by Stacey Hilliard | Dec 15, 2024 | Sermons
As we continue our journey through the characters in typical nativity scenes, this week we put together two groups that weren’t at the manger even in the same year, let alone the same night: The shepherds and the kings. But looking at them together tells us something that is harder to see when looking at them separately. I am joined by Sal Caraviello for a conversation about the impact of these figures on the Christmas story and on our faith.
– Pastor Anne
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by Stacey Hilliard | Dec 8, 2024 | Sermons
For the rest of Advent, we will continue to focus on the characters found in a typical nativity scene. And you’re encouraged to bring whichever character we’re talking about from your home nativity for a blessing during church. Last week it was the beasts. This week is Angels. Angels play several roles in the Christmas story, and on Sunday we’ll look at all of them. But what they have in common is that they always find it necessary to tell those to whom they appear to stop quaking in their boots. “Be not afraid!” they say. What’s that about, and what does their presence in these Advent and Christmas stories tell us about angels and the God who sends them?
– Pastor Anne
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by Stacey Hilliard | Nov 17, 2024 | Sermons
Debt, by definition, is future-oriented. It represents a promise in the present of something we will do in the future. It becomes a problem when the future arrives and the promise is not fulfilled. The Bible has a lot to say about how to handle debt—both to those who incur it and those to whom it is owed. There are even entire public policies about debt in the Bible. Let’s learn more.
– Pastor Anne
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by Stacey Hilliard | Nov 10, 2024 | Sermons
In Matthew, Jesus addresses the crowds and declares, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.” Can that possibly speak to this past week? I believe it can. Come be with us this week. We are not alone; you are not alone; God is with us.
– Pastor Anne
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by Stacey Hilliard | Nov 3, 2024 | Sermons
On this All Saints Sunday we will talk about how passing our memories on to new generations can help move us forward. We will remember the saints we have lost this past year, celebrate Holy Communion, and think about the legacy of Crawford’s saints that have brought us to 153 years as a congregation and 100 years in the beautiful space we now call our church home.
– Pastor Anne
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by Stacey Hilliard | Oct 27, 2024 | Sermons
Every issue we face as a country affects the children; and everything that affects children affects family life in one way or another. So, in this sermon, we’ll look at the well-known story of Jesus blessing the children and consider what that might look like if we saw it as more than just a Sunday School story.
– Pastor Anne
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