by Stacey Hilliard | Jun 12, 2022 | Sermons, Uncategorized
In the spirit of addresses to graduates at ceremonies across the country, I’ll be looking at the life lessons we can learn from the timeless story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. Whatever our age and stage, it is a fact of life that there will come a day when we are faced by a giant that seems utterly too big and too powerful. This story is way more than a Sunday School classic. It holds the imagination of the world because of the lessons and truths that it teaches. Join us on Sunday to celebrate our graduates and to think about this enduring story.
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by Stacey Hilliard | Jun 5, 2022 | Sermons
At his ascension, Jesus promised his disciples that, “you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” (Acts 1:5) That day, Pentecost, is what we are celebrating this week. It is described in Acts 2. Pentecost was a Jewish festival before it was a Christian one. In this sermon, we look at what the Jewish festival of Pentecost was meant to remember and explore what that might tell us about what it means to be “baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
— Pastor Anne
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by Stacey Hilliard | May 29, 2022 | Sermons
As the Easter season draws to a close as we remember Jesus’ ascension into heaven. This is one of those stories people will fight you over. Did it happen? Does it matter? What is the story itself meant to teach us? Jesus himself gives the answer.
— Pastor Anne
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by Stacey Hilliard | May 22, 2022 | Sermons
In several places, the Bible gives us a vision of what a world of peace might look like. In the 19th century, Quaker minister and American painter Edward Hicks turned the vision from Isaiah 11 into a series of 62 paintings known together as the Peaceable Kingdom. (One of which is pictured here.)
But as some have noted, “If you’re going to have the wolf lying down with the lamb, you’re going to have to keep replacing the lamb.” How should we view the utopian visions the Bible gives us? Are they helpful to our lives or do they keep us stuck in false hope until we run out of lambs?
— Rev. Anne Robertson
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by Stacey Hilliard | May 15, 2022 | Sermons
For our third week of understanding what it takes to turn death into life, we will take a look at the way Jesus expanded his ministry, not just after he was gone, but during his own lifetime. Of course we know he picked twelve people right at the start of his ministry, but it sometimes flies under the radar that Jesus also picked 72 others to help him transition from place to place. “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few,” Jesus tells them in Luke 10:2. Ain’t it the truth?
— Pastor Anne
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by Stacey Hilliard | May 8, 2022 | Sermons
As we continue to look at how we can participate in God’s work of turning death into life, we move from last week’s emphasis on embracing death to the way of life Jesus taught his disciples: To embody service. In the book of Philippians, Paul gives us a glimpse of the mindset we need to serve as Jesus did. The poem that appears in Philippians 2:6-11 is thought to be the earliest known hymn of the church. Join us on Sunday to explore what it has to teach us about humility and service.
— Pastor Anne
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