastor Tim
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March 31, 2024 (PDF / audio coming soon)
Easter Sunday
“Yes, and …”
Isaiah 26:6-9 / Mark 16:1-8
Pastor Tim
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March 24, 2024
Palm & Passion Sunday
NO SERMON - Stations of the Cross & Crucifixion Ongoing
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March 17, 2024 (PDF)
“Wholeheartedly”
Jeremiah 31:31-34 / Psalm 119:9-16
Pastor Tim
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March 10, 2024 (PDF)
“Snakes and Poles and Idols, Oh My!”
Numbers 21:4-9 / John 3:14-21
Pastor Tim
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March 3, 2024 (PDF)
“Turning Tables”
Exodus 20:1-17 / John 2:13-22
Pastor Tim
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February 25, 2024 (PDF)
“Taking (Dis)Ownership”
Psalm 22:23-31 / Mark 8:31-37
Pastor Tim
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February 18, 2024 (NO PDF or audio recording)
"Wilderness Blessing"
Genesis 9:8-17 / Mark 1:9-15
Pastor Tim
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February 11, 2024 (PDF)
“Back Down the Mountain”
2 Kings 2:2-12 / Mark 9:2-9
Pastor Tim
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February 4, 2024 (PDF)
“Gospel Blessings All Around”
Isaiah 40:25-31 / 1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Pastor Tim
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January 28, 2024
NO SERMON - Service of Release & Healing
Psalm 111 / Mark 1:21-28
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January 21, 2024 (PDF)
“Reimagining Repentance”
Jonah 3:1-5, 10 / Mark 1:14-20
Pastor Tim
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January 14 (NO PDF)
“The Hard Work of Making the Dream Work”
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 / John 1:43-51
Rev. David Brown
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January 7 (PDF)
“Guiding Light”
Matthew 2:1-18 / Mark 1:1-8
Pastor Tim
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December 31
NO SERMON - CLICK HERE for bulletin
Isaiah 61:10-62:3 / Luke 2:15-21
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December 24, 2023 (PDF)
“Going Forth”
Isaiah 40:1-11 / Mark 1:1-8
Pastor Tim
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December 17, 2023 (PDF)
Advent Sermon Series: “Seeing with New Eyes”
Isaiah 61:1-4 / Luke 1:26-38
Pastor Tim
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December 10, 2023 (PDF)
Advent Sermon Series: “Honoring Our Pain for the World”
Psalm 126 / Mark 13:24-37
Pastor Tim
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December 3, 2023 (PDF)
Advent Sermon Series: “Coming from Gratitude”
Psalm 85:8-13 / 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
Pastor Tim
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