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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by Stacey Hilliard | May 2, 2022 | Sermons
Last Sunday we talked about the three things that can help both individuals and churches be a vehicle for God’s work of turning death into life: To embrace death, to embody service, and to multiply the effort. Now it’s time to spend a week considering each of those three things more in depth. This week we’ll consider the concept of embracing death and what Jesus may have meant by teaching his followers to take up a cross and follow him.
— Pastor Anne
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